Yuletide recs the first

[starlady]

The archive is currently down for maintenance, which seems like a good time to post these.

The best way I have found to browse Yuletide & Yuletide Madness is by fandom. Here is the page for Yuletide proper, and here's the page for Madness.

To Each His Thunder, Rain and Wind -- Diane Duane's Young Wizards
The Regency AU. It really is just as awesome as you would think, if not more so.

A Commissioner's Duty -- David Weber's Honorverse
Tom Theisman & Denis LePic, circa In Enemy Hands. How Denis LePic began to decide to join Theisman on the path to rebellion.

But Rather Darkness Visible -- Young Wizards/Doctor Who
This is not an AU, but a canonical crossover: Dairine & the (Tenth) Doctor in the aftermath of The Waters of Mars.

Wait Wait Don't Eat Me -- NPR RPF
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me & the zombie apocalypse. I think I broke something laughing.

The Lengthy Dimly Lit Coffee Break of the Psyche -- Calvin & Hobbes
In adulthood. DAWWWWW.

Thicker Than Salt Water -- China Miéville's Bas Lag novels
The Brucolac/Uther Doul. Yup, it's great.

Stutter Step -- China Miéville's The City & the City.
Short and sharp.

Apocalypse How? -- Dinosaur comics.
HI-larious. And for the record, flaming glaciers are pretty damn metal.

The Landscape After Cruelty -- Megan Whalen Turner's The Thief
Eugenides & Irene, set pre-King of Attolia. Beautiful.

Comments

[fish_echo]

Oooh, *bookmarks* I shall have to read these later! :)

[starlady]

I enjoyed all of them.

About 90% of my tabs are Yuletide stories atm.

[fish_echo]

Wheee! I haven't really been in a mood to read fic lately, let alone on my computer, so I'm letting other people have first go. I'm fully intending to spend quality time with that archive over my lunch breaks when I go back to work. And quality dinner time. And quality 'I ought to be in bed but I've still got two tabs open' time too, most likely! :)

[starlady]

Yeah, all of these are taking place during my "I should be revising this abstract that's due on Thursday!" time.

[fish_echo]

*hugs* Best of luck with that! *makes you tea*

(Also, I see you've made another set of recs :) )

[starlady]

This is honestly not what I envisioned using my laptop for when I decided to bring it. It's my first Yuletide. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

[fish_echo]

That sounds like a good excuse reason to me! :)

[fish_echo]

PS. You have the very best 'all I want for Christmas' icons! :)

[starlady]

They are a mixture of personal requests and those made by other people. I love iconseeyou.

[fish_echo]

Now cranberry sauce, cranberry sauce I have! *sends you cranberry sauce*

[starlady]

Yeah, but you can't get it for love or money in Japan, which is where I was living when I requested the icon. As a matter of fact I have too much cranberry sauce atm, I have to eat some before it goes bad. :)

[fish_echo]

♥ icon!

Oh you clearly have a horrible situation with regards to your cranberry sauce! Whatever shall you do? (I'm a fan of mixing half-and-half with something like raspberry jam and then using in recipes which call for jam.)

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

"Wait Wait Don't Eat Me" is brilliant, and I would've missed it except for your rec. Thank you!

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

I have found almost none of these entirely on my own. Signal-boosting FTW!