Fandom Snowflake Challenge #13
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Challenge #13
Make a rec list of fanworks!
Hang on. This is going to get long.
First my annual recs of the gifts I have received from Yuletide. This year I must have a very good person, because I was SPOILED!
First the THREE I received for the movie "Red, White and Royal Blue" (the book isn't qualified but some genius(es?) were smart enough to nominate the movie on its own, which was qualified--and one of these fics was written for me just for the fact that I called them a genius in my letter. :D)
How One Person Arrives at Another (1936 words) by innie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Amy Chen | Amy Gupta & Alex Claremont-Diaz, Alex Claremont-Diaz & Nora Holleran, Zahra Bankston & Alex Claremont-Diaz
Characters: Amy Chen | Amy Gupta, Nora Holleran, Zahra Bankston, Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
Summary:
Three women close to Alex have thoughts on what's going on with him and Henry.
My Rec: I LOVE outsiders' perspectives to familiar stories, to much loved scenes. I love seeing what others thoughts and feelings about what is going on. And I ADORE all the women in RWRB who could have had their very own movie they were that good, with very little actual screen time. It was great to see them highlighted here.
Rocking the Orange (1362 words) by innie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz & Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
Summary:
His life is an open book by design.
And it's driving him a little crazy that he can't tell if Henry's reading it at all.
My Rec: I love when a piece of fiction (especially one written specifically for me) creates a new, deeper meaning to a movie/ book/ song that I already have consumed many, many times and will continue to do so, but now with this new added depth playing in my mind.
Don We Now Our Gay Apparel (2356 words) by CypressSunn
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
Additional Tags: Yuletide, Yuletide Treat, Christmas Fluff, Christmas Vacation, Gift Giving, Stream of Consciousness
Summary:
They deserved a break, honestly. They’d been going nonstop since— since a time Alex has long since forgotten. Engagements, meetings, appearances, interviews, charities, speeches, rallies, state dinners, photo ops, galas, fundraisers, ribbon cuttings, red carpets, ex cetera, ad nauseam, in fucking perpetuity. They were the First Son and the Prince of England, their mere existence the fuel for the fire in the never ending media blitz that followed them everywhere and demanded every once of their time and energy.
My Rec: This super sweet story put such a ridiculous smile on my face that I carried around for the rest of the holiday! ♥
And now the absolute perfect "Boyfriend Material" fic that someone wrote me because I am OBSESSED with the running joke of "Dick Pics" in the book.
Obscure Richard Pictures (468 words) by starfishstar
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Oliver Blackwood/Luc O'Donnell
Characters: Luc O'Donnell, Oliver Blackwood
Summary:
Luc and Oliver have a small conversation about a text message. Somehow, kissing gets involved.
My Rec: I mean, the title alone had me squeaking before I even read it, and then it was just so short and sweet and all sorts of lovely. ♥ ♥
And something written for Yuletide that wasn't written specifically for me, but I feel it should have been because it was PERFECT and I loved it. Remind me sometime to gush at you about the show Reservation Dogs. *sigh*
and the card attached would say... (2246 words) by PrettyThief
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Reservation Dogs (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: cheese & willie jack
Characters: Cheese (Reservation Dogs), Willie Jack (Reservation Dogs), Officer Big (Reservation Dogs), Kenny Boy
Additional Tags: Coming Out, gay!cheese, asexual!willie jack, baby queer willie jack, warning for one instance of deadnaming by mistake, -slaps roof of 2k fic- this bad boy can fit so much queerness in it
Summary:
Cheese & Willie Jack try to find his "friend's" runaway teenager, and some thoughts and feelings rise to the surface along the way.
And then one more "Boyfriend Material" rec and one "Red, White and Royal Blue" podfic masterpiece before I go on to gush about another lovely couple that I adore an obscene amount.
Evidence-Based Practices (2085 words) by TheOther9Tenths
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Oliver Blackwood/Luc O'Donnell
Characters: Oliver Blackwood, Luc O'Donnell
Additional Tags: Romance, Fluff and Smut, Smut, Shameless Smut, Therapy, Internalized Homophobia, processing internalized homophobia by having great sex with your boyfriend, it's a thing ok, First Time Bottoming, Husband Material
Summary:
In a feat of supportive-long-term-partner-ness, I made the herculean effort and resisted the urge to explain to him once more that no one says "make love" in this century and instead went with:
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the sex we have is pretty gay.”
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Oliver confronts his Internalized Homophobia... I swear it's sexier than it sounds.
My Rec: slfkjs;afjks In which Oliver gets some much needed therapy and decides that he needs to experiment with just how he practices his gayness and what it says about him. And in which Luc is VERY supportive of all if it--especially the parts of the experiments he gets to partake in. ♥ ♥
[Podfic] Toe the Line (0 words) by cottagepodfics, skipperpods
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, David the Beagle (Red White & Royal Blue)
Additional Tags: Piano, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Life in the Brownstone, Post-Canon, Henry Plays the Piano, Social Media, Hamilton References, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:
Henry plays piano while Alex studies. Alex gets caught live-streaming. Henry has a response handy.
Podfic of Toe the Line by OrchidScript.
My Rec: First, listen to this story, it has laughs, it has music, it has singing, it's just DELIGHTFUL. Then: give the podficcers lots of love in the comments. THEN: go to the original creator, maybe read it again, and please leave some love for them as well. ♥ ♥
And one last one without a cut-tag. If any of you know me from by days of Harry Potter, you know of a dear friend I met in that fandom who is an AMAZING writer--
kaalee. She usually comes out of hiding when she truly and really falls in love with something and then she just... spews all these lovely words and emotions into it. This link will take you to her Heartstopper fics on AO3 and OMG! So great!And speaking of
kaalee ,after I finally finish with Snowflake, remind me to come back here and talk about the BEST trip to NYC EVER!
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Date: 2024-02-06 06:48 pm (UTC)Fun while it lasted. ❤️
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Date: 2024-02-05 08:03 pm (UTC)The rest of the fics are exactly what I've been looking for.
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Date: 2024-02-06 06:49 pm (UTC)❤️❤️
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