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The Art of Deception, or, What to Do When You Are Operating under False Pretenses for a Noble Cause by whenstarsignite
Fandoms: Nine Worlds - Victoria Goddard, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
26 Aug 2022
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When Jullanar is asked by her fellow members of the Red Company to impersonate a reclusive scholar so that they might infiltrate a gala and steal a magical artifact, of course she says yes. No matter that she's beginning to question her place in the Company, or that she feels her skills meager in comparison to those of her friends. It is a simple, straightforward deception—or so she thought. When she has to pretend that she and Pali are married, things get rather . . . complicated.
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you are written in the stars that we are swimming in by whenstarsignite
Fandoms: Nine Worlds - Victoria Goddard, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
07 Aug 2022
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“Oh, Pali, it’s beautiful.” She felt lighter than she had in days.
“It is.” Pali gave her hand a fierce squeeze. When Jullanar looked over, Pali was turning her head back to the water. The air was chilly, and Jullanar was certain that the water would be colder than she’d like it to be, but Pali’s hand was warm and Jullanar’s heart was like an ember glowing after a blaze.
“Not quite the Sea of Stars but it’s very close, don’t you think?”
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i'm singing like a bird 'bout it now by whenstarsignite
Fandoms: Nine Worlds - Victoria Goddard, The Hands of the Emperor - Victoria Goddard, The Lays of the Hearthfire - Victoria Goddard, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
07 Jul 2022
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The erstwhile imperial household in Gorjo City is descended upon by their erstwhile lord, and Kip is greeted with a song. One heartfelt gaze leads to another and then ...
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treason when we wake by whenstarsignite
Fandoms: The Hands of the Emperor - Victoria Goddard, Nine Worlds - Victoria Goddard, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
14 Jun 2022
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Cliopher might be dreaming, but treason in dreams hardly counts.
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it's always ourselves we find in the sea by whenstarsignite
Fandoms: Nine Worlds - Victoria Goddard, The Red Company - Victoria Goddard, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
11 Jun 2022
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“—I wonder whom she talks out her emotions with, don’t you?”
— Fitzroy Angursell, to Pali Avramapul, on the occasion of having a healthful conversation (The Redoubtable Pali Avramapul, Chapter 35)Jullanar of the Sea has always been a steady presence, a font of wisdom, and a reminder of the beauty of the ordinary for her loved ones. She has spent the better part of her life making sure that they do not keep their emotions to themselves. However, there are times in which Jullanar needs to speak her heart, too ...
A collection of vignettes detailing Jullanar of the Sea's midnight conversations.
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江山如有待 | It Seems the Hills and Rivers Have Been Waiting by ScarlettStorm
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
21 May 2022
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“Are you a cultivator?”
“No,” she says, steadily. “This one doesn’t possess the core for it.” She pauses and raises her eyes to his, so boldly he finds it a little startling. “I believe that I can be of use to the Jiang sect in spite of that, and I have brought a gift to prove it. May I show you?”
Fully intrigued now, Jiang Cheng nods. The girl unslings the bundle from her back, unties a couple of straps, and unrolls it on the floor in a smooth motion.
Jiang Cheng is on his feet before he even consciously realizes it’s happened, and the reaction murmurs out through the hall. There, on a blanket that belongs on the back of a horse, are five Wen cultivator swords, offered to him by a girl who looks like the word “bumpkin” was invented specifically for her. What the fuck.
“Where did you get those?” he asks, instead of asking “What the fuck?” out loud, because that would be unbecoming of his status as sect leader.
The girl meets his eyes again, lifts her chin, and says simply, “I killed the men who carried them.”
Or: Fan Dingxiang cultivates the swole path. Jiang Cheng doesn't know how to handle that.
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Reeds in the Wind by merakily
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
01 Aug 2020
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Jiang Cheng misses his brother, Wei Wuxian picks up a new hobby, and Jin Ling connects the dots.
Ft. Yunmeng bros learning to talk about emotions, Wei Wuxian learning silk embroidery, and Lan Wangji's rabbits saving them both.
("I think it’s nice to stab something repeatedly. It’s cathartic,” Wei Wuxian quips, a familiar teasing glint back in his eyes, “I get stabbed so often, it’s nice to be the one doing the stabbing instead.”
"Wei Wuxian!" )
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And Time Is But a Paper Moon by sami
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
18 May 2020
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"Zewu-Jun. You once told me about a house surrounded by gentians, where you visited once a month, and how Lan Zhan still waited there, even when the door no longer opened."
Xichen feels light-headed. He feels shocked, and angry. He has never told anyone such a thing, but Lan Zhan is giving Xichen a look of utter betrayal.
"You told him?" Lan Zhan whispers. "When?"
Wei Wuxian takes Lan Zhan's hand. "About twenty years from now."
Wei Wuxian starts again from the beginning.
(Spanish translation on Wattpad.)
Series
- Part 1 of The Same Moon Shines
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Point of Contact by carriecmoney
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
14 Sep 2022
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Jonathan’s life was fine. He didn’t need other people. He studied them instead, like fire ants on the abandoned edge of the playground; carefully, with a stick and good shoes, watching their patterns and keeping his observations to himself, figuring out which ones to leave alone and which ones would make good surprises in bullies’ backpacks. Other people were tools, in the multiple definitions of the word. He used them. He didn’t like them. He didn’t need them. He was fine.
All in all, it wasn’t difficult to stay a virgin until he turned thirty.
A JGY-centric, Cherry Magic-inspired AU.
Series
- Part 1 of Maple Leaf Magic
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Upon Our Silver Bridge by TheWanderingHeart
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon)
04 Oct 2020
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“When the path ignites a soul, there's no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long.”
― Hakim Sanai**
Lan Xichen's sorrows have caught the attention of something. Unlike the adventures and foes they have faced before, there is no obvious enemy here to defeat. If this is the same thing they thought had taken Nie Mingjue's life, then he believes it is fated for him to die as well. Nothing can stop the black fire when it wants to burn.
Jiang Cheng is sure his part in this is over. Wei Wuxian is back, his grand adventure concluded, and he'd never been at the centre of it anyway. So what does it matter what happens to him in the end?
Slowly, he will come to realise that there will always be a battle to fight, a story to tell, a choice to make, and there is no such thing as an end to anything.
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(Translations: Russian, Spanish, Korean, and Ukrainian are in Chapter 1 Notes!)
Series
- Part 1 of Upon Our Silver Bridge: the anthology