Yuletide 2017 recs (the repost)

[merryghoul]

Originally posted at Tumblr, then recreated after Tumblr deleted my public rec post without warning.

Fandoms under the cut: Call the Midwife, 12 Dancing Princesses, 17776: What Football Will Look Like in the Future - Jon Bois, American Horror Story: Coven, Numbers, Baby Driver, Black Mirror, Atlanta (TV), The Bloody Chamber — Angela Carter, The Breakfast Club (1985), Belinda Blinked Series — Rocky Flintstone, Carmilla — J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Cinderella (1950), Crimson Peak, Horror of Dracula (1958), The Iliad — Homer, In the Flesh, Inglourious Basterds, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV), Lost Boys (Movies), “Lucky” (Britney Spears music video), Mean Girls, Moonlight, “New Rules” (Dua Lipa music video), Oregon Trail (Video Game), Progressive Insurance "Flo" commercials, Sapphire & Steel, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Thelma & Louise, Tingleverse, Station Eleven — Emily St. John Mandel, Taylor Swift RPF, Sleeping Beauty (1959), Vikings (TV), The Wicked + The Divine, Wonder Woman (2017)

Note: I decided to add the original Tumblr notes I placed with these recs, although some of them added with their AO3 share links makes some of the notes here look like "well duh." Some of the 2017 reccer notes have been edited for clarity.


All It Takes Is a Moment (2059 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Call the Midwife
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Delia Busby/Patsy Mount
Characters: Delia Busby, Patsy Mount
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Happy Ending, Love, Breakfast in Bed
Summary: A few minutes here or there can change a lifetime.
Reccer’s Note: my 2017 Yuletide gift

so come home (21453 words) by blindmadness
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 12 Dancing Princesses (Fairy Tale)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Space, Fairy Tale Retellings, Dubious Science, Female Friendship
Summary: A detective is called to a space station to solve the mystery of whether--and how--twelve astronauts are accessing the surface of a forbidden planet.
Reccer's Note: inventive take of “X in space,” with a delightful twist

Fulcrum (165 words) by Missy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 12 Dancing Princesses (Fairy Tale)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Twelve Dancing Princesses
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Space, Alternate Universe - Science Fiction, Mild Self-Torture, Space Exploration, Yuletide Treat, Ficlet
Summary: They dance to keep the engine alive.
Reccer's Note: another take on “X in space,” but a more nightmarish vision

only a full house gonna have a prayer (3417 words) by yasaman
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 17776: What Football Will Look Like in the Future - Jon Bois
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Nine (17776), Ten (17776), Juice (17776)
Additional Tags: Voyager 2 - Freeform, Aliens, Yuletide Treat
Summary:

Ten: We never got back in contact with Voyager 2. Even after the quantum network got set up, we could never find Voyager 2.

Juice: space rock might have gotten them, damaged em too bad.

Nine: Oh.

Ten: we still look for them though. just in case. maybe it’s just taking them a little longer to wake up, you know?

Nine: Maybe they found aliens?

Juice: awww buddy
yeah sure
maybe.

Reccer's Note: the probes from the story look for Voyager 2 (written, obviously, before the release of 20020)

Life, Itself (1246 words) by Missy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: American Horror Story: Coven, American Horror Story
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Misty Day, Cordelia Foxx, Background & Cameo Characters, Stevie Nicks
Additional Tags: Character Study, Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Drinking, Building a Life, Celebrations, Building a family, Teaching, Spoilers, Mentioned Character Death, Building a Community
Summary: Having survived the Seven Wonders, Misty tries to forge a life for herself outside of Miss Robichaux's Academy. But she often finds herself drawn into the drama happening at the school, leaving her straddling two worlds - life in New Orleans and life in the quiet simplicity of her swamp.
Reccer's Note: the AU where Misty lives instead of perishing during the Seven Wonders (and Queenie’s fate from Hotel is reversed as well)

Fog Haze (521 words) by Dayadhvam
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Atlanta (TV 2016)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Darius (Atlanta), Alfred Miles
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Pre-Canon
Summary: Darius and Alfred after noon, ft. Ahmad White as Anonymous.
Reccer's Note: for want of a sandwich

Murder By Numbers (1045 words) by plinys
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Numbers (Anthropomorphic)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: 1 (Number), 2 (Number), 6 (Number)
Additional Tags: Crack Treated Seriously
Summary: There was always a reason, When the others just couldn't cut it that they called for him, for Number One.
Reccer's Note: a punny murder mystery

Work in the Groove (1608 words) by Lady_Ganesh
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Baby Driver (2017)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Baby | Miles & Joseph
Characters: Baby | Miles, Joseph (Baby Driver)
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Music, Musicians, Backstory, Pre-Canon
Summary: Even without a job, Baby's not short of things to do.
Reccer's Note: Baby’s life, not on jobs (set before the movie).

