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blackveine · 1 year
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Language: English
Chapters: 1/1
Words: 1407
Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: Gen, M/M
Relationships: Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III/Vax’ildan
Character(s): Vax’ildan, Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, The Raven Queen
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Hurt/Comfort, Vax Lives, spoilers for campaign 1, just in case i guess
Summary: In which Vax struggles with the fact that he's alive when he really should be dead. But he can't let his family know that. And he can't bare the thought of leaving them so soon after they argued for his life.
Percy shows up and his plan to silently suffer is ruined.
Post C1.
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lord-have-mercer · 9 months
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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Bells Hells & Bells Hells (Critical Role), Laudna/Imogen Temult, Orym/Will | Orym's Spouse (Critical Role), Fearne Calloway/Ashton Greymoore, past Ashton Greymoore/Milo Krook Characters: Imogen Temult, Laudna (Critical Role), Orym (Critical Role), Dorian Storm, Ashton Greymoore, Fresh Cut Grass (Critical Role), Chetney Pock O'Pea, Fearne Calloway, Ludinus Da'leth Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse, Zombie Apocalypse, Alternate Universe - Apocalypse, Team as Family, Blood and Gore, Families of Choice, Survival Horror, Disabled Character, Ashton Greymoore Has Chronic Pain, He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Ashton Greymoore, He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Fresh Cut Grass (Critical Role), Autistic Fearne Calloway (Critical Role), they're all disabled because i fucking say so, Laudna Has EDS | Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Critical Role), POV Alternating, Hurt/Comfort, Body Horror, Alternate Universe - Human, Human Experimentation, Bells Hells as Family (Critical Role), Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism Summary:
She is up to her knees in blood, breathing in the sweet, familiar scent. It is death, and rot, and everything beautiful. She chokes on it, swallowing its fumes like a man lost in the desert. She is surrounded by death. And she is at peace -
Or, eight survivors decide to travel together. What could possibly go wrong?
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saturdaysky · 3 months
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Have you read @ariadne-mouse's shadowgast volcanology AU? It's lovely and poignant, so consider this a rec from me! I reread it just the other day, and it inspired me to touch up this old sketch I had.
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“Okay, you definitely have something new,” Beau said when he stalled for too long. “Spill.” Essek continued to chew his thumbnail. “Tour group on the lava field. There was a sudden breakout from a soft spot.” “...And?” He took a breath, then shrugged. “It looked like hands?” (Aka, the spooky volcanology AU that absolutely no one asked for.)
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aeor-is-for-reccing · 1 month
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MODERN AU: A Shadowgast Rec List
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This week, we have modern AU! Check under the cut for a whopping 24 fics that all take place in modern times, and don't forget to comment and kudos if you like them!
LOVE & OTHER ENCHANTMENTS by LivThael (2092, General) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
An imagined review and synopsis of a movie about a Shadowgast modern-setting bookstore AU.
Reccer says: Hilariously awful, I say with great love, and by that I mean it purposefully and artfully swan dives out of the AU tree and hits every trope on the way down. This was written to be as cursed as possible, and Liv really delivers both that and non-stop laughs. This is clearly a love letter to terrible romcoms, cliché fanfic tropes, and the Shadowgast fandom as a whole. A+ satire, PLEASE read this!
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like 80/20 on the kinsey scale by jakia (2772, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Caleb bangs his hot TA and panics about it the next day. Beau did not sign up for listening to this.
Reccer says: Caleb -- who's only dated women before -- discovers he LOVES the D.
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ask to be unbroken by chaotic_geeky (40038, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes, Unfinished Cliffhanger
Caleb gets a last minute chance to be a photographer at a big runway event. He meets the star model at the afterparty, and things go from there.
Reccer says: The premise is great, the story is excellent, and the characters are enthralling. It does end on an unfinished cliffhanger, but the beginning is so good it's worth it.
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Fundamental Forces Other Than Gravity by mllekurtz (TheKnittingJedi) (40676, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
How cold, ruthless and lonely Essek Thelyss (a brilliant student with a secret) accidentally makes some friends and falls in love: a Shadowgast college AU.
Reccer says: This is a fantastic college AU! And the characterization is done so well it's phenomenal.
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a smile is more than showing teeth by thought (13642, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
"you are welcome in Zadash should that be an option for you," Caleb had written, "and I would be pleased to set aside a few days to work with you in person." Or How to seduce your academic pen pal through basic kindness, stolen sweaters, and books. Mostly books.
