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Frontierstuck by ShinjiShazaki (MA)
Fandom: HOMESTUCK
Pairing: Kanaya/Rose (flushed), John/Vriska (flushed), Kanaya/Karkat (pale)
Length: 114k
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shinjishazaki
Author Website: On AO3
Why this must be read:
I had to limit myself to only two Kanaya/Rose fics this month, or I'd end up spamming everyone with nothing but. This is the second one, and it's as lovely as the first. It's an AU, which I usually hesitate at recommending, and it's a Western AU, which I'd normally avoid on sight, but this one is well crafted and impressive. The characters are as flawed and human (or troll) as they are in the actual comic, the romance is sweet, and the friendships are both warm and vicious.
The setting itself is interesting too - set in a Western Alternia, the four beta kids are aliens from an alchemy experiment gone wrong. It's an great look at how different a human time period/place would look in troll culture. Even if you don't like AUs of this sort normally, I urge you to give it a try.
A short pause was all that came before Kanaya put her hand to her forehead and sighed loudly. “I’m afraid you’ve bested me.”
“Pardon?” Rose asked.
“My moirail once assured me I was simply the best at being a flighty broad with a copious amount of snarky horseshit,” she replied. “But I have been bested. You are the flightiest broad on all of Alternia. I cannot hope to compete, what with that veritable mountain of snarky horseshit.”
Frontierstuck
Pairing: Kanaya/Rose (flushed), John/Vriska (flushed), Kanaya/Karkat (pale)
Length: 114k
Author on LJ:
shinjishazakiAuthor Website: On AO3
Why this must be read:
I had to limit myself to only two Kanaya/Rose fics this month, or I'd end up spamming everyone with nothing but. This is the second one, and it's as lovely as the first. It's an AU, which I usually hesitate at recommending, and it's a Western AU, which I'd normally avoid on sight, but this one is well crafted and impressive. The characters are as flawed and human (or troll) as they are in the actual comic, the romance is sweet, and the friendships are both warm and vicious.
The setting itself is interesting too - set in a Western Alternia, the four beta kids are aliens from an alchemy experiment gone wrong. It's an great look at how different a human time period/place would look in troll culture. Even if you don't like AUs of this sort normally, I urge you to give it a try.
A short pause was all that came before Kanaya put her hand to her forehead and sighed loudly. “I’m afraid you’ve bested me.”
“Pardon?” Rose asked.
“My moirail once assured me I was simply the best at being a flighty broad with a copious amount of snarky horseshit,” she replied. “But I have been bested. You are the flightiest broad on all of Alternia. I cannot hope to compete, what with that veritable mountain of snarky horseshit.”
Frontierstuck