LINKDING

<blockquote>Summary: There are some people the universe really, really wants you to meet. // After about twenty seconds of silence, the guy in the peacoat says, “I really promise I’m not going to murder you.” Notes: Or, Sansa is a genetic counselor, Jon is a Targaryen (maybe?), and it’s secular Christmas in modern Westeros. In which I take a fandom to work for like the fortieth fucking time and it’s a lot of exposition because--I do what I want? And what I wanted was a big joke about inbreeding depression. (Please take none of the below seriously.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Lady Therese Vorkalloner," Esterhazy announces. He ushers her in and then makes a discreet retreat. Aral pushes himself up higher in the chair and looks at his ex-wife. He can't recall when he had last seen her. Their circles haven't crossed very much since her remarriage and, when they have, she's made it clear that they've already said all they've needed to each other. But she's not the first one of Aral's old enemies to come see him on his sick bed.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Regret . . . And what if she and Miles had met at twenty, instead of she and Tien? It had been possible; she'd been a student at the Vorbarra District University, he'd been a newly minted officer in and out of the capital. If their paths had crossed, might she have won a less bitter life? - pp. 534, A Civil Campaign</blockquote>

<blockquote>Ekaterin isn't going to settle for anything less than what her aunt has. Author's note: So, I got incredibly snarky about how the custody policy presented in two (2) of the books would, ad absurdum, mean that Ekaterin would go to the Vorthyses after her mother died and the Vorvaynes wouldn't have any hold on her. Then I was like, screw it, let's take canon at its word and write that. </blockquote>

<blockquote>"Ripley." She turned her head slightly. The voice, flat and synthesized, came from a small speaker set into the side of her pod. "Yes," she said, with some difficulty: her tongue felt strange and thick. "Yes, this is Ripley. Who is this?" There was a pause, followed by a click. "This is Bishop, but I'm speaking to you on behalf of the Sulaco. There's been an accident." Under normal circumstances, Ripley knew, this statement would have produced a series of emotional and physiological reactions: alarm, adrenaline, fear, galvanized limbs, dread. But the effects of the hypersleep were still gripping her body, keeping her numb and apathetic, and instead all she felt was a faint curiosity. "What kind of accident?" She sat up. The room seemed to spin. "A fire. I think. It's hard to tell." </blockquote>

<blockquote>A prompt from meri47-- what careers would each Bennet sibling have, if there were five Bennet brothers instead of sisters?</blockquote> ➤ all of this is fun but oh dang the Eli/Charlotte bit is INCREDIBLE I love it

<blockquote>No one will sleep until the Princess learns the Stranger’s name. Liù the slave girl, who has loved the Stranger since before his exile, when he was a Prince, when he smiled at her—Liù alone knows who he really is. So it is Liù who is dragged to the Princess’s garden by night, bound, ankles twisting as she stumbles through the peonies.</blockquote> ➤ Not sure I quite follow the ending but it works anyway

<blockquote>The next time Jasmine sneaks out of the palace, she leaves her tiara. (Or: Jafar never existed and Jasmine never gets caught by the guard on her first meeting with Aladdin. Instead she keeps meeting up with him without telling him she's the princess. Along the way she learns more about what goes on in Agrabah and the laws that are set against so many people in the city, as well as how she could change them.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>AU from the beginning of Queen of Attolia. Attolia decides to take what she wants.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which Padmé and Anakin keep in touch after TPM, and this changes literally everything.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Padmé and Obi-Wan raise the twins together while hiding from the Empire.</blockquote> ➤ and kill Vader in the end

<blockquote>It doesn’t take Anakin all that long to work out that he’s exchanged one form of slavery for another. Or, Anakin never forgets who he is and where he came from, and that influences his choices in life.</blockquote>

<blockquote>After her sister's untimely death, Elinor finds strength in what's left behind.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Arya's finally gotten to work with the knights at Robert Baratheon's summer faire, but it turns out she'd rather spend time with the blacksmith.</blockquote> ➤ the renfaire au

<blockquote>The first time George meets Alanna, she's on a date with an asshole. Or, my take on a fandom staple: George is a waiter at the restaurant where Alanna is going on a lot of dates.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Gendry looks out for all the kids who come to his foster home, but Arya is different right from the start.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Daine thinks she knows exactly what she's getting into when her aunt arranges her marriage to an old, anti-social scholar. Then she actually meets Numair.</blockquote> ➤ terrible historical accuracy but adorable story

<blockquote>A few hours before, Steve was Captain America, flying a plane into the ice to save his country, save everyone. There's no United States of America on Earth anymore, but there's one on Mars.</blockquote> ➤ I am so into this

<blockquote>Alanna of Trebond, fresh from the convent, does not want her father to marry her off to some lord. So she goes to the Dancing Dove to see if she can hire someone to pretend to court her. She just doesn't realize she's gotten the Rogue himself. Notes: This should definitely be way angstier and full of Roger killing people and taking over the country because Alanna and Thom didn't switch places, so she wasn't there to stop him. But I went the fluffy fake dating path because that is my favorite path. I also totally made up how courting works, because I can.</blockquote> ➤ INTO ITTTT ➤ sequel ("Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean") at http://archiveofourown.org/works/2338439

<blockquote>Felicity is classically-trained and spends her days coming up with a capella compositions and remixes [and has a youtube channel]. Oliver is the lead singer of Arrow, the hottest new rock and roll band.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Emma W you know, you set really high standards for the men in my life GK What? Emma W I guess this is how Tom Hiddleston’s little sister feels if he has one. GK I guess.</blockquote> ➤ whoa, fic for Emma that doesn't send me running for the hills with secondhand embarrassment the way the book does? SIGN ME UP. ➤ (I hate my embarrassment squick. It gets in the way of things too often.) ➤ (of course this means I have no idea how good the fic is as a fanwork but as a standalone piece I really enjoyed it!)

<blockquote>A chance encounter in the Luxembourg causes Marius to realize that, once again, he's doing everything all wrong. It's only fair that Javert gets to ruin one of Valjean's plans for once.</blockquote> ➤ MARIUS EVERYONE IS SECRETLY JUDGING YOU, NOT JUST VALJEAN ➤ or: this fic captures Marius's damnfool well-meaning idiocy PERFECTLY -- I was LITERALLY FACEPALMING all the way through ➤ OH MARIUS

<blockquote>"WW2 AU: Kirk gets shot down over Germany and Uhura saves him with extreme badassery". I had to tweak things for historical accuracy, but the spirit of the prompt is still there.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In a BDSM world, John meets Teyla at a secret underground vanilla club. Or: What does kink look like in a culture where what we'd call kink is standard practice?</blockquote>

<blockquote>A brief glimpse of the life of Sir Richard F. Burton, as seen by his manager at the "English Breakfast."</blockquote> ➤ written just for meeeee and it is just as epic as it sounds!

<blockquote>Marcus likes armor and authority, and no one can ever know. It is therefore a very, very bad idea for him to join the army.</blockquote> http://archiveofourown.org/works/211871

<blockquote>Turnbull writes a letter to a famous magician.</blockquote>

➤ The Atlanteans were really very lucky that the first planet they visited was so nice. What if the Athosians were Wraith-worshippers instead? They'd be so screwed....

➤ AU of Strong Poison in which they don't manage to prove Harriet's innocence. Really well done but AGH so sad!

<blockquote>I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry</blockquote> ➤ an apocafic, written in excellent Austenian style.