#Dominion of the Fallen

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Miles Abernathy- Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

Emmanuelle- Dominion of the Fallen by Aliette de Bodard

Andrew Minyard- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

Celia St. James- The Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

[estelraca]

Fandom Trumps Hate 2025

For anyone not familiar with Fandom Trumps Hate, it's an annual fandom event where people donate to charities and activist organizations covering a variety of issues near and dear to my heart, and in return for their generosity, they get a cool fic/art/other item that they bid on in the auction! The entire list of non-physical auction items is here for easy browsing: https://fth2025offerings.dreamwidth.org/tag/

I have offered two small fics, because I want to make sure I complete things in a timely manner. I've selected only the fandoms I'm deeply confident I can complete in a timely manner, so apologies to those in my other forever fandoms; I just really want to do something during this stressful year, and want to make sure I get it done on time.

So, if you're interested in a toku fic, a Sherlock Holmes fic, a D&D: Honor Among Thieves fic, or a little fic for Dominion of the Fallen - Aliette de Bodard, The Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells, or October Daye - Seanan MacGuire, check out my offers! And if you are interested in other fandoms, go bid on other cool people!

There's also a fan crafts for all your physical item needs located here: https://fth2025craftbazaar.dreamwidth.org/

[do-you-ship-this-book-couple]

Do you ship...

[gaydragontournament]

ROUND 1: PART 4

Propaganda under cut

Rong Minh Thanh Thuan (aka Thuan)

● Thuan is a dragon (of the sort native to Vietnam) from a dragon kingdom under the Seine River in Paris. As a member of the kingdom's royal family and a shapeshifter (who can fake being human as long as no one is particularly spiritually sensitive), he is sent as a spy to House Hawthorn, one of a number of houses ruled by fallen angels in a post-apocalyptic Paris. Hawthorn has been making overtures to the kingdom, you see, and Thuan's cousin was offered in a political marriage to Asmodeus, head of House Hawthorn. Also, someone is smuggling additive drugs into the kingdom, destabilizing things further, and it's one of the Houses or someone connected to them.

Thuan actually did a decent job of keeping his cover, doing his duty to House Hawthorn as a servant trying to learn full dependent status, and making sure his family knew what was up and what information he could find. Only shit hit the fan, and suddenly Thaun is the best remaining choice of the correct gender for the marriage, and the various crises for both the kingdom and House Hawthorn causes everyone to re-evaluate their plans. Especially Asmodeus, who had planned to use the marriage to screw over his consort to save House Hawthorn, but Thuan actually having been doing good-faith work (within what his prior allegiances allowed) made Asmodeus reconsider this as an actual alliance.

Which, surprisingly worked. It turned out that Thuan being bookish, compassionate and having strong convictions worked with Asmodeus, who was loyal to his people, had good people skills and the capability to be utterly terrifying, forming a functional partnership. They spun out into their own set of novellas (Dragons and Blades) dealing with the politics of the alliance, and cross-cultural factors. The two also seem to develop actual affection (and, even before that, sexual chemistry).

Ventuswill

● Ventuswill is a dragon who tries to hide her less serious side from the townspeople who revere her. As the protagonist is the only one who has seen her more casual demeanor, she becomes rather close to them — and while her dialogue is slightly different depending on selected player gender, either comes off as having a bit of romantic tension.

Also, the art book lists her gender as "???".

[narastories]

Yuletide Letter 2023

This post is so I can put my Yuletide letter under the cut and link to it. If you have no interest in Yuletide, please ignore and scroll past. At the moment, sign-ups have already closed, but you can still get involved in a few ways if you want. Check their DW page for more info! There are SO many good fandoms this year. Seriously, if you think you can't think of a small obscure fandom you like, just look through the tagset. And if you are just nosy that's fine too, but don't take it personally if I say I don't like something. It just means that in the context of this exchange, I would rather not receive such a story. Okay? Okay.

Dear Yuletide Writer,

thank you so much for writing for one of my obscure little fandoms. This is my first year signing up for this exchange so I'm really excited to participate.

This letter supposed to help give you some ideas about what I like, and what to write. Take from it what helps and leave the rest. I want you to have a fun time writing it, so as long as it respects my DNWs, please write what you are inspired to write <3

My AO3 username is Nara_stories, feel free to poke around in my works and bookmarks. I'm open to receiving treats and I'm pretty sure my AO3 settings allow it ^^".

