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Yuletide!
I got four Yuletide stories! (There are advantages to going out on the pinch-hit list, especially if it's early.) And they are all wonderful, and you should read every one.
Matsyanyaya. Mahabharata. This is a view on Satyavati, the fisherman's daughter who becomes queen of Hastinapura. I really love the parallels this story sets up with Bheeshma, and the take on court intrigues, and the personality and voice of Satyavati. Really, really well-written.
Getting Cocky. Slender Man mythos. This is super-fun and slashy! Which I did not expect for Slender Man fandom. You can read this without knowing the fandom, and you should.
Ton Egoisme M'Inquiete. Swordspoint, Richard/Jessamyn. I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A RICHARD-AS-HIGHWAYMAN STORY FOR YEARS, AND SOMEONE FINALLY WROTE ME ONE. And it is so good! I love this view of Richard and Jessamyn's relationship, and Richard as a younger man. Also: highway robbery. Yes.
Maleficent. Swordspoint, Richard/Alec. Yes! Two Swordspoint stories for me this year! And another story I've been dying to read for years: Richard and Alec go to a noble party and make a mess of everything. I love this story so much. The dialogue is so perfectly in-character, the title is genius, it is all just sharp and funny and wicked and fantastic.
Go! Read!
ETA: WAIT I GOT FIVE STORIES! One didn't show up in my gift list, for some reason, but luckily I found it by looking through the Yuletide fandoms.
Amongst the Black-Haired People. Sumerian RPF. THIS STORY IS SO GOOD. Pu-abi is my favorite historical personage ever (I dressed up as her for Halloween two years ago), and this story is such a perfect recreation of her world. I love all the details of Mesopotamian life and politics and religion, I love the court intrigue, and I love the absolutely perfect solution to the problem. There is even a sort of fem-slashy relationship between Pu-abi and her servant. HOW CAN THERE BE SO MUCH WONDER IN ONE STORY.
Matsyanyaya. Mahabharata. This is a view on Satyavati, the fisherman's daughter who becomes queen of Hastinapura. I really love the parallels this story sets up with Bheeshma, and the take on court intrigues, and the personality and voice of Satyavati. Really, really well-written.
Getting Cocky. Slender Man mythos. This is super-fun and slashy! Which I did not expect for Slender Man fandom. You can read this without knowing the fandom, and you should.
Ton Egoisme M'Inquiete. Swordspoint, Richard/Jessamyn. I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A RICHARD-AS-HIGHWAYMAN STORY FOR YEARS, AND SOMEONE FINALLY WROTE ME ONE. And it is so good! I love this view of Richard and Jessamyn's relationship, and Richard as a younger man. Also: highway robbery. Yes.
Maleficent. Swordspoint, Richard/Alec. Yes! Two Swordspoint stories for me this year! And another story I've been dying to read for years: Richard and Alec go to a noble party and make a mess of everything. I love this story so much. The dialogue is so perfectly in-character, the title is genius, it is all just sharp and funny and wicked and fantastic.
Go! Read!
ETA: WAIT I GOT FIVE STORIES! One didn't show up in my gift list, for some reason, but luckily I found it by looking through the Yuletide fandoms.
Amongst the Black-Haired People. Sumerian RPF. THIS STORY IS SO GOOD. Pu-abi is my favorite historical personage ever (I dressed up as her for Halloween two years ago), and this story is such a perfect recreation of her world. I love all the details of Mesopotamian life and politics and religion, I love the court intrigue, and I love the absolutely perfect solution to the problem. There is even a sort of fem-slashy relationship between Pu-abi and her servant. HOW CAN THERE BE SO MUCH WONDER IN ONE STORY.
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