Hi, flist! Now that the semester is over, there is a whole backlog of fannish posts I want to make. This is the first of those.
First of all, I've thrown my hat into the ring for
Reverse Remix, where I volunteer to participate and you tell me which fic of yours you'd like me to remix. I've already written one fic,
Save Tonight (The Puppy Pile Remix), which is a remix of
likeadeuce's FMA fic
before they turn the summer into dust. But I'd be happy to write more! My comment is
here.
With that out of the way, I wanted to do a bit of a recs post. I haven't been reading nearly as much fanfic lately as I used to, but I've read some awesome stuff lately, all by my friends, and you should all be pointed in their direction because their stories are GREAT.
On the
Fullmetal Alchemist train, I want to rec four recent fics by
likeadeuce. For values of "recent" that include basically "the last six months."
( FMA RecsCollapse )Next up, a Hunger Games rec:
Strategy, by
second_batgirl. I haven't read any Hunger Games fic before, because it's not the kind of canon that gives me fic cravings, but TSB has written a beautiful exploration of Foxface in this story. It makes sense to me that the canon doesn't give us all that much information on the other tributes -- if it did, no one would be able to make it through the books due to CRUSHING DESPAIR. But that's one of the things fic is
for, and TSB does a fantastic job of giving Foxface a backstory, a family, hopes and dreams, and an inner monologue that stretches from the Reaping to her sad end. The fic gave me a new appreciation for a character I barely remembered from the book, and the psychological depth TSB gave her made me read her actions in a whole new light. I highly recommend this.
While I'm doing more brief recs, I'll add a fanvid rec:
Sky is Open, a Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel) vid by
garrideb. If I'm being honest, I have never liked vids composed of comics scans. They've always seemed too static to me, too awkward, with word balloons distracting from the lyrics and no sense of forward momentum. But I can't say any of those things about Garrideb's vid. It's about flying, and Carol Danvers' love of that act, and the vid
feels like it's flying. The pacing and timing are incredible, and watching it just gives me SUCH a rush. If you like Carol at all, I highly, highly recommend this -- I know how much work she put into it, and the result is more than worth it.
Finally, I want to rec a fic universe: the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew fics by
bethfrish. They're Carson Drew/Fenton Hardy slash, set in the first half of the 20th century, and I know the idea might seem out of left field at first. But bethfrish has created an intricate, beautiful universe that pays attention to historical context, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. I've only read a handful of Nancy Drew books in my life, and I've never read a Hardy Boys book, but that doesn't matter. This universe is gorgeously-written and fully-realized, requires absolutely no canon knowledge, and, in its use of different media and formats as well as in the writing itself, it shows the full extent of
bethfrish's brilliance. I urge EVERYONE to give this a shot, especially if you, like me, are fascinated by stories about queer people in early 20th century America. Details below the cut:
( Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew recsCollapse )And that, my friends, is it for now. More fannish posts to come!
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