yuletidings all
Guys, Yuletide was awesome. I got five stories and I feel totally spoiled. Here they are, if you want to read them, too (you totally should, there's some great stuff in there). Cut for space; Fandoms are Silk, Uprooted, and What if Wes Anderson Directed X-Men?
Growing Up to Be Julia Roberts (1360 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Silk (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Felicia Hardy & Cindy Moon
Characters: Cindy Moon, Felicia Hardy
Additional Tags: Future Fic
Summary:
Cindy just wants two things: (1) watch a movie and (2) eat ice cream.
and take my waking slow (3102 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Uprooted - Naomi Novik
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Agnieszka/The Dragon | Sarkan
Characters: Agnieszka (Uprooted), The Dragon | Sarkan
Summary:
In the aftermath, the tower needs renovations. Sarkan greets change with all his usual grace.
a lesson in cartography (7117 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Uprooted - Naomi Novik
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Agnieszka/The Dragon | Sarkan
Characters: Agnieszka (Uprooted), The Dragon | Sarkan
Additional Tags: Fluff, Awkward Flirting, Magical Shenanigans, Bed-sharing, UST, Oblivious Pining, Accidental Magical Transformations, Baby dragons - Freeform
Summary:
“I will never cease to be amazed at your unequaled talent for creating chaos out of the simplest components. You were meant to be scrying and map-making. What were you doing?”
Five Times Someone Questioned the Brilliance and Resolve of the Writer, Director, and Producer of the Annual Theatrical Production of the Xavier School for Gifted Individuals (685 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men - All Media Types, What If Wes Anderson Directed X-Men?, Wes Anderson Films (all)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jean Grey, Scott Summers, Bobby Drake, Kitty Pryde, Charles Xavier, Hank McCoy
Additional Tags: School Play, Crack, Wes Anderson Films, Mash-up, Durenmatt, Superheroes, Theatre
Summary:
Jean Gray directs the school play, and she's sick of actors questioning her vision.
Spider Date (201 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spider-Woman (Comic), Silk (comic)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jessica Drew/Cindy Moon
Characters: Jessica Drew, Cindy Moon
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, First Meetings, Flirting, Developing Relationship
Summary:
“Hm,” the other spider lady - Spider-woman? Jessica? - says, smirks a little at her, “you’re new to this, aren’t you?”
And I haven't finished rifling through the collection, but here are my recs so far. If you have any recs to share, definitely link me! Cut for space again; fandoms are Ex Machina, Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families (Madeleine L'Engle), Eternal Sky Trilogy (Elizabeth Bear), and The Matrix.
Object Oriented (1243 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ex Machina (2015)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kyoko (Ex Machina), Ava (Ex Machina)
Summary:
As Nathan is dead, he will not require lunch.
& in this world of/ yes (3287 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families - Madeleine L'Engle
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vicky Austin/Adam Eddington
Characters: Adam Eddington, Vicky Austin, John Austin, Charles Wallace Murry, Kali Cutter, Meg Murry | Meg O'Keefe
Additional Tags: secondary Meg Murry/Calvin O'Keefe, Future Fic
Summary:
Or: archaic understanding isn't legally binding.
Vicky works her way through the graduate program at Columbia's School of Journalism. Adam mooches off her housing for a semester and change while he writes up his dissertation and... gets into trouble on the side. To be alive is to be vulnerable (to the odd abduction scenario).
The Sight of Other Skies (4595 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Eternal Sky Trilogy - Elizabeth Bear
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Samarkar & Tsareg Edene
Characters: Samarkar, Tsareg Edene
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Female Friendship, Worldbuilding
Summary:
Samarkar comes and goes, like the seasons. Unlike the seasons, sometimes she writes Edene letters while she's away.
This, our illusion of free will (3228 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Matrix (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Trinity (The Matrix) & Morpheus (The Matrix)
Characters: Trinity (The Matrix), Morpheus (The Matrix)
Additional Tags: Developing Friendships, Guilt, Crisis of Faith, Virtual Reality
Summary:
Morpheus was prepared to pay the personal cost of looking for the One, but not for people on his team to die. A chance meeting with a young hacker who likes threes gives him food for thought.