Mix-Tapes of Y-our Love (3239 words) by whitedandelions
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Baby Driver (2017)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Buddy | Jason van Horn/Darling | Monica, Baby | Miles/Buddy | Jason van Horn/Darling | Monica
Characters: Buddy | Jason van Horn, Baby | Miles, Darling | Monica, Doc (Baby Driver), Bats | Leon Jefferson III
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Pre-Canon, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Somehow, the mixtapes of Buddy and Darling start to include him. Baby/Buddy/Darling
Reccer's Note: slow-burn AU where Baby, Buddy, and Darling get together

Belinda's Bridesmaid Duties (1286 words) by The_Kings_Scribe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Belinda Blinked Series - Rocky Flintstone
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Belinda Blumenthal/Anything With A Pulse, Belinda Blumenthal/Giselle Maarschalkerweerd De Klotz, Belinda Blumenthal/Patrick O'Hamlyn
Characters: Belinda Blumenthal
Additional Tags: Humor, Porn Logic, Bad Anatomy, Public Sex, Lesbians Erotica & Business&Leadership
Summary: AKA the hypothetical Giselle/Tony wedding chapter of Book 4.
Reccer's Note: a missing wedding scene, written in Rocky’s signature style; fic now not in step with canon per author's admission

What is yours is mine (4608 words) by flowerdeluce
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Black Mirror
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kelly/Yorkie (Black Mirror)
Characters: Kelly (Black Mirror), Yorkie (Black Mirror)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Light Angst, Happy Ending, Domestic, Misses Clause Challenge, San Junipero, Yuletide 2017
Summary: While exploring San Junipero’s limits and possibilities, Kelly and Yorkie realize their definition of heaven differs in one small but significant way.
Reccer's Note: a take on Kelly and Yorkie after “San Junipero,” set in the titular town

The Hinge of the Year (5128 words) by Miss_M
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter (Short Story), The Erl-King - Angela Carter (Short Story), CARTER Angela - Works
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Heroine (The Bloody Chamber), Narrator (The Erl-King)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Crossover, Female-Centric, Femslash, Haunted Houses, Diary/Journal, A bit meta, Yuletide Treat
Summary: The Marquis is dead but not gone. His widow finds an ally to help banish him.
Reccer's Note: an AU follow-up to the short story, where the presence of a former homeowner still lingers

Elephant Man (3760 words) by florahart
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Bender & Brian Johnson
Characters: John Bender, Brian Johnson (Breakfast Club)
Additional Tags: potential for brian/john, matchmaking elephants, Passage of time, kind of epistolary for a value of epistolary that includes anonymous packages
Summary: Elephants (small figurine ones, not real ones) keep showing up in the mail. Brian doesn't know what to think about that, but he likes them.
Reccer's Note: someone’s mailing Brian random elephants

Or Don't (4258 words) by coricomile
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Bender/Brian Johnson
Characters: John Bender, Brian Johnson (Breakfast Club)
Additional Tags: Recreational Drug Use, Getting Together
Summary: "Is there a… a… Club," Brian says after he's finished coughing. "For. You know. This." He waves his arm again. John knocks it away. Brian grins, dopey and red eyed, and John thinks about stupid baby animals. "We should make one."
Reccer's Note: that one time Brian and Bender were in a fight in high school

lightning is my girl (1865 words) by Katarik
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carmilla/Laura
Characters: Laura (Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu), Carmilla | Mircalla Countess Karnstein
Additional Tags: Femslash Festivus, Misses Clause Challenge, POV First Person, Femslash, Canon Lesbian Relationship, Canon Lesbian Character, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Vampires, Vampires are predators
Summary: An excerpt from a letter from a kindly soul lost to demons years hence, found in the correspondence of the late Doctor Hesselius, relating to an Essay upon the strange subject herein discussed.
Reccer's Note: canon divergence: Laura gives into Carmilla

sing, sweet nightingale (4951 words) by mairamaia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Cinderella (1950)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Cinderella/Lady Tremaine
Characters: Cinderella (Disney), Lady Tremaine (Disney)
Additional Tags: Abuse, Child Abuse, Rape, and other creepiness, Fingerfucking, Object Insertion, Humiliation, Branding, but also it's sort of a character study?, Childhood Trauma
Summary: Cinderella sees her stepmother for the first time in three years.
Reccer's Note: Lady Tremaine visits Cinderella after the events of the movie to exact non-consensual vengeance on her

