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Yuletide recs
Dec. 27th, 2011 11:04 amYuletide recs!
First, a bittersweet Little Princess: Nothing Gold, about Sara Crewe and Becky adjusting to life after Miss Minchin's. Both are much better off now, but it isn't a magic cure; the old days are gone, but can't be erased. The story also highlights Sara's melancholy side, which is always there but generally overshadowed by her imaginative, tough, survivor attitude.
What I particularly like about this story is that it acknowledges the dual nature of imagination. Sara's "supposings" have always buoyed her up, but they can hurt too, if she lets them.
And the ending is just perfect.
Next, a fic for Jane Austen's Emma, Love and Longing, Emma/OFC, which is a perfect pastiche of Austen's voice and also shows Emma realizing that she is totally into girls (without making her and Mr. Knightly's marriage into a mere sham).
Also, Mr. Knightly is the best human being ever on the face of the earth. The End.
And finally, two Hark! A Vagrant fics. This fandom seems to get brilliant fics every Yuletide; I still love the Brontes fic from last year.
The Case of the Fat Goose With a Stone In, Sherlock Holmes & the Watsons, Gen.
This fic is wonderful because it is brilliantly funny - it made me laugh out loud multiple times - but with an undercurrent of pain; the original John Watson has been cast aside for Stupid Watson, and he's irritated and underneath it deeply hurt. I just want to shake Holmes for hurting him like this.
On a light note: Études (the ~*FRANZ LISZT!!!1!*~ featuring F. Chopin remixes), Chopin & Lizst being...Chopin and Liszt. This is hilarious. I'm not sure what else to say about it, but seriously, HILARIOUS.
First, a bittersweet Little Princess: Nothing Gold, about Sara Crewe and Becky adjusting to life after Miss Minchin's. Both are much better off now, but it isn't a magic cure; the old days are gone, but can't be erased. The story also highlights Sara's melancholy side, which is always there but generally overshadowed by her imaginative, tough, survivor attitude.
What I particularly like about this story is that it acknowledges the dual nature of imagination. Sara's "supposings" have always buoyed her up, but they can hurt too, if she lets them.
And the ending is just perfect.
Next, a fic for Jane Austen's Emma, Love and Longing, Emma/OFC, which is a perfect pastiche of Austen's voice and also shows Emma realizing that she is totally into girls (without making her and Mr. Knightly's marriage into a mere sham).
Also, Mr. Knightly is the best human being ever on the face of the earth. The End.
And finally, two Hark! A Vagrant fics. This fandom seems to get brilliant fics every Yuletide; I still love the Brontes fic from last year.
The Case of the Fat Goose With a Stone In, Sherlock Holmes & the Watsons, Gen.
This fic is wonderful because it is brilliantly funny - it made me laugh out loud multiple times - but with an undercurrent of pain; the original John Watson has been cast aside for Stupid Watson, and he's irritated and underneath it deeply hurt. I just want to shake Holmes for hurting him like this.
On a light note: Études (the ~*FRANZ LISZT!!!1!*~ featuring F. Chopin remixes), Chopin & Lizst being...Chopin and Liszt. This is hilarious. I'm not sure what else to say about it, but seriously, HILARIOUS.
