#pengiesama

[ao3screenshotss]

#title: #matchmaker matchmaker #author: #pengiesama #ao3 #ao3 funny #heaven official's blessing #mu qing #shi qingxuan

[checaria]

expectation vs reality ft. the mxtx redblacks and qingbais! 

request by @pengiesama

#tgcf #svsss #mdzs #tian guan ci fu #mo dao zu shi #mxtx #scum villain's self saving system #xie lian #hua cheng #luo binghe #shen qingqiu #lan wangji #wei wuxian #my art #1k

[dogskun]

Hundred-Demon Festival and ダークハッピー Kanaria inspired comm but with Jun Wu for @/pengiesama on twit!!!

#heaven official's blessing #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #jun wu #apr 2021

[hualian-fic-recs]

do you know any good fics that show hualian from an outsider pov? i just think theyre funny lol. thanks for your hard work compiling these recs!

Hi of course! A fun request

The fic I just recommended in honor of season 2 is from SQZ's point of view

Matchmaker, Matchmaker by pengiesama. T, 7k, no spoilers. Half of it is in SQZ's pov and is quite funny.

The Scrap Immortal has a harem?! by fullmetalpotterhead. G, 1k, no spoilers. Also in SQZ's pov and also funny.

Naamah_Beherit has multiple fics with alternative POVs, here's a few:

Heaven Official's Affair G, 3k, spoilers. A new god's POV, thinking he has a chance with XL lolol.

Not in Rivers, but in Drops M, 3k, background of HC spoilers. This is not an outside perspective of Hualian, but it's still really interesting and creative so I wanted to include it. If HC's abusive family were ghosts and lived in Ghost City

"Have you heard?!" T, 8K, mild spoilers. Canon divergence where HC and XL are already married when he ascends for the third time. In other gods' pov

#heaven official's blessing #hualian #tgcf #hualianficrec #tian guan ci fu #fanfic asks

[finitepeace]

TGCF season 2 brought me here

Watched second season of TGCF animation. Can't wait for third season so here I was <reading hualian fics>

The Care and Keeping of Your Sentient Saber by pengiesama | 1.9k words | E-ming is a very tender and sensitive sword, and needs lots of love and attention that only one person is qualified to give. Hua Cheng is a very tender and sensitive demon, and needs lots of love and attention that only one person is qualified to give. Xie Lian is very qualified, and a very, very busy man.

To each his day is given by Naamah_Beherit | T, 2.9k words | A story of how Xie Lian got caught in a ruse meant to pacify a certain ghost king and ended up with a husband.

#hualian #hualian fic rec #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #not my usual read

[cupofmaddy]

this is actually one of the funniest hualian smut fics I've ever read OH MY GODDD

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Crimson Rain was heaving for breath on the other end, as if he was about to expire for the fourth time. He Xuan didn’t even have the energy to roll his eyes. He just stared blankly at the gray, sunless skies, took a bite of his lobsterphone, and waited for Crimson Rain to start babbling on about whatever his prince had done to get him outrageously horny now.

“His…his sacred and divine backside…His Highness’ backside…”

“Okay,” He Xuan said. “Is that all for today?”

“His ass. He smashed a wall with his ass. God I wish that were me.”

He Xuan ate the rest of his phone to excuse himself from the rest of the conversation, flipped back over, and got back to the wallowing thing.

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LIKE EVEN THE TITLE I CANNOT

#hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #he xuan #xie lian is a bubble butt twink 100% #i love them 😭

[curiosity-killed]

wip ask meme

tagged by @veliseraptor!

rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs

normally i weed this down so it's just wips i'm actually working on/tentatively plan to finish someday/am okay with sharing but this time, i think it's a little funny to dump out the contents of my ~13 wip folders

he xuan and hua cheng bros (tgcf)

hualian makeup (tgcf)

tgcf twt au (tgcf)

altair and al mualim (ac)

altmal 6 below au (ac)

altmal kiss (ac)

altmal modern au (ac)

altmal modern soulmates (ac)

altmal modern swimg (ac)

altmal sex talk (ac)

altmal sparring (ac)

altmal time travel (ac)

convict altair plus future part_OLD (ac)

dragon ALTY (ac)