Movement In The Dark (3416 words) by Eustacia Vye
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crimson Peak (2015)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Edith Cushing/Thomas Sharpe
Characters: Edith Cushing, Thomas Sharpe
Additional Tags: Ghost Sex, Pregnancy sex
Summary: The child was all she had left of Thomas besides her memories and Allerdale Hall. There was no more putting off her responsibility to the estate, avoiding the memory of her final day there.
Reccer's Note: Thomas, a pregnant Edith, and ghost sex

Vampires of Romsford (2249 words) by bygoshbygolly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rick Dagless, Liz Asher, Todd Rivers, Thornton Reed
Additional Tags: Vampires, Canon Compliant
Summary: Dagless and the gang have to save Darkplace (again) when a vampire shows up to make trouble.
Reccer's Note: exactly what it says on the tin

Vici (1082 words) by empty_throne
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gladiator (2000)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Emperor Commodus/Maximus Decimus Meridius
Characters: Emperor Commodus, Maximus Decimus Meridius
Additional Tags: Stabbing, Hate Sex, Anal Sex, Blood Kink, Crueltide, Yuleporn, Period-Typical Homophobia, Dry Sex, Cruelty, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
Summary: Before they go into the arena, there is one more defeat Maximus can suffer.
Reccer's Note: Commodus humiliates Maximus

To the Crossroads (4578 words) by disgruntled_owl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Horror of Dracula (1958), Dracula & Related Fandoms, Dracula (Movies - Hammer)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jonathan Harker & Van Helsing (Hammer)
Characters: Jonathan Harker, Dracula, Van Helsing (Hammer)
Additional Tags: Vampires, Character Turned Into Vampire, Vampire Turning, hammer horror, Blood, Blood Drinking, Vampire Hunters, Religious Imagery & Symbolism
Summary: Dracula discovers Jonathan Harker’s plot to destroy him and gives him a punishment worse than death. Harker races to get intelligence—and evidence identifying his accomplice—away from Dracula's castle, in the hope that his partner will still be able to defeat the Monarch of All Vampires. To succeed, Harker must stay ahead of Dracula’s suspicions and of his own unholy transformation.
Reccer's Note: the AU where Harker fights his vampiric transformation

Home (8840 words) by Miss_M
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Iliad - Homer, The Odyssey - Homer, Greek and Roman Mythology
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Hector/Odysseus
Characters: Ὀδυσσεύς | Odysseus (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Hector
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Enemies to Lovers, Deus Ex Machina, Rare Pairings, Yuletide Treat, Sexual Content, Mention of harm to children
Summary:

“Troy will fall, and when it does, you must make certain that Hector is unharmed.”

“Must I? Why?”

“Because without him, you will never see home again, Odysseus.”

Reccer's Note: the AU where Odysseus needs Hector alive to get home

Folded Neatly Away (6587 words) by searwrites
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: In the Flesh (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rick Macy/Kieren Walker
Characters: Kieren Walker, Rick Macy
Additional Tags: minor UST, Pining, vague mentions of homophobia, References to Depression, Pre-Canon, Toxic Masculinity, Angst
Summary: Kieren just might be the best thing Rick's ever known, or ever will know.
Reccer's Note: a look at Rick and Kieran growing up, and how their friendship fell apart

Soul Like a Knife (1995 words) by scioscribe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Shosanna Dreyfus/Marcel
Characters: Shosanna Dreyfus, Marcel (Inglourious Basterds)
Additional Tags: Trans Character, Canon Compliant, Yuletide Treat
Summary:

He called her Shosanna. That means the woman who forged her papers did it well enough to pass SS inspection. If she is still alive, and if Shosanna can make it to Paris in order to find her, she can buy yet another new name.

Reccer's Note: how Shosanna and Marcel met

A Hand from the Shadows (18029 words) by Rodo
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Arabella Strange/Jonathan Strange
Characters: Jonathan Strange, John Childermass, Arabella Strange, Gilbert Norrell, Emma Pole, Flora Greysteel, Vinculus (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), John Segundus, Stephen Black
Additional Tags: English, Yuletide, Footnotes, Post-Canon
Summary: The Raven King's spell is not yet done and while Strange and Norrell have to find their way back home, Arabella Strange and John Childermass have different problems to deal with.
Reccer's Notes: post-show, where Strange & Norrell are still trying to break the curse they’re trapped in

