Yuletide 2012 - 17 Recs in 8 Comics Fandoms (including 2 Crossovers)

Captain Marvel

Your Kiss Is On My List (2042 words) by musesfool - Carol Danvers/Steve Rogers, background Carol Danvers/Jessica Drew

Super-Hot Carol/Steve. Just what I wanted for Christmas certainly!

Being Open (1349 words) by kinky_kneazle - Carol Danvers/Steve Rogers

This is totally my headcanon for these two now. Carol/Flight and Steve/Shield OTPs

Hawkeye

A Wedding and Some Arrows (1578 words) by bendingwind - Carol Danvers/Jessica Drew

Great Kate and Clint friendship fic, with background Carol/Jess. I love Kate and Clint's friendship, it seems like they're just really good for each other.

i need to get my story straight (1115 words) by haipollai

A cute little slice of life fic, with snappy banter and a completely faily attempt at dog training.

something good waitin' down this road (2846 words) by latenightcuppa

Great found family fic. Hits all the right notes to make me squee and laugh and go awwwwww.

Five Times Two Hawkeyes Talked About Sex (and the First Time They Did It) (3584 words) by mayhap - Clint Barton/Kate Bishop, Kate Bishop/Tommy Shepherd, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson

Great, believable build-up to Clint/Kate. Clint screws up everything he could possibly screw up. But he gets it right in the end.

I'm Only Gay For Captain America (2720 words) by kinky_kneazle - Clint Barton/Kate Bishop

Excellent 5-times fic. I love how this works through Clint's various excuses to himself in a very believable way.

Young Avengers

we make midnight a maquette of the year (1598 words) by Lady_Ganesh - background Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan

Tommy and Teddy bonding on New Years. A lovely look at the boys of the expanded Kaplan household. (I continue to maintain Billy has the BEST parents ever for taking in both his orphaned, alien boyfriend and his runaway mystical/psychic twin.)

Through the Mines (8775 words) by Traincat - Kate Bishop/Eli Bradley

Kate and Eli fall into a long-distance relationship. Really deals with the aftermath of Children's Crusade and Eli's decision in a believable manner.

Journey Into Mystery

Friendship, the Beginning/End Of (1870 words) by Lise

Leah and Loki before (and at) the end of it all. Totally made me sniffle. BFFs forever in my heart!

Runaways/Young Avengers Crossover

Kid Stuff (2029 words) by JessicaJones

Molly and Tommy friendship fic! SO AWESOME. I love Molly in this.

Fantastic Four/Journey Into Mystery/Young Avengers Crossover

Strange Aeons (6758 words) by sevenofspade

Dr. Doom gets pulled into time travel shenanigans with the Future Foundation, the Young Avengers and kid!Loki and Leah. A brilliant and heartbreaking merging of the canons for Avengers: The Children's Crusade and Journey Into Mystery.


Ultimate Spider-Man

Following Weblines (7696 words) by Traincat

Miles Morales gets pulled through a portal into the 616-verse. I've wanted to see how Miles would react to the main Marvel-verse since the end of Spider-Men and this does not disappoint. Also, totally makes me want to snuggle Miles.

The Adventures of Jackpot and Zombie Girl (3830 words) by Traincat

Wonderful friendship-fic! I really believed the progression of MJ and Gwen's relationship here. And I love the idea of them coping with Peter's death by deciding to become kickass superheroes.

Calvin & Hobbes and Hobbes & Bacon

Attack Chickens, Children, and Other Hazards of Suburban Life (1361 words) by finesharp - Calvin/Susie Derkins

Calvin and Susie make the decision to have a kid, in a very Calvin and Susie kind of way.

"Worked okay so far?" (3440 words) by lalaietha -- Calvin/Susie Derkins

Sometimes Susie worries about whether her daughter's fantasy life is actually fantasy.

SO perfect. An adult perspective on that line between fantasy and reality that makes Calvin & Hobbes so great.

a brief history of western philosophy (702 words) by tashlae - Calvin/Susie Derkins

It's Susie's idea to name their daughter Bacon.

Short but delightful.

Yuletide 2012 - 16 Recs in 7 fandoms

Push

Reunion Song (4752 words) by moirariordan - Nick Gant/Cassie Holmes

Cassie and her mom part ways with Nick and Cassie refuses to admit that she's really not coping well. I love how genuinely torn Cassie is here, fighting between competing desires to figure out where she belongs.

...and that has made all the difference (4397 words) by maharetr

Cassie and Nick and the little decisions we make that change our lives. I love that Nick and Cassie don't talk about staying together, but you can tell when they've made the decision. Neatly pushes my family-of-choice buttons.

she won't let me in there (3291 words) by unfinishedidea - Nick Gant/Cassie Holmes

Nick and Cassie and the evolution of their relationship. I really like the idea of Nick taking Cassie to get some fight training so she can look out for herself, so they can both look out for each other.

