#robotsdance

[all-about-that-rec]

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Game of Thrones (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth Additional Tags: Time Loop, Trial by Combat, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, canon divergence after 805, jaime survives the bricks incident, dany on the throne, Canon-Typical Violence, and death, suicidal intentions and actions, (in the context of trial by combat time loops), Angst, talking about their issues, unholy uses of repetition Summary:

“Please,” Jaime says as their swords crash together. “This is my execution. There is no need to prolong it.”

“Trial! This is your trial!” Brienne insists. Their swords meet again and again.

They’ve had this fight before.

Time Loop Trial by Combat AU

[randomfoggytiger]

Collector's Edition: Mulder, Scully, and Season 8 Healing (Part 2)

More fics for @elstabler's *chef's kiss* request: Mulder and Scully working back towards each other in Season 8.

Part 1 here. (Also: highly recommend my Reworking Requiem fic lists, which can be found on my pinned post-- they also extensively cover this same topic.)

Loose chronological order below~ 

ScullyLikesScience's He is the Master of His Fate, She is the Captain of Her Soul - Chapter 85

Who was that man? And what was he to Scully? Mulder once again stared at her belly, his stomach knotting. He suddenly realized that he had no idea what day it was, what month, or even what year. He kept staring at Scully’s belly. How long had he been gone?

“Scully?” he said, hoping to keep the worry out of his voice.

This long-form fic follows Mulder and Scully through the years. Chapter 85 picks up where TINH left off. (Spanish translation here.)

@scenes-in-between/@scullywolf's (Ao3) TXF: Scenes in Between

When he first woke up, and Scully was there at his bedside, he felt only an overwhelming sense of relief. It was over, he was home, and he was alive. Maybe he hadn't found what he was looking for, but in that moment, he didn't care. All that mattered was that he'd made it back, and she was happy to see him.

And then she stood up, and it was like he instantly fell out of phase with the world. Wait, what? How long had he been gone?

This long-form fic dives into (at least) one missing scene from each episode, all the way up to Season 9. In this case, Mulder wakes from the dead... to a surprise.

robotsdance's Parallel

They’ve long since come to the understanding that they see the world most clearly when looking at each other. The problem now is that neither of them wants to bring the other’s recent experiences into sharper focus.

Mulder and Scully have shared quite a few rooms over the years.

lesbianreinaa's Simply the Best

“I’m pregnant.” Scully blurted out, unable to keep it in any longer, her relief that he was there, present, holding her and basking in her presence too much. She had to let it out, for better or for worse.

“What?” He breathed, the music now feeling like a vortex of noise as he tried to zero in on her beaming face, she knew she should be feeling fear, anxiety, and many other things, but in the moment she couldn’t wipe her grin away.

AU-- Post Requiem Mulder is returned rather quickly... so quickly, in fact, that he's still unaware of Scully's pregnancy.

Scullysfan's The Discipline of Blessings

His eyelids clenched shut and his head bowed, looking to her like a defeated man. She whispered his name.

He came to her, even as Skinner stepped away, his expression one of embarrassment as Mulder wrapped his arms around her from behind.

AU-- After the baby saves Scully's life, she vows to not let the Consortium's machinations govern their existence.

@frostbitepandaaaaa/FrostbitePanda's Elysium

 "Listen...Scully," He said quietly, "I don't mean to upset you I'm just trying to-"

"Mulder, I'm pregnant." She had meant to silence his apologies so she could prepare something profound to say to ready him for her news. Everything she had formulated, postulated and pondered evaporated at the quick glance of his pained face. She didn't know if she was comforting him or punishing him with this sudden admission. She bravely kept her expression blank as he stared at her, allowing the words to pass through him several times.

AU-- TINH Jeremiah Smith heals Mulder.

Donna/donnah’s (mulderscreek) This is Happening

"The uh, the illness I had just before you . . . "

His hands grasped hers now and he squatted before her. She couldn't help the small smile that appeared on her face. His panic face was in evidence for sure. He loved her; he had for a long time. She could tell him the rest.

"Scully, please."

AU-- TINH Scully drags Jeremiah Smith over to heal Mulder.

Ten's (xffics) A Fuller Canvas

Scully.

He knew who he was and he knew who she was.

And she was pregnant.

Mulder was very glad that he was lying down. It saved a shocked collapse.

AU-- Deadalive Mulder takes a peek.

HumphreyWrites/sure-fine-skullz/spookysadsophie/s-humphrey/sophie-writes-things/sophiewrites/SophieRobbins’s (WBM)

She knew him better than he knew himself sometimes..

His eyes lit up, “Wait...” he pieced it together as she nodded in confirmation. “This happened the old fashioned way, Mulder.”

For a intelligent person, it seemed to take a long time for him to register what she was telling him. “Wow.”

Three Words Mulder doesn't want Scully to leave.

Octobris - Chapter 5 (Tumblr)

“I tried to leave,” she says, taking a breath and wiping the tears out of her eyes as she pulls back. “I tried and I just couldn’t...”

He cups her face in his arms, and uses his thumb to wipe away a tear. “My bedroom smells like you.”

Post Three Words Mulder withdraws... until he realizes his apartment feels too lived in.

