#Agnieszka x Sarkan

[jaded-envy]

Uprooted (Naomi Novik)

"You're trying to capture something that can't be captured," Agnieszka tells him reproachfully. "It's not like - magic isn't some sort of math equation. It has a life of its own, like a stream, and you just guide it to where you want it to go." And then she's off again about forests and gleaning and picking trails and other words that sound more like they belong in a guidebook for hiking than a treatise on magic. It's like they're speaking two completely different languages. Sarkan has never felt this mystical "consciousness" to his magic, no sense of a will or instinct. Every spell he's ever done on purpose has been the steady, patient work of building: the spells providing the blueprints, his words placing the bricks, his magic holding them together like mortar.

- untitled fic with role reversal between Agnieszka and Sarkan, where Agnieszka is the centuries old witch of the woods and Sarkan a 17-year-old orphan who just wants to steal her magical books

[bestshipsmackdown]

Pre-qualifiers; Group Two: Subsection Four

Captain Kirk x Spock from Star Trek

Chidi Anagonye x Eleanor Shellstrop from The Good Place

Westley x Buttercup from The Princess Bride

Vasya x Morozko from The Winternight Trilogy

Agnieszka x Sarkan from Uprooted

[ewa-jednak-chce-spac]

[caramelo7dulce]

The Scent of Magic (3987 words) by dazebras Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Uprooted - Naomi Novik Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Agnieszka/The Dragon | Sarkan Characters: Agnieszka (Uprooted), The Dragon | Sarkan Additional Tags: Potions, Spells & Enchantments, Multiple Orgasms, Sex Pollen, Recreational Drug Use, Marathon Sex, Magic, Sex Magic, Enthusiastic Consent, Woman on Top, Dry Orgasm Summary:

With a plot against the young king afoot, Sarkan and Agnieszka are called back to Kralia to determine if there is any chance a last corrupted fragment of the Wood still lives in the capital. However, Agnieszka may have gotten more than she bargained for when Sarkan reveals that the potion they are using to scry for it has some undiscussed side effects.

Written for the 2018 Uprooted Fic-a-thon: Enchanted theme.

[an-angenehm]

"And he does not sleep with those women" well yeah he didn't use to but there's a first time for everything

"Our dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes" well he's about to set a new precedent

[neverlearnedtoread]

Uprooted

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐; my favourite kind of fantasy - classic fairytale with a side of 'dont worry about the details' and 'you gotta believe in the heart of the cards!'

Oh?? 👌😉😏

a really sharp, quick-witted, and willful female protagonist going 'fuck it!' every few chapters or so and doing something crazy (crazy fun) to drive the plot forward, off a new exciting cliff

a soft magic system that really shows off in the best light what makes soft magic systems so valid. its all about the metaphors!! you have to measure the chocolate chips with your heart!!!

nature is so magical and beautiful and deadly. specifically if you treat trees bad they will form a sentient vengeful forest to raze your civilization to the ground and salt the earth with your bodies

kasia. i love an atomic blonde unkillable bad bitch with the strongest queerplatonic vibes with her best friend from birth

a CLASSIC grumpy 'beastly' male love interest. he seals himself away in a lonely tower, makes girls hang out with him for 10 years at a time, and unironically calls himself 'the Dragon'. he even has the audacity to be offended that everyone thinks he's creepy!!!!!!

No.. ❌🤢🤮

if you like having explanations for how magic works and any semblance of a hard magic system in your fantasy, put this book back. 'round here we operate on Vibes Only, babey!!

similarly, if your love language is words of affirmation and/or you think that fanfic-style romance plotlines should stay in fanfic, this romance is Not For You. this is not a judgment, only a warning

Summary: Agnieszka loves her home in her little village in the valley - you know, except for the evil forest simply known as the Wood that's been around as long as there have been people in the valley, with terrible creatures and sentient walking trees. And the century-old wizard known only as 'the Dragon' living in the tower overlooking their land, who takes a young woman every ten years to serve him. But what Agnieszka dreads the most is that her best friend, Kasia, will be chosen next, and that Agnieszka is helpless to save her. Until the day of the choosing, when the Dragon picks Agnieszka instead.

