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I'm here with all my recs from January! I'm still not done yuletide reading whoops, but there's a few more yuletide fics here along with my usual fandoms
a clear lake without tides, by clachnaben
➜ yuletide fic, for The Left Hand of Darkness
➜ Genly and Estraven, post-canon, from Estraven's pov
➜ suffused with this unshakeable sense of the connection between the two of them in a really gorgeous way
➜ what a perfect coda to canon!
➜ 2k words in length
Socially Liberal, Fiscally Draconic: Complicating Narratives of Political Reform in the 19th Century, by BaronetCoins
➜ yuletide fanfic, for Temeraire
➜ in the form of a student's essay written centuries later about Temeraire's political career after the war
➜ absolutely delightful, the things you can see about what the standard narrative about Temeraire must have been, that this student is trying to upend!
➜ and it's so right about Temeraire, too....his temperament is revolutionary but he loves money too much to be in favour of any politics that might lead to him having less of it
➜ also, love the very Student Essay nature of it, with most of the footnoted sources leading back to a single book, lol
➜ 1k words in length
Pack Clouds Away, by yunitsa
➜ yuletide fanfic, for Temeraire
➜ featuring laurence/tharkay on tharkay's estate post-canon; laurence comes to tharkay with a business proposition
➜ and by business proposition he means --
➜ anyway it is SO CUTE I love themmmmm
➜ 2k words in length
as prescribed, i'll date your dad, by nyoomerr
➜ svsss canon divergence au fic
➜ luo binghe, not yet aware he's a heavenly demon specifically, discovers the cure for Without-A-Cure....and is determined to get shen qingqiu the cure. from tianlang-jun.
➜ and goddamn this whole fic is SO much fun?! I adored ittttttt
➜ sqq awkwardly fake-dating a doesn't-trust-cultivators tlj while lbh resentfully but determinedly wingmans......along with the far less conflicted wingmanning of all the other peak lords
➜ teen binghe is so CUTE and sqq is the most sqq and I love them forever
➜ and wow I am genuinely so compelled by this understanding of tlj's character. he's a major character in this novel-length fic but I would happily read so much more about him!
➜ all the character dynamics in this fic are just. SO GOOD.
➜ 67k words in length
Abyss Arc Speedrun (WR IGT NG+ glitch hunter safe strat), by pallas_rose
➜ a genius svsss bingqiu canon divergence au fic
➜ sqq decides to take care of the unavoidable abyss plot-arc by body-swapping with lbh to do the abyss arc for him
➜ meanwhile the bodyswapping didn't work QUITE as intended so although sqq is indeed in lbh's body running the abyss, lbh is in lqg's body and lqg is in sqq's body
➜ cue: time for lbh and lqg to learn how to appreciate each other!
➜ anyway I loved EVERYTHING about this fic. sooooo many good things it's doing
➜ the way sqq has such a great time testing out his abyss speedrun ideas! lbh and lqg's gym bro friendship style! meng mo providing internal colour commentary the whole way through!
➜ and like holy shit, sqq’s weird as fuck identity issues wrt bodies and self and sexuality and stuff! EXQUISITE.
➜ a totally delightful fic, highly recommend
➜ 36k words in length
Downloading Package: Happy Ending, by scholomancefan
➜ svsss bingqiu fic, ft. shen yuan as the system for post-extras bing-ge
➜ so much fun! I love sy's obliviousness as he works hard to help his lbh get the happiness he deserves. always, in every universe ❤️
➜ 2k words in length
Things Imperfect, by Nemainofthewater
➜ Nirvana in Fire fic where MCS bodyswaps with himself from an alternate universe where he's an imperial eunuch
➜ a fascinating little glimpse into this alternate world! I am so curious how this is going to go....for both versions of MCS
➜ 1k words in length
A Heap of Petrified Gods, by Adelehin Ijasan
➜ a short story about a Nigerian immigrating overseas, and what must be given up to do so
➜ a very unsubtle story, but effective
➜ 1.5k words in length
Pygmalion, by Jo Walton
➜ a fun little poem about the classic myth of pygmalion, and if your statue-come-alive would want you in return
1 Left Hand of Darkness fic rec
a clear lake without tides, by clachnaben
➜ yuletide fic, for The Left Hand of Darkness
➜ Genly and Estraven, post-canon, from Estraven's pov
➜ suffused with this unshakeable sense of the connection between the two of them in a really gorgeous way
➜ what a perfect coda to canon!
