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22 Yuletide Recs
15th Century RPF
The most pleasant tale of Lady Bessy
Four titles Elizabeth of York never held, and one she did.
***
Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families -- Madeleine L'Engle
Galois Theory
Five times everything fell into place.
***
Choice of Broadsides
Salt Stained
“Elizabeth,” your mother used to tell you, “there’s nothing in this world that can’t be cured by saltwater-- sweat, tears, or the sea.”
***
Classical Greek and Roman History & Literature RPF
The Not Remotely Secret Memoirs of Alexander the Great, Aged 13¾
My subject in this tale is the life of Alexander the King. The career of this man embraced such a multitude of events that my preamble shall consist of nothing more than this one plea: if I do not record all his most celebrated achievements that you not regard this as a fault. Plutarch, Life of Alexander
Alexander at the tomb of Achilles: Oh fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! Cicero, Pro Archia
With love and undying fame at stake, Alexander takes matters into his own hands.
***
Disney Princesses
A Girl Worth Fighting For
Aurora is already too busy trying to figure out what to do with her life to deal with a crush on Mulan, too.
***
Dogma (1999)
It's Like That
Loki and Bartleby are just trying to earn enough to keep themselves in the air.
***
Emily of New Moon -- L.M. Montgomery/Anne of Green Gables -- L.M. Montgomery
Work in Progress
Anne rolls her eyes. "Is your aunt really going to know if you cheat on your nonfiction with some hot prose on the side?"
"It's the principle of the thing. I've got my pride," Emily says.
"Ah, yes, Murray pride," Anne says, warming to the topic. "Also known as, your family is so ridiculously stubborn that whenever I think about them I thank God I'm an orphan."
"I'm an orphan, too," Emily points out.
"I thank God I'm adopted," Anne says.
***
The Giver -- Lois Lowry
Lily Remembering
The morning Gabriel was to be released, Lily came to the table and saw only her mother there. "Your father went to his work early," Mother said.
"I don't get to wave bye to him. Or to Gabe," she said. "Or Jonas! What if they leave early tomorrow morning, and the next morning, and the next—"
Lily wanted to say that she felt angry.
***
His Dark Materials -- Philip Pullman
Valleys of the Shadows
This is not a happy story. This is the story of three girls who find themselves in the middle of a new African war. There are witches' revolts, daring escapes, the killing of the bears, echoes of freedom, the lack of mercy of the pirates, chains stronger than any steel, and three deaths, one by one by one. This is not a happy story, there are no happy endings, no miracles, no subtle knife, and no angels. This is the story of three girls, a slave, an unwilling pawn, and a refugee. This is story of three girls and three dæmons.
***
House Hippo (Concerned Children's Advertisers PSA)
Requirements for a House Hippo, appendix IV of Every House A Hippo, Or, A Nonbeliever’s Guide To The Common House Hippo...
Petra does not believe there is anything better in the whole wide world than laundry fluff. She's almost right.
***
How to Train Your Dragon(2010)
blinded by the sun
He'd been offered the honor of killing a dragon, and it turned his stomach. He couldn't do it, and the only choice he had left was to leave his home.
At least he still had Toothless.
***
Jurassic Park (Movies)
T-Rex Visits the Creation Museum
Homeschool tour groups mostly survive, but the velociraptor eats a guy buying T-shirts.
***
Left Hand of Darkness -- Ursula K. LeGuin
cast no shadow.
“A lack of feeling is a symptom of freeze,” he said, still grimacing. “Perhaps... well.” It was not like him to mince words, and I slowly began to worry. Perhaps this was some attempt at shifgrethor, or another incomprehensible Gethenian ritual which he assumed I knew and at which I could only balk. “To know anything of the intensity of it, I'll have to unfreeze it. To keep it from dying, if it hasn't. I've wasted enough time already; lie down.”
***
The Life of Saint Margaret of Antioch (Medieval Saint's Life)
The Life of Saint Margaret of Antioch (The Hundred Thousand Maidens Remix)
Her name is Margaret. She tells a story.
(Note on warnings: if it happens in the original canon, it happens here.)
***
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika/Puella Magi Madoka Magica
The City of Witches
Every street in the city of witches leads to despair, but Homura Akemi will never lose her way. Spoilers for the entire series.
Perdendosi
Or: Three people Sayaka loved and one she never managed to.
***
Mockingbird -- Sean Stewart
This Puzzle the New World
As magic slowly creeps back into the world, there are many people and many small stories.
***
Norse Mythology
The Lidless Eyes of Night
Sigyn is holding the bowl.
***
Princeless
There's No Such Thing as Elegators
Sparky, Adrienne, and Bedelia have an encounter in the grasslands.
***
Rebecca -- Daphne DuMaurier
A Thousand Words, Or Simply Three
Danny, faced with a new mistress of vastly inferior rank, ruminates on the past.
***
Regeneration -- Pat Barker
Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
After the war's end, Siegfried Sassoon seeks fellowship with the dead.
***
xkcd 1110 (Click and Drag)
Nearly Prescient Suspicion of Impending Demise
She just hadn’t expected the world to be so small.
P.S. Could the mods please add the "recs" and "yuletide 2012" tags here on Dreamwidth? The only tag we have here is "nominated fandoms."
