It's trope discussion Monday! What do you think about Crack Ships/Rarepairs? What makes them work for you? Can you recommend a fic that makes an unexpected pairing work well? 

#TropeChats

@FandomChats I would be interested in stories about minor characters' non-romantic relationships or about non-canon relationships that aren't romantic, as a way to flesh out characters more, think about what drives them, how they interact with others, even in negative ways.
But I'm not interested in shippy fics with (almost) zero basis in canon, I'm usually not invested (can read if there's other stuff going on in the fic), often baffled, sometimes even repulsed, depending on the combination.

@FandomChats An excellent story that explores side characters and their relationships in this manner is the cql fic On a long journey by twigofwillow, a post-canon fic about lsz's travels with wn that deals with his discoveries of his identity and past and resulting feelings about his family (biological and adoptive) and friends.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29819775

on a long journey - Chapter 1 - twigofwillow - 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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