toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is all the women from the Harry Potter series, who went unexplored. This series is what made me want to rec women-narrated and -centric fic for 31 Flavours in the first place, and if you haven't read it you oughta. Link goes to the first story.

overemotional: in defense of cho chang (2424 words) by dirgewithoutmusic
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Relationships: Cho Chang & Marietta Edgecombe, Cho Chang & Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang & Hermione Granger
Characters: Cho Chang, Luna Lovegood, Marietta Edgecombe, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Parvati Patil, Padma Patil
Additional Tags: Ravenclaw, the house of the true the honorable the wise, a ramble for cho's sake, lady friendships, grief and living and loss, But we get better, that's what we do, and there's nothing wrong with crying a bit while you do, Dumbledore's Army, Years Five through Seven and beyond
Series: Part 1 of we must unite inside her walls or we'll crumble from within

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandDraupadi's quasi-canonical daughters )

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And... that's it, 31 recs, 31 drabbles; was not sure I'd be able to sustain that, but some fudging and catching up and here we are.
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Susan being a chameleon.

Adaptive Coloration: Four Identities that Susan Pevensie Never Had To Assume, and One She Might Have Chosen (6670 words) by cofax
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Susan Pevensie, Jadis, Corin, Aslan
Additional Tags: 5 Things, The Problem of Susan

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Today's drabble is for ExpandUttaraa )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Sweety Bhope being terrifying as always. I am a tad biased because this was written as a gift for me lo these ten years ago, but I found it holds up very well on reread.

The Victory March (6088 words) by orphan_account
Fandom: Kaminey (2009)
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sweety/Guddu
Characters: Guddu Sharma, Sweety Bhope, Sunil Bhope

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Today's drabble has references to abduction and marital rape, and is about ExpandLakshmanaa )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Azula after the war, picking up the pieces and rooting herself in an ignored ancestry

水火 (20041 words) by trascendenza
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Characters: Azula (Avatar), Ensemble
Additional Tags: Community: ladiesbigbang, Female Protagonist, Post-Canon, Female-Centric, POV Female Character, Family, Grandmothers, ancestry, Backstory, Character Study, Female Friendship, female mentoring, Women Being Awesome, Asian Character, chromatic protagonist, POV Character of Color, layers, Personal Favorite, Firebending & Firebenders, Healing, Meditation, Friendship, Ancestor Worship

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandUma )

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And now I'm all caught up with the recs and drabbles. Spent about a week with [personal profile] bee_muse and fell behind to about the same extent, though I did get about half my current chapter written, and an inordinate amount of cuddling. I miss her to pieces.
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is the queer women of the novel becoming themselves.

Between The Bricks, The Spaces (5759 words) by RidiculousMavis
Fandom: Night Watch - Sarah Waters
Relationships: Kay Langrish/Julia Standing, Helen Giniver/Kay Langrish, Kay Langrish & Iris "Mickey" Carmichael
Characters: Kay Langrish, Julia Standing, Helen Giniver, Iris "Mickey" Carmichael
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, First Meetings, First Kiss
Summary: 1941, 1934, 1927. The little moments that make us.

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandRukmini )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Lardo letting herself take help when she needs it. (and this rec may or may not be influenced by the fact that I love the betaing process from both sides.)

Dibs and the Art of the Subordinating Conjunction (4182 words) by Stultiloquentia
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Larissa "Lardo" Duan, Derek "Nursey" Nurse
Additional Tags: Friendship, Academia

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandSubhadra )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Steph having a gay old holiday.

Step into Christmas (The admission's free) (4175 words) by merle_p
Fandom: Pride (2014)
Relationships: Gethin/Jonathan, Steph & Gethin, Steph & Jonathan
Additional Tags: Holidays, Christmas, Fluff, Friendship, Cooking, Christmas Presents, POV Female Character, Male-Female Friendship, Yuletide, potentially anachronistic Christmas decorations, Yuletide Treat

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Today's drabble is about
ExpandChitrangada )


toujours_nigel: Greek, red-figure Rhea (Default)
Today's rec is Lady Alys Vorpatril and her women serving Barrayar.

The Committee To Prepare The Ground (8580 words) by Raven
Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Characters: Alys Vorpatril, Simon Illyan, Miles Vorkosigan, Helen Vorthys, Ekaterin Vorsoisson Vorkosigan, Gregor Vorbarra
Additional Tags: Women Being Awesome, Spies & Secret Agents
Summary: They were there all along: a secret history of women in Imperial Security.

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandUlupi )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is the magnetic Lilia Baranovskaya falling back in love and into domesticity with her ex.

raw animal magnetism (19480 words) by Naraht
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lilia Baranovskaya/Yakov Feltsman
Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits To Lovers, Getting Back Together, Aging, Past Infidelity

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandSudeshna )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is the elegant and empathetic Jingmum, our Slytherin queen-mother.

