100 days of enemy recs: 28. Imperial Radch

[melannen]

There are various pairings in IR fandom that you could read as enemyship, I guess, with the broad definition I've been using. Breq/Seivarden at least. But. The real enemyship in this fandom is Breq/Anaander. Breq spends one book deciding to kill her, and then next two books doing her best not to care what she thinks. Meanwhile Anaander spends the last two books - trying to be her mentor? Trying to be mentored by her? Trying to use her? Just treasuring the evidence that she has created someone who is willing to surpass her, finally? Difficult to say. Also obsessively trying to kill her and utterly destroy her and all that she loves, because she hates her very much, but that's the other Anaander. (One of the other Anaanders.)

There's exactly one Breq/Anaander fic tagged on the AO3. This is far too few, but I guess my recs set is easy today. There's also exactly one Anaander/Anaander fic, which is also an amazing enemyship but in a way that requires actually explaining how many Anaanders there are and aren't, so I guess I will link that one too!

• Doubt (945 words) by venndaai
  Fandom: Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie
  Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
  Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
  Relationships: Anaander Mianaai/Justice of Toren One Esk Nineteen | Breq
  Additional Tags: Dubious Consent, Mind Games, nothing actually happens but there are Implications
  
  Breq and Anaander and a wall.



• The Pathetic Fallacy (3203 words) by Gammarad
  Chapters: 1/1
  Fandom: Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie
  Rating: Mature
  Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  Relationships: Anaander Mianaai/Anaander Mianaai
  Characters: Anaander Mianaai
  Additional Tags: Politics, Selfcest, Stream of Consciousness, The Lord of the Radch is a real piece of work, POV First Person
  
  One problem with using an important strategic technology as a masturbation aid.

Comments

[rymenhild]

I had background Anaander/Anaander in a gen fic.

The Person With Weapons (1361 words) by Rymenhild
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Anaander Mianaai
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat
Summary:

Long after the rebellions, an interview with Anaander Mianaai.

[melannen]

Yes good excellent!