wanderings

Other Means by dewdropfae
Dresden Files | 31,952 words | NC-17 | Dresden/Marcone
Summary: Set post Battle Ground.
Harry negotiates, with interludes for beer and punching.
     + John approaches Harry for magic lessons. Obviously they end up fake dating and real fucking. Featuring a Harry with a bit more practicality than his younger self and a John that's about the same, really.

You Could Be the King, but Watch the Queen Conquer by phoenixyfriend
The Good Place | 11,161 words | PG-13 | Eleanor/Chidi, Tahani/Michael, Eleanor/Chidi/Tahani
Summary: When Tahani hears that her little sister is getting married, from what seems like every news site on the planet, she knows what's coming. She knows the media's focus on her will start to shift to why she isn't married yet, and her reputation can't afford another hit after Cleveland.
So she hatches a plan. Platonically marrying a man over twice your age is a good plan, right?
(Funnily enough, it works out perfectly.)
     + An absolute joy of a story wherein Tahani gets everything she wants, and so does just about everyone else.

Heal Thyself by astolat
Harry Potter | 46,905 words | PG-13 | Harry/Draco
"Are you going for the course?" Lovegood asked. "You have the NEWTs.
“What course?” Draco said, then, “No, don’t be ridiculous,” when he realized she meant the notice pinned up on the board he’d been staring at: Applicants To The Introductory Mediwizard Course For The Coming Term Shall Present Themselves In The Chief Mediwizard’s Office By August 24th.
“Oh, I thought you might,” she said. “Well, goodbye.” And off she wandered again in her addled way.
     + What I really enjoy about this fic is that it has Draco suffering, facing an uphill slog, recovering from his youth, and accidentally becoming a better person. I like the way that he stumbles into his choice and that things are hard for a long time before they get better, and that when things do get easier there are still bits of his life that he's dissatisfied with. It's comforting.

Party Invitations and Falling in Love with Your Sworn Enemy: A Tactical Guide by dustmouth
Harry Potter | 129 pages | PG-13 | Harry/Draco
Summary: Chronicling the trials and tribulations of one Draco Malfoy, employee of the Godric's Hollow Postal Office, and the events unfolding around the hottest local party in the calendar year. Featuring: Owlengitis, bingo-based plots, and Julie Bumble's questionable neighbourhood erotica.
     + A 129 page comic of small town enemies to lovers hijinks. The pencil drawings are charming. The character expressions have a Beaton-esque quality about them at times. Draco wears a ridiculous hat. One of the lines is: "It must, at this juncture, be acknowledged that the plan has gone a little awry." I am not sure what more you could want.

The Trouble with Wanting by waldorph
Harry Potter | 60,313 words | NC-17 | Harry/Draco
Summary: Draco Malfoy is cleared of all charges; this is what happens next.
     + Of tattoos and old curses and houses, the friends that are your family, and falling in love. A Draco-centric story with the surviving Slytherin friendships front and centre, about building, after Hogwarts and the war.

Waiting patiently... by Villanargh
Killing Eve | art | G | Eve
     + The colours in here are lovely and there is such expression on her face, and texture in her scarf.

“kate bishop. i’m pretty much an avenger. at your service.” by daisyann-jpg
Marvel | art | G | Kate & Lucky
     + Really hits the style of the comics. The poses here are evocative and the posters in the background are a nice touch.

Achievement Unlocked by miscellea
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System | 51,283 words | PG-13 | Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán;Shěn Qīngqiū
Summary: One day, after five years of reasonably peaceful marriage with only a few kidnappings and sex pollen incidents, Shen Yuan is sent back to his old body without warning. Luo Binghe makes a deal with an alien entity calling itself the System to perform a mission in exchange for the ability to bring his husband home.
The mission is simple; [Uncover secret transmigrator plotline and flesh out the character wiki!]
At least it will be once he figures out what the words ‘transmigrator’ and ‘wiki’ mean.
Or: That one where Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe don’t realize they’re in a domestic fluff bonus chapter.
     + One of the tags here is "Reverse Transmigration AU", which is always hilarious - there's something about storybook-type characters having to interact with some approximation of the real world that I find both comical and satisfying. There's also some great world-building in this, including fleshing out Shen Yuan's family the character wiki.

