13 Bookmarks by apprenticebard
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Equivalent Exchange by RoseisaRoseisaRose
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
21 Feb 2023
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Annette continues her quest to bribe Felix to forget about her songs. Felix questions her methods.
just a short little academy phase drabble about first kisses!
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Captivating by RoseisaRoseisaRose
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
19 Jan 2021
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After failing to retrieve her house relic, Annette Dominic finds herself and her father trapped behind enemy lines as permanent guests at her uncle’s estate. That is, until House Fraldarius makes an unexpected offer.
AU where Annette fails her paralogue and Felix hatches a plan. The fake engagement Netteflix melodrama nobody asked for but (I assume) everybody wants.
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Bookmarked by apprenticebard
26 Dec 2022
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This one was really, really incredible. I binged it in twelve hours because I just absolutely could not stop, it just kept being incredible the entire way through. I don't think I even went into it a major Annette/Felix fan, I think I was looking for a fic that could give me a good sense of how their dynamic could be compelling, and DAMN, did this fic deliver.
It's basically good on every level that you might hope that it would be good. Fantastic character voices. Manages to be genuinely thrilling and suspenseful the whole way through even though you know that you know how it's going to end. Manages to be thrilling and suspenseful in a way that made me not want to skim or skip ahead even a little bit, ever, because I really really did want to experience the whole thing right there with the characters. Tons of pining and touches that nobody is clear on the meaning of, for surprisingly justified and reasonable reasons, between two characters who desperately want to be good to one another and are willing to sustain any amount of reputational damage and emotional pain to do so. At the same time, though, it isn't just the romance that works - the characters feel really grounded in a whole web of other relationships, both those with the other blue lions and those with Annette's family. I think my favorite side relationship might be the dynamic between Felix and Gilbert, where Felix is willing to risk everything to help Gilbert even while Gilbert believes him a traitor and is dragging his name through the mud.
It was A Lot, and all of it was good. I had a blast.
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At The End of All Things by lintamande
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
05 Mar 2016
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Tolkien once envisioned Middle-earth coming to an end in an apocalyptic final battle. Set in 2017 in Copenhagen and in Dallas and in Fargo, North Dakota, this is a story about Sauron, petroleum engineering, Morgoth, the surveillance state, the House of Fëanor, geopolitics, and Arda's final reckoning.
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24 Feb 2019
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Duck is the brand new transfer student at Gold Crown Arts Academy and she really likes it so far! She's made new friends, her classes are fun, and she has her very first pair of pointe shoes. She's also been having a lot of weird memory problems since she came to town, but, you know, that's probably nothing.
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Becoming a girl was easy. Staying a girl, ah! Now that was the hard part.
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Half a century later, Princess Tutu is a literary legend.
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Bookmarked by apprenticebard
23 Oct 2017
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A series of museum plaques. A little sad, but also very cute.
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There is no growth without birth. Without a foothold in the past, we cannot walk towards the future. Razer works on stepping forward. Post-Homecoming.
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Bookmarked by apprenticebard
20 Jun 2015
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Lots of little moments. I really like the characterization.
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Razer hides it the best he can. Which is to say, not terribly well.
Bookmarked by apprenticebard
20 Jun 2015
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This is another 'just read this' fic. It's great on all counts, but special mention goes to Razer's characterization. The final scene is really great, too.
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Whatever game Spike's playing, trying to pass off this girl as Buffy's "sister", the Scoobies aren't going to fall for it. Spuffy-ish. Set after 6.08 "Tabula Rasa"
Nominated at the Sunnydale Memorial Awards Round 29 for Best Angst, Best Gen Fic, and Best Quickie.
Bookmarked by apprenticebard
09 Jun 2015
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Believeable and a little bit heartwrenching, but it's also really sweet how Spike goes about handling the situation. Definitely worth the read.
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This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
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"I'm not good at summaries, but this one seems to have stuck: Xander inadvertently tells destiny to go F itself. If you want to know more, just try reading a chapter or two."
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07 Feb 2015
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The "Halloween"-based Xander epic that all other "Halloween"-based Xander epics should be jealous of. Basically, old!Xander gets a replay of the vast majority of his life, and he decides he's not gonna waste it. Great humor, great drama, a unique and interesting take on magic in the Buffyverse, and a story that's apparently great enough for me to love it in spite of the fact that it's about XANDER. (I sort of hated him when I read this the first time. I have since learned how to appreciate him, in large part thanks to this story.) Anyways, it's highly recommended, especially if you want to read a good fanfic set during the high school years of the show.
Warnings for character death, violence, and scenes in the future 'verse that made me cry. (It's really not that angsty. I laughed more than I cried. I was easily excitable back then.)
I'm listing it as M for safety, but it's listed as 15+ on INAP, which is really more accurate.
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"Just because he's standing here in an apron doesn't mean he's some kind of ..."
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Bookmarked by apprenticebard
07 Feb 2015
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In which Andrew bakes muffins and realizes something about himself.
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Long Distance to London by Quinara
Fandom: Angel: the Series, British Comedian RPF, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Great British Bake Off RPF
21 Jul 2013
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Loosely connected vignettes and standalones working from the assumption that Spike and Buffy were in contact (via phone) during Angel S5. As time goes on this ultimately leads to Spike moving in with Buffy in London.
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Bookmarked by apprenticebard
07 Feb 2015
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One of the more believable Spike/Buffy reunion scenarios I've seen, and extra heartwarming because of it.
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Sunnydale and LA are brought together in late S6; Buffy's life seems to be taking a better turn because of it.
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Bookmarked by apprenticebard
07 Feb 2015
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In which various characters make fairly good choices, and Buffy gets to be something other than totally miserable during S6.
Notable for containing sympathetic versions of several characters that are easy to bash, for being hopeful without feeling at all unrealistic, and for having an epic climactic scene that I may or may not have re-read a dozen or so times. I regret nothing.
Note: only the second fic is explicit. The others contain some sexual content, but are mostly about the story (the second one has a story too, of course). The third fic is really magnificent, but might be difficult to understand without reading the others first.