Found-hope (1687 words) by russian_blue
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Arabella Strange/Jonathan Strange
Characters: Arabella Strange, Emma Pole, Flora Greysteel, John Childermass, Vinculus (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), Jonathan Strange, Gilbert Norrell
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Magic School, Misses Clause Challenge, Historical, Female Friendship
Summary: "If you do not return, so help me, Jonathan, I will come and I will find you. And I will bring you back myself."
Reccer's Note: the start of a new school of magic

where the snakes get born (1633 words) by skazka
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lost Boys (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: David/Michael Emerson/Star
Characters: Michael Emerson (Lost Boys), Star (Lost Boys), David (Lost Boys)
Additional Tags: Trans Male Character, Polyamory, Frottage, OT3, Blood Drinking, Vampires
Summary: Michael and David and Star, forever.
Reccer's Note: David, Michael, and Star post-movie

And the world is spinning by sometimesalways (cherryvanilla) ["Lucky" Britney Spears MV | Lucky/Britney Spears | Explicit | no warnings apply]: "You're... me," Lucky says, swallowing hard and taking in the sight in front of her.

Her doppelgänger clicks her tongue and laughs ruefully. "Correction, I was you. You got rid of me a long time ago, babe."

Lucky falls back against the car seat and breathes out slowly. "Okay... then why are you here?"

Her -- Britney, it's Britney -- shrugs. "Looked like you could use me. Looks like you could use somethin', amirite?"

"So you're, what? My fairy godmother?"
Reccer's Notes: where Britney visits despondent Lucky and reminds her of the past

Blast From the Past (2198 words) by hearteating
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mean Girls (2004)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Regina George/Janis Ian
Characters: Regina George, Janis Ian
Additional Tags: Future Fic, Post-Canon, Reunions, Bickering, Confessions
Summary: Of all the art exhibitions in all the world, Regina George has to walk in to Janis'.
Reccer's Notes: the one where Regina and Janis meet in an art gallery

Canada Gold (3942 words) by impertinence
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mean Girls (2004)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Regina George/Janis Ian
Characters: Regina George, Janis Ian, Damian (Mean Girls)
Additional Tags: Future Fic
Summary: Regina joined the CIA to catch bad guys. Unfortunately, this time, that meant she had to work with Janis.
Reccer's Notes: where Regina joins the CIA (and becomes a field operative) and meets Janis again

Allegiance (1958 words) by scioscribe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Moonlight (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chiron/Kevin (Moonlight)
Characters: Chiron (Moonlight), Kevin (Moonlight)
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat
Summary: Chiron doesn't know how to tell where they're going. (He doesn't know how to make scrambled eggs, either.)
Reccer's Notes: Chiron and Kevin and eggs

So glad you're here again (1703 words) by Philipa_Moss
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Moonlight (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Chiron/Kevin (Moonlight)
Characters: Chiron (Moonlight), Kevin (Moonlight), Kevin Jr. (Moonlight)
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, families, Post-Canon
Summary: Nights like this, Kevin can feel his whole life in a heartbeat.
Reccer's Notes: three moments with Chiron, Kevin, Junior, and food

Welcome to the Confidante (1653 words) by hearteating
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: New Rules - Dua Lipa (Music Video)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Post-Break Up, Time Slide
Summary: Leila knows she needs to end things with her boyfriend, but she doesn't have any success until she wanders in to the Confidante
Reccer's Notes: the first days of the protagonist of the video in the titular hotel

Bat Wings (117 words) by Missy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: New Rules - Dua Lipa (Music Video)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Women (New Rules)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire, Sisterhood, Protectiveness, Routine, Yuletide Madness 2017, Yuletide Treat, Drabble, Rebellion
Summary: They know he can't follow.
Reccer's Notes: now with added vampirism

We were not the first ones here (1213 words) by gamerfic
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Oregon Trail (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Dialogue Heavy, Video Game Mechanics, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Many wagons fail to make it all the way to Oregon.
Reccer's Notes: the anthropomorphic 8-bit fic

Gunning For It (130 words) by Missy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Progressive Insurance "Flo" Commercials
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Flo the Progressive Insurance Girl
Additional Tags: Humor, Crack, Secret Flo-Based Societies, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide Madness 2017, Ficlet
Summary: Flo is the third of her name.
Reccer's Notes: Flo defending her customers

Gonna Sing in the Sun Every Day (444 words) by rosefox
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Columbia (RHPS)/Magenta (RHPS)
Characters: Columbia (RHPS), Magenta (RHPS)
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Doomed Relationship, Misses Clause Challenge, Bisexual Character, Bisexual Female Character
Summary:

Dear Maggie,

I don't have much time but I want you to know...

