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Yuletide!
I am so late, even though I've been reading them steadily since Christmas day, albeit in a completely disorganized fashion. There is not a single story I've read so far that I've disliked. Everyone writes so beautifully that it's simultaneously intimidating and inspiring, and my god I am doing this again next year.
I got two lovely stories out of the deal, both from American Beauty.
Waiting on the World to Change
Ricky and Lester make an odd couple of sorts: they understand each other.
This author has all of the voices down perfectly. The new scenes feel like they came right out of the movie, and the old ones brilliantly get into each character's head. I found myself giggling into my sleeves the entire time. Despite the summary, it is not slash, but epic BFF-ness.
Sanctuary
"Ricky rarely blinks. It is because he is always watching, watching so closely."
Also amazing, especially how the author captures all the shades of gray involved in Jane and Ricky's relationship. This takes place several years after the end of the movie, and I love looking at how everything has changed. It's wonderfully slice of life.
Amadeus:
Con Fuoco
Salieri has died, and at last he can have peace from his constant disappointment over his own imperfections. Can't he?
Salieri is dead and being irritated by ghost!Mozart, what more can you ask for?
Hamlet:
Wittenberg Days
The affairs of heirs are complex indeed.
Hamlet and Horatio are making out, Rosencrantz and Guildensterns show up and giggle, puns are made, heads are threatened to be cut off, and hilarity ensues. The author must have borrowed Tom Stoppard and channeled Shakespeare's ghost, because oh my god, this is incredible. The Shakespearian is perfect. The Tom Stoppard is perfect. I spent the entire time pretty much crying with laugher.
House of Leaves/Winnie-the-Pooh
The Hundred Acre House
It was a beautiful day in the Hundred Acre Wood when Eeyore discovered that his house had become bigger on the inside than it was on the outside.
I am not shitting you. This is incredible. Read it and ruin your mind right now.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Metamorphosis
"Oh, no--we've been spinning coins for as long as I remember."
Modern R&G! Espresso machines! Greek mythology! One thing that's tricky about writing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is that they're in such a limited universe, but the author just kind of knocked that wall down and kicked literary ass. Amazing.
I am so late, even though I've been reading them steadily since Christmas day, albeit in a completely disorganized fashion. There is not a single story I've read so far that I've disliked. Everyone writes so beautifully that it's simultaneously intimidating and inspiring, and my god I am doing this again next year.
I got two lovely stories out of the deal, both from American Beauty.
Waiting on the World to Change
Ricky and Lester make an odd couple of sorts: they understand each other.
This author has all of the voices down perfectly. The new scenes feel like they came right out of the movie, and the old ones brilliantly get into each character's head. I found myself giggling into my sleeves the entire time. Despite the summary, it is not slash, but epic BFF-ness.
Sanctuary
"Ricky rarely blinks. It is because he is always watching, watching so closely."
Also amazing, especially how the author captures all the shades of gray involved in Jane and Ricky's relationship. This takes place several years after the end of the movie, and I love looking at how everything has changed. It's wonderfully slice of life.
Amadeus:
Con Fuoco
Salieri has died, and at last he can have peace from his constant disappointment over his own imperfections. Can't he?
Salieri is dead and being irritated by ghost!Mozart, what more can you ask for?
Hamlet:
Wittenberg Days
The affairs of heirs are complex indeed.
Hamlet and Horatio are making out, Rosencrantz and Guildensterns show up and giggle, puns are made, heads are threatened to be cut off, and hilarity ensues. The author must have borrowed Tom Stoppard and channeled Shakespeare's ghost, because oh my god, this is incredible. The Shakespearian is perfect. The Tom Stoppard is perfect. I spent the entire time pretty much crying with laugher.
House of Leaves/Winnie-the-Pooh
The Hundred Acre House
It was a beautiful day in the Hundred Acre Wood when Eeyore discovered that his house had become bigger on the inside than it was on the outside.
I am not shitting you. This is incredible. Read it and ruin your mind right now.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Metamorphosis
"Oh, no--we've been spinning coins for as long as I remember."
Modern R&G! Espresso machines! Greek mythology! One thing that's tricky about writing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is that they're in such a limited universe, but the author just kind of knocked that wall down and kicked literary ass. Amazing.