Concept: 💭💭💭💭 I've never gotten along that well with a book blurb, but this one does its damn job - gives me enough plot premise to get me interested without giving it all away, and doesn't make me feel like I've been lied to once I start the book! some stories really don't do what they say on the tin, or take ages to get there at all, but Uprooted starts off exactly at the spot the blurb said it would - with a girl, in a valley, scared of a terrible wizard, about to be whisked away to a tower.

Execution: 💥💥💥💥💥 This story is EXACTLY what it says it wants to be, down to the cadence of the prose - a Polish folklore-inspired fairytale. The rhythm of Novik's narration even fits right - one day I'll get the audiobook for this and get to hear it the way I read it in my head, like a grandmother's bedtime story with twists and eddies and crescendos at the all the right bits. I was in love with the aesthetic of every character, they fit perfectly into the backdrop of what this story was.

Personal Enjoyment: ❤❤❤❤❤ This book aligns to my tastes much the same way An Enchantment of Ravens does, and shares of lot of the same elements without ever feeling derivative - smart girl meets magic boy, causes all kinds of irreversible political upheaval, and lives happily ever after being just as they are - a Girl with The Audacity. its a tale as old as time, and i'll hear it told just as often

Favourite Moment: you know its a good book when you really can't choose a favourite moment - one that comes to mind is agniezska choosing to save sarkan from being grafted onto the heart-tree in the Wood instead of setting fire to it. the 'fuck it!' energy agniezska brings to her moments of crisis is SO good, plus the motif of her always reaching out to sarkan to cast magic together - 'hey real quick, cast a spell with me while you're being pulled into an evil magic tree trying to twist your magic and life force against us. couldn't hurt, eh?' and then it WORKS

Favourite Character: now yall know i love a sarkan-esque character - pathetic wet cat men who are so offended by their own squishy feelings are a great time! and kasia is SO bad bitch extraordinaire, her and agnieszka's love for each other literally makes the plot go - every time, every time without hesitation she puts herself as the last thing standing between agnieszka and the Wood. but agniezska herself is really Something. the way she uses magic, her connection with nature and her refusal to be anything else than what she is - a grubby young woman who wields kindness as her weapon against the world, who holds onto her humanity with both hands and teeth - she shapes this fairytale to be the story she wants it to be, one of connection and empathy. and im still thinking about her introducing the lord of the whole valley to her mother 🤣 power move!!

[thevikingwoman]

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- 1.5 Passing Through

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- 2. Choices

FFXIV | Shadowbringers | Wol | Gen | 736 words

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- 3. Comfort

Dragon Age | Vampire AU | Solavellan | Explicit | 7107 words

"Brooding alone?” someone asks. A woman, an elf, leans on the bar next to him. Her red hair is up in a ponytail, displaying the tawny skin on her muscular back. She is wearing a shimmering white dress, only a scrap of fabric covering her back. “I am just here to enjoy a drink in peace,” he replies. She laughs, eyes sparkling and lighting up her face. Her lips are painted bold red, and he notices her vallaslin, a dull olive covering the right side of her face. Dalish, then. Not many clans do that anymore. “No one comes here to drink in peace,” she says. “Iwyn Lavellan.” She holds out her hand, and he has to take it, bringing it to his lips in a kiss. Later, he blames the alcohol, or her sparkling the eyes, or the way the dress barely covers her ass. “Solas. Pleased to meet you.”

Probably my favorite AU. I love the little plot, I love the world, I love the dynamic between them. I love writing Iwyn as the immortal. I love the images and descriptions I wrote - and he smut is pretty good too!

- 4. Home

Uprooted (Naomi Novik) | post-book | Agnieszka/ Sarkan | Teen | 2175 words

He misses her, just not more than he fears belonging.

This is probably the favorite fic I have ever written. I think I hit the mood of the book so well, and managed to make a believable continuation. I just think this one flows so well and I'm very proud of it.