Reccer's Note: Columbia’s letter to a friend

light your way, but that is all (16003 words) by TheBigCat
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Steel (S&S), Lead (S&S), Silver (S&S), Original Character(s) - Character
Additional Tags: Assignment Fic, reliable narrator, Yuletide 2017, Elemental Weirdness, Mystery, Supernatural Elements, Worldbuilding
Summary: A lighthouse, a storm, a telephone, an empty island. And a fantastic tale from a mysterious stranger to tie all of it together. What better way to spend your last moments of existence?
Reccer's Notes: a dangerous assignment at a lighthouse

Forevermore by LookingForOctober [Sapphire & Steel | Sapphire, Steel | General Audiences | no warnings apply]: "Right now, my best guess is that the robot is possessed, but I could be wrong."
Reccer's notes: Sapphire & Steel meet a robot on assignment

Worthy Sacrifice (101 words) by Missy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aurora/Phillip (Disney)
Characters: Aurora (Disney), Phillip (Disney)
Additional Tags: Character Study, Post-Canon, Watching a Lover Sleep, Memories, Bittersweet, Yuleide Madness 2017, Yuletide Treat
Summary: What she's given up is worthwhile.
Reccer's Notes: post-movie coda

Afternoon leisure (1558 words) by Yuletide
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Chihiro/Haku
Characters: Ogino Chihiro, Haku | Nigihayami Kohakunushi
Additional Tags: Some years after the movie
Summary: They both look forward to the visit.
Reccer's Notes: post-canon dragon god sex

The Rose with the Broken Neck by warriorpoet [Thelma & Louise | Thelma Dickinson/Louise Sawyer, Hal Slocumb | Mature | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings]: Thelma wakes up, and Louise is gone.
Reccer's Notes: ghosts lingering after the end of the movie

Stimulated in the Ass by My Handsome Philosopher (3754 words) by Chianine
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Tingleverse - Chuck Tingle
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chuck Tingle/Nick Bostrom
Characters: Chuck Tingle, Jon Tingle, Nick Bostrom, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Elon Musk
Summary: Chuck goes to TEDx.
Reccer's Notes: what it says on the tin

Limelight, Candlelight, Sunlight, Shadows (2667 words) by Muccamukk
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kirsten Raymonde
Additional Tags: 5 Things, Post-Canon, Theatre, Slice of Life, Acting, Technology, Character Study, Personal Growth
Summary: Five decades, five plays: Kirsten stepping on stage in a changing world.
Reccer's Notes: five moments over five decades in Kristen’s life

The Goat Shed (1208 words) by Arithanas
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Vikings (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gyda & Ragnar Lothbrok, Bjorn & Ragnar Lothbrok
Characters: Gyda (Vikings), Bjorn (Vikings), Ragnar Lothbrok
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Family Fluff, animal birth
Summary: Lagertha and Ragnar had raised the farm from the dirt, and they would do it again, if need be.
Reccer's Notes: a scene from Ragnar’s family life and farming days all the way back in Season One

Unnumber'd Temples (1271 words) by originally
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Wicked + The Divine
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Baal/Inanna (The Wicked + The Divine)
Characters: Inanna (The Wicked + The Divine), Baal (The Wicked + The Divine)
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Fighting As Foreplay, POV First Person
Summary: Inanna returns to Valhalla after the fight with Baal.
Reccer's Notes: a sensual, yet tense scene between Baal and Inanna

Expertise Other Than in War (2894 words) by scioscribe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wonder Woman (2017)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Antiope/Menalippe (Wonder Woman), Antiope/Hippolyta (Wonder Woman)
Characters: Antiope (Wonder Woman), Hippolyta (Wonder Woman), Menalippe (Wonder Woman)
Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Mythology References, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Emotional Tension, Incest, Chastity Device, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Antiope is not made for peace.
Reccer's Notes: a tale of Antiope and Hippolyta, and what happened before the movie

Older Than I Once Was (4979 words) by samalander
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wonder Woman (2017)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Chief (Wonder Woman), Steve Trevor, Charlie (Wonder Woman), Sameer (Wonder Woman), Diana (Wonder Woman)
Additional Tags: Character Study, Native American Character(s), World War I, Pre-Canon
Summary: The people who believe in Napi say he went away to the West, and they are not wrong. But the nice thing about the West is that if you go that way long enough, it becomes the East.
Reccer's Notes: Napi’s life before the movie

Comments

[merryghoul]

Apologizing here for the person who left me their comment originally on yuletide. I felt I needed a new announcement post for this post, and I’m so sorry I deleted that post! I loved your comment—thank you so much for it.

[xmarksthespotwhereistand]

Thank you for the recs! I suspect i'm not the only one who is overwhelmed but curious about previous year's bounty.

[merryghoul]

You’re welcome!