21st century aliens (mcu)

a small clock seen faintly (mcu)

ascsf (mcu)

before we go au (mcu)

cacw rewrite script (mcu)

counterweight (mcu)

ghostybucky (mcu)

post-AOU fic (mcu)

ragnarok vahing verse (mcu)

this too ch4 (mcu)

tonybucky fix-it cacw (mcu)

vahingonilo sequel (mcu)

white collar au (mcu)

t'challasam (mcu)

a thousand branches (mdzs)

burial mounds pov (mdzs)

copy of lwj thread fic (mdzs)

hua cheng bro (tgcf)

hualian dance au (tgcf)

lwj thread fic (mdzs)

lxc wwx post-whipstitch (mdzs)

sixteen stitches (mdzs)

sizhui bow verse (mdzs)

wangji find me (mdzs)

wenzhou fix-it (woh)

wulian au (tgcf)

wwx as madam yu protege (mdzs)

yunmeng jiang everyone dies (mdzs)

scorpion grass (original fic)

bflf mer au (tgcf)

hualian pygmalion — holy and real (tgcf)

huaqing gay chicken (tgcf)

xianle trio reunion (tgcf)

20200518_Family feels (mdzs)

bodyswap (mdzs)

jc perspective (mdzs)

jin ling wwx empathy (mdzs)

knives for JC (mdzs)

yunmeng bro reunion (mdzs)

adashi s6 (voltron)

ballet au nutcracker (voltron

NSFW captive shance au (voltron)

shallura ballet au_02 (voltron)

shallura crying (voltron)

shiro as death god (voltron)

shiro s6 (voltron)

superhero AU (voltron)

thermocline (voltron)

atla_light dancer (atla)

dreamwalker (the sandman)

hualian idev LMAO (tgcf)

20190429_sotiris and nadia (original fic)

20230528_nadia and sotiris (original fic)

crown of string (original fic)

gemini script (original fic)

overworld script (original fic)

pi & veria (original fic)

tyringay (original fic)

sphinxes (original fic)

untitled document (original fic)

20231130_Consolidated draft01 (original fic)

20190918_Soko family (original fic)

20191222_Sirion blues (original fic)

20200131_Sirion and Jaris (original fic)

20200131_Sirion and Jisel evolution (original fic)

20200217_Jemma letter (original fic)

20200421_Calsir first fight (original fic)

20210414_High fantasy AU (original fic)

20210516_Malia and Rassler (original fic)

20190902_Taelen FW (original fic)

20210908_Valyn POV (original fic)

20223405_Calsir third (original fic)

20230131_Calsir nudity talk (original fic)

20230603_Rafia POV (original fic)

i will not be tagging 88 folks but! an attempt: @lemeute @givemeunicorns @mikkeneko @monroeknoxwrites @crimsonrainseekingflower @lumiink @difeisheng @demenior @aurumdalseni @pengiesama @iamwestiec @saawek @pumpkinpaix @cleromancy @boomchickfanfiction @neuxue

#do u ever go thru ur following lists and look at the little mutual symbol and go why in the fuck are these people following me #(affectionate. bemused.) #anyway bc i just drag my documents from one computer to the next some of these are. Extremely Old #also there are fewer than i expected? #i thought i had more mdzs and tgcf babies floating around out there #wip ask game #long post

[nyerus]

Hewlo!!

Do you have any tgcf fanfic recommendations???

Hello there! I'd love to give some recs~ Most of these are NSFW and please mind the tags just in case!

we’re after the same rainbow’s end by Naamah_Beherit Modern AU, fake marriage. XL married HC to escape his father’s plans of an arranged marriage for him. They’re both pining like hell, and XL’s dad is even worse than he is in canon somehow! Lots of feels. I adore this one!

he who walks in sorrow by atomicmuffin Canon divergence AU where XL breaks in book 4, becomes JW’s right hand man, but has WM with him as his assistant. The soft Wulian is beautiful, and despite the angst there is a happy ending.

Tangled by ChoAyako Butterfly silk bondage fun time.

The Darker The Weather, The Better The Man by capyshota At this point it's a fandom classic but man oh man it's such a great read!

holiest thing i know by Einhorn A first-time post-wedding fic, featuring trans!XL. Very sweet and plenty spicy!

