recsforalloccasions | Entries tagged with yuletide 2018

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The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

To Catch A Thief (1036 words) by harborshore - Mature - Irene/Eugenides

Super-HOT submissive Gen. Just fabulous.

The Turner Series - Cat Sebastian

To Sum Up (1365 words) by Arsenic - Explicit - Julian Medlock/Lord Courtenay

Courtney is distracting Julian from his work. Julian has a solution.

Lynes & Mathey Series - Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold

Early Days (5176 words) by chiiyo86 - Mature - Julian Lynes/Ned Mathey

Julian and Ned solving a simple case while at school together. I love how their schoolboy relationship is portrayed here, and how you can see the bones of the men they will become.

Alpennia Series - Heather Rose Jones

A Twelve Days' Mystery (7413 words) by El Staplador - Mature - Barbara Lumbiert/Margerit Sovitre, Antuniet Chazillen/Jeanne de Cherdillac

A well-done casefic, in which all four characters’s unique skills are needed in different ways. Reads like it could be an additional part of canon, only a bit smuttier.

Think of England - K. J. Charles

all it does is rain (7456 words) by silveronthetree - Teen And Up Audiences - Archie Curtis/Daniel da Silva, Archie Curtis & Sir Henry Curtis

Another house party, this time with slightly less murder and considerably more paleontology.

Hilda the Plus-Sized Pin-Up

Little Friend (692 words) by Missy - General Audiences

A wonderfully wholesome little story built around a series of the Hilda prints. Bonus cute dog, cat, and mouse.

The Tay Bridge Disaster

Fifteen Ways to Die Horribly at Wormit Bay on 28 December, 1879 (312 words) by sharkie

“The Tay Bridge Disaster” by way of Daphne Gottlieb's “Fifteen Ways To Stay Alive.”

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones

Saying Sorry Doesn't Cost You A Life (1693 words) by liseuse - General Audiences - Christopher Chant, Millie | Millie Chant, Janet Chant, Michael Saunders

Christopher's actually pretty good at apologies when he admits he needs to make them, and he definitely owes Cat more than a few.

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The 12 Dancing Princesses

Flickers (552 words) by Missy
- Teen And Up Audiences - Alternate Universe - Hollywood, Alternate Universe - 1930s, Enemies to Friends

In which there are 12 dancing starlets, and they're going to make sure of their own fairytale ending.

Elderberries and Tannin (319 words) by Missy - General Audiences

In which it's not the dancing the princesses need rescued from, and they've got all the magic they need on their own.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Lament for the Children of Hamelin (152 words) by kutsushita - Not Rated

Super creepy Yulepoem. Very Edward Gorey-esque

The Iliad - Homer

O Temperate Hector (135 words) by lferion - General Audiences

Another fantastic poem. It was a good year for Yulepoetry.

Tam Lin

the flower among them all (6133 words) by evewithanapple - Teen And Up Audiences - Janet/Tam Lin

This is a wonderful and new retelling of Janet's story. I love how fierce she is in claiming what agency she can in her own life. From taking control of her land, to taking control of her body, to taking control of her future.

“It is my mark,” she says, “of my choosing, and I will bear it gladly.”

Winter Solstice, Camelot Station - John M. Ford

Once and Future (2770 words) by oliviacirce - General Audiences

If you haven't read the original poem by John M. Ford, you definitely should read it here, and then read this wonderful story that adds depth and detail to the background without taking away any of the magic.

Norse Mythology

Planted in Darkness (2178 words) by joy_shines - Teen And Up Audiences - Bragi/Iðunn | Idun (Norse Religion & Lore), Idunn/Hela (minor)

A story of Idunn told in an absolutely gorgeous mix of poetry and prose.

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What's Your Number

Into the Lioness's Den (706 words) by misura - Teen And Up Audiences

Colin meets Ally's mother. Could be a scene from the movie.

Hawkeye

Wedding Planning in Five Phone Calls (236 words) by misura - General Audiences - Clint Barton & Kate Bishop, Background Kate Bishop/America Chavez

Oh, CLINT. A delightful little dialogue-only story.

The Queen’s Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

This is not a parallel, but a reversal (2279 words) by segfault - General Audiences - Attolia | Irene/Eugenides

In which Attolia has some entirely understandable worries about getting married again.

