Fandom Snowflake Day 13

[thisbluespirit]

Skipping ahead a day or so again, because I'm tired and I wanted to do this today:

In your own space, ask for recs. Something as simple as "I like XYZ (where XYZ is a kink, a pairing, a trope, etc) - please rec me some." Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Well, here are a couple of specific things that I'll never find on my own, so let's see if someone can help!

1. I'm relistening to the BBC's Radio LOTR and I'm sure at the end I'll be wanting what I did last time - which is I'd love to read some Legolas and Gimli friendship fic.

Which there must be somewhere, mustn't there? But there's so much LOTR stuff and much of it in unfamiliar archives that I just run away. (Well, after pausing to giggle at summaries involving Legolas, because the writers were picturing Orlando, but I'm thinking of David Collings and such things amuse me.)

Shorter is best for me, if possible, but if it's long (and I somehow suspect length is a thing in Tolkien fandom), I can bookmark it for later (or print it off even) and I don't mind when it's set, although bonus points if anyone knows fic that is post-Return and also involves Merry and/or Pippin as well. (I love it when those four are together, and the Radio version, same as the film, cuts out some of their sections when needing to lose something.)

Anyway, any Legolas and Gimli fic you know would be lovely.


2. Once Upon a Time! I finished S1 and I very much enjoyed it and it's definitely the sort of thing I can see myself being fannish about as well as liking. But S2 is well under way and I want to avoid spoilers, so I can't go look for things myself!

a) good series 1 vids. ♥

b) any good shorter (non-explicit) fic. Really! I am here, liking it all, and not even having a clue about ships and things I would like - I'd just like a reasonable taster of what's out there, if that's possible. If I like a thing, I tend to like it all, and good fic is good fic, anyway, so...


Er. That does seem a bit specific and fussy, doesn't it? Anyway, I'd love recs for either of those things. Self-recs are fine. I know well by now how talented my flist are. ;-)

Comments

[settiai]

a) good series 1 vids. ♥

Have you seen Ramalama (bang bang) yet? Oh, or Quantum Theory?

[thisbluespirit]

oh, thank you! I had seen Ramalama - I meant to comment on your post the other day, but stuff overtook me. I saw it a while back when I'd only seen a few random bits of the show and had been meaning to go find it again, so that was very handy! It's wonderful, though. And the other one I hadn't seen at all, and it was amazing! Thank you. :-)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Sorry, can't help. Although I'm surprised AO3 is not more forthcoming with LotR fic...

As for OUaT, I haven't seen it and have yet to have anyone persuade me to watch it (that's NOT an invitation, mind!). I know at least 4 people on my FList who're huge fans, and I just keep going "Whatever", and scrolling past the LJ and Tumblr entries.

However, since I'm here, have some more *hugs* so you don't go away entirely empty-handed!

[thisbluespirit]

AO3 has too much LOTR fic, that's the problem. And I know it's a fandom that has its own archives that I don't know well, so fingers crossed - there are some LOTR fans on my flist, if they're around.

Thanks for the hugs! And, as for OUaT, I couldn't quite leave it alone - playing around with fairy tales is just too much one of my pet things. But don't worry, I have no intentions of trying to oppress anyone. ;-)

And, anyway, had I been a person of taste and asked for Bond recs, you'd have been right there for me...

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Ah... Too much data - does not compute...

:D

Thanks. I guess it's my fault for having little interest in fairytales - they somehow passed me by entirely during my formative years...

LOL You're a person of taste anyway, even if you're not into Bond. (Though I will note that I posted another gen fic last night! *shock, horror*)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

The simplest way to get S2-spoiler-free fan works for Once Upon a Time is to look at the dates -- go for things that were posted before Sept. 2012, and you will be fine. : ) I've done that kind of thing with Merlin and been successful, although you do have to quickly go for the date without checking out anything else that might contain a spoiler, including the summary or sometimes, unfortunately, the title. It's easiest in LJ communities where you can use the archive function to just go directly to older entries.

In the meantime, I found you an S1 Snow White / Prince Charming fanvid that I liked, so hopefully you will like it too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPazxSPLES8

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, true. I was rather hoping for some specific recs, though, because I'm terrible at spotting things like that really quickly and at working out what they mean, even when I'm trying not to - it's very annoying! Also, with Once Upon A Time, names of characters who are going to appear give away quite a lot just in themselves. And I already know some... and I don't even know how because I haven't gone looking yet.

But thank you! That was great - and if you look on Dreamwidth side, settiai recced me a couple of amazing whole show vids, too, if you haven't already seen them. :-)

[liadt]

skye_white does short OUAT stories, they're pretty much all Belle/Rumpel with a touch of Jefferson. The ones I've read haven't been explicit but I haven't read them all.
http://skye-white.livejournal.com/?skip=10&tag=once%20upon%20a%20time for before series 2.
I like By Any Other Name http://skye-white.livejournal.com/20045.html but then I am naff.

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! I shall check them out. :-)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I've been watching Once Upon a Time, but I haven't felt inclined to go seek out fanworks for it. So, I don't have recs for you. But having seen it, I will say that I don't think the names of new characters give away very much for S2 (at least, not so far).

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! And don't worry, I didn't imagine you were with-holding fic from me. (Sadly. :lol:)