we are the cosmos dreaming of itself

the cavernous conference room

the terrible teams call

the sinister spreadsheet

the barbarous bank balance

the eerie emails

the belated bills

the gruesome grocery shop

the malicious meal plan

the woeful website

the mysterious malaise

the dreadful deadline

the perilous prices

Greetings!!!

A little late due to a busy day yesterday but I am here with the fic recs!

First set from @vividiana

hi! I have some recommendations for AU fics:

ceremony by @eraserspiral (Gale/Astarion, explicit, no archive warnings, complete)

a modern AU in which Astarion asks his long-time friend, Gale, to pretend to be his boyfriend for his sister's wedding (what could go wrong?). great writing with copious amounts of pining.

Catch Me If You Can by @dramatiquechipmunk (Astarion/female Tav, explicit, graphic depictions of violence, complete)

set in 1950s new york city, featuring detective Astarion and jewel thief Tav coming together to bring down a common enemy. an emotional rollercoaster with lots of twists and turns and, again, lots of pining.

Murder at Moonrise by @avantegarda (Halsin/female Tav, mature, major character death, WIP)

an Agatha Christe–esque tale set in 1930s England that features a party with a mysterious host, a body in the library, and a mystery that gets more complicated with every chapter.

I Think I Might Push My Luck With You by @andromedaancunin (Astarion/female Tav, explicit, no archive warnings, WIP)

an emotional friends-to-lovers slowburn set in modern-age Baldur's Gate about two people who have suffered immense trauma growing to find comfort and safety in one another.

Second from @morose-idealist

AU fic recs- No doubt these have been mentioned before, but:

The Pale Elf by @coyote-mint

The Accountant’s Guide to Taking Down an Evil Vampire Lord (and maybe bagging Astarion while you are at it) by @cinnamontails-ff

A self-rec from the lovely @core-ene

Oh hey I have an AU I can self-rec! @coreene

What if they were never kidnapped? - https://archiveofourown.org/works/66267313/chapters/170840920

Looking at Astarion and Lorelei (Tav) and how they could meet if they were not kidnapped and there was no Absolute plot.

Warnings: graphic violence and nothing else yet

Finally from @ancuninbrainrot

@linnetagain 's The Season https://archiveofourown.org/works/52493239

So may I present my own casting choice for Odysseus:

Absolutely not

You know who would try that shit?

Is this the face of a man who would defy the very gods to get home to his wife?

You know who would defy the gods just to show he could get away with it?