General likes (without any rhyme or reason and may only be partially applicable to the fandom in question): fix-it, fluff, getting together, humor, banter, crack treated seriously or not, enemies to lovers, villains, tropes like 5+1 things, twoob, coffeeshop, pwp

General dislikes: kidfic, cliche m/f romance, truly unrequited love, infidelity/divorce unless canon, unhappy endings

Opt-in (I really don't see some of these come up for my particular fandoms, but don't shy away from these if that's what you want to write): 1st & 2nd person, incest, watersports, rimming, age difference, non-con, dub-con

General Do Not Wants (I'll specify some of these for the fandoms below): major character death, pregnancy, amnesia (unless canon), RL politics, Covid, omegaverse, hopeless endings

REQUESTED FANDOMS

The Fetch Phillips Archives Series - Luke Arnold (any character)

This fandom is very close to my heart. In case you don't know, I've founded a Discord server for the fandom hint hint shoutout and all that. So I would be super happy about any kind of story, seriously. That said, here are some ideas.

For solo character-study type of fic: - Fetch: you could just write 1000 words of what the everloving hell is going on in this man's pretty little head, easy. Self-loathing, dog metaphors, kicked puppy feelings, guilt, suicidal ideation, the options are endless. Or, you can try giving him a little confidence. How is the café going on? I bet he can brew a mean cup of coffee by now at least - Amari: how did she really feel about Fetch? What is her backstory with Eliah? Is she still there?? - Hendricks: come on, he's a piece of work too. A confident, charming leader, mentor of questionable morality, a man who lost everything... I would be interested in reading his thoughts too. - Niles: while I say all of them are my favorites, I secretly whisper to Niles: "We all know you are my real favorite". I would be over the moon reading a fic about him. What is his backstory? Where did he come from? What was his relationship with his brother? What are really his plans and motivations?

For shippy fic: - Fetch/Hendricks: the puppy and his master, happy to read pre-Coda experimentation, or let Hendricks be a post-Coda old man Fetch would still fuck. Whatever works. - Fetch/Hendricks/Amari: may I offer you the idea of the tattoo night? Or what if nothing hurt and they all loved each other in peace? - Fetch/Niles: warning, if you give me a Philes fic I will dissolve into incoherent screeching. Some ideas: backyard fisticuffs, how did that start? Why are they so comfortably buddy-buddy in OFITF??? Or Niles comes up with a new invention and forces Fetch to help him test it. Alternatively: "coffeeshop AU" except the lone barista is increasingly annoyed with the smug businessman and is itching to dump a pot of hot coffee all over him.

fandom-specific addition to my DNWs: canonical MCD is fine for this one

Runemarks Series - Joanne Harris (Loki, Maddy Smith)

I'm going to say this for every fandom, but this little book series has such a special place in my heart. In preparation for Yuletide, I actually started listening to the audiobooks and I'm happy to report that the narrator is super good.

I would love to read any and all shenanigans involving Loki and Maddy. But any character from the books can make an appearance! I just love love love Loki's and Maddy's dynamics, the hilarious trouble they get into, the banter, the mutual ass-saving, the mayhem and chaos. They are so cute.

It doesn't have to be canon-compliant, and I'm not opposed to AU's like a modern AU for example. Also, I'm fine with any level of platonic/romantic relationship between them. If you ask me, the best is when it's juuust riiight in the middle: nothing too explicit, but maybe they have an unfortunate mutual crush. That makes it even funnier because Loki knows Maddy's dad (and granddad) would murder him, and Maddy knows Loki is a piece of work who you can't trust with your heart.

I realize that I unfortunately don't have any specific prompts, just VIBES.

fandom-specific addition to my DNWs: MCD is fine as long as it isn't permanent (you know what I mean lol)

Lord John Series - Diana Gabaldon (Percy Wainwright, Lord John Grey)

Again, this book series also has a very special place in my heart. OL/LJG was the first fandom I started writing for in English, and I found so many good friends among the LJG fans. I'm not super active in the fandom anymore but I will always be fond of it.

What I would love to receive is a fic where John and Percy are happy and nothing hurts, whether it's a fix-it fic, getting together, or a reunion that has nothing to do with the main series. I'm not opposed to AU scenarios, like a modern AU for example, at all.

