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YO. FRENZ. I hope your month has gone well! I came home for the holidays and have the whole week off, and I got a rubber-duckie-shaped soap dispenser and argyle socks for Giftmas and got to see old friends and my sister only fought with my parents ONCE, and my brother and I got to talk lots and he told me about his new life plan. So that's good!
BUT THE IMPORTANT PART: Yuletide recs! This is for fandoms titled A-G, because lord knows I am indiscriminate. Lots of Downton Abbey but a bundle of other things.
Compelling Distraction, Avengers, Clint/Darcy - Just picture Kat Dennings and Jeremy Renner for a minute. ...you're welcome.
Nothing Gold, A Little Princess - Of course Sara would not be completely unscathed by her time at Miss Minchin's, or by her papa's death.
Time, Love, Austin/Murray/O'Keefe families, Madeleine L'Engle - CALVIN O'KEEFE <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
An Inclement Day For Picnicking, Anne of Green Gables - SO CUTE.
lost as sure as i was found, Away We Go, Burt/Verona - If you enjoyed the film you will probably enjoy these three scenes from before, during and after the events of the movie. <3
Like Water Flowing Underground, Back to the Future - I've read "Marty coping with being in an alternate universe" fics before that have been stellar. This one is a little darker, a little more melancholy, and with a twist at the end that was downright chilling. A+++.
Passing-bells, Being Human. Post-series 3. One would think a chat about baby names would be fun. NOPE.
Invisible, Beauty and the Beast (all types). I am a total sucker for this particular archetype (my rewritings of Cupid and Psyche, let me show you them) but this story does something I haven't seen before, and for that alone it deserves a rec. But it also deserves to be read for the tone and the language and the utterly chilling descriptions of what life is like for the servants captured under the spell. Hint: there are no singing teapots.
variations, Black Swan. Nina survives. Nina is not better. Perhaps the best continuation possible of the film in a textual medium. Left me shivering.
but for endless ifs, The Brothers Bloom, Bloom/Penelope. If there's a happily-ever-after to be had for these two, I think it would go something like this, all poetry and cacophony and a little bit blue.
Spaceman Spiff and the Alien Conspiracy, Calvin and Hobbes - I don't think I could explain this if I tried, but it's hilarious.
What You Wish For and What You Keep, Cinderella - Cinderella doesn't just understand mice. She understands the thoughts of people a long way off. Somehow this takes a movie I never cared much about and turns it into a great story, with bonus connections to the rest of the Disney princess movies. I'm doing a terrible job of describing this.
J'accuse, Clue, Mrs. White/Wadsworth - CREEPY AS HELL, which I suppose is fitting if one looks past the loopy antics and zingers to remember that the movie is actually about a bunch of murders.
Pizza Is a Vegetable, Daria - Daria and Quinn and Jane (and briefly Trent), ten years later, within earshot of Occupy Wall Street. This is perfect and if the show meant as much to you as it did to me I insist that you read it IMMEDIATELY.
The Abode of Madness, Downton Abbey - Edith during wartime. This is what series 2 should have been.
The Ballot, Downton Abbey - Lady Violet prepares to vote. LET ME DIE.
There has been a subgenre of Downton Abbey ghost stories this year; I can't quite fault authors for jumping on that prompt, because it's far too fitting. I am Entirely Sick of Shadows is entirely silly and with a few too many meta-jokes, but it made me giggle rather a lot and the author has given Lady Violet some delicious one-liners. a Heaven more like the Earth is also very silly and made me cackle aloud. And And Every Homestead Holds a Ghost is deliciously spooky.
The Place Where I Belong, Downton Abbey, Sybil/Gwen. Sybil realizes she is maybe not cut out for married life. So perfect it HURTS.
somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond, Downton Abbey, Mary/Anna. Lady Mary Carlisle and Anna Smith, in New York in the Roaring Twenties. Lovely and sparkling and perfect.
Having the Constitution For It, Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Post-canon; politics. I can't quite describe this without spoiling it but suffice it to say it was delightful.
lovely, dark and deep, Fairy tales - Hansel and Gretel. Man, nobody ever retells Hansel and Gretel, it's all Riding Hood this and Sleeping Beauty that. But this is awesome.