Growing Up to Be Julia Roberts (1360 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Silk (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Felicia Hardy & Cindy Moon
Characters: Cindy Moon, Felicia Hardy
Additional Tags: Future Fic
Summary:
Cindy just wants two things: (1) watch a movie and (2) eat ice cream.
and take my waking slow (3102 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Uprooted - Naomi Novik
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Agnieszka/The Dragon | Sarkan
Characters: Agnieszka (Uprooted), The Dragon | Sarkan
Summary:
In the aftermath, the tower needs renovations. Sarkan greets change with all his usual grace.
a lesson in cartography (7117 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Uprooted - Naomi Novik
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Agnieszka/The Dragon | Sarkan
Characters: Agnieszka (Uprooted), The Dragon | Sarkan
Additional Tags: Fluff, Awkward Flirting, Magical Shenanigans, Bed-sharing, UST, Oblivious Pining, Accidental Magical Transformations, Baby dragons - Freeform
Summary:
“I will never cease to be amazed at your unequaled talent for creating chaos out of the simplest components. You were meant to be scrying and map-making. What were you doing?”
Five Times Someone Questioned the Brilliance and Resolve of the Writer, Director, and Producer of the Annual Theatrical Production of the Xavier School for Gifted Individuals (685 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men - All Media Types, What If Wes Anderson Directed X-Men?, Wes Anderson Films (all)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jean Grey, Scott Summers, Bobby Drake, Kitty Pryde, Charles Xavier, Hank McCoy
Additional Tags: School Play, Crack, Wes Anderson Films, Mash-up, Durenmatt, Superheroes, Theatre
Summary:
Jean Gray directs the school play, and she's sick of actors questioning her vision.
Spider Date (201 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spider-Woman (Comic), Silk (comic)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jessica Drew/Cindy Moon
Characters: Jessica Drew, Cindy Moon
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, First Meetings, Flirting, Developing Relationship
Summary:
“Hm,” the other spider lady - Spider-woman? Jessica? - says, smirks a little at her, “you’re new to this, aren’t you?”
And I haven't finished rifling through the collection, but here are my recs so far. If you have any recs to share, definitely link me! Cut for space again; fandoms are Ex Machina, Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families (Madeleine L'Engle), Eternal Sky Trilogy (Elizabeth Bear), and The Matrix.
Object Oriented (1243 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ex Machina (2015)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kyoko (Ex Machina), Ava (Ex Machina)
Summary:
As Nathan is dead, he will not require lunch.
& in this world of/ yes (3287 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families - Madeleine L'Engle
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vicky Austin/Adam Eddington
Characters: Adam Eddington, Vicky Austin, John Austin, Charles Wallace Murry, Kali Cutter, Meg Murry | Meg O'Keefe
Additional Tags: secondary Meg Murry/Calvin O'Keefe, Future Fic
Summary:
Or: archaic understanding isn't legally binding.
Vicky works her way through the graduate program at Columbia's School of Journalism. Adam mooches off her housing for a semester and change while he writes up his dissertation and... gets into trouble on the side. To be alive is to be vulnerable (to the odd abduction scenario).
The Sight of Other Skies (4595 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Eternal Sky Trilogy - Elizabeth Bear
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Samarkar & Tsareg Edene
Characters: Samarkar, Tsareg Edene
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Female Friendship, Worldbuilding
Summary:
Samarkar comes and goes, like the seasons. Unlike the seasons, sometimes she writes Edene letters while she's away.
This, our illusion of free will (3228 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Matrix (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Trinity (The Matrix) & Morpheus (The Matrix)
Characters: Trinity (The Matrix), Morpheus (The Matrix)
Additional Tags: Developing Friendships, Guilt, Crisis of Faith, Virtual Reality
Summary:
Morpheus was prepared to pay the personal cost of looking for the One, but not for people on his team to die. A chance meeting with a young hacker who likes threes gives him food for thought.