LINKDING

<blockquote>My take on South Downs: Aziraphale and Crowley decide to become professors. This is inspired by the headcanon that Crowley has 20 different degrees. He is the Serpent of the Tree of Knowledge after all.</blockquote>

<blockquote> "Just got my replacement First Officer. It's Poe Dameron." "You don't sound thrilled." "It'll be fine. Just…I've met him at a few of the company mixers and"—Luke cleared his throat, heat on his cheeks—"He has been...aggressively flirtatious, in the past. That's going to be fun to manage." "You know you could just go for it." Bodhi tone turned teasing, Luke could picture his sly smile as clearly as if Luke were standing in front of him.</blockquote>

<blockquote>‘LONGEST NIGHT’ HAS BIGGEST NIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY Jaime Lannister’s historical epic, starring Joffrey Baratheon as Aegon Targaryen and Margarey Tyrell as Queen Sansa, broke box office records last week with the largest opening weekend in history. The Lion Hand Studios production netted a whopping $400 million dragons in the domestic box office and shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. The film made headlines three months ago when the movie’s stars announced their romantic relationship on the heels of the dissolution of Baratheon’s engagement with Sansa Stark, who penned the script. Although Baratheon claimed the split with Stark was amicable, sources close to the former couple insist it was anything but. “Joffrey wanted someone to make him famous, and as soon as Sansa wrote a movie for him that did just that, he left her in the dirt.”</blockquote> ➤ Didn't grab me right away but really enjoyed it once it got past the epistolary stuff

<blockquote>Thom survives the Coronation Day attack. It's hard to say whether this causes more problems for him or Alanna.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The staff at Charls’s bridal salon is no stranger to a difficult entourage. But when accommodating bride Lykaios brings along her opinionated mother, her fashion-conscious sister, her ex-boyfriend, her sister’s ex-boyfriend, a close friend of the groom, and the brother of her sister’s current boyfriend, it could prove a recipe for more drama than dresses - especially when those last four? Are the same person. It’s up to fashion-director Laurent to get this appointment back on track, this week on Say Yes to the Dress.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Arya is the only one of them to have met the Targaryen’s Young Dragon, and even then it had been a short battlefield acquaintance when the Ironborn had tried to take the Rock and a hasty alliance had been formed to push them back. Arya had come back from the south covered in blood and filth and said, he’s adequate, I suppose, which meant he probably was the greatest living swordsman.</blockquote>

<blockquote>What if Rick had been a medjai from the start? One decision sets the adventure in motion, but the thing about decisions is that there's always more than one option to choose. Some things unfold differently, yes, but some manage to fall into place like the tumblers on a puzzle-box key, turning round and round until things go click.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Breq is a traitor, a rebel, and a captain a thousand years out of date. Mercy of Seivarden is drifting without a crew.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which Hennike survives a murder attempt by the Regent and runs away with her son, Laurent, in order to protect them both. They end up in Akielos.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Theomedes wakes from his long illness to find that one of his sons is dead, the other has become a man, and some cheeky Veretian upstart has taken up residence in his palace. Post Kings Rising AU.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“The Telegraph Kid runs with the Company—it’s, oh, you’ll find out once you settle in Encino, Lieutenant, but there’s a fair few blackguards in our territory. The Kid's the Iceman’s right hand man, and they say the only thing faster than his tongue are his fingers.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>At the Grand Prix Final, Yuuri misses the podium by fractions of a point. Embroiled in a skating controversy, he tells himself he'll prove his worth in the World Championships, but there's a long time in between. Or: Vicchan lives.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Two cousins and former comrades in arms -- one in London to accompany his sister through her first Season, the other convalescing at home in Essex -- must re-acclimatize to civilian life as they encounter Polite Society, a plot to murder a marchioness, and, most dangerously of all, romance.</blockquote>

<blockquote>She is a gift to Lord Vader from the Emperor. Her name is Padme Skywalker.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Yuuri, given to periodic bouts of paranoia, would often wonder if Viktor is, in fact, a Russian drug lord on the loose, seeking refuge in a nondescript town in America. This would explain a manner of things: his evasiveness whenever probed about his job; the way he’d unpredictably throw out incisive, thoughtful commentary about the morning news over breakfast; his expensive tastes in shirts, watches, and wallets alike; why he’d want to stay here with Yuuri, of all places, when the contents his wardrobe alone could probably afford him a year-long stay at any condominium of his choice in the trendiest part of town. And then he goes on to discover that Viktor actually has a premium account on club penguin, and that his five penguins are named Peanut Wigglebutt, Luke skyhopper, Zing Zing, Otto Von Longdong, and Mooshoo Vegetable, and beats the idea to death in his head.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Weeks after finding a dragon egg in the Amitie’s hold William Laurence reluctantly turns away and lets the Corps take Temeraire - but he doesn’t return to the Navy. He’s not an aviator, but somehow Laurence still ends up going down in history as the instigator behind the Great Dragon Rebellion of ‘06.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Mindelan, it may be that the best thing said of my tenure is that you were my student. Should that be the case, I am the wrong man for this post. I did all I could to get rid of you. Your probation was wrong. You know that, I know it. I was harder on you than any lad. Thank Mithros I remembered my honor and let you stay when you met the conditions—but it was a near thing. Next time, I might not heed the voice of honor." -- Wyldon of Cavall (Squire)</blockquote> ➤ The AU where Wyldon kicks her out after her probationary year but she sticks around to keep learning anyway

