Uffish Thought

As always, I got so caught up in reccing things that I forgot to crosspost my own Yuletide fic! I wrote Goblin Emperor fic for rosanicus, so it was doubly nice to write for a new acquaintance and for a long-time favorite fandom that I'd never written before!

An Unexpected Letter
Goblin Emperor
gen, 1400 words

“Celehar? What's the matter?” Velhiro craned her neck, but could only see a seal with an unfamiliar animal on it – a cat? no, a fish? some kind of mermaid? “It's not from the Archprelate, is it?”

“No,” Celehar said, cradling the letter warily. “It is from the Emperor.”

Oof, someday I'll be prompt about these things, but in the meantime I'll settle for it still being January.

I wrote Lifting for wakeupnew, a Sins of the Cities by KJ Charles fic about how Sukey met Justin for the first time.

Lifting
Sins of the Cities - KJ Charles
gen, 1900 words

Sukey really should have stopped after stealing the lady's purse.

Such fun writing Sukey as a feral, clever eight-year-old street rat running around with Emma! I hope ya'll enjoy.

Look, I was just really sad that Obi-Wan and Leia never got to meet again and had to write an AU about, okay?

ashes won't bring you home
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
gen, 2000 words

The celebration after the Death Star's destruction lasted for hours.

Afterward, Obi-Wan finds Leia.

[bonus visual aids: the temple on Yavin 4 + CGI imagining of Ewan McGregor as older Obi-Wan]

A very belated post of gifts!

First off, in mid-December I got a lovely podfic of my NIF space opera AU Solar Wind Rising by lattice_frames, which I somehow missed seeing until this week? /o\ Let's blame the Yuletide deadline. Anyway, it's great!

For Yuletide, I got a darling Cherry Magic story about Fujisaki going to a conference, fondly observing the Kurosawa/Adachi show, and making a new friend. It's extremely sweet and exactly what I asked for. Go read i can tell that we are going to be friends by duckgirlie!

And lastly, for Yuletide I wrote a fic for Northland for Martha Wells' The Element of Fire:

dappled and dozing
The Element of Fire
Thomas/Cade, post-canon, 1193 words

Every Fayre residence has its unique challenges.

Just a cute bit of fluff, honestly, but I enjoyed revisiting this book and the world of Ile-Rien. Also picturing Thomas as Diego Luna continues to be a great idea.

It's a grey cold day, so have some fic about Wei Wuxian in the Burial Mounds and Chenqing.

dreamed this would be held a crime
The Untamed
gen, 549 words

Wei Wuxian never thought his summer at the Cloud Recesses would save his life — but here in the Burial Mounds, that proves to be true.

[crossposted from wipbigbang]

Story Title: Chase the sky into the ocean
Fandom: Books of the Raksura
Author: spatz / cactusspatz
Link: AO3
Summary: Moon eyed the calm, murky surface of the water, trying to decide why he felt like something was going to eat him.
Warnings: canon-typical violence
Characters: Moon, Delin, Jade, Stone
Pairings: Moon/Jade
When I Started: The 2017 solar eclipse! I went camping by a lake, which sparked the story for reasons that will become obvious.
How I Lost My Shit: I handwrote the whole opening while camping, lost the pages for a while, found and typed them up eventually, vaguely plotted out the rest of the story, and it has sat unfinished in my WIPs folder ever since.
How I Finished My Shit: The structure of having a deadline and the lure of getting shiny fanart! Jillyfae did a fantastic job with the latter part (art AND a fanmix!!!), and has been excited and lovely and encouraging since the beginning of our collaboration.




Playlist Title: Lost & Found
Artist: jillyfae / faejilly
Link: Spotify - YouTube - Tumblr - AO3
Bragging Rights: I've always been a huge fan of the Books of the Raksura (and Martha Wells' entire backlist tbqh) but I've never actually tried creating anything for them, so when I saw a blurb about Moon for the WIP Big Bang I got ridiculously excited. It was an excellent decision, the fic is gorgeous, and Moon is, in turns, deeply confused and exasperated and very good at fighting things without quite dying himself, which is exactly how I like him. I had a wonderful time looping music over and over until I hated everything and then loved it again, which is pretty much the only way I've ever managed to make a playlist. And then I even found a picture of the perfect horrifyingly purple plant for the fanmix cover! It felt kind of like fate. (Or possibly my image searching skills have improved over the years? Both are possible.) 12/10, great author, great Bang, definitely recommend.

