Recs of massive adorableness

[osprey_archer]

Sometimes, you just need some adorable in your life. And I am here to help with that! I come bearing not one, but two flufftastic fics with amazing adorable illustrations.

Title: The Markly Duckling
Author: aredblush
Fandom: The Social Network
Rating: G
Word Count: short, with lots of pictures
Warnings: MASSIVE CUTENESS
Summary: Once upon a Spring Break Mark squawked, Chris was otherwise occupied, Wardo came to the rescue, and Dustin was right all along.

Why I loved it: I’ve copied the author’s summary above, but the gist of this fic is: Mark turns into a duckling. Why? Who knows! Who cares! It is an excuse to draw adorable sulky duckling pictures!

I think my favorite picture is the one where duckling!Mark confronts a rubber ducky. He is totally unimpressed.


Title: COMFORT ME
Author: reseda_ptah
Fandom: Fake News (Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert)
Rating: G
Word Count: Also short.
Warnings: No one turns into an animal in this one, so it is not quite as adorable as the above.
Summary: Jon and “Stephen” react to the 2008 election. (Yes, this fic is an oldie. But a goodie!)

Why I loved it: Normally I feel doubtful about first-person fics for a canon that isn’t in first person, but reseda_ptah’s work is so excellent that I would read it if she wrote a zombie apocalypse. She has such a good handle on “Stephen” (that is, the character Stephen Colbert plays on The Colbert Report) that even her first-person version of him is spot-on.

Plus, this one comes with pictures! “Stephen,” true to the fic title, is telling Jon Stewart to comfort him about the election results.

Excerpt: "I'm distraught," I growled. This was maybe not the manliest of emotions, but right now, with that big stupid map all splattered with blue, I had an excuse!

"I couldn't tell," said Jon.

Jon is a bit of an idiot sometimes. He's all right, though. You just have to tell him, in clear, firm tones, what to do.

So I said: "COMFORT ME."

(It helps if you're loud.)