Rare Pairs R Us
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She/her. Canada, 40+. CQL, Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty, KinnPorche, Guardian. OTPs: Wen Ning/Ouyang Zizhen, ChanPol, XiYao, Tay/Jom, TayBig, ChuGuo AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/The_Snarkivist/works
Not me posting nothing in MONTHS and then posting two fics in a week!! Thanks staycation!
Rare Pairs R Us@snarkivist.bsky.social · last wk.New Guardian fic! "The Bet" #ChuGuo 4k, rated mature 👨❤️👨 Fluff 👨❤️👨 POV Guo Changcheng 👨❤️👨 The Morning After 👨❤️👨 Can be read as a stand alone archiveofourown.org/works/90085406
New Guardian fic! "The Bet" #ChuGuo 4k, rated mature 👨❤️👨 Fluff 👨❤️👨 POV Guo Changcheng 👨❤️👨 The Morning After 👨❤️👨 Can be read as a stand alone archiveofourown.org/works/90085406
New fic! #FengQing , 5.6K, one-shot "The Blind Date" 🫖 Belated birthday fic for @kakeracake.bsky.social 🫖 Meet ugly 🫖 Not a date, or is it? 🫖 Happy ending archiveofourown.org/works/89827691
New #fengqing fic! Movie Nights (1/6) 🏹Modern AU ⚔️Pre-Ship 🏹Feng Xin: In Denial ⚔️Mu Qing: Crushing Hard ❤️Movie nights with Xie Lian may or may not help matters ❤️Especially with Feng Xin’s habit of dozing off… 🤔 Sort of 5+1 format, rated T archiveofourown.org/works/896151...
"Make Wen Ning Blush" Rated: teen 😳 POV Wen Ning 😳 FLUFF 😳 Established relationship 😳 Wen Ning blushes! Thank you soo much to the organizers of the #FlowersOfFire2026 event for saving me from my writer's block!! #WenNingDay #HBDWenNing #ZiNing archiveofourown.org/works/82947991
New ZiNing fic!! For the #HBDayWenNing #flowersOfFire2026 event! "Cooking Lessons" 6k one shot 👩🍳 ZiNing 👩🍳 POV Wen Ning 👩🍳 Getting Together 👩🍳 Fluff archiveofourown.org/works/82381016
Happy two year anniversary of me starting to post this fic. Lol it still isn't finished! But here's chapter 7. This could also fit the #HBDWenNing / #FlowersofFire2026 prompt "a gift for Wen Ning" Thanks so much to the organizers for this event!! archiveofourown.org/works/548952...
Rare Pairs R Us@snarkivist.bsky.social · 5mo agoWelp here is another chapter! This fic is taking so long to write but I am not giving up. Chapter 6! archiveofourown.org/works/548952...
Wen Ning's birthday event will start tomorrow! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Don't forget to use #HBDWenNing #FlowersOfFire2026 So Wen can share your love and works for the sweetest Cinnamon roll 💖
Wen Ning Bday event@flowersoffire.bsky.social · 7mo agoPrompts for Wen Ning's birthday event are here!🎉 April 1 to 11 Any kind of media can participate: Art, Fanfics, Cosplay, Collage, Edits, etc. Remember tu use #HBDWenNing and #FlowersOfFire2026 and mention us, so we can share your works. More info and links to AO3 collection below ⬇️
Awwwww the end of an era. I am so sad that I never made it to Cardiff to see it. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doctor Who spin-off's Ianto's Shrine in Cardiff to be taken down after 17 years
Fans are "devastated" that Ianto's Shrine will be removed for health and safety work at Mermaid Quay in Cardiff.
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Kind of went a bit over the top with my purchases at this awesome Danmei symposium they had at my local library yesterday.
the ideal future is one with lots of old trans women in it
[reading the thousandth or so fic of my favorite characters falling in love with each other] fic: and they fell in love with each other me, tears in my eyes: oh my GOD THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER 🥹
BODIES OF MAGIC, out Sept 2026: Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.) Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill. Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
Me whenever my friends send me a post about Heated Rivalry calling it an HBO show
Boss moved a weekly meeting cuz she has an HR meeting at the same time. I KNOW she means human resources but I am (very jealously) imagining my boss & the other mgmt talking Shane's freckles, Ilya's ass, the cottage, & what they think want for S2. While drinking ginger ale & eating tuna melts obvs
I am so embarrassed about how long the gaps between updates have been but here's another chapter of Falling Petals! archiveofourown.org/works/548952...
Rare Pairs R Us@snarkivist.bsky.social · last yr.Guess who just updated a fic that she hasn't updated since May??? So I never did a Bluesky post for this: Falling Petals, CQL fandom 🥀 Wen Ning / Ouyang Zizhen 🥀 Hanahaki 🥀 Modern au w/ cultivation Chapter 4! archiveofourown.org/works/548952...
BREAKING NEWS: Gävlebocken has collapsed due to strong winds! Just like when it was devoured by birds in '23, nature steps in when man fails to step up! @sarahz.bsky.social
To all the people enjoying Heated Rivalry and wishing there were more shows like that, may I introduce you to: Thai BL. I am currently watching 8 shows. Every day of the week is a gay show. So much gay.
So as we near the end of the year, I want to hear what you loved this year! Pls tell me your favourite books, songs, movies, shows, podcasts - what stuff did you fall in love with this year?