Octobris - Chapter 7

He’s rendered her completely speechlessness. He mistakes her silence for disapproval. “If you don’t like it...”

“No,” she chokes out. The sky blue paint, lamb wallpaper border and star mobile have reduced her to tears. “No, I love it. It’s wonderful, Mulder.”

Mulder secretly sets up the nursery.

Sundries in the X-Files Universe - Chapter 4  

“Baby things, Scully.”

She rolls her eyes. “I know, Mulder, but you’ve hid them in your bedroom... like this is some kind of contraband.”

Mulder has a new type of stash.

Sundries in the X-Files Universe - Chapter 17

His eyes meet hers, and she could drown in him. She moves to his bedside, and he notices the baby strapped to her chest. He raises an eyebrow, “Um, when did you have a baby?”

She’d forgotten he was even there, he was being so quiet. “Oh, about two months ago,” she goes to undo the clips, and his hand reaches hers. He must have done the math. “He’s ours, isn’t he.” It isn’t a question, but his eyes shine, and she nods. She quickly undoes the clips, and turns the baby to face him, “This is William. William, this is your dad.”

AU-- Post TINH Scully moved to California... until Mulder is resurrected, many months later.

@leiascully's

Part of Us /A prompt for you?

He raises her hand to his lips. It’s an effort, but he manages. “I’m here and I’m staying,” he tells her. “What happened while I was gone?”

Post Deadalive Scully discusses her fears.

Ripe

Scully, pregnant, looked ripe. Mulder didn’t have another way to describe it. 

Post Three Words Mulder really likes Scully's new "look."

OctoberFicFest Day 13: Moving In

Scully seems perfectly content to have him in her space.  They order food for two (or three, or five) and he knows where the dishes are in her cabinet. She maneuvers cozily past him in her kitchen in search of her morning cup of decaf.  Maybe it’s the nesting instinct.

Post Three Words Mulder slowly spends more time at Scully's apartment.

Lamaze/Do you think...

One way or the other, he is the parent of this child, irrespective of its biology, but they haven’t talked about what they are to each other, no titles or promises or even endearments. But she fits between his legs in a way that is at once new and familiar. The new softness of her, the expanded dimensions of her: they make sense in a way that nothing has made sense since he was revised, despite his initial shock at seeing her gravid, heavy with this unexpected child, serene and weeping all at once.

Alone Mulder and Scully navigate Lamaze (and the case) together.

OctoberFicFest 2021 - Chapter 10/OctoberFicFest Day 10: Mushrooms

“I was kidding,” he says. “No anchovies. They remind me of that snow globe full of sardine juice on the boat.”

“We’ve certainly lived in interesting times,” she says, rubbing her stomach as the baby kicks.

“Tonight we’re going to live in extremely boring times,” he says firmly. “Pizza. A movie. No supernatural influences of any kind.”

“Are you sure you’re my Mulder?” she asks, tipping her head onto the back of the couch.

“Very sure,” he says, leaning down to kiss her forehead.

Scully (and Mulder) and her pizza cravings.

emmbright/Emma Brightman's (LiveJournal) Low Tide

"You're really here." She walks toward him, carefully lowering her bulk into the chair and grasping his gray-skinned hand in hers. Her voice holds a note of wonder he's rarely heard before. Invisible men, visions in Buddhist temples, resurrected lovers -- Scully's a tough one to impress.

Post Deadalive Mulder wakes from a fruitless nightmare of his sister. 

@lyndsaybones's

Oh 

This moment doesn’t feel real. It’s impossible on so many levels. She shouldn’t be here. He shouldn’t be here. The news she has to tell him shouldn’t even exist.

And yet here they are.

Post Deadalive Mulder's response is underwhelming.

Octoberficfest prompt: driving

He'd always been the one driving. Literally and figuratively. He'd find the cases, present them like gifts at her feet and they'd be off, off to the airport, to the crime scene, to the carbon copy hotel. He'd run this way and that and she’d follow, sometimes dutifully, but more often in excitement, in awe of his boundless and joyful wonder. Desert highways and dusty back roads. Him behind the wheel, working his theory like the hull of a sunflower seed between his teeth. And she, along for the ride, keeping him from going too far, too fast, helping him not to drift. It felt right, somehow.

This is why, perhaps, everything feels so wrong right now.

Three Words Scully drives Mulder home.

Season 8 Drabbles - Chapter 7 (Tumblr)

The doll, stitched together with thick cotton thread, had been in the family since the Mulders came over from the Netherlands.

He’d always thought it was pretty ugly, but looks weren’t what made it special. The threadbare doll had sat in the crib of every Mulder baby for five generations. Six now, he thinks proudly.

“I did that,” he murmurs, thinking of Scully’s round belly.

Mulder and Scully work through Empedocles.

Could you write Scully being overdue or just ready for the baby (William) to come

“You wanna try taking a walk?” he asks, leaning in the doorway.

“If we walked all our laps around the block in a straight line, I think we’d Belgium by now,” she says ruefully.

“We could be having waffles if it weren’t for that pesky ocean,” he teases.

Walking, spicy foods, hiking up and down the stairs, gallons of red leaf raspberry tea, accupressure, she’s done it all and with no effect. She’s not dilated at all, not so much as one Braxton Hicks contraction in days. This kid is camped out and obviously very comfortable.

