Yuletide 09 recs
TV Show Fandoms
Mental Unwellness and the Myth of the Veridian Unicorn, Better off Ted fandom. "the Center for Mental Wellness does not perform experiments on people involving supersized mazes and large chunks of cheese. Cheese is expensive and the cost benefit analysis of creating a race of super cheese seeking rat people was just too high to make the experiments worthwhile."
First and Last Rites, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles fandom. After the second season finale, Sarah Connor is again bereft of family. She decides that Savannah Weaver will not grow up alone and defenseless. But Sarah makes different choices this time.
A Visit From St. Nick, The IT Crowd fandom. Moss and Roy are forced to work on Christmas Eve. Not flawless, but there are some great moments of hilarity.
Book Fandoms
What's Past is Prologue, Swordspoint by Kushner fandom. The second time Richard and Alec meet. Like a little snippet from the book, melancholy and portentous and slightly sweet.
Whose Child is This?, Discword fandom. "The baby gurgled and spat up a mouthful of brown stuff that even a gnome might have hesitated to eat. Vimes patiently wiped at Young Sam's cheeks, then tried again, "Where is my chocolate pudding? Here it is!"
Some men might have quailed at feeding their baby in front of all their subordinates; Vimes thought that having food spit onto him was one of the least embarrassing things the Watch had witnessed happening to him. "
Bodies at Rest, The Authority fandom. A collection of character studies of Hawksmoor, Jenny Sparks, and Apollo and Midnighter.
The Shadows Where the Worlds Cross Over, Those Who Hunt the Night by Hambly fandom. Don Simon Ysidro watches his former allies from the shadows. Atmospheric, creepy, with loads of sensory details. A great character study of a vampire.
Exposions, Chrestomanci by Jones fandom. Cute, well-written vignette of growing up with magic.
The Parliaments of Women, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Clarke fandom. Women's rights are the next chapter of the magical history of Britain.
and the city stood in its brightness, So You Want to Be a Wizard by Duane fandom. A bittersweet snippet of Dairine dealing with her mother's illness.
~wealhtheow
Mental Unwellness and the Myth of the Veridian Unicorn, Better off Ted fandom. "the Center for Mental Wellness does not perform experiments on people involving supersized mazes and large chunks of cheese. Cheese is expensive and the cost benefit analysis of creating a race of super cheese seeking rat people was just too high to make the experiments worthwhile."
First and Last Rites, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles fandom. After the second season finale, Sarah Connor is again bereft of family. She decides that Savannah Weaver will not grow up alone and defenseless. But Sarah makes different choices this time.
A Visit From St. Nick, The IT Crowd fandom. Moss and Roy are forced to work on Christmas Eve. Not flawless, but there are some great moments of hilarity.
Book Fandoms
What's Past is Prologue, Swordspoint by Kushner fandom. The second time Richard and Alec meet. Like a little snippet from the book, melancholy and portentous and slightly sweet.
Whose Child is This?, Discword fandom. "The baby gurgled and spat up a mouthful of brown stuff that even a gnome might have hesitated to eat. Vimes patiently wiped at Young Sam's cheeks, then tried again, "Where is my chocolate pudding? Here it is!"
Some men might have quailed at feeding their baby in front of all their subordinates; Vimes thought that having food spit onto him was one of the least embarrassing things the Watch had witnessed happening to him. "
Bodies at Rest, The Authority fandom. A collection of character studies of Hawksmoor, Jenny Sparks, and Apollo and Midnighter.
The Shadows Where the Worlds Cross Over, Those Who Hunt the Night by Hambly fandom. Don Simon Ysidro watches his former allies from the shadows. Atmospheric, creepy, with loads of sensory details. A great character study of a vampire.
Exposions, Chrestomanci by Jones fandom. Cute, well-written vignette of growing up with magic.
The Parliaments of Women, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Clarke fandom. Women's rights are the next chapter of the magical history of Britain.
and the city stood in its brightness, So You Want to Be a Wizard by Duane fandom. A bittersweet snippet of Dairine dealing with her mother's illness.
~wealhtheow