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we're so close (to something better left unknown)

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by taywen

Rating: Mature

Main ships & characters: Daud/Teague Martin, Corvo Attano/Daud, Billie Lurk, Jessamine Kaldwin

Warnings: none

Rec’d because: It's one of the most skillful roleswaps I've ever seen, and there are five of them in this fic, one per chapter, small but detailed and feeling very accurate to the characters portrayed. The one where Daud takes Martin's place is particularly wonderful, in my opinion.

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Against the Tide

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by Ms_Chunks

Rating: Teen

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano/the Outsider

Warnings: none

Rec’d because: It starts off easy and then the back-and-forth between them pulls you in. There's always a point where I start grinning as I see these two forces of nature face each other, challenge each other—and when I see Corvo assert his singular force of will.

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Werewolves of Dunwall

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by JasperIsAFanboy

Rating: Mature

Main ships & characters: Daud/Teague Martin

Warnings: canon-typical violence, werewolf-typical gore

Rec’d because: I have a hard time passing up the opportunity to enjoy a good werewolf fic, and this one hits a lot of the classic tropes as well as ending on a fun shipping note. Also, Martin saying "boyo" continues to be a delightful surprise.

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Across the Ageless Deep

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by inwhatfurnace

Rating: Explicit

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano & the Outsider

Warnings: none

Rec’d because: Dream-like and, despite both their circumstances, a moment of respite. I love those rare times where the Outsider is a little more human than we expect—not just human, still powerful and strange and difficult to pin down, but also needing smaller human things, like seeing himself saved from the moment that made him.

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what you are in the dark

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by heartseekers

Rating: Explicit

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano/Daud

Warnings: none

Rec’d because: Sometimes smut just stays with you—something about the characterization, about the vulnerability of the moment, that feels true to the characters involved. A strangely sweet modern AU moment with just the bare bones of context. (Also, it's hot.)

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A Travesty of a Rescue

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by mandalora

Rating: General Audiences

Main ships & characters: Daud & Emily Kaldwin, Corvo Attano

Warnings: none

Rec’d because: Aside from the hilarity in the tags and author's notes, this one is a very fun crossover of Dishonored and Game of Thrones, with the Outsider starring as the God of the Faceless in the background. I specifically love that Daud's lacking a last name takes on its full potential here—a small moment, but on every reread it affects me deeply—and how Emily's curiosity drives her to find connection with him as they ride off over the land. (Also, it's not in the tags, but this is pre-relationship corvodaud, so my jam.)

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Which I Am Forbidden To See

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by smaragdina

Rating: Teen

Main ships & characters: Anton Sokolov, the Outsider, Corvo Attano

Warnings: mild gore

Rec’d because: Sokolov is so jealous that Corvo and the rest of the Marked have been allowed to meet the Outsider and it's a delight to see, honestly. He's blind to what makes him uninteresting, and the more he tries to reach out the more the god in the Void smacks his hand. The Outsider is also incredibly fun and creepy about it.

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Why Don't You Save Me? (From Myself, If I'm Tired)

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by thegrumblingirl

Rating: Mature

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano/Daud, implied Corvo Attano/Jessamine Kaldwin

Warnings: none

Rec'd because: Corvo says "[a] great many things between them had gone unsaid" and he is so right it is painful to observe. The way Corvo can read Daud -- the way they seem to gravitate towards each other despite their paths crossing so infrequently -- and Daud himself, holding everything in just enough that Corvo can't see but you, the reader, can. Missed opportunities.

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a small soft death

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by patho

Rating: Explicit

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano/Jessamine Kaldwin, Corvo Attano/the Outsider

Warnings: dubious consent, emotional manipulation (figurative and literal)

Rec'd because: It's horrible in the best kind of way. You get a taste of what Corvo used to have, and then the illusion is pulled apart in an appallingly cruel way, and somehow the Outsider is surprised. Is he pretending? Or did he really not know to expect it? Either way, the result serves his purpose. Early-fandom Outsider at his worst (fond).

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wit·ness

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by bygoneboy

Rating: Mature

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano/Daud

Warnings: character death

Rec'd because: Another one where I can't help crying every time i reread it. Excellent use of formatting to convey emotion, tragic in its simplicity -- tight, concise writing. Emotional goodbyes and worse reunions.

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a road less traveled and a life less led

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by Azzandra

Rating: Teen

Main ships & characters: Billie Lurk & the Outsider, Anton Sokolov

Warnings: none

Rec'd because: I'm very fond of seeing how Billie and the Outsider learn to exist next to each other when she brings him out of the Void -- but while I highly enjoyed the Outsider's vestiges of power coming out in small ways, and Billie becoming her own kind of mentor, what really caught me was the confrontation between Anton and the Outsider. A lot there to unpack.

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Wolves in Fancy Coats

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by icarus_chained

Rating: Teen

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano, Slackjaw, Emily Kaldwin

Warnings: none

Rec'd because: A pitch-perfect portrayal of Slackjaw in my opinion—the code-switching in posture, the accent, the ruthless gang leader and savvy businessman and loyal friend all rolled into one; how his experiences have shaped him into someone who can help Emily through some of her own where none of her entourage could... Delightful from beginning to end.

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A Love Song

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by LadyHammerlock

Rating: Teen

Main ships & characters: Anton Sokolov/Piero Joplin

Warnings: none

Rec'd because: Sometimes you come across something so precious it just makes you smile and wiggle your feet, and apparently Sokolov pondering the inadequacies of love songs and labels in his quest to Categorize This Relationship was it for me.

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wrapped around your ankles over the waterfall

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by LuckyDiceKirby

Rating: Teen

Main ships & characters: Daud/the Outsider

Warnings: gore, ambiguous ending

Rec'd because: They're excellently divorced and the Outsider shows his trademark sense of condescension and cryptic talk. Also, Daud being dramatic and bitter and sad about everything, though to be fair he just got killed. (Or did he?)

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a little place called trust

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by hereticglory

Rating: Teen

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano, Teague Martin

Warnings: gore, torture

Rec'd because: It really does feel like something Low Chaos Corvo might do to get back at Teague Martin: mean and thematically appropriate. Also he does it in the most homoerotic way possible, which is very entertaining.

addendum: i'd rate this fic Mature for the physical violence described in media res, but the descriptions themselves are mild and in keeping with canon-typical violence.

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wrapped up in winding sheets

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by Hiaennyddei

Rating: Mature

Main ships & characters: Corvo Attano, Jessamine Kaldwin, Emily Kaldwin, Daud

Warnings: graphic depictions of violence, major character death, torture, memory loss, and a lot more (check fic tags)

Rec'd because: Corvo slowly becoming an amalgam of himself and other things, animals, bits of people's memories, partial souls; trying to retain some of what he holds dear and destroying it in the process—amazing. Horrific. Inevitable. This story holds nothing back.

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A List of the Particulars Milord Requires

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by unknown (orphan account)

Rating: Teen

Main ships & characters: Wallace Higgins, Treavor Pendleton

Warnings: major character death

Rec'd because: I cry a little every time I read it. The internal narration really feels like the character himself, and I love the glimpses into his ordinary, expected, disappointing backstory, glimpses at the things he might yet couldn't have been, given who he is and the circumstances he dealt with. Grabs me by the throat. An unpleasant snob who tries, at the last moment, to save something.