Reccer says: This is the start of an incredible AU with two more after it in the series. I love this version of Essek and Caleb falling in love. SO MUCH.
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Paradigm Shift by full_time_dreamer_behold (114291, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Caleb joins a law firm. He meets Essek, the IT manager. Things happen. They fall in love
Reccer says: It's a super sweet slow burn!! Essek and Beau have a really fun dynamic and the budding romance is very satisfying.
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(your face in my hands is) everything good i need by mllekurtz (25884, Mature) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Academics Caleb and Essek are nerds and fall in love over the course of a conference
Reccer says: I liked it!
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like colored indigo inscribed with my name by KmacKatie (kmackatie) (30648, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
An exploration of tradition, culture, what is worth sacrificing in finding yourself and family. Essek learns how to make a new family.
Reccer says: This is an incredible pic with a lot of beautiful world and culture building set into it. Though I love the idea that Essek knits, I am especially fond of the other handcrafts that the Dynasty may do culturally, and this one does such a great job with it. And the interpersonal relationships are absolutely incredible!
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we learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts by vegabondfirelily (5777, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Sometimes things don't go as planned. Caleb will always be there for Essek, though, even after a life-changing accident. Non-linear narrative, angst with a better ending
Reccer says: I love this pic, even if it makes me cry every time. It is emotional and brilliant.
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the fire kept closest (burns most of all) by Mousecookie (21822, Mature) Reccer's Content Notes: Major Character Death
Takes place on a modern Rumblecusp, Essek and Caleb are volcanologists. Absolutely bonkers genre mashup of scifi disaster thriller ghost story romance that somehow works. There is a MCD warning but it is also tagged as Happy Ending and that does come through!
Reccer says: The writing style is like watching a movie and it made me cry both sad and happy tears.
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Starting with your heart (bright heart) by 2manyboys (9914, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Essek and Caleb have been taking showers together, but it's totally platonic, they swear
Reccer says: I liked it!
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scene: a shift in tempo by hanap (6790, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Essek, first soloist of Rosohna Ballet, comes across the mountains in an exchange to be Caleb's new partner.
Reccer says: A beautiful fic! I love the way the AU fits our characters so beautifully, and how it honors ballet while also subverting it just a little. Gorgeous!
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A King in Cat's Clothes by royalgreen (1544, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Frumpkin is extremely suspicious of this interloper Essek who keeps visiting Frumpkin's domain (the cat cafe) and sniffing around Frumpkin's human
Reccer says: Frumpkin's POV is utterly hilarious. He is so angry that Essek is sweetly romancing Caleb.
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read between the lines (everything is gradual) by SpottedEnchanse (SpottedEnchants) (3047, General) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
A series in which Caleb owns a cat cafe. It's amazing.
Reccer says: SpottedEnchanse's writing can do literally no wrong ever. It's like flossing for the brain
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the golden thread around your neck whispered visions of my undoing by MarsBar2019 (191412, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Essek is the CEO of an arcane tech company in Roshona where Caleb gets a job as his personal assistant.
Reccer says: A tense slow burn that's sexy as hell, one of my favourite fics.
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Sleep, With Benefits by KmacKatie (62272, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Caleb tries out his coworkers' mattress. That's definitely all and not that he has a major crush on Essek.
Reccer says: I liked it!
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take chances by 06151126 (3021, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Essek left Formula One and came back, but his return isn't going well. He hires Caleb to help.
Reccer says: This is the second work in a series, and the whole thing is wonderful! Well written and honest, it's very cool to see how Essek and Caleb come together over the course.
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Empire of Lights by mllekurtz (TheKnittingJedi) (17215, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Rosohnans call it the rainy season: a time of humid days, heavy showers, and suffocating heat. Caleb, who feels less and less like a stranger in the city he recently decided to call home, finds it's also a time for revelations.
Reccer says: This is a fantastic, sweet AU of our wizards getting together and I love it.
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A mile high by Mousecookie (545, Mature) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Caleb and Essek (try to) get frisky in an airplane lavatory.
Reccer says: It's cute and funny.
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The Kitchen Sink by mousecookie (17126, Mature) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Essek is a supermodel and Caleb is a jack-of-all-trades, and they keep meeting in increasingly unlikely circumstances. WIP with 6/12 chapters.
