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It's the end of another [community profile] unconventionalcourtship round! Many thanks to all that participated this year. Whether you wrote fic, read fic, signed up, made banners, promoted the fest or fell down the UC Generator rabbit hole your participation was very much appreciated.

Now the fest is over here is this year's masterlist to peruse while you give yourself a pat on the back!

Here is this year's masterlist of fic:
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You above all else (9847 words) - Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (on dreamwidth)

Chapters:
 2/2
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV Show)
Rating: Teen and Up
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Relationships: Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sharma
Characters: Anthony Bridgerton, Kate Sharma, the Bridgerton family plus Simon Hastings, the Sharma family.
Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Regency setting, Angst, Pining, The Gulf between Social Classes, Canonical Character Death Referenced, Eldest Children Syndrome, Time Jumps, Unconventional Courtship 2025
Summary: 

Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma were inseparable as children since he’d defended her from an irate tutor. Once she thought there was something more growing between them until grief and the divergent demands of their positions drew them apart.

To Kate, the warm, close knit Bridgerton family lead a charmed life and spending Christmas with them is both an honour and a relief from the challenges her own little family face.

But when she comes face-to-face with Anthony again, she hardly recognises him in the cold, aloof man he's become. Worse, he seems to see her as a spinster maid, below his notice, and an outsider

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Inspired by HOME TO FAMILY by ANN EVANS 

Amnesty post - sorry this is late! 
 

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You know that feeling where you're enjoying inhabiting a book so much you don't want to reach the end? This week I finished The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison, and that's how I felt.
 
Witness is a companion novel to Addison's breakout novel, The Goblin Emperor (TGE), which I read for the first time last year and never got around to reviewing. You don't need to have read TGE to enjoy this one at all; Witness focuses on a minor character from TGE and his adventures after the events of that novel. Thara Celehar is a prelate of the god Ulis, and his role in elven society is something like a cross between a priest and a private detective. He has the ability to commune, in a limited fashion, with the dead, and he is employed by the city to provide this service to the people. This may involve reporting a deceased's last thoughts to a mourner, asking a deceased to clarify a point on their will, or seeking answers from a murder victim to bring their killer to justice.

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Amnesty Week

Jul. 1st, 2025 02:56 pm
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For those that signed up, July 1-7 is amnesty week. If you missed your deadline or have completed another fic you can post it during this time. No need to ask for a day, just post!
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Yours in Black Lace (2727 words) by cuethesun

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Psych (TV 2006)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carlton Lassiter/Shawn Spencer
Characters: Carlton Lassiter, Shawn Spencer, Juliet O'Hara, Woodrow "Woody" Strode, McNab passes by
Additional Tags: Dirty Talk, erotic writing, Secret Admirer, Or well not so secret, Shawn hasn't got enough patience for it, Unconventional Courtship 2025, Men in Lingerie Kink, a little bit of it at least, Lassie's sorry excuse for self-esteem
Summary:

“You’ve read it? Dammit, Strode, why are you wasting my time then?” Carlton turns his eyes back to the report he’s writing. “Just give me the gist of it, tell me if it’s worth pursuing.”

“Are you sure, detective? Because—”

“Yes, I’m sure, now just—”

“Dear Detective Carlton Lassiter. I have a confession to make: you’ve turned me into a naughty, naughty boy.”

Carlton gets a letter at the station.

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Sorry I'm a little late! Here's my entry for the 30th.

Rebuilding journal search again

Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pm
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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
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Title: Trapped In Yesterday
Author: [personal profile] brokenhighways
Fandom: Hit The Floor
Pairing/Characters: Jude/Zero
Rating: R
Length: 12,000 words
Summary: Jude Kinkade is the CEO of a fledgling sportswear brand, and he's ready to throw his Hail Mary pass and do whatever it takes to save his company. Enter Zero, a washed-up former player who's more known for falling out of clubs than his three championship wins. Desperate for some publicity, his head of PR, Jelena, convinces Jude to hire Zero as the face of the brand, but is this a comeback story in the making, or a reckless gamble that will destroy both their reputations for good?

Notes: Based on the summary for 'In the Heat of the Spotlight- Kate Hewitt'


Link: Here @ AO3
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Title: Dance of Dreams
Author: [personal profile] rubylily
Fandom: Octopath Traveler II
Pairing/Characters: Agnea Bristarni/Giselle
Rating: Mature
Length: 8073 words
Summary: Giselle had always hoped that Agnea Bristarni would one day be more than just a dear friend. But on that day Agnea and her companions brought back the dawn, Giselle swore that her feelings would remain hidden forever.

