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86 volume 7 doodles

#eighty-six #spoilers #LN spoilers #shinlena

meiscella

#shinlena #eighty-six

boop -- tell me the top 5 fics you've ever read, then pass along to another avid fanfic reader.

Ok, I'm so mad because I actually wrote 90% of this last night and then I lost it to unfunny Tumblr shenanigans.

I'm gonna cheat and name my top 5 fics from Eighty-Six first because, come on, I've been living in that ao3 tag ever since it was less than 50 works long, I'm a connaiseiur (well, until like one or two years ago when life caught up with me).

So!

edge of the world by garudyne: I mean, this is just a classic at this point, and I would recommend it to any person, even if they aren't familiar with the series (it's an AU, so you don't really need previous knowledge about the setting). Dear Haru's prose is always so beautiful and laced with so much feeling, and all the elements of this work work to make it so unsettling that it gives you the best shivers. Hmm, delicious.

Freight Train by OceanicEternity: This fic hits you like a punch in the gut, so much it kinda makes sad. I mean, Oceanic's typical dry, raw style of writing with his usual heavy topics make for some delightfully heartwrecking works that stay with you for the longest time.

Respite by Hanede: I know that Monochrome is the most famous work from my dearest countrycatwoman and best-est beta, but I chose this one because it's like... the starting point, and then you can jump to Monochrome if you crave angst, or to Wordless Voices if you want fluff, and I think that just show our beloved kodkod's range. Hane's prose is also so beautiful and thoughtful, and laced with so much feeling that I'm honoured to be mistaken with her every fic week (?).

Sun and Moon by meaninglessmusings: I always talk about this one because it's the perfect example of the absolute amazing range of from Mus: he can take a line on passing from the canon and use it to create the craziest crack ever seen for the human eye, or the most complex worldbuilding with characters so fleshed out you would forgive they were barely named in the original story in the first place. Seriously, it's impressive.

…For We Are Many by JordannaMorgan: Ok, the only one where I haven't interacted that much with the author, but come on. The dark premise is intriguing and heartbreaking, yet the story has the right amount of hope to make everything worth it, and without getting into spoilers, the body horror exploration? Amazing. Delicious. Get me more please.

Now, my top 5 from other fandoms:

In Carcere by Slaine (Aldnoah.Zero): AZ is that fandom which the original material ended so badly the fans rose to the occassion and took into themselves the mission of fixing it, and this fic is the perfect representation of it. I have SO much to catch up, but I have to say that the author took the story and its characters so more seriously than the original writers ever did, and develop them with so much care and thought towards the goal the readers of this fic were waiting for (orangebat, of course).

The Unknown Land by paperballoon (Aldnoah.Zero): Seriously, this fandom has so many great writers for such a niche mecha show, and this fic in particular it's so freaking good because it's like getting two cakes of completely different flavours at the same time, both equally good. At parts it hurts. At parts it makes you laugh so hard you get toned abs out of it. At parts it feels so rewarding that you cry your eyes out. It has everything!

and love is not a victory march by SomeEnchantedEve (ASoIaF): Remember when I said in a previous ask I'm weak for politics and arranged marriages? I blame 90% on NedCat and this author has an excellent repertoire of canon divergent AUs, and everyone is so freaking good. But this one is my favorite of all because it's been like ten years and it still lives in my brain free of rent, it's just... the perfect taste of a romance blooming through adversity and gloom. Delicious.

Out On A Limb by ArielleHermes (Leviathan Trilogy): Ok, I'm taking my hat off for Jill for tackling a premise that deal with topics that are so heavy and complex to write about. She nailed it, and in the end it's so rewarding. I can't wait to read the epilogues (actually, I can, and I will, because every writer deserves the time they need to finish their works to their liking)

What became of his ancestry by NinthFeather (Gundam 00): This fic took my favorite character of this series and gave him back what the world in this setting had taken from him long before the story even began. It was written with so much care for the culture it displays on it, the author really made their homework here and I appreciate it so much.

#asks #fanfiction #fics #my friends are so talented and I'm so honored of sharing the online space with them #Eighty-Six #tagging that because this is low-key the highlights of my rec list #oh right I have an Eighty-Six Fic Rec List

my-storia

Everyone get in we're headcanoning Sharp as mixed race, with Scottish-Indian heritage.

