#cord x rysn

[cosmereplay]

Day 10: Love is devotion

Rated General, Cord/Rysn, Dawnshard spoilers

Dear Akilu,

I know it's silly to write to myself as though this were a letter to you, but that's how deeply I love you. When I think of myself, I think of you, dearest Akilu, my protector. 

It’s been nine times nine days since our common cause came to an end, and we decided to part ways. In the rush of relief and victory, we didn’t know how we felt about each other. You were wise to ask for this time apart.

In those days of anxiety and trouble, keeping our secret safe was our highest priority. You, Nikli, Chiri Chiri, and I were together every day through it all, and our shared secret became a shared bond. But every bond is different, as you said. In the days since our parting, I have thought of Nikli less and less, though I wish his horde every success. Not so with you, Akilu–not to say I don’t wish you success, of course! I would say I wish you the world, but we’ve already learned how much responsibility that is. No, when my thoughts turn to you, I wish you happiness, and peace, and success at every endeavour. 

More to the point, I have been thinking of you–and missing you–more and more every day. Today, on this eighty-first day, I can say it with confidence. It wasn’t just our proximity that made me feel this way. I’m not alone here on the Wandersail, and many of the crew have become friends. My attendant is thoughtful and precient with his care, and I am freer than ever to pursue any adventure I’d want. I have money, and time, and good heath. I have everything–except you.

Akilu, I miss the steady pace of your footsteps just behind me. I miss the little huffs and sighs you made as you judged the people I bargained with. I miss your smile when you eat good flavourful food. I miss learning your language, and I miss teaching you mine. I miss your stories of the Peaks. I miss the way you looked at me, the way you focused like I was the only person on board. 

Without this time apart, I don’t think I would have understood just how much those things mean to me. Without it, I would not have known just how much my devotion to our shared secret had overshadowed my growing devotion to you.

I'm sure you'd be delighted to learn that for those who follow the Passions, the eighty-first day is an auspicious one. Nine days times nine gathers our deepest desires and brings it back to us amplified and clear, and we may even see an omen. I haven’t always been the strongest believer but I can’t deny that I have wished for a reason to go back to you, and today there was an opportunity to go to the Horneater Peaks. I can’t help but feel that it’s a sign that–

Dear, sweet Akilu, I’m going to save this and show it to you when I see you! I can’t tell you how much your spanreed surprised me. Here I am writing in my journal about how much I want to see you, and you find me first. The second I finish writing this, I’m going to start organizing the caravan. I have to speak to the captain! She could drop me off near Vedenar.

I can’t wait to see you, Akilu. I’m brimming with joy. I am hoping with every passion in my heart that you feel the same way. 

#minifemslashfeb2024 #cosmere femslash february #cord/rysn #corysn #cord x rysn #cord stormlight #hualinam’lunanaki’akilu #rysn ftori #dawnshard spoilers #stormlight fanfic #my fic

[gal-palanaeum]

Thinking, Overthinking, and a Pile of Letters by bridgeboy

Rated General, 6000 words, Khriss/Design and Cord/Rysn A philosophical treatise on the nature of love, masquerading as a fanfiction about two dorky scholars meeting for the first time. Design has questions, Khriss has answers... maybe. Beware spoilers across the cosmere!

Despite having her own office, Khriss preferred doing her research in the university's enormous library. Proximity to massive amount of information played into it, of course, but the bigger reason was that it was easier to get away from people and actually focus on her research. Her office was known to everyone at the university—why, it was known to practically everyone in Silverlight itself—and as a result, she had frequent visitors. The library, meanwhile, may as well have been a maze. It was easy to find a quiet corner far from distractions, and Khriss made a point to never hole up in the same study nook twice in a row; that helped make it much harder for people to find her on purpose. Of course, she'd still see other people as they wandered by, but they were just other users of the library; they never actually disrupted her.

Usually, at least.

