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[beatrice_otter]

I did not quite manage to read all the worldbuilding_exchange fics before the authors were revealed, and then life got busy and the tabs I had open got buried. So here is finally my rec list!

I received this wonderful fic:

Downtime (Great Cards Not Required) (1261 words) by DesertVixen
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Christine Chapel & Nyota Uhura
Characters: Nyota Uhura, Christine Chapel, Marlena Moreau, Lieutenant Palmer
Additional Tags: Not Canon Incompliant, Everyday Life on the Enterprise, Anytime after s2e6: The Doomsday Machine
Summary:

Nyota Uhura has plans for the evening...

Other fics I enjoyed:

Clip - Media Corrections - Sanctuary Moon (Fan-Submitted Question) (1879 words) by dagas isa
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Amena (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Original Characters
Additional Tags: In-Universe Meta, Fictional Metadata, Worldbuilding, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon (Murderbot Diaries), Corporation Rim Media, Game Shows
Summary:

A short clip from the game show serial Media Corrections (Season 15, Episode 08) featuring a question submitted by our favorite SecUnit regarding The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.

Uploaded by: Amena

Peace and Quiet (1528 words) by cricketdust
Fandom: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Mick Rory, Mona Wu, Gideon (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)
Additional Tags: Living on a time ship, Rebecca Silver, Writer Mick Rory, Canon Compliant, Humor
Summary:

All Mick wants to do is write the next Rebecca Silver novel in peace. With all of time and space at his disposal, that turns out to be more difficult than he expected.

From Beleriand (1314 words) by Caiti
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ori (Tolkien), Enerdhil (Tolkien), Original Dwarf Character(s)
Additional Tags: Diary/Journal
Summary:

Of all the things Ori might have expected to find in the library of Erebor after the defeat of the dragon, he would have put the Elvish script near the very last of his guesses.

A Traveler's Guide to Ettinsmoor (1145 words) by Ermingarden
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: In-Universe Meta, Giants, Interspecies Comparative Ethics
Summary:

Planning to visit the Land of the Giants? Here are a few things the savvy traveler should know.

A Certainty of Life (0 words) by hlae
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:

One thing that some Muggle-borns were dismayed to discover was that you can't escape doing your taxes. Not even in the Wizarding World.

Stormy Weather (3489 words) by greerwatson
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce & Daniel Pierce
Characters: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, Daniel Pierce
Additional Tags: Post-Korean War, Futurefic, Crabapple Cove
Summary:

Clearing up after a hurricane hits Crabapple Cove in 1954.

To Serve The Lady of Summer (1160 words) by DesertVixen
Fandom: Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: the Mother (Chalion), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Men in the Mother's Order, Visitations from The Gods, Worldbuilding, Canon Compliant
Summary:

Any good gardener knows sometimes a transplant is necessary...

The Ghosts of Widebourn (20148 words) by Fiona15351
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Characters, Penric kin Jurald, Desdemona (Chalion), the Mother (Chalion)
Additional Tags: Sorcerers, Theology, The Sermon of the Cups, Sorcery and Medicine, Sharks, Sharks with Demons, Ghosts, The Weald, Demon-Related Infertility, Grief/Mourning, Saints
Summary:

Learned Zaretta is bored with her glorified clerk's work at the Bastard's Order in Widebourn. She'd much rather spend time with her best friend Kalyso and Kalyso's new baby. So would Kalyso's husband, Osja, but unfortunately he's been drawn into an obscure dispute between a local lord and his tenants. When Osja asks Zaretta to examine the property in question, she finds out there's far more to it, and its new tenants, than meets the (un-demon-aided) eye.

OR ... the Father does a favor for the Bastard and wins an unlikely friend for Winter's newest saint.

 

Business As Usual (2600 words) by EdosianOrchids901
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: William Adama & Saul Tigh
Characters: Saul Tigh, William Adama
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Season/Series 03, Battlestar Galactica - Ship, Military, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Chronic Pain, Paperwork, Banter, Friendship, Drinking
Summary:

“I thought you were joking about the paper shortage,” Bill said, a pained expression on his face.

“Yeah, well, so did I.” Resigned, Saul lowered himself into a chair. The warm light of the admiral’s quarters always made problems seem more approachable, maybe because they’d solved so damn many of them in here.

Prince Talarinyi and the Star Dragon: or, How the Dragons Came to Tatooine (3789 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jawa Characters (Star Wars), Duinuogwin Characters (Star Wars)
Additional Tags: Planet Tatooine (Star Wars), Tatooine Folklore (Star Wars), Jawa Species (Star Wars), Tusken Species (Star Wars), Duinuogwuin Species (Star Wars), Krayt Dragons (Star Wars), Star Wars Worldbuilding, Worldbuilding: Tusken Culture (Star Wars), Worldbuilding: Jawa Culture (Star Wars), Jawa Folklore (Star Wars)
Summary:

In the days long ago, or so it is said, the Sun Sea stretched from pole to pole, its vast glimmering expanse broken only by the jungle-covered archipelago that girdled the planet. People lived in the shadows of that dense jungle, and people plied the endless waves on sturdy boats of purple jungle hardwood. They were different kinds of people, though collectively they called themselves the Kumumagh, and considered themselves one.

They Were Robin (1497 words) by Redrikki
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), We Are Robin (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Duke Thomas, Isabella Ortiz, Andre Cipriani, Daxton Chill, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Riko Sheridan
Additional Tags: Journalism, Worldbuilding, News Media
Summary:

Thanks to a recent settlement with the families of six teens, the short-lived Robin Laws have ended up costing the city of Gotham $4.8 million.

The Gotham Gazette breaks down the origins of the Robin movement and the backlash against it.

The Thought of Duty Done (5511 words) by ChronicBookworm
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Characters: Original Characters
Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, District 2 (Hunger Games), Careers (Hunger Games)
Summary:

She kept that thought in her mind, of having her name remembered as the first deliberate savior of the District, how it would feel to be part of history, to keep her nerves steady and allow her to go through with the plan. She had to do this. She would show not just District 2 but all Panem that she was the best.

The Vices of Peace (1349 words) by thetrickisnotminding
Fandom: Thor (Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Thor (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Heimdall (Marvel), Asgardians (Marvel), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, MCU with No Thanos, Politics, Asgard (Marvel), New Asgard (Marvel)
Summary:

More Asgardians, more ... problems?

In a facet of reality where Thanos never attacks the Statesman refugee ship, Loki doesn't trust everybody getting along for long.

The HELLO Protocol (2914 words) by Rosencrantz
Fandom: Star Trek
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Human Character(s), Andorian Characters (Star Trek), Original Alien Character(s)
Additional Tags: First Contact, Slavery, Metafiction
Summary:

Ensign Cooper nearly flunked the First Contact section during her time at Starfleet Academy. Ensign Sh'kresh did not. These lucky two have been invited to be present at first contact for the Pelion race.

Until things go wrong.

Comments

Thanks for the recs

[eileenlufkin]

I enjoyed reading through these.

Re: Thanks for the recs

[beatrice_otter]

You're welcome! Worldbuilding exchange usually has some good stuff.