Second Batch of Yuletide Recs
1. Come to grips with a sky that is gaping - (American Girls) This is Kit/Ruthie fanfic with a side of impending sad and awesome use of canon.
Kit hears, Please read this letter because I don’t know how to deal with this by myself.
2. Camelot to Camlann - I'm not really an Arthurian fan, but this was well done. I'll let the author's note speak for itself.
I have basically taken Arthurian myth's Celtic and post-Roman roots and bashed them against the romances until they're all weeping. So this doesn't pertain to any particular version, and anachronisms abound. I hope you like it.
3. The $64 Question - (Clue) If you felt cheated by Mr. Green at the end of the movie not being gay, you'll enjoy this one. Also, if you like exploring "It could have happened like this...", read this!
"I told someone I was coming home to sleep with my wife," Green said when he broke the kiss.
4. Real Princesses - Princess Crackfic! It's pretty entertaining.
Rapunzel and Briar Rose get along as well as ever; they talk about mothers and witches and victim complexes. Rapunzel uses everyone for therapy. She tried this on Cendrillon but didn't get very far; Cendrillon feels that this is the job of the excellent psychiatrist Rapunzel's mother-in-law hired to help Rapunzel settle in.
5. Triton's Cove - (Little Mermaid - Disney) This is a good introspection fic for Eric, about the consequences of his marriage for him and for Ariel. It's a good read.
He asked her once, what kept her up at night, if she had dreams that haunted her, if she was unhappy in their home. She told him that she missed the weight of the sea.
6. Pretty as a Doll - A re-envisioning of Snow White with designs... It's hilarious!
Snow took off her shoes and headed out as quickly as she could, in case he decided he wanted more reward than an innocent kiss to his cheek. Unmarried pregnant princesses never prospered.
7. Home Cooking - (Princess and the Frog) Tiana helps Lottie cook, with some home truths for seasoning...
A few months after he died, she made the mistake of trying out his extra special red beans and rice recipe on her own. Until she tasted the results, she didn’t know was that what she really wanted was her daddy back in the kitchen, cooking up a storm, and there wasn’t a recipe for that particular meal.
8. A Dance in Iron Shoes - (Fairy Tale) This is a DARK envisioning of Snow White (with a touch of Sleeping Beauty) in which the question is, What happens when the princess needs to be rescued FROM the prince? It's an interesting read.
Now the prince could barely read, and hated and mistrusted books besides, so he did his best to forget that the library existed. The princess had noticed this even before the wedding and marveled at it, for it seemed to her that a well-stocked library was much like a well-stocked armory.
9. Work in Progress - Ariel and Eric find Happy Ever After does not come preassembled...
Politcs and etiquette make her tired as she sits through three hour lectures every day; only the dancing lesson at the end gives Ariel a reason to smile. Eric usually shows up to twirl her around the room, his eyes warm with delight at her joy as she begins to understand how to move her legs.
More to come!
DV