March Amnesty Mini-Challenge: Rec List
Well this is my rec list put together for the March Amnesty Mini Challenge for hc_bingo. I think I've managed to fulfill the criteria - although I have to admit that I found it harder than I would have liked to get to 15 recs. As this is probably one of my least favourite challenges (the only one I find more difficult is the crossover fic in April) I'm pleased to have managed to complete it. My prompts were 'Loss of Home/Shelter', 'Trust Issues' and 'Whipping/Flogging'.
Loss of Home/Shelter
1. Title: Protect and Serve
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Ariadne/Jason
Rating: G
Word Count: 973
Summary: For as long as she could remember, Ariadne had been told she was special.
Why I’m Reccing This: This beautiful little story is set in the time after series 2 when the heroes have escaped from Atlantis and are camping in the woods. It deals with Ariadne's thoughts on friendship and implies that actually Ariadne is happiest out in the woods with no home and shelter but with a group of people who are her friends than she ever was in the palace in Atlantis.
2. Title: He'll Come
Author: janecshannon
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason & Medusa (friendship)
Rating: G
Word Count: 953
Summary: Jason has returned to the cave Medusa is hiding in with food and blankets. However she is not left unaffected by Hercules noble foolish attempt to sacrifice himself.
Why I’m Reccing This: Medusa has lost everything that matters to her: her home; her friends; her love; her hope. This missing scene, set while she is living in the cave, deals with her mentally preparing herself to leave everything behind and set out to get as far away from people as she can.
3. Title: A Moment in the Sun
Author: clea2011
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Icarus/Pythagoras
Rating: T
Word Count: 2323
Summary: “This is the fall of Atlantis,” Jason told Pythagoras as they picked their way through the ruins of what had once been the east wing of the palace. “Atlantis will sink into the sea, fade into myth and legend.”
This is what happened. And there was more than one legend created by the fall.
Why I’m Reccing This: Any fic which deals with the ultimate destruction of Atlantis has to be perfect for the 'Loss of Home/Shelter' prompt! This is a deliciously devestating number which deals with both the destruction of Atlantis (and therefore the creation of the myth of Atlantis) and the the start of Icarus' legend.
4. Title: A Lost City of Atlantis
Author: rilliane
Fandom: Atlantis/Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Ariadne
Rating: G
Word Count: 24570
Summary: After coming back to the future, Jason discovers that not so many things have changed throughout the ages.
Why I’m Reccing This: Okay, so I don't normally go for crossovers but this one ticks a few boxes. This is a crossover between Atlantis and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It deals with the aftermath of Jason's return to the modern world and how he can never really fit in now that he has lost the home he had found and all those he loves - and how he has to pick himself up and carry on afterwards.
5. Title: The Coup
Author: aussiemel1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Ariadne
Rating: G
Word Count: 64373
Summary: Jason is badly injured in an assassination attempt at the palace and it is up to Hercules and Pythagoras to keep Jason and Ariadne safe.
Why I’m Reccing This: I have to admit that I have recced this fic before for a very different prompt but I still love the story and think it applies as much to this prompt as any other. The whole premise deals with Pasiphae taking Atlantis shortly after Jason and Ariadne become engaged and the couple (along with Hercules and Pythagoras of course) having to flee the city and escape into the woods despite the fact that Jason is actually very badly injured. It is a story of survival and deals with how the small group (plus an ally) act to recover the home they have lost.
6. Title: From the Frozen Waters
Author: janecshannon
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Aeson & Mac (Friendship)
Rating: G
Word Count: 2729
Summary: Aeson fled Atlantis with his infant son but a storm takes him to a land far stranger than his wildest imagination.
Why I’m Reccing This: This story follows Aeson from the time when he first enters our world with his infant son, losing his home and everything he has ever known, to the time when he leaves and abandons Jason, losing the new home he has found. Now I'm really not a fan of Aeson most of the time (because I simply cannot see a man who abandons a young child in the way that he did as a loving father) but this story does at least try to show that his motivations weren't simply selfish and to deal with his feelings of loss and fear. It's well written and well worth a read. A lovely little story all round.
