fic recs
The Racebending Revenge Ficathon went live a little over a week ago. I hope the collection grows, but what is there has some very interesting, provocative/evocative/vocative stuff!
The five I found most powerfully affected me:
By Sun and Candlelight by Deastar
If Watson were slightly different, Holmes would still be Holmes, and their dynamic would still be as fraught, and as rewarding. Excellent character dialogue.
Even If I Tumble Fall by Ceares
The Hollywood hustle of Entourage, multiplied times structural inequalities so vast and so trivial as to be constantly swept under the rug. I don't watch Entourage, but I really liked this.
Promise of the पुरवाई by Dhobi ki Kutti (
dhobikikutti)
If you speak Hindi, you will get a lot more out of this Mary Poppins fic than I did. But I have enough of a passing acquaintance with the history of English colonization in South Asia, and the "ayahs" of Frances Hodgson Burnett and other period children's literature to recognize some of the tropes this is turning on its head. That background, and my limited understanding of Hindu* religious and narrative traditions mostly let me see how much I could not see here. Although the experience of limited transparency alone is a good and challenging one for those of us who generally find fic doesn't require much translation, the lyrical text, powerful imagery (even if I am missing much of it), and fiercely transformative story are worth the read for those merits alone.
*I think this is referencing Hindu deities and theology? I apologize and would welcome correction if I am wrong about that; I know Hindi != Hindu, and I also know I am treading shallowly in very deep cultural waters, here.
Five Things People Might Have Read On The Psychic Paper (If Things Were Slightly Different) by
grey_bard (also at Grey_Bard)
How things might have gone if the Doctor Who team had taken just a small step outside their brain-boxes when casting the 11th Doctor. Humorous and pointed.
Sometimes I wish I could fly, Like a bird up in the sky by
fresne
In chapter one, the author asks, what if Kal-El's spaceship had landed in Kansas in 1930, and Kal-El's skin had not been such a close match to the Kents'? In chapter two, Clark and a Lois with her own secrets meet up in Metropolis. Also enjoyed the nonstandard narrative rhythms, especially in the first chapter, and Lois's unvoiced commentaries in the second.
Also also, Fresne's additional commentary/backstory is made of win.
This entry was originally posted at http://retrofit.dreamwidth.org/3715.html. Please feel free to comment there or here.
The five I found most powerfully affected me:
By Sun and Candlelight by Deastar
If Watson were slightly different, Holmes would still be Holmes, and their dynamic would still be as fraught, and as rewarding. Excellent character dialogue.
Even If I Tumble Fall by Ceares
The Hollywood hustle of Entourage, multiplied times structural inequalities so vast and so trivial as to be constantly swept under the rug. I don't watch Entourage, but I really liked this.
Promise of the पुरवाई by Dhobi ki Kutti (
dhobikikutti)
If you speak Hindi, you will get a lot more out of this Mary Poppins fic than I did. But I have enough of a passing acquaintance with the history of English colonization in South Asia, and the "ayahs" of Frances Hodgson Burnett and other period children's literature to recognize some of the tropes this is turning on its head. That background, and my limited understanding of Hindu* religious and narrative traditions mostly let me see how much I could not see here. Although the experience of limited transparency alone is a good and challenging one for those of us who generally find fic doesn't require much translation, the lyrical text, powerful imagery (even if I am missing much of it), and fiercely transformative story are worth the read for those merits alone.
*I think this is referencing Hindu deities and theology? I apologize and would welcome correction if I am wrong about that; I know Hindi != Hindu, and I also know I am treading shallowly in very deep cultural waters, here.
Five Things People Might Have Read On The Psychic Paper (If Things Were Slightly Different) by
grey_bard (also at Grey_Bard)
How things might have gone if the Doctor Who team had taken just a small step outside their brain-boxes when casting the 11th Doctor. Humorous and pointed.
Sometimes I wish I could fly, Like a bird up in the sky by
fresne
In chapter one, the author asks, what if Kal-El's spaceship had landed in Kansas in 1930, and Kal-El's skin had not been such a close match to the Kents'? In chapter two, Clark and a Lois with her own secrets meet up in Metropolis. Also enjoyed the nonstandard narrative rhythms, especially in the first chapter, and Lois's unvoiced commentaries in the second.
Also also, Fresne's additional commentary/backstory is made of win.
This entry was originally posted at http://retrofit.dreamwidth.org/3715.html. Please feel free to comment there or here.