FemmeRemix Open for Business!

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femmeremix was, as always, a blast, and the fics have now been revealed.  (Authors will be revealed in a week.) I received this marvelous Five Gods fic:
Clarity of Purpose (the Separate Callings remix) (1233 words), Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Characters: Ista dy Chalion, Iselle dy Chalion, Illvin dy Arbanos
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Reunions, Difficult Emotions, Paladin of Souls
Summary: Ista wonders how much she and her daughter really recognise each other, these days.


Other fics I enjoyed:
The Dating Rituals of Superheroes (The Role Reversal Remix) (5106 words), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Characters: Maria Hill, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov, Tony Stark
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Miscommunication, Awkward Matchmaking Attempts, Trapped In A Closet, Humor, Remix, Post-Avengers: Age of Ultron (Movie)
Summary: In hindsight, when Maria asked Sam out, she shouldn’t have brought flowers or aimed for the traditional dinner invitation. After her first attempt failed, she shouldn’t have enlisted Natasha as a matchmaker.

Now I'm convinced that I'm goin' under (2025 words), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Captain America (Movies)
Characters: Maria Hill, Original Female Character, Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: FemmeRemix 2016, Remix, Everyone Thinks They're Together, Friends to Lovers, Partner Betrayal, Post-HYDRA Reveal, Maria Hill Feels, POV Female Character
Summary: There was a reason they called it falling in love, and it wasn't because you could learn to do it without getting hurt.

Behind Layers (The Sadder and Wiser Remix) (1374 words), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey
Summary: Minerva looks back on two wars.

Well-Suited (remix of "Bespoke") (2050 words), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters: Griselda Marchbanks, Rolanda Hooch, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, Millicent Bulstrode, Gabrielle Delacour
Additional Tags: Crossdressing, Butch Female Character, Carrying On Traditions, Intergenerational friendship, Genderfluid Character
Summary: Lida Knarrly has a new and unexpected customer base.

Perennial (the Nostalgia mix) (1350 words), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters: Augusta Longbottom, Neville Longbottom
Additional Tags: Gardens & Gardening, Past Character Death, Old Age, Reminiscing, Family
Summary: Augusta Longbottom's antipathy to flowers and plants started long ago; she's just old enough now to remember and tell of it. Neville brings useful things, but his gift for listening is the most important.

Pieced Together (The Memory Remix) (2362 words), Babylon 5
Characters: Susan Ivanova, Talia Winters, Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: AU, Talia Lives, Fix-It, Remix, Bechdel Test Pass, Mind Manipulation, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Lesbian Character, Canon Lesbian Relationship, Lesbians survive!, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Telepathy, Future Fic, Psi Corps
Summary: There are some things that Talia can't call to mind. But she remembers all the truly important things.

Water [Remix] (2042 words), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Characters: Original Female Character, Merry Brandybuck, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Minas Tirith, Remix
Summary: Scenes from the last days of the war: a woman of Minas Tirith and the fountain in her courtyard.

The Heart of the Labyrinth (The Thorn Heart Remix) (1041 words), Greek and Roman Mythology
Characters: Ariadne (Greek and Roman Mythology), The Labyrinth (Character)
Additional Tags: Backstory, Drama, Developing Relationship, Bonding, Abandonment, Sacrifice
Summary: As far as Ariadne can remember, there has always been three of them.  Herself, the monster and the labyrinth.