chibifukurou

Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Relationship: Bakugou Katsuki/Yagi Toshinori | All Might; past Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yagi Toshinori | All Might; Bakugou Katsuki/Monoma Neito
Length: 49k
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence; Danger to Children (consistent with setting); Passing mention of Suicidal Ideation

Author's Website: hemingyay's AO3

Summary: Katsuki says, ‘You’d think differently of me if you knew everything.’ If you knew how bad things are with my quirk now. Or about my massive disgusting crush on you, Katsuki thinks.

‘I wouldn’t. Whatever happens, I’m always going to be in your corner, Katsuki,’ All Might tells him.

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After Katsuki loses an arm saving Izuku, he drops twenty spots in the hero rankings and the world assumes his career is over. Forced back to Musutafu, he’s appointed a babysitter while he recovers: All Might.

It doesn’t help he never got over his giant, stupid teenage crush on him and his quirk isn't working the way it used to. In any case, Toshinori really doesn’t seem to mind.


Review: So I'm mostly in the teacher track part of the BNHA fandom. Where canon disabled characters abound even if not well explored in canon. Yagi Toshinori who is very obviously dealing with a degrading body in canon is a particular hot bed for deeply disabled and adult fics.

This is an unusual overlap between that and the younger generation. Where Yagi as mentor is acting as a mentor into becoming disabled and retaining heroic status. In mirror to his canon issues about being a mentor while dealing with his own issues around quirklessness.

Also some really raunchy and kinky sex. That acts as part of the character arc. Rather than sex and romance being the character arc.

lonsdaleite

Fandom: Tortall - Tamora Pierce
Relationship: Keladry of Mindelan/Nealan of Queenscove/Yukimi noh Daiomoru
Length: 70k
Warnings: Canon Typical Violence

Author's Website: lady_ragnell's AO3

Summary: In a just world, Nealan of Queenscove would still have been a third son. In a just world, he would have been in love with Keladry of Mindelan. This isn't a just world, but he can dream about it.

Or, the Kel/Neal/Yuki manifesto.

Review: Am I a Kel stan? Absolutely. Do I normally read ship fic for her? Not really.

So this fic snuck up on me a bit. But my huge soft spot for situationship romances drew me in. Lady Ragnell has a great Neal voice. Part knight, part healer. All loyalty and to sharp tongue.

The fic spans the last two of Kel's books and the peace after. And we see Neals love for both partners grow from a potential to full bloom with Yuki beside him growing into her own love.

We're Leaving Our Shadows Behind Us

Fandom: 成化十四年 | The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty (TV)
Relationship: Sui Zhou/Tang Fan
Length: 7.2k
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply (passing mention of previous canon typical violence)

Author's Website: azurewaxwing AO3

Summary:

“You’re sure you didn’t do something to it? They don’t usually stall out,” Sui Zhou says. He looks away from Tang Fan, out the windshield at the endless rust-red of the planet.

Tang Fan pouts at this, and slumps down on the edge of the console, feet propped up at an absurd angle against the pilot’s seat. “You think I’d fake a mechanical issue just so that they’d send a sexy Fleet crewman out here to rescue me?” As soon as the words are out of his mouth, he giggles. “Okay, I would do that, but I promise that this time the problem is real.”

Sui Zhou, Tang Fan, and an emergency rescue in the Martian wilderness.


Review: A shorter fic really focused on first meetings between Sui Zhou and Tang Fan in universe. Includes some awesome in universe details on their background and fun hints to the world building, but definitely not the focus. Azurewaxwing has a great Sui Zhou voice which is used well in this and the author's other Sleuth fics.

I often find that for fandoms that are heavily reliant on their setting and time period, complete AUs fall flat. How do you convey the same level of detail in clothing, food, jobs, etc that are so heavily reliant on time and place? For instance their in canon first meeting where Tang Fan knows who Sui Zhou is thorough the style of his boots which are restricted to that branch of the military.

But I never felt like the characters are out of step using that same level of analysis on Tang Fan's outof place warm weather space suit, since he just transferred off a warmer planetoid. Or the use of restricted land vehicles instead of specialized horses. Its a real triumph for the writer and makes a great and immersive read despite the fics shorter length.

a bold and brilliant sun