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space_swap fanwork exchange, but I did read through the collection. Here are some of the ones I liked:

Lit Only By Stars (7129 words)
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Keiko O'Brien/Miles O'Brien, Kira Nerys/Keiko O'Brien/Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien & Molly O'Brien, Kira Nerys/Keiko O'Brien
Additional Tags: Worldbuilding: Life on the station compared to a starship, Bajoran Culture (Star Trek), Character Study, Episode: s04e25 Body Parts, (and more episodes as well through both series), the ot3 is mostly pre-ship but it's there i promise!
Summary:

It’s a temporary assignment—for Miles, because the cabinet of ministers turns over every week, and one of these governments will rescind Starfleet’s invitation; for Keiko, because she isn’t really a teacher.

Every day, the stars are the same, but the people are different. Most of the population of Deep Space Nine is passing through.

Celestial Messenger (3476 words)
Fandom: The Martian (2015), The Martian - Andy Weir
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ares III Crew
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Post-Canon
Summary:

E-mails from the Hermes during the return trip.

Today's Specials (1223 words)
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Restaurants, The Promenade (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Summary:

By the sword of Kahless, Kaga hated Restaurant Week.

The Care-Based Interactions of Living Organisms (3215 words)
Fandom: Venom (Marvel Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Eddie Brock, Venom Symbiote (Marvel), Rosie Collins, Scream Symbiote (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Conference, Life Foundation (Marvel), Mystery, Medical Technology
Summary:

A day in the life of an investigative reporter.

Skin to Bone (1865 words)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir
Characters: John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir, Oberoth (Stargate)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Elizabeth Weir Lives, Episode: s04e02 Lifeline, Episode: s04e18-19 The Kindred, 5+1 Times, Fix-It
Summary:

One-two-three and pause.

(aka, Five times Elizabeth doesn't escape, and one time she does.)

The Goa'uld - Playing with the Big Boys Now - Stargate Music Video (0 words)
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Goa'uld Character(s), Apophis (Stargate), Amaunet (Stargate), Klorel (Stargate), Osiris (Stargate), Hathor (Stargate), Ba'al (Stargate), Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson (Stargate), Teal'c (Stargate), Sam Carter (Stargate)
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Villains, Campy, Song: Playing With The Big Boys (Jonathan Young), Whump, Goa'uld (Stargate)
Summary:

An immensely fun-to-make video of the campiest villains, the falsest of gods, the Goa'uld! And SG-1 are there getting their asses handed to them.

glitteryv

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glitteryv

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

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delphi

Captain and First Mate by

smudgeandfrank
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Characters: Frenchie/Izzy Hands
Medium: Art
Length: 1 piece
Rating: General/SFW
My Tags: slice of life, happy ending, au: canon divergence, izzy lives, domesticity, flirtation, future, size difference
Artist's Caption: This is totally how S2 ended, I don't know what you're talking about.

Description:

A full-colour drawing of Frenchie and Izzy on the deck of their ship with a brilliant blue sky behind them. Izzy, dressed in his usual black, is standing contentedly with a cup of tea or coffee. Frenchie, dressed in his green shirt and embroidered waistcoat from the latter half of s2, is leaning forward with a smile to rest his chin on top of Izzy's head. Despite his crossed arms and gaze fixed forward, Izzy is leaning back against Frenchie. The wound on his forehead has healed, and the steam rising from his drink forms a small heart.

This piece reminds me of one of my favourite moments of season 2, which is when the traumatized crew have started to try to move on, and we get Izzy casually supervising everything on deck while whittling, with an exuberant Frenchie raising a new flag behind him. I love this, not just for the happy future it imagines but for the way the expressive cartoony style and bright colours convey it. There's so much story in the characters' body language here, and it's delightful.

glitteryv

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glitteryv

Every Thursday*, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

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So what cool fics/fanarts/fanvids/fancrafts/podfics/some other kind of fanwork have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

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* I'll be afk during most of tomorrow hence this post going up half a day early. 😅

delphi

Untitled Modern AU Fang by

wrizardhat | Direct Image Link
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Characters: Fang & His Adorable Dogs (references to background Fang/Izzy)
Medium: Art
Length: 1 piece
Rating: General/SFW
My Tags: slice of life, happy ending, au: modern, established relationship, animals, domesticity, cuddling
Artist's Caption: couldnt stop thinking about FANG AND IZZYS BEAUTIFUL DOG CHILDREN having a NAP on their PAPA

Artist's Description:

Modern AU Fang naps on the sofa, a collie resting against his chest and a chihuahua nestled in the crook of his arm.

Like a lot of Fang fans, I have needed to see him get a new dog since 1x06. This sweet sketch from a collection of modern AU posts where Fang and Izzy have a rescue agility dog and a chunky senior chihuahua made me very happy. Peak coziness, with some excellently drawn pups and some obvious love for Fang's cuddly form.

dr_zook

In case some of you are inclined to indulge in this kind of delight during Passion Week, I've got an absolute treat for you:

Six More Miles (to Zion) (2024 words) by liriaen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Bible (New Testament)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Judas/Jesus Christ
Characters: Jeshua, Judas
Additional Tags: Bibleslash
Summary: What now, should my lion have turned into a quivering lamb?