The Turner Series - Cat Sebastian

A Ring on It (1345 words) by DoreyG - Teen And Up Audiences - Lawrence Browne/Georgie Turner

In which promises are made. Sweet and lovely.

First Time for Everything (1955 words) by Arsenic - General Audiences - Georgie/Lawrence

Sickfic done perfectly. Great characterization of both of them. I’m always so happy to see Georgie being cared for and loved.

The Princess Bride

Compounding Interest (302 words) by Merlin Missy - Teen And Up Audiences - Fezzik/Inigo Montoya

A happily ever after.

Simon Feximal Series - K. J. Charles

A Quiet, Once Spread (1203 words) by SapphoIsBurning - General Audiences - Robert Caldwell/Simon Feximal

Robert and Simon’s quiet retirement is interrupted by a very persistent, and very familiar, American archaeologist.

The Course of Honour - Avoliot

Two is a Coincidence; Five is Meddling (3445 words) by florahart - General Audiences - Kiem Tegnar/Jainan nav Adessari

Everyone keeps conspiring to make Kiem and Jainan think about whether or not they want to become parents. I love that this isn’t a decision, just the first of many conversations they now know they want to have.

build a bridge to the stars (2502 words) by jediseagull - General Audiences - Kiem Tegnar/Jainan nav Adessari

Jainan has a bad history with people resenting his displays of intelligence. Wow, is this a recognizable feeling.

Chunder and Honks Poems – KR Fabian

The Chunder and Honks Poems, hilarious tales of two mates who love nothing better than each other and large amounts of cocaine, were all written on twitter by KR Fabian, and can be found here.

Never Mind The Warlocks (3082 words) by longwhitecoats - Explicit - Chunder/Honks

The cocaine-strewn, bruv-tastic urban fantasy AU. AMAZE.

Chunder and Honks (4974 words) by MildredMost - Teen And Up Audiences - Chunder/Honks

In every universe, in every time, Chunder and Honks are meant to be.

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Crossovers and AUs

Society of Gentlemen - K. J. Charles/Band Sinister - K. J. Charles

To Be Known (24983 words) by enjambament - Explicit - David Cyprian/Richard Vane, Dominic Frey/Silas Mason, John Raven/Lord Corvin, Dominic Frey/Silas Mason/John Raven

When the call went out on the Yuletide Discord for someone to beta 20,000+ words of K. J. Charles crossover, I immediately volunteered, and I'm so glad I did. This story is absolutely wonderful - with rich characterization of both the Ricardians and the Murder, delightful interplay between them, excellent use of Richard's family, and some seriously hot sex.

The Queen’s Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

flash points, like gunpowder (3593 words) by betony - Teen And Up Audiences - Attolia | Irene/Eugenides

A fantastic 1920s/US Prohibition AU of the King of Attolia. Clever and twisty with great characterization.

Shakespeare and Marlowe RPF

Dynamite (3350 words) by foxxcub - Explicit - Christopher Marlowe/William Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway Shakespeare

Hilarious Modern AU in which Kit Marlowe wakes up in a strange bed with a very sexy strange man after a drunken one-night-stand, and has no clue what the hell is going on or what he’s gotten himself into. Also, the characterization of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway’s relationship here is glorious.

London Cholera Epidemic RPF

An Account of the Nanite Epidemic in Broad Street (5942 words) by whetherwoman - General Audiences - Henry Whitehead, Dr. John Snow

It’s the London Cholera Epidemic, only with humans and androids living together IN SPACE. I love fandom so much.

Society of Gentlemen - K. J. Charles

A Family Man (5535 words) by thistidalwave - Teen And Up Audiences - Julius Norreys/Harry Vane

Modern AU, fake dating fic. Delightfully in-character.

Tooth and Nail (3949 words) by ChristyCorr - Relationships: Dominic Frey/Silas Mason

AU in which everything’s the same, except Silas is a dangerous radical werewolf.

Lawrence of Arabia

your words devour my heart (6722 words) by Rhovanel - Mature - Ali ibn el Kharish/T. E. Lawrence

Modern AU set during the Arab Spring. I approached this with understandable caution, but found it remarkably sensitively done.

Five Gods Universe (Chalion Series) - Lois McMaster Bujold

Offerings from the Oven (1531 words) by NaomiK - General Audiences

Modern AU in the form of a recipe blog, offering gifts to be be offered in service to each God in their season.

Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers

Traces Through Time (2461 words) by brutti_ma_buoni - Teen And Up Audiences - Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey

Medieval AU, as told through extracts from the work of modern scholar Katherine Climpson.

Ocean’s 8

As a Shrike to Your Thorn (5704 words) by DachOsmin - Teen And Up Audiences - Lou Miller/Debbie Ocean

Delightful, perfect Fae AU.

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The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones

Inappropriate Batwings and Assorted Boarding School Hazards (1241 words) by Satchelfoot - Not Rated - Christopher Chant/Millie

Delightful epistolary story set during Millie's first term at boarding school. Perfect character voices and excellent use of Throgmorten throughout.

The Queen’s Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

No Less Than I Will Miss You (1518 words) by pendrecarc - General Audiences - Eddis | Helen, The Magus (Queen's Thief)

A series of correspondence between Eddis and the Magus over the course of the series. I love their friendship so much.

Medieval Manuscript Illustrations

The Marvels of Whitby (1064 words) by Sath - General Audiences - Battle Snail, Barnacle Goose, Medieval Penis Tree

A correspondence between two monks with divergent interests

11th Century CE RPF

We'll Burn That Barn When We Come To It (3511 words) by lost_spook - Teen And Up Audiences - Harold II of England/William the Conqueror, Edith of Wessex (c. 1025-1075), Matilda of Flanders

It’s the Battle of Hastings, except Harry Godwinson is an organic farmer and William Norman is a french supermarket tycoon. Also, it is entirely epistolary, told in extracts from legal letters, angry text messages, emails, local news articles, and a local politics blog called “THE BAYEUX BLOGGER.” It’s amazing, and absolutely hilarious, with a much better ending than the actual Battle of Hastings.

Oxford Time Travel Series - Connie Willis

Dear Briele (6260 words) by lirin - General Audiences - Kivrin Engle

Kivrin in Oxford, before and after. As told via letters home to her younger sister.

Five Gods Universe (Chalion Series) - Lois McMaster Bujold

Oikos (1221 words) by Neotoma - General Audiences - Penric/Nikys

A lovely set of vignettes about Nikys’s new life with Penric, interspersed with her letters to her brother.

To Whatever - Shaenon Garrity

This is a delightful epistolary short story about becoming roommates with an eldritch abomination, and can be read for free here.

Correspondence (1512 words) by Isis - General Audiences - Ethan (To Whatever), Whatever Lives in the Walls (To Whatever)

Whatever also has some correspondence to share.

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Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

The Hat Trick (2977 words) by mikkey_bones - General Audiences - Anthony Blanche/Original Male Character

I freely admit, I opened this fic entirely because it was tagged “this fic has become a private joke between me and Evelyn Waugh's ghost,” “and i'm the only one laughing.” This was, as it turns out, an excellent life choice, because now I’m laughing too.

19th Century Paleontology RPF

Monsters Cuvier Did Not Dream Of (4781 words) by CenozoicSynapsid - General Audiences - Edward Drinker Cope/Othniel Charles Marsh

An eerie and atmospheric story about love and want and loss and one of the most OTT love/hate relationships of all time.

Coping Strategies (5663 words) by CenozoicSynapsid - General Audiences - Original Male Character/Original Male Character

A delightful first person POV caper story about stealing the skull of Edward Drinker Cope.

Vantablack Pigment Feud RPF

Up (at) yours (1227 words) by marginaliana - General Audiences - Stuart Semple, Original Characters

A heist story from the pov of Stuart Semple’s rather put-upon assistant.

No Colors Anymore (465 words) by neveralarch - General Audiences

No description I could write could adequately convey how delightfully unhinged this story is.

Discworld

A Business Proposition (100 words) by rabidsamfan - General Audiences - Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah

A perfect coda to Small Gods

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Several very short ones from Yuletide Madness in this batch.

Murderbot Diaries

Friends Don't Help Friends Murder People (2086 words) by specialrhino - General Audiences

MURDERBOT GETS ADOPTED BY A CAT! A very murderous, psychic alien cat.

