Yuletide and Stargate recs

[minxy]

I've just been watching yuletide. I'm newish to LJ (less than a year) so I didn't really know what it was and I am just blown away by the breadth of fandoms out there. It's introduced me to whole new universes of fanfic, not that I'm likely to stop being mostly mono-fannish anytime soon.

I don't know how to describe it, but I have never really known other people to be fannish about literature, so I am delighted, thrilled and oddly hysterical to rec a fic from the Dark Is Rising series of books: The End of the Summer by ashkitty. It's a gen moment between Will and Bran at the end of the life Bran chose. And it is just gorgeous in a memories surfacing, old friends returning way.

Winnie the Pooh 'verse by loligo: In Which A New Child Comes To The Forest (who would be Christopher Robin's son), and Christopher Robin learns something very sweet.

In Fairy Tales, meaning mostly Sleeping Beauty, but others are woven in there too, is written a complex, multilayered tale of the true nature of the Witch by lisan. Wicked, this is not, this witch is bitter and twisted, and she may not have twisted her past, but she has spelled her own future, and beautiful is the love that watches her do it.

Brought to Light by ranalore in the Ladyhawke fandom, is something that I read on katie_m's recommendation without knowing the fandom at all, and it is psychologically complex and lovingly resolved.

In the Tortall 'verse, which is detailed in several series by Tamora Pierce, is a curiously sad friendship fic called Old Bones and Memories by Rachael Sabotini (=wickedwords). It's not a character I've read yet in Tortall, but now I really want to.

Also, a pretty story of how the great heroes inspire the little ones: Of Valor by temaris, also Tortall 'verse.

So for the rest, there are a number of Brokeback Mountain fics that I shan't read until I get my lazy ass to the movie theater, and there are quite a few Narnia fics which I'm also not reading, for the same reason. Loved loved loved the written work for those, though.

And... transitioning into television fandoms: Dead Like Me was an extraordinary drama and Mandy Patinkin, playing Rube, was never less than remarkable in a multidimentional, faceted, utterly unique role. It is like seeing an old picture you'd forgotten about to read a fic so him. And Never Lose Affection.

Also Dead Like Me (I do miss that show) a moment when Reggie (George's little sister), Daisy and Roxy cross paths, and let them stay crossed for an interlude. Bedtime Story (with Strawberries and Cream).

Right, so some Stargate:

paian wrote Walls and Mirrors, which is Jack/Daniel and posted like, 5 seconds ago, so I haven't read it yet, but I still loved it. Even better than Cats. More thorough rec to come.
ETA: okay, here it is. I loved this because it worships the beginning, the first revelation that might have brought Jack and Daniel past friendship and into something more. I loved their individual responses to it, and love how they never push each other past bearing. S4.

Then, an author I DID NOT KNOW, but have now read Everything I Could Find. Icarus, darling, sign me up for your fanclub, you write really gorgeous moments and find such interesting things to say in them. Two favorites: Shy Guy, which introduced me to her (thanks to a rec from padawan_ally. *hugs*, though, you don't know me and will probably be a little scared by that) and does a brilliant job of letting two tacturn guys be hawt together. And Between the Lines for the aforementioned interesting moment amid slash.

Also? thegrrrl2002 writes very, very hot John/Rodney slash, this should not be news, really, but here's a specific rec: This one is a first time, with interesting twists about who knew they were gay and who didn't, and how that doesn't actually match up with how okay each of them are with it. Simple fic, with the hawt sexy, and the competant people still able to do their jobs, and well executed. And, I liked the angst in a big way. We All Arrive By Different Streets. Atlantis, John/Rodney, adult.

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Sometimes it amazes me what I didn't know I was missing. I shall have to check out her rec's journal, Shy Guy was a lovely lovely interaction, I'm sure she'd have some marvelous recs. Yay for finding great people. I do love LJ for that kind of stuff.

Walls and Mirrors, wasn't that amazing? That moment, that little revelation that has so many repercussions, is so often skipped or trivialized and she turns it into an epic poem. That's so lovely. Makes me wish every little moment could have such beautiful detail.

And two thoughts on Christmas fic: it is amazing to me how many people do so many prompt fics, ficathons and other gift fics. I did ONE and omg the stress about writing for someone else! Slayed me. I'm so impressed with you. I am even happier to hear that you're still writing and wanting to write Jack and Daniel, though, because it's so looooonely! Don't leeeeeaaaaaaave me!

LOL. Like I'm even writing Jack/Daniel now. Really must get the smut fic beta comments incorporated so I can get back to slash, my first true love. *sigh*

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it is amazing to me how many people do so many prompt fics, ficathons and other gift fics.

Yeah, well, you know that horrid dry spell I was having, when I just stopped writing at all? Well, my beta has always told me I write well under pressure, so I signed up for a bunch of things, hoping it would stir my muses...and it has, but it took forever to get jump-started, so most of them are late. And I signed up for some fandoms I'd never written in, so that's been weird. I went from writing Jayne's POV (Firefly) to Napoleon Solo's (Man from UNCLE!) Holy shit! That was the hardest transition of the bunch. :::Headdesk, repeat: ad infinitum::: But the whole thing has been a real learning experience.

Thank goodness two out of three of the ones I've yet to write are Oz (my first fandom), and I had my choice of which ones to write for, so I picked two I can write in series I've already started, so I've already established a lot, those two are going to be a breeze compared to, say - Man from UNCLE (which still needs some re-writing - very tough fandom to write for!)

I did ONE and omg the stress about writing for someone else!

I know what you mean, that's the thing that worries me the most. I've already gotten one gift fic, and (I'm not going to tell what fandom, but...) yikes! I hope I've never disappointed anyone else that badly (and I'm very generous with gifts, 'cause I understand how it is to be on the other side.) But, poorly written, not beta'd, barely any respect for herself as a writer, let alone my requests. (If it had been well written, I wouldn't have thought twice, but not to have any of my requests in it, and it sucked? Sad. Sorry...I guess that's kind of nasty of me, huh? I'm usually very lucky with these things, maybe that's why this one hit hard, you know?
So I always worry. I haven't gotten a comment from the NCIS I posted, but at least the X-Files recipient loved hers. She said it was just what she wanted. That's a relief!

Yeah, I'm curious about this smut fic, now...I can't wait to read it. I'm definitely missing my Jack/Daniel. But not for long, I still have 58 promts in my smut_69 table! Whee!!!

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The ficathon didn't translate into deadline pressure for me, I had the thing written and in beta a month before deadline, it was ridiculous. I'm glad your omg multiple!ficathon commitments jump started you, though I don't think I could have survive writing in three different fandoms. To prompts.

Which brings me to the wtf moment: now, I'm new to ficathons, but totally ignoring your persons request? Why sign up for the ficathon at all if you thought your ideas were better? Even if you didn't *like* your prompts (and I have to admit to rolling my eyes a bit and the Daniel whumping request that I got) ... nevermind. Don't mind me, I'm just bitter that my ficathon person totally flaked on me so I still haven't seen my present piece.

And, erm. Yeah, I need to work on the smutfic, even though Jack and Daniel are barely referenced. I just hit a major milestone at work, got permission to stop experimenting and just write the scientific papers, actually graduate... so it will be nice to have a little more free time (or at least, not feel the need to work so hard.) Smut, here I come! Woo hoo!

I love your smut table. I miss Jack and Daniel too. *wobbles lower lip*

And, Icarus is way cool. I'm thrilled to have met her.