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Lil Lupin

Febuwhump is over and we all survived (mostly) intact. Unfortunately this is not a comprehensive Febuwhump post. There were too many good fics and while I could go down and summarize all of them Lil Lupin did the Lord’s work by handling that for us On the discord server. The one person who didn’t get a summary was hers so here we are taking a look at Among the Lotus.

Lupin, to be casual, is a talented author with roots in the fandom dating all the way back to her first fic - Ask No Questions in 2009. ANQ was a landmark fic in the fandom, still is one of the top 10 most popular fics on fanfiction.net All of this is necessary to establish that Lupin is an extremely gifted author with a long history of good fanfiction and the writing chops to back it up.

Her latest fic, Among the Lotus, follows through on this. It’s an absolutely heart wrenching fic of two people who fate has twined together but reality is bent on tearing apart. Writing a summary is extremely difficult because it would give away the game on it which is an absolute tragedy. You guys will just have to take me at my word that this fic has some neck breaking twists and turns and leaves you wanting for more. Breathtakingly gorgeous writing and an incredibly creative premise make this Febuwhump fill ache in all the best ways.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29674071

Don’t forget to check out her other works which are similarly stunning

alexriderfanficrecs:

Like any big character in the fandom, Yassen Gregorovich has been taken in many directions. Each author seems to have their own “version” of him and Cthulhu has one of the best honed over years of writing fantastic multi chapter stories involving him. Her Yassen is sharp and dynamic across the many different circumstances he finds himself in under her pen. But for all that he changes, he keep his very practical and lethal edge which is a rare treat that goes far in upping the stakes and tension in her fics. 

Cthulhu is most well known for Bad Cards, a multi chapter Outsider POV look into Alex and Yassen’s relationship in the field through the lens of a failed mission. But you would be doing yourself a disservice if you stopped there. She has multiple fics that explore their relationship in new and exciting ways - The Handler takes a look at Yassen’s less than impressed views on Alex and the many handlers MI6 gives him, Under Siege gives Alex’s perspective on just how much larger the intelligence world is using painfully real details with a lovely little twist. 

All that said, one of her latest projects has captured a piece of my heart and so I wanted to share it with the rest of the fandom as well. A Dream of Retold Lives is yet another fic where saying too much would take away the delicious mystery of it as you are thrown into the same amount of confusion as Alex and really everyone in this strange new world. It’s a creative premise executed beautifully to bring a lingering sense of fear and foreboding. Much like the rest of her works, it is a masterpiece and one that deserves more attention than it has gotten but from such a strong author that can be said about much of her work. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27739957/chapters/67896766

Also check out her pseud Cthulhu has Chaotic Stories for more heart stoppingly good fics!