The Pearl by moonqueenmaia XL is beautiful and everyone notices it, but it takes some convincing from HC for him to believe it. Body worship, dirty talk, and very sexy D/s undertones with a hint of possessiveness!

Entwined Hearts by lianlianbun Tattoo artist HC and a very thirsty XL!

Let Ruin End Here by betts HC is XL's younger neighbor, ends up moving in with him. They both find peace in each other after years of dealing with abuse. Beautifully written!

I open my heart to you, and you call it home by debwriting XL finding a safe place to be himself with HC. Very sweet and emotional!

Desperate Times by UmbraSoleil XL in a terrible situation does something potentially stupid out of, well, desperation. Thankfully, it works out well for him and he ends up in good hands!

our roots will always be tangled by astrocosmos, moonsteps Pre-canon look at how badly FX and MQ cope with their guilt. A HC cameo is in there too!

xxx bubble-butt twink gets gloryholed by hung tatted-up sugar daddy xxx STREAM FREE ONLINE NOW CLICK HERE xxx by pengiesama Absolutely hilarious title, and a legitimately great fic. It is indeed what it says on the tin! xD

come together (right now) by feelslikefire XL accidentally summons a demon and a good time is had by all~

broken altar by Sectionladvivi HC lovingly bullying XL into admitting what he wants~

words of love by miska_za Gentle and loving Hualian!! A very sweet read with a touch of spice!

but a kaleidoscope by persicae Hualian RPing with XL as Taizi Dianxia and HC as a lowly servant. Sexy as hell but also a really nice character study.

Call your boyfriend by Linisen A super cute and fun getting-together fic!

There's a bunch of other fics including by amazing authors and friends I haven't included here -- we have a lot of talent in this fandom! ;A; I tried to give a good variety because I'm not sure what you'd like anon, or any squicks you may have! So be sure to mind the tags just in case~

#anon #asks #tgcf #fan fic #tian guan ci fu #heaven's official blessing #trying to signal boost friends and mutuals who deserve more recognition!!! #but oh gosh there were so many folks with AMAZING fics I couldn't include #im so sorry my loves i tried by best #im always nervous about giving folks fic recs because i never know if my own taste is like Normal or Deranged lmfao xD

[eachainn]

Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "eachainn "?

Oh, lord. Well, I can give you 10 of my favorites in no particular order.

Down to Agincourt - seperis (Supernatural)

Like a Comet Streaming On - Sineala (Avengers)

A Dawn of Wyverns - touchreceptors (Code Geass)

Snow Flowers - muckraker (Code Geass)

Knight and Mage - strikedawn (Tales of Zestiria)

Pharos of My Soul - pengiesama (Tales of Zestiria)

and so my heart beats wildly - lily_winterwood (MDZS)

what else is there? - mme_anxious (MDZS)

terror & desire intertwined - rupertgayes (Supernatural)

Phone a Friend - noviembre (Supernatural)

I will say this fluctuates depending on the fandom I'm reading heavily in at the moment to lean more heavily towards those fics.

eachainn came around when my other username (spirithorse, which is why my AO3 is still that) was taken. So I looked for another horse based username and eachainn came up, and it's rarely taken. I've seen it mean brown horse or just a name connected to horse, which works for me.

[tgcf-fic]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Huā Chéng/Xiè Lián, Hè Xuán/Shī Qīngxuán, Shī Qīngxuán & Xiè Lián Characters: Xiè Lián, Huā Chéng, Shī Qīngxuán, Hè Xuán Additional Tags: Humor, Gambling, Gatcha Games, a cautionary tale regarding the irresistible allure of .png images, Illustrated Summary:

All of Heaven has been brought to its knees by the hot new gatcha game, Celestial Confluence/Cultivation Cross. The gods are at each other's throats, and are at the brink of civil war, in pursuit of the rarest of .pngs.

Chaos reigns. And it is most emphatically Hua Cheng's fault.

#tian guan ci fu #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #hualian #beefleaf #SQX and XL friendship #humor #gambling #gacha games

[ao3screenshotss]

#what’s with the title you may ask? god i wish i fucking knew #title: #xxx bubble-butt twink gets gloryholed by hung tatted-up sugar daddy xxx STREAM FREE ONLINE NOW CLICK HERE xxx #author: #pengiesama #xie lian #pei ming

[silverstark]

Fic Rec: "And Caterpillar Makes Three"

by pengiesama on Ao3

It's HuaLian post-canon fluff (~3k words). Basic premise: A rumor goes around that Xie Lian is pregnant. It's somewhat canon-divergent (only for comedic purposes), established relationship, VERY VERY CUTE AND FUNNY I AM DELIGHTED.

