Yuletide Treasures of Years Gone By

[rachelmanija]

In honor of the upcoming yuletide fanfic secret santa gift exchange, I have posted links to some stories I liked from Yuletides past. If you enjoy this, you could do the same!

Because the search by fandom function is disabled while stories are being uploaded, these are all stories that I either had linked or remembered the title or author and so was able to search for a direct link. They are by no means an exhaustive list of what I liked. (Does anyone have a link to the Romeo/Mercutio story in prose? I remember liking that a lot, but couldn't find it.)

If they're X-rated, I'll say so; otherwise, assume not. The ones that are probably most accessible even if you know nothing of the fandom are "Slave Bear of Care-A-Lot," "Bake Sale," "Another Country," "The Case of Spode," and "Rider."

Slave Bear of Care-A-Lot, by Tami. Ah. Ah-ha-ha. This one is X-rated. It is sick, twisted, pornographic BDSM Care Bear fanfic, written by someone who is clearly extremely conversant with Care Bears fandom. I know this has been recommended all over the place already, but deservedly so. Did I mention sick and twisted? Also, hilarious. I remember when this first came out, it got a lot of comments along the lines of "I don't know whether to give the author a medal, or call the police."

Bake Sale: a Mixed Media Collage, by Melymbrosia. A Joan of Arcadia character study, which, like the show, is halfway between heartwarming and heartbreaking.

Brought to Light, by Rana Eros. A lushly romantic vignette based on Ladyhawke, very much in keeping with the tone of the movie.

Rider, by Renet. Neil Gaiman's Shadow from American Gods makes the acquaintance of a horse. Brief but atmospheric; reminded me of the best bits of a book that I thought was extremely uneven.

A Haiku of Color and Vengeance, by Victoria P. A terrific "Five Things That Never Happened" story for Homicide: Life on the Streets. I'm not sure how it would read if you don't already know the characters or the situations it's riffing on, but it's great if you do.

The Ballad of Lenny and Carl, by Kyra Cullinan. The Simpsons; funny, surreal, weirdly poetic.

The Case of Spode, by Peak in Darien. Very funny P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves pastiche. I was a little weirded out by the (G-rated) slash, as Wodehouse's characters strike me as reproducing asexually, perhaps by budding, but the style is spot-on. (I don't know what's up with the weird paragraph formatting, sorry.)

Another Country, by Jay Tryfanstone. Compelling, spooky, and very strange Narnia story; I don't quite understand it, but I can't get it out of my mind.

A Path Unvaried. Sandman. How Destiny and his siblings shape the life of Prez Ricard. Or perhaps he shapes his own life and they just visit. A good job of making a character without flaws interesting and sympathetic.

Comments

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

My favorite Narnia story is Growing Up (http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/8/growingup.html), which is about Susan, and manages the difficult trick of critiquing some aspects of the text while still displaying great love for it.

The author of the Narnia story you mentioned, Jan Tryfanstone, also wrote my favorite Yuletide story ever, I, Jehudah (http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/7/ijehudah.html), based on Jesus Christ Superstar.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the recs! I hadn't read some of these before.

Is Fortune's Fool (http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/10/fortunesfool.html) the Romeo/Mecutio story you were thinking of? I love it, and not only because it was written for me. *grins*

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

The prose one was sanj's "Dedicate His Beauty" (http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/8/dedicatehis.html).

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

For my own reference, the Romeo/Mercutio story is "Waste Our Lights in Vain."

http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/7/wasteour.html