Starstruck by Camorra
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System | 19,844 words | NC-17 | Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán;Shěn Qīngqiū
Summary: His phone buzzes again and Shen Yuan scoops it up irritably. It’s another message from DemonHeart.
DemonHeart: you seem to be a Luo Binghe fan
DemonHeart: we can get you access to him
Shen Yuan scowls.
PeerlessCucumber: do I look like I was born yesterday?
The response is instantaneous. A picture pops up on screen. Shen Yuan vaguely recognizes the woman that plays the drums, still in full stage makeup. Next to her, arm slung around her waist, is a face Shen Yuan would know anywhere. Luo Binghe, giving a wry smile to the camera.
DemonHeart: he’s a fan, you know
PeerlessCucumber: where exactly would we be meeting
     + This one is tagged "Hannah Montana AU". A modern AU wherein Luo Binghe is an idol; Shen Yuan has been his fan for years and deals with being oblivious. Comedy.

AQ by x_los
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System/Star Trek | 15,348 words | NC-17 | Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán;Shěn Qīngqiū
Summary: Before he rose to captaincy, Shen Yuan attended a briefing given to all command level officers in Star Fleet that outlined the scope of the Q threat. According to Admiral Picard's report, the omnipotent Q are devious, amoral, unreliable, irresponsible and definitely not to be trusted
Orphaned stowaway Luo Binghe doesn't even know he is one.
     + A perfect fusion AU. Of course Luo Binghe is a Q. Of course there is eventual codependency and xenoporn. Startlingly like canon fic, which is basically the ultimate measure of fusion success.

Know All Your Enemies by BAMFspock
Star Trek | 351,857 words | R | Kirk/Spock
Summary: "The thing about being able to tell what people are feeling and thinking is that people generally don't like that."
Jim can't deal with his problems, so he deals with everyone else's instead. Spock can't deal with his emotions, so he pushes them all away. Starfleet can't deal with a post-Kelvin universe in any way except badly.
And what exactly is t'hy'la, anyway?
A story about dangerous conspiracies, doomed crusades, inadequate coping, imperfect control, important connections, and taking care.
     + The summary does a really good job of capturing the tone and style of this fic, which I quickly devoured in its entirety. Full of plot and feelings.

We are Stardust, We are Golden by idiopathicsmile
Stranger Things | 26,374 words | R | Steve/Eddie
Summary: It starts like this: Steve, waiting in his car to pick up Dustin and friends from a session of their Chutes and Ladders club or whatever. Waiting kind of impatiently, to be honest, even though it’s not like he has anywhere else to be because Robin’s busy tonight and, as he well knows by this point, saving the world doesn’t get you a girlfriend or glory or even a second age-appropriate friend, it just gets you another evening shift at Family Video and a long personal to-do list.
In the spring and summer of 1986, Steve Harrington contends with the biases of the day, hatches several plans, and finally really gets to know Eddie Munson.
     + I love this story because it has a character who calls out people's bigoted shit and rants a little. I love it because there's DnD as a teaching tool and queers finding each other and obliviousness and just a tiny bit of pining.

Home by cosmic_llin
Bunheads | 4:07 | G
Summary: Michelle, Fanny, Sasha and the Paradise Dance Academy.
Music: Home by Ingrid Michaelson
     + I haven't seen the source material but there's this really lovely vibe of happiness in the face of some kind of uncertainty/disappointment, friendship bringing people together, and dance as a necessity - joy and healing and meaning.

Real-Life Consequences of Role-Playing Games by theimprobable1
Community | 7,297 | NC-17 | Abed/Annie
Summary: After their game of Dungeons & Dragons, Annie can't stop thinking about the elf maiden.
     + Delightful.

How Much Is that Geisha in the Window? by Lierdumoa
Firefly | 2:56 | PG-13
Summary: Critique of the anti-Asian racism and confederate apologia in Firefly.
Music: Boyd's Journey by Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman; "How Much ... Window?" by Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillian and Gina Torres
     + Damning.

