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schneefink) wrote2018-03-12 01:26 pm
schneefink) wrote2018-03-12 01:26 pm
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3 fic recs
A Consort's Choice by ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Frostanity (Books of the Raksura)
28k, post-canon
Summary: Post-series. Consolation and her flight are settled in and beginning to thrive. Now they seek a consort. Some in Opal Night favor the idea, others don't, and Shade is trapped in the middle. Moon meddles because he can.
Why I love it: I'm writing this rec post because this fic was just finished and I had to rec it immediately. It is such a wonderful post-canon fic, with wonderful Shade and Consolation and Malachite and Moon and great OCs and Raksura court politics, just all of it.
Canon knowledge required: Yes
Handfast byemilyenrose (Nirvana in Fire)
10k, Nihuang/Mei Changsu, canon divergent AU
Summary: Nihuang with her heart pounding squeezed the Emperor’s hand. She had known before she submitted the report that it might not work. She had already thought of her last resort. She confessed, “I could not choose from the nine good men, your Majesty, because the one I wanted was not there.”
Why I love it: I'm normally not the biggest fan of this ship, but this AU is amazing and completely sold me on it. Nihuang is the best, always but here more than usual. This has the expected amount of angst for a NiF fic but it is also funny and warm and hopeful.
Canon knowledge required: probably yes, definitely at least a summary
Twin Sunrise bygestalt1 (Star Wars)
302k, gen, canon-divergent AU
Summary: Exploring an ancient Jedi Temple on Vrogas Vas, Luke runs into a little more trouble than he bargained for. Meanwhile Doctor Aphra has been sent to secure the pilot who destroyed the Death Star, and the Inquisitor who was once Ezra Bridger has a mission of his own. Their colliding paths will lead deep inside the Temple, to the revelation of secrets decades old, made only more complicated when Darth Vader comes to claim his son.
Why I love it: This is a fascinating AU. I love the plot with great adventure and politics, and the many characters and the interpersonal relationships and their development, especially the Skywalker family drama.
Canon knowledge required: original trilogy yes, SW:Rebels probably not
28k, post-canon
Summary: Post-series. Consolation and her flight are settled in and beginning to thrive. Now they seek a consort. Some in Opal Night favor the idea, others don't, and Shade is trapped in the middle. Moon meddles because he can.
Why I love it: I'm writing this rec post because this fic was just finished and I had to rec it immediately. It is such a wonderful post-canon fic, with wonderful Shade and Consolation and Malachite and Moon and great OCs and Raksura court politics, just all of it.
Canon knowledge required: Yes
Handfast by
10k, Nihuang/Mei Changsu, canon divergent AU
Summary: Nihuang with her heart pounding squeezed the Emperor’s hand. She had known before she submitted the report that it might not work. She had already thought of her last resort. She confessed, “I could not choose from the nine good men, your Majesty, because the one I wanted was not there.”
Why I love it: I'm normally not the biggest fan of this ship, but this AU is amazing and completely sold me on it. Nihuang is the best, always but here more than usual. This has the expected amount of angst for a NiF fic but it is also funny and warm and hopeful.
Canon knowledge required: probably yes, definitely at least a summary
Twin Sunrise by
302k, gen, canon-divergent AU
Summary: Exploring an ancient Jedi Temple on Vrogas Vas, Luke runs into a little more trouble than he bargained for. Meanwhile Doctor Aphra has been sent to secure the pilot who destroyed the Death Star, and the Inquisitor who was once Ezra Bridger has a mission of his own. Their colliding paths will lead deep inside the Temple, to the revelation of secrets decades old, made only more complicated when Darth Vader comes to claim his son.
Why I love it: This is a fascinating AU. I love the plot with great adventure and politics, and the many characters and the interpersonal relationships and their development, especially the Skywalker family drama.
Canon knowledge required: original trilogy yes, SW:Rebels probably not