first set of yuletide recs!

[lotesse]

Cold Dawn, Dark is Rising. Will and Bran. Quiet and yet not, imbued with a sense of urgency. wonderful use of the rook symbol, and of the physical contrasts between the boys - the ones that invert their character contrasts so prettily!

Sense and Notion, Dark is Rising. More focus on Bran than I usually see - he's perceptive and caring, and isn't going to let Will back away from Time.

You're the Cream in My Coffee, Singin in the Rain OT3, with song lyrics and dancing and scandalously open relationships between old friends. Sunny and bright and sweet.

singing with the sound off, Singin in the Rain OT3 - more contemplative, with a great characterization of Kathy, and a great take on Don's theatricality.

Bis vivit qui bene vivit, Song of the Lioness, Alanna/George babyfic. With traditional remedies, Thom angst, and George being both really in love with his wife and almost impossibly hot.

A Squire With Prospects, Song of the Lioness. Gary pov on Alanna, going into some of the queer stuff that the text dodges, and into the lines between Alanna and Squire Alan.

Everybody Needs A Friend, Hellboy. Myers is pure of heart :)

The Leaves in the Glen Have Fallen, Hellboy. The elves being cool and creepy and somewhat incestful, as always.

The Caged Chameleon, Scarlet Pimpernel. Percy in prison, in all of his guises. h/c-ariffic, and a great take on Sir Blakeney.

The Most Beautiful Woman in Europe, Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy/Marguerite. Lovely and romantic and passionate - the sort of high melodramatic stuff one gets in the novel, extended. Love into betrayal, and back again, but through Percy's eyes.

Walking the Path, Sabriel. Sabriel and Touchstone, rebuilding and rebinding and remembering the dead.