More Yuletide recs

[luzula]

I am now "done" with Yuletide, in the sense that I've gone through all fandoms that I'm interested in and read everything shorter than 5K words and put the longer stuff on my ereader. So here are some more recs!

the leaning grasses and two lights above the sea by toft (Earthsea, with Ged, Tenar, and Seserakh)
This has Le Guin's appreciation of domestic daily life, and Seserakh is beautifully written, especially as seen through Tenar's eyes.

build a bridge to the stars by jediseagull (The Course of Honour, Jainan/Kiem)
I am a sucker for this pairing and how they support and complement each other.

The Theft and the Gift by dr_zook (Norse mythology, with Heimdall, Loki, Freya, Thor)
Vivid and interesting characterization, with an ending and a beginning that hang together ominously.

better cheated to the last by Damkianna (The Sting, Henry Gondorff/Johnny Hooker)
Aaah, I ship these two so hard, and this fic captured them perfectly, the way they can catch each other cues without speaking.

She Who Saw the Deep by lnhammer (Gilgamesh)
This is about Gilgamesh and Enkidu seen through the eyes of Shamhat, the woman who brings Enkidu into civilization by having sex with him. I really like how she's written as an interesting character in her own right.

The Business and Process of Writing by phnelt (Galaxy Quest, mostly gen)
Delightful ensemble fic set during the filming of a new Galaxy Quest series.

Csethiro Ceredin Speaks Her Mind by BeccaStareyes
Csethiro's view of Maia's proposal and the process of her learning more about Maia himself.

The Work of Feeding Humans by Miss_M (Robin McKinley's Sunshine, Constantine/Rae "Sunshine" Seddon)
Con helps Sunshine with the baking.

In which there are an Abundance of Wings by aedifica (Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle)
A short story with delightful living furniture.

Comments

[ride_4ever]

The abundance of Yuletide overwhelms me -- TYK for the recs so I have a good starting point.

And I had to pause for squeeing at the Gondorff/Hooker and at the Galaxy Quest gen. And then I had to LOL a bit because that isn't what's meant by hooker!fic but I was amused to have the thought arise.

[luzula]

I always go through it systematically by fandom--I find it less overwhelming that way, because after all the vast majority of fics are in fandoms that I'm not interested in.

Glad I could rec a few fics in fandoms you're into!

[dolorosa_12]

I loved those Earthsea and Sunshine fics so much!

[hurry_sundown]

Galaxy Quest!!! I just rewatched it last week. That story is excellent.

[luzula]

In some fandoms you reliably get great fic for Yuletide--that's true of both those, I think!

[dolorosa_12]

Yes, I agree with you entirely. Another fandom that tends to be excellent every Yuletide is The Lions of Al-Rassan, although that wasn't in the tagset for 2018, sadly.

[espresso_addict]

Thanks for these -- you must read very fast!

[luzula]

I haven't seen it in years, but it is vivid in my mind!

[luzula]

Hmm, I don't know? I usually do glut myself on Yuletide though. : )

[espresso_addict]

I'm still plodding slowly through 2017...