Yuletide Madness for me, and recs!
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jlhSo in addition to my awesome Hairspray fic Where I've Been, I also got two Yuletide Madness ficlets! Very exciting!
Double Happiness: Tiger Heart. Jade has lunch with Winston.
WKRP: Morning with Johnny. Bailey tries to talk to Johnny before 3p.m.
Chromatic Yuletide led me to request Double Happiness, and WKRP has been one of my requests as long as I've done Yuletide (which, honestly, I thought would never be fulfilled!) Next year I'll have to come up with all new requests!
Here are my recs:
Actor RPF: Public Humiliation Has Always Been One of My Favorite Things—Eventually Carol's going to learn not to fall for it. Just a little scene that takes place around The Kennedy Center Honors.
Carol Burnett/Julie Andrews. 'nuff said.
Anne of Green Gables:
Fairy Tales—Elizabeth Grayson and Paul Irving both love fairy tales, and try to find the fairy magic in their lives. But can they find the greatest magic of all?
If you love Paul and little Elizabeth, you probably love the fanciful side of the Anne books rather than the "girl who gets into scrapes" side. This story fulfills that, and more.
Your Voice Like a Trembling Sound—Married to Ken and living in Toronto, Rilla struggles with her new life while Ken wrestles with the past.
That past being the war, of course, and Rilla deals with it the way she does everything, by pushing straight through it.
The Apartment (1960): Going Up—Fran gets her life together.
I adore this film and this story is such a great snapshot of What Came Next as Fran works through where things stand with Bud, Jeff and her brother-in-law Karl.
Arcadia (Stoppard): So We'll Go No More A-Roving—If a line may become transmuted into a square, and then further metamorphose into a cube, surely a fourth dimension might yet be extrapolated, if one could only find the correct perspective from which to sketch it.
But what is it like to be one of the characters in the play, where the barrier between past and present is so thin? Hannah's POV, with lots of Gus of course.
Arrested Development: Love is Strange, or: How George Michael Learned to Stop Worrying and Love His Cousin—George Michael hasn't seen his cousin Maeby since he and his father fled to Mexico, but he can't stop thinking about kissing her. Maeby loves her Hollywood life but she can't find a guy to connect with. Can these two not-exactly-relatives still hope for a different kind of relationship?
I loved this mostly for being in Maeby's head for once, rather than just George Michael's. And I've always loved Hollywood Mogul!Maeby.
Austen:
Armistice Summer—In the summer of 1806, Anne Elliot meets Commander Wentworth for the first time.
So great to see how they fall in love, and what their somewhat different younger selves saw in each other.
Assistance—Colonel Brandon cannot be in two places at once. Fortunately, he has friends.
It's lovely that in marrying sisters, and living near to each other, Colonel Brandon and Edward Ferrars, who previously had to rely so much on themselves, can learn what it means to have friends.
Two-part Harmony—In which Anne explains how she came to play the piano-forte so well and Frederick tells the story of the first Captain Wentworth. Set just after they reconcile, but before they've told anyone else.
Just an appropriately half sweet, half teasing couple of moments with my own favorite Austen couple.
Brick:
Working Title—Before the Pin, the upper crust enjoyed a different kind of pastime.
Kara uses Brain to take things over after the Pin falls. Brandon doesn't disapprove as much as you'd think.
Dreaming of Churrascarias—A cup of coffee and a slice of pie—the last meal of Brendan Frye.
I won't spoil it for you, but The Brain is in it too, and he isn't what you think.
Calvin & Hobbes: This Kid I Once Knew—Daniel sends their whole improv group an e-mail saying "check this out its fun1!1" and a link to a web comic called The Adventures of Spaceman Spiff.
Last year I fell hard for the grown-up Susie and Calvin stories, and this one is a great add. Not shippy at all, but dreamy and sort of perfect.
Golden Girls/Deadwood: The Giants of the Prairies—The end of the St. Olaf Heritage Trail.
Amazing story about Rose, Blanche and Dorothy on a long car trip, after Sophia has died, in the present day when the girls were in their late seventies. Lovely on aging and loss and what friends mean to each other.
