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An illustrated, non-spoilery guide to the many, many, many characters in the CDrama Word of Honor. For the confused, the faceblind, the casual watchers that don't want to study for the show like it's a test, and anyone else who feels that a character guide might improve their lives.
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No more can you distinguish of a man by thebluejay
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
11 Dec 2020
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The first time Jin Guangyao gets to hold his nephew.
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Darkwind never thought to see Firesong prepared to strike at his bondbird in a rage. Nor had he ever thought to see him sobbing out broken apologies, collapsed on the floor, cradling his bird in his arms. Nor drowning in grief and guilt, and calling himself a monster.
Nor had he ever considered how they would ever possibly move forward from this.
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This is a translation from Russian of a family friend's thinly-fictionalized memoir, or rather, of its first chapter. He published it in Russia in 2004; I made this translation as a gift to him in 2012, and posted it on livejournal at the time. I'm crossposting it to Ao3 now, in February of 2019, mostly for the purposes of tidy archives.
This book gets at the nature of life in the Soviet Union, at the ways it was fundamentally alien to those living in the US today, better than any other of its kind. If you read Russian, the whole thing is up on the author's website. I am, sadly, unlikely to ever translate more of it.
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A comfortable love affair.
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The Margat, the great fortress-temple of the Holy Order of Yorm, stands grey and weary and indomitable on her shard of stone. For Namala, a woman afflicted with the unfortunate ability to see the dead and the hidden forms of demons, the fortress is her last and only hope for safety.
And the Watchers are kinder than they look. As grim and battered as they are, the paladins have reasons for kindness.
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29 Jan 2023
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Alex Vorkosigan has a problem - when your Da is the most relentless man in the entire universe, how do you tell him what you want, and what you don't?
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26 Jan 2023
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tell me how this story ends and i'll keep them fires burning by kuchi for Noctugna
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
03 Jul 2020
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“Does anyone know?”
Zuko picks a particularly bright star and glares at it. He can get this over with right now, just like he’s done before. “People know, Aang. I’d be surprised if anyone in the Fire Nation didn’t. It wasn’t a secret why I was banished.”Series
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I Was a Fraction Out There by etymologyplayground for Etheldreda
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
20 Jan 2022
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"Why are your advisors up your asshole about inviting me to the conference?"
Jiang Cheng looks at him weirdly. "Because the whole thing is about how Hanguang-jun is ditching his job to go wallow in marital bliss or whatever. It would be rude not to invite you."
Wei Wuxian blinks. Then blinks again, then says, "Sorry, what?"
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A Vor in Provence by AJHall for caulkhead
Fandoms: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers, Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
20 May 2018
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Harriet Vane is wandering round Europe with her friend Vanessa, looking for local colour. A thunderstorm forces her to take refuge in a hotel bar, where she meets a mysterious young man calling himself Greg Bleakman. But Harriet's past is about to erupt violently into the present, and the events of today will cast an unforseeably long shadow.
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