#HuaLian #TGCF #fanfic rec #fanfic

[sophia-sol]

November recs: fic, vids, short stories, and novelettes

In November I started doing a thing where whenever I read a story or a fic that I enjoyed, I quickly wrote up a brief rec for it and posted it directly to my mastodon account. I am amazed at how much I'm enjoying doing this, and how well it works for me! But this means that I have now built up a backlog of recs that I want to share to my dreamwidth and tumblr as well. So I think going forward I'll post a roundup once a month of the past month's recs, so that y'all can see them as well!

Here's the November ones! Featuring:

7 TGCF fics 13 SVSSS fics 1 MDZS fic 1 NiF fic 1 Persuasion (Jane Austen) fic 2 multifandom vids 5 short stories 3 novelettes

TGCF RECS

Digging for Orchids, by betts

TGCF, hualian

Over the last couple days I reread this fic and was reminded just how GOOD it is

modern AU hualian

roommates! out of work actors! pretending to be husbands!

hualian are canonically both just so weird about each other and so over the top about everything to do with each other always, and this fic captures that dynamic beautifully

the author's careful attention to the physicality of scenes is so good and so important

xie lian is living with chronic pain after a fall and it's so real about how that affects his life

there are so many funny and on point observations of various characters and their relationships with each other!

I had many feelings

LOVE WINS.

On Our Way to Fall, by etymologyplayground

TGCF, hualian

a cute quiet small domestic scene in puqi shrine in the middle parts of book canon

see hua cheng as a cat! hear hua cheng's theory about breathing being sexy! enjoy hua cheng and xie lian being completely smitten with each other! also lady windmaster is a real pal as always

it's super adorable

6k words in length

Celestial Confluence/Cultivation Cross, by pengiesama

TGCF, hualian

a silly funny fic about hua cheng causing chaos in heaven by creating a trendy new gacha game

xie lian, bewildered, ends up on shi qingxuan and ming yi's livestream about the game

hua cheng is absolutely willing to get distracted from the game by gege

there's some excellent comic timing in here!

6k words in length

The Heart and All its Chambers, by etymologyplayground

TGCF, hualian

modern au where hualian are lesbians

xie lian has never had an orgasm, and hua cheng offers to help by loaning her a toy

obviously the help ends up going further than that

it's just so cute and sweet how much xl and hc love each other and take care of each other and are clearly SUPER into each other!

and how good they are about each other's weird hangups about sex!

19k words in length

Stick in the Mud, by etymologyplayground

TGCF, beefleaf

beefleaf before the beefleaf arc goes down

having sex with a strap-on and definitely not having any undercurrents of emotions about anything, what are you talking about, beefleaf would never

god, the note it ends on!!

4k words in length

beloved in your sight, by olivers_box_of_raisins

TGCF, mulian

mu qing pov from the xianle trio era

ft. class issues and teen relationship drama

xie lian is an enormous martial arts nerd and a naive but shining prince; mu qing is pining but hyper-aware of class boundaries and how everyone sees him; feng xin is ready to judge

it's so great and succeeds so well at what it's doing, I love it

I love the last scene, which it ends on, about xie lian's appearance after he ascends. perfect ending to the fic

7k words in length

Your Sweet Breath On My Dice, by Siamesa

TGCF, hualian

canon divergence story where ghost king hua cheng manages to catch up with his god in a different way

that way: xie lian accidentally triggered a curse and now he's swapped bodies with a mysterious ghost….?

(INCREDIBLE premise)

I love xl and hc's very different reactions to finding themselves in each other's bodies

I think my favourite part though might be poor yin yu doing his best to handle the situation, between hc's firm instructions on how to treat xl, and xl's equally firm opinions on what to do

a very fun read overall!

