yuletide gifts!!!

[aberration]

So I want to get this written before I need to run out for Christmas dinner (which is Peking duck, because... yes). But.

YULETIDE omg!!! I got three fics and they are all so fantastic and I was honestly overwhelmed when I saw them! They're so great, I wish I could leave them all more love than I already have!

To Take Steps (1902 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Tales of the Crystals
Rating: Gen
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Protecter, Leader, Scribe, Healer, Lady Orianna
Summary: To fight is a process.

In the full two hours it took for the storm to abate, Lysandra curved into the hollow between her bridge and the ground, back aching, never letting the crystal go. Lady Morphia was not losing this bout yet. Neither would she. Lysandra looked about the flattened leaves swirled around fallen branches, then pushed them aside as she followed the streambed up to the village. She would arrive by sunset.

Mermida met her there, looked at her face, the crystal in her hand - "you seem to have come off worse on this visit," - "I probably have," she smiled - and slipped an arm around hers. "Let's not show it to everyone here for now." Mermida jabbed her free arm in the direction of Lady Orianna's Glen. "The Forest Council needs us now."

Someone wrote me Tales of the Crystals fic oh my god I love it!!! It really felt like my completely random fandom of my childhood when I nominated it, and I was so happily surprised just when people actually offered it, let alone to actually get this fic! And it's the dramatic lady-filled fantasy story I wanted! I love the characters she wrote for the player characters and how the magic works and if anything I want so many things like this, it's great!


And then as if that wasn't excellent enough, I got two amazing treats!

Vast Obscurity (1083 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Great Gatsby (2013)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationship: Daisy Buchanan/Jay Gatsby
Characters: Daisy Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker, Tom Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, George Wilson
Summary: From the prompt: "I want retrofuture AU fic where Gatsby is a humanlike android."

“I did not think you would come,” he said.

Gatsby was dressed in a finely woven suit, the fibers glittering softly under the lights of Nick’s sitting room as he moved. The smell of flowers filled the air. Real flowers, not the synthetic beauties you could buy along the road into town, nor the local fauna, as black and strange as the vault of space above us, but not as beautiful. These were the flowers of my childhood: hydrangea, bleeding hearts, Queen Anne’s lace, even an astonishing little bowl of sweet peas. It was the scent more than anything that called up the memory.

“Of course I came,” I said, my fingers worrying at the filigréed helmet I’d removed when I came in the airlock.

“Do you remember me?” he said.

That's right, it's retrofuture android!Gatsby and it is outstanding. The retrofuture world is gorgeous, the writing is wonderful - honestly my jaw just dropped while reading this. It's just the kind of thing I was hoping for, and even ties works so well in tying in the themes of the original work to the genre/sci-fi setting. And it's even Daisy POV! I love it and am so happy I posted that request!



In One Piece (1216 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Grim Fandango
Rating: Gen
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Eva, Salvador "Sal" Limones, Mercedes "Meche" Colomar
Summary: Two is a lonely number for a revolution. Eva realizes she can't just leave it up to Sal to get the recruits and when she sees Manny's golden ticket almost walk out the door, she makes a quick decision.

"How did that go?"

"Pretty good for awhile." Eva grunts as she tries to loosen the dial. "Move, you're blocking the light. Hmmm. Yeah, anyway, for a while it worked. But she got more into boys than batteries."

"Why didn't you strike out on your own?" Sal says. "You're clearly good at it."

Eva glances his way as if expecting a look of sarcasm, just like the others would give her about being good with machines, but his earnestness is real. That's the thing she likes about Sal. He doesn't see her as just another skirt, but as a revolutionary. Someone who can get things done.

I was afraid there would be no Grim Fandango fic this Yuletide, but not only is there fic but it's Eva fic! It gives Eva some great background, it captures her voice so well, and it even has both Eva-Sal and Eva-Meche conversations and they're both great. And as someone who's been watching noir movies for like the past month at this point, it captures that tone wonderfully. Even if you don't know the canon, I think this is a lot of fun to read.

And now I really have to run to dinner, but I'm so much looking forward to reading what else is in the archive and feel so lucky to have been gifted these!

Comments

[innerbrat]

I AM SO HAPPY YOU GOT RETROFUTURE ANDROID!GATSBY!

[skygiants]

OMG YOU REALLY LEGIT GOT ROBOT GATSBY *________*

[walgesang]

Hey there, so glad you liked the Grim Fandango fic! :D It was so much fun to write!

[aberration]

Thank you so much for writing it! I'm glad you had fun with it - I was afraid near the end there would be no Yuletide Grim Fandango fic, so I was so delighted when I saw it!