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Fandom: Star Trek AOS (Reboot)
Pairings/Characters: Nyota Uhura
Rating: G
Length: 1866 words
Creator Links: danahid
Theme: Female relationships

Summary:

I took the stars from my eyes and then I made a map.

There are rules of diplomacy that you have been trained to follow. There are realities that you have been educated to expect. You are poised and dedicated and intelligent and professional, and there are horrors in the universe that you don’t want your sisters to know. There are false maps to terrible places that you don’t want your sisters to follow. You know that you can’t protect them from everything, but this you can protect them from for a little while longer.


Reccer's Notes: I am partial to stories that explore why people join Starfleet, and this is an excellent example. While the story talks about Uhura's motivations, it also explores her relationship with her younger sisters. She is both inspiration and protector to them, and she's very aware of her role.

This story takes on both the promise and sacrifice of going beyond traditional roles. Yes, Uhura accomplishes so much, but those accomplishments come at a cost, a cost she doesn't want her sisters to know about because she wants them to find their own way.

Danahid's writing is always exact and meticulous and beautiful, and this story is no exception. There's so much in these 1800 words, including a beautiful ending.

Fanwork Links: How to Write Letters Home to Your Sisters

CANON: The Phoenix Saga
CHARACTERS: Jean Grey / Marvel Girl and Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel
ADDITIONAL INFO: 31 icons from issue #1
CREDIT TO: malagraphic



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CANON: Cookie Run Kingdom
CHARACTERS: Awakened Hollyberry Cookie, Eternal Sugar Cookie, Shadow Milk Cookie, Pavlova Cookie, Sugarfly Cookie,
ADDITIONAL INFO: Also has a solid set of Raspberry cookie
CREDIT TO: cupcake_graphics or vorpalsnickersnack



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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Gen. Teyla Emmagan & Sam Carter, Evan Lorne
Rating: Teen
Length: 8824
Content Notes: canon-typical violence, minor character death
Creator Links: Rachel500 on AO3, ArwenLune on AO3, ArwenLune on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Female relationships, Action/adventure, Friendship, Women being awesome

Summary: When a diplomatic mission is interrupted by the Wraith, Sam and Teyla wrestle their personal demons to work together and find a way back to Atlantis.

Reccer's Notes:
This is set soon after Sam Carter comes to Atlantis to replace Elizabeth, and both she and Teyla initially grapple with her new role. Teyla, unlike John and Rodney, had no prior knowledge of Sam Carter and can't help missing Elizabeth and not fully trusting Carter. Then a mission goes badly wrong and they're thrown together, and have to find a way through their feelings as they deal with the dangerous situation. It's a gripping read with interesting character explorations and a satisfying ending. There's also a podfic version, excellently read by ArwenLune.

Fanwork Links: Walk Beside Me on AO3
And the Podfic, read by ArwenLune

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CANON: To Be Hero X
CHARACTERS: Lucky Cyan
ADDITIONAL INFO: 82 icons from episode 10
CREDIT TO: malagraphic



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CANON: Mobile Suit Gundam
CHARACTERS: Char Aznable
ADDITIONAL INFO: Has never betrayed anyone in his entire life, ever.
CREDIT TO: parhelicon





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Fandom: Hilda the Plus-size Pinup; Fixing a Flat (Norman Rockwell illustration)
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Hilda; three Norman Rockwell characters, two female and one male.
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 2,356
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply, women solving their own problems
Creator Tags: magazine illustrations, Norman Rockwell - Freeform, Fluff, Plot
Creator Links: (AO3) moon_custafer; (DeviantArt) mooncustafer; (Dreamwidth) moon_custafer; (Instagram) mooncustafer; (LiveJournal) moon_custafer; (Tumblr) mooncustafer
Theme: Female Relationships, Crossovers/Fusions, Female Friendship, Gen, Heists & Capers, Old Fandoms, Small Fandoms, Stranded

Summary: Hilda’s fishing trip is struck by rain and then by two new acquaintances in need of assistance.

Author’s Notes: For moonlight69.

I needed to introduce a few additional characters to Hilda’s mainly single-panel world, so I did a mash-up with Norman Rockwell’s “Fixing a Flat.” Think of it as the Illustrationverse.

Reccer's Notes: A rec posted in honor of the U.S. Full Strawberry Moon, for reasons that will be apparent in the fic.

Moon Custafer constructs a story from several Hilda panels (plus a special guest Norman Rockwell work), in which Duane Bryers’ zaftig hillbilly wood nymph comes to the aid of two travelers stranded in the boondocks—a predicament complicated by a less friendly local. (A temporary problem-solving alliance (particularly against a common enemy) can count as a relationship, right?)

Hilda as portrayed in Bryers’ artworks seems to embrace solitude, and the scant fanfic I’ve seen doesn’t tend to show her interacting face-to-face with much of anyone but her animal friends and the odd Authorial Proxy; it’s fun to watch her socializing, and to see her given family, friends, enemies, and a history. (As well as actual clothing that she presumably wears now and then to pick up her crackers, trashy novels, and repurposable-as-clothing floursacks.)

Fanwork Links: Fixing a Flat by moon_custafer for moonlight69, for Yuletide 2018.

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CANON: Erio and the Electric Angel
CHARACTERS: Ange
ADDITIONAL INFO: 95 icons
CREDIT TO: malagraphic



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CANON: Danny Phantom
CHARACTERS: Danny Fenton
ADDITIONAL INFO: 118 icons
CREDIT TO: malagraphic



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CANON: Tales of Arise
CHARACTERS: Shionne Vymer Imeris Daymore
ADDITIONAL INFO: Does not include the DLC
CREDIT TO: cupcake_graphics


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CANON: Tales of Arise
CHARACTERS: Law, Hootle, Rinwell
ADDITIONAL INFO: Does not include the DLC
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CANON: Tales of Arise
CHARACTERS: Dohalim il Qaras, Kisara, & Group
ADDITIONAL INFO: Does not include the DLC
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CANON: Tales of Arise
CHARACTERS: Alphen
ADDITIONAL INFO: Does not include the DLC
CREDIT TO: cupcake_graphics


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