because i respected me so much
I forgot to mention in the last post that Lori and I watched the 1978 teleplay of Little Women, which was inconceivably bad. They rewrote shit to concentrate more on their Laurie's whiny-ass manpain life and problems, Marmee was incapable of making a decision and yammered endlessly about how she wished Mr. March was there to lay down some patriarchal wisdom and discipline, Beth ran around like she was an Olympic athlete and talked to anybody who moved, Meg spoke at a pitch copyrighted by Nagging Fishwives Inc., Amy was a galumphing awkward idiot, and Jo had all the nuance and appeal of a handful of rancid cornmeal. When William fucking Shatner shows up and bludgeons people with the ham sausage of his "German" accent and it's the best thing that's happened in your movie, you have problems.
Now, Yuletide! I'm a bit sad I can't just go down the list by recipient anymore, because I liked getting the fandoms in no particular order, but oh well. Instead, I started at the alphabetical bottom:
gentlemen | young guns - Okay, I never expected or wanted fic in this fandom, but this one gets across the same sense of urgency and unsureness as the movies while simultaneously being more thoughtful and nuanced.
and we had to shoot it to pieces | young avengers - The whole thing is good, but the bits with Kate and Eli especially; introspective without being melodramatic, which is lovely.
casus belli | young avengers - Kate & Cassie ditch the boys and talk about Civil War(s). The patter between the girls is great, and for the bits where the boys show up it's all written very deftly and with a sense of humour.
things half seen | the worst witch - Most of what I remember of this show is the hilariously shitty movie and occasional glimpses of the tv series. And yet I loved this fic like nobody's business. Seriously, you don't even need to know the show at all; read it anyway. It's tender and tense and hopeful and dreadful, and if it's brutal in its honesty -- well, learning never goes to waste.
the play | withnail & i - Fear not, it's got a happy ending! While keeping the characters recognizable, which is quite a feat.
Next up: Yuletart!
comments over yonder on http://bossymarmalade.dreamwidth.org/489875.html, y'all.
Now, Yuletide! I'm a bit sad I can't just go down the list by recipient anymore, because I liked getting the fandoms in no particular order, but oh well. Instead, I started at the alphabetical bottom:
gentlemen | young guns - Okay, I never expected or wanted fic in this fandom, but this one gets across the same sense of urgency and unsureness as the movies while simultaneously being more thoughtful and nuanced.
and we had to shoot it to pieces | young avengers - The whole thing is good, but the bits with Kate and Eli especially; introspective without being melodramatic, which is lovely.
casus belli | young avengers - Kate & Cassie ditch the boys and talk about Civil War(s). The patter between the girls is great, and for the bits where the boys show up it's all written very deftly and with a sense of humour.
things half seen | the worst witch - Most of what I remember of this show is the hilariously shitty movie and occasional glimpses of the tv series. And yet I loved this fic like nobody's business. Seriously, you don't even need to know the show at all; read it anyway. It's tender and tense and hopeful and dreadful, and if it's brutal in its honesty -- well, learning never goes to waste.
the play | withnail & i - Fear not, it's got a happy ending! While keeping the characters recognizable, which is quite a feat.
Next up: Yuletart!
comments over yonder on http://bossymarmalade.dreamwidth.org/489875.html, y'all.