<blockquote>"They don't want it to be real," Laurent says. He touches lightly, with his fingertips, where he's written LOVE WINS. "They want us to sell them a fantasy, and they want just enough reality that they can pretend it might happen to them, one day."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I don't mess with the fae," Otabek says. "I'm not asking you to mess with them," JJ flat-out lies.</blockquote>

<blockquote>AU in which Yuuri still doesn’t remember the banquet, somehow doesn’t blow Japanese Nationals, runs into Victor at the World Championships, and has absolutely no idea why his idol is suddenly friendly and incredibly handsy. Does Yuuri care about his reasons? No. It’s Victor Effing Nikiforov.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“It might be better for you to die,” Obi-Wan muses as she holds her children in her arms. Padmé looks up at him and arches an eyebrow. “I didn’t mean literally,” he clarifies. “I know what you meant. I’m thinking about it.” Padmé survives childbirth, dies as far as the rest of the galaxy is concerned, takes her children with Obi-Wan, and runs. Pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Temeraire is dead. The entire country knows his name after the Battle of Dover, and now Temeraire is dead. “Well,” says Admiral Croft, “At least you can join the navy again, eh, Captain?”</blockquote> ➤ gaaaaah this is so heartbreaking but also I am really mad that the author killed Tharkay off too

<blockquote>All blame and praise for this go to Aimee, who put up with me saying 'hahaha can you imagine what a Swan Princess AU would be like?' and then asked me enough questions that I swore at her and then started writing.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Afterwards his father only remarked, “His features are very fine.” “I am not marrying him for his features,” said Damen. “No, you are marrying him for his dowry,” said Theomedes.</blockquote> ➤ in which the princes agree to make a peace treaty instead of continuing the war

<blockquote>Dooku is taken alive onboard the Invisible Hand, and Sidious' web is torn. The Sith Lord wonders if death might have been preferable to clumsy interrogation by Anakin Skywalker.</blockquote> ➤ the author doesn't seem to have a pt 1 posted so who knows what's up with that, but this stands fine on its own. ➤ It starts a little slow but once Dooku and Anakin start talking I'm ALL THERE and it's amazingggg. ➤ I'm delighted by how dooku's sheer frustration with the magnitude of Anakin's issues is what begrudgingly turns Dooku back from being a Sith. Such fun to read! ➤ And it's tragically true how Anakin needs MULTIPLE interventions to keep from going darkside, oh Anakin.

<blockquote>Inasmuch as anyone can be prepared for a magical creature to appear in front of their eyes and tell them they need to help save the world from evil, Bellamy Blake is ready for it. Which basically means he has Hulu and Crunchyroll set up on Miller's old Wii, and his little sister really likes magical girl anime.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"You're lying," Damen says. "You walked into Akielos and stole something from me." Damen visits Vere, Laurent prepares to leave it, and declarations are made before witnesses.</blockquote> ➤ latest in au series

<blockquote>"Maul was my pride, my greatest accomplishment aside from the political games that have wrought me control over the Republic. Why should I take a second apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi? Why would you be worth my time?” “Because I fucking hate you.”</blockquote> ➤ Obi-Wan undercover as sith apprentice, entirely too much fun

<blockquote>Snow White and Rose Red live peacefully in the forest with their mother, but their earliest memories are of a different life: a blighted homeworld and a journey through the stars. A winter visitor and a falling star lead them on a journey to discover the truth about their home and about their own mysterious powers.</blockquote> ➤ what an interesting and great scifi reimagining of snow white & rose red, that actually makes some sense of the weirdness of the story

<blockquote>Clarke's senior year of college did not go well: her friends didn't like her girlfriend, she rethought her entire life plan, and then her girlfriend dumped her. So, needless to say, she's feeling pretty nervous about her five-year reunion. Asking her best friend to come along and pose as her boyfriend seems like a great idea. Then the Blake siblings happen to them.</blockquote>