Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day Five
Day 5
In your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create.
Okay, this is going to get long and probably take me forever, because I don't make things easy for myself and bookmark hardly ever but here goes.
Firstly, I've been incredibly remiss to gush publicly with the bounty that has been my fest season. I know recs for gift fic are taken with a grain of salt, I mean, how could I not love something written for me specifically, right? But firstly, recs are always subjective and secondly, a fic shouldn't be punished just because it was written for me, yes?
Fics written for me, but you'll enjoy too... probably:
♥ From
daily_deviant's Kinky Kristmas:
When I Practiced Flirting with You Harry/Ron (NC-17 honestly, even the summary is NC-17, but it's Kinky Kristmas, what do you expect?)
Summary: Ron gasps and a desperate moan escapes his throat as Harry swallows him down. "Merlin, Harry. I didn't know you could talk like that."
a;sljfasl;fkjsl;fkj MY BOYS! Friends to Lovers (especially these two knuckleheads) will always be a favorite of mine. As is Enemies to NEEEEED as illustrated by the second gift at Kinky (what I ever did to deserve two wonderful stories, I'll never know).
Moonbeam, in the Palm of his Hand Snupin NC-17
Summary: With the memory of an encounter in the distant past still all too fresh on his mind, Remus goes outside to watch the moon and finds himself in the same spot once more, with Severus Snape by his side.
*sigh*
♥ From hoggywartyxmas:
The Sexual Education of Magical Flowers Snape/Neville and a little bit of Neville/Luna (R)
Summary: Neville’s plants need just a little hands-on demonstration.
alsfjasl;fjaslfj This is just on the right side of cracktastic! The relationships are so fun! But the flowers and the mulch (yes, that's right, THE MULCH) sort of steal the show. Definitely read if you need a laugh.
♥ From Yuletide:
ah, but it's cold outside (1341 words) by TaffySinclair
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sirens (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brian Czyk/Valentina "Voodoo" Dunacci
Additional Tags: Asexual Character, Asexual Relationship
Summary:
Brian's leaving town. Voodoo's surprised to discover that she actually cares.
♥ A great character study on one of the only openly ace characters on television. Pity the show only lasted two seasons.
Non-Gift fic From HP Fests:
Yes, people who aren't me also got great fics written for them, hard to believe, but true. ;)
♥ From Kinky Kristmas:
Unquestionable; Unforgivable Dumbledore/Grindewald
Summary: His eyes drifted absently around his too-small bedroom, the ceiling rafters gathering dust that he couldn't be bothered to clean, which floated down in shimmering motes, catching the amber-summer light. Aberforth's snoring and whimpers from Ariana's nightmares drifted up from the floor below. A cuckoo cried outside.
"Good morning, sleepyhead." The voice at the window startled Albus, and he sprung bolt-upright in his bed. The voice chuckled. "Oh, so jumpy today?"
Nine Ways of Looking at a Book Hermione/Minerva ♥Erotographomania, book kink ♥
Summary: Hermione has come back to Hogwarts to teach history. She finds herself looking to the future, too.
The Pickle Jar Harry/Pansy
Summary: When Pansy Parkinson shows up to dinner one night as Albus's date, Harry knows she's up to something. It takes him an embarrassingly long amount of time to figure out what.
I thought this would be a dirty, good time, but it actually had a lot of heart too! ♥
♥ From Hoggywartyxmas (which I am sooo very behind on!)
Love Hides in Familiar Faces Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Horace Slughorn, Filius Flitwick, Aurora Sinistra, various animals (GEN)
Summary: (author didn't leave one, but from the first bit of the fic) ...the fact is that certain animals do indeed acquire special powers, during one magical hour in the depth of the Winter Solstice, otherwise known as Longest Night.
Such lovely glimpses into the Professors of Hogwarts through their uh... familiars. ♥
Seasons of Love Pomona/Aberforth PG
Such a touching and quiet story about finding love late in life (relatively speaking for wizards) and about second chances. Loved every character and every relationship in this fic.
♥ One more Old School HP rec:
And since it wouldn't be a fic rec post without including something from the lovely that is
redsnake05, and because someone had said something offhand about the Fat Lady and that reminded me of something from long ago...
Long ago I would NOT shut up about The FatLady and Sir Cadogen (I can't remember why now... well except for my deep, never ending love of the obscurest characters) so she wrote two AMAZING fics about them! Seriously,do yourself a favor and familiarize yourself with this talented author. ♥
Turpentine and other mineral spirits (7903 words) by redsnake05
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harry Potter - Rowling
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Characters: Ron Weasley, The Fat Lady, Sir Cadogan, Filius Flitwick
Additional Tags: Portrait Magic, Grief, PTSD
Series: Part 1 of Mineral Spirits
Summary:
Someone has to have the task of remembering. Ron finds a way to shoulder his burdens and tell the stories that matter, with some help from unexpected sources.
And:
To shiver apart in your arms (1212 words) by redsnake05
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harry Potter - Rowling
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: The Fat Lady/Sir Cadogan
Characters: The Fat Lady, Sir Cadogan
Additional Tags: Portrait Magic
Series: Part 2 of Mineral Spirits
Summary:
There are so many possibilities open to portraits.
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♥♥♥
And finally, two random fics from the 1st day of the Snowflake Challenge:
Incase these fandoms are your jam too, but you weren't paying nearly as much attention to the challenge as I was (seriously, I have soooooooooo many tabs open now of fic recs that I want to read) sadly, I've only gotten to these two... but seriously, they sort of set the bar high on the quality level. ;)
♥ THE WEST WING ♥
Our Story (1918 words) by Avon7
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The West Wing
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Josh Lyman, CJ Cregg, Toby Ziegler, Sam Seaborn, Donna Moss, Dolores Landingham
Summary:
A series of four scenes from pre-series to S3. Memories make up the story... our story.
♥ FIREFLY COFFEESHOP AU ♥
coffee and tea and the java and me (1360 words) by apatternedfever
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Malcolm Reynolds & Zoë Washburne, River Tam & Simon Tam
Characters: Malcolm Reynolds, Zoë Washburne, Shepherd Book, Simon Tam, River Tam, everyone else in passing, Serenity - Character, Hoban "Wash" Washburne
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Serenity is a coffeeshop, even as a coffeeshop she's still a character, passing Wash/Zoe, passing Simon/Kaylee crushing, everyone loves everyone, the crew is family even when they work in a coffee shop, mentions of abuse and general awful things happening to River, Not Beta Read, Alternate Universe
Summary:
Malcolm Reynolds runs Serenity Coffee, with his cheerful little crew as close to each other as a family. Four short pieces about finding Serenity. [Coffeeshop AU. Alternate title: "you can't take this cup from me"]
See? I told you that was going to be ridiculously long. But you know what I always say: Go Big or Go Home. (Actually never said that before in my life.) ♥