Playing with words

It's the mooooost wonderful tiiiime of the year~

This is just my favourite exchange- you never know if you're getting a delicious little ficlet or a giant chocolate heart or ART. And I got fanart this year for the first time, I am all aglow! Beth/Benny, Red String of fate in cozy, snuggly turtlenecks! Just look at the movement in this! :DDDDD

dance me to the end of love - (Beth Harmon/Benny Watts, G, fanart)

My recips both like their fics, so I'm pretty stoked. I'd not written fic for either fandom before, although the tropes I used are faves. 


Multifandom recs - here are some of the pieces I adored:

Fics:

Marshmallow Fluff - (Calvin&Hobbes, Calvin&Calvin's Mom, G, 907 words) HILARIOUS Spaceman Spiff intro that is just Perfection. Loved the ending of this too, Calvin's Dad totally deserves his "character building." LOL

A Thousand Shades and One - (Enola Holmes/Viscount Tewkesbury, G, 1590 words) 5+1, Language of flowers, post canon epistolary? SIGN ME UP. Her Enola voice is spot on perfect and the sweet, sweet flirting and Enola's protesting too much denials are adorable. 

Starring Matt Damon - (Matt Damon&Loki, G, 480 words) OMG this was soooo funny I am cracking up all over again typing this out! You know how it was Matt Damon inexplicably playing Loki in Thor Ragnarok? The author runs with that concept all the way through to the end of the film- just the best kind of crackfic. 

Beginners' Method - (Miles Morales&Peter Benjamin Parker, G, 681 words) A lovely little exploration of how Spiderman Noir is beginning to learn colors, and Miles helping him do so with his own hobby. 


Fanart:

In Highgarden - (Sansa Stark/Margaery Tyrell, G, fanart) This is so beautifully done. The details like the lines of the fabric are exquisite.

Nights in the Waste - (The Castle&Turnip Head, G fanart) A lovely digital piece. 

Capture the Castle - (Joe|Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky|Nicolo di Genova, G, fanart) This piece is absolutely stunning, and is an amazing historical parallel to their kiss in the movie.

Stay with me a little bit longer - (Hades/Persephone, G, fanart) POMEGRANATE FLOWERS and such a sweetly loving pose. 

fandomgiftbox finally went to reveals and I got the most amaaazing fic! Julie/Derek 5+1 based on the Blood Heir chapters that were going up on the Ilona Andrews website (that sadly have now been taken down because the authors have decided to release it as a proper book) and it is so good it could be canon. I am just thrilled to bits! The decision to 5+1 based on senses (especially since they both have supernatural ones) is just !!! Please go read it! The author has also written some incredible rebelcaptain fic, so I plan to go through their whole back catalog soon! <3

Another Time by ivyspinners(M, 2326 words)

Also have to rec this amazing modern AU Gendrya fic because it is hot AF and also gets that angsty longing/fear from making that friends to lovers leap spot-on perfect. Everything from the characterization to the smut is just fantastically done.

that slow burn wait while it gets dark (3369 words) by keepthemclose
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Arya Stark/Gendry Waters
Characters: Arya Stark, Gendry Waters
Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Friends to Lovers, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Dirty Talk, Sexual Tension, Fluff and Smut
Summary:

The candles cast warm glows on Gendry’s skin, shadows dancing in the room all around them. Time is syrupy and slow and it’s all Arya can do to hope that the power stays out for a little longer.

Arya and Gendry have a deal: he'll help her assemble her new couch and she'll cook him dinner. When they're hit with a summer blackout, tensions boil over.

I also recently finished Enola Holmes and both seasons of The Umbrella Academy and I loved both! Seriously, Netflix: thank you for supporting awesome content! While I cross my fingers hoping for news of a sequel movie and S3+, I suppose I should get GIFfing! :D Some of Millie Bobby Brown's reaction shots are DYING to be made into GIF icons (and Henry Cavill was so droolworthy gorgeous I just about died.) My faves in TUA are: Klaus, Ben, Lila, Diego, Vanya. If you want icons of anybody else, let me know!