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Yuletide 2019, Rec Post 2
Dec. 28th, 2019 01:15 pmNow with something beyond just my own (delightful) gifts!
I have winnowed this down to only 82 open tabs in Firefox... for the Main Collection. I have another window, with its own terrifying multiplicity of tabs, for Madness. I'd say send help, but I've been reading so much terrific stuff that I don't really want it.
The Stargazer (BoJack Horseman/Doctor Who). This makes my heart hurt in the best possible way. It's the story of Twelve rescuing Sarah Lynn from the planetarium and gradually beginning to rescue her from a life filled with pain and unsatisfied needs, and Sarah Lynn's POV is both funny and painful, and this is just completely, beautifully sweet and hopeful.
i would breathe water, The Light is Mine, and The Truth in the Light are all gorgeously written slivers of weird-hot for The Lighthouse, and they all grapple amazingly well with the canon's complex and atmospheric language, the hugely ambivalent central relationship, the sheer strangeness and surrealness of it all, and also feature unnerving horror and fucked-up sex.
And for something completely different, Paper Anniversary is a lovely post-canon fic for The View From Saturday. It's Ethan/Julian, years down the line, and its characterization is nuanced, its emotions are beautifully understated, and it does a great job building off a scene from the book that's always stuck with me.
Ars Longa (In This House of Brede) was possibly written by the actual ghost of Rumer Godden. It's a superb, delicate, thoughtful look at Stefan and his friendship with the one-time Abbess of Brede, and it's beautifully illuminating about art, religion, and friendship.
When is a Train Not a Train? (Dark Tower). Mind-bendingly great back-story and deep perspective fic of Blaine the Mono, which I never would have thought of. This does a stunning job of writing from a really alien POV and making it understandable and also of channeling the canon's feeling of collisions between worlds. It has several ideas in it that are now permanently welded to my view of canon, and it's also just amazingly well-written.
Feverblossom (Dark Tower). Sweet, warm ka-tet fic with hurt/comfort and gifts for Jake, and it perfectly scratches my itch for more loving ka-tet interaction. It's tender and full of feelings, and the style and dialogue are amazing. It just makes me smile to think about this.
A Long Way from the Cromwell Road (Ballet Shoes). A beautiful post-canon look at Pauline and Petrova as they're reunited in Hollywood. Beautifully-written, and I love the way the significance of their conversation emerges gradually. This is the happy ending I want for Pauline. (And I don't think it's just because I miss my own sister that I get a little sniffly at how well this fic evokes the sibling relationship.)
Phase is iddy hurt/comforty smut for Dennis/Kathy from Thirteen Ghosts, and I love it so much. This movie tapped into a lot of my id as a kid, and this fic hits all the same buttons while also being smart and subtle and in possession of lovely prose. Funny, tender, and hot.
Enough for Anyone (Excellent Women). I'm in awe at the fact that this absolutely feels like it comes straight out of Barbara Pym's acerbic, empathetic-but-clear-sighted novel: it's funny and low-key romantic and the dialogue is perfect.
Try, Die Again (Ready or Not). 16k of time loop Grace/Daniel, with the two of them trying to find out how Grace is supposed to win the game according to Le Bail's shifting definitions of the rules? YES, PLEASE. This has exactly the same pedal-to-the-metal adrenaline rush and creativity of the film, and it's filled with the same buried emotional depth--while also giving Grace even more chances to show off her ingenuity and letting Grace/Daniel happen more fully.
Other recs pending!
I have winnowed this down to only 82 open tabs in Firefox... for the Main Collection. I have another window, with its own terrifying multiplicity of tabs, for Madness. I'd say send help, but I've been reading so much terrific stuff that I don't really want it.
The Stargazer (BoJack Horseman/Doctor Who). This makes my heart hurt in the best possible way. It's the story of Twelve rescuing Sarah Lynn from the planetarium and gradually beginning to rescue her from a life filled with pain and unsatisfied needs, and Sarah Lynn's POV is both funny and painful, and this is just completely, beautifully sweet and hopeful.
i would breathe water, The Light is Mine, and The Truth in the Light are all gorgeously written slivers of weird-hot for The Lighthouse, and they all grapple amazingly well with the canon's complex and atmospheric language, the hugely ambivalent central relationship, the sheer strangeness and surrealness of it all, and also feature unnerving horror and fucked-up sex.
And for something completely different, Paper Anniversary is a lovely post-canon fic for The View From Saturday. It's Ethan/Julian, years down the line, and its characterization is nuanced, its emotions are beautifully understated, and it does a great job building off a scene from the book that's always stuck with me.
Ars Longa (In This House of Brede) was possibly written by the actual ghost of Rumer Godden. It's a superb, delicate, thoughtful look at Stefan and his friendship with the one-time Abbess of Brede, and it's beautifully illuminating about art, religion, and friendship.
When is a Train Not a Train? (Dark Tower). Mind-bendingly great back-story and deep perspective fic of Blaine the Mono, which I never would have thought of. This does a stunning job of writing from a really alien POV and making it understandable and also of channeling the canon's feeling of collisions between worlds. It has several ideas in it that are now permanently welded to my view of canon, and it's also just amazingly well-written.
Feverblossom (Dark Tower). Sweet, warm ka-tet fic with hurt/comfort and gifts for Jake, and it perfectly scratches my itch for more loving ka-tet interaction. It's tender and full of feelings, and the style and dialogue are amazing. It just makes me smile to think about this.
A Long Way from the Cromwell Road (Ballet Shoes). A beautiful post-canon look at Pauline and Petrova as they're reunited in Hollywood. Beautifully-written, and I love the way the significance of their conversation emerges gradually. This is the happy ending I want for Pauline. (And I don't think it's just because I miss my own sister that I get a little sniffly at how well this fic evokes the sibling relationship.)
Phase is iddy hurt/comforty smut for Dennis/Kathy from Thirteen Ghosts, and I love it so much. This movie tapped into a lot of my id as a kid, and this fic hits all the same buttons while also being smart and subtle and in possession of lovely prose. Funny, tender, and hot.
Enough for Anyone (Excellent Women). I'm in awe at the fact that this absolutely feels like it comes straight out of Barbara Pym's acerbic, empathetic-but-clear-sighted novel: it's funny and low-key romantic and the dialogue is perfect.
Try, Die Again (Ready or Not). 16k of time loop Grace/Daniel, with the two of them trying to find out how Grace is supposed to win the game according to Le Bail's shifting definitions of the rules? YES, PLEASE. This has exactly the same pedal-to-the-metal adrenaline rush and creativity of the film, and it's filled with the same buried emotional depth--while also giving Grace even more chances to show off her ingenuity and letting Grace/Daniel happen more fully.
Other recs pending!