Finally, Yuletide Recs!
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yuletide! Here are some recs:
Fandoms: C.S Lewis Space Trilogy; JRR Tolkien- The Hobbit; JRR Tolkien- Unfinished Tales and HoMe; The Last Unicorn; The Young Wizards (Doctor Who crossover); Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series; Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers; Fairy Tales- Hansel and Gretel; Legend (the movie); Discworld; Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn...
First of all: the lovely story I received! It's in the C.S. Lewis fandom, set in the last book of his Space trilogy, That Hideous Strength. It gives the backstory for Dr. Grace Ironwood, one of the inhabitants of the Fisher-King's household. The story is Still In My Pilgrimage, and while filling in Grace's tale, it also gives us a bit about some of the other people there, such as the Dimbles and Ivy Brown. It's a very introspective character study. If you have ever read THS it will resonate for you, but even if you are not familiar with the canon, there is a lot to admire in this lovely piece.
The Hobbit
Speak of Home
A lovely conversation between Balin, Dwalin and Bilbo. I love a number of things about this story, one of which is that it is introduced as a journal entry sent to Elanor Fairbairn, another is Bilbo's delightful description of the Shire-- he's homesick, as he often was, on that Adventure of his! And Dwalin, who knew just how to steer the conversation to steel Bilbo's resolve.
J.R.R. Tolkien-- Unfinished Tales and HoMe
The Red Arrow
A story of Cirion and Eorl-- and Cirion's son Hallas. A very nice recounting of origins of the alliance between Rohan and Gondor, and of the origins of the red arrow, used as a sign of need between the two allies.
The Last Unicorn
Somewhere Between Stories
Schmendrick/Molly after the story ended. What more could one ask? The melancholy and yet hopeful tone of both characters is captured beautifully.
Young Wizards (Doctor Who crossover)
But Rather Darkness Visible
Diane Duane's Young Wizards series is always well-represented at Yuletide. Here's a marvelous crossover, in which Dairine encounters a certain wanderer through Time and Space, and offers a wizard's comfort.
Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series
The Tale of Prince Gawald of Valdemar and Princess Avasolarwe of Rethwellan
This tale of the Queen's youngest son and his future bride fits perfectly with the story of Valdemar. I especially like the slightly spoiled and lazy young Prince, and how he matures. The scene of his Choosing is quite funny and unexpected!
Dumas' Three Musketeers
A Weekend in the Country
When I was in high school, I went on a jag of reading Alexandre Dumas. Our public library had a shelf of dozens of his books, including many of the sequels that have not been reprinted in decades. I was captivated by D'Artagnan and his Musketeer friends especially. This delightful romp of a fic captures the whole dynamic of the four-- their rather cavalier attitudes to everything, their constant state of being mostly broke, their servant's schemes. And it reads like a translation from the French! I had a grin the whole time I was reading!
Fairy Tales (traditional)
Gretel and the Forest
This is a very unexpected modern-day version of the classic Hansel and Gretel. Except, I like this one better!
Legend (the movie)
Once the Dancing Stops
Jack/Lily and their "happily ever after"-- one which is not anything like the ending Lily expected, but which probably for the best.
Discworld
A Day In The
A Day in The …er, non-Life? of one of my favorite Discworld characters: Death! This has truly captured the whole contradictory nature of this avatar. He tries, he really does, though he does not understand. And while he never quite gets it exactly right, he doesn't get it wrong either. He doesn't understand Mercy and Compassion-- that's unequivocal. But it doesn't mean he isn't capable of them in spite of his denials.
Huckleberry Finn
West of the River
The future Huck and Jim should have had. It sounds just great to me! And the author has Huck's voice down perfectly!
yuletide! Here are some recs:Fandoms: C.S Lewis Space Trilogy; JRR Tolkien- The Hobbit; JRR Tolkien- Unfinished Tales and HoMe; The Last Unicorn; The Young Wizards (Doctor Who crossover); Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series; Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers; Fairy Tales- Hansel and Gretel; Legend (the movie); Discworld; Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn...
First of all: the lovely story I received! It's in the C.S. Lewis fandom, set in the last book of his Space trilogy, That Hideous Strength. It gives the backstory for Dr. Grace Ironwood, one of the inhabitants of the Fisher-King's household. The story is Still In My Pilgrimage, and while filling in Grace's tale, it also gives us a bit about some of the other people there, such as the Dimbles and Ivy Brown. It's a very introspective character study. If you have ever read THS it will resonate for you, but even if you are not familiar with the canon, there is a lot to admire in this lovely piece.
The Hobbit
Speak of Home
A lovely conversation between Balin, Dwalin and Bilbo. I love a number of things about this story, one of which is that it is introduced as a journal entry sent to Elanor Fairbairn, another is Bilbo's delightful description of the Shire-- he's homesick, as he often was, on that Adventure of his! And Dwalin, who knew just how to steer the conversation to steel Bilbo's resolve.
J.R.R. Tolkien-- Unfinished Tales and HoMe
The Red Arrow
A story of Cirion and Eorl-- and Cirion's son Hallas. A very nice recounting of origins of the alliance between Rohan and Gondor, and of the origins of the red arrow, used as a sign of need between the two allies.
The Last Unicorn
Somewhere Between Stories
Schmendrick/Molly after the story ended. What more could one ask? The melancholy and yet hopeful tone of both characters is captured beautifully.
Young Wizards (Doctor Who crossover)
But Rather Darkness Visible
Diane Duane's Young Wizards series is always well-represented at Yuletide. Here's a marvelous crossover, in which Dairine encounters a certain wanderer through Time and Space, and offers a wizard's comfort.
Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series
The Tale of Prince Gawald of Valdemar and Princess Avasolarwe of Rethwellan
This tale of the Queen's youngest son and his future bride fits perfectly with the story of Valdemar. I especially like the slightly spoiled and lazy young Prince, and how he matures. The scene of his Choosing is quite funny and unexpected!
Dumas' Three Musketeers
A Weekend in the Country
When I was in high school, I went on a jag of reading Alexandre Dumas. Our public library had a shelf of dozens of his books, including many of the sequels that have not been reprinted in decades. I was captivated by D'Artagnan and his Musketeer friends especially. This delightful romp of a fic captures the whole dynamic of the four-- their rather cavalier attitudes to everything, their constant state of being mostly broke, their servant's schemes. And it reads like a translation from the French! I had a grin the whole time I was reading!
Fairy Tales (traditional)
Gretel and the Forest
This is a very unexpected modern-day version of the classic Hansel and Gretel. Except, I like this one better!
Legend (the movie)
Once the Dancing Stops
Jack/Lily and their "happily ever after"-- one which is not anything like the ending Lily expected, but which probably for the best.
Discworld
A Day In The
A Day in The …er, non-Life? of one of my favorite Discworld characters: Death! This has truly captured the whole contradictory nature of this avatar. He tries, he really does, though he does not understand. And while he never quite gets it exactly right, he doesn't get it wrong either. He doesn't understand Mercy and Compassion-- that's unequivocal. But it doesn't mean he isn't capable of them in spite of his denials.
Huckleberry Finn
West of the River
The future Huck and Jim should have had. It sounds just great to me! And the author has Huck's voice down perfectly!