7. Title: The Man in Cubicle Seven
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Charlie (Casualty) & Jason (Atlantis)
Rating: G
Word Count: 1852
Summary: He wasn’t sure what it was that made him want to see the man for himself, but Charlie’s gut instinct was telling him this was not a patient who should be left alone for too long.
Why I’m Reccing This: Unusually for me this is another crossover fic. Like I said, I generally don't enjoy crossovers but this was fantastic. It is a crossover between Atlantis and Casualty (not the most obvious of pairings) and deals with the aftermath of Jason coming back to the modern world when Atlantis is destroyed, losing everything and everyone he loves and his desperate attempts to get back there - even if that means committing suicide. It's heartbreaking and truly wonderful to read.
8. Title: Waking Nightmare
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras
Rating: M
Word Count: 547
Summary: The doctors tell him to give it time.
Why I’m Reccing This: Once again this is a really devestating piece of fiction. As with the previous story on the list, this deals with the aftermath of Jason returning to the modern world and losing the only home (and people) that he truly loves. Deeply depressed, he descends into drug abuse to allow him to at least dream of the place he longs to be and the people he longs to be with - as he contemplates suicide as a way out of the waking nightmare his life has become. The story is depressing and haunting and utterly brilliant.
9. Title: A Longing That Persists
Author: aislinceivun
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras
Rating: T
Word Count: 6751
Summary: After losing the closest friends he’d ever had, the people he’d come to consider his own and the land that had become his home, Jason finds it very hard to adapt back to 21st century London.
Why I’m Reccing This: This is another story that deals with Jason losing the home he has found in Atlantis and the people that he loves when he returns to the modern world. It also has the added bonus of a cameo appearance by everyone's favourite warlock, Merlin. There are no happy endings here though (and there really can't be a happy ending)... but the story is still a thing of beauty in spite of that. Well worth a read.
10. Title: Why The Poets Sing
Author: amyfortuna
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Pythagoras, Hercules
Rating: T
Word Count: 1024
Summary: Jason is missing home, Hercules is drunk, and Pythagoras is in love.
Why I’m Reccing This: Okay so this is a bit different in that it deals with Jason trying to adjust to his new situation and the loss of his former home right after he first arrives in Atlantis and kills the Minotaur. I like it because there aren't many stories out there that tackle the sense of loss and homesickness he must almost inevitably have felt. After all, no matter how much he felt he didn't fully fit in where he came from it would still have been the only home he actually remembered.
11. Title: Reluctant Adventurer
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Art
Pairing: Icarus
Rating: G
Word Count: N/A
Summary: To be honest, Icarus had never intended to leave the city with them that night. He had intended to try to help them escape, and then, assuming he survived, he was going to go home and lay low for a while. But instead he found himself being dragged along with Pythagoras and his mission; him the unworthy one, the reluctant hero and adventurer.
Now, from the relative safety of the ship, the fact that he never properly said goodbye to his father is something that plays on Icarus' mind on the long nights out at sea.
Why I’m Reccing This: This is a really lovely wallpaper. Icarus has essentially lost his home by throwing in his lot with Pythagoras and his friends and, as the only one of them with any family left in Atlantis, that's got to be extra hard on him... and I think this art brings that out really well.
Trust Issues
12. Title: Primal Instincts
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras
Rating: T
Word Count: 953
Summary: The curse may have gone, but Pythagoras still has some important questions.
Why I’m Reccing This: This may seem a bit of an odd fic to rec for the 'Trust Issues' prompt but I actually think it's very appropriate. The whole fic is about Jason trying to avoid talking about the memories he has of being turned into kynikoi and the feelings it has stirred up; about his changing feelings and attraction for Pythagoras - that while he was a dog his primal instinct was to view Pythagoras as a mate and not just a pack member. I tend to think that a lot of that avoidance is because he doesn't really trust how Pythagoras will respond (although we all know Pythagoras would be more than happy!) and he doesn't trust himself and his own reactions.