Kick at the Darkness (14754 words) by Frostfire - Nick Gant/Cassie Holmes

Long, plotty Nick/Cassie roadtrip fic. A great build up to their relationship.

Job Offer (2534 words) by kittydesade

Takes a supporting character from the film who doesn't even have a name and really fleshes her out in a satisfying and interesting manner.

The Bourne Legacy

New Reality (1618 words) by cybermathwitch - Aaron Cross/Marta Shearing

A really great take on Marta and Aaron's relationship immediately after the movie. I love this Marta-POV and this take on how Aaron and Marta's sexual relationship begins is very believable and nicely done.

Bury My Heart on the Coals (6280 words) by blackbird - Aaron Cross/Marta Shearing

Aaron and Marta on the run, learning about each other and learning to trust each other. A nice slow build.

if you want to sing out (1076 words) by Siria - Aaron Cross/Marta Shearing

Aaron/words OTP. A really interesting look at how the treatments changed Aaron.

Here, Now (2563 words) by octopedingenue - Aaron Cross/Marta Shearing

A really neat look at Aaron and Marta and their relationship both after the movie and after Treadstone et. al have finally gone down. Pleasingly domestic in a way I never would have thought would work for these characters.

broke everything new again (1163 words) by Siria - Aaron Cross/Marta Shearing

A great, short fic about the ways both Marta and Aaron feel out of their depth in the new life they've found themselves in.

The Losers

This Side of Paradise (17031 words) by thefourthvine - Carlos "Cougar" Alvarez/Jake Jensen

Undercover as gay/fake relationship fic is a classic for a reason. This is charming and witty with a great Jake pov and a nice take on Jake and Cougar's relationship.

All You Have To Do Is Open Your Eyes (5057 words) by torakowalski - Carlos "Cougar" Alvarez/Jake Jensen

One of the best representations of how Cougar and Jensen communicate I've seen in fic. Does the tricky job of really capturing the non-verbal communication between Cougar and Jensen.


The Losers/Avengers movies

Five Things Not on Jake Jensen’s Resumé (1819 words) by omphale23 - Carlos "Cougar" Alvarez/Jake Jensen

The unlikely (and awesome) comradeship of Jake Jensen and Tony Stark. It's actually much easier than I thought it would be to blend these two universes.

Sports Night

You Could Turn It On Like A Light (11978 words) by nightcamedown - Casey McCall/Dan Rydell

In which Dan and Casey are not fraught. Or so they say.

Casey and Dan are SO fraught. It just takes Casey an extra-long time and a lot of flailing to figure it out. Spot-on dialogue.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

it's time to spend the night away (1825 words) by ferrassie - Ferris Bueller/Cameron Frye

Ferris Bueller's POV is hard to get right, but this fic captures both his voice and his relationship with Cameron really nicely.

Grosse Point Blank

Four Ways Marcella Could Have Ended Up Working For Martin and One Way She Did (2191 words) by linaerys

SO much fun. I love every single one of these might have beens.

Yuletide 2012 - 9 Recs in 7 Fandoms

The Queen's Thief Series - Megan Whalen Turner

a wide margin (1839 words) by reapingfolk - Irene (Attolia)/Eugenides

Irene and Gen have such a wonderfully complicated relationship and this little story really delves into all the complications.

A Good Friend (3031 words) by keilexandra

A wonderful look at an unusual friendship. I really love good stories about male-female friendships, and friendships across barriers of age or status and this has both.

War For the Oaks - Emma Bull

In Kind (3459 words) by resolute

It's winter in Minnesota as I write this. It's beautiful. It also kills people.

A great, creepy Jazz-Age prequel to the novel.

Fall of Ile-Rien Series - Martha Wells

When the Sea Is (7183 words) by marycrawford - Ilias/Tremaine Valiarde

A lovely little adventure with great worldbuilding and attention to details. I really like seeing how some of the disparate people who ended up in Cineth at the end of the series are adapting to life there.

Gashlycrumb Tinies - Edward Gorey

An Abecedary of Tragic Ends, Explicated for the Reader (2600 words) by russian_blue

26 drabbles for 26 gruesome, cleverly imagined deaths.


The Bloggess

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1073 words) by fenellaevangela

A series of fake Bloggess posts, wherein the Bloggess tries her hand at kitten livestreaming. COMPLTELY AWESOME.

Knitting Anthropomorfic

The Diary of Knitpicks Optionsina IV, age 3.5mm (1248 words) by lirin

Completely adorable! With pictures!

xkcd 1110 (Click and Drag)

Bigger Than You Think (200 words) by belford

An interactive story of exploration.

Somebody made an entire old-school text adventure game in the world of xkcd's click and drag comic. So, SO awesome

Meanwhile, in Universe #364b (4712 words) by CherryIce

A fantastic exploration of all the various corners of the click and drag world, from the lemonade stand in the caverns to the whales in the sky.