Some Yuletide Recs (including my awesome gifts)
In no particular order, with my own comments on said fics (why I think you should read it):
o Submitted For Your Approval (3849 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Muppets - All Media Types, Twilight Zone
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Gonzo the Great, Rod Serling (Twilight Zone)
Author's Summary: A freak accident turns Gonzo’s latest stunt into a one-way ticket into the unknown.
My comment: This has been recced repeatedly but is worth it. The summary doesn't do justice to how utterly insane this fic really is.
o Never Mind the Bite Marks (2418 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Never Mind the Buzzcocks RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Simon Amstell, Josh Groban, Martin Freeman, Omid Djalili
Author's Summary: Funny thing, for future reference: if you happen to ring the police as you run for your life - just to let them know that there's an army of zombies in the BBC Centre, and it'd be grand if they could pop by - they're not all that eager to help.
My comment: Based on episode S22E12 (link to a Youtube version within). The writer gets Amstell and Groban down to a T, even during a zombie invasion.
o K is for Kinky (2895 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: QI RPF
Rating: Mature
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Blue Whale, Hillary Clinton, Oscar Wilde
Author's Summary: A very special QI episode.
My comment: Poor Alan, he really is the butt-monkey of QI, but this takes it off the deep end. Hilarious.
o Twilight of the Living Dead (1419 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Books
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Bernard Black, Manny Bianco, Fran Katzenjammer
Author's Summary: “You don’t think…could Twilight actually be rotting their brains? Literally?”
My comment: Disclosure -- I beta-ed this. The author feared s/he had the voices wrong. Meanwhile I was laughing my head off because it was so dead on and hilarious.
o Lunch in Space (2478 words)
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Rolling Stones - Robert Heinlein
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Meade Stone, Hazel Stone, Lowell (Buster) Stone, Castor Stone, Pollux Stone, Roger Stone
Author's Summary: Meade Stone grows things, cooks, and argues with her family.
My comment: Possibly my favorite Heinlein book. He wrote strong women, but Meade was presented as a bit of a boy crazy ditz. Here we see her two years later, smarter and growing stronger. This is so delightful.
One Ring (1427 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sarah Jane Adventures, Warehouse 13
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Clyde Langer, Rani Chandra, Sarah Jane Smith, Steve Jinks, Claudia Donovan, Artie Nielsen
Author's Summary:
Claudia and Steve trace an artifact to Bannerman Road.
My comment: Of course not everything Sarah Jane finds is alien! Ha! A perfect mesh of these two fandoms.
Walking the Penguin (1678 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sarah Jane Adventures
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rani Chandra/Clyde Langer
Characters: Rani Chandra, Clyde Langer, Gita Chandra, Haresh Chandra
Author's Summary: Rani and Clyde are facing their toughest battle yet - they must tell Rani's parents that they're dating.
My comment: I usually don't care for pairings in this fandom, but this is wonderful and the characters are perfect. Plus I love when Haresh is so smart yet so dense.
A Moment in Time (1273 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Phineas and Ferb
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Vanessa Doofenshmirtz & Stacy Hirano, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro & Stacy Hirano
Characters: Stacy Hirano, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, Ginger Hirano, Milly (Phineas And Ferb), Gretchen (Phineas And Ferb), Candace Flynn, Perry (Phineas And Ferb)
Author's Summary: When Stacy, Vanessa, and the Fireside Girls are the only ones not affected by Dr. Doofenshmirtz' freezinator, they must work together to save not only themselves, but the entire Tri-State Area.
My comment: 2nd person narratives are hard to do right, but this one is. Told from the POV of Stacy (Candace's best friend), and without the boys at all, this is a lot of fun.
o Go the Fuck to Sleep (Black Dog Remix) (393 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Go the Fuck to Sleep - Adam Mansbach, Cowboy Bebop
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ed (Cowboy Bebop), Jet Black
Author's Summary: The Bebop hangs gently in orbit,
And its crew has a schedule to keep.
So I'll tell you one story, and we'll all get some rest.
Okay, Ed? Lie the fuck down and sleep.
My comment: OH, my head.
o Five Times That Someone Broke Character, and One Time There Was No Character to Break (4928 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mission: Impossible (TV 1988)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Shannon Reed, Grant Collier, Max Harte, Nicholas Black, Jim Phelps
Author's Summary: Shannon hadn't planned on sticking to one IMF team.
My comment: This was my main gift.
You're never, never, never supposed to say, "This isn't what I asked for." My DYA letter suggested that the three or four younger characters were in a relationship, of the "hop into bed with each other kind".
Fortunately, my assigned author is at least nine billion times smarter than I. What I got is a completely gen and totally character rich fic. She really made them all come alive.
There's almost no fic in this fandom. To actually get something for it AND have it be this excellent is a double-special treat.
From Season to Season (7580 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Space: 1999, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Major Character Death
Characters: Sandra Benes, Alan Carter, Tony Verdeschi, Worf (Star Trek:TNG/DS9), Wesley Crusher, Data (Star Trek)
Summary: The Enterprise comes across Moonbase Alpha...
This tale was written to explain how S1 became S2. One of the biggest changes was the change of the command area and, with the loss of Victor and Paul, the change to Tony to the second in command (and security officer). This makes it all work.
There just isn't enough gen Space:1999 fic out there (although this does have a canon het pairing). Wow!
[ETA: I just got a NYR gift, too!!]
