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stripytights) wrote2020-08-07 05:30 pm
stripytights) wrote2020-08-07 05:30 pm
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2nd set of RMSE recs
Still making my way through at the pace of a snail, but here are 4 more recs of things I loved, before creator reveals tonight
on a dime, DCU: E, Harvey/Bruce, This is a really amazing look at Harvey and Bruce, both individually and together. It's definitely readable without comics knowledge - I only really know the Nolan films and it made perfect sense to me. It's an insight into a manipulative Bruce and an already unstable Harvey with the seeds of Twoface already there, lashings of class war, hot sex and a fantastic back and forth between them in terms of who holds the power. Definitely worth a read if only for the knowledge that the best way to irritate Harvey Dent is to order him brunch.
on a dime, DCU: E, Harvey/Bruce, This is a really amazing look at Harvey and Bruce, both individually and together. It's definitely readable without comics knowledge - I only really know the Nolan films and it made perfect sense to me. It's an insight into a manipulative Bruce and an already unstable Harvey with the seeds of Twoface already there, lashings of class war, hot sex and a fantastic back and forth between them in terms of who holds the power. Definitely worth a read if only for the knowledge that the best way to irritate Harvey Dent is to order him brunch.
Kings and Desperate Men Henry IV/Hal, E, Henry IV Part 1 Another one where you don't need much more than the basic historical understanding of who Henry and Hal are and their relationship (father/son) though the fic is even better if you do know the canon. This is a bleak semi-medieval look at punishment/penance and self-delusion. The sex is hot and bleak, but the real interest is in Henry's self justification of how he rationalises the use of his son.
The Revelation of Brother Eadwine Scriptorium Monk Drawing Dirty Marginalia/Monk in Charge of Illumination Project E, Original Work. This is a delightful medieval story that is beautifully described and gives little backstories to the marginalia we know from manuscripts. The perspective character is a ton of fun, but there's also a lot of emotion to it. Definitely no knowledge of canon needed of course! There's also links to the marginalia at the bottom for some aid in picturing them.
a hatchet with a handle, The Folly of the World, E, Jan/Sander. I don't even know canon for this (though I plan to pick it up) and while I feel that it's probably even better than it already is with canon knowledge, I still really enjoyed it. This is brutal and vicious and definitely heed the tags because they're very literal (yes, it's swordfucking) but the descriptive, visceral quality of the prose is top notch, and the relationship between the two characters is fascinating.
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