➜ 2k words in length
2 Temeraire fic recs
Socially Liberal, Fiscally Draconic: Complicating Narratives of Political Reform in the 19th Century, by BaronetCoins
➜ yuletide fanfic, for Temeraire
➜ in the form of a student's essay written centuries later about Temeraire's political career after the war
➜ absolutely delightful, the things you can see about what the standard narrative about Temeraire must have been, that this student is trying to upend!
➜ and it's so right about Temeraire, too....his temperament is revolutionary but he loves money too much to be in favour of any politics that might lead to him having less of it
➜ also, love the very Student Essay nature of it, with most of the footnoted sources leading back to a single book, lol
➜ 1k words in length
Pack Clouds Away, by yunitsa
➜ yuletide fanfic, for Temeraire
➜ featuring laurence/tharkay on tharkay's estate post-canon; laurence comes to tharkay with a business proposition
➜ and by business proposition he means --
➜ anyway it is SO CUTE I love themmmmm
➜ 2k words in length
3 SVSSS fic recs
as prescribed, i'll date your dad, by nyoomerr
➜ svsss canon divergence au fic
➜ luo binghe, not yet aware he's a heavenly demon specifically, discovers the cure for Without-A-Cure....and is determined to get shen qingqiu the cure. from tianlang-jun.
➜ and goddamn this whole fic is SO much fun?! I adored ittttttt
➜ sqq awkwardly fake-dating a doesn't-trust-cultivators tlj while lbh resentfully but determinedly wingmans......along with the far less conflicted wingmanning of all the other peak lords
➜ teen binghe is so CUTE and sqq is the most sqq and I love them forever
➜ and wow I am genuinely so compelled by this understanding of tlj's character. he's a major character in this novel-length fic but I would happily read so much more about him!
➜ all the character dynamics in this fic are just. SO GOOD.
➜ 67k words in length
Abyss Arc Speedrun (WR IGT NG+ glitch hunter safe strat), by pallas_rose
➜ a genius svsss bingqiu canon divergence au fic
➜ sqq decides to take care of the unavoidable abyss plot-arc by body-swapping with lbh to do the abyss arc for him
➜ meanwhile the bodyswapping didn't work QUITE as intended so although sqq is indeed in lbh's body running the abyss, lbh is in lqg's body and lqg is in sqq's body
➜ cue: time for lbh and lqg to learn how to appreciate each other!
➜ anyway I loved EVERYTHING about this fic. sooooo many good things it's doing
➜ the way sqq has such a great time testing out his abyss speedrun ideas! lbh and lqg's gym bro friendship style! meng mo providing internal colour commentary the whole way through!
➜ and like holy shit, sqq’s weird as fuck identity issues wrt bodies and self and sexuality and stuff! EXQUISITE.
➜ a totally delightful fic, highly recommend
➜ 36k words in length
Downloading Package: Happy Ending, by scholomancefan
➜ svsss bingqiu fic, ft. shen yuan as the system for post-extras bing-ge
➜ so much fun! I love sy's obliviousness as he works hard to help his lbh get the happiness he deserves. always, in every universe ❤️
➜ 2k words in length
1 Nirvana in Fire fic rec
Things Imperfect, by Nemainofthewater
➜ Nirvana in Fire fic where MCS bodyswaps with himself from an alternate universe where he's an imperial eunuch
➜ a fascinating little glimpse into this alternate world! I am so curious how this is going to go....for both versions of MCS
➜ 1k words in length
1 sff short story and 1 sff poem rec
A Heap of Petrified Gods, by Adelehin Ijasan
➜ a short story about a Nigerian immigrating overseas, and what must be given up to do so
➜ a very unsubtle story, but effective
➜ 1.5k words in length
Pygmalion, by Jo Walton
➜ a fun little poem about the classic myth of pygmalion, and if your statue-come-alive would want you in return
