LINKDING

Summary: The day after Sara's visit to the Carrisford house, Becky leaves Miss Minchin's for her own happily ever after. ➜ yuletide fic, for A Little Princess ➜ Becky's pov on the day after all the climactic reveals, when she gets to leave Miss Minchin's and go join Sara next door ➜ this does such a good job of capturing the tone of the book, the magic and wonder and the depths of emotions, and the kind of relationship Sara and Becky have ➜ these two young edwardian-era girls doing their best to navigate what they can be to each other within the bounds of societal understandings of power differentials, and their own internalized senses of such things.....I'm so emotions!! ➜ 3k words in length

Summary: Horatio attempts to use his humanist education to mold the new king of Denmark into an ideal ruler, with mixed results. ➤ post-canon fanfic of shakespeare's Hamlet ➤ from Horatio's pov as he considers how best to mould the new young king Fortinbras in useful directions ➤ I love the evolution of Horatio's thoughts over the course of the fic, and the brief glimpses we get of Fortinbras ➤ love the integration of various minor characters and OC's, to good effect! ➤ 9k words in length

Summary: Ling Wen wakes up in Hua Cheng's bed. ➤ omg I am LIVING, someone wrote me so many words of ling wen fic wherein post-canon ling wen bodyswaps with xie lian ➤ the ling wen pov in this fic is sooooo good, her pragmatic approach to dealing with whatever happens in her life, her disinterest in attending to her emotions, her independence and unwillingness to rely on anyone who isn't her ➤ and seeing xie lian and hua cheng through ling wen's eyes is so good too!! ➤ there are so many fun character relationship dynamics, connected with a really fun premise, and I loved it all ➤ 8k words in length

Summary: Laurence says, “It is wholly natural, anyway, with no women around.” ➤ delightful post-canon queer gen temeraire fic ➤ ft. Laurence & Tharkay friendship, and Laurence realising some things about himself ➤ I love how much fun Tharkay can have teasing Laurence, and how Laurence despite his excess englishness is still willing to engage with the conversation! ➤ 800 words in length

Summary: <blockquote>He almost feels like he should write a book; “How to Break into Heaven, a Guide for Ghosts”. Step one: Ask your fellow ghost king for undercover advice, seeing as he did it for decades. Step one-point-five: Ghosts aren’t supposed to be in the Heavenly Court, so no one thinks to look for them anyway. Step two: Ironically, pray. End of book. / Xie Lian tests a theory, Hua Cheng goes on a date, and Heaven suffers.</blockquote> ➤ xie lian gets an idea for a fun adventure and hua cheng loves to indulge his husband's mischievous side (I LOVE THIS) ➤ the idea: if hua cheng went to heaven wearing clothes that aren't red, would anyone recognize him? ➤ a charming and cute fic! ➤ 3k words in length ➤ thanks to by-xieliansbignaturalsby-blorbo.social for the rec!

Summary: <blockquote>All Lady Pole and Arabella Strange want to do is forget their time in Faerie, but a message comes from a certain king... and he has gifts to offer.</blockquote> ➤ post-canon Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell fic, about Arabella and Emma and a trip to Faerie ➤ much of it told through letters and journal entries ➤ I love the developing relationship between the two women, how important they are to each other, and how Arabella's relationship with the missing Jonathan is treated at the same time ➤ and the sense of the numinous (and of the things that cannot be known) fits just right into the way it's handled in canon! ➤ what a good fic. one I will definitely want to return to to reread. ➤ 9k words in length

