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stripytights) wrote2020-08-03 06:34 pm
stripytights) wrote2020-08-03 06:34 pm
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RMSE recs
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There's a glut of good things, enough that I'm not even close to finished reading, but here's a few of the ones I've really enjoyed so far.
First of all, I was the unbelievably lucky recipient of two fics, both of which I wholeheartedly recommend. As my main gift I got an absolutely lovely Dakin/Irwin fic for History Boys fandom (rated M) that can be found here Delight it is in youth and May, which gives me wonderful Dakin and Irwin drawing closer together in the aftermath of Irwin's injury. The centre relationship is great, and the cameos from the rest of the boys are delightful.
And then I also got Preston/Partridge fic for Equilibrium as a treat, and was totally bowled over - the tags alone were perfection, and the fic itself is wonderful canon-divergence where Partridge survives and which explores all of the minutiae of what it would mean to have sex while on Prozium. Absolutely awesome.
In addition, the below are so good and I recommend all of them completely.
There's a glut of good things, enough that I'm not even close to finished reading, but here's a few of the ones I've really enjoyed so far.
First of all, I was the unbelievably lucky recipient of two fics, both of which I wholeheartedly recommend. As my main gift I got an absolutely lovely Dakin/Irwin fic for History Boys fandom (rated M) that can be found here Delight it is in youth and May, which gives me wonderful Dakin and Irwin drawing closer together in the aftermath of Irwin's injury. The centre relationship is great, and the cameos from the rest of the boys are delightful.
And then I also got Preston/Partridge fic for Equilibrium as a treat, and was totally bowled over - the tags alone were perfection, and the fic itself is wonderful canon-divergence where Partridge survives and which explores all of the minutiae of what it would mean to have sex while on Prozium. Absolutely awesome.
In addition, the below are so good and I recommend all of them completely.
The Art of Tying the Cravat, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Chauvelin/Blakeney, Teen. This fic has razor sharp Chauvelin, and on top of the perfectly drawn relationship between him and Percy, the detailing of the historical setting is amazing, the cravat choices are impeccable, and the author does a little bit of a dive on the politics and difference between them in a way that is significantly more nuanced than the novel and which fits the POV chosen to an absolute T. Also superb use of the 5 things + 1 format in a way that felt completely in keeping with the fic.
Through the Bitter Water, Dracula, Dracula/Jonathan Harker, Mature . The Dracula fic I didn't know I wanted to read. It sounds so entirely like canon, the pastiche is impeccable, the Jonathan voice is perfect and most interesting of all, it expands on Jonathan and on the nature of forgiveness/mercy to create a really different viewpoint on Dracula as distorted monster. It managed to be dark and sexy at the same time which was a big additional bonus, but all of it is great.
Pledge, Snowpiercer, Curtis/Edgar, Explicit. Canon divergent Snowpiercer fic that builds on the world of the film into something as cruelly survival driven and even more human. The relationship in this is so sharp, and Curtis's thoughts so perfect, and the fic draws itself together into something completely inevitable.
Heart Attack Man, Heat, Vincent/Neil, Explicit. Another fic I didn't even know I'd been waiting for! It slots neatly into the world of Heat, but more than that, both Neil and Vincent get wonderful character moments, on top of a really hot sex scene that illuminates the potential nature of the relationship between them. Vincent's dialogue in particular was pitch perfect, but the whole fic is a great read.
All In, The Sting, Johnny/Henry, Mature. Two conmen trying to fool each other and themselves, it's a tale as old as The Sting, and this is a superb addition. There's all that history between them, and the author flips expectations so deftly and with such a lot of emotional impact. The tension is really well dealt with in particular, and there's some really lovely period touches especially in the dialogue.
All In, The Sting, Johnny/Henry, Mature. Two conmen trying to fool each other and themselves, it's a tale as old as The Sting, and this is a superb addition. There's all that history between them, and the author flips expectations so deftly and with such a lot of emotional impact. The tension is really well dealt with in particular, and there's some really lovely period touches especially in the dialogue.
'Tis Well to Be Bereft, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Control/Tony, Teen, as funny as the Control/Tony bits in canon, the speech patterns are perfect, the relationship is perfect, the overdone metaphors are absolutely in keeping with canon - well wroth a read.