I misunderstood the point of this ride

This is such a weird year, and a weird/sad holiday season; I’m so grateful to fandom for being my constant through all this. I’m making characteristically slow progress through my "marked for later" list, and I’ll hopefully get some more recs out later, but I don’t want to wait to show off my awesome gifts:

what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl
The Queen’s Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Gen-ish (Irene/Eugenides, Helen/Sophos), T, 2.3K
A lovely, peaceful, and sometimes bittersweet look at much of the main cast of the series post-canon, with insights into the fragility of peace and the ongoing complexity of politics and royal life, as well as love and companionship.

To Brie or Not To Brie
Gamechanger - L.X. Beckett
Gen-ish (pre-Rubi Whiting/Gimlet Barnes), G, 1.5K
Multi-layered meta exploration of the fannish culture around semi-scripted VR game celebrities in the social media heavy world of this sadly obscure book, with some lovely pre-canon pining! I was blown away to receive a treat in this fandom. It’s great, and more people should read the book, enjoy this fic, and write more!

Also, for anyone who is still feeling the gift-giving spirit and creative momentum, fandomtrees is ongoing! You could leave some lucky fan a ficlet, or a drawing, or maybe some recipe or book recs! Here are some trees with no presents yet.



My own tree is over here, and while it lists a few specific fandoms/prompts/etc, any little thing in the fandoms I love (and the prompts in my past exchange letters) would fill me with joy. Which I have to admit ... I could really use more of right now. Things are really hard. I know they are for just about everyone else, too.

Much love to you all - I hope you’re happy and safe and with loved ones (human or otherwise).

Second day of the snowflake_challenge, and bah, I'm already late. I got kind of distracted today with reading Hallucinations, by Oliver Sacks. (Graphic novel research! Eeee.) And rewatching some of Downton Abbey Season 2 with my mother.

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Drop a link to your post in the comments. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom and maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.

I spent the latter half of the year devouring Teen Wolf fic, which um, could hardly be considered rare or lesser known in the slightest. But I really wanted to try and rec some things that are a little more out of the way! So that was my approach here. That and podfic, because that has been my primary mode of fannish intake this year. Podfic has gotten me through so many hours of toiling away at comic pages, it's untrue. Have some appreciation!

( A tiny fandom, a marvelous threesome, gen bffs of my heart, and a bonus vid )

I have a lot of feelings about fanwork, you guys. Also, it's so time for bed. G'night!