AU-- Post Empedocles Scully is embarrassed over her request.

Season 8 Drabbles - Chapter 9

“Go get comfy, I’ll fix you something.”

She passes him a wary glance over her shoulder,but acquiesces.

When he heads back to the bedroom with a sandwich and apple slices, he finds her flat on her back lying diagonally across the bed. She didn’t even manage to get out of her tennis shoes, let alone change into her signature silk jammies.

His heart pounds for a second as he realizes just how much he loves her.

Alone Mulder hopes to be there for his partner.

tiny fic prompt: last few words exchanged

“Did you put the meatloaf in the fridge?” she murmurs. 

“Uh-huh,” he answers, rubbing his eyes.

Mulder has other plans.

I’d love to see a follow up of the conversation...

Her face softens a little and she nods. “Baby’s moving a lot, sometimes if I get up and stretch out a bit, I can reposition things and it’s not as uncomfortable. It’s not working very well tonight. I’m sorry,” she says, shaking her head with embarrassment, “this is probably more than you want to hear.”

That alone breaks his heart. He doesn’t even think as he grabs her arm and pulls her to his chest. He buries his nose in hair and breathes deep.

“I’m sorry I ever let you think that there’s anything about any of this that I don’t want to know,” he says as he squeezes a little harder.

Post Alone Mulder drives to Scully's after a nightmare.

Shoshana's

Skin Deep

Silently, she had pulled his hand down to her stomach, placing it there until the baby kicked against their joined hands. He'd been lost for words, before he'd been abducted he'd thought she couldn't conceive--but then, he must have been wrong, something must have been wrong.

Post Deadalive Mulder is happy with the news.

After Dinner

Cheeks flushed with equal quantities of embarrassment and joy, she'd stood very close to the side of the bed, grasping his still weak hand, placing it against her belly. Still lost for words, he'd rubbed his fingers over the smooth fabric of her clothing. Her unworried countenance told him all he needed to know, all he cared to know at the time.

He'd had worries later, when left alone with his thoughts.

Three Words Mulder and Scully settle in after TLG leave.

@greycoupon's Baring Fruit (WBM)

He was focused on Scully’s face and her hand in his, but not the rest of her. She was just another body in the room. Then one of the nurses asked her to move so they could check his blood pressure and she stood up. He saw all of her.

Post Deadalive Mulder is happy... before the PTSD sets in.

@minuete-blog's Tell Me A Story

She could see Mulder’s internal struggle play out in his eyes each time. The darkness in his eyes finally fading away to the far recesses of his mind when he registered her presence, her request. He would recount the snow fort memory, and be rewarded with her 1000-watt smile and a hug.

Post Deadalive Scully requests a story from Mulder.

Erin M. Blair's

Mine

"I already know, Scully." I gave her a warm, brilliant smile and joyfully patted her stomach - I could picture our child safe and sound, looking forward to the day where she or he can be born.

Post Deadalive Mulder tells Scully about his Amor Fati dream.

Reflection of the Truth

When I opened my eyes, I learned she was pregnant with our baby. I suspected as much when she was overcome with dizziness and nausea in Oregon.

Post Three Words-Empedocles Mulder doesn't feel in control of his life.

While Mulder Sleeps

I've always loved watching Mulder sleep. He always looks like an innocent child as he lays there on the bed, protectively holding our son, William, in his arms.

Post Existence Scully remembers the day she met her partner.

Red's Alive

He looked up, confusion and yet a sense of incredible wonderment lighting up his beautiful hazel eyes. He looked at her and she didn't say a word. He shook his head, looked away, looked back at her again.

Post Deadalive Mulder is happy about the baby.

@admiralty-xfd's

Culmination - Chapter 12

They stay together like that for a long time, holding each other. Eventually she gets up to check his vitals and the sight of her enormous pregnant belly hits him like a ton of bricks.

How…?

Suddenly he’s certain he must be dreaming. He must be, this is impossible. The in-vitro didn’t work, and Scully can’t conceive naturally. She can’t be pregnant.

Post Deadalive Mulder thinks his existence is all a dream.

First Time For Everything - Chapter 15

He still can’t quite wrap his head around any of it; she’s here, they are back together, but it feels like everything has changed. Everything feels different. She’s pregnant with his baby, and although this was a circumstance he’d in fact planned for at one time, he’d written it off as an impossibility after the in vitro failed months and months ago. Being faced with it now, larger than life, is nothing less than shocking.

Empedocles Mulder is starting to soak in the happiness aplenty.

MSR Prompts (admiralty-xfd) - Chapter 25

This is all so stupid. Her mother just saw him enter her daughter’s apartment with his own key, and flirt with her in a way that would rival any 90s sitcom. Mrs. Scully gives them a look that, to him at least, indicates she knows he and Scully are fooling exactly no one.

Maggie joyfully welcomes Mulder (home.)