Afterlife by thingswithwings
The Good Place | 4:07 | G
Summary: Turns out life isn't a puzzle that can just be solved one time, and it's done. You wake up every day, and you solve it again.
Music: Afterlife by Ingrid Michaelson
     + Dancing and Friendship. This vid gives me feelings (about a show I've never properly watched).

your reputation and your good intent by itsanizzyb
Knives Out | 3:29 | R | Marta, Benoit, Ransom
Summary: "you know you shouldn't be there but it's way past bed, there's comfort in the fingers of your good intent"
just a knives out vid
Music: Good Intent by Kimbra
     + Lovely, with an excellent genre-y vibe.

We Are Golden by seekingferret
Macdonald Hall | 3:59 | G | Boots/Bruno/Cathy/Diane
Teenage dreams in a teenage circus/
Running around like a clown on purpose
Music: We Are Golden by Mika
     + Sweet and happy, the first few times I watched this I was rendered incoherent with joy, basically, because of my desperate love of MacDonald Hall, Mika, and all the things this vid chooses to be.

Life Changes by elipie
Marvel | 2:59 | G | Peter & Ned, Peter & Tony
Summary: I keep on trying to fly
Music: Life Changes by Good Charlotte
     + Friendship, growing up, and becoming. Fantastic clip and style choices. *chinhands*-inducing.

Pynk by Tafadhali
Multifandom | 4:07 | PG-13
Summary: Pink is the truth you can't hide, maybe
A celebration of girlhood, girl friends, and girlfriends.
Music: Pynk by Janelle Monae ft. Grimes
     + Accurate summary is accurate. I haven't finished processing this vid. (I feel, like, as a consequence of this being a multifandom vid that there's stuff to unpack here in terms of what does it say about and how does the vid define the things that it celebrates and how does the media represent these things. Who, what, and how are they represented and why?)

you wait and you wonder who'll take on your odds by paperclipbitch
The Queen's Gambit | 138,010 | NC-17 | Beth/Benny
“Don’t think of it as marriage,” Benny tells her. “Think of it as castling."
Beth raises an eyebrow. “Am I the king or the rook in this analogy?”
     + Post-series marriage of convenience. It's been a while since I've read this, but I remember it being incredibly rich - everyone's fleshed out with things going on in their life, and the texture and tension of Beth and Benny's relationship, its transformations, and the context it exists in is delightful.

Shaky Ground by CherryIce
Saving Face | 3:11 | G | Vivian/Wil
Maybe I should chance it.
Music: Shaky Ground by Freedom Fry
     + Happy-making. This vid does such a good job of matching the tension of its song and of capturing the entirety of the film, not just the one central love story.

What I Need by cosmic_llin
Saving Face | 2:23 | G | Vivian/Wil
a girl who ain't afraid to love me
Music: What I Need, by Hayley Kiyoko (feat. Kehlani)
     + Gentle and satisfying.

A Strange Adventure with Mrs. Nakamura the Safety Consultant by shiplizard
Spirited Away | 6,016 | PG-13 | OMC, Chihiro
Summary: Haruki is a young administrative assistant at a large power management company. He's just been assigned to spy on (in his capacity of personal aide) the strange Nakamura Chihiro-- a sensibly dressed Safety Inspector with a sensible husband tucked somewhere in the country, and a sensible approach to her work...
...and a closer relationship with the Spirit World than she puts on her resume.
     + Chihiro, human engineering firm project liaison to the spirit world, self-appointed.

Hello by Molly
Stargate: Atlantis | 2:53 | John/Atlantis, McKay/Sheppard, Team
Summary: SGA in the wild dark yonder.
Music: Hello by Poe
     + A post-season 1 vid that fills me with nostalgia.

Red tulips (and their correct application) by rabbitinthewoods
Star Trek | 4,903 | PG-13 | Keiko/Miles, Bashir/Garak
Summary: After the incident with Gilora, the O'Briens have a dinner, and Miles gripes about argumentative Cardassian flirting. They have had a lot of wine, which is probably why he's telling this story, and probably why another Cardassian gets mentioned, and Julian too, and most definitely why Miles forgets himself and mentions all the times he's seen them arguing.
“They...argue?” Keiko's voice is very quiet.
“Yes, I was just saying…” Oh. Oh no. “You don’t think?”
And suddenly the two of them are involved in his best friend's love life, which Miles is most definitely (not) regretting.
     + Keiko and Miles get drunk and meddle.

strive seek find yield by waldorph
Star Trek | 68,199 | NC-17 | Jim/Spock
Summary: Spock is heir to the Federation throne, Jim is Prince of America because his fucking brother abdicated, and the Klingons are on the verge of blowing shit up--a love story.
     + Spoctoria! A glorious space romp.