A year later and Giselle and her traveling troupe are back in Tropu'hopu – and they've been asked to team up with Agnea for the performance of a lifetime on Tropu'hopu's famous floating stage! And it's clear that those long-buried feelings are still as heartachingly, pulse-racingly powerful as before…

Surely turning back the clock would be a bad idea… except that it feels so very, very right!
Notes: Inspired by Jennifer Taylor's Best Friend to Perfect Bride.
Link: Read on AO3 | Read on Dreamwidth

Babylon White

Jun. 29th, 2025 01:18 pm
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Babylon White by Kit Sun Cheah

The grand conclusion! Spoilers for earlier books ahead.

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Watson Birthday Prompt Fest

Jun. 29th, 2025 10:27 am
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a collection images of Watsons from various adaptations


Description: Welcome to the Watson Birthday Prompt Fest! According to some sources, John Watson's birthday is August 7. So, lets celebrate it, by having a prompt fest!

Come over to the Ao3 collection and leave a prompt or claim a prompt. Open to all Sherlock Holmes related fandoms, and all genres, ratings, and relationships (ships, gen, etc). The main rule being that all fanworks should focus on our beloved Watson.

The goal is to have lots of fanworks to enjoy for Watson's birthday on August 7th

Schedule: Prompting and claiming will be open until August 7, 2025
Links: Fest
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Title: The Wedding's Off
Author: colisahotnorthernmess
Fandom: Hi-De-Hi!
Pairing/Characters: Gladys/Clive (mentioned), Spike/April, Spike/Ted, Gladys/Jeffrey (implied)
Rating: G
Length: 1318 words
Summary: Glamorous Welsh beauty Gladys Pugh's husband to be left her standing at the altar and wedding planner Spike Dixon was only too happy to fill in. Be Gladys' husband. For however long she wanted. What better way to escape his unhappy relationship than by marrying his kind and caring friend-cum-colleague..?
Notes: Based on Society Page Seduction – Maureen Child

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/66857152
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The day after finishing The Traitor Baru Cormorant I had to rush over to the library to pick up book 2, The Monster Baru Cormorant, which I finished earlier today.

Spoilers for The Traitor Baru Cormorant below!
 
The second book of a fantasy series of any kind often bears a very difficult burden. It is most often the place where the scope of the story grows significantly. A conflict which before was local to the protagonist's home and surrounding area may expand, often to the extent of the known world. New players are often added to the cast, bigger and scarier problems and challenges arise. The protagonist may have gone up in the world, wielding new power and influence, with new responsibilities. As a result, this is where many series lose their footing; a tightly-woven book or season 1 may give way to a muddled, watered down part 2 as the writers struggle to juggle this expanded focus. 
 
The Monster suffers from none of those things. It is the place where Baru's story expands—in The Traitor, her focus was almost entirely on Aurdwynn; it was the full field of play and outside players mattered only as they influenced events on Aurdwynn. In The Monster, Baru has become a true agent of the Imperial Throne of Falcrest, and with these new powers, the entire field of the empire is opened up for her play, and it is fascinating to watch. 
 
In The Traitor, Baru was narrowly focused on managing the situation in Aurdwynn; everything she did was to that end. In The Monster, Baru can do whatever she wants, and we get to see her finally on the open field. Even where she flounders and flails, it's delightful to watch the machinations of her mind constantly at work.  Her cleverness rows against her bursts of sentimentality to produce some impressively chaotic effects, but she is as slippery as an eel to pin down, even when her rivals think they've gotten the best of her.

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The Right Match (Stargate Atlantis)

Jun. 26th, 2025 07:55 am
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The Right Match (14526 words) by melagan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Steven Caldwell/David Sheppard, Evan Lorne/Parrish the Botanist
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Richard Woolsey (Stargate), Evan Lorne, Parrish the Botanist (Stargate), Steven Caldwell, Dave Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - Sentinels and Guides Are Known, Alternate Universe - Sentinels & Guides, Alternate Universe - Regency
Summary:

With his father's death, Sentinel Prime Lord John has just come into his legacy. However, due to a provision in the will, he must take a guide or lose his entire inheritance.

The only guide John is interested in is Rodney McKay—a rogue guide who has managed to stay in hiding for years.

The hunt is on.

But once he catches him...then what?



The Right Match

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