Yuletide Recs Post
Dec. 29th, 2018 05:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pikkugenI haven't done one in ages, but this year there were too many good fics not to spread their wonderfulness around. I'd like to start with MY GIFT THAT WAS PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL AND AAAAAAAAA ahem yes it was good.
Memories of Unreal Things, William Laurence/Tenzing Tharkay Naomi Novik's Temeraire is a great series, and I love the main characters to bits (and also many of the other characters). This fic managed to wrap up everything of the characters I love so much, managed to fix the irritating memory loss trope That Should Have Been Better Or Not There At All with another cliché trope (yes, yes, I suggested it, and I hate the Healing Cock trope, but in this case the two negatives really did come out positive). Every character's voice is perfect and the pivotal Temeraire line so innocent and to the point. (Also, for someone who drooled at Tharkay throughout the books, the descriptions of him are To The Point.) 20/10, will read again, and if you value your soft romance at all you'll do the same.
A Conspiracy of Marriages, William Laurence/Tenzing Tharkay Another Temeraire fic, more general and on the political side of it, aka how Temeraire managed to single-handedly rewrite the marriage laws into more tolerable direction - without anyone noticing. Hilarious, very political (in the best sense of the word), also very much in character, and full of sparky little pokes towards even the current events in many countries.
The Short of It, Sakeru Gum commercials and The Long (Long) of It, Chi/Long Long Man/Tooru The Sakeru Gum commercials have been somewhat of a favourite of mine, what with their unconventional take on Certain Stereotypes, but these fics explore the end-after-the-end of the commercials series, and it's needful that you read them both. And the notes. The baseline is a happy threesome, but the realization is... beautiful. Knowledge of the commercials is needed to really appreciate these fics, but they're easily found on Youtube. Here it's more of a form before content, but such form!
Fixing A Flat, Hilda the Plus-Sized Pinup I love the old pin-up images of Hilda, the red-haired plump girl doing everything and anything, usually in her floursack bikinis or just a flower wreath, and this fic was a beautiful extension of them, showing Hilda as a kind, competent, happy and confident helper of other women. A feelgood fic among the best ones, and from a very small fandom indeed!
C'est déjà gémir, Jeeves, Jeeves and Wooster fic that for once does not concentrate on them! As funny and slapstick and run-on as the originals, and the set of "incidental" tags in the work should tell you all about the content. (The "Incidental Lesbians, Harold" one made me laugh aloud...) The bumbling, bubbling Wooster, the sharp, clever Jeeves, and the cavalcade of well-formed stereotypes that still have more flesh on them than your average book sidenote make a perfect Yuletide fun story. Warning: Do not consume anything during reading, oral or even nasal spillage imminent.
I know there are more stories I read and vowed to rec, but right now I just want to get these off my chest. More might come, if I feel inclined.
Memories of Unreal Things, William Laurence/Tenzing Tharkay Naomi Novik's Temeraire is a great series, and I love the main characters to bits (and also many of the other characters). This fic managed to wrap up everything of the characters I love so much, managed to fix the irritating memory loss trope That Should Have Been Better Or Not There At All with another cliché trope (yes, yes, I suggested it, and I hate the Healing Cock trope, but in this case the two negatives really did come out positive). Every character's voice is perfect and the pivotal Temeraire line so innocent and to the point. (Also, for someone who drooled at Tharkay throughout the books, the descriptions of him are To The Point.) 20/10, will read again, and if you value your soft romance at all you'll do the same.
A Conspiracy of Marriages, William Laurence/Tenzing Tharkay Another Temeraire fic, more general and on the political side of it, aka how Temeraire managed to single-handedly rewrite the marriage laws into more tolerable direction - without anyone noticing. Hilarious, very political (in the best sense of the word), also very much in character, and full of sparky little pokes towards even the current events in many countries.
The Short of It, Sakeru Gum commercials and The Long (Long) of It, Chi/Long Long Man/Tooru The Sakeru Gum commercials have been somewhat of a favourite of mine, what with their unconventional take on Certain Stereotypes, but these fics explore the end-after-the-end of the commercials series, and it's needful that you read them both. And the notes. The baseline is a happy threesome, but the realization is... beautiful. Knowledge of the commercials is needed to really appreciate these fics, but they're easily found on Youtube. Here it's more of a form before content, but such form!
Fixing A Flat, Hilda the Plus-Sized Pinup I love the old pin-up images of Hilda, the red-haired plump girl doing everything and anything, usually in her floursack bikinis or just a flower wreath, and this fic was a beautiful extension of them, showing Hilda as a kind, competent, happy and confident helper of other women. A feelgood fic among the best ones, and from a very small fandom indeed!
C'est déjà gémir, Jeeves, Jeeves and Wooster fic that for once does not concentrate on them! As funny and slapstick and run-on as the originals, and the set of "incidental" tags in the work should tell you all about the content. (The "Incidental Lesbians, Harold" one made me laugh aloud...) The bumbling, bubbling Wooster, the sharp, clever Jeeves, and the cavalcade of well-formed stereotypes that still have more flesh on them than your average book sidenote make a perfect Yuletide fun story. Warning: Do not consume anything during reading, oral or even nasal spillage imminent.
I know there are more stories I read and vowed to rec, but right now I just want to get these off my chest. More might come, if I feel inclined.
