Yuletide recs
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st_aurafinaFirst up, I got a treat in Yuletide Madness, yay!
Tinseltown
Signing an air-tight contract that greenlights a biopic based on his life just might be the worst one yet.
So funny, so adorable and very, very Indiana. It's like, Hollywood AD for Indiana Jones.
Other recs under the cut.
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
"Strife at Methodist Ladies'"
Missing calculus prep, a mathematics master who doesn't believe in women attending university, and a first former who is intent upon escaping from detention -- what is Elizabeth MacMillan to do?
Adorable school story, with tiny but worldly first former Phryne, and Mac, who is assigned to watch over her in detention.
et faisons la grasse matinée
"I do love you," Mac says. She's not fond of saying it.
Amazing and hot Phryne/Mac, Phryne/Jack. Mac is so prickly and introverted and so in love with Phryne.
---
Killjoys
Johnny Jaqobis and the Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Day (That Just Might Be Okay in the End)
List of bad things that have happened to Johnny today:
-Shot by woman in bloody wedding dress
-Failed to steal beautiful spaceship
-Nearly electrocuted
-Pursued by ruthless bounty hunters
-Duped into indentured servitude
But somehow, if he’s lucky, he just might finish the day with a new partner and maybe even a friend.
Perfect origin story for Johnny and Dutch. Johnny is such an ethical thief, it's a bit of a problem for him. (And he's so instantly smitten by Lucy. <3)
High Spirits and Idle Hands
"You know, when I envisioned us going out and doing some fun team-building activities in between warrants," Johnny says, "I honestly pictured less nudity. Or no nudity from outside parties, at least. I know us."
An excellent and disastrous treasure hunt and all thanks to Fancy Lee. (I love Fancy Lee!)
---
Cornetto "40-love" Commercial
More than Tennis
Being in a relationship with a tennis star isn't always easy. Especially for the star.
What happens after the events of the video - Maria and Debbie build a relationship. This wasn't a gift for me, but it was one of my requested fandoms this year, and this is as sweet and awkwardly romantic as the original film. Speaking of which, I have so many feels about a nine minute film that is basically an advertisment for ice-cream in which the ice-cream doesn't even feature. Here's the link for the film: Cornetto Cupidity Love Stories - 40 Love.
---
IWC Portofino "A Sparkle to the Wrist" Commercial
28 July 2061
What is it about her that attracts these strangers?
(From the notes: I loved this prompt you gave: "Members of a secret society, in which membership is indicated by their matching timepieces? Is it a secret society of TIME TRAVELLERS, and the watches are time machines?!" I mean, how could I not?)
I just - Cate Blanchett, the time-travelling lesbian. Basically, this is very fine crack based on one of those ridiculously glamorous ads for something I could never afford to own and otherwise show no interest in. Here's the original video, if you want to watch Cate Blanchett, Zhou Xun and Emily Blunt wandering around Italy in tuxedos. You know, if you have an interest in that sort of thing. Ewan McGregor and Chrisopher Waltz are there, too. And some kind of supervillain style motor boat. IDK, it's one big swoon, basically.
---
Dig
Draw a White Chalk Baphomet
Peter Connelly has heard two things:
One, there's a new rapture cult in Jerusalem.
Two, Golan Cohen is still alive.
Golan Cohen hears a knock at the door.
This is excellent fix-it fic for a reasonably terrible TV series. It's very satisfying to see a thing fixed which badly needed fixing.
---
Belgariad/Mallorean series
Who Guides the Guide?
An account of Prince Kheldar's adventures on his way to Sendaria in the year 5369, and how he came to be a pawn of prophecy.
A nice, snarky, Silk-POV piece, set at the start of Pawn of Prophecy
---
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
Roads Diverged
What would you do, if you could go back in time?
Posy fixes some things, in a very Posy sort of way. (With time-travel.) Sweet, and in the tone of the books.
---
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
The Chilling Crimes of Chinchilla Chick
The first time Nancy kissed Doreen she tasted like acorn buttercream and New York City grit. Nancy had never thought of that as a winning combination, but somehow Doreen made it work. She also dipped Nancy, because Doreen kissed like she did everything else: with 300% enthusiasm and like she'd learned it off a pack of trading cards written by a maniac in a full-face mask.
Nancy was never going to get the taste of acorns out from behind her molars.
So so so so good and hilarious. With footnotes, just like the comic.
---
We need to talk about Annika - Simon Stålenhag
Speaking of Annika
Annika invites a friend for a walk.
Horror story, based on this incredibly creepy piece of art
---
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
En Prise
In 1992, HAL is born on a college campus in Illinois.
Beautiful HAL POV, and a tiny bit heartbreaking, watching his paranoia grow as he tries to make sense of his conflicting orders.
---
Lucky - Britney Spears (Music Video)
lost in an image
Just a cute little femslash fic loosely based on the video, with a happy ending.
---
Ms Marvel
Kamala Khan vs. Bears
Kamala's superhero duties are interfering with her fannish life.
This is a ficlet from the Madness collection. Kamala takes a last-minute pinch hit for Yuletide - omg, omg, adorable!
