Nemainofthewater (is me!)

Chapters: 2/2

Fandom: 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Lin Chen & Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Lin Chen/Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Lin Chen & Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe & Fei Liu, Lin Chen & His Parents, Fei Liu & Lin Chen (Nirvana in Fire), Fei Liu & Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe Characters: Lin Chen (Nirvana in Fire), Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Fei Liu (Nirvana in Fire), Lin Chen’s father (Nirvana in Fire), Lin Chen’s Mother, Xiao Jingyan, Mu Nihuang, Gong Yu (Nirvana in Fire), the Jiangzuo Alliance - Character, Various disciples of Langya Hall Additional Tags: Don’t copy to another site, Heart Attack 2021, Family, Angst, Fluff, Worldbuilding, Non-Linear Narrative, Introspection, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, the major character death is MCS, Grief/Mourning, Hopeful Ending, Character Death, Hurt/Comfort, or at least not NOT canon compliant Summary:

Lin Chen is a study in contradictions. A warrior and a healer. Neutral, unless it concerns Mei Changsu. Desperate to save his friend yet equally determined to respect his wishes.

Loyal.

To the end.

A series of non-linear, interconnected stories starring Lin Chen set pre, during, and post canon.

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Excerpt:

Lin Chen hears the muffled commotion at the door, whispered orders and the faint protest. He doesn’t bother to turn around, only raising his jar of wine in greeting to the memorial tablet in front of him and taking a good swig of alcohol. There are several more jars scattered around his feet, some empty and some not.

“Bixia,” he greets lazily, hearing the footsteps approach. “I’m sure you’ll forgive me if I don’t bow – I’m not sure that I can at the moment without embarrassing myself horribly, and I’m sure that the consequences for vomiting on your Divine person far outweigh the mere sin of not bowing.”

“Young Master Lin,” Xiao Jingyan, Emperor of Da Liang, says, settling down on the floor beside him, as though he were still some common soldier and not the Son of Heaven himself, appointed by Heavenly Mandate to rule over the mortal realm. Lin Chen deigns to glance over.

Xiao Jingyan looks very much like he did the last time that Lin Chen saw him five years ago, having eschewed the regalia of the Emperor for a simpler set of robes. A little more tired perhaps, especially around the eyes, but otherwise unchanged. Quietly, solemnly, he takes three joss sticks and lights them in the brazier, placing them in front of the memorial tablet.

“I hear that you have another son,” Lin Chen says. “Congratulations.”

“Thank you,” Xiao Jingyan replies with impeccable politeness. “His mother and I are proud of him, though I admit that he does have a talent for mischief – certainly I didn’t realise how much trouble a single child is capable of getting into, especially now that he has begun to walk.”

Xiao Jingyan speaks with the exhausted pride of any father, a smile on his face. He does not use the imperial pronoun ‘zhen’, instead choosing to present himself as Lin Chen’s equal. Lin Chen snorts, turning back to face the memorial tablet. No wonder he has left his guards at the door.

“So why aren’t you back with your sons and wives?” Lin Chen asks, “or, failing that, taking part in that ‘running the country’ business of yours? Can the Emperor be said to have free time?”

Xiao Jingyan shrugs – yet another gesture better suited to a common soldier – and Lin Chen feels a flash of annoyance at the fact that he remains unperturbed. He drowns that flash in more wine. “Free time? Perhaps not. The life of an Emperor is not his own, after all. But for just this one night, I think that I can be simply Xiao Jingyan.”

He reaches past Lin Chen to steal one of the unopened pots of wine, unstoppers it, and – after pouring a little before the memorial tablet as a libation – takes a deep drink. He pauses as soon as the liquid touches his lips, and then laughs.

“Xiao Shu hated this wine,” he says.

“So did Changsu,” Lin Chen his tongue only stumbling slightly at the emotions that his friend’s name evokes. He pours some more of the wine in front of Changsu’s tablet, smirking at the thought of that unamused, pinched look that his friend would give him. “He would go on about it. At length. Have you ever seen a wine merchant cry, bixia? Because I have. Several times. Though to be fair, at least one of those wine merchants was running an illegal gambling ring out of the back of his shop, so it wasn’t surprising that his taste in wine was equally abysmal.”