Reccer says: It's funny and the writing style is almost Pratchett-esque at times
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The following fics each received 2 recs each!
Something to Believe in by AwesomeFroggy (108948, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Essek's mother sends him to Nicodranas as punishment, where unbeknownst to her he already has a friend. Jester thinks he'd really get along with her friend Caleb.
Reccer 1 says: I liked it! Reccer 2 says: This is an amazing incredible story! I love it so very much! The story is complete, though it is marked as one chapter left as no epilogue is out. Don't let that stop you from reading! I love every single second of this story so very much.
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I’ve been lost before (and I’m lost again, I guess) by toneofjoy (165k, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Rock climbing AU! Caleb is the new athlete to the gym and Essek takes over his training. Despite the specter of their pasts, feelings blossom.
Reccer 1 says: It's well written, most of the esoteric climbing stuff is explained well, and I really enjoy their characterizations. There's a good balance between the relationship-building and the climbing part. Reccer 2 says: This is top three Shadowgast stories ever. It's a wild, beautiful, heartfelt ride. It's worth every second of time it takes to read. Also, this will make you want to take up climbing or at least start watching climbing. It's so well written and enjoyable. Everyone should at least give it a try!
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The Secret Romance of Caleb Widogast by Cardinal_Daughter (15680, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
All Caleb wants is a peaceful, romantic weekend alone with his boyfriend. The boyfriend none of his friends know about. Naturally, nothing goes quite as planned.
Reccer 1 says: a sweet and silly story where we get a glimpse of the absolute chaos of a M9 group chat Reccer 2 says: A fantastic AU with a brilliant sequel. I love it!
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coping skills by eldritchmochi (251061, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
BDSM fic for a disabled Essek and the trials he experiences
Reccer 1 says: There is so much good about this WIP! The depiction of both Essek’s disabilities and the kink community are so well done, and the characterization is super fun. Well written and super hot. Reccer 2 says: This is one of the best long fits out there for a modern prompt. It is an absolutely wonderful story, heartfelt and meaningful, and the characters have so much depth. And I'm a sucker for a well written chronic illness/chronic pain Essek, and this one is so realistic it walks the line to uncanny. I love this!
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Aeor is for Lovers is an 18+ Shadowgast Discord server. The above fanfic recommendations were pulled from our community for this weekly event. All fics, unless otherwise specified, will primarily feature Shadowgast. Have any questions about what this is? Check out the FAQ! Next week, we’ll be back with WIPS
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kurosmind · 2 years
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“Is this really so interesting to you?” Essek whispers, struggling not to squirm—in sensation, in deep embarrassment, in more desire than he’d like to admit. “Your  pleasure… ” Oh  gods , the way Caleb speaks to him. “…is of great interest to me.”
so I think you should all go read go ahead, decipher me if you haven’t already. It’s the elf-ear appreciation we needed. (btw if you want to see the process of this I have it up on my patre0n!)
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ariadne-mouse · 1 year
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Here's some cover art for @saturdaysky's dark and compelling character study, poisoning the well, in which Caleb receives a Sending from Trent Ikithon while the travelling through Aeor with Essek and the rest of the Mighty Nein. If you enjoyed their other works Rare Gift or fulcrum, check this out! As always, mind the tags.
A few stills below the cut; I like the middle one as a nice visually balanced cover:
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sarahlizziewrites · 4 months
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I'm going to keep reading Bren x Essek fics until it fixes my brain the slow way
(ps. go read Birds of Prey and a Body in Absentia x)
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kmackatie · 1 year
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shadowgast fic rec list: the modern au edition - part one
This has been a long time coming, and hopefully the start of a few, but I have been intending to make some fic rec lists for a while. I am time-poor and generally bad at remembering to bookmark fics, but I figured I shouldn't let that stop me.
I have a love for modern au's, I write many of them, and I often see arguments against them when the source material is fantasy based for a number of reasons. But, I wanted to shine a light on some out there that tickle that box for me of being delightful.
Listed below the cut are a bunch of fics I have enjoyed, in no particular order and of varying lengths. I will of course forget some, but I hope to do some more lists in the future as I have more tabs open than I can reasonably fit in a list.