---
Ladyhawke
The Raptor
On the first night, Isabeau's cousin wouldn't agree to bring the wolf in without the cage. Isabeau is not entirely certain she herself would know what to do with him without the cage.
Set in the first few days after the curse has fallen, as Isabeau struggles to figure out the logistics for the situation. Heartbreaking for the moment on the first sunset when she thinks it's all over. Awesome for all the historical detail, and for Isabeau's relentless problem solving.
---
Pushing Daisies
Li'l Gumshoe
Young Penny Cod was nine years, two hours, and forty-three minutes old when she found the book which changed her life. Like hundreds of other little black girls who would encounter Li’l Gumshoe, she felt as though it had been written just for her. The difference was, Penny Cod was right.
Aaah, adorable Penny Cod case-fic. Lovely and clever and pointy-sharp like Emerson's daughter would be.
---
Jane the Virgin
#Rogeliban
Reply from @feministfaolan
god they would be the cutest couple #Rogeliban
Reply from @RogelioDeLaVega
Wait what????
Amazing meta on shipping, on shipping across platforms, on the wisdom of hiding your RPF fic from your family. The graphics are amazing. The easter eggs are plentiful.
---
A Knight's Tale
Somebody To Love
Geoffrey gets even with Wat by embarrassing him with grand proclamations of romance and desire. It kind of backfires rather epicly-- neither Geoffrey nor Wat really mind.
A fantastically arseholish Geoffrey, who gets what's coming to him. (Spoilers: a good fonging.)
---
Sense8
Lie Low at Lito's
In which Nomi and Amanita make like outlaws in a Western.
Heaps of fun, Nomi and Amanita make a grand escape and go to hang out with Lito's people.
Twin Suns
And even though she didn't have magical telepathy, she had other skills. Costumes and the internet went a long way to being a super hero.
Amanita gathers a posse of relatives and lovers for all of the cluster and goes to mount a rescue.
---
Selfie
Rockie Mountain High
Henry's midlife crisis happened when he was twenty-six.
Henry celebrates his fortieth birthday getting stoned with Eliza on top of a mountain. Adorable and so very repressed.
---
Supergirl
You're My Freak
Four times that Kara using her powers nearly gave Alex a heart attack and the one time Alex asked her to use them.
Kara learning how to human, so cute. Alex gets to be both the best big sister, and also a teenager with an image to maintain.
---
Bad Blood - Taylor Swift
American Doll Posse
The world’s not kind; that’s the first lesson.
Clever backstory and world-building for Catastophe, Knock-Out, the Trinity and Domino
Tinseltown
Signing an air-tight contract that greenlights a biopic based on his life just might be the worst one yet.
So funny, so adorable and very, very Indiana. It's like, Hollywood AD for Indiana Jones.
Other recs under the cut.
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
"Strife at Methodist Ladies'"
Missing calculus prep, a mathematics master who doesn't believe in women attending university, and a first former who is intent upon escaping from detention -- what is Elizabeth MacMillan to do?
Adorable school story, with tiny but worldly first former Phryne, and Mac, who is assigned to watch over her in detention.
et faisons la grasse matinée
"I do love you," Mac says. She's not fond of saying it.
Amazing and hot Phryne/Mac, Phryne/Jack. Mac is so prickly and introverted and so in love with Phryne.
---
Killjoys
Johnny Jaqobis and the Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Day (That Just Might Be Okay in the End)
List of bad things that have happened to Johnny today:
-Shot by woman in bloody wedding dress
-Failed to steal beautiful spaceship
-Nearly electrocuted
-Pursued by ruthless bounty hunters
-Duped into indentured servitude
But somehow, if he’s lucky, he just might finish the day with a new partner and maybe even a friend.
Perfect origin story for Johnny and Dutch. Johnny is such an ethical thief, it's a bit of a problem for him. (And he's so instantly smitten by Lucy. <3)
High Spirits and Idle Hands
"You know, when I envisioned us going out and doing some fun team-building activities in between warrants," Johnny says, "I honestly pictured less nudity. Or no nudity from outside parties, at least. I know us."
An excellent and disastrous treasure hunt and all thanks to Fancy Lee. (I love Fancy Lee!)
---
Cornetto "40-love" Commercial
More than Tennis
Being in a relationship with a tennis star isn't always easy. Especially for the star.
What happens after the events of the video - Maria and Debbie build a relationship. This wasn't a gift for me, but it was one of my requested fandoms this year, and this is as sweet and awkwardly romantic as the original film. Speaking of which, I have so many feels about a nine minute film that is basically an advertisment for ice-cream in which the ice-cream doesn't even feature. Here's the link for the film: Cornetto Cupidity Love Stories - 40 Love.
---
IWC Portofino "A Sparkle to the Wrist" Commercial
28 July 2061
What is it about her that attracts these strangers?
(From the notes: I loved this prompt you gave: "Members of a secret society, in which membership is indicated by their matching timepieces? Is it a secret society of TIME TRAVELLERS, and the watches are time machines?!" I mean, how could I not?)
