#follower rec

[wangxianficrecs]

Follower Recs

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a modern au where lz and wwx got married during lz visit to yiling, but lz was drunk and didn't remember it. Flash forward 14 yrs (13 after wwx died) lz has to file license for an arranged marriage, only to find out he is already married - Anon

Last Friday Night

by SingingInTheRaiin

T, 3k, Wangxian

Summary: "Mr. Lan? I’m sorry, but I’m afraid I can’t process your wedding certificate.” Lan Zhan didn’t show any of his annoyance on his face. “Why not?” The employee arched one eyebrow. “You know…” They trailed off when they realized that Lan Zhan really didn’t know. “Ah, this is awkward. Well according to these records, you are already married. The marriage license you have on file says that you’ve been married for thirteen years to a man named Wei Ying.”

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(Please REBLOG as a signal boost for this hard-working author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

[areyoudreaminof]

It’s @vulpes-fennec birthday today! Not only is she awesome and hilarious, she’s also an amazing writer! Check out her Ao3 here! Especially Prythian’s Fantasia, one of my personal favorites.

Happy Birthday Viffy! ❤️

[shinesurge]

By the way, a lot of readers tend to be surprised about it whenever I talk about it so here's another post to say that independent projects literally live and die by their audience's enthusiasm!! Even if YOU can't support something financially, spreading the word or making fan stuff to create a cool space for other folks to hang out in and engage with the work is just as important! My own comic was going to end this December without funding, and the only reason we've made as much progress as we have towards the goal was because my readers made such an effort to help it find the support it needs.

Indie creators are on our own out here, the only thing that can help us is the audience!! Every share or comment helps even if you think it doesn't!! Literally just existing in a tag so it's not totally dead when someone else goes looking is contributing something really significant to the projects you love, please don't forget how much power you hold as a Reader Of Things.

[eyra]

I don’t usually do discourse on this blog but that last reblog hit the nail on the head. Reader interaction is at an all time low for fic authors and whilst I’m eternally grateful for any and all kudos and comments that I do receive, I feel as if in the past couple of years there’s been this weird migration of comments - they’ve left ao3 and they’re on tiktok instead. So, rather than people leaving comments on my fics, they leave their comments on the videos of people reccing my fics. I see tiktoks about my fics and they’ll have double, triple the number of comments that the fic itself has. It’s so lovely that people are talking about my writing, but it’s just a very strange phenomenon and a very odd feeling when you have a fic that you assume wasn’t overly well received because it has hardly any comments on ao3, but then you see a tiktok full of comments with people saying that it’s their favourite fic.

And I’m going to say something potentially controversial here but not ONCE have I seen a tiktok creator, whose content relies solely on other people’s fics, say anything along the lines of “leave the author a comment if you enjoy the rec.” Literally never ever seen this. And I think that’s a real shame.

[strange-aeons]

father strange have you any book recommendations for lovers of the locked tomb. please your channel introduced me to it and i have read the series upwards of 4 times. i need to feed

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine & She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan both fill that need for beautifully written sci fi/ fantasy with queer characters for me

[beescake]

I LOVE SOLKAT AND I LOVE YOUR ART SO MUCH UGHHHHHH their dynamic is one of my favorites and your art made me love them even more

AYY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT !!!

HAPPY TO SPREAD THE AGENDA <3

[yekokataa]

if you liked disco elysium, you'll also like...

these books:

the southern reach series by jeff vandermeer (book 4 just came out in october 2024!)

perdido street station by china miéville, the memoirs of stockholm sven by nathaniel ian miller

these games:

the thaumaturge (2024) (yeah, that's rasputin)

NORCO (2022) (underrated point and click narrative game in a near-future new orleans)

kentucky route zero (2013) (it's so fucking good)

pentiment (2022)

these shows:

true detective season 1 (2014) and also season 4 (2024)

the leftovers (2014-2017)

dark (2017-2020) (german show - netflix will try to default to the dubbed version but don't let it!)

[spirk-trek]

Nightvisions Fanzine & Novel | Merle Decker, Signe Landon (1979)

Nightvisions, by Susan K. James and Carol A. Frisbie, is one of the first standalone k/s novels published in a zine. It can be read in full here!

[theogbadbitch]

Me everyday for the past month reading all these GOOD fics

Few of my favs rn: @keyaho @nahimjustfeelingit-writes @sweettea-and-honeybutter @mauvecherie-writes @megamindsecretlair @uzumaki-rebellion @venusincleo @kumkaniudaku @avoidthings @brattyfics @theblacklewinsky @simplyzeeka @mymindisneverhere

[v6quewrlds]

What’re some of your favorite joey fics on here 🥰🥰

i love this questionnnn <3 (sorry for the notifs in advance)

not a fic but this little blurb from @slimshiesty

headlock with joe? yes pls

the entire thank you tiktok series from @bengals-barnesbabe (especially mini gossip girl)

i could write an essay on the view between villages from @yelenasbraid

cute cute cute

honey honeyyy i could be your bodyguard @heavyhitterheaux

of course, anything written by @tigertales9 (ice ice baby & weak resistance 🤌🏾)

the horns down series from @ladyluvduv is a masterpiece

also not a fic but this nsfw alphabet from @burrowdarling is 100% accurate according to me

oh to be sexting frosted tips, beefy, horny joey from @hoodharlow

[drarry-reccage]

Announcing Drarry Reccage!

