Fic Rec: PotC, BtVS, Harry Potter, X-Men, Figure Skating RPF, Firefly, FNL, Supernatural
So I thought about not reccing any fics for the fandom which includes my story, so no one could compare my recs to all the stories and then figure out which one was mine. And then I thought about commenting and reccing my own story if it came down to it, to throw people off. Then I decided maybe I was overthinking this guessing game, but it was a lot of fun. So really, I could have done either of those or both or neither.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Dwell in the House of the Lord (The Day You Always Remember Remix) is a chilling, haunting story of stories and the monsters hiding in the world, two men sharing the story of Captain Sparrow and the stories he told.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Un/Expected (Straight Girl Remix) is a fantastic Kennedy voice, mixing all the good and bad of her in the source material in a way that is starkly, honestly, hilariously real.
Harry Potter
The Chords We Play is an incredible remix. I tend to live it up to readers whether they read the original story with the remix, but I highly, highly recommend reading both of these stories together, because this twists the original inside out and even as Peter -- who is sharp and cruel and manipulative and still oddly sympathetic here -- manipulates the characters, the remix author manipulates the story so well.
The Wolf Covers Its Tracks (All Us Human Extras Remix) is an amazing look at Fenrir Greyback through the eyes of original characters as Harry Potter hunts him through Banff, Alberta. The children here are amazing, sharp and afraid and strong and weak and just wonderful, and in particular I love Stephanie Wu, whose point of view sections frame the story as a whole and who has a nice, lovely, quiet queer flirtation in the middle of all the blood and destruction.
Inter-House Relations (The Care of Magical Creatures Remix) has an amazing Charlie, sharp and intelligent and funny and besotted with his dragons, which is reason enough to read it. That it is also funny and fun and sweet are more. And though I do not like Draco Malfoy, I'm glad I have this one a chance, because the story is from his POV and still it is wonderful, enjoyable and entertaining and for the length of it, at least, Draco was really well done, caught in his family but fighting the bit.
X-Men Comicverse, X-Men 616, Figure Skating RPF
Fame Monsters (The Twitter Remix) is hilarious. Just absolutely, flat-out hilarious and perfectly in character and has an amazing Jubilee and Johnny Weir and Northstar and the power of the press and social media and it just feels like all the awesome bits of technology coming together, you know, fandom and tech and people and the amazing ways we can interconnect. And also, did I mention hilarious?
Firefly
River Lays an Egg (Upside Down Remix) has a fantastic River and some great River and Mal interaction. I love River's voice here in particular, slightly mad but slightly sane too and completely charming.
Something from Nothing (The Gratitude Sings in Me Chorale) is a lovely River piece, set just after Ariel, about paying debts and saying thank you and created family-in-crew. River's voice is really nicely done here, too.
Friday Night Lights
We're Glad for what We've Done, Done with what We've Lost: The Sing Me Anything Remix is an amazing Tyra piece, about the people left behind in Dillon and the way she's so stuck in her life, working so hard for something she's not even sure she wants and absolutely sure won't help her, and how sometimes it takes motivating someone else to get her to step up and do what needs to be done. Tyra's voice is incredible, so painful and harsh and developed and I love her interactions with Matt Saracen in particular.
Supernatural
Above Us Only Sky (The Golden Age Remix) is a breathtaking, beautiful story about Anna as an angel that left me wordless and filled with a quiet, humming joy and sadness together. It's absolutely lovely.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Dwell in the House of the Lord (The Day You Always Remember Remix) is a chilling, haunting story of stories and the monsters hiding in the world, two men sharing the story of Captain Sparrow and the stories he told.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Un/Expected (Straight Girl Remix) is a fantastic Kennedy voice, mixing all the good and bad of her in the source material in a way that is starkly, honestly, hilariously real.
Harry Potter
The Chords We Play is an incredible remix. I tend to live it up to readers whether they read the original story with the remix, but I highly, highly recommend reading both of these stories together, because this twists the original inside out and even as Peter -- who is sharp and cruel and manipulative and still oddly sympathetic here -- manipulates the characters, the remix author manipulates the story so well.
The Wolf Covers Its Tracks (All Us Human Extras Remix) is an amazing look at Fenrir Greyback through the eyes of original characters as Harry Potter hunts him through Banff, Alberta. The children here are amazing, sharp and afraid and strong and weak and just wonderful, and in particular I love Stephanie Wu, whose point of view sections frame the story as a whole and who has a nice, lovely, quiet queer flirtation in the middle of all the blood and destruction.
Inter-House Relations (The Care of Magical Creatures Remix) has an amazing Charlie, sharp and intelligent and funny and besotted with his dragons, which is reason enough to read it. That it is also funny and fun and sweet are more. And though I do not like Draco Malfoy, I'm glad I have this one a chance, because the story is from his POV and still it is wonderful, enjoyable and entertaining and for the length of it, at least, Draco was really well done, caught in his family but fighting the bit.
X-Men Comicverse, X-Men 616, Figure Skating RPF
Fame Monsters (The Twitter Remix) is hilarious. Just absolutely, flat-out hilarious and perfectly in character and has an amazing Jubilee and Johnny Weir and Northstar and the power of the press and social media and it just feels like all the awesome bits of technology coming together, you know, fandom and tech and people and the amazing ways we can interconnect. And also, did I mention hilarious?
Firefly
River Lays an Egg (Upside Down Remix) has a fantastic River and some great River and Mal interaction. I love River's voice here in particular, slightly mad but slightly sane too and completely charming.
Something from Nothing (The Gratitude Sings in Me Chorale) is a lovely River piece, set just after Ariel, about paying debts and saying thank you and created family-in-crew. River's voice is really nicely done here, too.
Friday Night Lights
We're Glad for what We've Done, Done with what We've Lost: The Sing Me Anything Remix is an amazing Tyra piece, about the people left behind in Dillon and the way she's so stuck in her life, working so hard for something she's not even sure she wants and absolutely sure won't help her, and how sometimes it takes motivating someone else to get her to step up and do what needs to be done. Tyra's voice is incredible, so painful and harsh and developed and I love her interactions with Matt Saracen in particular.
Supernatural
Above Us Only Sky (The Golden Age Remix) is a breathtaking, beautiful story about Anna as an angel that left me wordless and filled with a quiet, humming joy and sadness together. It's absolutely lovely.