The wind changes outside, and smoke from the joss sticks blows into their faces, causing Lin Chen to cough uncontrollably.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Original Character, Raphael Amian | Lord of Ysthar, Artorin Damara | Fitzroy Angursell Additional Tags: Don’t copy to another site, acadaemia, Humour, Crack, Academic rivals, Multimedia Summary:

The New Zuni Journal of Experimental Magics is the foremost academic journel in the Nine Worlds. Its remit? To ensure that anyone can publish in it, no matter their social status.

Jidi Pyar, Chief Editor of the NZJEM, has two frequent contributors and many, many regrets.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 伪装者 | The Disguiser (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ming Cheng & Ming Jing & Ming Lou & Ming Tai Characters: Ming Cheng, Ming Tai, Ming Jing, Ming Lou Additional Tags: Don’t copy to another site, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix It, Family, For Want of a Nail Series: Part 7 of Birthday week 2021 Summary:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cangse Sanren/Lan Qiren, Cangse Sanren/Lan Qiren/Wei Changze, Baoshan Sanren/Lan Yi Characters: Lan Qiren, Cangse Sanren, Lan Yi (Modao Zushi), Baoshan Sanren, Wei Changze Additional Tags: FIAB 2023, Don’t copy to another site, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pre-Canon, where is the line between flirting and bullying?, don’t ask CSSR in any case, Arranged Marriage Summary:

Lan Qiren and Cangse Sanren are betrothed.

Chapters: 22/22 Fandom: 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lin Chen & Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, More to be added - Relationship, Qin Banruo/Xiao Jinghuan, Gong Yu/Xiao Jingrui/Yan Yujin, Tong Lu (Nirvana in Fire)/Jun Niang | Fourth Sister (Nirvana in Fire), Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe & Mu Nihuang, Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe & Xiao Jingyan Characters: Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Lin Chen (Nirvana in Fire), Xiao Jingyan, Xiao Jinghuan, Consort Jing (Nirvana in Fire), Xiao Jingrui, Yan Yujin, Gong Yu (Nirvana in Fire), Fei Liu (Nirvana in Fire), Meng Zhi (Nirvana in Fire), Qin Banruo, Jun Niang, Xiao Jingxuan, Mu Nihuang, Tong Lu (Nirvana in Fire), Consort Hui (Nirvana in Fire) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - The Great British Bake Off Fusion, Multimedia, Social Media, Crack, Nonsense, yet somehow meticulously plotted, Meta, Don’t copy to another site, Swearing, too many people called Xiao, Humor, Family, Identity Porn, so just nirvana in fire really, when a high stakes political drama becomes a lower stakes baking competition, Hurt/Comfort, Angst Series: Part 1 of The Great Da Liang Bake Off and other side stories Summary:

12 years after the disgraced winner of Junior Bake Off, Lin Shu, dies in a car crash, Mei Changsu enters the bake off tent. His goal? To bring down Xiao Xuan’s empire of corruption and reveal the truth.

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Back to the Bake Off: Hosts Lin Chen and Yan Yujin on the upcoming fifteenth season

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Breaking: This Year’s GDLBO not to be aired

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Bake-off-bitch: I’ll be streaming the first episodes of bakeoff (thank you oh great god @definitely-not-lin-chen) in 20 minutes on the discord here, and then all the later episodes once they’re up!

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The fifteenth season of the Great Da Liang Bake Off, featuring nepotism in the tent! More behind the scenes footage than ever seen before! Mei Changsu’s mysterious past (which has absolutely nothing to do with Lin Shu)! Romance, sabotage, poisoning, and custard-gate! A Discord full of fans ready to lose their minds!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe & Mu Nihuang & Xiao Jingyan, Lin Chen & Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe Characters: Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Mu Nihuang, Xiao Jingyan, Lin Chen (Nirvana in Fire) Additional Tags: NIFTREAT2022, Humour, Crack, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, rated PG-13 for one use of the word ‘fuck’, Canon-Typical Angst Summary:

3 times the nefarious villain Lin Chen “kidnaps” superheroes from the League of Justice© and 1 time they kidnap themselves

req'd by @kiaras

god that's an eternal mood

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV), 17th Century CE RPF, Doctor Faustus - Christopher Marlowe Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley & Christopher Marlowe, John Faustus/Mephistopheles Characters: Christopher Marlowe, Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens) Additional Tags: Kit Marlowe is so done, demonic deals, Crowley commissioning a play to rant about his angel, Aziraphale being oblivious, Humour, an attempt anyway, Swearing, Footnotes, Crowley is mephistopheles, or alternately mephistopheles is Crowley’s self-insert, Don’t copy to another site Summary:

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.