#leviathan trilogy #lilit leviathan #deryn sharp

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗 (give me ur content)

(omg, it's been more than a decade since I got to reply to an ask here)

I feel very bad because I'm gonna name some unfinished things, and I promise to go back to them when I can, but life is chaotic rn.

So:

and somewhere inside is the key (Eighty-Six): my longest ongoing fic, which I basically wrote while procrastinating the thesis for my post-grad degree. Arranged marriages and political tension are things that I'm actually pretty fond of: I don't exactly remember how I got the idea, but the plot and the world built around it so nicely in my brain that I couldn't stop until I put down most of the ideas for it. And the thing about long fics is that you get to explore certain topics you can't usually get into in depth in shorter works, which I think is a challenge, and so, a good writing exercise too. I want to think I managed to set well at least the beginning of the story: after all, this fic had such a nice reception and good comments. I'm honoured.

… I will never look away (Eighty-Six): another long fic I have yet to finish, the first one I dared to write. What I said before about long fics applies to this one, too, and it feels even more challenging since it deals with heavier topics and unhealthy dynamics (which is what has kept me locked with it). But seriously, that's exactly what makes this interesting and fun to write.

Colorblind (Eighty-Six): this one is actually finished! Ok, but entering Shin's mind and getting to explore his sexuality comes almost naturally to me, and it was so interesting too. And well, it was my first published smut, so there's that. I'm really proud of this one and how it grew from random ideas to an almost character study.

Gloria (Eighty-Six): I'd like this fic to get more attention than it gets (I guess it's natural because it's an unpopular ship), because the feeling, the melancholy on it... I really like it. It's raw, and human, and bittersweet. Or maybe that's just my impression, but that's why I like it.

angels roll their eyes (Leviathan): I still can't believe I wrote a songfic from a Taylor Swift song. Ok, this is similar to Gloria in the sense I'd like it to get more attention, and similar to Colorblind because it's an exploration of one aspect of a character, in this case, Deryn's (or I should say Dylan's) gender identity and how it could affect his relationship with Alek. For some reason, I tend to get attracted to these topics.

I'm gonna cheat and add one more, but consider this the public's choice:

Cat Day (Eighty-Six): Gosh, this one feels old. I don't usually write humor; I don't even think I'm a funny person, but for some reason, this fic has the fandom's love, and it's the comfort fic of one of my friends. I don't know what I was on while I wrote it, probably catnip, but I guess I'm happy it could make people laugh.

#Sei's fics #Eighty-Six #Leviathan trilogy #asks #fanfiction #sei work

homunculus-argument

in Finland, it is illegal to kill a bear when it’s hibernating. If you ask a hunter why that is, a number of them will tell you it’s wrong simply because it is the law, and they don’t make a distinction between what is right, and what is legal. Most people like that are perfectly normal, decent and respectable people, just like the rest of us.

But if you ask people who think about things, the answer is vague. Killing a hibernating bear would just feel… impolite? You can’t fucking shoot a man when he’s sleeping, that’s just fucking rude. It’s just not the right thing to do.

Long before hunting laws were established in Finland, you couldn’t kill a sleeping bear, and what commands you is something older than law: tradition. Even at a time when hunting was a matter of life and death, and a bear fighting for its life is mainly a matter of death, you just didn’t kill a hibernating bear, you have to wake it up first. Hunters risked their lives, the lives of their brothers and everyone in the hunting party, who were friends, family and men that they loved, to give the bear a fighting chance.

In the modern time, the hunting season of bears is in the summer, for the warmest summer months. There are many reasons for why they are allowed to tread safely in autumn and to sleep in peace through the cold months, almost all of which are rational and scientific, and do not touch the old traditions.

Old faith says a living thing has many souls - henki, luonto, itse. Plants only have one - the one that wills them to grow. Animals have two, both the spark of life and nature that enables them to act. A human being also has the third, one that makes them a person, personality, itse, literally “self”. But the soul that travels in your dreams is not the soul that defines a human - animals have that one as well. When your dog runs in her sleep, her soul is elsewhere, where a dog is needed.

One’s waking soul is elsewhere when they sleep and dream. A bear’s soul is somewhere else when they are hibernating - there are two words for “hibernation” in finnish, one of which is talviuni, “winter sleep”, and that is the one that bears have - and if you kill a sleeping bear, their soul is not in the body, it is still out there, and it can find you, and as a revenge for killing its body, Ghost Bear will kill your entire fucking family.