fics i read this week, 7/03/26 to 7/09/26
lets see if i can keep up with this or if i only do this Once and then never again. okay here is what i read this week
Windswept Heat by Meretrex, chapter 1. this fic is a kaleshwi and it is rated m. kaladin and leshwi have to take shelter together, oh noooo whatever will they do 😈 the horny bits are delightful and fun to read, and the main detail im remembering a week later is that leshwi lets kaladin shave her face, and its a moment of tender intimacy because this is like a thing leshwi is very dysphoric about. really good i bookmarked this one
Fractures by thephilosophersapprentice. this one is a gen fic rated m. premise is one of kaladin's old slaveowners, who broke every bone in kaladin's hand one time, has come into the clinic to flirt with kaladin but does not recognize who kaladin is. the tags seem to indicate what im supposed to get out of this is whump about the description of kaladin getting his hand broken, but that part is literally whatever. the part that struck dread into my core was reading about an abuser sexually harrassing their former victim at work. that's the real meat of the stress. aw yeah thats the good stuff.
Over Troubled Waters by SilverStarlights, chapter 21. it's a kadolin fic rated t. this is a (very long by now!) longfic that is a 1970s los angeles vampire au. the kadolin itself is extremely tertiary to the reason i read this fic though, which is that it has the best goddamn sadeas i have ever seen outside of a specifically sadeas-centric fic. like this person has a gift. sadeas is the most wonderfully horny dubcon-initiating this-isnt-sex-but-it-sure-feels-like-a-metaphor-for-sex incredibly bisexual vampire. hes evil hes sexy hes awakening new things in me with every chapter. this author has written other fics as well that also feature sadeas and he's really good in those ones too. silverstarlights quit your job writing kadolin and join the extremely lucrative field of sadalinar fanfic. we need you now more than ever. anyway this chapter was really good i liked it
After the Storm by malogophile, chapter 1. it's a shakadolin fic rated t. this one's a standard issue modern au college au, shakadolin are all college seniors attending class at a small liberal arts college… somewhere. as someone who lives in a college town i will simply choose to believe the fic takes place where i live and that every location mentioned outside of campus is somewhere in my city that i have likely been. that bar kaladin bartends at? that's my local bar. anyway this fic is charming so far. there's a chapter 2, i have not read it yet
love from a different view by viallainous, chapter 4. its a shakadolin fic rated m. shallan just had the shadolin baby except the time period this fic is set in is a wat never happened everythings chill au and also its like 5 years after row and shallan is a slightly more normal age to be having a kid at and its all chill. this fic overall was mostly crack treated seriously with heart. sweet fic. very bad therapy ethics. i liked it :)
you control my right to die by Gauvain. it's a kalmoash fic rated teen. this fic is great. it's got nuanced moash. it's got el. it's got moash's tangled web of confused feelings for kaladin. it's great. it's wonderful. round of applause.
look this fic has a long ass title im not gonna fucking type all that. cosmere_play's gawx fic, chapter 2, which features a host of lovely ocs that i am having a lot of fun reading about. its rated m
Blood, Flesh, and Bones by mocatzistones, chapter 6. it's a gen fic but it's also got hints of kadolin, it's not rated. the premise of the fic is that it's a HEAVY ANGST fic about kaladin in suicidal hell planning to kill himself in a few days and everyone is like woah kaladin you're doing. um. bad. and kaladin is like waaaugh im doing bad!!!!‼︎ love to see characters drink heavily and be actively suicidal.
wow thats um. thats a lot of fic. jesus. anyway yeah that was my week in the stormlight ao3 mines
