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Title: Glitch

Author: simplestardust

Fandom: Les Misérables

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: Enjolras/Grantaire + background pairings

Warnings: discussion of dubcon relating to soulmates, domestic violence, stalking, prejudiced behavior, background character death, alcoholism, child abuse/neglect, self-loathing, political suppression

Other notes: AU, modern day, world-building, soulmates, vignettes, multiple PoV, minor characters, unrequited love, friendship, politics, social change, viva la revolution

Length: 40k

Summary:

If there was one person, just one, who would be a glitch in the system, of course it would be Éponine Thénardier. Of fucking course.

Soulbonding was a fact of life. You met your soulmate, and that was it, you were soulbonded and you got your tattoo. Or that's what Éponine had always thought, until she soulbonded with Marius and he didn't soulbond with her.

Grantaire would rather just pretend he'd never soulbonded with anyone in the first place. Especially not with the idealist who was leading a campaign against soulbonding laws and refused to look at his own soulmate tattoo in protest.

My thoughts:

 

My thoughts: )

 

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So, I was writing a rec for a soulmate fic, and I wrote, “you know, I really like this fic because it messes with the whole soulmate idea. I don’t really like the soulmates trope too much, although there are a few fics I could recommend that also mess with the idea.”

About two hours later: Well, this is not a short list at all.

Also: I guess I do like soulmate fics?

Well, I guess it’s more that I like it when authors set up the world rules for a soulmate universe, then proceed to mess with it. Or they set up a world where having a soulmate is actually really super annoying in some way.

At any rate, I have a full rec list now.

Unfortunately, I can't quite figure out the best way to spoiler tag these. Most of them have a twist ending of some sort. Sorry. 

 

Multi-fandom, subversive soulmate AU rec list:

 

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Title: Stories to Be Told

Author: lady_ragnell

Fandom: Les Misérables

Rating: R

Pairing: Enjolras/Grantaire

Warnings: mild sexuality, discussion of death, allusions to alcoholism

Other notes: AU, fantasy, prophecy, hurt/recovery, journey of self-discovery, medieval road trip, ensemble, long distance relationship, letters

Length: 24k

Summary: Enjolras finally fulfills the prophecy that was made at his birth and kills a tyrant of a king, knowing that it's supposed to kill him in turn but knowing that his death is worth it.

That's where the story starts.

My thoughts:

 

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Title: Silence is the Speech of Love

Author: lady_ragnell

Fandom: Les Miserables

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Grantaire/Enjolras, background Marius/Cosette/Courfeyrac

Warnings: explicit sex (gay), background dubcon (love magic), discussion of self-harm and suicidal ideation, blasphemy, angst

Other notes: alternate universe, pagan religion, curses, supernatural, character disability, unrequited love, worldbuilding

Length: 50k

Summary: Grantaire’s life has a pattern: he pays his respects to Aphrodite, he goes to work, he loves Enjolras and provokes him because he can’t bring himself to do otherwise. That seems unlikely to change, at least until Enjolras speaks out against the gods and ends up cursed. Grantaire does his best to help him, but it turns out it’s just as hard to love Enjolras up close as it is from afar.

 

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