Yuletide

Dec 30, 2015 22:25

I think we're meant to be squeeing publicly about the fics we received before the author reveal, no? I've been lying down on the job, since I was at my parents' for the past week and only opened my laptop twice in that time. Sorry!

I got two very different, but both very awesome, fics:

I received I Will Get You Next Time, Gadget in the "Soon I Will Be Invincible" (Austin Grossman) fandom. It was awesome... totally had the feel of the book, with Doctor Impossible point-of-view (complete with unreliable narration!) and discussion of superhero/supervillain sexuality and mind-controlled penguins and kidnapping-as-a-form-of-supervillain-dating. I feel a strong urge to reread the source canon now, which is ridiculous because I read it for the first time in, like, October. But Doctor Impossible as a closeted bisexual in a love triangle is now headcanon.

I also received Waiting Over Here (For Life to Begin) in the "Adventures in Babysitting" fandom. This was also great! A little darker, it was an exploration of how Sara's experience on the roof of that skyscraper affected her, growing up. I really adored this, because I am terrified of heights myself, to the point that I can't even watch scenes like this in a movie, and yet the way that Sara embraced that experience totally felt believable to me. The tone of the fic is gorgeous, and I liked the ambiguity of the ending. It is highly possible that I will be able to watch the on-the-roof scene next time I watch the movie.
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