I just - Cate Blanchett, the time-travelling lesbian. Basically, this is very fine crack based on one of those ridiculously glamorous ads for something I could never afford to own and otherwise show no interest in. Here's the original video, if you want to watch Cate Blanchett, Zhou Xun and Emily Blunt wandering around Italy in tuxedos. You know, if you have an interest in that sort of thing. Ewan McGregor and Chrisopher Waltz are there, too. And some kind of supervillain style motor boat. IDK, it's one big swoon, basically.
---
Dig
Draw a White Chalk Baphomet
Peter Connelly has heard two things:
One, there's a new rapture cult in Jerusalem.
Two, Golan Cohen is still alive.
Golan Cohen hears a knock at the door.
This is excellent fix-it fic for a reasonably terrible TV series. It's very satisfying to see a thing fixed which badly needed fixing.
---
Belgariad/Mallorean series
Who Guides the Guide?
An account of Prince Kheldar's adventures on his way to Sendaria in the year 5369, and how he came to be a pawn of prophecy.
A nice, snarky, Silk-POV piece, set at the start of Pawn of Prophecy
---
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
Roads Diverged
What would you do, if you could go back in time?
Posy fixes some things, in a very Posy sort of way. (With time-travel.) Sweet, and in the tone of the books.
---
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
The Chilling Crimes of Chinchilla Chick
The first time Nancy kissed Doreen she tasted like acorn buttercream and New York City grit. Nancy had never thought of that as a winning combination, but somehow Doreen made it work. She also dipped Nancy, because Doreen kissed like she did everything else: with 300% enthusiasm and like she'd learned it off a pack of trading cards written by a maniac in a full-face mask.
Nancy was never going to get the taste of acorns out from behind her molars.
So so so so good and hilarious. With footnotes, just like the comic.
---
We need to talk about Annika - Simon Stålenhag
Speaking of Annika
Annika invites a friend for a walk.
Horror story, based on this incredibly creepy piece of art
---
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
En Prise
In 1992, HAL is born on a college campus in Illinois.
Beautiful HAL POV, and a tiny bit heartbreaking, watching his paranoia grow as he tries to make sense of his conflicting orders.
---
Lucky - Britney Spears (Music Video)
lost in an image
Just a cute little femslash fic loosely based on the video, with a happy ending.
---
Ms Marvel
Kamala Khan vs. Bears
Kamala's superhero duties are interfering with her fannish life.
This is a ficlet from the Madness collection. Kamala takes a last-minute pinch hit for Yuletide - omg, omg, adorable!
---
Ladyhawke
The Raptor
On the first night, Isabeau's cousin wouldn't agree to bring the wolf in without the cage. Isabeau is not entirely certain she herself would know what to do with him without the cage.
Set in the first few days after the curse has fallen, as Isabeau struggles to figure out the logistics for the situation. Heartbreaking for the moment on the first sunset when she thinks it's all over. Awesome for all the historical detail, and for Isabeau's relentless problem solving.
---
Pushing Daisies
Li'l Gumshoe
Young Penny Cod was nine years, two hours, and forty-three minutes old when she found the book which changed her life. Like hundreds of other little black girls who would encounter Li’l Gumshoe, she felt as though it had been written just for her. The difference was, Penny Cod was right.
Aaah, adorable Penny Cod case-fic. Lovely and clever and pointy-sharp like Emerson's daughter would be.
---
Jane the Virgin
#Rogeliban
Reply from @feministfaolan
god they would be the cutest couple #Rogeliban
Reply from @RogelioDeLaVega
Wait what????
Amazing meta on shipping, on shipping across platforms, on the wisdom of hiding your RPF fic from your family. The graphics are amazing. The easter eggs are plentiful.
---
A Knight's Tale
Somebody To Love
Geoffrey gets even with Wat by embarrassing him with grand proclamations of romance and desire. It kind of backfires rather epicly-- neither Geoffrey nor Wat really mind.
A fantastically arseholish Geoffrey, who gets what's coming to him. (Spoilers: a good fonging.)
---
Sense8
Lie Low at Lito's
In which Nomi and Amanita make like outlaws in a Western.
Heaps of fun, Nomi and Amanita make a grand escape and go to hang out with Lito's people.
Twin Suns
And even though she didn't have magical telepathy, she had other skills. Costumes and the internet went a long way to being a super hero.
Amanita gathers a posse of relatives and lovers for all of the cluster and goes to mount a rescue.
---
Selfie
Rockie Mountain High
Henry's midlife crisis happened when he was twenty-six.
Henry celebrates his fortieth birthday getting stoned with Eliza on top of a mountain. Adorable and so very repressed.
---
Supergirl
You're My Freak
Four times that Kara using her powers nearly gave Alex a heart attack and the one time Alex asked her to use them.
Kara learning how to human, so cute. Alex gets to be both the best big sister, and also a teenager with an image to maintain.
---
Bad Blood - Taylor Swift
American Doll Posse
The world’s not kind; that’s the first lesson.
Clever backstory and world-building for Catastophe, Knock-Out, the Trinity and Domino