@drarry-reccage is a new fic rec blog run by seven pals who love reading and spreading the good word of Drarry!

Watch this space for Drarry fanfic recs of all sorts: new and old, seen and unseen, from fluffy to angsty, and everything in between ✨

[wangxianficrecs]

Follower Recs

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Bruyères

by Cloud Flower (Anja_chan)

T, WIP, 11k, Wangxian & Hualian

Summary: “Child.” Hong'er looked up at the handsome stranger, if not a bit apprehensively. He nursed the flower for the god protectively, as if the stranger would snatch it. Not that he’d have any use for it. It was a weed, a wretched little thing, not befitting of the statue. Still, he wanted something to offer. “You want to protect him?” he says again, gesturing with his head towards the statue, his eyes never leaving Hong'er. His crimson red eyes. Hong'er nods resolutely. “Then you must be strong.”

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🔒 Travel by Sword

by StarClearWaters (Readoutloud)

T, Series, WIP, 11k, Wangxian

Summary: When news comes back from Nightless City that Jiang Yanli is dead, killed during the massacre, they move her to the cells. She had appeared in Lotus Pier on the same day of the conference, The Jin are adamant she had been at the conference, and there had been several witnesses that saw her die- Their Sect Leader among them was said to have held his sister as she bled out.

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Salvaging the Unsalvageable

by Maaeeya

T, 14k, Wangxian

Summary: A time travel fix-it. Mixes novel timeline with CQL Stygian Iron as it is a pretty convincing plot device. An older, calmer, wiser Wei Wuxian is dropped back into the past. He will use whatever means possible to save all those he cares for even if that means redeeming those who should not be given a chance and changing the entire timeline. Not much of a plot but a descriptive what-if. (Gist: Wei Wuxian reforms Wen Ruohan and civil servants his way to family, happiness, and life.)

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together all along

by stellarmusings

G, 5k, Wangxian

Summary: Lan Zhan hesitates, looking between them. He feels utterly lost on the meaning of the conversation. "What… do you mean?" "The marriage," his uncle urges impatiently. "Do you have a date, yet? I suppose all of your distant cousins will want to attend, so you'd better have one soon." Oh. Oh, no. Lan Zhan takes a deep breath and puts his chopsticks down.  This is going to be a long explanation. (or: five times in which people wrongly assumed Lan Zhan and Wei Ying were married, and one time they were finally right)

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That Time Everyone Assumed the Yiling Patriarch was Ugly

by tinitin

M, 4k, Wangxian

Summary: Nobody really cared about the Yiling Patriarch once they discovered that an angel clad in black would head to their waterfall once night hit. (Or, people should really learn some shame, poor Wei Wuxian doesn't know what's going on, oh, and Wangxian gets together early!) --- Spanish Translation

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[night0rchlds]

just found out that Silas and Daphne (the spirit bears it’s teeth) did end up having kids and have two daughters named Emily and Isabella

they mean so much to me i’m gonna go cry in the corner now

[lakecountylibrary]

If you liked Camp Damascus, try Hell Followed With Us

and vice versa!

There's a lot to love in both Camp Damascus by @drchucktingle and Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White. As horror novels about queer youth with, shall we say, complicated relationships with religion, they have a lot in common - if you liked one you very well may like the other. Let's take a closer look.

Characters:

Both books feature queer, autistic youth fighting back. The characters are trying to survive in a world created for them by abusive adults and religious institutions that hold power over them.

In Camp Damascus we follow Rose (autistic, lesbian). In Hell Followed With Us we follow Benji (neurodivergent, trans) and Nick (autistic, gay).

Genre:

Both books are horror, but with two distinct flavors. Camp Damascus has more of a creepy factor, while Hell Followed With Us leans more toward gore. In Camp there is some mystery to the evil, but in Hell the evil has a name, a face, an address - and a to-do list.

Both books deal with Christian cults and the horrors of indoctrination. They deal with the characters' complicated relationships to Christianity as an institution and God as a concept. They also both quote Christian scripture heavily.

Vibes:

While both books are horror, they do feel very different, largely because the primary emotion that drives each story is different. In Camp Damascus, it's love. In Hell Followed With Us, it's rage. You'll certainly find both emotions in certain quantities in either novel, but what they primarily put forward distinctly changes the vibe of both books.

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So there you have it! Two fantastic reads in close thematic conversation with each other - but still quite distinct. If either sounds good to you, do yourself a favor and check out both today!

See more of Robin's recs

[lesgay-loser]

i need everyone to read every book that andrew joseph white has ever written BECAUSE OH MY GOD. OH MY DEAR GOD. HOLY FUCKING SHITTTTTT literally every single one he comes out with DESTROYS ME theyre so fucking well written and i think ive been sobbing by the end of all of them (also i read each of them in a day and they're all 400+ pages. it normally takes me 4ish days to read a book that length if im into it)

hey guys! since this post is getting a lotta notes, i thought i might add a link to the tsbit fic im writing :)

[isa-ah]

genuinely can't recommend enough finding game devs to follow on here