Great Gatsby: Lights Across the Sound—There was one party at Gatsby's that summer that Nick Carraway never wrote about.
I've never been a big Nick/Gatsby type myself, but this little tale makes it work within the context of their not-quite-friendship and, more remarkably, evokes Fitzgerald's style without merely copying it.
James Bond: The Care and Feeding of Your M—(an incomplete list, in the process of being compiled by Miss Jane Moneypenny)
Moneypenny! and M! Is there anything better?
The Runaways (2010): Fever in My Pocket—Joan tends to favor drinking over dancing, but tonight she lets Cherie pull her onto the floor.
Every time people talk about some Runaways movie I think they mean this one and get confused. They usually don't, but I highly recommend it, and this story, especially if you like stories about real chick rockers.
Ramona Series (Beverly Cleary): Ramona's Law of Reciprocal Actions—There is nothing Ramona Quimby hates more than doing what is expected of her. (Ramona Quimby, Age 17)
SQUEE! It's chockablock full of shoutouts to the series and Ramona's past, and gives her a great present and future, and there's a cameo from Beezus (ever wise, ever cool) and it's really just everything you want.
A Single Man: One Day Like This—One day like this a year'd see me right. Pre-movie. One day in the life of George and Jim.
If you saw this film, you need to read this wonderful story, just an ordinary day but so beautiful for that.
Victor/Victoria: Le Grande Soiree—"Victor" and Toddy attend a party thrown by one of Paris' most famous talent managers.
I adore Toddy and Victoria's friendship, and this was a great little moment with the two of them.
Whip It: The First Time…—Bliss has had a lot of first times, and Pash usually figures into them one way or another.
Yeah, that's right, Pash/Bliss. You know you want it.
Good Wife, White Collar: A Lady and a Gentleman in Black—Kalinda Sharma encounters an agent from the white collar division of the New York FBI office. Or two. Being stuck with a Fed on her turf does not turn out to be exactly what she expected, and it certainly isn't a normal day for Stern, Lockhart, and Gardner.
I'll admit, I haven't been watching The Good Wife and read this mostly for the Diana, though I've seen enough of it to know who Kalinda is. So if you're just into White Collar like me? You should still read this story.
Double Happiness: Tiger Heart. Jade has lunch with Winston.
WKRP: Morning with Johnny. Bailey tries to talk to Johnny before 3p.m.
Chromatic Yuletide led me to request Double Happiness, and WKRP has been one of my requests as long as I've done Yuletide (which, honestly, I thought would never be fulfilled!) Next year I'll have to come up with all new requests!
Here are my recs:
Actor RPF: Public Humiliation Has Always Been One of My Favorite Things—Eventually Carol's going to learn not to fall for it. Just a little scene that takes place around The Kennedy Center Honors.
Carol Burnett/Julie Andrews. 'nuff said.
Anne of Green Gables:
Fairy Tales—Elizabeth Grayson and Paul Irving both love fairy tales, and try to find the fairy magic in their lives. But can they find the greatest magic of all?
If you love Paul and little Elizabeth, you probably love the fanciful side of the Anne books rather than the "girl who gets into scrapes" side. This story fulfills that, and more.
Your Voice Like a Trembling Sound—Married to Ken and living in Toronto, Rilla struggles with her new life while Ken wrestles with the past.
That past being the war, of course, and Rilla deals with it the way she does everything, by pushing straight through it.
The Apartment (1960): Going Up—Fran gets her life together.
I adore this film and this story is such a great snapshot of What Came Next as Fran works through where things stand with Bud, Jeff and her brother-in-law Karl.
Arcadia (Stoppard): So We'll Go No More A-Roving—If a line may become transmuted into a square, and then further metamorphose into a cube, surely a fourth dimension might yet be extrapolated, if one could only find the correct perspective from which to sketch it.
But what is it like to be one of the characters in the play, where the barrier between past and present is so thin? Hannah's POV, with lots of Gus of course.
Arrested Development: Love is Strange, or: How George Michael Learned to Stop Worrying and Love His Cousin—George Michael hasn't seen his cousin Maeby since he and his father fled to Mexico, but he can't stop thinking about kissing her. Maeby loves her Hollywood life but she can't find a guy to connect with. Can these two not-exactly-relatives still hope for a different kind of relationship?
