midwinterspring 🦋🌗 is having some weird fun

Bump for Darklina seeing their modern AU versions in a very greige world!

A photograph of a round bright light on an end table next to the corner of a bed. All of the colors in the room are shades of beige and the floor is grey-beige woodgrain

shaded white, dimpse, salt
Rated T
#Darklina

In a shared dream, Alina and Aleksander see other versions of themselves.

(A cracky AU about neutral colors and interior design.)

Written for the 2025 Fandom Lair September Fest.
archiveofourown.org/works/72028561
Moodboard by me

Adorably haunting the Galaxies Opera House!

Dress your Porg ~ meiker.io Dress up your own Porg Dress your Porgs in your favourite halloween and character costumes. Happy halloween 🎃

For this year's #reyloween celebrations I turned my paper dress up Porgs into an online game

So now with the press of a few buttons you too can give a Porg a fun Halloween costume 🎃

(Feel free to share the results if you make some Porg friends)

meiker.io/play/17992/o...

@reyloween.bsky.social

This fic is so good!!

hello! while seeking out some new-to-me fic for #reyloficit, some friends, particularly @dhampirse.bsky.social mentioned several past collections. so I've compiled a non-exhaustive list.

huge thanks to everyone who has moderated one of these collections. #reylo history wouldn't exist without y'all

Now that it's off anon, I can say that this is my fic!

The Professors
(3.8k)

Professors Starkov and Starkova can be a little … odd.

For Darklina Week Day 3 Academia

archiveofourown.org/works/70020546

Darklina Week 2025 has OFFICIALLY commenced!

Check out the action on the Darklina Discord Server, linked in the pinned post here. We have some NEW surprises in store for this year’s participants! 💖

And of course check out this year’s AO3 collection, now open! archiveofourown.org/collections/...

💀REYLOWEEN 2025🦇

Here's all the info you need for #Reyloween, our annual Halloween event. Check the thread below for details!
#Reylo #Reylofic #Reyloart

⚡️☁️ SUMMER STORMS ☁️⚡️

✨ Reveal Thread ✨

#darklinastorms

Bump for jewelry lore, fluff, and an outsider POV!

Left side - dark red faceted garnets, fic title and author in handwriting font, right side: Alina summoning at the Winter Fete, two glasses of champagne

to live like we've already won
Rated T | cw: alcohol
Ludarklina

Soft moments before the Winter Fete, and after.
Inspired by a custom fic bingo card from Angstythumbs.
archiveofourown.org/works/69024631
Moodboard by me.

Pollen by Denzer is written on a pink cloudy background

Pollen

M | 1.5K one-shot

Ben and Rey deal with the aftereffects of a strange plant.

TW // Sex Pollen. Aftercare

archiveofourown.org/works/68537221

#reylofic

Bump for meet-cutes and bird geekery!

Here, have some F/F Reylo monsterfucking! archiveofourown.org/works/26829970

Background - a calm river reflecting blue sky at dusk. Three square photos at bottom - Aleksander in a suit in brooding lighting, a Black-crowned Night Heron, and Alina with short hair and leaves in the background. Fic title and author in a script font.

seen it in the flights of birds (oh the river)
Rated M
Darklina

Alina meets Aleksander, who is cursed to turn into a Black-Crowned Night Heron from sunset to sunrise. (A Chicago Darklina AU.)

First chapter posted for the 2025 AU Roulette.
archiveofourown.org/works/682542...
Moodboard by me.

Alrighty alrighty alrighty. I've been awake since 3 so let's gooooo!

To celebrate the year of collections and to let ourselves relive a simpler time when reading got us pizza.

Let's play a game in time for back to school.

#reyloficit

Bump for softness and worldbuilding!

Photo of grey sky over low tree-covered mountains. Fic title in a san serif font small above the mountain, author name smaller in bottom right.

yields to shelter
Rated T
Original F/F - science fiction

In the aftermath of a natural disaster near their new home, a retired general and a shapeshifter recover and reflect.

Written for the Hurt/Comfort Exchange
archiveofourown.org/works/66075208
Moodboard by me

phantom of the space opera

#reylo #reyloart #rey #kyloren #art

It looks like fics are now due Aug. 15 - is that correct? Thanks!

A unicorn reflected in a crying eye. Art commissioned from https://www.kristy-serpa.com/ for "This, too, is magic" in the first issue of Plott Hound Magazine.

My unicorn flash piece, "This, too, is magic," is out now in @plotthoundmag.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to @thaisibir.bsky.social for bringing this story out into the world.

Friendship is magic, motherfuckers. I hope you'll check it out!

✨ plotthoundmag.com/issues/
✨ Art by www.kristy-serpa.com

Rise
(1.2k)

Everyone knows the legend of the Sun Summoner and the firebird.

For the @darklinaxchange.bsky.social Mini Exchange

archiveofourown.org/works/66009643

I'm so sorry for your loss. 🫂

I think about this fic ALL THE TIME

Thank you for the shout out!

Today is ALL about Tristen Crone's
🔒UNDER LOCKE & KEY🗝️
What's this book serving:

-art by @Vivsketchess
-workplace romance
-adorable small town
-slutty little glasses
-escape room design
-bi FMC
-no third act break-up
-questionable use of escape room props
-pining

design by @raevaltera.bsky.social

Thank you for the shout out!

Thank you for the shout out!