fallacious_deity
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held close all the time, knowin' I'm half of you by fallacious_deity
Fandoms: L'amica geniale | The Neapolitan Novels - Elena Ferrante, L'amica geniale | My Brilliant Friend (TV)
01 Feb 2026
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Elena finds Lila in the factory, excited to tell her that she's going to be a published author. Lila leans down and kisses her.
fic inspired by @sneakydraws on Tumblr's amazing Lilalenu artwork <3 (linked in author's notes)
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we are the crossroads, my little outlaw by fallacious_deity
Fandoms: The Poppy War Series - R. F. Kuang, The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
22 Jan 2026
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Rin has been treated as worthless her entire life. For her gender, her skin color, her socioeconomic status. Through sheer will, she gets into Sinegard, where she will be introduced to an unimaginable amount of power that has an equally unimaginable price. But there are other ways of healing, she realizes; there are other ways of fighting for justice and for her people. Still ugly, but perhaps, she may end up with her life and the lives of those she loves intact.
Or: in which Rin bleeds but gets the opportunity to truly get better and move past her ghosts. Or: in which Venka finds a rival, and then someone who truly understands her pain, and then eventually a companion, and then more than a companion in Rin. Or: in which Altan gets people who finally, truly view him as human, and he manages to open his heart a bit more.
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blessed be the mystery of love by fallacious_deity
Fandoms: L'amica geniale | The Neapolitan Novels - Elena Ferrante, L'amica geniale | My Brilliant Friend (TV)
11 Jan 2026
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"She wanted to say something more. Yet, as it had all those years ago, the words formed a shimmering evanescence in her mind before evading her entirely."
Or: 4 times Lila almost told Elena she loves her, and one time Elena told Lila she loves her.
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gardenias on the tile, where it makes no difference who held back from who (to love me is to suffer me) by fallacious_deity
Fandoms: The Poppy War Series - R. F. Kuang
15 Dec 2025
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"The Cymothoa exigua, commonly known as the tongue-eating louse, is a parasite that severs the blood vessels in a fish’s tongue, causing it to fall off. It then attaches itself to the remaining stub, essentially becoming the fish’s new tongue. The fish needs it to eat, to consume, to live."
Or: In the timeless, massless planes of death, Rin reflects on her relationship with Altan.
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you kept me like a secret, I kept you like an oath by fallacious_deity
Fandoms: The Poppy War Series - R. F. Kuang
05 Nov 2025
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"Venka had died a traitor. She had died a savior, too. Those two statements had to exist side by side, Rin decided. Their opposite meanings canceling one another out, dimming the pain that threatened to spill out of the cracks whose summation, by now, solely defined Rin."
Or: A study on what it means to love Fang Runin, and to be loved by her in turn.
Or alternatively: What do you do when you destroy everything you touch?
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Everything of Possibility by madnorthnorthwest
Fandoms: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch (2019)
24 Mar 2024
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"I concur with your definition of life, and would like to add my own to it: life is the chase itself, and also the things you chase after. The painting, the painter, and the paint. And the point where different lives touch? That's the canvas. Life is footprints in the sand of the universe—inevitably washed away, but there for a brief, shining moment, long enough to lead someone back home. And there it is again: home."
or,
Life after the end of the book, told through letters and text messages.
Bookmarked by fallacious_deity
02 Feb 2026
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beautiful, eloquent, evocative prose. also I love pippa in this she's so underrated <3
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After reuniting, after Amsterdam, after everything, Boris wants to settle down and build a life with the man he loves. He doesn't tell Theo about this plan, exactly, but Boris figures he'll probably catch up eventually. Right?
Or: how to convince your best friend to marry you (without having to tell him you love him)
Bookmarked by fallacious_deity
02 Feb 2026
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I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM!!!
boreo my beloved <3
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L'amica crudele by heartkeepingopenhouse for Nabielka
Fandoms: L'amica geniale | The Neapolitan Novels - Elena Ferrante
18 Dec 2018
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Elena goes back to the pivotal moment, and finds it doesn't change anything.
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Bookmarked by fallacious_deity
13 Jan 2026
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time loops are so interesting when executed well, and man, the author is an expert in manipulating time, distance, emotions, and narration style to make it hit just right. Lila and Lenu are so vividly, poignantly portrayed here; stunning.
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This is what he learns: she has always played to win.
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Kitay, Rin, and the spaces between seconds.
Bookmarked by fallacious_deity
25 Dec 2025
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most insane phenomenally written study of rin and kitay’s relationship I’ve found thus far. lyrical and poignant <3
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She could’ve broken the cycle. She found that she didn’t want to.
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Rin and the aftermath.
Bookmarked by fallacious_deity
22 Dec 2025
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A relationship fic that also doubles as a brilliantly written character study for all three characters? Rin’s descent into an even more terrible person? Her guilt running parallel to Kitay’s resentment and complicity? Sign me up!