13. Title: The Truth Beneath the Lies
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Pythagoras/Icarus
Rating: T
Word Count: 20844
Summary: When Pythagoras chooses to spend the night of the festival of Aphrodite, goddess of love, with his friends rather than with Icarus, it sets in motion a chain of events that neither of them could have predicted.
Hurt, angry and insecure, Icarus is easy prey for a woman who is not all she seems, and when she offers him a solution to his relationship problems he cannot resist. However, when he told the woman, “I never know what is going on in his head,” he never expected to wake up the following morning with the ability to hear Pythagoras’ thoughts.
Icarus knows he must find a way to break the enchantment, but even if he does, will Pythagoras ever be able to trust him again?
Why I’m Reccing This: Written for last years Small Fandom Big Bang, the whole plot for this stoy revolves around the idea of Icarus not trusting that Pythagoras really loves him enough. It deals with both Icarus' insecurities and trust issues really well and the aftermath of his actions: whether Pythagoras will ever be able to bring himself to trust Icarus again.
14. Title: Questions
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: G
Word Count: 2466
Summary: He had known that one day they would ask, but he still wasn’t ready for it.
Why I’m Reccing This: This is a lovely little story that looks at what might have happened if Jason's friends had started to openly question where he had come from, how he knew the things he did and who he actually was. In a late night chat with Pythagoras, Jason very much fears what their reactions to his story will be and his trust issues come to light in full. Fortunately Pythagoras is there to reassure him that on the whole his fears are completely unfounded. A very good read.
Whipping/Flogging
15. Title: Marked
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Art
Pairing: N/A
Rating: PG13
Word Count: N/A
Summary: Jason has broken that laws of Atlantis one too many times, and on this occasion no amount of bravery or heroics will get him out of receiving punishment - Atlantis style.
Why I’m Reccing This: I have to admit that I never thought I would see a wallpaper from my favourite show depicting branding and flogging at the same time. This is a deliciously nasty piece of art and I immediately remembered it when I saw this prompt.
Loss of Home/Shelter
1. Title: Protect and Serve
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Ariadne/Jason
Rating: G
Word Count: 973
Summary: For as long as she could remember, Ariadne had been told she was special.
Why I’m Reccing This: This beautiful little story is set in the time after series 2 when the heroes have escaped from Atlantis and are camping in the woods. It deals with Ariadne's thoughts on friendship and implies that actually Ariadne is happiest out in the woods with no home and shelter but with a group of people who are her friends than she ever was in the palace in Atlantis.
2. Title: He'll Come
Author: janecshannon
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason & Medusa (friendship)
Rating: G
Word Count: 953
Summary: Jason has returned to the cave Medusa is hiding in with food and blankets. However she is not left unaffected by Hercules noble foolish attempt to sacrifice himself.
Why I’m Reccing This: Medusa has lost everything that matters to her: her home; her friends; her love; her hope. This missing scene, set while she is living in the cave, deals with her mentally preparing herself to leave everything behind and set out to get as far away from people as she can.
3. Title: A Moment in the Sun
Author: clea2011
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Icarus/Pythagoras
Rating: T
Word Count: 2323
Summary: “This is the fall of Atlantis,” Jason told Pythagoras as they picked their way through the ruins of what had once been the east wing of the palace. “Atlantis will sink into the sea, fade into myth and legend.”
This is what happened. And there was more than one legend created by the fall.
Why I’m Reccing This: Any fic which deals with the ultimate destruction of Atlantis has to be perfect for the 'Loss of Home/Shelter' prompt! This is a deliciously devestating number which deals with both the destruction of Atlantis (and therefore the creation of the myth of Atlantis) and the the start of Icarus' legend.