Heroic Dogs (Real Puppy Fic)

The True Story of the Day I Was the Goodest Dog in the World, by me, Sgt. Stubby (1527 words) by someitems - Not Rated - Sgt. Stubby (WWI), Robert Conroy

"This is the destiny of every dog. To one day, be the goodest dog in the whole world. And you have to be ready."

Real life GOODEST GOOD DOG tells his puppies about the day he was the Goodest Dog in the World (War I). I knew when someone nominated this category that if there was any fic for it, it would be amazing, and I was right.

Hawkeye

Fetch (37 words) by misura - General Audiences - Lucky (Hawkeye)

Hawkeye, William Carlos Williams style.

Calvin & Hobbes

Petard (100 words) by rabidsamfan - General Audiences - Calvin's Mother (Calvin and Hobbes)

Children's books are dangerous, you never know what ideas you might be putting in your kids head.

Forest Fires And Other Hazards of Middle Age (100 words) by Missy - General Audiences - Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes), Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes), Susie Derkins

A perfectly Calvin little drabble.

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I think I'm going to be posting a bunch of smaller sets as I go this year, grouped vaguely by theme more than fandom.

Singin' in the Rain

He Loves and She Loves (4618 words) by tigrrmilk - Teen And Up Audiences - Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden

Great Don pov on his relationships with Kathy and Cosmo and why exactly he and Cosmo haven't ever been like that. I like all the references to old Hollywood in this, and how frank and perceptive Kathy is, and how perceptive Don isn't.

Lunch is for Ladies (1248 words) by Fabrisse - Teen And Up Audiences - Cosmo Brown & Kathy Selden, Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden

Kathy invites Cosmo to lunch for a chat. Another great take on Kathy and her wonderfully matter-of-fact nature.

Variety Issue 34 1930 (2371 words) by sanguinarily - Not Rated - Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden/Cosmo Brown

In which the gossip mags are inclined to make insinuations about Cosmo's relationship with Don, or maybe his relationship with Kathy. Except there's no truth to the rumours. Yet. The dialogue in this is pitch-perfect, I could hear their voices so clearly in my head while I was reading this.

Camelot

The Heart That Loveth Me (Every Joyous Word) (1836 words) by harborshore - General Audiences - Guinevere/Lancelot du Lac/Arthur Pendragon - Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Fusion, Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting, Alternate Universe - Star Wars Fusion

Four amazing alternate universes where everything maybe doesn't go wrong after all.

Philadelphia Story

Sir I Believe You Dropped Something (3446 words) by Jackalope80 - Teen And Up Audiences - C.K. Dexter Haven/Tracy Lord, Macaulay Connor/Tracy Lord, Macaulay Connor/C.K. Dexter Haven

SO. MUCH. FLIRTING. And banter. Flirting, and teasing, and banter. Everything I love about the movie, plus the ending I really wish it could have had. I really appreciate that this focuses on Mike's separate and very different developing relationships with Tracy and Dex before we ever see them all in a scene together.

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I got four stories for Yuletide this year and they are all amazing and perfect and everything I could possibly want.

The Turner Series - Cat Sebastian

Father Figure (5760 words) by dancinbutterfly - Explicit - Lord Courtenay/Julian Medlock - Praise Kink, Daddy Kink

I am so delighted to have gotten some Yuleporn this year and this is SUCH great Yuleporn. Hot, and intense, and well-characterized, and incredibly emotionally satisfying.

Las Vegas “Let’s Get Married” Commercial

This is a wonderful little story of a woman proposing to her girlfriend, that manages to avoid all the pitfalls of the "surprise proposal" trope. I'm not the one who nominated it this year, but I'm so glad someone did so I could request it.

Marry Me (1292 words) by whitedandelions - Teen And Up Audiences

This was such the perfect present to wake up to Christmas morning. A glimpse at various pieces of their relationship leading up to that moment.

Cupcakes and Long Distance Flights (301 words) by Missy - General Audiences

And then I woke up this morning and I had been gifted ANOTHER, equally wonderful backstory for them. Shorter, but no less perfect.

Captain Marvel (Comics)

A Reasonable List of Demands (576 words) by Corlaire - General Audiences - Carol Danvers/James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Chewie

Carol asks Rhodey to catsit. The best thing about this, other than everything about this, is how so very, very cat-like Chewie is throughout.

Many more recs to come over the next couple days. I just have to stop reading long enough to post them.