DMBJ Recs #12: Bronze Gate
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dmbj_tombraidersIt‘s time for angst (and possibly hurt comfort again?)! Give us fanworks focusing on the Bronze Gate: fics, art or meta exploring what the Ultimate is, accounts of what it is like within the gate, the dread before Xiaoge goes into the gate (any of those times), or the aftermath. Heed the warnings everyone. If anyone knows of fanart (or a link to the official Xiaoge-goes-behind-the-gate art), please link, I wasn't able to find any.
Let me start off with a spoilery (!) Tumblr meta of the Bronze Gate in the novel vs. adaptations and the related Pingxie issues, also featuring a perfect Wu Xie gif from Reboot that I did NOT notice my first time round (with Bronze Gate reference of course):
Bronze Gate question answered by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
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And now for some fic:
Title: a love that could be limitless
Creator:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
ravenditefairylights
Pairing: Pingxie
Rating: E
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence, noncon
Why I like it: The actual Bronze Gate part in this fic happens in chapter 1 which is the most angsty, but is fortunately followed by the reunion with Wu Xie and Pangzi. The rest deals with more of the immediate aftermath up to past Reboot. I really like how the inside of the Gate was described here, and I always appreciate Xiaoge point of view.
Title: Written in the light
Creator:tatch
Pairing: Pingxie, Iron Triangle friendship
Rating: T
Warnings: -
Why I like it: A completely different interpretation of what the inside of the gate is like. Another great Xiaoge point of view.
Title: Countless Futures
Creator:laireshi
Pairing: Pingxie
Rating: T
Warnings: heavy angst
Why I like it: Another account of what it’s like inside the gate, this time with a conscious Ultimate which is very manipulative and doesn’t want to let Xiaoge go.
Title: you to me; a hem caught by a hook in time
Creator:laireshi
Pairing: Pingxie
Rating: T
Warnings: -
Why I like it: This is immediate Bronze Gate aftermath and deals with Xiaoge as well as Wu Xie’s fears before and during their fraught reunion in a hotel near Mount Changbai. Excellent hurt/comfort.
Let me start off with a spoilery (!) Tumblr meta of the Bronze Gate in the novel vs. adaptations and the related Pingxie issues, also featuring a perfect Wu Xie gif from Reboot that I did NOT notice my first time round (with Bronze Gate reference of course):
Bronze Gate question answered by
And now for some fic:
Recs here
Title: a love that could be limitless
Creator:
Pairing: Pingxie
Rating: E
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence, noncon
Why I like it: The actual Bronze Gate part in this fic happens in chapter 1 which is the most angsty, but is fortunately followed by the reunion with Wu Xie and Pangzi. The rest deals with more of the immediate aftermath up to past Reboot. I really like how the inside of the Gate was described here, and I always appreciate Xiaoge point of view.
Title: Written in the light
Creator:
Pairing: Pingxie, Iron Triangle friendship
Rating: T
Warnings: -
Why I like it: A completely different interpretation of what the inside of the gate is like. Another great Xiaoge point of view.
Title: Countless Futures
Creator:
laireshiPairing: Pingxie
Rating: T
Warnings: heavy angst
Why I like it: Another account of what it’s like inside the gate, this time with a conscious Ultimate which is very manipulative and doesn’t want to let Xiaoge go.
Title: you to me; a hem caught by a hook in time
Creator:
laireshiPairing: Pingxie
Rating: T
Warnings: -
Why I like it: This is immediate Bronze Gate aftermath and deals with Xiaoge as well as Wu Xie’s fears before and during their fraught reunion in a hotel near Mount Changbai. Excellent hurt/comfort.
