sailing the fingers of the dragon

sweetbitter unmanageable creature (2143 words) by kathryne
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Wheel of Time (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Moiraine Damodred/Siuan Sanche
Characters: Moiraine Damodred, Siuan Sanche, Alanna Mosvani
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Secret Relationship, Caught in the Act, In Public
Series: Part 2 of no, not forgot: were unable to reach
Summary: She’d been back at the Tower for mere days and already Moiraine found herself longing for the comforting roll of the road. To be this close to Siuan and yet unable to touch her, speak to her… it was worse than being leagues apart. Written to the prompts "A Hope We Don’t Get Caught Kiss" and "Getting Caught in the Act" on the occasion of gabolange's birthday.

it moves when her body does (1980 words) by kathryne
Chapters: 1/4
Fandom: The Wheel of Time (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Moiraine Damodred/Siuan Sanche
Characters: Moiraine Damodred, Siuan Sanche
Additional Tags: Novice Years, Pre-Series, Backstory, Tattoos, Canon Queer Relationship, Canon Queer Character, Canon Queer Character of Color, Femslash February, Femslash February 2022
Summary: Siuan's tattoos tell the story of her life. Moiraine learns to read them. This four-part story updates every weekend through Femslash February. Rating and tags will change accordingly.

(oh god now i have to finish the thing but eeeeee)

...I have four different Wheel of Time fics in progress and I do not know what to do with myself about it.

That's it, that's the post, I'm just overwhelmed with how unexpectedly quickly this show has descended on me and boy I hate and love it. (come yell with me about how distressingly hot Moiraine 'self-sacrifice or bust' Damodred is, or how brilliant and impossible Nynaeve is, or how determined Egwene is, or anything else about this show, and I guess there are some boys too?)

So uh Wheel of Time is a show now and uh apparently I have some feelings about that. /o\

I loved the books as a teenager, never finished the series, was sort of vaguely looking forward to the show without any expectation of being majorly into it. The first three eps dropped on Amazon on Thursday night and I am IN. DEEP. They've refocussed the series so Moiraine is more central and, look, a) I have loved her for many years and b) I am genuinely delighted to have a female Gandalf-figure? I'm even into the vaguely ridiculous and yet wonderful way they're showing her magic. They've rejigged the magic system so it's (somewhat?) less gender-binary than the books and the casting is both beautifully diverse and spot-on.

I think it's getting inconsistent reviews - I've of course seen a lot of complaints from book lovers who don't know what adaptation means, and from a lot of people who are just plain racist about the casting - but if you've read the books, or if you haven't but you like high fantasy, give it a try? They're filming s2 already, and - unlike, ah, some other series, dunno any, but some - the source series is finished so the showrunner has plotted out several seasons' worth of arc. :P

(Also uh. Teenage me loved Moiraine a lot and I only discovered when revisiting the books like a month ago and finally reading the prequel that she was canonically queer? And the showrunner is also queer and I'm. A little part of me a large part of me is like. Really. Hoping. That we might. See that. On screen? A queer female fantasy central heroine? Having relationships with men and women, if they follow the books for that? Most of me is very IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN YOU FOOL but there is a small flame of hope burning very bright. And there were a couple of moments in ep 3 where I thought they were maybe building up to it. Maybe. PROBABLY NOT but maybe? Oh heck.)

Anyway, if you watch the show, I am APPARENTLY HERE for all your feelings! (So far I even like the boys!)