6k words in length

SVSSS RECS

ars adeo latet arte sua, by lavenderandrue

SVSSS, bingqiu

post-canon bingqiu experimenting with roleplay

in which they pretend that lbh is a statue in a museum and sqq is the museum caretaker who understands the statue's true value more than anyone else

yes obviously they're both extremely horny about it and also feelings-horny about it

the asides about the various lbh figurines sqq had in his old life are so funny

I love seeing them able to just be happy and have fun exploring their sexuality together, after all the woes of canon!

the word count is 6969, nice

bereft, bestowed, by sixthmoon (seventhstar)

SVSSS, moshang

cute fic about mobei-jun being hounded by his advisors to get married, but he's uninterested in the various eligible women being presented to him

shang qinghua suggests that mbj set a task that anyone who wants to marry him must fulfill

I think you can guess how this ends :D

3k words in length

in the thin winter sun, by goshkiki

SVSSS, moshang

rule 63 post-canon moshang from mbj's pov, featuring a pining mbj who can't understand why sqh doesn't seem to be interested in being her queen even though sqh is happy enough to have sex with her

gorgeously desperate and despairing, lyrical and in love and hopeless about it

mbj's pov is amazing, and so is seeing sqh through mbj's eyes

note that the fic ends with the pining situation unresolved, but the author is planning a sequel, and the fic is satisfying as it is as well!

17k words in length

Tale Within A Tale, by BrilliantLady

SVSSS, bingqiu

an au where sqq does his best to communicate to lbh prior to the Immortal Alliance Conference, despite having his words held back by the system; so he tells a series of meaningful stories and hopes lbh will draw the right conclusions

the fic is from lbh's pov and I love how earnestly and carefully he tries to put together the clues sqq is giving him! the CONCLUSIONS he draws!!

I screamed internally with delight at multiple points while reading the fic. it's such a delightful read!

32k words in length

Come With Me, by acernor

SVSSS, bingliu

modern au, liu qingge's ex-fiance yue qingyuan is marrying luo binghe's ex shen jiu

lqg & lbh have an ill-advised hookup at the wedding of their exes, and then keep on having ill-advised hookups

both of them are completely incapable of being emotionally self-aware, even as they spend more and more time with each other, most of it framed antagonistically

oh my god they are both so fucked up

the draw and the attraction they both feel toward each other is so well-shown

truly impressed with them for managing to make a happy ending for themselves out of all this!! <3

63k words in length

Cold Blooded Rivalry (Just Add Heat), by acernor and hyphendots

SVSSS, liubingqiu

liu qingge gets hit with a fuck-or-die monster venom! shen qingqiu and luo binghe are here to help him out

the vibes are SO good, from the prickly antagonism between lqg & lbh at the beginning, through the awkward unspoken interest in sqq, to the way lqg goes all melty and floaty at the end

it's SO soft from lqg's pov once the cure is embarked upon and I love it so much

7k words in length

The Cost of Sacrilege, by Prim_the_Amazing

SVSSS, luo binghe & the old palace master

lbh is having a totally chill time of it having a breakdown after his shizun dies

the old palace master of huan hua is ALSO having a totally separate chill breakdown about once again having a disciple under his control (….he thinks) who looks like su xiyan

when their breakdowns intersect, no prizes for guessing who wins lol

It's Time For Binghe Angst

such a good view into what might have happened at the very beginning of the 5 year period where sqq is dead!

5k words in length

The Dark Is Full of Your Voice, by straightforwardly

SVSSS, bingqiu

post-canon au where post bing-ge vs bing-mei fight, it's bing-mei who returns to sqq

prompts that inspired this fic included “Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting” and “Comfortee flaunts their hurt in order to get more comfort” and it's perfect actually, I love how THEM it is

sqq having zero clue what to do that's Actually Helpful when someone's injured is soooo funny tbh. but his fussing is what really matters!

