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thisbluespirit) wrote2016-01-25 05:56 pm
Yuletide 2015 Recs (III)
A rare confluence of events (1577 words) by khaleesian
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Anthropomorfic
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Blackfriars/Highbury & Islington
Characters: London Underground - Character, London Overground, Thameslink, Southeastern, First Great Western
Additional Tags: Companionable Snark
Summary: London rail stations out on the lash and attempting to pull.
Brilliant anthropomorphisation of various London railways stations.
Pandora's Box (1091 words) by stellatundra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hour
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Freddie Lyon/Bel Rowley
Characters: Lix Storm, Bel Rowley
Additional Tags: Yuletide, Yuletide 2015, Misses Clause Challenge, Yuletide Treat
Summary: “So, do you really want to hear the story of my many and varied affairs, or would you rather talk about Freddie?”
Lix keeps Bel company during a long night at the office, as Freddie’s life hangs in the balance.
Lovely Bel and Lix voices and it's also a great look at what they do, at the nature of their attitude to journalism.
Everyday Magic (2678 words) by r_lee
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Howl Pendragon, Sophie Hatter, Megan Parry
Additional Tags: Cymru am byth!
Summary: Ingary wasn't the only land where magic was commonplace. That was something Sophie was just beginning to learn.
Great fic in which Sophie gets to see something more of Wales and Howl's family, something I'd very much wanted more of too.
From the Desk of [Insert Mad Scientist Name Here] (2798 words) by dbskyler
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Incompetent Time-Travelling Saxophone Haters
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Humor
Summary: It began, innocently enough, with an email address.
Hilarious tale of how a couple of time-travelling saxophone haters failed to get rid of Adolphe Sax. (Absolutely no fandom knowledge needed, as the fandom was a Tumblr post, so don't miss it unless you don't like to laugh.)
Press Gang does GISHWHES (726 words) by paranoidangel
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gishwhes - Fandom, Press Gang
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lynda Day, Spike Thomson, Kenny Phillips, "Tiddler" Tildesley, Colin Mathews
Summary: It's not the taking part that counts, it's the winning.
Press Gang does GISHWHES and it's huge fun. (Even if, like me, you didn't have a clue what GISHWHES was until reading Yuletide fics with it in.)
Into the River (429 words) by dbskyler
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Press Gang
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Lynda Day/Spike Thomson
Characters: Lynda Day, Spike Thomson
Additional Tags: Episode: s05e06 There Are Crocodiles
Summary: In the river, there are crocodiles.
Sharp post-canon piece with a brilliant little twist in it.
Winner Takes All (906 words) by lah_mrh
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Red Dwarf, Gishwhes - Fandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Arnold Rimmer, Dave Lister, Holly (Red Dwarf), Kryten (Red Dwarf)
Additional Tags: Humour, Games, GISHWHES, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Rimmer discovers his crewmates involved in a very strange game.
More entertaining shenanigans, as this time the Dwarfers tackle GISHWHES as only they would or could...
Now Thrive The Armourers (1526 words) by Dustseeing
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Henry VI Part 3 - Shakespeare, Henry VI - Shakespeare, Richard III - Shakespeare
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Richard III of England
Summary: Richard III is shaped by his own armour.
Amazing and gorgeously written vignette on Shakespeare's Richard.
Beyond the Singularity (2067 words) by seekingferret
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Robot Series - Isaac Asimov
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elijah Baley/R. Daneel Olivaw
Characters: Elijah Baley, R. Daneel Olivaw
Summary: On the way back to Earth- home sweet home!- after his adventure on Aurora, Lije and Daneel talk about the past and the future.
Genuinely feels like a missing scene, very well done.
Metroland (1481 words) by sheldrake
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: TLF Travel Alerts (Twitter)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Original Characters, South Ruislip Passenger
Additional Tags: Immortality, commuting, Trains, Climate Change, Christmas, upper paleolithic
Summary: "Today, a man at South Ruislip station became the longest-waiting commuter in British history. He has been standing there for 23,226 years." - @TLFTravelAlerts
This takes the humorous Twitter prompt and makes something unexpectedly lovely and folkloric out of it.
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