Yuletide! Part Three: Other stories
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jlhI'm recommending stories I personally commented on—24 stories in 14 fandoms!
I have a deep and enduring love for Lord Peter Wimsey, with Harriet or before, and all the others who inhabit that universe, so I'm recommending pretty much all the stories posted this year. For Miss Climpson, and a conversation with Harriet about white slavery, there's The Frivolous Fable of a Spinster's Suspicions. For Charles Parker, there's 10 x 100, a series of drabbles about Parker's relationship with Peter, and Poor Hardworkin' Pleeshman about how their partnership began. There's a drabble, Encounter with St. George, WWII era from Hilary Thorpe's perspective. For Harriet, a wide range: pre-Have His Carcase Tea and Tannenbaum, immediate post-Busman's Honeymoon Mercy Shall Follow Me, and phony-war era The Bleak Midwinter. There's also We the Damned, and I hesitate with this one only because it contradicts a key event in Busman's Honeymoon; however, it does discuss the elimination of the death penalty in England, and has lots of Harriet and Bunter, so for that I will link without recommending.
Every time I read Tommy and Tuppence I wish that Christie had written more about them. I'm not sure if it was her or her readers that lacked interest, but the dearth of Tommy and Tuppence is a loss. So I was very excited to read Adventure at Lindenlea, which feels like a lost Tommy and Tuppence story. Be sure to also check out Gender Roles and Other Negotiable Territory, an adorable Tommy and Tuppence drabble.
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bhanesidhe got me to watch Black Books so I could read these fics? Well, let's pay her back with The Green Fairy which I swear was written for her. Also fun is The Morning After; it's subject, I'm sure you can imagine.
Two Daria stories for you: A Week Off Spent in Lawndale for the Celebration of Key Religious Events has Jodie and Daria, new college freshmen, chatting in a coffee house during their winter break (and I love prolix titles, don't you?) and Undercover Minx has Daria and Jane, erm, interacting after Quinn's rehearsal dinner.
I'm so glad I nominated RPF—So You Think You Can Dance this year (and I'm sure I'm not the only one!) because we got not one, but TWO Travis/Ivan stories, and both are completely delightful. Crescendo takes place during Las Vegas week, while Suddenly I See is set during the regular season, from week one through Ivan's final week. Read and make sure you comment, as SYTYCD RPF isn't exactly a high-traffic fandom.
Antique Bakery: Omikuji. A nice, long journey inside the twists and turns of Tachibana's mind. Yeah, we know where it's going—this is fanfic, after all—but it's a great trip.
Most of the Arthur Conan Doyle—Sherlock Holmes stories posted this year are fine in their way, but I'm going to single out 1918 for being the sort of crossover that becomes part of your personal canon. I don't want to give even a hint, though the blending is so natural that you can probably guess who might be departing a WWI troop ship with Dr. Watson.
I love Bull Durham, and Being Roger Maris is the perfect postscript, the what-happened-next, and evokes the magic of the movie and its love for all things baseball.
Note that this is G.B. Shaw's Pygmalion, and not My Fair Lady—you can get there from here, but not exactly. Gentlemanly Virtue features Higgins and Pickering, and more I will not say lest I spoil the very good surprise. Set immediately after the end of the play.
So you liked the movie Go? Double down features Claire and Todd-the-hot-drug-dealer, aka Katie Holmes and Timothy Olyphant, having their usual snarky conversation, and is super hot. Do you really need to know more? Yeah, I didn't think so.
You know you want to read some Zoe/Kim femslash, with a nice little side order of Abs picking up on a feller, since they kicked all kinds of serious ass in Grindhouse: Death Proof. Well here you go: Hey, Little Girl.
So what if Kurt and Ram from Heathers didn't die when they were shot, but were just massively injured, and woke up in the hospital to find that everyone thought they were gay for each other? What would happen when they went back to school? Are they capable of actually learning any life lessons? Well, sort of. Read Teenage Suicide: Not the Worst Idea Ever to find out.
From Little Miss Sunshine, Nine Steps in a Circle tells how Frank and Dwayne decide what to do next. And yes, they're those nine steps.
Keith and Watts in Some Kind of Wonderful are one of my favorite couples ever. They meet in Portrait in 3/4 Time. The earrings come later.
