Femslash February Challenge: Day 7

Day 7 of female-centered stories with canon wlws!

Lady of the Shard by gigi d.g. (link)




Length: 27 long pages/short chapters, about one hour reading

Happy ending or not? Yes. Including for the abusive villain, which might be unpleasant to some readers.

Who is the wlw? Every female character.

Is there other representation? The Goddess is quite big.

Warnings? Some body horror, possession and mind control, some of it sexualized.

What about the plot? It's the story of an acolyte in love with the goddess she serves, but in a sci-fi world. It starts as cute longing, but then things become more complicated. There might be more than one goddess, and this story could become the one of the creation of the world, or of its ending.

How good it is? I really love it! Usually, this kind of art isn't my style, but here it serves the story, including the very limited use of color.
The way it starts as slice of life and develops complex and touching relationships, an original cosmology and some gripping action parts, without any rupture, is impressive.

Once Upon a Fic Letter 2021

Dear Once_Upon_Fic Writer,

I'm glad we have fairy tales and myths in common! I'm sure you will write an awesome story! I signed as Nelja-in-English, Nelja is my usual pseud.

What I like: Worldbuilding, characters being clever and witty, foreshadowing, weird surrealist crack that makes sense, dreams or illusion themes, characters knowing and understanding each other well, unreliable narrators, ethical dilemmas, strong women, queer themes, horror themes.

What I prefer not to read: AUs except for canon divergence, character bashing, pandemics, cheating, humor based on misunderstandings or incompetence, post-canon/AU with a sad ending when the canon has a happy one (except specified otherwise), bashing of either science/rationality or magic/spirituality to make the other one look better.


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