maidenjedi: (princess leia)
Snowflake continues....

Challenge #10

Five Things! The five things are totally up to you. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


How about, the last five fics I read on AO3? And I'll make this a little more interesting than that by only choosing one per fandom (I tend to binge in fandoms) and none of my own Yuletide gifts.

Sweet Ginger by [personal profile] pauraque (Black Beauty) - A drabble about Black Beauty's dream of Ginger. It brought me right back to my childhood - I loved this book! - and boy, it's a gut-punch.

The Adventure Begins by [archiveofourown.org profile] Shadaras (Star Wars) - I don't want to spoil this for you! Just know, it's an alternate tale for how Luke's story begins, and Beru Lars is awesome here.

Catch Fire by [personal profile] igrockspock (The Diplomat) - You'll be outright spoiled for the end of The Diplomat season one, but this is an excellent take on how the new season could begin.

Until Some Other Day by [archiveofourown.org profile] sheafrotherdon (Captain America/MCU) - I still love all the stories about Steve Rogers returning to Peggy Carter, but this one really sticks with me.

The Art of Marriage by [archiveofourown.org profile] Jen_814 (Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen) - Edward marries Lucy and Elinor has to move on. One of my favorite AU tropes for S&S featuring my favorite AU pairing.


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maidenjedi: (hermione)
Day 2 - Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create

With Thanks to Santayana by [archiveofourown.org profile] fahye - This is THE Jurassic World aftermath story, imho. Canon.  It was a Yuletide 2015 story that wiped the field clean.  It's Claire/Owen in a sweet, aching sort of way.  Claire having coffee with Lex.  A lot of tech-speak that rights wrongs and sets the story firmly in the original Crichton-verse.  I re-read this every so often and it always feels like the first time.

Oft Falling by [archiveofourown.org profile] kylohen and [archiveofourown.org profile] thedevilchicken - Obi-Wan POV. Obi-Wan/Padme.  My favorite non-canon ship in all its doomed and beautifully painful glory.  It's also really hot.  Even if you don't think you ship Obi-Wan and Padme, it's worth a read.

words for empty and words for full by [archiveofourown.org profile] tree - The only other time a fanfiction story turned me on to the original canon, instead of the reverse, was with an old Harry Potter story.  Tree's Walt and Vic are so pitch-perfect they set the standard - no other Walt or Vic could measure up, they are so perfectly themselves.  This story, with a fun alphabet conceit that almost melts away completely to leave the story perfectly exposed, is one of my favorite reads of the last two years.
maidenjedi: (Default)
Okay, so.  I had this great idea this morning for a pre-season 10 "why/how did Mulder and Scully break up" story and I really want to work on it, but this afternoon I cut my thumb while slicing apples (because I am AMAZING in the kitchen, y'all.  A badass).  Now I'm distracted and can't remember half of my idea, and I'm typing with a makeshift gauze bandage held on with washi tape and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bandaid (#momlife).  

As long as I'm using made up hashtags, let's also use this one:  #lameexcuses  

How about, instead, I share some recs?  :-)

Elysium by Aloysia Virgata
.  Five things Scully didn't get to do with William and one she did.  Kleenex warning!  No spoilers for Season 10.

Five Times Scully Called Mulder "Fox" and a Thousand Times She Didn't by Leiascully.  What it says on the tin, and slightly NSFW.  And just awesome.

Just the Thing by [archiveofourown.org profile] pinebluffvariant - A sweet story set at the end of "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas."

Coda by [archiveofourown.org profile] deslea - A little Alex Krycek.  To say more is to spoil.  It's lyrical and amazing, made me nostalgic and giddy all at once.

There are likely tons more, but the point is this:  whether you are on Tumblr or not, the place to find the good (most MSR) stuff right now is clearly here:  https://www.tumblr.com/search/xf+fanfic 

Yuletide!

Dec. 28th, 2015 05:47 pm
maidenjedi: (gandalf)
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.





maidenjedi: (Default)
Deadweight on Velveteen by goddesspharo - post-series, pre-movie Mulder/Scully that is exactly perfect. Go, read, shower her with feedback.

Bumping it Down by Adrienne - Okay, so, I'm spoiled as heck for the new movie but a lot (A LOT) of people aren't, and Adrienne was one of those people. So, take that into account. :-)

UBF by SamPiper - a bit of AU spec fic that you'll enjoy, because it's Mulder/Scully in a good way. I guess that's a crappy explanation, but seriously, if spec fic is your thing and MSR is your thing, this is a good one for you.

XF Fic Rec

May. 12th, 2008 12:34 pm
maidenjedi: (Default)
I need to watch the trailer the minute I get home, since I got distracted by all the disasters in the news this morning.

Anyway, fic rec!

Here in the Dark by TLynn. Post-"Three Words," kinda angsty but also hopeful.

Enjoy!
maidenjedi: (mulder_and_scully)
If y'all haven't read it yet, there's a story up on Ephemeral called "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" which just *rocks*.

It's by Marigold, and you can find it here.
maidenjedi: (fanfic writer)
And check out two new fanfic stories that hit the airwaves this weekend, both by classic XF authors.

Essential by TLynn - (author website)

This Week in Entertainment, 2112 by ML - author listing at Gossamer)

And you should already be reading everything that [livejournal.com profile] onpaperfirst is writing, especially her post-"Hollywood A.D." delight, Maps.

My goodness, y'all are getting downright prolific! I'm sure I'll be back later.
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