#modes of exchange

[sextingwithsartre]

any metaphysicians out there reading kojin karatani and thinking abt the value-form in capitalism? how about marxist legal theory?

[sunderwight]

Thinking about Black Widow Luo Binghe.

Hear me out -- so just like in canon, Shen Qingqiu self-destructs to save Luo Binghe, dies, and Luo Binghe steals his body to put on ice while he looks for methods to resurrect him. But unlike in canon, staving off decomposition is simply not that doable for a matter of years, even with cultivation and Luo Binghe pouring qi into the process. The qi costs are still high, so is Xin Mo, and now Binghe also needs a special artifact that can actually preserve Shen Qingqiu, but that runs on blood sacrifices.

To get the thing working, Luo Binghe feeds it a bunch of prisoners from the Water Prison. Then he starts kidnapping cultivators to drain for his own qi reserves, but that's difficult, controversial, and he can't use the same victims for the blood sacrifice afterwards. Frankly, between one thing and another it would be easier to satisfy Xin Mo with dual cultivation, and focus on finding victims for Shizun's Snow White style glass preservation coffin without having to choose between using targets for one or the other. Especially given that, if he finesses it, Luo Binghe can extend the use of his sacrifices and get more out of them with fewer deaths that way.

He's pretty sure that Shizun would want fewer deaths.

Of course, he is not a fan of the logistics of the plan itself, but he'd do worse things to one day be reunited. He consoles himself that he's building up bedroom experience for one day being with Shen Qingqiu, and that it doesn't really count because his heart's not really in it, and also if Shizun got to spend all that time in brothels then it's only fitting that Luo Binghe be his equal in this as well. It still doesn't make it pleasant for him, but it makes him able to tolerate the necessity of it.

So Luo Binghe ends up marrying a string of rich and powerful figures -- mostly the villainous single fathers and mothers and evil uncles of harem members from PIDW, rather than their daughters -- and coming up with creative ways of making all their deaths a few months into the process look like accidents. After the third one people are undeniably wary of marrying him, but there's always someone with a big enough ego to think they'll be an exception, or stupid enough to believe that it really has just been so much bad luck up to that point. It helps that the universe is predisposed to let him hit it.

When SY wakes up in the shroom body and hears about Luo Binghe's succession of marriages, he's not surprised. What he is surprised by is the bisexual graveyard of toxic dilfs and milfs that has replaced the harem.

What did he do to cause that?!

And what does Luo Binghe mean that he wants to marry his own shizun now? Is this his new method of revenge??? Binghe, you don't have to marry someone to kill them!

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[perfectlynormalbooks]

The Courting Season by @anarchycox (The Witcher TV, 47k), casebound at folio size for @silentsunpress as part of the Renegard 2024 binder's exchange!

I leaned into a flowery, elegant design for this one, and used a lot of William Morris assets and motifs to decorate the cover and typeset, and the result is really nicely cohesive - I even embroidered the cover and gold-foiled the edges!! Fonts used: Georgia (for body text) and Felix Titling (for titling).

[e-johnsen]

I present my gift for the wonderful @spacedpanini. I love love love a 'family outing' prompt. Thanks so much @emis-equivalent-exchange for putting this together! So excited to take part this year.

[meryizza]

📢✨ Precure Secret Exchange Time ✨ This time my secret partner is @peachsupreme64 c; I did some Cure Macaron chibis with her 2 powerups since she is your fav 💜

Hope you enjoy it! (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) As always, event is hosted by @precuresecretexchange 💫

[eaterofdust]

@master-of-stupidity come get your dog he bites-

[beacontownbookexchange]

📣 Voxels and pixels, get out your books and quills because it's time for the Beacontown Book Exchange!!

Beacontown Book Exchange is a low-minimum gift exchange for the Minecraft: Story Mode games hosted on AO3, moderated by @pinkygrocket and @echoingvoids. Participants will write and in turn receive a complete, standalone Minecraft: Story Mode fanfic that is at least 500 words featuring a requested character.

In other words, this is a Minecraft: Story Mode fanfiction Secret Santa!!

Rules and guidelines are located in the exchange FAQ - this covers everything, including if you've never participated in a AO3 exchange before

Signups open - NOW!! (Signup form is here)

Signups close - April 14th

Assignments sent out - April 18th

Works due - May 19th

Works reveals - May 26th

Author reveals - June 2nd

[ambeer6]

My piece for the @precuresecretexchange this summer! @olyollyoxenfree was my giftee and the suggestions included a lot of yellow cures! After some consideration, I landed on Custard! 🍮

I hope you like it! She was fun to draw, even though I accidentally flipped my reference at the start and drew her partially the wrong way around.😅

[twilightangelsworks]

Here is my gift for @meryizza for this year's @precuresecretexchange

You mentioned that one of your favorite Cures was Parfait, and gave me an idea to draw something fantastical like. I came up with this drawing of her with her pegasus in a field of flowers in an enchanted night with fireflies around. I hope you like it, it was definitely fun to draw.

[the-jam-to-the-unicorn]

Vova, what did you do to deform the glasses?! 😅

[echoingvoids]

I was thinking of doing a MCSM fic exchange for fun. Would anyone want to do that? (I'll organize it and everything)

[sekaiichi-happy]

My only reason for wanting to protect you Because I love youI'll accept everything, even my moodiness I'll go through all the trouble for you, with all my affections

My first gift for @twilightangel004 for the Pretty Cure Secret Exchange 💕 It's a cute little gifset of one of your favorite ships, Macaron x Chocolat, I love them as well! I hope you like it! @precuresecretexchange

[vulpixidoodles]

Happy Valentines Day @meryizza! I'm your Secret Partner for the Precure Secret Valentine at @precuresecretexchange! I saw that you are big on donuts, so decided to celebrate with the two dessert girls! I hope you enjoy! I really like drawing these two!

Bonus transparent and donut-less versions under the cut

[matoitech]

gift oc design for my boyfriend @mxfotia ^_^

[sleep-deprived-luka]

All Leo/need animal designs require star patterns, that's the law