4. Title: A Lost City of Atlantis
Author: rilliane
Fandom: Atlantis/Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Ariadne
Rating: G
Word Count: 24570
Summary: After coming back to the future, Jason discovers that not so many things have changed throughout the ages.
Why I’m Reccing This: Okay, so I don't normally go for crossovers but this one ticks a few boxes. This is a crossover between Atlantis and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It deals with the aftermath of Jason's return to the modern world and how he can never really fit in now that he has lost the home he had found and all those he loves - and how he has to pick himself up and carry on afterwards.
5. Title: The Coup
Author: aussiemel1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Ariadne
Rating: G
Word Count: 64373
Summary: Jason is badly injured in an assassination attempt at the palace and it is up to Hercules and Pythagoras to keep Jason and Ariadne safe.
Why I’m Reccing This: I have to admit that I have recced this fic before for a very different prompt but I still love the story and think it applies as much to this prompt as any other. The whole premise deals with Pasiphae taking Atlantis shortly after Jason and Ariadne become engaged and the couple (along with Hercules and Pythagoras of course) having to flee the city and escape into the woods despite the fact that Jason is actually very badly injured. It is a story of survival and deals with how the small group (plus an ally) act to recover the home they have lost.
6. Title: From the Frozen Waters
Author: janecshannon
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Aeson & Mac (Friendship)
Rating: G
Word Count: 2729
Summary: Aeson fled Atlantis with his infant son but a storm takes him to a land far stranger than his wildest imagination.
Why I’m Reccing This: This story follows Aeson from the time when he first enters our world with his infant son, losing his home and everything he has ever known, to the time when he leaves and abandons Jason, losing the new home he has found. Now I'm really not a fan of Aeson most of the time (because I simply cannot see a man who abandons a young child in the way that he did as a loving father) but this story does at least try to show that his motivations weren't simply selfish and to deal with his feelings of loss and fear. It's well written and well worth a read. A lovely little story all round.
7. Title: The Man in Cubicle Seven
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Charlie (Casualty) & Jason (Atlantis)
Rating: G
Word Count: 1852
Summary: He wasn’t sure what it was that made him want to see the man for himself, but Charlie’s gut instinct was telling him this was not a patient who should be left alone for too long.
Why I’m Reccing This: Unusually for me this is another crossover fic. Like I said, I generally don't enjoy crossovers but this was fantastic. It is a crossover between Atlantis and Casualty (not the most obvious of pairings) and deals with the aftermath of Jason coming back to the modern world when Atlantis is destroyed, losing everything and everyone he loves and his desperate attempts to get back there - even if that means committing suicide. It's heartbreaking and truly wonderful to read.
8. Title: Waking Nightmare
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras
Rating: M
Word Count: 547
Summary: The doctors tell him to give it time.
Why I’m Reccing This: Once again this is a really devestating piece of fiction. As with the previous story on the list, this deals with the aftermath of Jason returning to the modern world and losing the only home (and people) that he truly loves. Deeply depressed, he descends into drug abuse to allow him to at least dream of the place he longs to be and the people he longs to be with - as he contemplates suicide as a way out of the waking nightmare his life has become. The story is depressing and haunting and utterly brilliant.
9. Title: A Longing That Persists
Author: aislinceivun
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras
Rating: T
Word Count: 6751
Summary: After losing the closest friends he’d ever had, the people he’d come to consider his own and the land that had become his home, Jason finds it very hard to adapt back to 21st century London.
Why I’m Reccing This: This is another story that deals with Jason losing the home he has found in Atlantis and the people that he loves when he returns to the modern world. It also has the added bonus of a cameo appearance by everyone's favourite warlock, Merlin. There are no happy endings here though (and there really can't be a happy ending)... but the story is still a thing of beauty in spite of that. Well worth a read.
10. Title: Why The Poets Sing
Author: amyfortuna
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Pythagoras, Hercules
Rating: T
Word Count: 1024
Summary: Jason is missing home, Hercules is drunk, and Pythagoras is in love.