2k words in length

shen yuan and original luo binghe’s epic adventure in the modern world, by tshirt

SVSSS, bingyuan

shen yuan definitely didn't intend to buy this body pillow of luo binghe what are you talking about

he also definitely didn't involve his "essence" in an accidental ritual that summoned the real luo binghe

however luo binghe is now here and he needs to do SOMETHING about that

extremely funny, tshirt is always so good at the comic timing

the airplane cameo is also perfect

4k words in length

if you don't have your own boyfriend, rented is fine, by nyoomerr

SVSSS, bingyuan

I feel sure I've talked about this fic before but I can't find it in my tags?! I've been following it as a wip and it's now DONE!

the premise: bing-ge transmigrates to our world, and shen yuan thinks he's an attractive but incompetent and down on his luck cosplay-boyfriend-for-rent and takes pity on him

sy tries to reform lbh and turn him into someone who's not terrible at being a boyfriend. meanwhile lbh is slowly discovering that maybe…..it's possible………for someone to care about him and be nice to him just because they like him?? sounds fake! but what if?

every single aspect of their relationship (and everything else in the fic!!!) is a COMPLETE delight. I love to see how much sy's sharp-mouthed peerless cucumber side is out in full force, and how feral lbh is, and how the two of them play off each other

86k words in length

commodity fetishism, by tshirt

SVSSS, moshang

tshirt is a genius, this is SO funny, I'm dying

modern au where mbj is a trust fund baby who's lost access to his trust fund, and what is he going to do, WORK for money?? no.

enter sugar daddy sqh, or possibly findom mbj's paypig sqh

3k words in length

bro you posted cringe, by tshirt

SVSSS, cumplane

yes more tshirt fic, can't stop won't stop

this one's about shang qinghua and shen qingqiu arguing about whether sqh's sex scenes are at all believable

which of course leads to a hands-on demonstration

during which OBVIOUSLY they don't stop arguing

it's so funny and so in character and it's amazing

the excerpts from pidw that are read aloud as evidence are also peak comedy

also it's rule 63

3k words in length

is she, you know, a disciple of xian shu?, by tshirt

SVSSS, mingying

liu mingyan and ning yingying's developing relationship as they find ways to open up and be real with each other

it's so cute!!

I love how it talks about the experience of gender, how nyy likes that with lmy she isn't expected to be a demure flower, and lmy likes that she doesn't have to be perfect, and none of that excludes them from belonging as a woman who loves women

and also they bond over writing RPS, obvs

3k words in length

MDZS RECS

Disrupt, Corrupt, and Interrupt Me, by hansbekhart

MDZS, lan wangji/su minshan

I love fic that takes Su Minshan seriously as a character, it's a rare delight whenever I come across one

Lan Wangji/Su Minshan during the disciple era, before the guest disciples arrive

lwj is a fuckboy and sms is delighted to discover evidence that lwj despite his airs is the same as everyone else

they fuck about it a lot

content note for nonconsensual somnophilia

PERFECT ENDING omg.

3k words in length

NIF RECS

all around us are cliffs (close your eyes and fall), by plalligator

NiF, mei changsu/mu nihuang/xiao jingyan

canon divergence au where after the destruction of the chiyan army, mu nihuang takes her army back to yunnan to set up as an independent ruler, and prince jing disappears

mei changsu, hearing that nihuang has taken a husband and nobody knows who he is: right so I'm going to yunnan

cue identity shenanigans, of course!

the wip is at 5 chapters and 12k words right now, and it's left unmarked what the expected final length will be, but I am HERE for the ride wherever it goes because everything it is doing is delicious to me

it's tagged with mei changsu/mu nihuang/xiao jingyan so I'm assuming that's the endgame ship, which, yes, take me to there

PERSUASION RECS

An Officer and a Gentleman, by cedarboots

Persuasion, Anne/Frederick

a rewrite of Persuasion featuring butch 4 butch Anne/Frederick

god it's so GOOD and I am so EMOTIONAL about it

I love all the ways in which it is both the same and different, the ways their identities affect the things they do and the choices they make

and I mentioned in an earlier post how meaningful it is to be able to see gender non-conforming people like me in historical fiction, living their lives, finding ways to be happy, finding their community. shaking hands with them across time. I see you and you see me.

making Persuasion specifically be the story told is so perfect too because of how it's about getting to know yourself better when you've had time to grow up more

also there's lots of excellently-researched historical content

and lots of feels

READ IT READ IT READ IT

it's such a lovely ending and I nearly cried about it

47k words in length

MULTIFANDOM RECS

Masculine Women, Feminine Men, by Tafadhali

multifandom vid

fanvid about queer movies from mostly pre-Code hollywood days

a fascinating window into the way queer themes were portrayed in that era

fun and thoughtful at the same time

3 minutes in length

We Kiss in a Shadow (I Have Dreamed), by Tafadhali

multifandom vid

a follow-up to the pre-code vid I just recced, this one is about queer themes in 1950's-60's hollywood

very different vibes, and the contrast says a lot when you watch the two back to back

this one does really good understated yearning and unspoken secrets.