@seek-its-opposite​ (WBM) memento (vivere)

She tells him about all-day pickup games in the vineyard with Samantha and that time he recited a Twilight Zone monologue in his sleep, channeling Rod Serling in the passenger seat of a rental car as they sped through the heartlands. If he tries, he says, he’s pretty sure he can conjure up memories of a little curly-haired girl who followed him around. He could just be saying it to please her, but she remembers the words I think I had a brother loped in rounded teenage handwriting and believes him. Maybe all Mulder children are fated to forget everything except the fact that they’ve forgotten. The baby kicks.

AU-- Deadalive Mulder wakes with amnesia.

@blackcoffeeandteardrops's (Ao3) I know it’s probably been done before but Three Words for your episode prompt

He looks over, unprepared for the absolute warmth coming from her. “He’s mine? We–”

“Yes, Mulder,” she says, wanting to leave no room for doubt. “He is.”

AU-- Three Words Mulder wants space to figure things out.

@freckleslikestars/Living_Underground's

Paternity (Tumblr)

‘Why did you want to tell me first?’

‘What?’

‘About being pregnant. You said it didn’t feel right not telling me first.’

‘Well, because-‘ she looked at him, stopped as he looked up from where he was placing the mugs on the coffee table. ‘Mulder, do you really not know?’

‘Know?’

Three Words Mulder is asking around to for the father of Scully's baby.

Healing

He was shuffling from foot to foot, studying the nails he had bitten to the quick – Scully had tried to remember if that was something he used to do, bite his nails, but she drew a blank. It wasn’t a habit she remembered. She’d have to get him a bag of sunflower seeds next time she went shopping, see if they helped.

‘I wish I’d been there. I could have…I could have rubbed your back, or…something,’ he finished lamely, shrugging and fidgeting some more.

Post Three Words Mulder and Scully find their way back together through the only possible means: dorky romance.

Things That Go Bump in the Night (Tumblr)

'That was the baby?’

‘Uh-huh,’ she murmured sleepily, eyes still shut, ‘been moving more since you came home. Knows you’re here.’

Mulder sat up, flicking the lamp on the bedside cabinet on, pulling the sheet back, ‘can I?’ he reached over to Scully’s stomach, fingers hesitating over her stretched skin.

Post Three Words Mulder wants to make up for lost time.

A Present

All he could do was stare at that frame. He felt a tightness in his chest, as if there was a thread connecting his heart to what he held in his hands. He never thought he would have a chance to see this. Him, an outsider who no one would take seriously, let alone seriously enough to love. After losing so much you begin to think you’re not good enough to keep anything you care about.

Scully gifts Mulder a picture of the ultrasound.

@cutelilcurtain's (Ao3, WBM) 28 and or 34 from the I love you prompts?

“Tea?” It’s her attempt at cordiality, a feeble offering that feels familiar and safe because practice has told her so. Mulder stands still, licking his lips.

“No,” he hums, shaking his head. He steps once, twice, toward her, and in two steps closes the gap. Her breath catches and tension snaps between them, between the space between his hands and the inches they hover from her belly. 

Finally they come down against the swell and Scully feels months of silent suffering pour out of her and into his hands. He grounds them both and brings her back.

Post Three Words Mulder apologizes.

@msrafterdark's

Five Sentence Fics (Tumblr Prompt) - Chapter 2

She was mute for a moment, and while he easily recognized the softness in her eyes, he also noted a slight glimmer of impatience, as though she was insulted by his not believing this miracle belonged to him.

Three Words Mulder just needed to hear the magic words.

Sentence prompt: "I need to know you're real."

The thought that she could ache for him that much, even whilst she thought him dead, ignites resolve within him that he will never leave her or their unborn child.

Post Three Words Mulder and Scully hug and make up.

@alsoablankslate/tabulaxrasa‘s (LJ, tripod) Thawing

It is the first time he has touched her there without her encouragement. He can't promise to change right away, but he can promise to try.

The Baby kicks and does some curious Baby swishing maneuver. He wants to jerk his hand away but fights the impulse. Scully turns her head, and he looks at her.

Post Three Words Mulder is struggling with reality.

Lola Ravenhill's Persistence of Change

Scully's pregnant. Before I was abducted we had tried to have a child, and failed at it. Six months later, when I was awake enough to comprehend things, I discovered that she was pregnant. Very pregnant.

Post Three Words Mulder muses on his parents' behavior.

Surajtare's Fragments in Time - Chapter 19 

"What is this?" Mulder asked, his voice sharp.

"I'm pregnant," the words burst out, although it was obvious. She wanted to tell him for so long but not right now, not like this.

"What month is this?" Mulder asked.

"February."

"I've been gone for…six months?" he asked, bewildered.

Post Three Words-Existence Mulder and Scully slowly adjust to their new life.

@wtfmulder's Prompt: MSR - FLUFF -scully is pregnant, Mulder looks after her.

If he’s a little jumpier than normal, hopping off couches and rearranging pillows for no apparent reason, making them way too many cups of tea, calling her… a lot, for no good reason, it’s all just a throwback to the manic Mulder she knows and grudgingly loves.

...But the cat comes yowling out of the bag one early morning while he’s preparing them bagels and talking about, hell, probably super soldiers. She tunes him out. She talks about this all day at work. But he interrupts himself, loudly, and earns her full attention with a start.

“You can’t drink that,” he frowns. Are you crazy? his eyes ask. Not typically, but she’s beginning to feel a little crazy with the way he’s disassembling her coffee pot and pouring the water back in the sink.