Summary: <blockquote> "It's been thirty years since Camp Algonkian first opened," Pierre explained. "We're inviting all the alumni back for a big bash on Labour Day weekend. Didn't you get your invite in the mail?" / In which Mike and Rudy return to Alcatraz.</blockquote> ➤ post-canon fic about I Want To Go Home! featuring young adult Mike and Rudy going back to the camp for a reunion weekend ➤ super cute and sweet, and I loved how much camp turns out to be just....camp. Chip is a reasonable person who's grown up some more and was embarrassed about how at a loss he'd been as a counsellor, the new camp director is making changes to the programming, the other attendees are into the group bonding activities but don't force Mike and Rudy to do anything ➤ and it leaves Mike and Rudy a lot of time to just hang out and figure out what they mean to each other! ➤ 8k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>After the end of everything, Hark returns to his old, familiar job at Sanctuary. Life, however, does not return to normal. It begins with small things—things far too small to notice. Open windows that ought to be closed, doors that slam themselves shut, objects in the wrong places. Coincidences. It becomes something far worse.</blockquote> ➤ fic for the Frances Hardinge book "Deeplight" ➤ focusing on the friendship between Hark and Jelt ➤ absolutely perfect creepy vibes, and capturing what's compelling to Hark about his friendship with Jelt despite everything ➤ also perfect bits about Quest as mentor-figure! ➤ 4k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>“Oh,” Shen Qingqiu says. He’s too fucking tired to do a whole elaborate roleplay right now, Luo Binghe, please have mercy! “Binghe is a lovely statue, but could he not be one right now so we can talk about this?” Reluctantly, Luo Binghe drops the pose. There’s definitely a dejected slump to his shoulders; Shen Qingqiu is going to have to handle this one delicately. (Now on his list of things he did not realize being married would entail: carefully explaining to your husband that you do want to do sexy statue roleplay with him, just not right this minute.) / Shen Qingqiu does some... erotic art appreciation.</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>Midday, on a beach that’s… somewhere, though he can’t exactly say where. The shapes of mountains loom inland, peering behind dreary clouds. This must not be the far south, which has white sand and shady palms under which to drink wine, and Shi Qingxuan really, really could use some wine right now given the dryness in his mouth. / Post-Blackwater Arc, Shi Qingxuan adjusts to a mortal life, which means adjusting to hunger pains. Someone is taking care of him. Written for Heaven Official's Kitchen - TGCF Cookbook Zine (by-tgcfcookbook)</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Do you want me?” Hua Cheng asked, one shoulder bare. Eyes wide, Xie Lian nodded. Hua Cheng let his spiritual power swell behind the words. “I promise you. You can have every part.” / Hua Cheng returns to Taicang Peak.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“I… I’m not who you think I am.” Shen Qingqiu quickly shook his head and reached out to cover Luo Binghe’s mouth with his hand. “No, no, let me start again: You need to know, before I was me, I was someone else.” Better. That made more sense. Start from the beginning. / Shen Qingqiu gets drunk and tells Luo Binghe about his transmigration secret. Luo Binghe thinks it’s just a very weird love confession.</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>there is no protocol for what they have.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Mobei Jun finds himself teleporting into Shang Qinghua’s leisure house pretty frequently. It’s not that he needs Shang Qinghua’s help with anything, he just- If he’s allowed, why shouldn’t he bother his servant? It’s his right as king. The thing is, while they were hiding the whole demon-collusion thing, Shang Qinghua’s house was constantly barred by wards. Mobei Jun could spend uninterrupted hours napping, laying around until Shang Qinghua was free enough to come back and help. Now, with the Sect so busy and all secrets completely gone, Peak Lords just fucking… barge in now! Even when Shang Qinghua isn’t there! / Or: postcanon, Mobei Jun just wants to nap in Shang Qinghua's room. Instead, he's forced to make smalltalk with all of his coworkers.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Tennal said, "Wow, am I getting dumped already? That was quick, I only just got here." _ Six months later: Tennal comes home from the Resolution.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I still don't think you thought this through," says one of Shi Qingxuan's captors. "Who's gonna pay a ransom for Black Water Sinking Ships? Only Crimson Rain Sought Flower really has enough money these days and he's not going to waste it on another Devastation." / Some ghosts decide that it's a great idea to kidnap Black Water Sinking Ships for profit. There's only one problem: Shi Qingxuan and He Xuan have swapped bodies.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Why should we wait until after the wedding?” Xie Lian asked curiously. His face was bright red and his eyes were focused somewhere off over Hua Cheng’s shoulder, yet he had the audacity to still sound genuinely puzzled.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In the weeks before Shang Qinghua's marriage to the King of the Northern Wastes, he invites Liu Qingge to go fishing.</blockquote> ➤ good at creating vibes!

<blockquote>Luo Binghe buys groceries, eats, cries, and eats again.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Still, if I knew you were coming I’d have put something on.” Wei Ying rolled his shoulders back. He had tied up his hair, but a curl of it escaped and clung to his damp neck. “This is no way to greet the chief cultivator. Sometimes I bring a shirt if I expect to run into impressionable maidens, but most days it’s just me and Little Apple.” Five odd jobs Wei Wuxian took during his post-canon wandering, the people he met, and how he returned in the end.</blockquote>

<blockquote>With Temeraire and Tharkay gone, Jane proposes that Laurence help manage things at her estate awhile. Then Tharkay returns. Laurence had no idea Tharkay disliked the admiral so much.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“I won’t leave you alone, Lord Estraven,” Genly said. “I’m afraid you’re stuck with me. In exile or at home. On the Ice or at the hearth.”</blockquote> ➤ just the right vibe to fit the book