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I got a fantastic gift this year - A Helstone Rose, a Margaret Hale/John Thornton tale from the North and South book and miniseries. An alternate ending for the miniseries, in which Margaret chooses a slightly different path. It is exactly what I was hoping for, and it's meaty - long with excellent characterization. I was really happy to see this and I highly recommend it if you're a North and South fan!
Drive-by recs after my first pass:
Zinc Man, The Americans: Like the tightest and most tense of any episode of the show. Really well-researched. I love the voices in this, too. The author is clearly a fan!
The Long Dry Road That Lead Me Here, Almost Famous: Oh, Penny. I wasn't expecting to see any Almost Famous stories in the archive, so this is a pleasant surprise. And such a good one. Penny, pre-movie. The best idea - that it's Penny Lane who is most responsible for getting Stillwater to the point we see them in the movie.
The Good Old Way, True Grit (2010): Mattie Ross confesses. It's a perfect internal monologue and then some. Not really a Mattie/LaBoeuf story, but a shipper like me was more than satisfied anyway. ;-)
In Stunning Heaps, Dawson's Creek: Just because I'm still a huge Pacey/Joey fan, and this is a fun slice of life for them post-series.
(Not) Like Uber But For Babysitting, The Babysitters Club: Yuletide always brings to light the best nostalgia. This is definitely that, and then some, as the BSC girls, all grown-up, create an app. Love, love, love it.
The Ones I Used to Know, White Christmas/Agent Carter: The crossover you never knew you always wanted. Bob Wallace and Peggy Carter meet, again, after the war. It captures both sources so well, and I'm seriously sorry Bing Crosby and Hayley Atwell can only meet in fanfiction. Ah well. This is great.
Star and Stripes, American Girls: Molly/Agent Carter: Another great crossover! Molly is a fan of the Captain America Adventure Hour. Halloween fun ensues. I really love this.
Drive-by recs after my first pass:
Zinc Man, The Americans: Like the tightest and most tense of any episode of the show. Really well-researched. I love the voices in this, too. The author is clearly a fan!
The Long Dry Road That Lead Me Here, Almost Famous: Oh, Penny. I wasn't expecting to see any Almost Famous stories in the archive, so this is a pleasant surprise. And such a good one. Penny, pre-movie. The best idea - that it's Penny Lane who is most responsible for getting Stillwater to the point we see them in the movie.
The Good Old Way, True Grit (2010): Mattie Ross confesses. It's a perfect internal monologue and then some. Not really a Mattie/LaBoeuf story, but a shipper like me was more than satisfied anyway. ;-)
In Stunning Heaps, Dawson's Creek: Just because I'm still a huge Pacey/Joey fan, and this is a fun slice of life for them post-series.
(Not) Like Uber But For Babysitting, The Babysitters Club: Yuletide always brings to light the best nostalgia. This is definitely that, and then some, as the BSC girls, all grown-up, create an app. Love, love, love it.
The Ones I Used to Know, White Christmas/Agent Carter: The crossover you never knew you always wanted. Bob Wallace and Peggy Carter meet, again, after the war. It captures both sources so well, and I'm seriously sorry Bing Crosby and Hayley Atwell can only meet in fanfiction. Ah well. This is great.
Star and Stripes, American Girls: Molly/Agent Carter: Another great crossover! Molly is a fan of the Captain America Adventure Hour. Halloween fun ensues. I really love this.
