annariel_dw | Entries tagged with rec

It's difficult to write a summary of this one, since the best part of it is the gradual reveal. It's about Stephen after the revelation of his affair with Helen and his interactions with the team. But what could have been a fairly straightforward angst-fest is made completely original by the denouement. Highly recommended.

The Coldest of Cold Shoulders by

fredbassett

purplecat

The Rose (3275 words) by Kate_Swynford
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 15th Century CE RPF
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Elizabeth of York, Henry VII of England, Margaret of York, Anne Neville Queen of England, Catherine of Aragon
Summary:

Five looks at Elizabeth of York.

What is this?. I don't recall ever giving much thought ot Elizabeth of York in history lessons. My history teacher was a great Ricardian (though not so great that she didn't think the Richard III society was a little wierd) and I think she thought Perkin Warbeck really was the Duke of York. At any rate the focus of our lessons was on the political games and Elizabeth featured only as a pawn in those. This story fleshes her out, and quietly looks at the games she may have played herself, and her own acceptance and control of her fate.

As a warning, something odd seems to have happened to the paragraphs when posting. It's all perfectly legible, but does look a little off-puttingly wall-of-text at first glance.

purplecat

By the Book (5863 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Male Demon/Female Librarian, Original Female Character/Original Male Character
Additional Tags: Libraries, Librarians, Demons, Humor, Books
Summary:

Saleos has never been summoned by accident before. He has also never, in all these millennia, been called upon to help out at Music and Rhyme Time.

thisbluespirit puts her sense of humour and knowledge of libraries to good use in this tale of a no nonsense librarian who summons a demon.

purplecat

A lovely fic in which Captain America struggles to come to terms with the 20th Century and to make his peace with Tony Stark.

A Glossary of the 21st Century (17402 words) by kinky_kneazle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Avengers Movies Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: pre-Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers, Logan (X-Men), Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wade Wilson
Additional Tags: Community: avengerkink
Summary:

Steve's sick of not understanding what's going on, and the team are not all that helpful, so he starts keeping an illustrated notebook for further research. With the help of wiki, google and Logan he starts to settle in and find his place in the twenty-first century.

purplecat

Fandom: Galaxy Quest
Rating: Gen
Characters/Pairings:
Length: 3,226 words

What is this?: This was rightly one of the most highly recommended fics of Yuletide 2013. Galaxy Quest asked what happened if the stars of Star Trek were kidnapped from a convention and suddenly found themselves on in space having a Star Trek adventure. This fic asks what happens to the fandom afterwards - one answer is that no one talks about GalaxyCon '99.

SMOF by

hollimichele

purplecat

An excellent plotty adventure for River and the Eleventh Doctor, the sort of adventure you would hope they had had, but that we never got to see.

Moon River

purplecat

Bended Bows
Fandom: The Flower Fairies
Rating: Teen and Up
Characters/Pairings: Yew/Dogwood, Wild Rose
Summary: "The longbows belonged as much to Yew as to the archers that wielded them, just as the arrows were as much Dogwood’s as theirs."

Yew and Dogwood at the Battle of Agincourt.

Comment: I'm surprised I've not seen a rec for this already. I loved this prompt, to pair Yew and Dogwood through their connection with bows and arrows, when I saw it in a yuletide letter but couldn't think what to do with it. Agincourt is perfect!

purplecat

This story brilliantly tells the story of Harriet Vane's life with Phillip Boyes from the excitement of first meeting, through her gradual disillusionment with him and beyond to the moment of her arrest for his murder.

In The Beginning (28169 words) by Sonetka
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey -- Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Harriet Vane/Philip Boyes, Sylvia Marriott/Eiluned Price, Sylvia Marriott/Joey Trimbles
Characters: Harriet Vane, Philip Boyes, Sylvia Marriott, Eiluned Price, Ryland Vaughan, Norman Urquhart, Marjorie Phelps, The Kropotkys, Charles Parker, Joey Trimbles
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon
Summary:

Before Peter, there was Philip. Harriet's life from the day she met Philip to the day Charles Parker paid a visit to ask her a few questions about his death.

purplecat

Fandom: Fairytales
Rating: U (maybe Teen)
Characters/Pairings: Sea Witch from the Little Mermaid
Length: Short

Base image by Amanda Clark and stolen shamelessly from the Internet.

