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mrasaki, thank you so very much for the LJ coupon! It was a wonderful surprise and muchly appreciated. ♥

Meanwhile, Yuletide has been extremely kind to be this year and given me two more gifts in the Madness!

Luckiest guy in the world. is a Cal/Chloe-ficlet for Harper's Island, and it made me all soft and melty inside just all things Cal/Chloe in the show did. It's the story of how Cal decides to marry Chloe, and it's now my personal canon.

Beelzebub Has A Devil Put Aside for Me is a Secret Six-gen with Deadshot and Scandal, set right after Unhinged. Awesome Deadshot-voice and awesome look at Scandal through him. The Queen-reference in the title is an awesome little bonus.

Now, my concentration is worse than ever these days, so I probably won't do much reading this year. But here's a few recs.

First there's Sisters of Bilhah, Handmaid's Tale-fic about a woman who helps out refugees from Gilead, and about refugees she meets. Both the prose and the atmosphere are in perfect sync with the Atwood's original, only this one has a touch of hope in it.

Then we have Impetus, a Good Wife-fic about Alicia and how she gets out of Peter's shadow, and how she gets from Will and Cary to Kalinda. Beautiful and sensual character study.

a little brown haired bride is a Mad Men-fic about Peggy, about her wants and what they exactly are. It also offers some Peggy-filtered insight into Don, Pete and Duck, and it's all wonderfully spot-on.

And last but not least for this post, The Midnight Special is a Lackadaisy-fic about Mordecai and Viktor, about how Mordecai becomes wanted for murder and how he and Viktor become friends. An awesome background story for an awesome character.

ETA: And on a totally unrelated note JESUS WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING

Initial reaction:

FUCK FUCK FUCK I'M SO SCREWED FUCK FUCK FUCK WHY DID I OFFER THIS FANDOM THIS IS WAY OUT OF MY LEAGUE FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

In other words, a typical Yule-year for me. I can't wait to get started!

..and it's time for Yuletide-reveal! My story for this tear was On Fate and Flight of Time, a French Revolution RPF (or historical fic, whatever term you prefer) about Camille Desmoulins and Georges Danton during the last months of their lives. It wasn't very popular, but I think it's probably the most honed story I've ever written for Yuletide. So it should have showed on a lot more rec lists, damn it.

Title: On Fate and Flight of Time
Fandom: French Revolution
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Danton and Desmoulins share a drink while time runs out on them. Georges Danton/Camille Desmoulins.
Link: http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/67/onfate.html
Disclaimer: This story is not a historical fact, although it features historic people.

( On Fate and Flight of Time )

My awesome Yuletide-gift!

The Enemy of My Enemy

It's a Deadwood-fic starring Swearengen, Bullock and Tolliver, a gen with an undercurrent of slash in form of Swearengen/Bullock. It's written like a scene from an actual episode, and I had no trouble visualizing the entire story in my mind, or settling into Al's unique head. A real Christmas-treat, this.

More recs to come later, but I can say already now that Bible- and Fairytale-sections are once again filled with goodness, and Titanic-stories are also worth checking out. Hooray Yuletide!

Okay, so I had one more post to make. Quick recs for Yuletide.

( Fandoms: Dexter, MacGyver, Pulp Fiction, Deadwood, Bible, Fairytales, Ultimate X-Men, Batman Begins, Kill Bill, Commercials, Egyptian Mythology, Fifth Element, Discworld )

Yuletide lives, and this year I was lucky enough to get two stories all for myself. First is Returning to the Scene, a Gotham Central-fic in which Renee goes to greet her old friends at Gotham Central. The character interaction in the story is delightful, and it's always good to see fic about Renee. The second story, His heir, is Spider-Man-story in the comicverse, with Norman/Peter (Green Goblin/Spider-Man)-pairing. I prefer my hero/villain-pairings dark, and dark is exactly what I get here. Both stories were very delightful and I enjoyed them a lot.

Now, a couple of other recs from this year's harvest:

One Little Ewe Lamb, a Bible-based story that tells the story of Batsheva in a very painful, but realistic way. Very short, but it sliced straight through my heart. Another Bible-fic that I really liked was Sweet, Salt, and Bitter, an unusual take on the Rachel/Leah-sisterhood. (Warning for incest. Not my usual thing, but it works here.)

In fact, go and check out all Bible-fic in the archive. It's all wonderful.

The Fearless Moral Inventory of Milhouse Van Houten, Simpsons-fic in which Milhouse is all grown up. This is how you make Simpsons realistic and succeed.

The Colour of Poison Berries, a Little Red Ridinghood-retelling. I like the not-so-soft heroine in this, and the language in this is really lovely. Swansong, on the other hand, is a lovely take on H.C Andersen's The Wild Swans.

The Bright Light of Shipwreck, the side to Medusa's story that we didn't see in the actual Greek Mythology. Another story with beautiful prose, and the last scene is especially poignant.

And in my last year's fandom, Batman Begins, we have the incredible Lodestone, a dark look in the life of Jim Gordon in Gotham. I especially like how Gordon sees Batman in this story.

Random things, first: Smallville and Supernatural both rocked this week. I'm content. Now all I have to do is avoid fandom. (Especially the latter. Get over your cootie fright already.)

And now, the main event:

YULETIDE IS ON.

So you, the lovely person who's writing for me? In case you're around, here's a letter to you.

So, the Yuletide-writers have been revealed, and I can come out as the author of And The City Is Full of Light, a Batman Begins-story for myystic. My gift-story, on the other hand, was written by laylah, whose stories I've read and enjoyed before. She wrote Toward Home, for example, which is a deliciously smutty Cloud/Tifa.

Anyway, I have always posted my Yuletide-story in my LJ once it's allowed, and I'm going to do so now. Section VI has been slightly modified because there was, embarrassingly enough, a word missing from the original story (thank you, resmin, for letting me know!). For some reason it was really difficult for me to post the story last year without fucking it up.

Title: And The City Is Full of Light
Fandom: Batman Begins
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Batman isn't the only one on a mission.
Link: http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/30/andthe.html

( And The City Is Full of Light )

To all my reviewers: Thank you so much for all your comments! I honestly hadn't expected so much positive feedback, and I'm really glad that the story worked for you. I would also like to thank all those people who reviewed my stories on the two previous years, as I've been too insensitive to do it before. You people rock!

My dear Yuletide-Santa,

I posted a comment to your gorgeous Mother Bear earlier today, but because it looks like you didn't get that comment after all, I want to let you know that I absolutely loved your story. It was beautifully written, to the point that I couldn't even state just how beautiful it was, and I really liked your take on Artemis. She tends to come off as rather cool character in myths, but you made her very warm and loving. Thank you for writing it.

With lots of hugs and squee,
BOF Oddity