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Dec. 26th, 2011 07:36 pmSo, I have some Yuletide recs! (I should perhaps explain for those who don't know - since someone asked me about it - that Yuletide is an annual exchange of fics for small fandoms, which is initially anonymous, though the authors will be revealed in, I think, about a week's time. I participated this year.*)
In no particular order, other than by fandom:
The Tough Guide to Yuletide. I wouldn't read this if you've never participated in Yuletide. If you have, though, you will probably enjoy it. You don't have to have read the source it's referencing, Diane Wynne Jones' "Tough Guide to Fantasyland", although it's very funny, so if you read fantasy at all you should read it.
How Luther Laughed at the Devil. This is Hamlet/ Faust crossover, set pre-canon for both, and very funny.
The Wine Dark Sea. Tintin - Captain Haddock just pre-canon. A dark and angsty fic dealing with alcoholism and (internalised) homophobia.
Daughters Like These. Anne of Green Gables - Una Meredith and six significant relationships with women, during and post-canon. Could be read as gen or femslashy (without contradicting canon); a lovely, delicate, sad but hopeful fic.
Bagthorpes v Zombies. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Great fun, and I would dearly like to read a sequel.
A Mouse Gnawing in her chest (The Blue Castle). Gives Cissy Gay, who we only meet in canon after her fate is pretty much sealed, a voice and a story. Not a happy fic (though not overwrought, quite the reverse), but a satisfying one.
Morning, Die Rosen. (Chalet School). Jack Maynard, before his marriage, writing to his sister - and getting distracted. Nice little vignette/ character study.
China in Your Hand (Discworld- Tiffany Aching books). What Granny Aching really thought of the shepherdess - very sweet.
The Yvain Fragments from Lost Romances. A fragment of the lost sequel to Chretien's Yvain (don't worry, it's in translation...)
Role Model. Wimseyverse, St George-centric. Three generations of the Wimsey family. This would have benefitted from better Brit-picking (though the issues are all quite minor and linguistic), and I'm not sure Jerry thinks of himself as 'St George', but it's still a very good character study. Deals with PTSD.
Oaks in the Coppice. Also Jerry-centric - in which Jerry is in love with Hilary, and she doesn't want to get married. Not quite sure about the ending here, but there's some good character stuff all the same.
The Life That Is Waiting - DS9 - Kassidy post canon, rebuilding her life. This is a great exploration of Kassidy's situation and her attitudes to the station, the Prophets, and Bajor.
Collaborators Odo-centric, but with a big role for Quark and one for Dukat. How Odo ended up acquiring a permanent job in station security.
Immortal. Jadzia's path through selection in the Initiate Programme. A lovely character study of Jadzia before Dax - and I must say, I found it had resonances with all kinds of vocational discernment....
* Two fics in the main collection, one ficlet in the Yuletide Madness collection. Again, if anyone guesses one correctly, I will write them a ficlet).
In no particular order, other than by fandom:
The Tough Guide to Yuletide. I wouldn't read this if you've never participated in Yuletide. If you have, though, you will probably enjoy it. You don't have to have read the source it's referencing, Diane Wynne Jones' "Tough Guide to Fantasyland", although it's very funny, so if you read fantasy at all you should read it.
How Luther Laughed at the Devil. This is Hamlet/ Faust crossover, set pre-canon for both, and very funny.
The Wine Dark Sea. Tintin - Captain Haddock just pre-canon. A dark and angsty fic dealing with alcoholism and (internalised) homophobia.
Daughters Like These. Anne of Green Gables - Una Meredith and six significant relationships with women, during and post-canon. Could be read as gen or femslashy (without contradicting canon); a lovely, delicate, sad but hopeful fic.
Bagthorpes v Zombies. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Great fun, and I would dearly like to read a sequel.
A Mouse Gnawing in her chest (The Blue Castle). Gives Cissy Gay, who we only meet in canon after her fate is pretty much sealed, a voice and a story. Not a happy fic (though not overwrought, quite the reverse), but a satisfying one.
Morning, Die Rosen. (Chalet School). Jack Maynard, before his marriage, writing to his sister - and getting distracted. Nice little vignette/ character study.
China in Your Hand (Discworld- Tiffany Aching books). What Granny Aching really thought of the shepherdess - very sweet.
The Yvain Fragments from Lost Romances. A fragment of the lost sequel to Chretien's Yvain (don't worry, it's in translation...)
Role Model. Wimseyverse, St George-centric. Three generations of the Wimsey family. This would have benefitted from better Brit-picking (though the issues are all quite minor and linguistic), and I'm not sure Jerry thinks of himself as 'St George', but it's still a very good character study. Deals with PTSD.
Oaks in the Coppice. Also Jerry-centric - in which Jerry is in love with Hilary, and she doesn't want to get married. Not quite sure about the ending here, but there's some good character stuff all the same.
The Life That Is Waiting - DS9 - Kassidy post canon, rebuilding her life. This is a great exploration of Kassidy's situation and her attitudes to the station, the Prophets, and Bajor.
Collaborators Odo-centric, but with a big role for Quark and one for Dukat. How Odo ended up acquiring a permanent job in station security.
Immortal. Jadzia's path through selection in the Initiate Programme. A lovely character study of Jadzia before Dax - and I must say, I found it had resonances with all kinds of vocational discernment....
* Two fics in the main collection, one ficlet in the Yuletide Madness collection. Again, if anyone guesses one correctly, I will write them a ficlet).