The most pleasant tale of Lady Bessy
Four titles Elizabeth of York never held, and one she did.
***
Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families -- Madeleine L'Engle
Galois Theory
Five times everything fell into place.
***
Choice of Broadsides
Salt Stained
“Elizabeth,” your mother used to tell you, “there’s nothing in this world that can’t be cured by saltwater-- sweat, tears, or the sea.”
***
Classical Greek and Roman History & Literature RPF
The Not Remotely Secret Memoirs of Alexander the Great, Aged 13¾
My subject in this tale is the life of Alexander the King. The career of this man embraced such a multitude of events that my preamble shall consist of nothing more than this one plea: if I do not record all his most celebrated achievements that you not regard this as a fault. Plutarch, Life of Alexander
Alexander at the tomb of Achilles: Oh fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! Cicero, Pro Archia
With love and undying fame at stake, Alexander takes matters into his own hands.
***
Disney Princesses
A Girl Worth Fighting For
Aurora is already too busy trying to figure out what to do with her life to deal with a crush on Mulan, too.
***
Dogma (1999)
It's Like That
Loki and Bartleby are just trying to earn enough to keep themselves in the air.
***
Emily of New Moon -- L.M. Montgomery/Anne of Green Gables -- L.M. Montgomery
Work in Progress
Anne rolls her eyes. "Is your aunt really going to know if you cheat on your nonfiction with some hot prose on the side?"
"It's the principle of the thing. I've got my pride," Emily says.
"Ah, yes, Murray pride," Anne says, warming to the topic. "Also known as, your family is so ridiculously stubborn that whenever I think about them I thank God I'm an orphan."
"I'm an orphan, too," Emily points out.
"I thank God I'm adopted," Anne says.
***
The Giver -- Lois Lowry
Lily Remembering
The morning Gabriel was to be released, Lily came to the table and saw only her mother there. "Your father went to his work early," Mother said.
"I don't get to wave bye to him. Or to Gabe," she said. "Or Jonas! What if they leave early tomorrow morning, and the next morning, and the next—"
Lily wanted to say that she felt angry.
***
His Dark Materials -- Philip Pullman
Valleys of the Shadows
This is not a happy story. This is the story of three girls who find themselves in the middle of a new African war. There are witches' revolts, daring escapes, the killing of the bears, echoes of freedom, the lack of mercy of the pirates, chains stronger than any steel, and three deaths, one by one by one. This is not a happy story, there are no happy endings, no miracles, no subtle knife, and no angels. This is the story of three girls, a slave, an unwilling pawn, and a refugee. This is story of three girls and three dæmons.
***
House Hippo (Concerned Children's Advertisers PSA)
Requirements for a House Hippo, appendix IV of Every House A Hippo, Or, A Nonbeliever’s Guide To The Common House Hippo...
Petra does not believe there is anything better in the whole wide world than laundry fluff. She's almost right.
***
How to Train Your Dragon(2010)
blinded by the sun
He'd been offered the honor of killing a dragon, and it turned his stomach. He couldn't do it, and the only choice he had left was to leave his home.
At least he still had Toothless.
***
Jurassic Park (Movies)
T-Rex Visits the Creation Museum
Homeschool tour groups mostly survive, but the velociraptor eats a guy buying T-shirts.
***
Left Hand of Darkness -- Ursula K. LeGuin
cast no shadow.
“A lack of feeling is a symptom of freeze,” he said, still grimacing. “Perhaps... well.” It was not like him to mince words, and I slowly began to worry. Perhaps this was some attempt at shifgrethor, or another incomprehensible Gethenian ritual which he assumed I knew and at which I could only balk. “To know anything of the intensity of it, I'll have to unfreeze it. To keep it from dying, if it hasn't. I've wasted enough time already; lie down.”
***
The Life of Saint Margaret of Antioch (Medieval Saint's Life)
The Life of Saint Margaret of Antioch (The Hundred Thousand Maidens Remix)
Her name is Margaret. She tells a story.
(Note on warnings: if it happens in the original canon, it happens here.)
***
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika/Puella Magi Madoka Magica
The City of Witches
Every street in the city of witches leads to despair, but Homura Akemi will never lose her way. Spoilers for the entire series.
Perdendosi
Or: Three people Sayaka loved and one she never managed to.
***
Mockingbird -- Sean Stewart
This Puzzle the New World
As magic slowly creeps back into the world, there are many people and many small stories.
***
Norse Mythology
The Lidless Eyes of Night
Sigyn is holding the bowl.
***
Princeless
There's No Such Thing as Elegators
Sparky, Adrienne, and Bedelia have an encounter in the grasslands.
***
Rebecca -- Daphne DuMaurier
A Thousand Words, Or Simply Three
Danny, faced with a new mistress of vastly inferior rank, ruminates on the past.
***
Regeneration -- Pat Barker
Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
After the war's end, Siegfried Sassoon seeks fellowship with the dead.
***
xkcd 1110 (Click and Drag)
Nearly Prescient Suspicion of Impending Demise
She just hadn’t expected the world to be so small.
P.S. Could the mods please add the "recs" and "yuletide 2012" tags here on Dreamwidth? The only tag we have here is "nominated fandoms."