YULETIDE RECS hurry before anon ends!

[alexseanchai]

I'm just gonna dump all the links of everything that pleased me enough to comment on. \o/


Revisions To A 'Dear Writer' Letter, Yuletide 2035. (1313 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Martian - Andy Weir
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: 2016 Yuletide, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide, Fandom, Dear Writer Letters, Epistolary, POV Original Character, 5 Things, Work Contains Fandom Elements, Fandom Culture, Fic Exchange Culture
Summary:

To whoever matched me on NASA RPF and didn't just now default, you are my hero.

Fragments from a Lost Manuscript (1127 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Iliad - Homer, Troy Book - John Lydgate
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Andromache/Hector, Hector & Helen of Troy, Priam & Hector
Characters: Hector (The Iliad), Helen of Troy (The Iliad), Priam (The Iliad), Andromache (The Iliad)
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Yuletide 2016, Poetry, Academia, Hubris on the Author's Part, The Matter of Troy
Summary:

Nine fragments from a lost manuscript of a telling of the Iliad, called by the discoverer/translator "The Matter of Troy".

10th Fragment - The Women Speak (204 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Iliad - Homer, Troy Book - John Lydgate
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Andromache & Helen of Troy, Andromache & Hecuba & Helen of Troy
Characters: Andromache (The Iliad), Hecuba (The Iliad), Helen of Troy (The Iliad)
Additional Tags: Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational, Yuletide Madness 2016, Yuletide 2016, Drabble, Drabble Sequence, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:

The women speak

Memory of Stone (200 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Neolithic Sites of Southern England (Anthropomorphic)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Stonehenge (Henge), Avebury (Henge), Wayland's Smithy (Barrow)
Additional Tags: Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational, Yuletide Madness 2016, Yuletide 2016, Drabble, Double Drabble, Seasons, Sacred Stones, liminal space
Summary:

The Stones speak to each other

The Strangest Dreams (100 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Tarot (Divination Cards)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Magician/High Priestess (Tarot Cards)
Characters: Magician (Tarot Card), High Priestess (Tarot Card)
Additional Tags: Character Study, Introspection, Drabble, Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational
Summary:

The Magician reflects on her relationship with the High Priestess.

The Faces of Helen (3028 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Iliad - Homer, Hellenistic Religion & Lore
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Ἑλένη | Helen of Troy/Μενέλαος | Menelaos | Menelaus (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Ἑλένη | Helen of Troy/Πάρις | Paris (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), past Ἑλένη | Helen of Troy/Theseus (Greek and Roman Mythology), Ἀγαμέμνων | Agamemnon/Κλυταιμνήστρα | Clytemnestra (Hellenistic Religion & Lore)
Characters: Ἑλένη | Helen of Troy (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Κλυταιμνήστρα | Clytemnestra (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), καστωρ | Castor ( Hellenistic Religion & Lore), πολυδευκησ | Pollux | Polydeuces (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Μενέλαος | Menelaos | Menelaus (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Κασσάνδρα | Cassandra (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Ἀγαμέμνων | Agamemnon (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Ἰφιγένεια | Iphigenia (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Πάρις | Paris (Hellenistic Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Trojan War, vengeance, Mortal Siblings & Divine Siblings
Summary:

Several views of Helen of Troy by the people around her.

Linguistic Assignations (31401 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 20/20
Fandom: Languages (Anthropomorphic)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Pregermanic/Maglemosian, Mycenaean Greek/Minoan, Etruscan/Latin, Greek/Latin, Iberian Latin/Latin, Gaulic Latin/Latin, Gothic/Gaulic Latin, Frankish/Gaulic Latin, Northumbrian/Old Norse, Englisc/Marle
Characters: Proto Indo European (PIE), Pregermanic, Maglemosian, Ugaritic, Phoenician, Egyptian - Character, Mycenaean Greek, Minoan - Character, Hittite, Latin - Character, Etruscan, Celticiberian, Gaulic Latin, Gaulic, Iberian Latin, Monastic Latin, Catholic Latin, Franca D'Oil, Franca D'Oc, Anglo-Norman - Character, Marlborough French, Basque - Character, Anglo-Saxon - Character, Northumbrian, Mercian, Kentish, Englisc, Middle English - Character, Gothic - Character, Old Norse - Character, American English - Character, Prearamaic, Hebrew - Character, West Saxon (Wesaxon), Brettonic, Goidelic, Scottish Celtic - Character, Manx
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat
Summary:

English is no pure language. It likes to shake down other languages for spare verbs and nouns.

All languages borrow. Steal. Blend. Overwrite where they can. Struggle to sing against the silence.

But hear now the tale of a family. A member of a vast tribe. Now is the time to gather the singers of tales. Go to the beginning. As far back as we can go. See the how each ancestor leaves a note in the song.