Post Empedocles Mulder tries to discreetly care for Scully (and the baby.)

@alldolleduppink-blog's Things You Said... - Chapter 1 (WBM)

"And the baby...is he...or she," he adds quickly,his hand still continuing its tender ministrations. "Uhh...Is the baby having a good time?"

The baby kicks at his palm and Mulder's face lights up. She can't stop smiling at him, her chest bursting with love for him and their child."I think that's a definite yes."

Post Alone Mulder takes Scully to the fair.

timber_heart's Baby Daddy Fever

“Mulder, babies don’t start solids until six months. We’ve got a bit of time until then,” she told him, pausing near him as brightly colored pacifiers caught her eye.

“Nothing wrong with being prepared,” he replied flippantly somewhere down the aisle.

“Preparation is the father of inspiration,” she murmured under her breath, smiling as the memory flitted past.

Father-to-be Mulder goes crazy in the baby store.

Evil_Little_Dog's Cravings

He peered at her. "Blink for me." Rolling her eyes, Scully obeyed, blinking three times at various rates of speed. Mulder moved closer at the first blink, until his nose was nearly touching hers. "Well," he said, "I don't see any evidence of black oil in there. Still, you wanting something that sounds as nasty as sardines and milk, together?"

Scully has disgusting food cravings.

@neednottoneed's (Ao3) Unnamed

She grabs the last carton of chocolate potato chip ice cream and looks at him triumphantly.

Scully and her pregnancy cravings.

Thanks for reading~

Enjoy!

[ailec-12]

6&9

Thanks, anon! You didn't specify a fandom/character and I've been reading across several fandoms, so I hope that's alright. Feel free to let me know if you'd like recs about anything in particular, though.

6. A fic that kept me on the edge of my seat.

always find me here, by robotsdance (GoT, Braime, 24k, complete). Time loops, when done well, always stress me out in such a way that I'm not sure why I enjoy them so much. I guess it's the final catharsis. This one is reeeally good, as in the author doesn't rush things and I could feel madness slowly creeping up on me as it did on Jaime.

To Speak the Unspoken, by ihamtmus (GO, Ineffable husbands, 33k, complete). This is so, so good. I remember I couldn't stop reading. There are so many untold things between these idiots, and so many feelings they won't even acknowledge to themselves. The 'canon compliant' tag is its own warning.

9. A fic that's popular for good reason.

Crime and Punishment, by melolcatsi (HP, Severitus, 196k, WIP). Harry's point of view is fascinating and the author does a great job of portraying his developing relationship with Snape. No wonder it's an absolute hit, it may be the best Severitus fic out there.

Bruised Words, by starknjarvis (HP, Severitus, 15k, complete). It's hard to write a good Severitus one shot, but in this fic the character development is believable because the author manages to convey a lot of emotions in just a few words. I haven't actually got around to reading the second part yet, but I will. >.<

Fic rec ask game

[amtrak12]

Niles/Daphne (Frasier) Fic Recs

@lady-swanbell asked me what Frasier fics I liked and it reminded me that I had totally planned on doing some fic recs for the 25th anniversary of Something Borrowed, Something Blue a couple weeks back. So, here's some of my favorite Niles/Daphne fics I've read!

Note: These only come from AO3 because I have not yet braved the wild, wild west of fanfiction.net nor have I scavenged the corpses of LiveJournal to see what Frasier fics exist of yore. But if you do have fic recs from these sites or know of a Frasier specific fic archive/fan site that's still accessible PLEASE send me links. I'll love you forever 💗

Rec #1:

The author robotsdance is my absolute go-to. I revisit four of their fics regularly:

Adore and Together -- smutty, companion pieces that I want to study for how they're both explicit and not at the same time. I'm enthralled. (both locked and only visible to logged in AO3 users)

Good Morning -- Hilarious S4 AU that plays out like an episode of the show. Very fun times. XD

Sticky Toffee Pudding -- HNNG!!! Arguably my very favorite Niles/Daphne fic and the one I DEFINITELY wanted to rec for the 25th anniversary. GOD it's so good! 3500 words of emotional whiplash that grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go in the way that I swear only short fic can do. GUH!

Rec #2:

confessions, interrupted by eponymiad -- Very recently posted and I fear it's being overlooked. It's canon compliant, letters never sent between Niles and Daphne, and it hurts sooooo good. I actually have all three of this author's Niles/Daphne works in my bookmarks, and a line from Citizen Crane is what put me down the path of wondering what would've happened if Niles plowed forward with telling Daphne how he felt in spite of her dating Donny, and now that idea has a full outline involving a first kiss in front of a raccoon and a smutty ending 😶 ROTFL

Rec #3:

Wife for a Week by silver_galaxy -- Okay, c'mon, who doesn't love the fake married trope? And this one is so cute 🥰

Rec #4:

Merry Christmas, Niles by aviciousunicycle -- Niles, Daphne, Roz, and Alice spending Christmas together in a cabin. Very cute. Very fluffy. And extra kudos to the author for doing well with writing preschooler Alice. I get picky with kid fic, especially now that I'm getting to watch all of my niblings grow up and change over the years. But it turns out if you don't have young children you can observe in real life, modeling your child character after Bluey works pretty damn good LOL

