AnthologyI can't properly quote the bsky post here, but if you like this hualian yearning thread and are looking for something new to read then GOSH DO I HAVE A REC FOR YOU
Thread: https://bsky.app/profile/spffnity.bsky.social/post/3mc5dkz5icc2m
Rec: The Lays of the Hearth Fire series by Victoria Goddard, starting with The Hands of the Emperor.
Do you like a devoted servant who violates the taboos about treating their god as a real person? Who thinks he's going to be executed for treason for just making eye contact? Who has gained the power to move the world through his force of personality and dedication?
Cliopher Mdang spends a magical eternity serving his god and then dares to ask a question that will set a treasonous poet free.
Fantasy world gets UBI and societal reform.
Local man doesn't fucking tell his family or friends important news because he assumes they already read about it and didn't think it was important.
There's a trip to an alternate timeline and a different version of our beloved bureaucrat who is a proud leader of his people who led a cultural revolution and renessaince and at first, they both think maybe that was the version where he was more true to himself.
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something set in that [ human furniture / silent servant hua cheng to god xie lian au ] where hc gets to massage the god's wrists or feet and ankles with the appropriate gloves on and he spends the whole time looking down at the slick skin in his hands he never notices the looks the god gives him
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