80 Yuletide recs (or these are the ones I read and enjoyed)
Tuesday 30th December 2008 3:31 pm
Last year I managed 43 recs, so there are almost twice as many this year!
These recs are in the following fandoms: 10 Things I Hate About You, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Absolutely Fabulous, Anne of Green Gables, The Avengers, Ballet Shoes, Blackadder, Blakes 7, Cambridge Spies, Chalet School, Chuck, Coupling, Dead Like Me, The Dead Zone, Discworld, Drop the Dead Donkey, Father Ted, Futurama, Galaxy Quest, The Hobbit, Hustle, Lost in Austen, Merlin, Nation, Nethack, Posh Nosh, Press Gang, Pushing Daisies, Red Dwarf, Quantum Leap, Sadlers Wells, Scrubs, Spooks, Stardust, Thoughtcrimes, Top Gear/Narnia, Vorkosigan.
10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You: A lovely scene between Kat and Patrick
The Pleasure's All Mine: A really sweet look at Kat and Patrick sometime after the film
2001: A Space Odyssey
Turing Test: A really interesting POV from Earth of what's happening after HAL's killed all the rew except Dave Bowman
Absolutely Fabulous
Blaming Mum: So ironic for Saffy
The Unspecified Product: An interesting backstory for Patsy
Anne of Green Gables
To Err, To Forgive: A sweet little thing from Gilbert's POV
The Avengers
Cryptic: Just like an actual episode, including all the little elements that make the episodes so great
Ballet Shoes
Air and Space: Petrova and how she gets on after the book
Blackadder
The Birthday Party: A young Blackadder and Queenie (and others) who are still perfectly in character
Blakes 7
Break Away: Vila and Avon being their typical selves
The Pragmatist: Such an interesting backstory for Jenna
Cambridge Spies
Colder Than Cambridge: Such a sad scene from the end of the series
Chalet School
A Canadian Reunion: So much detail about what happens after the last book and so believable too
Crisis of Faith: A really interesting look at how Margot decides what she wants to do with her life
Per Ardua ad Astra: What happened to Professor Richardson
Chuck
Chuck versus the Gay Convention: Such funny stuff between Chuck and Casey
Curses, Foiled Again!: A funny moment between Chuck and Sarah
Emeril, Eat Your Heart Out: Just perfectly funny Casey
Four Times Chuck was a Hero by Being Nerdy: The world needs more nerds!
Four Things Bryce Larkin Regrets and One He Doesn't: An interesting look at Bryce and what he thinks about things
Sandwiches: An entire fic about sandwiches!
selves unimaginably mine: A great post-ep to the most recent one
Coupling
A Meeting of Equals: Jane and a baby - she's so funny
Dead Like Me
Dear Diary: Reggie's point of view, which is great to see
Deck the Malls: So funny and it could be a scene out of the series
The Dead Zone
Family Is Everything: A sweet scene with the Bannerman family + Johnny
Discworld
End of the Day: Very Vimes and very sweet at the end
Entering with Intent: Sam treating the Hogfather like a burglar!
The First Thaw of Spring: Perfect Granny Weatherwax story
Ho ho ho: A short, funny thing about Vetinari
Keeping Watch: A short, funny Death story
A Patrician's Best Friend: A sweet story about Vetinari
Six Things You Never Knew About the Discworld (Or Maybe You Did): Six very funny things
The Uninvited Guest: A great story with Granny Weatherwax and Death's family
The Unseen University Department of Inthaumation Science: A story typical of Discworld magic, where it ends up sounding a lot like ours, but isn't
What Money Can't Buy: A really sweet story with Vimes and Young Sam
Drop the Dead Donkey
The Running Order: Just like a scene from an episode if it was still being made
Father Ted
Papal Inflammability: Typically confused Dougal
Sing a Song of Sixpence: Such a funny story with American tourists and Dougal taking Mass
Futurama
The Benefits of the Uniform: Such an unexpected pairing!
Galaxy Quest
Never give up, never surrender - to the power of love?: A really funny, fake news story about Galaxy Quest fanfic
The Rebirth of Brandon Wheeger: A great story about Brandon and how he works out whether Galaxy Quest is real or not
The Show Must Go On: Another adventure, like in the film
The Hobbit
A Boon Companion: Written for me and features a lovely friendship between Elrond and Bilbo
What Should Come From a Quest: Bilbo and Gandalf and how the quest changes Bilbo
Hustle
Look Out for Number One: Great Danny POV of the first episode
Lost in Austen
Pemberley, Off Season: Such a funny thing with Wickham
Merlin
Buggre Alle This: Such a great body swap story
Four Kisses: Arthur in the future as King and pairings that convinced me
Merlin, Arthur and Sir Damas: Perfect characterisation of Arthur and Merlin and how they are together
Nation
Hands Across The Sea: Such a sweet story with Ermintrude Daphne
Nethack
Another Sad Death Written In The Book Of Tyr: Just like the game, only in a fic!
Posh Nosh
Tennis Prose: Reads exactly like what must have been going on in the background
The Posh Nosh Cookbook: I can just see this as the sort of cookbook they'd write
Press Gang
Tilting at Windmills: In the future, but nothing's really changed
Toys and Trinkets: Reads just like a scene from an episode
Pushing Daisies
A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas: Perfect Pushing Daisies dialogue
It's a Purl!: A funny adventure with Olive
One Minute, Counting: Exactly what you'd expect from Emerson's last minute
Red Dwarf
Be The Cougar: Very funny story with Rimmer attempting to learn how to be Ace
Quantum Leap
December 24, 1982: Funny, perfect Quantum Leap short fic
For I Would See the Sun Rise Upon the Glad New Year: Such a great story of Quantum Leap's future
Just In Time: Reads just like an episode
Sadlers Wells
jeté en avent: Sebastian, Veronica, Caroline and Fiona all so in character
Symphony No 3 ('Bracken') - A Romance in Three Movements: What Sebastian does while Veronica's off learning to dance at the Wells
Scrubs
His Christmas Story: Perfect Dr Cox
His Rant: Dr Cox being his usual self and surprising too
Spooks
Asynchrony: How Lucas gets to grips with being back, after eight years
The Drop: Tom and what he does after leaving MI5
Home: A really sweet Zoe story after she's left MI5
I Will Dream I Was a Daughter: What Ruth thinks during her last episode
It Has to be Jo: Jo's first time in the field
the man at the end of the pier: Great Harry and how he thinks of Tom
slow sky, still water: A lovely look at Jo
Varying Degrees of Clarity: A really interesting portrait of Ros
Stardust
Field and Fountain, Moor and Mountain: Such an interesting, and amusing, way of choosing the next ruler
Thoughtcrimes
Scooby Dooby Doo Means I Love You: A sweet story between Brendan and Freya
Top Gear/Narnia
The Lion, the Witch and the Chevrolet Equinox: So funny and so like all three presenters
Vorkosigan
Alone Time: Sweet and funny between Aral and Cordelia being their typical selves
The Balls of the Bel: Very funny Ivan story
Father Frost's Winterfair (Mis)Adventure: Very sweet Ivan story
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