Yuletide recs.
Sadly, I haven’t done any kind of organized or concerted reading of the Yuletide 2010 archive. I’ve mostly justly been wandering around-in a virtual way, that is-stunned that people are writing fic for the fondly remembered authors of my childhood: Swallows and Amazons! Rosemary Sutcliffe! The Dark is Rising! I haven’t yet been able to bring myself to read any of this fic-I just stare at it, kind of gobsmacked at the wonders of fandom.
Still, I wanted to pass along three recs:
Southland: Section 271. Not everything John Cooper does is by the book.. Cooper/Sherman (probably an R).
Uh-uh. Go ahead and laugh at me for picking up another fandom to read in over the holidays. I’m laughing at myself. The more so for enjoying this pairing so much-usually this big an age-difference is a semi-squick for me. But this fic really sells it (as do the show and the actors involved, to be honest). A lovely account of the pathos and power of John and Ben’s bond.
And I’m also going to send you to both fics about the Cambridge Spies:
Everyone in England worth saving : In 1963 Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten are on their first concert tour of the USSR. Their visit to exiled spy Guy Burgess is not such a triumphant success.
And
Penitent Impenitent : Veiled half-truths are the chosen habitat of the spy; Anthony Blunt's reticence was natural, and of far earlier date. (Or, five things Anthony Blunt never said and one thing that he did say.)
Not interested in English spies of the Cold War, you say? Ah, maybe not now, but you might be soon, what with the remake of John LeCarre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy currently filming, starring, among others, Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Ciaran Hinds and Colin Firth (Read the novel! See the old BBC miniseries with Alec Guiness, you won’t be sorry!). I predict a new RPF fandom by next year’s Yuletide.
We are leaving Friday to spend New Year’s with my parents, so I’ll miss the reveal. I’ll have to catch up with everything next week.
And a question of etiquette: do people re-post their stories after the reveal? Or just leave them in the archive?
Happy New Year, folks!
Still, I wanted to pass along three recs:
Southland: Section 271. Not everything John Cooper does is by the book.. Cooper/Sherman (probably an R).
Uh-uh. Go ahead and laugh at me for picking up another fandom to read in over the holidays. I’m laughing at myself. The more so for enjoying this pairing so much-usually this big an age-difference is a semi-squick for me. But this fic really sells it (as do the show and the actors involved, to be honest). A lovely account of the pathos and power of John and Ben’s bond.
And I’m also going to send you to both fics about the Cambridge Spies:
Everyone in England worth saving : In 1963 Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten are on their first concert tour of the USSR. Their visit to exiled spy Guy Burgess is not such a triumphant success.
And
Penitent Impenitent : Veiled half-truths are the chosen habitat of the spy; Anthony Blunt's reticence was natural, and of far earlier date. (Or, five things Anthony Blunt never said and one thing that he did say.)
Not interested in English spies of the Cold War, you say? Ah, maybe not now, but you might be soon, what with the remake of John LeCarre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy currently filming, starring, among others, Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Ciaran Hinds and Colin Firth (Read the novel! See the old BBC miniseries with Alec Guiness, you won’t be sorry!). I predict a new RPF fandom by next year’s Yuletide.
We are leaving Friday to spend New Year’s with my parents, so I’ll miss the reveal. I’ll have to catch up with everything next week.
And a question of etiquette: do people re-post their stories after the reveal? Or just leave them in the archive?
Happy New Year, folks!