(Zook says: The warning for Major Character Death shouldn't surprise anyone, right?)

Personally, I think this can be read being either a Christian or an agnostic-- but if the very thought of Jesus having relationships is not up your alley, you maybe shouldn't read this. Which means you'd miss out on paragraphs like the opening:

To this day I wonder. I think of you, and I wonder.

You're nowhere to be found and my thoughts touch you not. Mankind still invokes your name for every sort of treachery, even now, when all that is left of you is a Juda-shaped absence. A hole in the cloth of creation. I would reach out and mend it - mend you - but you are gone from me. And to this day, I mourn you.

Believe me when I say that I never meant to break you. But I did, asking the impossible, first reining you in, then setting you free, and when all was said and done you went and knotted a noose from your zeal, tightened it with hope and slung it over the love you bore me. All that was needed was a little push.

I remember it well. You balked and wailed like a maiden, clutching the hem of my garment. What now, I whispered, running fingers through your hair, should my lion have turned into a quivering lamb?

liriaen 's writing here is brilliant, haunting and tasteful; the POV is alternating between first and second person. If you're not fumbling for a hanky by the end of the story I don't know what would. Enjoy! :D

Current Mood: busy

beatrice_otter

First, here is a jaw-droppingly gorgeous Nimona vid. The song choice is PERFECT and the editing is wonderful.

Body Terror Song (0 words) by periru3
Fandom: Nimona (2023)
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Ballister Blackheart | Ballister Boldheart & Nimona
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Embedded Video, This movie is trans as hell and I love it, Body Image, This vid is the literal product of a fever dream so I hope it's as coherent to others as it is to me, anyway I love this song and how it talks about the inherent horror of having a corporeal body, But I'm more interested in how other people treat Nimona and talk about her body, and how they all expect her to be as repulsed by it as they are, Song: Body Terror Song (AJJ)
Summary:

I'm so sorry that the world has decided to punish Nimona for having a body.

And, from the same vidder, here's a wonderful vid for Klinger from MASH

My Strongest Suit [Fanvid] (3 words) by Tafadhali, periru3
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Maxwell Klinger
Additional Tags: Fashion & Couture, gender euphoria, Crossdressing, Humor, Fanvids, Song: My Strongest Suit (Aida), Tim Rice and Elton John wrote this song for Maxwell Klinger, Embedded Video
Series: Part 17 of Tafadhali & Periru3's Co-Vids
Summary:

In negligée or formal, Klinger's anything but normal.

glitteryv

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

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delphi

Sounds Good by

CyborgShepard
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Ship: Izzy Hands/Calico Jack
Medium: Fic
Length: 7403 words
Rating: Explicit
My Tags: pwp, romance, happy ending, established relationship, au: modern, roleplay, medical kink, object insertion, sex toys, orgasm control, bdsm, watersports, backstory
Summary: Jack and Izzy—having first met when Jack was a patient on the hospital ward where Izzy worked—enjoy some kinky doctor's office roleplay.

Author's Excerpt:

“I’ll be performing the procedure, Mr Rackham,” informs the nurse dourly. “Then the doctor will review the report I write.”

“Oh,” sighs Jack, almost laughing with relief. “Cool, yeah, sweet.”

“Due to the invasive nature of the procedure, we like to give our patients as much privacy as possible. In this case, that means one-on-one treatment.”

“Right,” says Jack. “I should probably know your name, then.”

Does the nurse flush at that? Maybe. He’s looking down at the chicken scratch he’s hastily etching across the paper on his clipboard. “Izzy, but you will address me as Nurse when speaking to me.”

“Yes, Nurse,” Jack says, fast and breathless. “Thank you.”

This is tagged "Jack's body is a machine that converts trauma into psychosexual responses" and that (and the punny title - there is sounding) perfectly encapsulates up what I love about it. The story is funny, hot, and also deftly weaves in the origin of Jack's scars in this universe and the backstory of his relationship with Izzy.

beatrice_otter

Five Figure Fanwork Exchange (

fffx ) produced a bumper crop of fic this year! And I am sliding in with my recs at the last minute before they de-anonymize, because I ahve been tired and worn and have had very little brain space for reading anything but old favorites in the last several weeks. I highly encourage you to go read through the collection, because my recs are affected by the fact that I was not able to read as many as I would have otherwise done. (The less mental energy I have, the less widely I read.)

I recieved an absolutely AMAZING fic in the Moon Knight fandom. This was absolutely delightful. I particularly loved the way it took my expectations and turned them upside down.

