YULETIDE IS A GLORIOUS THING
Behold, a recs post!
Under the cut: Moby-Dick, Ripper Street, The Hollow Crown, orgies, threesomes, friendships, laughter, pain, etc.
first, my splendid and lovely gifts:
Sparks of Better Hope
fandom: The Hollow Crown (2012), Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare
wordcount: 1,721
rating: Teen And Up Audiences
relationships: Prince Hal/Falstaff, Prince Hal/Ned Poins/Falstaff, Prince Hal/Ned Poins
characters: Prince Hal (Shakespeare), Sir John Falstaff, Edward "Ned" Poins
tags: Gross Snuggling, Sharing a Bed, Sickfic, Yuletide Treat, Ill-Fated Trios
summary: Too late for Christmas, too early for the new year. (Or, Hal makes himself inconvenient in as many ways as possible.)
aka the Eastcheap threesome sickfic
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The One of Us To Survive
fandom: Ripper Street
wordcount: 2,076
rating: General Audiences
characters: Fred Best, Rose Erskine
tags: Mention of Canonical Character Death, Friendship, Gin - Freeform
summary: Fred has always been a little bit angry. One cannot be a man of his proclivities, in his position and coming from where he has, without possessing a righteous anger to drive his action, fire to help him rise.
Fred and Rose have feelings jam on the ginpile.
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The Queen of Rokovoko
fandom: Moby Dick - Herman Melville
wordcount: 2,556
rating: Mature
relationships:Ishmael/Queequeg, Ahab/Starbuck
characters: Ishmael (Moby Dick - Herman Melville), Queequeg (Moby Dick - Herman Melville), Captain Ahab, Starbuck (Moby Dick - Herman Melville), Dagoo, Flask (Moby Dick - Herman Melville), Tashtego (Moby Dick - Herman Melville), Stubb (Moby Dick - Herman Melville), Mary Starbuck (Moby Dick - Herman Melville), Mrs Ahab (Moby Dick - Herman Melville
tags: Orgy, Questionable facts about whales, Fix-It, Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Crack
summary: A divinely decreed orgy, a ship full of eager men, 200 barrels of sperm oil ... and a captain they decided not to invite. What could possibly go wrong?
a fix-it orgy, literally, plus some questionable whale facts, it's flipping great
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gifts for other people that were also super great:
Echo and Narcissus
fandom: Moby Dick - Herman Melville
wordcount: 1,292
rating: General Audiences
characters:Captain Ahab, Pip (Moby Dick - Herman Melville)
tags: Hurt/Comfort, Sharing a Bed, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Storytelling, Classical References, References to Shakespeare, Madness, Dissociation
summary: "Here, boy; Ahab's cabin shall be Pip's home henceforth, while Ahab lives." Character-driven, featuring non-sexual bed-sharing, storytelling and a sort of mutual hurt/comfort vibe. Influences include the eponymous myth, King Lear and ... um ... that old joke about the Sunday School teacher and the squirrel.
the saddest and snuggliest storytime the Pequod has ever seen
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As Bad As We're Painted
fandom: The Hollow Crown (2012), Henry IV Part 2 - Shakespeare
wordcount: 1,206
rating: Teen And Up Audiences
relationships: Prince Hal (Shakespeare)/Edward "Ned" Poins
characters: Edward "Ned" Poins, Prince Hal (Shakespeare)
tags: Introspection, Resentful Poins, Yuletide Treat
summary: The prince must put away childish things. Ned knows he's one of them.
bitter!Poins is best Poins