Rec #5:

Ruinn is another fab Frasier author. Their long stuff (like 50k+ long) are all great and I have several bookmarked. But I think my favorite fic of theirs is this shorter 5k piece filling in the Christmas pageant stuff we didn't get to see in 6.10 😍 -- The Things I Will Do

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Those are my top 5 recs! But here's the link to all of my Niles/Daphne bookmarks in case you're still looking for more or in case you're seeing this way in the future and my bookmark collection has grown. 😊

[disastrousrecs]

though our paths diverge (i travel with you)

by robotsdance on Ao3

asoiaf | jaime lannister/brienne of tarth | bodyswap au | rated m | 26k

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For a moment it's almost like Jaime is Brienne, out in the wilderness, on her horse with Podrick beside her.

It must have been his imagination, he rationalizes as he opens his eyes where he lies soundly in his own bed. He had been thinking of Brienne and had been almost asleep. He must have dozed off and dreamed of her. That’s all. It was nothing. Nothing at all.

Jaime puts it from his mind.

But it happens again.

Intermittent Body Swapping/ Freaky Friday AU

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this fic.........where to begin. it's one of the most inventive uses of the bodyswap concept i've ever seen, it's a perfect way to represent the relationship between the characters of brienne and jaime, but also to represent the relationship they have with their own identities. i'm a big fan of vague genderfuckery, supernatural, and just developing dynamics in general, so this was a WONDERFUL read, and i suggest it even if you're wary of the concept. it manages to perfectly straddle the line between the "otherworldly" fantastical nature of the books, while also staying grounded in the characters, setting, and reality

favourite excerpt:

They are sitting across from one another and they’re eating supper when Tyrion slides into the seat beside him and asks who won their little match that afternoon. Jaime and Brienne share a glance that they have to look away from because the real answer is so ridiculous, so complicated, that they’ve long since stopped trying to keep track because when he is her and she is him and they are still both on their feet and still fighting, what difference does it make who wins? Not when the balance will shift over and over and without their control and all they can do is fight and learn and fight and gods, maybe neither of them will ever know if they were the victor, but how could they both not be when they fight like that? 

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Wedding

May is Wedding month, so here are stories about weddings! Some are only about a wedding, some just have a bigger part about a wedding. There are lots more I can't remember right now, if I think of many more there will be a part 2!

Found Wanting by dreadwulf

Brienne is still convinced that the entire affair is a joke on her. Surely there is a real bride somewhere in the castle, who will be brought out once the crowd has had a good laugh at the cow in a satin gown. When she said as much to her intended, he said it was surely a joke on them both. Let them laugh, he said. What’s funnier is that Queen Daenerys made the match in the first place – she must have thought them intolerable to one another. The Beauty and the Kingslayer. Surely Brienne could see the humor in it?

Something Drastic by bearsofair

Brienne ducks out of a wedding reception early. Her "date" comes looking for her.

the battlefield between us (isn't here tonight) by robotsdance

“I missed you, ” Brienne says like she’s admitting something else, and Jaime wants to say it back to her in exactly the same way: loaded with all of the things they’re not saying. Let that truth settle between them, unsaid but at least somewhat spoken. That could be enough. To share that quiet understanding with Brienne, here, alone together in the middle of the woods, in the middle of a war, in which one of them will be on the losing side. That could be enough. I missed you too.

Brienne would understand.

What Jaime says instead is “Marry me.”

The Lion, the Wench, and the Wardrobe Trailer by GilShalos1

Jaime Lannister’s entire acting career has been built on playing reckless cads and heartless villains – ever since a scandalous death on his first film, Kingslayer, was quickly hushed up at his father’s behest. Nearly fifteen years later, acclaimed director Olenna Tyrell has announced her retirement: after one last film, Oathkeeper, inspired by the mythic story of the Long Night. She wants Jaime to do what he does so well, play into his on-screen persona and off-screen reputation, and be a villain for the ages in her final film. But to make sure his infamous ways don’t interfere with production, she requires his personal assistant to keep him on the straight, narrow and sober. Brienne Tarth, in her first job on a film set, finds herself tasked with keeping the impossible Jaime Lannister under control …

Something Blue by Aviss

Jaime Lannister was a wedding planner, though he sometimes missed his old job where he was actually allowed to kill people. Ten minutes with his latest clients and he was already convinced they should not get married. He wasn't a marriage counsellor though, he wasn't invested in this Hunt and Tarth wedding beyond the planning of the ceremony.

Never A Bride by CourtingDisaster

(Modern AU) Wedding bells are ringing in Westeros. After an unpleasant first meeting, Brienne and Jaime find themselves being thrown together over and over as their friends and family marry off. After all, as Tyrion likes to point out, there really aren't any other groomsmen tall enough to escort everyone's favorite bridesmaid...

Over the course of several weddings and receptions, Brienne and Jaime form a sort of truce, perhaps they even become friends. But Brienne isn't going to let the atmosphere of romance carry her away, no matter how handsome Jaime is...is she?

