I think this may be my last set before the author reveal, but I have a ton of stories left to read, so I will keep going for awhile after.

Recs: Blue Crush, Zombieland, Baby-sitters Club, Chronicles of Riddick/Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lilo & Stitch, Mighty Ducks, Jurassic Park, Imagine Me & You, Hellboy, Hellcats, Gallagher Girls, Ghost Ship/Demon Knight/Legion/RED/NCIS/Criminal Minds/Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles/Resident Evil, Futurama, Fast and the Furious series, Damar series

( Yuletide fic recs )

The last of the presents have been wrapped, the house has been cleaned, and all that's left is for J to do the cooking (which is, at most, setting out meat trays and making dips). I'm waiting on my turn in the shower, so here are a few more Yuletide recs.

Fandom: Secret Garden - Burnett

Brave Blooms
Summary: Winter comes to Misselthwaite Manor and brings changes and choices with it.

This is heart stoppingly lovely, at times aching and sweet and funny. I love Dickon, so steady and solid, shown against Mary and Colin and the way their world will change.

Nest Building
Summary: The Secret Garden has been unlocked for two years. Things are changing at Misselthwaite Manor, but some things remain constant.

This is a lovely, sweet story about Mary and Dickon that made my heart squeeze.

Fandom: Anastasia (1997)

faded from the winter
Summary: There is a girl behind the curtains, sitting curled up on the windowsill, elbow pressed against the glass. Anya and Dimitri, pre-movie.

Lovely, lovely story about Anya and Dimitri meeting as children.

Fandom: Calvin & Hobbes

The Social Contract (Boys and Tigers Remix) (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: Calvin, Hobbes, and various battles lost and won.

Funny, sweet story about tigers and boys.

Fandom: Pitch Black

Hero Worship (Yuletide Madness)

A short, sharp little snapshot of Jack and her fears and the way she worships Riddick.

"Get There Faster" by Jintian, a nasty, painful Harry/Ron story set after Order of the Phoenix. It's a dark, disturbing, wonderful glimpse into one way Harry might have responded to the end of OotP, and how he thinks he should prepare himself for the future.

"Prophecies and Prejudice: the Aurora Summers Diaries, April 1814-June 1815" by twinkledru, which is, so far, a crossover which includes: Buffy, Angel, Sharpe, Sorcery and Cecelia, A Great and Terrible Beauty, and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Of those, I have no experienced with Sharpe, Sorcery and Cecelia, or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, but I still love this story, and Aurora's voice, and the footnotes (footnote LOVE), and--just go read it. It's a work in progress, but I am willing to wait for more.
Foreword and Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, and Chapter Four

"Feeling Lucky" by karabair, a hot, funny, and wonderful Cordelia/Gunn story set early in season two. I love this, the references to the way Cordelia's life was in high school and how it has changed, and the problems of having sex with a friend and the sex itself was fabulous and imperfect.

Transmutation" by kurukami, a Pitch Black/Firefly crossover story which works very well in a strange, wonderful way. It's about Riddick and what he gives up to be able to see, but it's about so much more as well.

"Can't Stand the Waiting" by velvetandlace is a story about Mary Anne, from the Baby-Sitters Club, early in the series, when she was shy and lonely and so afraid of everything. It's Mary Anne, feeling like she hasn't got a friend in the world, and it's beautiful.