This entry originally posted to http://infinimato.dreamwidth.org/7650.html but cross-posted on LJ just to piss off the universe. You can comment here, you can comment there, or you can comment in your underwear [but I won't see it if you do that].
o Submitted For Your Approval (3849 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Muppets - All Media Types, Twilight Zone
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Gonzo the Great, Rod Serling (Twilight Zone)
Author's Summary: A freak accident turns Gonzo’s latest stunt into a one-way ticket into the unknown.
My comment: This has been recced repeatedly but is worth it. The summary doesn't do justice to how utterly insane this fic really is.
o Never Mind the Bite Marks (2418 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Never Mind the Buzzcocks RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Simon Amstell, Josh Groban, Martin Freeman, Omid Djalili
Author's Summary: Funny thing, for future reference: if you happen to ring the police as you run for your life - just to let them know that there's an army of zombies in the BBC Centre, and it'd be grand if they could pop by - they're not all that eager to help.
My comment: Based on episode S22E12 (link to a Youtube version within). The writer gets Amstell and Groban down to a T, even during a zombie invasion.
o K is for Kinky (2895 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: QI RPF
Rating: Mature
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Blue Whale, Hillary Clinton, Oscar Wilde
Author's Summary: A very special QI episode.
My comment: Poor Alan, he really is the butt-monkey of QI, but this takes it off the deep end. Hilarious.
o Twilight of the Living Dead (1419 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Books
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Bernard Black, Manny Bianco, Fran Katzenjammer
Author's Summary: “You don’t think…could Twilight actually be rotting their brains? Literally?”
My comment: Disclosure -- I beta-ed this. The author feared s/he had the voices wrong. Meanwhile I was laughing my head off because it was so dead on and hilarious.
o Lunch in Space (2478 words)
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Rolling Stones - Robert Heinlein
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Meade Stone, Hazel Stone, Lowell (Buster) Stone, Castor Stone, Pollux Stone, Roger Stone
Author's Summary: Meade Stone grows things, cooks, and argues with her family.
My comment: Possibly my favorite Heinlein book. He wrote strong women, but Meade was presented as a bit of a boy crazy ditz. Here we see her two years later, smarter and growing stronger. This is so delightful.
One Ring (1427 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sarah Jane Adventures, Warehouse 13
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Clyde Langer, Rani Chandra, Sarah Jane Smith, Steve Jinks, Claudia Donovan, Artie Nielsen
Author's Summary:
Claudia and Steve trace an artifact to Bannerman Road.
My comment: Of course not everything Sarah Jane finds is alien! Ha! A perfect mesh of these two fandoms.
Walking the Penguin (1678 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sarah Jane Adventures
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rani Chandra/Clyde Langer
Characters: Rani Chandra, Clyde Langer, Gita Chandra, Haresh Chandra
Author's Summary: Rani and Clyde are facing their toughest battle yet - they must tell Rani's parents that they're dating.
My comment: I usually don't care for pairings in this fandom, but this is wonderful and the characters are perfect. Plus I love when Haresh is so smart yet so dense.
A Moment in Time (1273 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Phineas and Ferb
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Vanessa Doofenshmirtz & Stacy Hirano, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro & Stacy Hirano
Characters: Stacy Hirano, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, Ginger Hirano, Milly (Phineas And Ferb), Gretchen (Phineas And Ferb), Candace Flynn, Perry (Phineas And Ferb)
Author's Summary: When Stacy, Vanessa, and the Fireside Girls are the only ones not affected by Dr. Doofenshmirtz' freezinator, they must work together to save not only themselves, but the entire Tri-State Area.
My comment: 2nd person narratives are hard to do right, but this one is. Told from the POV of Stacy (Candace's best friend), and without the boys at all, this is a lot of fun.
o Go the Fuck to Sleep (Black Dog Remix) (393 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Go the Fuck to Sleep - Adam Mansbach, Cowboy Bebop
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ed (Cowboy Bebop), Jet Black
Author's Summary: The Bebop hangs gently in orbit,
And its crew has a schedule to keep.
So I'll tell you one story, and we'll all get some rest.
Okay, Ed? Lie the fuck down and sleep.
My comment: OH, my head.
o Five Times That Someone Broke Character, and One Time There Was No Character to Break (4928 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mission: Impossible (TV 1988)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Shannon Reed, Grant Collier, Max Harte, Nicholas Black, Jim Phelps
Author's Summary: Shannon hadn't planned on sticking to one IMF team.
My comment: This was my main gift.
You're never, never, never supposed to say, "This isn't what I asked for." My DYA letter suggested that the three or four younger characters were in a relationship, of the "hop into bed with each other kind".
Fortunately, my assigned author is at least nine billion times smarter than I. What I got is a completely gen and totally character rich fic. She really made them all come alive.
There's almost no fic in this fandom. To actually get something for it AND have it be this excellent is a double-special treat.
From Season to Season (7580 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Space: 1999, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Major Character Death
Characters: Sandra Benes, Alan Carter, Tony Verdeschi, Worf (Star Trek:TNG/DS9), Wesley Crusher, Data (Star Trek)
Summary: The Enterprise comes across Moonbase Alpha...
This tale was written to explain how S1 became S2. One of the biggest changes was the change of the command area and, with the loss of Victor and Paul, the change to Tony to the second in command (and security officer). This makes it all work.
There just isn't enough gen Space:1999 fic out there (although this does have a canon het pairing). Wow!
[ETA: I just got a NYR gift, too!!]
This entry originally posted to http://infinimato.dreamwidth.org/7650.html but cross-posted on LJ just to piss off the universe. You can comment here, you can comment there, or you can comment in your underwear [but I won't see it if you do that].