Khriss looked up in surprise when she heard the scrape of someone pulling out the chair across from her. She'd been poring over maps of Western Roshar, and she'd been so absorbed in her thoughts she hadn't heard the newcomer approach.

They appeared to be a human woman, although Khriss knew that didn't necessarily mean much. Her long white hair was piled on top of her head in a messy bun, and a tight, dark green dress showed off her frankly stunning curves. She seemed to be looking over the piles of assorted notes that were spread across the table.

"What are you working on?" the stranger asked.

Khriss ignored the question. "Who are you?" She was happy to talk about her work, but she wouldn't tell just anybody about it.

"My name is Design," the stranger said cheerily. She picked up one of the maps and started scanning it over.

Khriss wrinkled her brow, searching her memory for how she knew that name… Hoid's spren. Of course. She relaxed; Hoid was a pain in the ass, but he could be trusted—well, he could be trusted with knowledge of Khriss's current project, at least.

"I'm Khriss," she said. "I'm currently trying to get to the bottom of how a simple merchant on Roshar got a hold of one of the Dawnshards."

"Oh, Hoid told me about you. The famous scholar!" Design grinned. "Have you tried lifting up all your notes and checking underneath? Or… wait… that was a figure of speech, wasn't it?"

Khriss raised an eyebrow, then nodded slowly. She'd never actually met a Cryptic in person, but she'd read about their tendency to take things far too literally. "So Hoid is in town, then? What's he working on?"

"I'm honestly not sure!" Design let the map drop back to the table, eyeing a stack of letters. "Something about Aons, probably. Or Awakening. Something with an A. He said he didn't need my help but now I'm bored. Can I look through those?" She pointed at the letters.

"Uh, sure." With her concentration broken and distraction-free environment disrupted, there wasn't really any point in trying to get much work done at this point. Khriss decided she'd indulge a few questions from Design, then send the spren on her way.

Meanwhile, Design helped her self to the letters and began reading through them. Khriss couldn't help but notice how quickly she moved from one letter to the next—much faster than the average human could read. Fascinating. Would Design be interested in letting herself be timed?

Barely a moment passed before Design looked up. "The note on top is right, I don't see anything in here about Dawnshards." She wrinkled her nose and frowned. "Why are the letters written in two different languages? Also, does my facial expression look sufficiently confused? I still have a hard time getting confusion right. It doesn't come up much."

"You look kind of confused but mostly annoyed."

"Damnation, I'll have to practice that some more. Anyways, the languages? It would be more logical for them both to pick one to have their conversation in."

Khriss nodded. "It's because they were in love," she explained. "From what I can tell, they were practicing each other's native tongues."

Design quirked an eyebrow. "What does learning a new language have to do with love? They seem to like each other from all the 'I miss you' stuff but what does language factor in?"

Khriss sat back in her chair. How was she supposed to explain this? "Doing nice things for someone is a way to show you love them, through your actions instead of your words. Learning someone's native language so that they can understand you better is a really big action, and a really kind thing to do for another person."

Design hummed thoughtfully. "Would solving a complex math problem for someone show that you loved them?"

"Um. I guess so? If the person on the receiving end was really struggling and needed help."

"Does that mean all teachers are in love with their students?"

"No, definitely not."

"Why?"

"You don't have to be in love with someone to care about them."

"What's the difference between loving and caring?"

Khriss opened her mouth to reply, then stopped. There was a difference, of course, but Design's questions had her all turned around. "I… I need to think about that. It's hard to explain."

"Okay!" Design said, surprisingly chipper given that her question hadn't actually been answered. She put down the stack of letters and stood. "Thanks for the chat!"

And then she walked away, leaving Khriss sitting alone in stunned silence.