Fundamental Forces Other Than Gravity by mllekurtz (TheKnittingJedi)/@mllekurtz (1/1 chapters, 40,676 words, E, no warnings)
- A shadowgast college au with great characterisation and weaving of the Nein throughout. This one has chronic pain Essek, and I love how it is handled. As a note, Essek is briefly one of Caleb's professors, however, there is little power imbalance between them.
the fire kept closest (burns most of all) by mousecookie/@ariadne-mouse (3/3 chapters, 21,822 words, M, warnings: MCD)
- The fic that created the vocaleb tag. Essek is scientist on a research team studying a volcano, for which a tragic accident occurred years prior. It's told in a series of present and past, and the slow build of the relationships throughout the fic are gorgeous. For those eyeing the MCD warning, know that it is also tagged with 'angst with a happy ending'.
I've been lost before (and I'm lost again, I guess) by toneofjoy/@fireryn (21/21 chapters, 165,080 words, E, no warnings)
- The boys are rock climbers in this one. I know, it sounds odd, but trust me and read this. It has incredible characterisation and conversations about sexuality and gender (I hold the cafe scene in my hands so gently), as well as some wonderful sexual tension that builds until it bursts. This fic also got me into recreational rock climbing and I owe the author for it big time. As a note, Essek is Caleb's coach in this fic and this is a plot point for the background of their developing relationship.
starting with your heart (bright heart) by 2manyboys/@cluelessheroes (1/1 chapters, 9,914 words, E, no warnings)
- This has the sentence "Have you been taking four legged showers with Essek Thelyss?” in the summary and it has lived rent-free in my head ever since. Modern-wth-magic university au where they are both students with some lovely build-up of sexual tension between them. Hot smut to go along with it.
disputable presumptions by hanap/@callingvoicemail (3/? chapters, 9,606 words, E, no warnings)
- The corporate lawyer au of my dreams where they are friends with benefits and hiding it from the rest of the Nein. This has a delightful background of plot, along with ambiguous not!wizards hiding their true feelings behind an air of casualness, and snappy writing that keeps you reading.
Inside Edge, 3 Turn, and Closed Hold by MithrilWren/@mithrilwren (3/? works, 16,060 combined words, T/G/M respectively, no warnings)
- The shadowgast figure skating au I didn't know I needed until I read it. I've reread this one so many times and keep coming back to the characterisation and the way the story is slowly told across all three fics. There's a richness of the world behind what we see, and I adore coach!Beau in this one. Another with chronic pain Essek, and generally a careful understanding of the risks that go into the sport.
Labor of Love by OMGitsgreen (6/6 chapters, 43,331 words, M, warnings: CNTW)
- Bakery au. It's a classic, and it's done so well here. This is one of the earliest fics I remember reading, and it's a warm hug on a cold day that is great for when you're wanting something nice.
fermata by canyon_wizard/@canyon-wizard (8/8 chapters, 65,403 words, E, no warnings)
- A classical music au (there really needs to be more of these, please) where they are both piano students. The focus of this one is less the music world and more the character dynamics, and they are incredibly well done. The smut is hot, there is delightful miscommunication, and tense dynamics (ha) throughout.
(your face in my hands is) everything good I need by mllekurtz (TheKnittingJedi)/@mllekurtz (8/8 chapters, 25,884 words, M, no warnings)
- Professor au where they meet at a conference, Caleb a professor of modern history and Essek an expert in Latin. This fic has everything--wizards being nerds in every universe, first kisses, developing feelings, long distance relationship, emotional stakes, and dramatic declarations of love. I adore Mlle's writing (it really should not be a surprise at this point) as they have a way of capturing emotions and turning them into stunning pieces of prose. This one is also a love letter to Paris and Berlin, and please give it a read!
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fearnesbells · 3 months
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WOW OKAY. yeah. WOW, okay. after deeply enjoying @mintywolf’s comic long road home, which i deeply recommend and soothed my soul, i decided to read remember us because i had a feeling it would be something transcendent.
AND OH MY GOD I WAS RIGHT. consider this the most wholehearted recommendation i can give. holy FUCK. a relentlessly heartbreaking love letter to these soulful characters who love each other so much that still somehow manages to acknowledge the awful fates they were tacked with and what that means for them. and WHAT IS FATE, ANYWAY? we make our own fate, motherfucker!! that’s what this fic is!!
imogen loves laudna with everything she has. but laudna was created out of matilda’s pain and suffering, and imogen never wants laudna to suffer. what a converse, twisted web that has been created!! what a perfect exploration of it!
read this fic. i’ll literally shove it at you with desperate aching hands. they love each other so much.
