Some Yuletide recs
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eccentric_hatI have been reading a lot of fic! I received Grand Budapest Hotel fic:
The Story History Will Forget (2128 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Agatha/Zero Moustafa
Characters: Agatha (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Zero Moustafa, Gustave H., Original Characters
Additional Tags: AU, Alternate Ending, Canon Divergence, Character Background, Yuletide 2014
Summary: Agatha's story, from her point of view, with an alternate ending.
I love Agatha a lot, and it's a pleasure to see her get the spotlight to herself for once.
Here are some favorites of the other stuff I've read:
Patience, Friend (3497 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Langford James, Volatilus
Additional Tags: Dragons, Backstory, Hatchlings, Yuletide, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide 2014
Summary:
[This is the cutest dragon-hatching story you could wish for, with great touches of character and setting. Very little canon knowledge is required to understand it, too, which is a bonus since I dropped off reading this series after I lost track of what was happening in the wars.]
We Shall Never Lack the Means of Life (1844 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spiders Georg, Dracula - Bram Stoker
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: R.M. Renfield/Spiders Georg
Characters: R.M. Renfield, Spiders Georg (Character)
Additional Tags: Zoophagy, Spiders, Bugs & Insects, Victorian, Caves, Switzerland, Mountains, Yuletide, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide 2014
Summary:
Summer's End (1383 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sound of Music (1965)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Liesl von Trapp
Additional Tags: Anschluss
Summary: Liesl may be innocent and naive when it comes to the world of men, but she knows this is important.
[Nicely expands on the sort of handwaved nationalistic politics of The Sound of Music.]
A moment of perversion (1543 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: OC/OC
Characters: OC - Character
Additional Tags: Hermaphrodites, Perversion, Social Issues, Canon Compliant, Isolation, Estrangement, Sexual Content
Summary: The people who live on the fringes - the outcasts, the perverts.
[This could take place before or during or after the novel; it does a bit of additional worldbuilding and plays around with what it would feel like to be a Gethenian.]
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (6459 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Will Stanton, Bran Davies (Dark Is Rising), Jane Drew, Barney Drew
Summary: "So," Will says at last. "Same time next year?"
[Some people like Dark is Rising fix-its; personally I prefer the stories that work within the strictures of the books. This is an excellent canon-compliant follow-up about how an Old One might struggle to stay human.]
Building the Four Quarters of the Circle (1487 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Merriman Lyon, Will Stanton, The Lady (Dark Is Rising), Arthur Pendragon, John Wayland Smith
Summary: Merriman gathers the Signs.
[Another good canon-compliant fic, this one pre-series; I'm always happy to see a little more of Merriman.]
The Whitehall Affair (5219 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Aubrey/Sophie Williams, Stephen Maturin/Diana Villiers
Characters: Jack Aubrey, Sophie Williams, Stephen Maturin, Diana Villiers, Sir Joseph Blaine
Additional Tags: Spies & Secret Agents
Summary: “Why, Stephen,” Diana said, teasing. “Anyone would think you had some secret mission you were planning.”
[I should really read the Master & Commander books properly, considering how much I enjoy all the characters in this story.]
Beyond the Ninth Wave (3915 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wise Child Series - Monica Furlong
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Juniper (Wise Child series), Wise Child (Wise Child series), Finbar (Wise Child series), Original Characters
Summary: After being driven from their home by Fillan Priest, Juniper and Wise Child adjust to a new life on Finbar's ship. Post-Wise Child.
[Beautiful character work and vivid sense of life on the sea in a medieval setting.]
Take a Light (601 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Vinculus, John Childermass
Summary: Childermass and Vinculus met a Lady at the crossroads.
[A treat; things never have been easy for Childermass, have they?]
In Which Morwen's Cats Have a Valid Point (1025 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia Wrede
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Morwen/Telemain
Additional Tags: Fluff
Summary: To be more precise, in which Morwen's cats have a valid point regarding the feasibility of eliminating sundry household obstacles through magic.
[One of the other prompts I suggested was for Morwen/Telemain married life, so it's especially delightful to see someone else requested it and got it.]
Most Valued and Distinguished (1310 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: M. Gustave - Character, The Author, Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Backstory, Illustrated
Summary: It has been one hour and thirty-seven minutes since the author's Remington clanked out this: Appendix B: M. Gustave's Formative Years, An Abbreviated Account.
[Another Grand Budapest Hotel fic, this time about Monsieur Gustave's childhood; short, sharp, admirably well-tuned to the rhythms and world of the movie.]
