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Yuletide!
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yuletide:
The Vintner's Luck
Dawn, 1845. Sobran Jodeau/Xas, PG
This is lovely and quiet. For some reason, I always forget how much I love this book until something reminds me, and this fit the bill perfectly, the way it slots right into the canon.
Phillip Marlowe (Chandlerverse)
It's a Raymond Chandler Evening. Phillip Marlowe, PG
I wasn't looking for Marlowe fic when I went nosing around the Yuletide archive, mainly because it never occured to me that someone would write some. I've always kind of wanted to write some myself -- I love old-school, hardboiled detective fiction, and Chandler is probably my absolute favorite -- but it's one of those things that's never going to happen. Happily, someone else went and did it for me.
I really, really liked this. Marlowe's voice is just about perfect, and the story is spot on -- Marlowe's having a lousy day, and then an irritating client shows up, and then things somehow manage to get worse, because things getting worse is pretty much the formula for Marlowe's life.
The Maltese Falcon
the means at hand. Sam Spade, Wilmer Cook, PG
I wasn't really expecting this, either. First Marlowe, then Sam Spade. BEST READING DAY EVER.
This supposes that Spade follows the Falcon to Istanbul at the end of the book, and it's really well done. Wilmer's voice is fabulous, and the background Sam/Brigid is perfectly done.
Brown-Eyed Girl. Sam Spade/Effie Perine, PG]
The first time I read the Maltese Falcon, I kind of secretly wanted Sam and Effie to ride off in the sunset together, only I knew they wouldn't, because nothing in their lives would ever be that easy. It isn't that easy here, either, and I love it.
Game of Thrones
At Last, Brother. Jon Snow/Robb Stark, Jon Snow/Samwell Tarly, NC17.
Look. This is the Job/Robb slash I've been wanting for the last ten years. Believe me when I tell you, it was totally worth the wait. Jon's voice is perfect, and the smut is smoking hot, and also bonus points for a delightfully spot-on Samwell Tarly.
American Gods
The Man in the Gaberdine Suit.
This is utterly perfect. That is, quite honestly, the only thing I can say about it. The author did a wonderful job capturing Gaiman's style, and Shadow is awesome in ways that cannot be textually rendered, and the whole premise of the story is brilliant. That's all I have, really. Fucking brilliant.
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There are seventeen Game of Thrones fics at theyuletide archive. SEVENTEEN. I didn't have time to get started on it all today, because I want to take a nap before the Lakers game starts, but. SEVENTEEN. And it looks like an absolute treasure trove -- Sandor/Sansa, Loras/Renly, Jaime/Cersei, Catelyn gen -- I cannot wait.
yuletide:The Vintner's Luck
Dawn, 1845. Sobran Jodeau/Xas, PG
This is lovely and quiet. For some reason, I always forget how much I love this book until something reminds me, and this fit the bill perfectly, the way it slots right into the canon.
Phillip Marlowe (Chandlerverse)
It's a Raymond Chandler Evening. Phillip Marlowe, PG
I wasn't looking for Marlowe fic when I went nosing around the Yuletide archive, mainly because it never occured to me that someone would write some. I've always kind of wanted to write some myself -- I love old-school, hardboiled detective fiction, and Chandler is probably my absolute favorite -- but it's one of those things that's never going to happen. Happily, someone else went and did it for me.
I really, really liked this. Marlowe's voice is just about perfect, and the story is spot on -- Marlowe's having a lousy day, and then an irritating client shows up, and then things somehow manage to get worse, because things getting worse is pretty much the formula for Marlowe's life.
The Maltese Falcon
the means at hand. Sam Spade, Wilmer Cook, PG
I wasn't really expecting this, either. First Marlowe, then Sam Spade. BEST READING DAY EVER.
This supposes that Spade follows the Falcon to Istanbul at the end of the book, and it's really well done. Wilmer's voice is fabulous, and the background Sam/Brigid is perfectly done.
Brown-Eyed Girl. Sam Spade/Effie Perine, PG]
The first time I read the Maltese Falcon, I kind of secretly wanted Sam and Effie to ride off in the sunset together, only I knew they wouldn't, because nothing in their lives would ever be that easy. It isn't that easy here, either, and I love it.
Game of Thrones
At Last, Brother. Jon Snow/Robb Stark, Jon Snow/Samwell Tarly, NC17.
Look. This is the Job/Robb slash I've been wanting for the last ten years. Believe me when I tell you, it was totally worth the wait. Jon's voice is perfect, and the smut is smoking hot, and also bonus points for a delightfully spot-on Samwell Tarly.
American Gods
The Man in the Gaberdine Suit.
This is utterly perfect. That is, quite honestly, the only thing I can say about it. The author did a wonderful job capturing Gaiman's style, and Shadow is awesome in ways that cannot be textually rendered, and the whole premise of the story is brilliant. That's all I have, really. Fucking brilliant.
*
There are seventeen Game of Thrones fics at the
yuletide archive. SEVENTEEN. I didn't have time to get started on it all today, because I want to take a nap before the Lakers game starts, but. SEVENTEEN. And it looks like an absolute treasure trove -- Sandor/Sansa, Loras/Renly, Jaime/Cersei, Catelyn gen -- I cannot wait.
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