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[hamsterwoman]

So, I'm working, sort of. Last day of work for the year. Nobody's around, and what I've left for this day are the mind-numbingly tedious tasks -- like cleaning up the "track changes" mess in a purchase spec, which could easily be done by a trained duck. Every couple of pages I'm giving myself the reward of reading some Yuletide fics. My favorites

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[aome]

I read the "Crown of Roses" fic - thanks for the rec! I admit, I haven't really looked at the books with much of an eye for potential slash, given that there seems to be so much incest and other intrigue all by itself! ;)

I'm closing in on the end of CoK - 700-something pages done. I bought SoS today, so I'll be set for the next go-around (although I might take a break to read "Marley & Me", which my mom gave me for Christmas).

[hamsterwoman]

Heh, yes, beyond-canon!slash does seem fairly excessive in ASOIAF fandom(there's femmeslash later on in the books, too, bits of it, at any rate). There's an icon I've seen for ASOIAF that reads: "Slash. Femmeslash. Twincest. In most fandoms that's fanfic. In my canon that's CANON" -- which, I must say, is very accurate.

Yay for Storm of Swords -- that one's probably my favorite of the lot. And you're in for quite a ride ;)

[axmxz]

Some of the cutest Yuletide fics are Jeeves and Wooster ones. indeedsir has a list up.

[hamsterwoman]

Regrettably, I've never actually had any Jeeves and Wooster canon (so, all I know about them is what I've gleaned from cultural references and crossovers with fandoms I'm actually familiar with. There seem to be quite a few good Yuletide fics this time around from fandoms I do not frequent. Sad...

[axmxz]

I never actually liked Jeeves books (I much prefer Psmith :) I *do* heartily recommend the Fry&Laurie TV series. My husband and I ended up renting all the seasons and watching all 24 episodes in several evenings. One could watch it on the originally intended level (comedy about an obstinate bachelor not wanting to have his freedom restricted by a wife) or one could interpret it (and Fry and Laurie make it *very* easy) as a tragicomedy of sorts about a gay couple and the shit they have to go through and wheedle out of just to keep their tenuous hold on the domestic bliss they organized for themselves. In either case, a damn good series.

[hamsterwoman]

a tragicomedy of sorts about a gay couple and the shit they have to go through and wheedle out of just to keep their tenuous hold on the domestic bliss they organized for themselves

Heh! Well, if ever I have the opportunity to see this miniseries, I'm sure I'll watch it from precisely this perspective!