Yuletide Recs
Dec. 31st, 2017 12:27 pmI am supremely, supremely late to the game, but here we go!
I was incredibly spoiled this year by five (!!!) full-length fics in the main collection. Each and every single one of them was tailored to my letter, and so I am just a bundle of much exclamation and throwing up of hands in the air in glee.
Going chronologically:
Machineries of Empire - Mirror, Mirror
E, 10K, Kujen/Istradez, incest, mpreg, and a few more warnings that you should read if you click through
10,000 WORDS OF KUJEN FUCKING UP ISTRADEZ TO MAKE MIKODEZ CRAZY. I'm not sure I need to say more, yes? Kujen, in possession of a sick and twisted mind, goes forth and does what he does best. This one is a little hard to pick up if you don't know the Machineries canon, but that just makes picking up the Machineries canon a good idea, eh?
Rush (2013) - What Still Remains
E, 4K, James Hunt/Niki Lauda
Besides the fact that I've hit the porn lottery this year (including, in this fic, some incredibly lap sitting by someone who gives not a single fuck that he's never sat on anyone's lap before), this fic brings Niki Lauda so wonderfully to life in all his high-competent, super-prickly, but baseline-emotional glory. Then throws James Hunt at him. If you like reading about F1 drivers who will fight through anything, including catastrophic accidents and wayward rivals, this is for you.
The Left Hand of Darkness - Mirage and Memory
M, 1K, Ashe/Therem
This was my year for tragic incest, emphasis on the "tragic" for the two marvellous Left Hand fics I received. This is one canon where fix-it never quite worked for me: part of Estraven's draw as a character is that he is fatally doomed, and that works on a lot of levels - not the least of which his personal life. This fic demonstrates the terrible and icy slide down the road of good intentions: good people in pain, and in love, can make bad choices.
Machineries of Empire - Hell of a Spread
M, 3K, Istradez/Mikodez
Holy hell, this fic. The language is smoking. The worldbuild is a rollercoaster ride down the tunnels of galactic sci-fi. Even if you don't know the fandom, I'd recommend reading it just for the lushness of the prose and the sharpness of the character voices. Then add on the chocolate sprinkles of a hyper-competent Istradez chasing after a hyper-competent Mikodez who can never reciprocate and... This is so good. So, so good.
The Left Hand of Darkness - A Profound Hurt
T, 2K, Ashe/Therem
And now the flip side of the coin: this Left Hand fic delves into the other rippled side-effects that Therem had on the lives of the others around him. His relationship with Ashe is still strained, but - as the author quotes - this is a profound hurt arising from a profound love. A sympathetic and Gethen-embedded look into the Osborthe clan and the family Therem leaves behind.
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( Recs for other fic )
If you read something you think I should read, comment! Or just glee with me. SO MUCH GLEE.
I was incredibly spoiled this year by five (!!!) full-length fics in the main collection. Each and every single one of them was tailored to my letter, and so I am just a bundle of much exclamation and throwing up of hands in the air in glee.
Going chronologically:
Machineries of Empire - Mirror, Mirror
E, 10K, Kujen/Istradez, incest, mpreg, and a few more warnings that you should read if you click through
10,000 WORDS OF KUJEN FUCKING UP ISTRADEZ TO MAKE MIKODEZ CRAZY. I'm not sure I need to say more, yes? Kujen, in possession of a sick and twisted mind, goes forth and does what he does best. This one is a little hard to pick up if you don't know the Machineries canon, but that just makes picking up the Machineries canon a good idea, eh?
Rush (2013) - What Still Remains
E, 4K, James Hunt/Niki Lauda
Besides the fact that I've hit the porn lottery this year (including, in this fic, some incredibly lap sitting by someone who gives not a single fuck that he's never sat on anyone's lap before), this fic brings Niki Lauda so wonderfully to life in all his high-competent, super-prickly, but baseline-emotional glory. Then throws James Hunt at him. If you like reading about F1 drivers who will fight through anything, including catastrophic accidents and wayward rivals, this is for you.
The Left Hand of Darkness - Mirage and Memory
M, 1K, Ashe/Therem
This was my year for tragic incest, emphasis on the "tragic" for the two marvellous Left Hand fics I received. This is one canon where fix-it never quite worked for me: part of Estraven's draw as a character is that he is fatally doomed, and that works on a lot of levels - not the least of which his personal life. This fic demonstrates the terrible and icy slide down the road of good intentions: good people in pain, and in love, can make bad choices.
Machineries of Empire - Hell of a Spread
M, 3K, Istradez/Mikodez
Holy hell, this fic. The language is smoking. The worldbuild is a rollercoaster ride down the tunnels of galactic sci-fi. Even if you don't know the fandom, I'd recommend reading it just for the lushness of the prose and the sharpness of the character voices. Then add on the chocolate sprinkles of a hyper-competent Istradez chasing after a hyper-competent Mikodez who can never reciprocate and... This is so good. So, so good.
The Left Hand of Darkness - A Profound Hurt
T, 2K, Ashe/Therem
And now the flip side of the coin: this Left Hand fic delves into the other rippled side-effects that Therem had on the lives of the others around him. His relationship with Ashe is still strained, but - as the author quotes - this is a profound hurt arising from a profound love. A sympathetic and Gethen-embedded look into the Osborthe clan and the family Therem leaves behind.
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( Recs for other fic )
If you read something you think I should read, comment! Or just glee with me. SO MUCH GLEE.