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quietalight · 2 years
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@rainydaymonk 's shadowgast climbing au "I've Been Lost Before (And I'm Lost Again, I Guess)" has got me with Essek's cute peony shorts and knee high socks...
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blackveine · 1 year
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Language: English
Chapters: 1/1
Words: 4100
Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: F/M
Relationships: Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III/Vex’ahlia, Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III & Vax’ildan, Vax’ildan & Vex’ahlia, Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III & Vax’ildan & Vex’ahlia
Character(s): Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, Vex’ahlia, Vax’ildan, Trinket, Vox Machina
Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmates, Pre-Relationship, Pre-Stream, Canon Typical Violence, Trauma, Nightmares
Series: Werewolf’s Soulmate AU
Summary: Percy jerks in his sleep, spasmodic movements that spell nothing good. Vax is curled comfortably against Trinket’s side and he watches as Percy yanks himself upright, eyes wide as he fishes blindly around his bedroll for his glasses before finding them and sliding them on. For a long stretch Percy stays there, hunched over his knees and visibly trembling.
Percy’s sleep shirt is rucked up by his hip. In the firelight Vax can make out the scars of torture he’d first seen spelled out on his sister’s skin.
*Another great fic by @essayofthoughts! It’s absolutely fire, so you should go read it.*
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daisychainsandbowties · 4 months
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any imodna fic recs??
🥺 i really like imodna but it’s not a pairing i read much fic of aside from the occasional snippet on here while i’m gaying in the tag, but these are the few i have read & really loved 🥰💖
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let’s just go and fall in love// read this the night of the kiss and. oh my god. beautiful beautiful. by @sharkodaktyl
the veins grow in slow// the prose. oh my god the prose in this one. by @foibles-fables
where the spirit meets the bones// this one makes me consider eating flowers (good) by @somethingwritey
a soul is a wild thing// daemon au. this one is… they are both the strangest girls and it’s breathtaking. by @unicyclehippo
high speed connection// streamer au. this is incredible 🙏😌. by @wvearp
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saturdaysky · 2 years
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Chapter 12 of @ariadne-mouse's lovely mercaleb fic is up! And you know what that means: art! In this chapter, a fish is thrown, a cat is fed, and Essek does some intimate, high-contact snorkeling with a creature from deep.
I'm very pleased with this picture! :) Some crops:
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This week, we have nine amazing Calamity fics, featuring the beloved Ring of Brass and the people they inspired! Check them out underneath the cut, and as always, comment and kudos if you like them!
Benediction by Sandtalon (4961,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Maya Agrupnin & Cerrit Agrupnin
Cerrit tries to return to his family after the events of Calamity. Maya starts to realize the impact of all of the events.
Reccer says: A wonderful post-calamity read, there's so many emotions and I end up feeling them all whenever I rearead this one
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last letter by bittersnake (1373,General) Warnings: choose not to warn Pairings:
a letter read before everything went to hell that day
Reccer says: It's such a simple but heartbreaking premise
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on the eve by quothhh (1770,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Maya Agrupnin/Triton, Maya Agrupnin/Kir
A first date at the end of the world.
Reccer says: It's so sweet and a perfect teenage voice
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Complete Solitude - The Matron of Ravens by CatcherWrites (1235,General) Warnings: None that I can tell Pairings: There are very brief references to The Matron/Her Predecessor
A story about The Matron's last day as a mortal woman, and the consequences of her ascension to godhood.
Reccer says: It's short and sweet and has some interesting ideas about the kind of person The Matron was and what it must have been like to become a deity.
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when people say that something is forever (either way it ends) by actualtaracole (freaking_intelligent_fangirl) (9006,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: The Circle of Brass + Elias
Zerxus's family give him the redemption he deserves
Reccer says: Made me cry (affectionate)
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Pick Your Brain Apart (And Build it Again) by ShakesqueereanTragedy (921,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Patia Por'co & Maya Agrupnin
Patia sends the Library Incantatum to Maya
Reccer says: I loved this moment of hope in Calamity and this fic captures that vibe perfectly
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What endures beyond the silent edge by Beleriandings (241304,Teen) Warnings: Choose not to warn Pairings: Background Beauyasha, Laerryn/Loquatious, Evandrin/Zerxus, and Shadowgast
On the day of the Apogee Solstice, the members of the Ring of Brass are transported into the future
Reccer says: Amazing interplay between the Ring of Brass and the Mighty Nein, and a gripping longfic
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Let Others Light their Candles by ChronicBookworm (2801,General) Warnings: None Pairings:
Patia, her mentors, and the one she never got the chance to mentor.