Bellflower and Hellebore, Fairy tales. Witches, wolves, and long centuries passing. Did nothing I expected, was amazing because of that.
BUT THE IMPORTANT PART: Yuletide recs! This is for fandoms titled A-G, because lord knows I am indiscriminate. Lots of Downton Abbey but a bundle of other things.
Compelling Distraction, Avengers, Clint/Darcy - Just picture Kat Dennings and Jeremy Renner for a minute. ...you're welcome.
Nothing Gold, A Little Princess - Of course Sara would not be completely unscathed by her time at Miss Minchin's, or by her papa's death.
Time, Love, Austin/Murray/O'Keefe families, Madeleine L'Engle - CALVIN O'KEEFE <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
An Inclement Day For Picnicking, Anne of Green Gables - SO CUTE.
lost as sure as i was found, Away We Go, Burt/Verona - If you enjoyed the film you will probably enjoy these three scenes from before, during and after the events of the movie. <3
Like Water Flowing Underground, Back to the Future - I've read "Marty coping with being in an alternate universe" fics before that have been stellar. This one is a little darker, a little more melancholy, and with a twist at the end that was downright chilling. A+++.
Passing-bells, Being Human. Post-series 3. One would think a chat about baby names would be fun. NOPE.
Invisible, Beauty and the Beast (all types). I am a total sucker for this particular archetype (my rewritings of Cupid and Psyche, let me show you them) but this story does something I haven't seen before, and for that alone it deserves a rec. But it also deserves to be read for the tone and the language and the utterly chilling descriptions of what life is like for the servants captured under the spell. Hint: there are no singing teapots.
variations, Black Swan. Nina survives. Nina is not better. Perhaps the best continuation possible of the film in a textual medium. Left me shivering.
but for endless ifs, The Brothers Bloom, Bloom/Penelope. If there's a happily-ever-after to be had for these two, I think it would go something like this, all poetry and cacophony and a little bit blue.
Spaceman Spiff and the Alien Conspiracy, Calvin and Hobbes - I don't think I could explain this if I tried, but it's hilarious.
What You Wish For and What You Keep, Cinderella - Cinderella doesn't just understand mice. She understands the thoughts of people a long way off. Somehow this takes a movie I never cared much about and turns it into a great story, with bonus connections to the rest of the Disney princess movies. I'm doing a terrible job of describing this.
J'accuse, Clue, Mrs. White/Wadsworth - CREEPY AS HELL, which I suppose is fitting if one looks past the loopy antics and zingers to remember that the movie is actually about a bunch of murders.
Pizza Is a Vegetable, Daria - Daria and Quinn and Jane (and briefly Trent), ten years later, within earshot of Occupy Wall Street. This is perfect and if the show meant as much to you as it did to me I insist that you read it IMMEDIATELY.
The Abode of Madness, Downton Abbey - Edith during wartime. This is what series 2 should have been.
The Ballot, Downton Abbey - Lady Violet prepares to vote. LET ME DIE.
There has been a subgenre of Downton Abbey ghost stories this year; I can't quite fault authors for jumping on that prompt, because it's far too fitting. I am Entirely Sick of Shadows is entirely silly and with a few too many meta-jokes, but it made me giggle rather a lot and the author has given Lady Violet some delicious one-liners. a Heaven more like the Earth is also very silly and made me cackle aloud. And And Every Homestead Holds a Ghost is deliciously spooky.
The Place Where I Belong, Downton Abbey, Sybil/Gwen. Sybil realizes she is maybe not cut out for married life. So perfect it HURTS.
somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond, Downton Abbey, Mary/Anna. Lady Mary Carlisle and Anna Smith, in New York in the Roaring Twenties. Lovely and sparkling and perfect.
Having the Constitution For It, Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Post-canon; politics. I can't quite describe this without spoiling it but suffice it to say it was delightful.
lovely, dark and deep, Fairy tales - Hansel and Gretel. Man, nobody ever retells Hansel and Gretel, it's all Riding Hood this and Sleeping Beauty that. But this is awesome.
Bellflower and Hellebore, Fairy tales. Witches, wolves, and long centuries passing. Did nothing I expected, was amazing because of that.
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