The Story History Will Forget (2128 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Agatha/Zero Moustafa
Characters: Agatha (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Zero Moustafa, Gustave H., Original Characters
Additional Tags: AU, Alternate Ending, Canon Divergence, Character Background, Yuletide 2014
Summary: Agatha's story, from her point of view, with an alternate ending.
I love Agatha a lot, and it's a pleasure to see her get the spotlight to herself for once.
Here are some favorites of the other stuff I've read:
Patience, Friend (3497 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Langford James, Volatilus
Additional Tags: Dragons, Backstory, Hatchlings, Yuletide, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide 2014
Summary:
“Volly! Good name, Volly? Good name, good dragon?”
“Yes,” James said, and laid his hand on his dragon’s head. "Good name, good dragon.”
[This is the cutest dragon-hatching story you could wish for, with great touches of character and setting. Very little canon knowledge is required to understand it, too, which is a bonus since I dropped off reading this series after I lost track of what was happening in the wars.]
We Shall Never Lack the Means of Life (1844 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spiders Georg, Dracula - Bram Stoker
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: R.M. Renfield/Spiders Georg
Characters: R.M. Renfield, Spiders Georg (Character)
Additional Tags: Zoophagy, Spiders, Bugs & Insects, Victorian, Caves, Switzerland, Mountains, Yuletide, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide 2014
Summary:
“Never before have I met another who shares my appreciation for Arachnida as sustenance. I am, you see… something of, how do you say? —The term in Hochdeutsch would be ein Sonderfall.”
“An outlier,” Renfield translated.
“Yes,” said Georg; “an outlier.”
Summer's End (1383 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sound of Music (1965)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Liesl von Trapp
Additional Tags: Anschluss
Summary: Liesl may be innocent and naive when it comes to the world of men, but she knows this is important.
[Nicely expands on the sort of handwaved nationalistic politics of The Sound of Music.]
A moment of perversion (1543 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: OC/OC
Characters: OC - Character
Additional Tags: Hermaphrodites, Perversion, Social Issues, Canon Compliant, Isolation, Estrangement, Sexual Content
Summary: The people who live on the fringes - the outcasts, the perverts.
[This could take place before or during or after the novel; it does a bit of additional worldbuilding and plays around with what it would feel like to be a Gethenian.]
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (6459 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Will Stanton, Bran Davies (Dark Is Rising), Jane Drew, Barney Drew
Summary: "So," Will says at last. "Same time next year?"
[Some people like Dark is Rising fix-its; personally I prefer the stories that work within the strictures of the books. This is an excellent canon-compliant follow-up about how an Old One might struggle to stay human.]
Building the Four Quarters of the Circle (1487 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Merriman Lyon, Will Stanton, The Lady (Dark Is Rising), Arthur Pendragon, John Wayland Smith
Summary: Merriman gathers the Signs.
[Another good canon-compliant fic, this one pre-series; I'm always happy to see a little more of Merriman.]
The Whitehall Affair (5219 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Aubrey/Sophie Williams, Stephen Maturin/Diana Villiers
Characters: Jack Aubrey, Sophie Williams, Stephen Maturin, Diana Villiers, Sir Joseph Blaine
Additional Tags: Spies & Secret Agents
Summary: “Why, Stephen,” Diana said, teasing. “Anyone would think you had some secret mission you were planning.”
[I should really read the Master & Commander books properly, considering how much I enjoy all the characters in this story.]
Beyond the Ninth Wave (3915 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wise Child Series - Monica Furlong
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Juniper (Wise Child series), Wise Child (Wise Child series), Finbar (Wise Child series), Original Characters
Summary: After being driven from their home by Fillan Priest, Juniper and Wise Child adjust to a new life on Finbar's ship. Post-Wise Child.
[Beautiful character work and vivid sense of life on the sea in a medieval setting.]
Take a Light (601 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Vinculus, John Childermass
Summary: Childermass and Vinculus met a Lady at the crossroads.
[A treat; things never have been easy for Childermass, have they?]
In Which Morwen's Cats Have a Valid Point (1025 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia Wrede
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Morwen/Telemain
Additional Tags: Fluff
Summary: To be more precise, in which Morwen's cats have a valid point regarding the feasibility of eliminating sundry household obstacles through magic.
[One of the other prompts I suggested was for Morwen/Telemain married life, so it's especially delightful to see someone else requested it and got it.]
Most Valued and Distinguished (1310 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: M. Gustave - Character, The Author, Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Backstory, Illustrated
Summary: It has been one hour and thirty-seven minutes since the author's Remington clanked out this: Appendix B: M. Gustave's Formative Years, An Abbreviated Account.
[Another Grand Budapest Hotel fic, this time about Monsieur Gustave's childhood; short, sharp, admirably well-tuned to the rhythms and world of the movie.]