All That's Best of Bright and Dark (2407 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aurora/Phillip (Disney)
Characters: Aurora (Disney), Phillip (Disney), Maleficent (Disney), Stefan (Disney)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

Do not make bargains with the fae.

Appraise Me (1870 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pokemon GO
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Blanche/Candela/Spark (Pokemon)
Characters: Blanche (Pokemon), Candela (Pokemon), Spark (Pokemon)
Additional Tags: Yuletide, Domestic Fluff, Sharing a Bed, Tickling, Established Relationship, Self-Esteem
Summary:

A cosy night's sleep turns into a bigger adventure for Blanche, Candela and Spark.

Playing dirty (1673 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Emelan - Tamora Pierce
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Trisana Chandler
Summary:

Five things about Lightsbridge that are easier than Tris thought they would be, and one that is harder.

pray for the sun to rise (2647 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Emelan - Tamora Pierce
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Trisana Chandler, Briar Moss, Daja Kisubo, Sandrilene fa Toren
Summary:

Four Longnights that Tris, Briar, Sandry and Daja spent apart, and one they spent together.

From Castle to Palace (17602 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (1991), French History RPF, Historical RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adam/Belle (Disney), Louis XV/Jeanne du Barry, Marie Antoinette/Louis XVI
Characters: Belle (Disney), Adam (Disney), Madame de la Grande Bouche, Louis XV, Madame du Barry, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVII de France
Additional Tags: Bechdel Test Pass, History, Economics, Politics, ancien regime, Books, age of enlightenment, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:

The curse is broken. Belle and her Beast would be happy to just live quietly together in the curse-free castle. Unfortunately, the rest of France has other ideas …

The Hallway of Destiny (8236 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Enchanted (2007)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Giselle/Nancy Tremaine
Characters: Giselle (Disney), Nancy Tremaine, Robert Philip, Edward (Disney: Enchanted), Morgan Philip, Narissa (Disney), Nathaniel (Disney)
Additional Tags: What-If, Romance, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, True Love's Kiss
Summary:

What if Nancy had been the one to catch Giselle when she fell into the hallway of Robert's apartment with only a towel on?

Thisunderstood (5237 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Adam/Enchantress (Disney)
Characters: Adam (Disney), Gaston (Disney), Enchantress (Disney)
Summary:

Once upon a time there was a little girl who knew magic. But magic is very difficult, and she wasn't sure how to use it to get what she wanted. One day she made a mistake, and it cost her and the others around her dearly. Then she forgot all about it for a very long time.

these long-prepared chains (2471 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Enchantress (Disney), Beast (Disney)
Summary:

In truth, it begins with this: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young Prince lived in a shining castle.
(Or: The Beast was perhaps not as forthcoming about the circumstances behind as his curse as he could have been.)

Don't Lose Your Head (2300 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Beast/Belle (Beauty and the Beast 1991)
Characters: Beast (Beauty and the Beast 1991), Belle (Beauty and the Beast 1991)
Additional Tags: Dubious Consent, Xenophilia, Cunnilingus, Beast sex, Size Difference, Size Kink, Large Cock, Loss of Virginity, Yuleporn
Summary:

The Beast wants something from Belle, and she's not sure she wants to give it.

Under a Broken Sky (2951 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Aladdin (1992), Aladdin: The Animated Series, Aladdin - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aladdin & Genie (Disney), Aladdin/Jasmine (Disney)
Characters: Genie (Disney), Aladdin (Disney), Jasmine (Disney), Sultan of Agrabah (Disney), Carpet (Disney: Aladdin), Abu (Disney), Iago (Disney), Jafar (Disney)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Post-Apocalypse, Far Future, Alternate History, Lost Technology, Cave of Wonders
Summary:

Aladdin, as king-to-be, begins his formal schooling and as his knowledge grows, so does his curiosity. Luckily for Aladdin, the Genie is there as a living witness to all that came Before.

Seeds and Stones (1628 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Neolithic Sites (Anthropomorphic)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Waylands Smithy, Avebury, Giant of Cerne Abbas, Grey Wethers Stone Circle
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat
Summary:

Dandelion pushed her head out of the soil. She'd been waiting until the last minute to make sure that nothing happened to her beautiful golden crown.

What she beheld was lovely. Weathered. Watching the wheel of the world.

Longhand Texting (1796 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: You Belong With Me - University of Rochester Yellowjackets (Music Video)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Glasses Guy/Jock Guy
Characters: Glasses Guy (You Belong With Me), Jock Guy (You Belong With Me), Girl (You Belong With Me)
Additional Tags: Pining, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Background Het, Backstory, Pre-Canon
Summary:

How Dan and Kevin began to exchange messages written with marker on paper instead of texting like ordinary people of the 21st century.