Percy is so criminally underrated. I think both he and John make mistakes in canon, so I would love to see them figure those things out. I wouldn't be opposed to reading about them navigating their differences and learning how to communicate and treat each other with respect.

fandom-specific addition to my DNWs: Please don't allude to any character deaths that occur in the OL series (What I mean is: fuck Bees, Bees didn't happen)

Dominion of the Fallen - Aliette de Bodard (any character)

I actually read these books on Yuletide recommendation (and really enjoyed them so thank you whoever recommended it on Discord). Someone said it featured fallen angel x dragon murder husbands and I was like GIMME xD It didn't disappoint, I really liked how the clashes of the different cultures were handled, and I also appreciated how it didn't hold back on the violence part. I feel like without that it wouldn't have been sufficiently gothic lol

Things I would like to read about: more Thuan and Asmodeus, of course. I would be especially interested in reading from Asmodeus's POV how he went from "oh well, it's a shame he's so cute" to being head over heels in love with Thuan. I like it when they are solving mysteries together and when they are very protective of each other. I also wouldn't mind reading one of their fade-to-black scenes not fade-to-black...

Alternatively, I would also be happy about a modern AU, I think the "florist-tattooist" trope would be very cute and entertaining with these two.

Thank you for reading my ramblings and I'm looking forward to what you'll write xx

[thelastofthebookworms]

The great thing about The House of Shattered Wings is that it has a lot of characters with dubious morals and i liked them all

[bs-fangirl]

Dinosaurs In The New Jurassic World Rebirth Trailer

[swan2swan]

A Sound of Thunder

[nopynopa]

Henry Wu is proud of his children.

[lesbow]

❌: *watching Camp Cretaceous and Chaos Theory to keep up with Jurassic World continuity*

✅: *watching Jurassic World to keep up with Camp Cretaceous and Chaos Theory continuity*

[raptorladylover6969]

yeah no fuck jp tiktok im staying here hi guys hey guys ily cuz u dont make me wanna bash my head into a concrete slab from the astronomical decrease in media literacy 🫶🫶😇😇😇

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Hale- A Riff of Retribution (Heavy Metal Hunters) by Amir Lane

Selene- Dominion of the Fallen by Aliette de Bodard

Emmet Farmer- The Binding by Bridget Collins

Riley Sowell- Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo 

[notaplaceofhonour]

The concept of the Jurassic World era is actually really cool, and there’s a version of it that could’ve been fantastic. Unfortunately, the execution fails to live up to the idea’s potential pretty much every time.

But I can see the vision. People often ask “why does this sequel/remake/reboot need to be made?” and Jurassic World suggests a really good answer it just keeps failing to give:

Hammond’s Jurassic Park rings a bell that can’t be un-rung—both scientifically (with all the advances in genetics/cloning tech), & ecologically (with the irrevocable effects of introducing dozens of prehistoric species into a modern ecosystem)—and now the world has to reckon with that Pandora’s box, taken to its logical conclusion: our ecosystems must shift to accommodate the new invasive species, while corporations exacerbate the problems in an arms race to replicate & fully exploit all they can do with Dr. Wu’s technology.

You get the Disney World to Jurassic Park’s Disneyland, a newer bigger “Jurassic World” park that falls even harder, and leads step-by-step to a world overrun with invasive dinosaur species: a true Jurassic World.

And the story keeps teasing that that’s where it’s going, but then it just doesn’t do much with it. Like, the end of Fallen Kingdom & all the promo for Dominion teases that Dominion was going to be the culmination of that. But the plot quickly loses interest with any of the implications of dinosaurs taking over unprepared ecosystem to focus on GMO locusts.

[shania-twain]

[narastories]

saved by a dragon

I wrote a fic for the Dominion of the Fallen series, by the way, in case anyone is interested :)

Fandom: Dominion of the Fallen - Aliette de Bodard Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Asmodeus/Rong Minh Thanh Thuan Tags: Developing Relationship, Canon-Typical Violence, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Shapeshifting, Kissing, The first time Thuan shifts into dragon shape in front of Asmodeus, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Lovers, Arranged Marriage, some good-natured blasphemy Summary:

Thuan thinks his husband would at least wait until he has recovered to get into trouble. He's wrong.

Read on AO3

This was my Yuletide fic that I have been keeping under wraps. I highly recommend these books btw if you like fallen angels, dragons, and gothic horror magic shenanigans. Just be warned that the murder-husband duo that steals everyone's heart is a development for the later books.

This is also the fandom I received my gifts in this year. Yep, not one, but two, so I totally got spoiled <3

Overall, I'm happy I participated in Yuletide and I'll probably do it next year as well.

[beefyburgerbloggin9000]

I need to draw all the JP and JW kids together so bad

I know Gray and darius would be besties bro OMG

Zach and kenji would have beef lowkey i think😭