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#femslash february #wlw cosmere #cosmere femslash fic #cosmere fanfic #khrissalla cosmere #design cosmere #Cord stormlight #rysn ftori #khriss/design #khriss x design #cord x rysn #cord/rysn #corysn #stormlight archive #dawnshard #oathbringer #rhythm of war #yumi and the nightmare painter #ssp3 #ssp3 spoilers

[cosmerelists]

What Your Preferred Femslash Cosmere Ships Say About You

Happy Femslash February! I've done these "what your preferred ships" say lists before, if you'd like to check out the old ones: [Kaladin ships, Navani ships, Jasnah ships; also Moash ships by @cosmereplay]

But for now, let's judge you (yes, you!) based on your favorite femslash ships.

Vin x Shallan You are bold, inventive, daring. You don't play by the rules--not of canon, not of time, not of space. You don't let anything stop you, and you are all the happier for it. Good for you, tbh!

Navani x Ialai You may have complained in the tags that I left this ship out of my previous Navani ships post and you know what, you were right. Let these two old ladies fuck!

Marasi x Moonlight You may write fanfic where Marasi joins the Ghostbloods after all, or maybe you have Moonlight leave them to be with Marasi. Either way, you saw the sparks between them and you're running with it.

Ranette x Jaxy It's not like you can let the only (?) canon lesbian ship not get love! Not when it's gun lesbians!

Sarene x Eshen You look at an early, barely-any-women work of Sanderson and you think, "You know what would fix this? Gay sex."

Shallan x Veil It's about the longing. It's about the inability to physically exist in the same space together. It's about the self-acceptance.

Cord x Rysn You've either read Dawnshard or you've seen literally any art of these two.

Raboniel x Navani You don't need your femslash ships to be "sweet" or "loving" or "healthy." You see some twisted devotion and erotic violence and say "Sign me the HELL up."

Transfem Kaladin x Leshwi You have a brilliant and beautiful mind.

Yumi x Shallan I don't know that the shippers for this exist...but now that I've said it, you're thinking about it, right? They're gonna sit on a bench and talk about the beautiful women they see. They're gonna talk art. They're gonna be bi4bi. You see it now. You're welcome.

#cosmere #cosmerelists #Vin #Shallan #Navani #Ialai #Marasi #Moonlight #Ranette #Jaxy #Cord #Rysn #Raboniel #Yumi #Leshwi #Veil #Sarene #Eshen'

[nevauxx]

I can think of nothing but Cord x Rysn. Ohhhh my gay heart

#stormlight archive

[pocketramblr]

pocket what are your favourite character dynamics (it can be a description or the actual specific characters, either is fine)

-🍪

oh you know i'm always for:

Experienced Hero Dad + Determined Hero Child. its the dadmight. its the batdad. its the hilarious reversal of gwen and miles knocking sense into peter b and him realizing 'wait do i want kids'.

Actually just weird parent + child in general. Yeah Link's dad is a tree. yes exhausted scruffy Eraser ends up with custody of permanent adorablest power child Eri. I'll say it: Shiro and the paladins before whatever happened after s2 ruined everything for me ever. I've got five parents and confuse my students any time i reference any family member ever lets pass that forward.

I didn't really think about this before getting into Rulie and realizing I'm with Ran Maru on thinking he's a better match for game 1 zelda instead of game 2 zelda even though g2Zel is who he's got an on screen kiss with. It's the childhood friends to loverssssss. like dude she just woke up and probably thinks you're the last Link from a cetury ago. The Zelda you've been besties to slow burn lovers for the last six years is the one for you. sksw KNEW what it was about with that zel link mhmm. Also. Mirio and Tamaki aka the otp. but also childhood friends to childhood friends is also. chef kiss. wish fullfilment there huh ah ha.

whatever dynamic you'd call the og trio or the hosu trio or bridge four. fighting besties with all the trust in each other.

adhd/autism solidarity. Yeah whatever is up with Vasher and Vivenna before their platonic divorce arc. Sylphrena and Kaladin also my belovedsssss. Selina and Bruce in the batman,

I finally understood the appeal of Bodyguard x Guarded when I realized Cord is in so much love with Rysn.