Reccer says: I love the exploration of the weight of expectation
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warp and weft by CodaAtTheEnd (4474,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings:
Cerrit Agrupnin receives a chance to avert the Calamity.
Reccer says: I liked it
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This is one of our weekly communally-generated gen rec lists. Every week we announce a new theme and allow anyone to submit a fic recommendation. Please note that the summary and content notes are provided by the reccer, and may be different than what the author has provided. Please assume good intentions all around. <3
And hey, anyone includes you!
Next week, we'll be featuring fics focusing on Transformation!
Then, it'll be fics featuring Post-Campaign, Marquet, and then Blindness/Deafness!
Any fics coming to mind? Well, then use this form to submit! If you're looking for some more, check out some fics written in the critter genfic bingo tag, or the older rec lists! Or you can request your own card and join in on the fun!
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aeor-is-for-reccing · 17 days
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Established Relationship Recs!
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This week, we have ten recs for fics that feature Caleb and Essek in an established relationship! Check them out under the cut, and as always - comment or kudos if you like them!
I shine only with the light you gave me by SkyScribbles (4533, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: None
There are certain things that an Umavi's son should not do, if he wishes to avoid his mother's rage and the disgust of his Den. Dancing with a human is most certainly among them.
Reccer says: The tension between the Umavi and Essek is incredibly well written, and I really liked seeing the machinations involved. Verin's spin on it all, as well as the wizard's conversation during the dance itself, made me laugh.
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put your sweet lips on my lips by LadyOrpheus (15750, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: Heat but not A/B/O
Essek has finally found someone he wants to share a heat with. Now if only his heat would get the memo
Reccer says: A+ smut, lovely characterization, and a rare non-omegaverse heat fic
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where's the point in hurrying (when waiting feels so great) by mllekurtz (TheKnittingJedi) (4438, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
"You weren’t paying attention." That was Essek’s justification, delivered in a perfectly even and reasonable tone, when he entered Caleb’s study for the second time that evening, wearing nothing but jewellery.
Reccer says: A wonderful exchange of control between two wizards who love each other
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memory in double exposure by hanap (11479, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Caleb and Essek had a falling out. Essek visits Jester several times before things get sorted.
Reccer says: Not only is the shadowgast heartbreakingly earnest, but Jester and Essek’s friendship is beautifully portrayed. The progression feels so natural, and the ending is so satisfactory after the build.
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small works of cosmic scale by mousecookie (2547, General) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Essek is living incognito in Nicodranas and Caleb visits him after receiving an urgent message
Reccer says: It's cute and touching
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Mitosis by queenbeetle (4325, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
caleb learns a new spell and essek is eager to push his limits.
Reccer says: SUPER hot!
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Iridescent Hearts by onyxshinigami (4822, Mature) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Domestic Fic from Caleb's point of view. Essek is obviously up to something and Caleb is delighted with a little mystery. They have a home! They have 3 cats!
Reccer says: It's a light, fun read. A cute little mystery/surprise for both Caleb and the reader.
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the firebird & the star by quinn_of_aebradore (293, General) Reccer's Content Notes: None
In the Empire, they tell a story. The Dynasty tells one as well, similar in nature. Reality is quite different.
Reccer says: I liked it!
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dress me up, make it tight, i’m your doll by atlasarcana (15516, Explicit) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Caleb has been creating a wardrobe of body jewelry for Essek. Essek volunteers to model as a mannequin
Reccer says: Interesting kink and Very hot
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in guidance and tethered essence by Allinna (2868, Teen) Reccer's Content Notes: No Content Notes
Essek tries to bake apple tarts.
Reccer says: It's super domestic and cute, plus the way the whole cooking process is (essek pov) unnecessarily academic is really fun!
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kurosmind · 2 years
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Peak Bren/Essek dynamic sketch to celebrate the posting of all this, heaven never could describe, the sequel to More Things in Heaven and Earth by @the-kaedageist! Fully recommend if you like adventure, drama and a lot of snarky oldmarriedcouple banter between these two  
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