Death of Me by kuwdora
Underwater | 2:53 | R | Nora, Emily, Liam, Captain Lucien, Rodrigo, Cthulu and Cthulu’s babies
Someone help me
Screaming out, I’m down on my knees
This will be the death of me
I feel it in my bones
The Devil’s at at my doorstep
This will be the death of me
Music: Death of Me by Saint Phnx
     + Monster horror in a bottle starring Kristen Stewart. I love the way this song is vidded to light along with everything else that this vid is doing.

best friends forever by varnes
The Untamed | 16,736 | PG-13 | Jin Ling/Lan Jingyi
Summary: It happened like this: Jin Ling was a sect leader now, which was, and Jingyi really meant this, fucking hilarious. There were few things funnier, in his honest opinion.
Because he was young, and inexperienced, and also — it had to be said — a real shithead, there was apparently some belief amongst his advisors that the best way forward, to promote the picture of a stable, mature sect leader who absolutely did not cry at the drop of a hat, was for Jin Ling to get married.
OR: Jin Ling and Jingyi get engaged.
Things spiral from there.
     + Fun. A lark. A frolic. A+.

Marry for Love by tuesday
The Untamed | 3,025 | PG-13 | Jiang Yanli/Nie Huaisang
Summary: Nie Huaisang snapped open his fan and covered his face. "Be careful. I'll take advantage."
     + Time travel fix-it fic wherein Huaisang subtly manipulates the cultivation world and accidentally brings about his own HEA.

Themes and Variations in F# Major by nyargles
The Untamed | 18,173 | NC-17 | Lan Zhan/Wei Ying
Summary: The thing with musical prodigies is that they're soloists, and soloists play alone. He doesn't want to play alone anymore.
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"A summer guest lecture series? Oh, very nice. I wish I could sit in on that."
"Do you also play the piano?"
"Not even a little bit," says Wei Ying cheerfully. "But I'm sure you'd have a lot of thoughts on musicality that would be relevant regardless."
"Oh," says Lan Zhan. He seems to be searching for something else to say. "I believe it is oversubscribed," he says finally.
"As it should be," says Wei Ying, and does not tell him that he has all of Lan Zhan's albums downloaded onto his phone, listened to over and over when he's on a train, a plane, waiting for a taxi, has followed his career since he overheard half a Mendelssohn when they were fifteen.
     + They fall in love, over years and continents and shared spaces. Delicate in places.

Woman Like Me by bingeling
Buzzfeed RPF | 2:13 | G | Ryan/Shane
Music: Woman Like Me by Little Mix
Summary: Just a small bundle of anxiety trying his best. Do not be afraid.
     + Bouncy and adorkable.

The Denial Twist by beethechange
Buzzfeed RPF | 35,108 words | NC-17 | Ryan/Shane
Summary: “This is kind of surreal,” Shane says, taking a sip of his tea. It’s piping hot and delicious, except it tastes like hot chocolate and not like tea at all. “Sort of—Wonka-esque, right? Or Alice in Wonderland.”
“If you’re aiming a shot over the bow about my height you can fucking forget about it,” Ryan says, watching with interest as Shane’s cup refills by itself. “But yeah, it’s surreal. Literally, because dreams aren’t real.”
Shane’s unsettled by the comment. It sets alarm bells ringing in his head but he doesn’t know why. He just wasn’t expecting Dream Ryan to be so, well—so on the nose.
Or, the one where Shane and Ryan have some really weird dreams and perhaps, eventually, some sex.
     + Or, the one where the Mothman wants them to find love together.

Wager by neveralarch
Dresden Files | 26,388 words | NC-17 | Dresden/Marcone
Summary: Harry Dresden's first semester as an assistant professor of religious studies comes with its own unique challenges. Like dealing with Doctors Marcone and Vargassi of the philosophy department.
     + I really love the character transfers made for this mundane AU, and also that there have been therapists in this Harry's life.

