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A newish Tumblr thing I noticed going around awhile back: posting moodboards/aesthetic posts/similar stuff for your own fics. It felt incredibly self-indulgent at first, but ... what is Tumblr for if not self-indulgence? So I took it for a spin, except instead of making them for updates, I sorted my fics by kudos and made manips (or some approximation thereof) for the first five.

1. per ardua ad astra (AO3 | Tumblr | Dreamwidth)

The one where Jyn, Cassian, and Bodhi escape Scarif in an Imperial shuttle, only to get caught in the Death Star’s tractor beam and forced to scrape by undercover.

(Star Wars || Jyn/Cassian || post-Scarif AU, ignores the Expanded Universe || T)

2. we get dark, only to shine (AO3 | Tumblr)

The lower I get, the higher I’ll climb
And I will wonder why
I get dark, only to shine
—“Numb,” Marina and the Diamonds

TW for (canon) incest:

The one where Cesare detours to Pesaro to see Lucrezia after his trip to Florence, the two of them slip into an affair while conspiring against Sforza, and soon they’re conspiring against the world.

(The Borgias | Cesare/Lucrezia | S1 AU with a side of history | M)

3. but thou didst not leave his soul in hell (AO3 | Tumblr | Dreamwidth)

— “But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell” by George Frideric Handel

The one where Vader seriously considers Luke’s proposal on the second Death Star.

(Star Wars || Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker || ROTJ AU || T)

4. Season of Courtship (AO3)

Elizabeth did all she could to shield him from the frequent notice of either, and was ever anxious to keep him to herself, and to those of her family with whom he might converse without mortification; and though the uncomfortable feelings arising from all this took from the season of courtship much of its pleasure, it added to the hope of the future.
—Pride and Prejudice, Ch 60

The one where Elizabeth and Darcy try to survive their engagement and the family dramas around it.

(Austen || Darcy/Elizabeth || canon-compliant P&P interquel || T)