#anon #pocket talks to people

[jewishicequeen]

I... think I accidentally ship Cord x Rysn...

#i don't know WHY #but my mind wants it #cord #rysn ftori #rysn #the stormlight archive #dawnshard #dawnshard spoilers #corysn #? #cosmere

[gal-palanaeum]

Femslash fic rec

Rysn sits beside Cord in front of the bonfire at the party and thinks gay thoughts. Then the joint gets passed around.

Rated Mature, 4500 words, Rysn/Cord, modern AU

#tw drugs #cosmere femslash fic #cosmere femslash inspiration #cord x rysn #Hualinam’lunanaki’akilu #Cord stormlight #rysn ftori

[gal-palanaeum]

Femslash rec - voyage by eve_is_obsessed

Rysn and Cord are cute and gay.

Rated General, about 200 words

#cosmere femslash inspiration #cosmere femslash fic #cord stormlight #Hualinam’lunanaki’akilu #rysn ftori #cord x rysn

[cosmereplay]

Isn’t Cord Just Wonderful? by cosmere_play

Rated Teen, 900 words, Cord/Rysn

Mutual pining, first kiss.

The voyage had been extremely successful from a few perspectives, but what Rysn was cherishing most was the personal success. 

She’d pushed herself farther than she thought she could go. She’d delved deeper into her own insecurities and had come out on top. It made her feel bolder, like she had just gotten a taste of life again, and she wanted more.

She glanced over at Cord, standing fearlessly in her new Shardplate, looking out over the ocean as if she were personally in charge of allowing each wave to pass. She was a handsome woman, her stance solid, her eyes shining. The hair of her braid caught the sunlight, reflecting a shade of red Rysn felt she’d never seen before...

Cord turned and met her eyes, flashing a grin. Rysn smiled back and laughed, feeling the lightness of the day, filled with sunlight and good winds and oh storms, isn’t Cord just wonderful?

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#dawnshard #dawnshard spoilers #stormlight archive #the stormlight archive #rysn ftori #cord stormlight #Hualinam'lunanaki'akilu #stormlight fanfic #rysn x cord #cord x rysn #what's the ship name #and i don't mean the Wandersail #rysnaki'akilu

[gal-palanaeum]

a joint effort by gaybrial

Rated Mature, 5000 words, Cord/Rysn In a modern Roshar AU, Rysn teaches Cord how to smoke weed by the light of the party’s outdoor fire.

Teen-rated excerpt: 

Rysn groaned, laying her head flat on her notes.

“I understand,” Cord said, reaching over and patting her on the back. “This assignment is difficult, even for someone as smart as you.”

The presentation they were working on was a pain, but that wasn’t why Rysn was stressed. She had spent the entire semester nursing a crush on the cute Unkalaki international student in her econ class, and despite how much closer they’d gotten in that time—from sitting next to each other in class, to studying together, to chatting at the occasional party and spending more time outside of class together—she still couldn’t figure out if Cord was into her.

“Cord? You’re joking,” Talik had snorted when Rysn had finally spilled about her crush while they were hanging out, a bit high and very frustrated with her lack of progress.

Rysn winced. “So you think there’s no way? I knew it.”

“What? No,” Talik said, blinking slowly at her. “I meant, she’s obviously gay. Why is your gaydar so terrible?”

“Taliiik,” Rysn whined. “My gaydar isn’t that bad. She could just be one of those crunchy straight women who really like the outdoors.”

Talik gave her an unimpressed look. “I know plenty of crunchy straight women—the Reshi Isles are full of them—and Cord is not that. You should just ask her out.”

At the time, Rysn had just groaned and begged him to drop it, and while he had, the look in his eyes, to the extent that a thoroughly high person’s eyes could, said that this was not over.

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#femslash february #wlw cosmere #cosmere femslash fic #cosmere fanfic #corysn #cord x ryan #cord/rysn #cord stormlight #hualinam’lunanaki’akilu #rysn ftori #dawnshard