Thursday: Magical Realism

[mahmfic]

Hello my friends! As you may already know, it's Thursday and I am your host mahmfic. Today's theme is Magical Realism. It's a personal favorite of mine so I couldn't resist.

What is magical realism? In very basic terms it is magic in the real world... but even though there is magic everything is still normal even though it's not. Yeah, I know I'm

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[aunt_zelda]

any fandom, any characters, East of the Sun and West of the Moon set-up.
Every night Character A goes home and eats the dinner that's been laid out for them, watches tv, takes a shower, puts on a blindfold, and goes to bed. Then Character B climbs in next to them. They've been married for years and Character A has never seen Character B's face, because of some unspecified curse. How things turn out is up to the author, I just love this fairy tale.

[blythechild]

OMG, this is a great idea XD

[polychromic]

That fairytale ♥

[cityofmist]

Have you read North Child? It's a young-adult fantasy book (although of a far higher calibre than most young-adult literature) based on that fairytale. When I was younger I absolutely loved it.

[aunt_zelda]

I LOVE THAT BOOK! Oh my god, one of my all time favorites!
I was a little confused at first by your comment because it's just called "East" in America, but I just googled it and it turns out it's called "North Child" in the UK and Australia. Weird.

I just adore that book. The multiple perspectives, the history, the whole thing about the kids and the compass directions, the troll society, the sewing, how intense the whole quest becomes ... yeesh. Simply adored it. Now I want to reread it, but I left it at home! ... not to worry, I'm going home in a few days for Thanksgiving, I'll pick it up then! Yay!

Half-Life

[meatball42]

Seems there's a lot of hype to live up to now... hope this is okay

Half-Life Part 2

[meatball42]

He puts the blindfold back on and turns the light off, passing Jack in the doorway. He puts on his bedclothes and lays down and leaves a corner of the blankets turned down. In a few minutes, Jack slips into bed beside him and Ianto hears him blow out the last candle before settling down beside him

Half-Life Part 3, silly character counters, this is a one-shot!

[meatball42]

Ianto recoils on instinct, slapping a hand over his blindfold. “No

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[aunt_zelda]

Oh wow ... this was ... this was lovely. I almost teared up, it was just beautiful.

I love all the candles. Gave me really great mental pictures when I was reading.

Ianto’s smile drops a hair and he touches Jack’s forehead, then his chin. There’s a tightness in his husband’s face that he has come to recognize. “Has something happened at work?”
Oh, that's fantastic. Touching his face ... *wibbles*

sometimes they watch movies using the contraption Jack rigged up that splits the couch in two with a curtain. They always hold hands underneath it, or lean against each other so they’re separated only by the bolt of fabric.
Auuuuuuuuuuw!

He closes his eyes and remembers the shape of Jack’s face, traced out his Ianto’s fingers and his cheeks and occasionally his tongue, and then opens his eyes and tries to imagine what that face would look like next to his.
Right there, almost in tears ... *sniffles*

“If I see your face, you’ll die,” Ianto replies quietly. He knows why they do this. It’s what he tells himself every day when anyone asks

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[meatball42]

*hugs back* Yay! I've read versions of this story before and I just love rewriting stories as Torchwood. Of course, I had to make it as fluffy as possible, which fit rather strangely with all the angst of the premise. I'd love to take credit for the resulting bittersweet, but these characters just come pre-packaged with bittersweet. So glad you liked it!

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[aunt_zelda]

I just love this myth, I'm glad it was a pairing I'm familiar with. I always get nervous when I prompt "any fandom" because there's some fandoms I'm not familiar with or particularly enjoy but it's not like I can say "ANY fandom except for X or X or X or X if you're writing it like X and X is ok unless X happens."

Of course, I had to make it as fluffy as possible, which fit rather strangely with all the angst of the premise.
It really did. It's an angsty premise, but it's also very touching because they're staying together for years like this, they'd have to be a very loving and devoted couple to make something like that work, so that's what makes it fluffy.

I'd love to take credit for the resulting bittersweet, but these characters just come pre-packaged with bittersweet.
They really do. *wibbles*

So glad you liked it!
Loved it! Thank you so much for writing it! Hope I can fill one of your prompts someday!