Why I’m Reccing This: Okay so this is a bit different in that it deals with Jason trying to adjust to his new situation and the loss of his former home right after he first arrives in Atlantis and kills the Minotaur. I like it because there aren't many stories out there that tackle the sense of loss and homesickness he must almost inevitably have felt. After all, no matter how much he felt he didn't fully fit in where he came from it would still have been the only home he actually remembered.
11. Title: Reluctant Adventurer
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Art
Pairing: Icarus
Rating: G
Word Count: N/A
Summary: To be honest, Icarus had never intended to leave the city with them that night. He had intended to try to help them escape, and then, assuming he survived, he was going to go home and lay low for a while. But instead he found himself being dragged along with Pythagoras and his mission; him the unworthy one, the reluctant hero and adventurer.
Now, from the relative safety of the ship, the fact that he never properly said goodbye to his father is something that plays on Icarus' mind on the long nights out at sea.
Why I’m Reccing This: This is a really lovely wallpaper. Icarus has essentially lost his home by throwing in his lot with Pythagoras and his friends and, as the only one of them with any family left in Atlantis, that's got to be extra hard on him... and I think this art brings that out really well.
Trust Issues
12. Title: Primal Instincts
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras
Rating: T
Word Count: 953
Summary: The curse may have gone, but Pythagoras still has some important questions.
Why I’m Reccing This: This may seem a bit of an odd fic to rec for the 'Trust Issues' prompt but I actually think it's very appropriate. The whole fic is about Jason trying to avoid talking about the memories he has of being turned into kynikoi and the feelings it has stirred up; about his changing feelings and attraction for Pythagoras - that while he was a dog his primal instinct was to view Pythagoras as a mate and not just a pack member. I tend to think that a lot of that avoidance is because he doesn't really trust how Pythagoras will respond (although we all know Pythagoras would be more than happy!) and he doesn't trust himself and his own reactions.
13. Title: The Truth Beneath the Lies
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Pythagoras/Icarus
Rating: T
Word Count: 20844
Summary: When Pythagoras chooses to spend the night of the festival of Aphrodite, goddess of love, with his friends rather than with Icarus, it sets in motion a chain of events that neither of them could have predicted.
Hurt, angry and insecure, Icarus is easy prey for a woman who is not all she seems, and when she offers him a solution to his relationship problems he cannot resist. However, when he told the woman, “I never know what is going on in his head,” he never expected to wake up the following morning with the ability to hear Pythagoras’ thoughts.
Icarus knows he must find a way to break the enchantment, but even if he does, will Pythagoras ever be able to trust him again?
Why I’m Reccing This: Written for last years Small Fandom Big Bang, the whole plot for this stoy revolves around the idea of Icarus not trusting that Pythagoras really loves him enough. It deals with both Icarus' insecurities and trust issues really well and the aftermath of his actions: whether Pythagoras will ever be able to bring himself to trust Icarus again.
14. Title: Questions
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: G
Word Count: 2466
Summary: He had known that one day they would ask, but he still wasn’t ready for it.
Why I’m Reccing This: This is a lovely little story that looks at what might have happened if Jason's friends had started to openly question where he had come from, how he knew the things he did and who he actually was. In a late night chat with Pythagoras, Jason very much fears what their reactions to his story will be and his trust issues come to light in full. Fortunately Pythagoras is there to reassure him that on the whole his fears are completely unfounded. A very good read.
Whipping/Flogging
15. Title: Marked
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Art
Pairing: N/A
Rating: PG13
Word Count: N/A
Summary: Jason has broken that laws of Atlantis one too many times, and on this occasion no amount of bravery or heroics will get him out of receiving punishment - Atlantis style.
Why I’m Reccing This: I have to admit that I never thought I would see a wallpaper from my favourite show depicting branding and flogging at the same time. This is a deliciously nasty piece of art and I immediately remembered it when I saw this prompt.