SHORT STORY RECS

Brincando Charcos (Jumping Puddles), by Ben Francisco

Short story

a beautiful story about fear and trauma and being latino in the USA, and queer romance and the wisdom of the people who love you, and how something that can help save you and that can bring joy and fun in your life can also be an unhealthy coping mechanism if you take it too far. I loved reading about Javier and Mateo as they developed their relationship!

4k words in length

The Long Mural, by James Van Pelt

Short story

about a stowaway on a generation ship

also about art and being part of a community of amateur artists whose work is worthwhile

I loved the details about the problems with microbial growth in a closed system full of humans who are constantly shedding skin particles, and that the main character sees it as an important job to be part of the clean-up

the future is unknown but worth being a part of

7k words in length

The Dying Lover of Nogorod, by R. K. Duncan

Short story

fantasy story about wizards and dragons and power, and being queer, and being horny for a dragon who is also your death

deliberately written in a higher register, which can too easily feel stilted or cold, but here works to give the whole thing a sense of dignity and depth

5k words in length

To Carry You Inside You, by Tia Tashiro

Short story

sci-fi story about a woman with a port-drive into her brain that allowed her to be a great child actor when she was young, and gives her a career as an adult of plugging in the mental backup of a dead person to visit bereaved families who want their beloved dead back again

about identity, embodiment, and not knowing how to want things

also about body-sharing

in second-person pov which works so well for the things this story is about and the things it's doing! the main character is someone who spends most of her time being someone else, after all

it's so compellingly written!

has the perfect ending, which can be so hard to pull off right

7k words in length

this is the first published story by this author, and something this great is her first; I am excited to think of where she might go from here!

Nextype, by Sam Kyung Yoo

Short story

a short story about a young woman who was given a neural implant to improve her abilities and skills in school to be able to get a good job

about parental expectations and abusive control

trying to figure out who you are and what you care about when you've never been given the opportunity to be anything but obedient

I had feelings

4k words in length

NOVELETTE RECS

The Year Without Sunshine, by Naomi Kritzer

Novelette

an urban neighbourhood handling an ongoing collapse of systems in a climate crisis by banding together and forming supportive community

doesn't ignore things like temporary and permanent disability

believable amounts of hopeful

10k words in length

Over My Dead Body by shukyou

Novelette

content notes for ummmmmmm body horror? body grossness definitely. also, murder, plus sex with weird consent stuff going on. drug use. probably other stuff too.

but it's not, like, horrifying and depressing about any of that! it's remarkably sweet!

an absolutely incredible piece of original fiction about bodyswap/bodysharing that really makes its home in exploring the weirdness of the situation from the inside. What Is Embodiment. How to have a relationship with the body you're in. Bodies have a lot going on! The brain is part of the body.

probably this story isn't for everyone, but if it is for you then you are in for a TREAT. I adored it.

14k words

Black are the Waters, by Ten Tzeng

Novelette

about the difficulties of being a teen girl whose dad just died, and who is trying to figure out her identity as an othered visible minority, with a large and close-knit multigenerational family whose older generations are more connected with traditional culture and who want her to be too

the traditional culture is selkies

yeah it's a GREAT premise and I love how carefully and believably the selkie culture is imagined, and what the experience of being part of a landed selkie family would be

very emotionally affecting too!

8k words in length

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[carnelianwings]

if i sacrificed my infant nephew do you think i could get a good curse going on the ufotable writing staff. asking 4 a friend

Well, pengiesama, it would depend.

Is your friend currently hitting the depths of despair, seeing everything he’s worked so hard for fall apart?

Has he been helplessly watching a dear friend fall to darkness and malevolence because of the actions of others?

Did he also just watch his entire home village that he helped found get massacred?

If he answered yes to all 3 questions, then, yes he could probably get a good curse going on the ufotable writing staff.

That said, though, human sacrifice is sort of a touchy thing, especially if babies are involved.  Might want to see if there’s a convenient (slightly older) volunteer instead.  Not that it’ll be that much better, but hey, at least they volunteered?

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[pengiesama]

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