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well, this has definitely been a great Halloween, E got to go trick or treating with a group from her class and A went out with D and --

--and guys... I... won trickortreatex????

I got three stories! and all three of them are so different and they are all SPECTACULAR and you should all go read them and shower the authors with love and comments because THEY ARE SO GOOD

Also I have not read all of them yet but ToT also has SIX Babylon 5 stories stories and I am so pleased about this!

But back to my gifts <3

The one that, I think, can be read without canon knowledge is not about Frederick the Great but rather about his abusive dad, Frederick William. The one whom I keep saying about that I forget how bad he is because my brain goes "but surely no one would be that bad?" And then he IS that bad! Anyway, I think this can be read canon-blind, as the background you would need is given in the fic. It's a brilliant and horrible ghost story about abuse, the lies abusers tell themselves, and the way abuse propagates, with a heart-stopping ending. I mean... if it wasn't clear... all the warnings! (Not AO3 warnings, but... there's a lot of abuse, much but not all of it physical abuse, some of it really over-the-top.)

Fool's Fate (5346 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF, 18th Century CE Frederician RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen & Jacob Paul von Gundling, Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen & Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen & Hans Herrmann von Katte
Characters: Friedrich Wilhelm I von Preußen | Frederick William I of Prussia, Jacob Paul von Gundling, Johann Heinrich Schubert, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Hans Hermann von Katte, Sophie Dorothea von Hannover | Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)
Additional Tags: Character Study, Haunting, Dysfunctional Relationships, Dysfunctional Family, FW is his own warning, Endgame, Royalty, Abusive Relationships, Ghost Drifting, Non-Linear Narrative, Trick or Treat: Trick
Summary:

As he's facing his death, there are lot of ghosts waiting to catch up with King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, and a reckoning to be made...

In S4 I fell super hard for Delenn and Neroon and their snarky banter, both as a political pair doing twisty maneuvering together, and also as a ship as Neroon would never let Delenn get away with the kinds of things Sheridan and Lennier let her get away with. And I got this awesome story that is both them being a political pair doing twisty maneuvering together and also is a hot ship and has lots of delightful Minbari worldbuilding and has lots of awesome political-shenanigans banter, and it is just everything I could ask for for this pair!

Some say the world will end in fire (2910 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Delenn/Neroon (Babylon 5)
Characters: Delenn (Babylon 5), Neroon (Babylon 5)
Additional Tags: Politics, Trick or Treat: Treat, Alien Culture
Summary:

“It would introduce complications,” she conceded. “I was hoping you and I could find a mutually beneficial solution.”

We only got a couple of scenes between Vir and Lennier in canon, but I adored those enough that I asked for Vir & Lennier, and I got this just amazing gem of a story that unfolds like a flower about how their friendship develops over canon, with Vir and Lennier just always being there for each other and helping each other, with humor and excellent food/drink descriptions and so much warmth and wisdom and some just gorgeous hurt/comfort and their friendship is just so great, I love it so so much, Lennier in particular super needs a platonic friend, and so does Vir, and this fic gives them both what they need. And I loved the ending <3 (Spoilers for "Objects at Rest," but this is noted in the Author's Notes.)

Soul Food (3649 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vir Cotto & Lennier
Characters: Vir Cotto, Lennier (Babylon 5)
Additional Tags: Friendship, Developing Friendships, Hurt/Comfort, Trick or Treat: Treat, Missing Scene
Summary:

Five times in five years during which Vir and Lennier share drinks, food and friendship.