What is this?: I'm not sure how I stumbled across this but it is a lovely piece written from the point of view of the Sea Witch who bargains with the Little Mermaid for her voice. It is a compassionate story, revealing the Sea Witch to be be wise, and kind, within limits, as well as resigned to the way the story has changed over time.

The Sea Witch Sets the Record Straight by

ursulav

Fandom: Hansel and Gretel
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Hansel, Gretel, Their Father
Length: ~1,000 words

What is this?: This is a what happened next? for Hansel and Gretel. In particular it questions the assumption that they could just return to living happily with their father after he had abandoned them in the forest.

Gingerbread Betrayal by

curia_regis

Fandom: Fairy Tales
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 5,419 words

What is this?: One thing that features fairly prominently in Yuletide is fanfic based upon traditional fairy tales. I'm never sure about to the extent to which these are really fanfic or, as this one tags itself "Revisionist Fairy Tales". This one is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast and its summary captures the story perfectly:

"Out of two hundred fifty-eight servants made invisible, only we have stayed."

Invisible by

miss_lanyon

purplecat

A rather chilling piece in which Mycroft meets John before Sherlock does and matters diverge from there.

you'll never be alone in the bone orchard (9114 words) by Sarah T
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Summary:

John Watson meets Mycroft Holmes one day early. The world tilts slightly on its axis.

purplecat

Fandom: Dune
Rating: Teen and Up
Characters/Pairings: Paul/Chani/Irulan
Length: 24,166

NB. Couldn't find a credit for this stunning image. It is possibly an existing Dune book cover.

What is this?: It was years since I'd read a Dune novel when I read this, so my understanding of the details of where it diverges from canon are a little hazy. It feels very true to Frank Herbert's books and his style of writing, but it pulls he focus of that original story away from Paul and places it on Irulan instead. In process it gives a far larger role (than basically that of a passive pawn) to her and, similarly, to Chani.

Empress of Sand and Water by

Sheeana

purplecat

I mentioned that I couldn't imagine Sapphire and Steel buying curtains. lost_spook proved me wrong - a delightful short vignette.

Striking A Balance (745 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Steel (Sapphire and Steel), Sapphire (Sapphire and Steel), Silver (Sapphire and Steel)
Additional Tags: Curtain Fic
Summary:

In which Sapphire and Steel shop for curtains, for inscrutable reasons.

purplecat

Fandom: Twisted Princesses
Rating: Gen
Characters/Pairings: Fa Mulan
Length: 1,390 words

Given the fandom is artwork by

jeftoon01 it seems silly not to just showcase his image!

What is this?: Twisted Princesses were a popular Yuletide fandom (2 years ago? 3 years ago? not sure). In general the stories they generated were a bit too grotesque for my taste, but I liked this take on Mulan in which she becomes a feared guardian spirit for China.

There will be Killing ('til the score is paid) by

Damkianna

Fandom: Brave
Rating: General Audiences
Characters/Pairings: Merida/Young Dingwall
Length: 2,288 words

What is this?: This is a lovely what-happened-next fic that doesn't gloss over the political realities of Merida's situation, but nevertheless delivers a triumphant account of her future.

Arrow's Flight by

white_aster

purplecat

Written from the viewpoint of Attolis' attendants after the events of The King of Attolia this captures much of The Queen's Thief series playfulness around point of view and limited information, but with the addition of an awareness that Attolis is more than he seems.

for sins and false alarms (8047 words) by jediseagull
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hilarion/Philologos, Canon Relationship(s)
Characters: Hilarion (Queen's Thief), Philologos (Queen's Thief), Eugenides (Queen's Thief), Attolia (Queen's Thief), Attendant Ensemble
Additional Tags: Loyalty, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Minor Canonical Character(s), Post-KoA
Summary:

A single rumor could move mountains, or topple thrones. Sejanus had been very good at this game, but Hilarion knew better than to think it one of his own strengths. Then again, political acuity had gotten Sejanus imprisoned, his brother exiled, and his house doomed to crumble away with no son to inherit it, and Hilarion, for all his faults, would not make the same mistake twice.

But he could not imagine standing before their cranky, sleep-rumpled king and telling Attolis that he ought to be careful of a mere rumor.

purplecat

Fandom: Discworld
Rating: General Audiences
Characters/Pairings: Carrot Ironfoundersson, Samuel Vimes
Length: 1141 words

What is this?: Samuel Vimes finds himself having a conversation about gender identity with Carrot. It is as pitch perfect as you might hope with Vimes' desperate confusion contrasted to Carrot's unflinching obliviousness.

