Beyond Selidor

I was thinking about doing the challenge and I found your post great, not only because it includes a lot of elements that I too enjoy in stories but because you list tropes that do not necessarily have a specific name, a specific tag to go by, which is something I experience a lot in my own likings (choosing tags on ao3 is so difficult).

Other than enemies to lovers and hurt/comfort, I like the traditionally-feminine-work made magical or heroic too. Maybe it’s because I embroider and sew and I find these activities valuable, complex and extremely meaningful. Do you have any story to recommend in this lane? Regarding mentorship and relationships between women, I hope you’ve read / seen the My Brilliant Friend series. I’m very much inspired by it (and by a lot of literature of the same kind).

Thanks again for writing this post!