- 5. Temerity

Dragon Age | post Inquistion | Solavellan | Explicit | 10728 words

Iwyn Lavellan is doing all that she can to stay one step ahead of Solas, opposing him after he reveals his plans. When she runs into her former lover in an abandoned ruin, they start a tenuous and dangerous dance. They can't help but being drawn to each other, no matter how harsh the flames of love or hate will burn them.

I love this one for so many reasons. Though not Iwyn and Solas canon (in my head) reunion, I love the darkness of this, and the way they're messed up. I'm so proud of myself for going there and writing this and putting it out in the world. I love some of the metaphors, I love the intensity. And I love the open ending I left; do they spiral or do they make it through?

[stheresya]

I think that by making Sarkan such a difficult man to live with Uprooted asks the question "what if your immortal hot boyfriend actually had the personality of an insufferable grumpy old man? Would you still hit that?" The answer is yes, absolutely.

[goldlightsaber]

Ngl tho I reallyyyy wanted Sarkan and Agnieszka to adopt the royal children and raise them in the tower together 😭

[wackiekebab]

Sarkan: I studied diligently and consistently for this test all semester and am positive I will do well on it.

Agnieszka: I read the study guide for the first time last night.

Results:

Sarkan - C+

Agnieszka - A+ and extra credit

Agnieszka: 😎😎

Sarkan: .....what the fuck????

[bestshipsmackdown]

Pre-qualifiers Master List

Group One:

Carlos Reyes x TK Strand from 911: Lonestar vs Aang x Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender vs Harley Quinn x Poison Ivy from DC vs Edward Elric x Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Elle Argent x Tao Xu from Heartstopper vs Leorio Paradinight x Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter vs Yukari Kotozome[Cure Macaron] x Akira Kenjou[Cure Chocolat] from Kirakira Pretty Cure A La Mode vs Jonathan Sims x Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives

Nathalie Sancoeur x Émilie Agreste from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir [Miraculous Ladybug] vs Jack Kelly x David Jacobs from Newsies vs Sasha Nein x Milla Vodello from Psychonauts vs Mermista x Sea Hawk from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs Loid Forger x Yor Briar from Spy x Family

Morticia Addams x Gomez Addams from The Addams Family vs Gus Porter x Mattholomule from The Owl House vs Cassandra x Laura from The Wicked + The Divine vs Toshiko Sato x Owen Harper from Torchwood vs Katsuki Yuuri x Viktor Nikiforov from Yuri!!! on Ice

Group One Finale:

Harley Quinn x Poison Ivy from DC vs Jonathan Sims x Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives vs Loid Forger x Yor Briar from Spy x Family vs Morticia Addams x Gomez Addams from The Addams Family

Group Two:

Kazuma Asougi x Ryunosuke Naruhodo from The Great Ace Attorney vs Barbapapa x Barbamama from Barbapapa vs Hal Jordan x Bruce Wayne from DCU[Justice League] vs Anathema x Newt from Good Omens

Millie x Moxxie from Helluva Boss vs Sid the Sloth x Manny the Mammoth x Diego the Saber Tooth Tiger from Ice Age vs Meta Knight x King Dedede from Kirby vs Steve Rogers[Captain America] x Anthony “Tony” Stark[Ironman] from Marvel

Phryne Fisher x Jack Robinson from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries vs Regina Mills[Evil Queen] x Emma Swan from Once Upon a Time vs Utena Tenjou x Anthy HImemiya from Revolutionary Girl Utena vs Spinnerella x Netossa from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Captain Kirk x Spock from Star Trek vs Chidi Anagonye x Eleanor Shellstrop from The Good Place vs Westley x Buttercup from The Princess Bride vs Vasya x Morozko from The Winternight Trilogy vs Agnieszka x Sarkan from Uprooted

Group Two Finale:

Kazuma Asougi x Ryunosuke Naruhodo from The Great Ace Attorney vs Meta Knight x King Dedede from Kirby vs Utena Tenjou x Anthy HImemiya from Revolutionary Girl Utena vs Captain Kirk x Spock from Star Trek

Group Three:

Apollo Justice x Klavier Gavin from Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice vs Erika x Annaliese from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper vs Lena Luthor x Kara Zor-El[Kara Danvers] from DC[Supergirl] vs Crowley x Aziraphale from Good Omens

Stolas Goetia x Blitzø from Helluva Boss vs The Black Prince x Violante from Inkheart vs Joacquim Morray x Forever Carlyle from Lazarus vs Wanda x Vision from Marvel

Bakugou Katsuki x Todoroki Shouto x Midoriya Izuku from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs Killian Jones[Captain Hook] x Emma Swan from Once Upon a Time vs Lie Ren x Nora Valkyrie from RWBY vs John Watson x Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock Holmes

Connie Maheswaran x Steven Universe from Steven Universe vs Ellie Williams x Dina from The Last of Us 2 vs Chel x Miguel x Tulio from The Road to El Dorado vs Jaskier[Dandelion] x Geralt of Rivia x Yennefer from The Witcher vs Cornelia Hale x Irma Lair from W.I.T.C.H.

Group Three Finale:

Crowley x Aziraphale from Good Omens vs Stolas Goetia x Blitzø from Helluva Boss vs John Watson x Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock Holmes vs Chel x Miguel x Tulio from The Road to El Dorado

Group Four:

Marceline x Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time vs Faith Lehane x Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs Tinkerbell x Vidia from Disney Fairies vs Orpheus x Eurydice from Greek Mythology

Lord Asriel x Marisa Coulter from His Dark Materials vs Dustfinger x The Black Prince from Inkheart vs Wendy Pleakley x Jumba Jookiba from Lilo & Stitch vs James “Bucky” Barnes x Steve Rogers[Captain America] from Marvel

Yaoyorozu Momo x Jirou Kyouka from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs Elizabeth Swann x Will Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean vs Ruby Rose x Penny Polendina from RWBY vs Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa from Six of Crows

Ruby x Sapphire from Steven Universe vs Ashby x Pei from The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet vs Barbie x Wanda from The Sandman vs Fox Mulder x Dana Scully from The X-files vs Bloom x Stella from Winx Club

Group Four Finale:

Faith Lehane x Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs Wendy Pleakley x Jumba Jookiba from Lilo & Stitch vs Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa from Six of Crows vs Ruby x Sapphire from Steven Universe

Group Five:

Salim x The Djinn from American Gods vs Chuuya Nakahara x Osamu Dazai from Bungo Stray Dogs vs The Doctor x The Master from Doctor Who vs Amelia x Link from Grey's Anatomy

Dave Strider x Karkat Vantas from Homestuck vs Beverly Marsh x Ben Hanscom from It vs Arwen x Aragorn from Lord of the Rings vs Sam Wilson x James “Bucky” Barnes from Marvel

Todoroki Shouto x Midoriya Izuku from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs Elizabeth Bennet x Fitzwilliam Darcy from Pride and Prejudice vs Mamoru Chiba[Tuxedo Mask] x Usagi Tsukino[Sailor Moon] from Sailor Moon vs Wylan Hendricks x Jesper Fahey from Six of Crows

Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson from Stranger Things vs Sissix x Rosemary Harper from The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet vs Foxglove x Hazel from The Sandman vs Jack x Rose from Titanic vs Flora x Mirta from Winx Club

Group Five Finale:

The Doctor x The Master from Doctor Who vs Arwen x Aragorn from Lord of the Rings vs Wylan Hendricks x Jesper Fahey from Six of Crows vs Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson from Stranger Things

Group Six:

Sam Black Crow x Shadow Moon from American Gods vs Carmen Sandiego x Julia Argent from Carmen Sandiego vs Jonathan Harker x Mina Murray from Dracula vs Bailey x Ben from Grey's Anatomy

Dr. Gregory House x Dr. James Wilson from House M.D. vs Gojo Satoru x Geto Suguru from Jujutsu Kaisen vs Lucifer x Chloe Decker from Lucifer vs Charles Xavier[Professor X] x Erik Lehnsherr[Magneto] from X-Men[Marvel]

