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[From:] Journal of Medieval Studies ([email protected]) [Subject:] Ad-hoc note from the editor
I have noticed an uncommon level of animosity in your responses to your reviewers (or rather, one reviewer in particular). I am writing to ask if you would please do your best to keep your interactions civil. In fairness, I have also sent a similar request to the reviewer you seem to have this friction with. I trust you will both try and remain more professional in the future.
Again, thank you for submitting your work to this journal.
Sincerely, James Copley, PhD Editor-in-Chief Journal of Medieval Studies

No archive warnings apply. AU- Academia, College/University, Modern Setting, No Powers. Humour, eventual romance, developing relationship, enemies to lovers, getting together, epistolary, mistaken identity, identity porn, research level: some effort to sound like I know what I’m talking about, actual scholarly accuracy: questionable!, snippy academics, academic diss-course.

Joe/Nicky | Gen | ~20,000 words

If you aren’t familiar with academia and scholarly peer-review processes, this fic makes it easy and enjoyable to understand! If you are or have been involved in publishing research… then this fic is hysterically funny. I had to keep catching myself to make sure the formatting wasn’t actually an email. The voices of each speaker and the presentation feel perfect to me. Some of the disses had me raising my eyebrows gleefully... and the only thing that can bring these two academics together are two other academics who are even more wrong. Always a sucker for epistolary, I cannot recommend this one enough! 

The author has written other fics for the Old Guard!

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Five times Joe kissed someone who wasn’t Nicky (and one time he kissed Nicky).

No archive warnings apply. Team as family, post-canon, minor Andy/Quynh, hints at Andy/Nile/Quynh, canon-typical violence… in a very mild way but you know, POV Nile Freeman. Mod tags: Platonic kissing, dynamics in a secure relationship

Joe/Nicky, Team as Family | ~1200 words | Teen

What I loved: Platonic! Kisses! And Casual!! Intimacy!! It’s a great level of physicality between the group, and I love the different scenarios imagined – everything from “making out platonically as cover during a mission” to a smooch on the forehead to some passive aggressive greeting kisses on the cheek. It’s a great little read.

The author is on Tumblr @sixth-light and has created other fics for the Old Guard! This fic was written for a kink meme prompt asking for different kinds of kisses.

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The making and the breaking of bread, throughout the centuries.
The first time Nicky bakes bread for them to share — thick, rounded puffs of aish baladi, prepared with the utmost concentration and care — the sun has begun to set in Cairo, staining the sky the same vivid colour as the tangerines that grow ripe and heavy on the trees outside their door.

No archive warnings apply. Baking, gift giving, love through the ages, passion, sexual content, tenderness, time skips, world travel.

Joe/Nicky | ~3000 words | Mature

What I loved: Hhhh this fic is so clearly, lovingly researched and the little details are so good. I can practically smell the bread baking, and it’s a delight of a warm little fic. Give it a read if you need a fic that feels like a hug.

The author is on Tumblr as @hollybennett123 and has written other fic for the Old Guard

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@kathryyn2ys Okay you know how most of the statues on buildings in New York are all the same lady?? Well. I have found her Renaissance counterpart. Behold: whoever this guy was. He c l e a r l y got around
@amberjunnie bro one of those is by Michelangelo and the other is by Caravaggio, if it's the same dude then he didn't age at ALL in like 30-40 years.
@sewingoatmeal Reblog to support an immortal model, his muslim (?looking) boyfriend, his asian girlfriend and her girlfriend.
(A Social Media Project)
No Archive Warnings Apply. Social Media, Twitter, Tumblr, Discord, Chatting & Messaging, Conspiracies, Art History, Memes, Humour, POV Outsider, Post-canon, Artist Joe, Art Model Nicky

Joe/Nicky | ~3000 words | Teen and Up

What I loved: oH, I am such a sucker for creative use of AO3 skins and mixed-media fanfiction! This one uses several skins to create the illusion of conversations being held through various social media platforms, as a bunch of folks online discuss those paintings where the same people keep on showing up and subsequently have the source posts deleted under increasingly mysterious circumstances... 

The meme usage is on point too, and reads effortlessly. 10/10 for the writing, the coding, and the artwork! (On mobile you may need to turn your phone to landscape mode to assist in viewing)

The author and illustrator are on Tumblr as @runawaymarbles and @phoenix-acid! Both have created other works for the Old Guard.

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This is a language no one else in the world is fluent in: the glint in Nicky’s eye, the unbearable gentleness with which he pushes Yusuf flat against the bed.
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Joe and Nicky, from 1099 to 2019, through continents and dialects.
No archive warnings apply. Character study, relationship study, pre-canon, I don’t want to overuse the tenderness tag but this is very tender, implied sexual content, temporary character death.

Joe / Nicky | ~2600 words | Mature

What I loved: This one is so lyrical in the writing, it reminds me of poetry! So many different languages represented, too. I adore writing like this, and I feel very indulgent as I read it in all kinds of good ways. This fic is from Yusuf’s point of view, and his voice is captured really well.

The author is on Tumblr as @lgbtmazight!

This fic has been podficced by greedy_dancer, who is on Tumblr as @greedydancer

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