On Being Female by

Nomad

purplecat

At some point I randomly mentioned Claudia/Lyle as a pairing and

rain_sleet_snow took the idea and ran with it, turning the apparently incompatible characters into a story that is about their romantic incompatibility.

can't figure out what from (11090 words) by rain_sleet_snow
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Primeval
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Claudia Brown/Original Male Character, Claudia Brown/Jon Lyle, Nick Cutter/Stephen Hart, Stephen Hart/Abby Maitland/Connor Temple, Claudia Brown/Nick Cutter
Characters: Claudia Brown, Jon Lyle, Original Male Character(s), Tom Ryan, Nick Cutter, Stephen Hart, Abby Maitland, Helen Cutter, Connor Temple, James Lester
Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits
Summary:

Between the dinosaurs, portals in time, and melodramatic runaway scientists, Claudia has absolutely no time for a romantic relationship, and no intention of getting into one, either.

This is not a story about that changing.

purplecat

Fandom: The Culture
Rating: Mature
Characters/Pairings: Original Characters
Length: 17,117 words

What is this?: This is an original short story set in Iain M. Banks' Culture universe. I actually forgot, halfway through this, that I wasn't reading one of Banks' own stories. I think it captures his universe really well - the vast potential of the technology, his own rather ambivalent attitude to his utopia, the potential for bickering, lots of silly spaceship names...

In this story a group of Culture ships and their crews encounter a threat in a solar system whose worlds are not members, or even aware, of the Culture. As the situation becomes increasingly desperate all those involved become locked in a debate about who has the right to choose whether a population is rescued or not. That makes the story sound very dry, but everyone/thing involved is a distinct character and the stakes are grippingly high.

Faster by

Kastaka

purplecat

I'm a big fan of Clint and Natasha as best friends and this story captures really well the sense that they are almost, but not quite lovers.

Almost (4160 words) by celeste9
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton, Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Friendship, Male-Female Friendship, Banter, Flirting, Cuddling & Snuggling, Sharing a Bed, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

Their relationship is a complicated series of almosts, but never actually is.

purplecat

A charming Cowboy Bebop fixit in which Ed brings everyone back together because, of course, she would. "Adults!" as she muses "so much work!"

Light Fandango (5117 words) by sally
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Cowboy Bebop
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ed (Cowboy Bebop), Ein (Cowboy Bebop), Jet Black, Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine
Summary:

Finding her father turns out to be more difficult than Ed had expected.

A lovely vignette with a grown up Edward, still being very much Edward.

Slow Business (1810 words) by Bard
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Cowboy Bebop
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
Additional Tags: Hacking, Bounty Hunters
Summary:

Why's a woman in the corner with two laptops, goggles, and a dog?

purplecat

Sweet story with the feel of the show about how Wash got his dinosaurs.

Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Purchase (1041 words) by Abhorsen44
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Wash Washburne/Zoë Washburne
Characters: Zoë Washburne, Hoban "Wash" Washburne, Malcolm Reynolds
Additional Tags: Dinosaurs, Firefly References, IN SPACE!
Summary:

Where did Wash get those dinosaur toys? Where do you even get dinosaur toys in space??

Annariel Fandom Fiction, Graphics and Recs

Primeval Rec: The Coldest of Cold Shoulders

Historical Fiction Rec from Previous Journal (for Reference)

Original Fiction Rec: By the Book by lost_spook

MCU Rec: A Glossary of the 21st Century by kinky_kneazle

Galaxy Quest Rec from Previous Journal (for Reference)

Doctor Who Rec: Moon River by Rangersyl and Tiamu

Flower Fairies Rec from previous journal (for reference)

Lord Peter Wimsey Rec: In the Beginning by Sonetka

Fairy Tale Recs from other Journal (For Reference)

Sherlock Rec: You'll Never be alone in the Bone Orchard by by Sarah T

Dune Rec from Previous Journal (for reference)

Sapphire and Steel Rec: Striking a Balance by lost_spook

Disney Recs from Previous Journal (For Reference)

Queen's Thief Rec: For Sins and False Alarms by jediseagull

Discworld Rec from Previous Journal for Reference

Primeval Rec: Can't Figure Out what from.

Culture Rec from Previous Journal (for Reference)

MCU Rec: Almost by celeste9

Cowboy Bebop Recs from Previous Journal (For Reference)

Firefly Rec: Curse Your Sudden but Inevitable Purchase

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