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As usual I have a more conventional reveal post up, but mostly I am DYING to talk about Some Desperate Glory backstory in general and Corporal Lin in particular, especially with cenozoicsynapsid and hamsterwoman but everyone else too please!!

(My other post about it was here (massive spoilers) and of course feel free to comment there too... there is clearly a straight line from there to the fics to this post.)

( I now have even more feelings about the book, Corporal Lin, and Avicenna too, than I had before. If you are interested in reading either fic, do that first because this contains spoilers for both. )

aaaaaah RL is a thing (work deadline, parents coming to visit) but before I possibly fall off the world for a week I should talk about my lovely RMSE presents because I know they are relevant to some of your interests :D They are so different and I love them a lot!

My gift is 18th-C Frederician RPF and is the hilarious Corporate AU I have always wanted! Frederick the Great as the energetic micromanaging boss/CEO who is always coming up with terrible ideas to inflict on his minions! Heinrich (in canon his brother, and in both canon and AU my problematic fave) as the hypercompetent longsuffering engineer who... also just happens to be Just Like Fritz! I think this is readable without canon knowledge (though of course better if you do know all the references). In particular, if you have ever worked for That Boss... you will understand :D

Challenge Yourself to Relax (8295 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf/Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Christian Ludwig von Kaphengst/Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen (1726-1802), Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen (1726-1802)
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802), Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, Christian Ludwig von Kaphengst, Anna Amalie von Preußen (1723-1787)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Corporate, Open Relationship, Established Relationship, Chronic Illness, Hurt/Comfort, Life Partners, Sex in a Car, Corporate Lingo, Humor
Summary:

Relaxing can be tough, whether you're the workaholic CEO or the ambitious engineer trying to climb the corporate ladder. Luckily, both Frederick and Henry's boyfriends are up to the challenge.

"I told you, I don't need therapy, I write poetry!"

In which Henry has sex, Frederick has dogs, and everyone has a coffee mug.

My treat (which I suspect one of you wrote -- if not, someone basically read my mind about all the things I love) is Tillerman saga! Horace Greene / Brother Thomas ! A pairing I had never ever even thought of before it showed up in the tagset, but then I started really wanting it and wanting to know what it might say about the series' themes about family and love: as the Professor says, what love does with us, what we do with love. And this lovely story goes into all of that, and also portrays Brother Thomas's faith in such a meaningful way. And how all happy families are different! (I love, love, love that Horace and Thomas find a way to a family and a life that still understand and interwine with the importance of his vows to God). And just so, so gorgeously written <3 (If it's not one of you, maybe it was Voigt who wrote it? :) )

On the Other Side of Thorns (4137 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tillerman Cycle - Cynthia Voigt
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brother Thomas/Horace Greene (Tillerman Cycle)
Characters: Brother Thomas (Tillerman Cycle), Horace Greene (Tillerman Cycle)
Additional Tags: Falling In Love, Pining, Religion, Vow of Chastity Still in Play
Summary:

Thomas liked him: his barely acknowledged sense of humor, his near-absence of ego, his stubbornness, his devotion to the thoroughly unfashionable, the depth and sincerity of his scholarship. He knew some of the men who moved in and out of their whist game found Horace hard to like. In Thomas’s opinion, they looked for flash and missed substance: all that is gold does not glitter.

(also, please comment if you like them! I just think these stories ought to have more comments!)

Of course I'm doing these instead of the work I'm totally behind on *facepalm*

Let me know if anyone wants me to nominate more characters or groupings. or if there's a request I should make, if this means you will write or draw me a treat :D You can see that in most cases I am just going to request one or two things, so I am totally willing to give up some of these slots if someone prefers something else.

I'm also willing to give up a fandom slot or two if someone comes up with something else I've forgotten :D

Turandot: Liu, Turandot, Calaf, Emperor, Group: Turandot & Liu (will request: Turandot & Liu)

Der Ring des Nibelungen: Loge, Sieglinde, Brunnhilde, Wotan, Freia, Fricka, Group: Brunnhilde & Sieglinde (will either request B&S or any)

Pelleas et Melisande: Pelleas, Melisande, Golaud, Arkel, Yniold, Genevieve, Worldbuilding (will request: Worldbuilding, but will make it clear in letter that I want any characters)

Don Carlos - Schiller: Elisabeth, Posa, Philip, Eboli, Carlos, Duke of Alva (will request: Any)

Les Contes d'Hoffman: La Muse|Nicklausse, Dapertutto, Coppelius, Lindorf, Dr Miracle, Giuletta, Antonia, Olympia, Hoffman, Group: La Muse & Dapertutto etc. (will request La Muse & Dapertutto etc., or possibly Any)

La Clemenza di Tito: Tito, Sesto, Vitellia, Servilia, Annio, Group: Tito & Sesto & Vitellia & Servilia & Annio, Group: Tito & Sesto (will request Any)

La Traviata - Verdi/Piave: G Germont, A Germont, V Valery, Group: G Germont & V Valery (not sure if I will request, but if I do will request Germont & Valery)

Ballo in Maschera: Renato, Amelia, Riccardo, Oscar, Group: Amelia/Renato (will request Amelia/Renato)

Simon Boccanegra:Simone, Fiesco, Amelia (will request Any)

Forza: Alvaro, Carlo di Vargas, Leonora (will request Alvaro)