Snowflake Challenge #8: Yuletide & Fanvid Reccs
I love this challenge! It's a chance for me to highlight a fandom medium that doesn't often get a lot of attention: fanvideos!
My favorite MCU fanvideos from 2019:
•When You Break (Gen) by sweetestdrain: MEGA team feels. This one is angsty and highlights just how connected the original six are.
•Saved (Diana Prince & Steve Rogers) by Da_Lila. Stunning editing makes this crossover come to life. Gorgeous coloring and timing.
•Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time (Gen) by findmeinthealps. A feel-good Marvel team video highlighting how good everyone is at kicking ass.
•Not technically from 2019, but I only found it recently. Warning: NSFW. Out of Promises by remontada. Hooray for the angsty, detailed, and sensual Bucky and Nat backstory I always wanted!
Yuletide 2019 Reccs:
•Seized My Body Whole
Writer: theoldgods
Characters/Pairings: God's Own Country, Gheorghe/Johnny
Summary: Johnny, learning how to speak and how to allow himself to be loved, in three encounters.
Why I'm reccing it: Wonderful details about how Johnny learns physical (and emotional) intimacy.
•And My Heart Starts
Writer: Torakowalski
Characters/Pairings: God's Own Country, Gheorghe/Johnny
Summary: A year has passed and Johnny and Gheorghe are slowly making their own traditions.
Why I'm reccing it: Tender domestic romance details that are totally devastating and feel like canon.
•an oral history of the 2019 major league baseball juiced ball dingerfest
Writer: ohtempora
Notes/Warnings: Baseball RPF crack!
Why I'm reccing it:Grade A Crack that totally fits in with the clickhole article and also reminds me of just how crazy the 2019 baseball season was.
•Fiat Justitia
Writer: Selena
Characters/Pairings: 18th Century Frederician RPF (Frederick the Great & Wilhelmine, Frederick the Great/Hans)
Notes/Warnings: Both of the main characters are dealing with grief. Also, past filicide.
Summary: August 1730: Crown Prince Friedrich attempts to flee his abusive father and dies. His lover, Hans Hermann von Katte, escapes with Friedrich's sister Wilhelmine. Come what may, Wilhelmine is determined to avenge her brother...
Why I'm reccing it: I knew nothing about this time period before reading. This is a detailed 1700s what-if with a righteous, angry, and complex female main character, political intrigue, and a wonderful developing friendship. Plus, there is a meaningful exploration of grief and the relationship between a brother and sister.
•Allemande
Writer: Lucyemers
Characters/Pairings: Turn (TV 2014), Benjamin Tallmadge/Caleb Brewster
Notes/Warnings: PTSD symptoms at the beginning
Summary: A Christmas party at Mount Vernon finds Ben and Caleb in the cups and in their feelings.
Why I'm reccing it: Really wonderful 1700s party details, and drunk Ben and Caleb! Singing and dancing and getting flirty! This fic gives me all the romantic winter vibes.
My favorite MCU fanvideos from 2019:
•When You Break (Gen) by sweetestdrain: MEGA team feels. This one is angsty and highlights just how connected the original six are.
•Saved (Diana Prince & Steve Rogers) by Da_Lila. Stunning editing makes this crossover come to life. Gorgeous coloring and timing.
•Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time (Gen) by findmeinthealps. A feel-good Marvel team video highlighting how good everyone is at kicking ass.
•Not technically from 2019, but I only found it recently. Warning: NSFW. Out of Promises by remontada. Hooray for the angsty, detailed, and sensual Bucky and Nat backstory I always wanted!
Yuletide 2019 Reccs:
•Seized My Body Whole
Writer: theoldgods
Characters/Pairings: God's Own Country, Gheorghe/Johnny
Summary: Johnny, learning how to speak and how to allow himself to be loved, in three encounters.
Why I'm reccing it: Wonderful details about how Johnny learns physical (and emotional) intimacy.
•And My Heart Starts
Writer: Torakowalski
Characters/Pairings: God's Own Country, Gheorghe/Johnny
Summary: A year has passed and Johnny and Gheorghe are slowly making their own traditions.
Why I'm reccing it: Tender domestic romance details that are totally devastating and feel like canon.
•an oral history of the 2019 major league baseball juiced ball dingerfest
Writer: ohtempora
Notes/Warnings: Baseball RPF crack!
Why I'm reccing it:Grade A Crack that totally fits in with the clickhole article and also reminds me of just how crazy the 2019 baseball season was.
•Fiat Justitia
Writer: Selena
Characters/Pairings: 18th Century Frederician RPF (Frederick the Great & Wilhelmine, Frederick the Great/Hans)
Notes/Warnings: Both of the main characters are dealing with grief. Also, past filicide.
Summary: August 1730: Crown Prince Friedrich attempts to flee his abusive father and dies. His lover, Hans Hermann von Katte, escapes with Friedrich's sister Wilhelmine. Come what may, Wilhelmine is determined to avenge her brother...
Why I'm reccing it: I knew nothing about this time period before reading. This is a detailed 1700s what-if with a righteous, angry, and complex female main character, political intrigue, and a wonderful developing friendship. Plus, there is a meaningful exploration of grief and the relationship between a brother and sister.
•Allemande
Writer: Lucyemers
Characters/Pairings: Turn (TV 2014), Benjamin Tallmadge/Caleb Brewster
Notes/Warnings: PTSD symptoms at the beginning
Summary: A Christmas party at Mount Vernon finds Ben and Caleb in the cups and in their feelings.
Why I'm reccing it: Really wonderful 1700s party details, and drunk Ben and Caleb! Singing and dancing and getting flirty! This fic gives me all the romantic winter vibes.