I have a deep and enduring love for Lord Peter Wimsey, with Harriet or before, and all the others who inhabit that universe, so I'm recommending pretty much all the stories posted this year. For Miss Climpson, and a conversation with Harriet about white slavery, there's The Frivolous Fable of a Spinster's Suspicions. For Charles Parker, there's 10 x 100, a series of drabbles about Parker's relationship with Peter, and Poor Hardworkin' Pleeshman about how their partnership began. There's a drabble, Encounter with St. George, WWII era from Hilary Thorpe's perspective. For Harriet, a wide range: pre-Have His Carcase Tea and Tannenbaum, immediate post-Busman's Honeymoon Mercy Shall Follow Me, and phony-war era The Bleak Midwinter. There's also We the Damned, and I hesitate with this one only because it contradicts a key event in Busman's Honeymoon; however, it does discuss the elimination of the death penalty in England, and has lots of Harriet and Bunter, so for that I will link without recommending.
Every time I read Tommy and Tuppence I wish that Christie had written more about them. I'm not sure if it was her or her readers that lacked interest, but the dearth of Tommy and Tuppence is a loss. So I was very excited to read Adventure at Lindenlea, which feels like a lost Tommy and Tuppence story. Be sure to also check out Gender Roles and Other Negotiable Territory, an adorable Tommy and Tuppence drabble.
Is it wrong that I'm glad
bhanesidhe got me to watch Black Books so I could read these fics? Well, let's pay her back with The Green Fairy which I swear was written for her. Also fun is The Morning After; it's subject, I'm sure you can imagine.Two Daria stories for you: A Week Off Spent in Lawndale for the Celebration of Key Religious Events has Jodie and Daria, new college freshmen, chatting in a coffee house during their winter break (and I love prolix titles, don't you?) and Undercover Minx has Daria and Jane, erm, interacting after Quinn's rehearsal dinner.
I'm so glad I nominated RPF—So You Think You Can Dance this year (and I'm sure I'm not the only one!) because we got not one, but TWO Travis/Ivan stories, and both are completely delightful. Crescendo takes place during Las Vegas week, while Suddenly I See is set during the regular season, from week one through Ivan's final week. Read and make sure you comment, as SYTYCD RPF isn't exactly a high-traffic fandom.
Antique Bakery: Omikuji. A nice, long journey inside the twists and turns of Tachibana's mind. Yeah, we know where it's going—this is fanfic, after all—but it's a great trip.
Most of the Arthur Conan Doyle—Sherlock Holmes stories posted this year are fine in their way, but I'm going to single out 1918 for being the sort of crossover that becomes part of your personal canon. I don't want to give even a hint, though the blending is so natural that you can probably guess who might be departing a WWI troop ship with Dr. Watson.
I love Bull Durham, and Being Roger Maris is the perfect postscript, the what-happened-next, and evokes the magic of the movie and its love for all things baseball.
Note that this is G.B. Shaw's Pygmalion, and not My Fair Lady—you can get there from here, but not exactly. Gentlemanly Virtue features Higgins and Pickering, and more I will not say lest I spoil the very good surprise. Set immediately after the end of the play.
So you liked the movie Go? Double down features Claire and Todd-the-hot-drug-dealer, aka Katie Holmes and Timothy Olyphant, having their usual snarky conversation, and is super hot. Do you really need to know more? Yeah, I didn't think so.
You know you want to read some Zoe/Kim femslash, with a nice little side order of Abs picking up on a feller, since they kicked all kinds of serious ass in Grindhouse: Death Proof. Well here you go: Hey, Little Girl.
So what if Kurt and Ram from Heathers didn't die when they were shot, but were just massively injured, and woke up in the hospital to find that everyone thought they were gay for each other? What would happen when they went back to school? Are they capable of actually learning any life lessons? Well, sort of. Read Teenage Suicide: Not the Worst Idea Ever to find out.
From Little Miss Sunshine, Nine Steps in a Circle tells how Frank and Dwayne decide what to do next. And yes, they're those nine steps.
Keith and Watts in Some Kind of Wonderful are one of my favorite couples ever. They meet in Portrait in 3/4 Time. The earrings come later.
