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100 days of enemy recs: 13. Machineries of Empire
Ah, another one where I just put down a character name: Jedao. Jedao is another one where it's harder to find someone who isn't an enemy to pair him with. Unlike Malcolm, though, he doesn't have a natural talent for it - he's likable and charming and generally kind; he has to work very, very hard to earn the hatred of literally everyone in an entire galaxy. Luckily, he's up to the task, even if it takes a few centuries to get there.
He spends much of that time trapped in a horrifically dysfunctional relationship with Nirai Kujen, where they are enemies pretending to be allies pretending to be enemies pretending to be allies; Jedao is canonically submissive, into pain, and full of self-hate even before Kujen gets his hands on him, and Kujen is all the triggers warnings wrapped up together in a giant bag of crazy. (Like many characters on this list, Jedao/Jedao is the ultimate hateship here; unlike many other characters, his canon identity is splintered enough he has a chance to achieve that, too.)
So I'm linking one fic for them, in which the worst that happens is repeated mutual murder/suicide and a little recreational mindbreak: if you want to go finding more of them, the fandom's small enough on AO3 to trawl through yourself, just, mind the warnings.
Five Times Kujen Murdered Jedao and One Time He Forgot (641 words) by SathInflection
Fandom: Machineries of Empire Series - Yoon Ha Lee
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Garach Jedao Shkan/Kujen
Additional Tags: Offscreen green onion, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Crack, Geese, Horror, Mind Manipulation, At least 57 Jedaos, Humor
He spends much of that time trapped in a horrifically dysfunctional relationship with Nirai Kujen, where they are enemies pretending to be allies pretending to be enemies pretending to be allies; Jedao is canonically submissive, into pain, and full of self-hate even before Kujen gets his hands on him, and Kujen is all the triggers warnings wrapped up together in a giant bag of crazy. (Like many characters on this list, Jedao/Jedao is the ultimate hateship here; unlike many other characters, his canon identity is splintered enough he has a chance to achieve that, too.)
So I'm linking one fic for them, in which the worst that happens is repeated mutual murder/suicide and a little recreational mindbreak: if you want to go finding more of them, the fandom's small enough on AO3 to trawl through yourself, just, mind the warnings.
Five Times Kujen Murdered Jedao and One Time He Forgot (641 words) by SathInflection
Fandom: Machineries of Empire Series - Yoon Ha Lee
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Garach Jedao Shkan/Kujen
Additional Tags: Offscreen green onion, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Crack, Geese, Horror, Mind Manipulation, At least 57 Jedaos, Humor