To Preserve the Life of Others (7612 words) by romantic_drift
Fandom: 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV)
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Consort Jing & Family, (maybe Consort Jing / Lin Xie / Princess Jinyang if you squint), (or Consort Jing / Consort Chen if you squint again), (there is a lot of unexamined idolation okay), (also Jingyan/Lin Shu but what else is new)
Characters: Consort Jing, Lin Xie, Yan Que, Princess Jinyang, Consort Chen, Xiao Xuan, Princess Liyang, the entire first gen, and cameos by the second

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandDushala )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is a Vulcan Cyd Charisse. Yeah.

Solivagant (13749 words) by Beatrice_Otter
Fandom: Classic Hollywood RPF, Star Trek
Relationships: Cyd Charisse/Nico Charisse, Spock & Nyota Uhura
Additional Tags: Crack, Vulcan, Marooned, Crash Landing, Ballet, Route 66 - Freeform, Period-Typical Sexism, Period-Typical Racism, Crack Treated Seriously

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandBhanumati )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Elena Alvarez and her Syd-nificant Other standing up to her hostile father. ♥

we'll be like spies (2186 words) by TheSubtextMachine
Fandom: One Day at a Time (TV 2017)
Relationships: Elena Alvarez/Syd
Characters: Elena Alvarez, Syd (One Day at a Time)

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandDraupadi )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is a very modern Mary Challoner going on a whirlwind and fantastic Europe vacation with the awful terrible stupidly charming Dominic Alastair.

a thing with feathers (19920 words) by hazel
Fandom: Devil's Cub - Georgette Heyer
Relationships: Dominic Alastair/Mary Challoner
Characters: Dominic Alastair, Mary Challoner, Justin Alastair, Leonie Alastair, Sophia Challoner, Clara Challoner
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

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Today's drabble is about
ExpandVrishali )
toujours_nigel: blue-painted feet crossed at the ankle against a teal bg (kanai)
Today's rec is Josie Brooke learning the value of cooperation and a perspective shift.

Each Word Made True And Good (4383 words) by thelittlestbird
Fandom: Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Josie Brooke/Original Female Character

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Today's drabble is for ExpandSatyabhama )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is the delightful Venetia, figuring out marital and maternal arrangements.

At Home With Lady Damerel (3135 words) by brutti_ma_buoni
Fandom: Venetia - Georgette Heyer
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jasper Damerel/Venetia Lanyon

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Today's drabble is about ExpandHidimbi )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Aunt Olive, coping with flighty cousins and dashed weddings and obstreperous young and middle-aged men.

What's resisted (4340 words) by Lilliburlero
Fandom: The Charioteer - Mary Renault
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Ralph Lanyon, Laurie Odell, Aunt Olive (The Charioteer), Babs Whitely, Mrs Joyce (The Charioteer)

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandRevati )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Irene and Helen tender and fierce and stunning

Her Lovely Face Gleaming Like a White Poppy (14033 words) by loathlylady
Fandom: Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eddis/Sophos (Queen's Thief), Attolia/Eugenides (Queen's Thief)

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandMadri )
toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's rec is Furiosa et al in modern Australia. Mind the tags and warnings.

The Sun Blazed All Around (75961 words) by ThisDominionIsMine
Fandom: Mad Max Series (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Furiosa/Max Rockatansky, Past Furiosa/Valkyrie, Background Capable/Nux
Characters: Furiosa (Mad Max), Max Rockatansky, The Valkyrie (Mad Max), Toast the Knowing, Capable (Mad Max), Cheedo the Fragile, The Dag (Mad Max), The Splendid Angharad, Nux (Mad Max), Rictus Erectus, Slit (Mad Max)
Additional Tags: modern day AU, diner au, Horses, eventing, horse rescue, dog rescue, Slow Burn, Dog training, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Found Family, trans!Dag, Masturbation, Mutual Pining, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Cunnilingus, Vaginal Fingering, Vaginal Sex, squadron of deadly disabled women, Animal Death

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandPritha )

Also in case anyone's curious, all my drabbles are about women from The Mahabharata.

toujours_nigel: woman's crowned head (queen and empress)
Today's--yesterday's, I've been busy the last couple evenings--rec is for the effervescent Megan Bloomfield.

Becoming a Lesbian: Megan Bloomfield's Guide for Cheerleaders (2218 words) by Deifire
Fandom: But I'm a Cheerleader - Fandom
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Megan/Graham

There's even a podfic!

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Today's drabble is for
ExpandDevaki )
toujours_nigel: blue-painted feet crossed at the ankle against a teal bg (kanai)
Today's, well yesterday's, rec is a very sweet and cautious Eowyn feeling her way back to health and into happiness.

The Comfort of Time, Among Other Things (4253 words) by fisheyed
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Éowyn/Faramir (Son of Denethor II)
Additional Tags: Post-War of the Ring, Feel-good, Friends to Lovers

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Today's drabble is about
ExpandYashoda )

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