Uraraka Ochako x Midoriya Izuku from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs Charlotte “Lottie” La Bouff x Tiana from Princess and the Frog vs Daphne Blake x Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo vs Nina Zenik x Matthias Helvas from Six of Crows

El Hopper x Max Mayfield x Lucas Sinclair from Stranger Things vs Jenks x Lovey from The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet vs Hector x Lyta from The Sandman vs Kou Minamoto x Mistuba Sousuke from Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun vs Xena x Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess

Group Six Finale:

Jonathan Harker x Mina Murray from Dracula vs Dr. Gregory House x Dr. James Wilson from House M.D. vs Daphne Blake x Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo vs Xena x Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess

Group Seven:

Zuko x Sokka x Suki from Avatar the Last Airbender vs Ulrich Stern x Yumi Ishiyama from Code Lyoko vs Jalil x Christopher from Everworld vs Bokuto Koutarou x Akaashi Keiji from Haikyuu!!

Astrid Hofferson x Hiccup Haddock from How To Train Your Dragon vs Luke Patterson x Julie Molina from Julie and the Phantoms vs Eve x Mazikeen from Lucifer vs Noemi x Francis from Mexican Gothic

Kate Whistler x Lucy Tara from NCIS Hawai'i vs Dani Powell x Malcolm Bright from Prodigal Son vs Magnus Bane x Alec Lightwood from The Shadowhunter Chronicles vs Sonic the Hedgehog x Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgehog

Rapunzel x Eugene “Flynn Rider” Flitzherbert from Tangled vs Marco x Celia from The Night Circus vs Will Herondale x Tessa Gray x Jem Carstairs from The Shadowhunter Chronicles vs Ken Kaneki x Hideyoshi Nagachika from Tokyo Ghoul vs Agent 355 x Allison Mann from Y : The Last Man

Group Seven Finale:

Zuko x Sokka x Suki from Avatar the Last Airbender vs Astrid Hofferson x Hiccup Haddock from How To Train Your Dragon vs Sonic the Hedgehog x Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgehog vs Rapunzel x Eugene “Flynn Rider” Flitzherbert from Tangled

Group Eight:

Zuko x Sokka from Avatar the Last Airbender vs Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III x Vex'ahlia from Critical Role vs Nessie97[Vannie] x Luis Cabrera from Five Nights at Freddy's[AR Emails] vs Charlie Morningstar x Vaggie from Hazbin Hotel

Howl Jenkins Pendragon x Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle vs Hutch x Chloe from Jupiter's Legacy vs Homura Akemi x Madoka Kaname from Madoka Magica vs Adrien Agreste[Chat Noir] x Luka Couffaine[Viperion] from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir [Miraculous Ladybug]

Richard Mayhew x Lady Door from Neverwhere vs Gil Arroyo x Jessica Whitly from Prodigal Son vs Glimmer x Bow from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs Eric Cartman x Kyle Brofloski from South Park

Scott McCall x Stiles Stilinski from Teen Wolf vs Willow Park x Hunter from The Owl House vs Zachary x Dorian from The Starless Sea vs Ianto Jones x Jack Harkness from Torchwood vs Hero Brown x Beth Deville from Y : The Last Man

Group Eight Finale:

Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III x Vex'ahlia from Critical Role vs Howl Jenkins Pendragon x Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle vs Glimmer x Bow from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs Ianto Jones x Jack Harkness from Torchwood

[ewa-jednak-chce-spac]

Congratulations to Gingerpilot fans

Gingerpilot won with Agnieszka x Sarkan in my one true ultimate shipping Atournament and advanced to round two!

Agnieszka x Sarkan fans, don’t weep, because your ship remains awesome!

[recklesseleven]

“Listen, you impossible creature, I’m a century and more older than-”

“Oh, be quiet. Do you want me to go?”

“...No.”

[distinguishedstudentcat]

At first I was like... What if Agnieszka and Sarkan fuck before the battle as a joke... But bro... I don't think it's a joke anymore...

(It isn't, they do)

[lilithsaur]

Shy 100 years old bf!  Also new desings for these two :)