I loved this mostly for being in Maeby's head for once, rather than just George Michael's. And I've always loved Hollywood Mogul!Maeby.
Austen:
Armistice Summer—In the summer of 1806, Anne Elliot meets Commander Wentworth for the first time.
So great to see how they fall in love, and what their somewhat different younger selves saw in each other.
Assistance—Colonel Brandon cannot be in two places at once. Fortunately, he has friends.
It's lovely that in marrying sisters, and living near to each other, Colonel Brandon and Edward Ferrars, who previously had to rely so much on themselves, can learn what it means to have friends.
Two-part Harmony—In which Anne explains how she came to play the piano-forte so well and Frederick tells the story of the first Captain Wentworth. Set just after they reconcile, but before they've told anyone else.
Just an appropriately half sweet, half teasing couple of moments with my own favorite Austen couple.
Brick:
Working Title—Before the Pin, the upper crust enjoyed a different kind of pastime.
Kara uses Brain to take things over after the Pin falls. Brandon doesn't disapprove as much as you'd think.
Dreaming of Churrascarias—A cup of coffee and a slice of pie—the last meal of Brendan Frye.
I won't spoil it for you, but The Brain is in it too, and he isn't what you think.
Calvin & Hobbes: This Kid I Once Knew—Daniel sends their whole improv group an e-mail saying "check this out its fun1!1" and a link to a web comic called The Adventures of Spaceman Spiff.
Last year I fell hard for the grown-up Susie and Calvin stories, and this one is a great add. Not shippy at all, but dreamy and sort of perfect.
Golden Girls/Deadwood: The Giants of the Prairies—The end of the St. Olaf Heritage Trail.
Amazing story about Rose, Blanche and Dorothy on a long car trip, after Sophia has died, in the present day when the girls were in their late seventies. Lovely on aging and loss and what friends mean to each other.
Great Gatsby: Lights Across the Sound—There was one party at Gatsby's that summer that Nick Carraway never wrote about.
I've never been a big Nick/Gatsby type myself, but this little tale makes it work within the context of their not-quite-friendship and, more remarkably, evokes Fitzgerald's style without merely copying it.
James Bond: The Care and Feeding of Your M—(an incomplete list, in the process of being compiled by Miss Jane Moneypenny)
Moneypenny! and M! Is there anything better?
The Runaways (2010): Fever in My Pocket—Joan tends to favor drinking over dancing, but tonight she lets Cherie pull her onto the floor.
Every time people talk about some Runaways movie I think they mean this one and get confused. They usually don't, but I highly recommend it, and this story, especially if you like stories about real chick rockers.
Ramona Series (Beverly Cleary): Ramona's Law of Reciprocal Actions—There is nothing Ramona Quimby hates more than doing what is expected of her. (Ramona Quimby, Age 17)
SQUEE! It's chockablock full of shoutouts to the series and Ramona's past, and gives her a great present and future, and there's a cameo from Beezus (ever wise, ever cool) and it's really just everything you want.
A Single Man: One Day Like This—One day like this a year'd see me right. Pre-movie. One day in the life of George and Jim.
If you saw this film, you need to read this wonderful story, just an ordinary day but so beautiful for that.
Victor/Victoria: Le Grande Soiree—"Victor" and Toddy attend a party thrown by one of Paris' most famous talent managers.
I adore Toddy and Victoria's friendship, and this was a great little moment with the two of them.
Whip It: The First Time…—Bliss has had a lot of first times, and Pash usually figures into them one way or another.
Yeah, that's right, Pash/Bliss. You know you want it.
Good Wife, White Collar: A Lady and a Gentleman in Black—Kalinda Sharma encounters an agent from the white collar division of the New York FBI office. Or two. Being stuck with a Fed on her turf does not turn out to be exactly what she expected, and it certainly isn't a normal day for Stern, Lockhart, and Gardner.
I'll admit, I haven't been watching The Good Wife and read this mostly for the Diana, though I've seen enough of it to know who Kalinda is. So if you're just into White Collar like me? You should still read this story.
