Fic rec: No Sound of Water (Ling/Ran Fan UST)
Dudes! If you read my fic, and most of you do, you probably like some or all of these things: epic UST, plotty plot, intrigue, and Ling Yao. My bud enemytosleep just posted her completed (don't you just love a completed chapter fic?) Big Bang entry, No Sound of Water. It's about Ling and Ran Fan's journey through the desert to Amestris, and skullduggery at the Yao clan court. It features:
- flashbacks to Ling and Ran Fan's childhood (shocking news: Ling was a cheeky little shit)
- assassins
- poisonous snakes
- badass violenty martial arts fight scenes
- fabulous illustrations by potatomouse and darkryan75 (and one by me XD)
- Ling being fed peaches by naughty harem girls
- spot-on character voices
- eunuchs
- the real reason Ling and co left Xing in such a hurry
- fermented horse's milk
- a charming and incredibly grumpy Ran Fan
- Xing court intrigue
- fabulous worldbuilding
- Ling being a doofus
What else do you need to amuse yourself on a Saturday afternoon? I should confess a vested interest here: I betaed this fic and was super-excited to watch it come together over the last few months. Hoorah!
Title: No Sound of Water
Author: enemytosleep
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Ling/Ran Fan (UST), Fuu
Warnings: mild, action based violence and lots and lots of sand
Summary: As the Yao clan's only hope for the throne, Ling decides it is time for action. Along with his most trusted retainers, he sets off on a dangerous journey through the Great Desert in search of immortality. But is this all he is searching for? When familial relations reach their breaking point, she and her grandfather, Fuu, leave with their young master on his quest for greater power. But what else will they find along the way?
Notes: This was written for the 2009-2010 FMA Big Bang Challenge.
Chapter One: in which Ling's hair catches fire.
Chapter Two: in which Ran Fan meditates on how to knock Ling on his rear.
Chapter Three: in which the kumis goes to Ling's head a little.
- flashbacks to Ling and Ran Fan's childhood (shocking news: Ling was a cheeky little shit)
- assassins
- poisonous snakes
- badass violenty martial arts fight scenes
- fabulous illustrations by potatomouse and darkryan75 (and one by me XD)
- Ling being fed peaches by naughty harem girls
- spot-on character voices
- eunuchs
- the real reason Ling and co left Xing in such a hurry
- fermented horse's milk
- a charming and incredibly grumpy Ran Fan
- Xing court intrigue
- fabulous worldbuilding
- Ling being a doofus
What else do you need to amuse yourself on a Saturday afternoon? I should confess a vested interest here: I betaed this fic and was super-excited to watch it come together over the last few months. Hoorah!
Title: No Sound of Water
Author: enemytosleep
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Ling/Ran Fan (UST), Fuu
Warnings: mild, action based violence and lots and lots of sand
Summary: As the Yao clan's only hope for the throne, Ling decides it is time for action. Along with his most trusted retainers, he sets off on a dangerous journey through the Great Desert in search of immortality. But is this all he is searching for? When familial relations reach their breaking point, she and her grandfather, Fuu, leave with their young master on his quest for greater power. But what else will they find along the way?
Notes: This was written for the 2009-2010 FMA Big Bang Challenge.
Chapter One: in which Ling's hair catches fire.
Chapter Two: in which Ran Fan meditates on how to knock Ling on his rear.
Chapter Three: in which the kumis goes to Ling's head a little.