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And yet another set, now that the family weekend has come to an end.

( The Mummy series )

( Peter Pan )

( Tortall series by Tamora Pierce )

( Pushing Daisies )

( Sleeping Beauty/Rumpelstiltskin )

( St Trinian's )

( Thunderheart )

( Carmilla (web series) )

( Brooklyn Nine-Nine )

My first batch of Yuletide recs, now that the server seems to be broken again. I'm off soon to run errands, but I have a lot of reading to do when I get back, so I expect I'll have more to rec later.

Fandom: Baby-Sitters Club - Martin

Abby Stevenson's Theory of Winnertivity
Summary: Abby has a theory about winners--they hate other successful people. Clearly that's why she hates Stacey McGill.

This is the story written for me, and it is absolutely amazing. I love Abby's voice, the list she keeps about Stacey, and the sweetness at the end of the story, when she finally realizes the truth about why Stacey acts the way she does and why Abby herself is so upset. I love it so much and think everyone should read it.

Old Times
Summary: Ten years later, Claudia comes home one snowy Tuesday to find an invitation in the mail.

This is an adorable reunion story which made me smile.

Fandom: Pigeon series - Willems

The Pigeon Wants a Story
Summary: The pigeon is very excited about Yuletide.

This is an adorable story that captures the glee and the stress of Yuletide in a wonderful way.

Fandom: 28 Days Later

I See Us Growing Old, I Watch Us Growing Old
Summary: "There's no fucking way we're spending Christmas in here."

This is an absolutely perfect continuation of the movie, with a Selena voice in particular that is sharp and witty and ever so slightly painful in all the things she's seen in her world.

Fandom: The Girl Who Owned a City - Nelson

parthogenesis
Summary: Glenbard's doctor is learning as fast as she can.

I love this book so much, and I love this fic. The diseases! The child doctor learning how to heal people and what happens when you can't. This world! It's a lovely continuation of the story.

Fandom: Goblin Market - Rossetti

Queer Fruits
Summary: Withered daisies and checked desires.

This is a lovely bit of Lizzie fic with some delicious, twisty language.

The Illusionist
Summary: She thought of Jeanie in her grave,
Who should have been a bride;
But who for joys brides hope to have
Fell sick and died.

Jean is amazing here, determined and head-strong and beautiful, and the plays on magic and illusion and truth were beautiful. The ending just absolutely slayed me.

Fandom: Pushing Daisies

Itty Bitty and the H.O.G.
Summary: Emerson and Olive working together, with bonus Pigby!

You guys, this left me literally clapping my hands with glee at the end of it. Emerson and Olive were absolutely perfectly in character, Pigby was a star, and the story was sweet and hilarious and charming. Hidden Object Games for the win, too!

Mumbly
Summary: Olive Snook finds out. Though "finding out" implies that the finding was passive. Post-series, if we pretend the last couple episodes never happened. Which I sometimes do.

This is the sweetest, loveliest, most charming, adorable, bittersweet, perfectly in character and in tone with the show story I could have ever imagined. It's absolutely lovely and I've already reread it with stars in my eyes. Olive is absolutely, perfectly amazing.

Less Truth, More Lies and Sides of Pies
Summary: Olive Snook comes up with a carefully constructed plan. Or constructs one anyways.

This is a lovely, charming story about Olive coming up with a plan to make the aunts happy. It left me with a smile after I read it.

Fandom: Blood and Chocolate - Klause

Skin
Summary: The line between human and monster is thin and easily crossed.

I am mostly reduced to single words of joy here: Werewolves! Hunters! Bad-ass female hunters! (Okay, that last one obviously isn't a single word, but whatever.) There's a bit of the old werewolf sexism in it, which, though it's been awhile, I also remember from the source material, so that makes sense. (One of the reasons I write werewolf stories is because I hate the sexism so many authors think is inherent in werewolf packs, but that's neither here nor there for this rec.) The original character here is AMAZING and I love Vivian so much, confident and capable. It makes me want to reread the source material and then read this again and again.

Fandom: Princess Bride

A Duplicity of Pirates
Summary: Adventures in piracy, post-movie: The last thing Westley had said to me before he left was, "Fare well, Captain, and remember which side is starboard, and I hope we never see each other again."

Inigo's voice is perfect and I love the fun and adventure of this story.

Fandom: Alien vs. Predator

On the Way Down
Summary: "When I lead my team, I don't ever leave my team."

This story left me breathless and slightly broken. I loved AvP in a way I never expected, and it was all because of Alexa. This story captures that, her strength and the depth of her personality and the way she's changed after facing unspeakable horror and the way she hasn't. It has Mt. Rainier, too, and though I am not a mountain climber, I have been to Rainier and it was -- it was much like this story, dangerous and sharply beautiful and it left me shaken and without breath, watching the full moon rise on it.

