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Yuletide 2014 recs post 6
Jan. 4th, 2015 12:42 amHow Old My Heart. I baaarely remember Archer's Goon well enough to be able to follow this story, but I still liked it.
Absolute Beginners. I am in favor of pretty much all Archie stories that pair one of the "main four" with Jughead.
The Doctor's Fruit. This Aubrey-Maturin story was still funny and sweet with my meagre knowledge of the canon.
Self-Evident. I think the Problem of Meg (of A Wrinkle In Time etc) is more subtle, complex, and interesting than the Problem of Susan, although maybe I only think that because I see so much of myself in Meg. (The intellectual, awkward girl ending up as primarily a mother.) I will always read all the stories about Meg.
If You Get Married in America, You Get Married in Real Life. I liked this Bend It Like Beckham story's use of the Vegas marriage trope.
That You May Contribute a Verse is a Dead Poets Society story about Todd over the next half-century, powerful and poignant.
The Ark. Dunno if anyone still has Dollhouse feels, but this is a good piece about Topher and Adelle at the end.
and knowing we are not alone in the dark. An enjoyable long (18K) Dungeons and Dragons story with Hank and Eric huddling for warmth. (Despite that, it's a gen story, but if you like them as a pairing you'll probably like this.)
Dark Is Rising. Man. This is so important to my Yuletide, here we go. (I wouldn't exactly call Dark Is Rising a core fandom for me, but if you look at my whole life, it's maybe the thing about which I've had the longest-lasting big feelings.)
Mountain. Lovely Will/Bran.
Weltanschauung. And this one is somewhere between gen and Will/Bran/Jane and just very warm and happy-making.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I just noticed these are all three by the same author. This is maybe the most powerful of them. Oh, Will.
Absolute Beginners. I am in favor of pretty much all Archie stories that pair one of the "main four" with Jughead.
The Doctor's Fruit. This Aubrey-Maturin story was still funny and sweet with my meagre knowledge of the canon.
Self-Evident. I think the Problem of Meg (of A Wrinkle In Time etc) is more subtle, complex, and interesting than the Problem of Susan, although maybe I only think that because I see so much of myself in Meg. (The intellectual, awkward girl ending up as primarily a mother.) I will always read all the stories about Meg.
If You Get Married in America, You Get Married in Real Life. I liked this Bend It Like Beckham story's use of the Vegas marriage trope.
That You May Contribute a Verse is a Dead Poets Society story about Todd over the next half-century, powerful and poignant.
The Ark. Dunno if anyone still has Dollhouse feels, but this is a good piece about Topher and Adelle at the end.
and knowing we are not alone in the dark. An enjoyable long (18K) Dungeons and Dragons story with Hank and Eric huddling for warmth. (Despite that, it's a gen story, but if you like them as a pairing you'll probably like this.)
Dark Is Rising. Man. This is so important to my Yuletide, here we go. (I wouldn't exactly call Dark Is Rising a core fandom for me, but if you look at my whole life, it's maybe the thing about which I've had the longest-lasting big feelings.)
Mountain. Lovely Will/Bran.
Weltanschauung. And this one is somewhere between gen and Will/Bran/Jane and just very warm and happy-making.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I just noticed these are all three by the same author. This is maybe the most powerful of them. Oh, Will.
