chiathe



Recent works

Recent series

  1. Summary

    Crime Scene fics, mostly crack ships that I am totally normal about

    Words:
    3,958
    Works:
    3
  2. Summary

    Collection of Modern Thedas, featuring Elissa Cousland the military pilot, Marian Hawke the mafia boss and Herah Adaar the university student who works part time as a bartender at Hawke's bar.

    Words:
    2,487
    Works:
    2

Recent bookmarks

  1. Rec 27

    Tags
    Summary

    "Want a tarot reading?"

    Sofia raises an eyebrow. "You know I’m not your sucker anymore, Iga."

    "For free.” Iga’s sparkly blue eyes almost disappear when she smiles big.

    “With playing cards?” Sofia sits up fully on the old leather couch. She tucks a clean napkin from their Thai takeout into the heavy magic tome she’d been reading (at Esther’s request and who was Sofie to deny her favorite wizard?) and sets it aside.

    Iga nods and shuffles the worn deck of cards in her wrinkled hands. "The fates will speak through any means offered."

    Excuse Sofie if she’s a bit skeptical that the set of cards they’d been playing Go Fish with an hour or so ago could also give her meaningful insight from ‘the fates’ about anything going on in her life (no-longer-dead husband, angel baby, fae not-queens, Voxes, etc). But, honestly, what did she have to lose?

    “The past: the five of Clubs. Loss, but a gain as well. I think I can guess what this may be eluding to…” Iga lays another card out. "The present: The Queen of Hearts…a lover, affairs of the heart, a strong woman. I’d say this represent you, no?” Sofia stares at the card. The queen on the card has dark hair, red lips, mismatched eyes. “and the future…”

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    50,983
    Chapters:
    12/?
    Comments:
    62
    Kudos:
    154
    Bookmarks:
    27
    Hits:
    5,810

    10 Mar 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    “Thank you.” Sofia tucks a strand of Rowan’s hair behind her pointed ear. “I’m sorry—-I just didn’t...I didn’t want to be anywhere else right now.”

    ”I understand, darling.” Rowan’s says, her chin resting on her hand on Sofia’s chest and her yellow eyes looking at her with so much fucking fondness. “No need to explain.” And there’s one of those moments again. Sofia’s heart, as much as it aches today, beats, and in this moment, it beats for Rowan.

    And maybe it beats for her more than Sofia admits.

    Ever let your hyperfixation consume you to the point of madness and you can't think of anything else but the subject of your obsession? That's my relationship with this fic. I haven't even finished Unsleeping City, maybe I never will, but this - whatever it is - is a beast and this author has killed me too many times while reading this with sometimes knives, sometimes kindness, full time tears.

  2. Rec 13

    Tags
    Summary

    A story of disappointment, loneliness, and saturnine heartache. Set during a night in the life of Xi'an Coy Manh.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    40,142
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    7
    Kudos:
    42
    Bookmarks:
    13
    Hits:
    1,894

    29 Apr 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    “Shan...what are you even doing here? Why aren't you with your family?” Kitty asked, once had been sitting for a while, watching an old Space Ghost DVD. They had removed the shade from an old lamp, and were sitting underneath its light. “You can't fix me with a few scoops of ice cream.”

    Xi'an thought back to Tran, to her mother and the boat to America, to Farouk, losing the twins and finding them again, but finding them wrong, and to Da'o and their father.

    “I'm not trying to fix you, Kitty. There's not enough ice cream in the world to fix the both of us. I just miss you, that's all. I miss spending time with you, just doing stupid things all night.”

    Without a single doubt, this is one of the best piece of writing that has ever been published. Xuân and Kitty's contrast plays up nicely in this mental tug of war game. It reminds me a bit of Tuya and Maika in Monstress by Marjorie Liu: Tuya's responsibility and Maika's temper seem to somewhat align with Xuân's fear and Kitty's anger.

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Perhaps Belle was supposed to be contented with rescuing a magical castle and its prince from the evil enchantment over it, but it started to chafe.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,652
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    33
    Kudos:
    711
    Bookmarks:
    105
    Hits:
    28,867

    20 Oct 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 10

    Tags
    Summary

    Before the Anvil, before the expedition and the wedding and that smokeless coal, there was Branka, and there was Hespith.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,111
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    14
    Kudos:
    19
    Bookmarks:
    10
    Hits:
    126

    26 Jul 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 27

    Tags
    Summary

    They all say Yongshuo Palace is haunted, but she still has a job to do. Ghosts be damned.

    The aftermath of the Empress' death and Wei Yanwan's punishment, seen through the eyes of a lowly palace maid.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    70,765
    Chapters:
    14/?
    Comments:
    70
    Kudos:
    124
    Bookmarks:
    27
    Hits:
    2,571

    28 Oct 2024