Friends at the Table fanart recs - Pinups, PALISADE, and more

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This started as a comment on the weekly community recs post but it got a bit long, so I decided to turn it into a proper post for the comm!

Friends at the Table fandom always has amazing fanart but it's been an even greater feast for my eyes than usual lately because a) a fan (wereshrew-admirer) arranged an FATT Pinup Week last month and b) there've been some wild developments in canon that really got people's creative juices flowing. Here are a few pieces from tumblr that I'm obsessed with.

Most of these are from the show's space seasons (with a couple pinups of Pickman from Sangfielle thrown in) so if anyone reading this is canon-blind but happens to love fun, vibrant alien designs and/or giant mecha, these may appeal to you too.

Pinups and/or NSFW Art

• Broun/Valence + "mundane situations" by wereshrew-admirer - LOVE the casual intimacy of this!
• Aria/Jacqui by wereshrew-admirer - Now THIS is a Jacqui Green. Her shoulders 👀
• Mustard Red + "a hint of violence" by aglennco - Incredible art of the Brink Proxy's worst weirdgirl.
• Grand Magnificent + "entangled" + "lingerie" by wereshrew-admirer - I love everything here, from Grand's expression/posture to the little easter eggs thrown in (his tattoos, what he's working on).
• Pickman + "lingerie" by laminatednewspaper - Her expression! Her bulk! Those girls who desperately want to spend time with her!
• Pickman + "a hint of violence" by wereshrew-admirer - The colours and her "just-got-woken-up" look are fabulous here.
• Tender Sky + "entangled" by madetolooklikeus - I love those soft watercolours so much.

Spoilery Art (all SFW but spoiling the most recent episodes)

• Brnine and Gucci by guccigarantine - I can't stop staring at those faces, the expressions are SO evocative of a moment in canon that made me pause and rewind three entire times before I could finish the episode.
• Brnine and Gucci by courbet-nft - Ditto what I said about the previous piece, and god, that stricken expression!

Other Art (all SFW)

• Headshots of the PALISADE PCs by pleasantchimera - I love this artist's style so much, everyone has such character.
• Eidolon: Cassander Timaeus Berenice by suedeuxnim - A gorgeous rendering of Cass's shift from player character to (propagandistic) historical figure.
• Belltower vs. Saint Dawn by damage-ko - "A mecha fight with romantic tension" indeed!
• Brnine, haunted by violentandmagnificent - Those colours are so good I want to taste them.
• A few Phrygian pieces by guccigarantine - Absolutely outstanding Phrygian! The frog war form is especially big-brained.
• Cori and Devotion by luketaluketa - The scale! The colours! The claustophobia of it! It's beautiful and so unsettling.

4 Doctor Who Fic Recs

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Title: Historical Wrack (The Help and Comfort Remix)
Author: JohnAmendAll
Fandom: Doctor Who (classic series)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Rating: General
Summary: "Right," Ace said, her thought briefly resting on the can of Nitro-Nine she'd concealed in her petticoat just in case of emergencies. "Is this why we're telling everyone I'm your wife?"

An extension of thisbluespirit's fic (which is also excellent) that is a lot of fun! And then it hits you. The characterisation is so on point.

Title: Embrace
Author: Yumemisama
Fandom: Doctor Who (classic series)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Seventh Doctor/Ace
Rating: K+ (would say it's more Teen and Up)
Summary: Seventh Doctor and Ace. Just a short, blurred recounting of an adventure. I really haven't the faintest clue how to rate these things, so I'll slap a PG on it and hope that forestalls any complaints...

A bizarre and hard to follow story. However, it is very atmospheric, and the prose is wonderful. It's one of those stories that takes you for a ride basically.

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(Crossposted to tardis_library and recs)