Fandom: The Hardy Boys - Nixon

Our Red Sea
Summary: Your father's gone. Don't lose your brother too.

Oh, god, this story. It was lovely, slightly painful and sad, Joe in the aftermath of his father's death, and then the final paragraph broke me open and I almost cried, it was so perfect and the brotherly love so incredible.

Current Mood: tired

apocalyptothon 2009 fics are being posted this weekend and though I've been away from blogging for awhile now, I'm going to do some recs. I love apocalypse fics. Here's the Masterlist of Fic.

ryhana wrote "Cold Snap", Harry Potter.
Summary: Something came back with the children when school broke for the summer, something evil.

It is delicious and shivery and frightening. I had goose bumps and chills after reading it.

beckyh2112 wrote "After the Fall", Harry Potter.
Summary: Hermione Granger is a Gryffindor, and she isn't going to stop being brave or taking care of people just because everything has come crashing down.

This is another delightfully creepy story with a Hermione I really believed.

katemonkey wrote "The Rational World", Supernatural.
Summary: The rational world is the hardest of all.

Delicious, twisty Castiel and Ruby story which actually had me not disliking Castiel. The language is perfect.

afrocurl wrote "Whimper", Veronica Mars.
Summary: Wallace is the only one! Or how to potentially survive the Apocalypse.

This is sharp and slow at the same time, a slow build throughout the story which made my toes curl and my spine bow. I love Wallace here, and the burn down to the end of the world with a whimper.

entangled_now wrote "We Go In Waves", Pushing Daises.
Summary: In which Ned may have caused the apocalypse.

Olive's voice is done so well here, and the plagues creepy and terrifying. The end has just enough hope in the middle of the apocalypse that I was left smiling.

akire_yta wrote "Hard Light", Dresden Files (bookverse).
Summary: The morning after the world ends changes every morning after that.

It ends very abruptly, which both fits into the end of the world, but is also kind of frustrating because the whole of the story seems to be building to a fight that just doesn't happen. It's a wonderful story on the way, though, with some fantastic characterization.

eisoj5 wrote "Ghost Riders in the Sky", Harry Potter.
Summary: Ten years after Deathly Hallows, a new challenge looms.

Fantastic and creepy and slightly heartbreaking. The characterization is sharp and I am left with chills and the need for more.

missmara wrote "Aim for the Head", Bones.
Summary: Angela Montenegro had always been of the 'make love not war' type, but that didn't mean she wasn't ready and willing to make a couple head shots to protect her people.

Angela is fantastic, kick ass and smart and still so full of love. I love the energy of the apocalypse and the way she keeps fighting no matter what happens.

missmara wrote "The Good Fight", Bones/Angel.
Summary: Dr. Temperance Brennan had always thought she would be the last person to lose her mind completely...

The explanation for the Angel and Booth thing is kind of crazy, but pretty fitting for Angel, at least. I love the characterization, fighting vampires at the end of the world, and the team working together.

maharetr wrote "Out Beyond the Breakers", X-Men Movieverse.
Summary: The first time Rogue kisses her, it’s the end of the world.

It's Kitty/Rogue and zombies and fighting at the end and it gave me chills and made me want to cry and made me want to go fight things. Kitty's amazing here, both what she does and who she is, and the whole world crashing down around them they still fight. I love it.

originalpuck wrote "Howling at the Moon: The Party at the End of the World", Harry Potter.
Summary: The Marauders always swore that their friendships would mean more to them than their individual lives. Now that a disaster has struck, and creatures are nibbling on the few survivors, their bonds are tested and bent into something new and altogether less forgiving.

Sirius's voice is sharp and in character. The end of the world is amazing, twisted and wonderful, and the way the characters interact, the sacrifices they make, so perfectly spot on.

cjmarlowe wrote "I'll Never Forget the Way You Look Tonight", Supernatural.
Request: The apocalypse has nothing to do with angels, demons, or Winchesters. They just get to enjoy it.

Fun and funny and Dean being awesome and Bobby being bad ass and Sam fretting and aliens. I'm not really sure what more you could ask for from a story like this. It was fantastic.

I finally cracked the top 25 in commenting with 85 comments. I can't believe I've read that many stories already.

October Road has EVERYTHING. Including Meat Loaf karaoke. How the hell didn't I know about this before? I mean, besides the part where I didn't listen to sister K when she told me about it. I've been watching it with J and we're already almost done, because we can't stop watching it. Well, he's seen it before, but I can't stop watching it.

( Yuletide recs )