Solar Wind Rising (4398 words)
Nirvana in Fire
Mei Changsu/Jingyan
space opera AU

In the twelve years since the Chiyan case, Jingyan has made no mention of the Chiyan Fleet, Lin Shu, Prince Qi, or anyone else killed in the conspiracy. Mei Changsu has waited for that final proof while he gathered his secrets and lined up his pawns, but now he can't wait any longer: he has to know what Jingyan's true feelings are before he arrives in Jinling. So he arranges an ambush on his own ship in order to meet with him. Will Jingyan help him bring justice to his army of dead – or does he believe justice has already been served?

This story is brought to you by the fact that when contemplating a space AU, my first thought was how the Emperor could be an even worse dad than canon! Enjoy!

I just posted a gift fic for arsenicjade, set in her SES-verse and specifically portraying an alternate POV on a scene from The Goat's Back. It is a very self-indulgent piece of hurt/comfort, so please enjoy :)

Pivot Point (6664 words)
MCU
gen

Clint's perspective on Steve's first whipping, and the aftermath. (set in arsenicjade's The Goat's Back universe)

This was an excellent Yuletide for me!!!

First of all, my story: the Yuletide algorithms in their infinite wisdom matched me with philomytha for Nirvana in Fire, which I got her into in the first place! It was really lovely writing for someone whose taste I knew well, and her prompt for a Temeraire crossover was very inspiring.

Seed (2815 words) by Spatz
Fandom: 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV), Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe/Mu Nihuang, Lin Shu & Xiao Jingyan & Mu Nihuang
Characters: Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Lin Chen, Xiao Jing Yan, Mu Ni Huang
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Temeraire Fusion, Fix-It, Fantasy Medicine, Crack Treated Seriously, more secret identities, Hugs

He listened also with a wistful air to the story of Xiao Sheng, the emperor's minister, who swallowed a pearl from a dragon's treasury and became a dragon himself; Laurence did not understand his attitude, until Temeraire said, "I do not suppose that is real? There is no way that people can become dragons, or the reverse?"
-His Majesty's Dragon, Chapter 8

I'd say it's very accessible if you've seen NIF but don't know Temeraire at all, since you basically just need to know that a few characters are dragons now, but not at all accessible the other way around. Sorry, fellow Temeraire fans. You should watch NIF? :D

I received THREE gifts this year, which was really exciting! Two were for The Breakfast Club, based on my prompt about the gang quietly keeping in touch via notes in each other's lockers, and one was for my NIF prompt about Jingyan meeting Shen Zhui in a restaurant on MCS's hint. I loved them all, and I'm really touched that three separate people wrote me stories - the Yuletide spirit is strong this year!

Nirvana in Fire
An interlude at Jiyun restaurant by Melody_Jade
The first meeting between Jingyan and Shen Zhui.

The Breakfast Club
Bender's Spring Cleaning by rhys_brad_fan
It was that time of year again. The birds were singing. The flowers were blooming. Kids were finally getting ready to say goodbye to school and hello to summer vacation, which meant as such it was time for John Bender to clean out his cesspool of a locker.

Freeze Tag by Missy
A single note ping-pongs its way throughout Shermer High throughout the course of a single day.

Thank you all once again!!!

I've got a stash of recs, but I was so busy over the break that I think I'll wait for another day so I can accumulate some more. Yuletide! \o/ And happy New Year, everyone!

Swear to god, I didn't think I was gonna be fannish about the new Star Wars movie, but I've already posted two stories, aided and abetted leupagus's 81K Poe Dameron backstory epic (which is amazing, you should all go read it, shh don't look at the pairing, just trust me on this), and have a bunch more in progress.

shock and awe
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
threesome, Rey/Finn/Poe, humor/crack

An alternate take on leupagus's Space Princess Poe story.


Crosswind
Star Wars: A New Hope + The Force Awakens
gen, written for the 'Strange New World' challenge at starwarsflashmeme

Two planetary landings, two desert planet teenagers, and one Han Solo.


Apparently my inner 10-year-old -- who got hooked when the re-releases came out back in 1997 and read alllll the EU books before she learned about fandom and fic a few years later -- woke back up and feels like writing.