Vows by theworldunseen

Jaime Lannister profiles the most interesting and romantic weddings in the country for his super popular blog, The only problem? His own heart has been stomped on, and it might have ruined weddings for him forever. When he finds out about a woman who’s going to be in her twenty-seventh wedding party, he thinks writing about her might be his way back to loving weddings. But Brienne Tarth isn’t anything he ever expected.

What happens in Sunspear (doesn't) stay in Sunspear Series by Luthien

Brienne wakes up the morning after a night on the town in Vegas Sunspear, with unexpected company in her bed - and that's just the first surprising discovery she makes.

My Best Friend's Wedding by wildlingoftarth

A desperate Brienne hires a “professional party date” to accompany her to Renly’s wedding on Tarth. It’s just a weekend – what could go wrong?

so keep me close. by SeeThemFlying

Brienne pines for her husband, Jaime, who she is convinced is not madly in love with her.

[alltheficsivereadsblog]

Braime (Jaime/Brienne) Master list 1

A close shave - ChocoNut E, 1k

Summary: Jaime wants a shave. He gets much more than that.

Now That You're Here - Lady_in_Red M, 8k

Summary: A woman's battle is in the birthing bed, where Jaime is helpless to protect those he loves.

Five times Jaime witnesses a birth.

When Jaime met Brienne... - ChocoNut T, 3k

Summary: Lord Selwyn, an ally of the Starks, sends his daughter to Winterfell to help her get over Renly who turns out to be no more than a one-dance wonder in her life.

When King Robert’s party arrives there at the same time, Brienne attracts a certain Kingslayer’s attention.

White - Lady_Blade_WarAngel M, 3k

Summary: Jaime and Selwyn talk, as Jaime fears that Brienne will die in childbirth with their latest addition. A Snowstorm begins and Brienne goes into labor early, leaving a heavy choice for her and Jaime to make.

Language of love - ChocoNut M, 1k

Summary: Jaime wants to ask his lady love to marry him. Only, he can’t bring himself to do it the conventional way.

The Morning - MonaThePoet M, 826

Summary: Brienne stirred first, following the first night she had ever laid with anyone.

New Dawn - miera M, 4k

Summary: What if Brienne woke up while Jaime was contemplating leaving Winterfell that night, and then the morning brought a new surprise for them both?

layers of tarnish - thebothsandneithers M, 7k

Summary: Brienne didn’t stop frowning at him. She had her hands braced against the doorframe, like she might need to physically bar him from entering.

Which she might. He wasn’t really supposed to show up at her house anymore. Apparently, a mobster prince knowing her address was bad for her health.

More than a night of passion - ChocoNut E, 2k

Summary: Jaime Lannister is no playboy. His reputation points to exactly the opposite. Nor is Brienne the type to jump into bed on impulse even if it involves the man she’s fancied for a while.

Rumors - ChocoNut E, 1k

Summary: Most rumours claimed he had fallen for the woman he had sacrificed his hand for. A handful insisted this was the doing of his loins, the frustration of not having been with a woman for this long.

Their speculation was he’d have his fill of her while it lasted before eventually returning to the one he loved.

take a chance on me - robotsdance T, 1k

Summary: Jaime is on his knees. Oathkeeper’s blade is under his chin. Brienne’s hand is steady.

Stay with me - justtrynawrite M, 1k

Summary: Jaime has a nightmare. Brienne helps him get over it.

Remember - ChocoNut T, 1k

Summary: Five times Brienne tries to jog Jaime's memory when he remembers nothing after the bricks collapse on him, and the one time she doesn't have to remind him.

Run away with me - ChocoNut E, 2k

Summary: Brienne struggles to change out of her hideous pink gown on their way back one night. Jaime steps in to assist her.

You are my knight - ChocoNut G, 2k

Summary: Hyle Hunt returns to Brienne’s life. Jaime obviously doesn't take it well.

Did I forget to post yesterday….yes! But it’s fine. If your here thanks so much would love to see you supporting future Masterlists as well!!!

[wilfriede]

Rules: without naming them, post a gif of ten of your favourite films, then tag ten people to do the same.

Thank you for the tag, @caylinwrites and @mangacat201.

If this looks like fun to you, tagging @die-schwanenkoenigin @dustnfeathers @olive2read @nachdenklich-tj @robotsdance @ensorcei and anyone else who wants to do this.

[elijahuh]

@c1ementine009 yaoieful robotsd ♡

[bowie-boy]

THANK YOU FOR THE TAG @movietonight 💙

The challenge is to make a poll of your five all-time favorite characters!

I tag @robotsdance @koolaidcrow and whoever else wants to do it :)

[jotonomy]

Rules: Pick any ten of your fics, scroll roughly to the midpoint, pick a line (or three) and share it. Then tag ten people.

Tagged by @starrybouquet

1. i fear no fate (for you are my fate) - Jaime/Brienne

When she finally disarmed him, he stumbled to his knees and her sword was at his throat.

"Do you yield?" she questioned him.

The look on his face as he gazed up at her made Brienne glad that she was already flushed from exertion.

2. (a love) a lantern in the dark - Jaime/Brienne

“But do you love him?”

Brienne’s instinct is to look away, the feeling in her breast so heavy and full it could choke her. But she knows her father needs to see the certainty in her eyes.

