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 )

I think J and I are off to run errands and maybe actually do something with this slug of a day, but have some more Yuletide recs, from both archives.

Fandom: Eastwick

well, maybe just a half a drink more (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: It doesn't take long for annual martini night to turn into what Darryl would call "some serious debauchery".

This is a sexy fun story about women and magic and sex. Lovely and fitting to the show.

Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (Fairy Tale)

Beleza and the B.E.A.S.T. (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: Belaza was angry with her father for selling her to the B.E.A.S.T. in order to settle some old shipping debts, but mostly she was frightened--frightened of what her life would be like on the space station, of the empty corridors and the lonely days, and, more than anything else, frightened of the B.E.A.S.T. itself, the Biomechanical Electronic Ahuman Sentience Transfer which was responsible for all of the station's functioning.

AWESOME rewrite.

Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (Disney movie)

A Different Path (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: The Beast wasn't turned human again and is wasting away in misery.

The Beast stays a beast! What more do you need to know? This is the ending I always wanted for the movie.

Fandom: Hellboy (movieverse)

Stars are Born (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: Hellboy has chased werewolves into plenty of strange places, but this one might just take the cake.

This combines two of my favorite things and I love it.

Fandom: Little Red Riding Hood (fairy tale) and Rapunzel (fairy tale)

Soldier On (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: Red's cloak didn't always used to be red, and Rapunzel's hair wasn't always so short.

Red and Rapunzel in a post-war world is AWESOME.

Fandom: Fringe

Cleanliness and Hard Work (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: A short introspection into how Astrid views herself and the lab. (Goes through Season 2, Ep 9, "Snakehead")

Astrid fic for the win! I love the scenes of Astrid and the lab and the way her views of it and herself change with time.

Help Wanted
Summary: Astrid didn't want to be Walter Bishop's lab assistant. Unfortunately, neither did anyone else.

Another amazing Astrid fic, with a great look inside her head and her reasons for not wanting to work with Walter, and her reasons for finally deciding to do so. I love Astrid so much anyway, and here she is amazing.

Fandom: Thriller (music video)

The Funk of Forty Thousand Years (Yuletide Madness)

Deliciously fun and creepy.

Fandom: Lost Boys (1987)

Hynopompic (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: David... won. In a way.

Michael dreams in a delicious, twisty, dark little story.

Fandom: Secret Garden - Burnett

Wick
Summary: Dickon's first year after he comes home from the war.

This is heartbreaking, painful and lovely, with a couple spots with gorgeous turns of phrase.

Fandom: Saving Face

Yum Cha
Summary: Even after you get your happy ending, you've still got to get up in the morning and deal with your relatives. And yourself. A story about trains, family, and dim sum.

This is lovely.

Fandom: Saddle Club - Bryant

A New Home, A New Chapter
Summary: Lisa Atwood is moving to Colorado for college and plans to stay at the Bar None Ranch, but a fight with her mother causes those plans to come to fruition faster than she'd anticipated. Mild AU; this is a future-fic that follows the continuity of The Saddle Club but not the Pine Hollow series.

I love Lisa here, bisexual and proud and dealing with a lot of shit without losing her sense of humor or her love of life.

Fandom: Whip It

Purple
Summary: When she had been in high school, Bliss had thought that escaping from Bodeen and the beauty pageant circuit and getting to avoid real college would be so perfect that she wouldn't ever be unhappy. But it was hard for her to make friends at work, and her derby friends didn't know how to talk about anything else. Bliss kind of sucked at making friends, but she almost didn't need them, 'cause she still had Pash.

This is sweet and sexy and hilarious and so very in character.

Fandom: Bend It Like Beckham

Five Days, Five Months
Summary: Coming to the US was the last thing Jess thought would put a rift in her relationship with Jules, but the moment she arrives everything starts to change.

This is such a sweet story, slightly sad but mostly just adorable and lovely and wonderful, Jess and Jules growing apart and then coming back together in a whole new way.

Fandom: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Ordinary Chocolate
Summary: Most times, Wonka made candy for the sake of making candy. This time, he made it for Charlie.

Lovely, entertaining story about Charlie trying to balance being just a boy and being Wonka's heir and Wonka not really understanding why Charlie wants to do the things he does, but helping nonetheless. It really captures the fun of the movie.

Fandom: Finding Nemo

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia: Editing Moorish Idol
Summary: A yuletide treat: tell me how Gill got caught in the first place (and it can't have been easy, can it, not when it was Gill).

This is a glorious, fantastic story about Gill being a badass fish in a big giant ocean.

Fandom: Blue Crush

Truth or Dare
Summary: Anne-Marie wants to know what it's like.

I love this story, though it's painful and a little heart-breaking. Anne Marie is kinda an idiot here, and Eden is so long-suffering, so in love but unwilling to settle for less than what she wants, which is Anne Marie's love.

JJ Says...
Summary: "Tell Eden she's a hottie!"

I love this story, Anne Marie being a little shy about the things she does with Eden, but wanting it anyway. It's lovely, sexy and sweet and funny all at the same time.

HAPPY YULETIDE DAY!

I got two stories. TWO FABULOUS, AMAZING STORIES WHICH STOLE MY BREATH AND MY WORDS.

I don't even have the words to properly thank my authors yet, though I'm working on finding them.

Links!

1. "Breathing Underwater"; Blue Crush; Eden/Anne Marie

I literally, literally stopped breathing while reading this, it was so exactly what I wanted for Eden and Anne Marie. The details! And the way their relationship changes! And the surfing! Did I mention the details? Just thinking about it makes my chest tight.

2. "What Bisexuals Do In Bed"; The Baby-Sitters Club; Dawn/Abby

You guys! It's Dawn and Abby! And Kristy being her blunt, slightly annoying self! And bisexual women! And it's sweet and funny and oh, exactly what I wanted for them. And, also, the title is so close to a short story I abandoned last year that I am amused and slightly disturbed.

The slightly disturbed is because both of these stories read as if the author(s) opened up my head and pulled the important details straight from my brain. I couldn't have received better stories if I had sat down and outlined them myself. In fact, these are better than anything I could have done, and I am so, so, so happy right now.

Happy Yuletide Day. It is amazing.

"Fear and Love and Chance"

Look what I found! A Blue Crush fic set pre-movie about Eden and Anne-Marie and the ways they know each other best, and the way, sometimes, you just have to be a surfer to get it. It has some gorgeous language, and made me quite giddy, as you can see from my icon.

nikitangel, I recommend it to you in particular, of course.

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"Half a Week Until the Winter"

I don't usually enjoy fic based on written source material as I do fic based on visual (tv and movies) but I love this Uglies trilogy story. It sneaks inside like a cold breathe of air and chilled me and made me happy all at once.