DMBJ Recs #2: Rare Pairings

[mekare]

Just like that rare creme-filled Easter egg with your favourite filling, a fanwork of the right rarepair flavour is hard to find sometimes. Let us know about your favourites (fic, art, vid, podfic etc.) and add a short line about what makes it delicious in your eyes!

For the purpose of this post, any pairing that is not Pingxie or Heihua counts as rare. Poly(amorous) pairings are admissable, as are aro- or ace-flavoured pairings. Any pairings with the DMBJ ladies are especially welcome.

For easier reccing, you can use this template in the comments:

<strong>Title:</strong> <strong>Creator:</strong> <strong>Pairing:</strong> <strong>Rating:</strong> <strong>Warnings:</strong> <strong>Why I like it:</strong>

Next Rec Post will be up in two weeks time, topic: hurt/comfort!

Comments

[cat_i_th_adage]

Ooh, I can start?

Title: starting in darkness, like a pure line of light
Author: scherzanda
Pairing: Bai Haotian/Huo Daofu; BHT & Liu Sang; BHT & Wu Xie; Liu Sang & Wu Xie
Rating: T
Warnings: minor violence in Ch 2; a non-graphic sex scene
Why I like it: So, there's a big ever-moving tangle of bonds between all the featured characters, but I love it especially for Huo Daofu and Bai Haotian - because you can still see the shadows of the HDF who existed in Sand Sea, and even if he's softened since then, you can see where he came from. And still be so glad that he found someone to love. It's masterful character-work. In a similar way, I like the way the fic keeps the sunshiney nature of BHT with those hints of hidden foundations. I really believed in those two, by the end of it.


Title: Serpent Heart
Author: fox_of_nine_tales
Pairing: Hei Xiazi/Huo Xiuxiu/Xie Yuchen
Rating: T
Warnings: Fairytale gore and minor body horror
Why I like it: a) I love lyrical fairytales, and b) I adore these characters as a triple. The story really sold it - the relationship each character had with each other and as a whole; the, the sheer work that was part of the story; the lovely details like the red butterfly or Xiazi's cloth wrapped around his eyes. And it's incredibly atmospheric.

[mekare]

Oh yessss, seconding Serpent Heart which was so good. Need to check out the first fic, I remember other works by this author in other fandoms.

ETA: Can you add links to your recced works, please? I put mine into the titles, but you just add them under the template.

[cat_i_th_adage]

starting in darkness: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43095585

Serpent Heart: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39812586