The Valleys Where Shadows Dwell (14663 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Moon Knight (TV 2022)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steven Grant & Jake Lockley & Marc Spector, Layla El-Faouly & Steven Grant & Jake Lockley & Marc Spector, Layla El-Faouly/Steven Grant/Marc Spector
Characters: Layla El-Faouly, Marc Spector, Steven Grant (Marvel), Jake Lockley
Additional Tags: Psychological Drama, Hallucinations, Ancient Egyptian Literature & Mythology, Mission Fic, Superheroes
Summary:

Layla wants to understand Taweret better, and communicate with her better. She doesn't expect this to result in her taking a quick return back to Cairo to fight psychic monsters, but such is apparently the role of a superhero.

( Other Recs )

snickfic

Two recs from FFFX, a 10k+ fic exchange. Anonymous because authors are not yet revealed. Originally posted at my journal.

Original Work
Tying Knots With Wind
Prince sent in Diplomatic Marriage/Chief of Nomadic People, 23k. I'm a sucker for the arranged or political marriage trope, and this is my favorite that I've read in a long, long time, not so much for the romance as for our main character discovering a whole new culture and his journey of finding a place in the world that he fits, which he never had at home. I really enjoyed all the worldbuilding around the nomadic plains peoples, too.

Sunshine - Robin McKinley
So All The Things Can Grow
Sunshine/Mel/Con (pre-ship), 18k. Post-book, Sunshine recovers, tries to figure out what shape her life is now, and how Con and Mel fit into it. I've always been interested in these characters as a triad, but given who and what Con is, it clearly was going to take some work, and I don't think I've read a fic before that really dug into that until this one. Everyone's points of view are great, written with a delicate touch and true to who they are in the books, and there are some delightful little worldbuilding surprises that feel absolutely in keeping with canon. Just really good and very satisfying.

Top Gun
The Edge of Heaven
Ice/Mav, 12k. While rehabbing from a mission-related injury, Mav gets a surprise visit from Ice. It's not exactly the reunion either of them were expecting. But it just might be the fresh start the both of them need. Great messy relationship dynamics, A++ pining, very satisfying resolution.

glitteryv

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delphi

Shatter & Shine by

archetank
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Character: Izzy Hands
Medium: Art
Length: 1 piece
Rating: General/SFW
My Tags: character study, ambiguous ending, portrait, identity, denial/repression, gender, sexuality
Artist's Caption: I just love him so much, he’s so paintable 😭🥰

Description:

A layered digital portrait combining a full-colour depiction of Izzy Hands's drag look from the episode "Calypso's Birthday" (2x06) with a blue monochrome version of the character from what appears to be the duel in "The Art of Fuckery" (1x06). The monochrome paint is flaking away from the surface, baring gold seams reminiscent of kintsugi as Izzy sheds his skin to reveal the colours beneath. His mouth is open, season 1 Izzy shouting angrily while season 2 Izzy sings his torch song. One of his eyes is still covered, full of pain, while the one that's been bared seems to be looking forward more clearly.

This is just a fantastic idea, executed gorgeously. It captures an entire character journey in one striking image, wrapping up one of my single favourite scenes of the show in a perfect metaphor.

glitteryv

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

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So what cool fancrafts/podfics/fics/fanarts/fanvids/some other kind of fanwork have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

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glitteryv

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So what cool podfics/fics/fanarts/fancrafts/fanvids/some other kind of fanwork have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

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schneefink

I posted recs for four Hermitcraft and one MCYT RPF fic at my journal: Big Salmon mafia, Clethubs fae AU, s9 egg hunt crack, Etho&Tango AU ft Christmas party, and a Joe Hills & Technoblade transcript.

sholio

A couple of random recs for things I've seen and liked lately!

Death as a Habit (Torchwood, 2K, canon pairings)
Really sweet "everyone lives" AU focused on Tosh, Owen, and Ianto, with a pregnant (and adorable) Tosh, and Ianto having trouble coping with the idea that he never expected to live this long.

Hang On Sloopy by

estellemccartney (Fanvid, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Caveats: I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know how closely this vid tracks with what's actually in it, and I know that some people are violently allergic to a) Brad Pitt, and b) the way Tarentino films women, and this vid has a lot of both. But I really enjoyed it and found it bouncily rewatchable; I feel like it captures a certain vintage Feel in a way that I liked.

delphi

Untitled Andhera by

alfheimr
Fandom: Dimension 20: A Court of Fey & Flowers
Character: Andhera
Medium: Art
Length: 1 piece
Rating: General/SFW
My Tags: character study, ambiguous ending, portrait, clothing, magic
Artist's Caption: frankly obsessed with a court of fey and flowers 👍

Description:

A textured and stylized colour portrait of dark archfey Prince Andhera from the waist up. We see him from behind, his eyes downcast as he reaches toward the brightly glowing elemental shard embedded in the back of his neck. Wisps of rain cloud begin to form around him, countered by halos of gold.

One of the things I love most about Dimension 20 is how its series are always very funny, often downright ridiculous, but always allow space for depth and the whole range of human feeling in their characters. On top of being visually stunning, this piece really captures the vulnerability and instilled discomfort with his emotions that are some of the most moving aspects of Andhera (our slipperiest of boys).

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