Roundup: Rare Male Slash Exchange 2023

[firecat]

raremaleslashex (Rare Male Slash Exchange) is an event for less popular male ships (featured in fewer than 200 fics over 1K words on AO3). This is the seventh year it has run.

133 works posted in 112 fandoms.

I am a new-ish fan of K J Charles, who writes historical and fantasy gay romance. I like her stories because the protagonists usually have a fair amount of sense, although they have some internal and external societal prejudices to overcome. I wrote a story about the characters Guy Frisby/Philip Rookwood in Band Sinister.

I received a Marcus/Neroon Babylon 5 fic that was mysterious and romantic and epic in every sense of the word.

What I wrote:

A Murder of Cloves (3398 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Band Sinister - K. J. Charles
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Guy Frisby/Philip Rookwood, Lord Corvin/Guy Frisby
Characters: Guy Frisby, Lord Corvin (Band Sinister), Philip Rookwood
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, Wingman Philip Rookwood, Polyamory, Yule, Party Games, First Kiss, First Time, Consent, Corruption of Innocents, Said Innocents Entirely Willing to Be Corrupted Mind You, Light Dom/sub, Compare and Contrast, Oral Sex, Masturbation
Summary:

Guy Frisby is ecstatically happy with his new and first-ever love, Sir Philip Rookwood.

But he can’t stop thinking about that time Lord Corvin kissed him.

Sir Philip has a win–win–win solution.

What I received:

here at the end of all things (18413 words) by kanadka
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Major Character Death
Relationships: Marcus Cole/Neroon (Babylon 5)
Characters: Marcus Cole (Babylon 5), Neroon (Babylon 5)
Additional Tags: Afterlife, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Summary:

Marcus thought he knew what he was getting when he gave his life for Ivanova. A grumpy Minbari warrior following him around everywhere wasn't part of the bargain.

Comments

[kore]

....I'm still such a sucker for Marcus/Neroon. //goes to look

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I like KJ Charles too! I credit her A Seditious Affair as being one of early or few BDSM dynamics that I enjoyed and felt like I understood. I have read most of her stuff and like Band Sinister too. She does corrupting of the noob very nicely, I think.

[kore]

That story was so brill I had to leave a comment, altho I hate leaving comments for people I don't know because I think I always sound stupid. But I figure even a stupid comment is acceptable!

[firecat]

I look forward to reading A Seditious Affair! She writes about bdsm really well. My first book of hers was The Magpie Lord.

[firecat]

It’s a great comment!

Lonely archaeolingustic jellyfish are why I read fanfic.
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OK, I also read it for the smut. But where else are you gonna get lonely archaeolinguistic jellyfish?!