“I can’t remember what it feels like not to love him.”

3. waiting to be consumed by you - Jaime/Brienne

He steps close enough that he can whisper directly into her ear. “Listen.” He watches the shiver as it rolls down her spine at the feel of his breath. “What do you hear?”

“Everything,” she whispers, awe tingeing her voice.

4. a helping hand - Jaime/Brienne

“Is that a no then?” Jaime asks.

She throws the pillow at his head. “That’s your reaction?"

"I don’t really care what it’s called,” he says easily. “I care if you don’t want a brojob. Mutual brojob or bust.”

5. with a hint of sin - Jaime/Brienne/Addam

"If you try to hold my hand, I swear upon all of the gods that I will gut you.”

6. We Make the Rules - Jaime/Brienne

Brienne: I’m sleeping with my boss

Ygritte: Fuck me I’ll pay for my own bus

7. I'll unfold before you - Jaime/Brienne

“I want to see you, all of you,” he says finally, his voice thick. “It is as simple as that.”

She can feel her heartbeat from her tongue to her toes.

“Thank you,” she says faintly, feeling detached from her own body.

8. Concupiscence - Jaime/Brienne

Part Three: A Little of What You Fancy Doesn’t Do Much Good

In the years that followed, the Knight would always wonder how his fate was changed by being the prisoner of the Maiden and not some lesser man or woman. If he had been the prisoner of someone less honorable, less caring, he would be dead. In that respect, he was thankful to be her captive.

But only in that respect.

Truly.

9. The Limit Does Not Exist - Jaime/Brienne

She knew too well how the world worked for a young woman in a male-dominated field when she accused a well-respected man of misconduct. Not that she was accusing him of misconduct. She’d never felt ill at ease around him before. Angry, aggravated, infuriated, and a whole host of other adjectives to describe her urge to throw one of her textbooks against a wall, or run directly to the gym and hit a punching dummy until her knuckles almost bled. But not unsafe.

10. this seems a good place to start - Sam/Jack (SG1)

"Carter," he interrupts her, a warning in his tone that she shouldn't follow that line of thought.

"Thank you for trying so hard to find another way," she says instead. "And thank you for doing what was necessary in the end."

He looks pained for a split second before he schools his features, carefully retreating behind his well-constructed walls.

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[kiraziwrites]

tagged by @laiqualaurelote (who just dropped another devastating chapter of the Ted Lasso Station Eleven AU, go read that shit ASAP)

last song: Training Montage by The Mountain Goats.

currently watching: Nothing, really—I’m in one of my frequent TV-viewing pauses, aside from occasionally rewatching snippets of Ted Lasso for fic purposes. Most recent watch was Severance, last month (loved it, I’m very eager to see Gwendoline turn up in S2 eventually). 

currently reading: Pageboy by Elliott Page (just finished, actually), The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (reread, belatedly prompted by that marvelous @swallowtailed AU), and The High Sierra by Kim Stanley Robinson (been dipping in and out of this one for months). Also a lot of long-form journalism (affectionate) and too much internet (derogatory) of late.

current obsession: Still on the Ted x Trent train, despite some IRL disruptions to writing this month. Also, a decade-old fic from a fandom I’m not even in that @auntieclimactic made me read the other week, which has been haunting me since. Anticipatory: gearing up to become temporarily unhinged about sports as soon as the World Cup begins (three weeks!)

tagging: @eponymiad @kormantic @robotsdance @pretty-thief and anyone else who feels like it!

[sdwolfpup]

Hi pup, I was wondering who the fanart of your avatar is tysm

It's a drawing that @robotsdance made for me representing the vibes of the fic I write. 😄 So they are vaguely based off of Jaime/Brienne bc I am mostly writing that these days, and it captures the sense that I like to take my characters on these long emotional journeys, heh.

Thanks for asking!

[wilfriede]

@robotsdance Have you seen this? Makes me think of "We Fit Together" :)

Explain yourself.

[jaimexbrienne-fic-finder]

hiii i'm trying to find this fic and for the life of me i can't, i think 17 yr old jaime travels forward in time to jaime and brienne living in tarth and he spends a week living with his older self and with brienne? i don't know if that's too vague but tysm anyways for helping me look for it!!!!!!!!!!

hello!

I am almost certain it's this

someday (you will be loved) by robotsdance

But I am not interested in the premise, so I have never read it. I just remembered reading the summary often when looking for new stories to read!

If this is the one well done to you for describing it in a way where I could find it even though I'd never read it and well done to the author for an excellent summary!

If this is not the one, let us know, maybe someone else knows!

[pearly--rose]

Shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people. tagged by @pretty-thief

Stay Down - boygenius

Fireball Whiskey - Angie McMahon

Salt In The Wound - boygenius

Short and Sweet - Brittany Howard

Only Water - Wet

Thinking of a Place - The War on Drugs

Me & My Dog - boygenius

Not Strong Enough - boygenius

Ivy - Frank Ocean

It'll All Work Out - Phoebe Bridgers

Tagging: @dreadwulf @goddesspharo @kulliare @wordybee @finnickfoxes @ulmo80 @beesreadbooks @robotsdance @perkymcbadsuit @itsalwayssummerinthesongs