Don't You Shake Alone by dsudis
Generation Kill | 62,189 words | NC-17 | Brad/Nate
Nate looked exactly like Brad always pictured him: exhausted in the full life-in-a-combat-zone sense of the word
     + The one where Nate has PTSD and also a baby, and then he has Brad, too.

the games that we can handle by returnsandreturns
Gilmore Girls | 1,035 words | PG-13 | Rory/Paris
“Okay,” Paris says, again, gesturing towards her erratically, “Here’s the plan. We need to make good on that admittedly questionable spring break kiss of our youth—that way, people will assume that we’re a lesbian power couple instead of two pathetic rapidly aging losers with no prospects whose freaking hearts go all a-flutter when they see a cute boy.”
“We’re not—anything in that sentence,” Rory says.
     + The dialogue in this is pretty great and this seems entirely plausible.

Boston Marriage by Jae
Gilmore Girls | 5,437 words | G | Rory/Paris
Summary: Paris would like to make a proposal.
     + Spot-on voices, reading this was like sinking into something. There's a power point, emotional processing, and like, accidental/purposeful wooing via notes and coffee. A+

Deep Waters Closing Over Our Heads by Xparrot
Guardian | 39,781 words | PG-13 | Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
"...And you don't want that."
Shen Wei shuddered. "No."
     + Shen Wei is in heat/pon farr and this is basically 40K of h/c consent fic.

Without You by bingeling
In the Mood for Love | 2:46 | PG | Chow Mo-wan/Su Li-zhen Chan
Music: Without You by Lapalux feat. Kerry Leatham
Summary: I didn't want you... to leave me.
     + Gorgeous and atmospheric and tense.

Gentle Antidote by x_los
Lord Peter Wimsey | 11,458 words | PG-13 | Peter/Harriet
Summary: At twenty-one, Harriet Vane gets her Name. It's rather longer than she expected.
     + Soulmark AU, alternate meeting. I love the interactions that Harriet has with Peter's family and with Peter. There are class issues and discussions and jokes. It's perfect.

Seven Nation Army by mithborien
Marvel | 2:33 | G | Peggy Carter
Music: Seven Nation Army by Post Modern Jukebox
Summary: "I know my value." A Peggy Carter focused fanvid.
     + Ass-kicking to a badass old-timey cover.

Stamina by runawaynun
Multifandom | 3:24 | G
Music: The Greatest by Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar
Summary: Fuck you, women's sports are awesome.
     + This made me cry a lot. It's also unavoidably one of those types of vids where if you're into the thing you're very probably going to watch it and have clip choice quibbles. Like, I was crying, noting how American it was, and waiting for some stuff to happen that did and and some that did not.

Crazy, Classic Life by metatxt
Pose | 3:45 | PG-13
Music: Crazy, Classic Life by Janelle Monae
Summary: Ensemble vid. Found family feels. Everyone wants a "crazy, classic, life." Be Gay, Do Crimes!
     + Summary's accurate and song is an excellent fit. Highly enjoyable. Contains a fair number of sad scenes.

new tricks by etben
Schitt's Creek | 4,246 | NC-17 | David/Patrick
“—I also like fucking,” David says. “I mean. If we’re talking about things that I like.”
     + Smut.

I Don't Want It At All by sisabet
Schitt's Creek | 4:11 | G | Alexis
Music: I Don't Want It At All by Kim Petras
Summary: Hide your diamonds, hide your exes
     + This is why I love this show. Look at all this goddamn character development.

The Swindle by ConceptaDecency
Star Trek | 2,593 words | G | Bashir/Garak
Summary: Cardassia is not always welcoming to its Federation helpers. Garak tries to smooth its rough edges.
     + The entire thing is literally just Garak scolding a grocer for taking advantage of his husband and his husband's friends.

Redemption Song by seekingferret
Star Wars | 3:39 | PG
Music: Redemption Song by Angelique Kidjo
Summary: Chewie and the gang sing a redemption song
     + The ongoing struggle? Triumphs and tribulations.

Live Through This: A Supernatural Vid Album by sisabet and sweetestdrain
Supernatural | 38:27 | R
Music: Violet; Miss World; Plump; Asking for It; Jennifer's Body; Doll Parts; Credit in the Straight World; Softer, Softest; She Walks on Me; I Think That I Would Die; Gutless; Rockstar (Olympia) by Hole
Summary: "fuck you, make me real"
Twelve vids about the women of Supernatural.
     + I haven't watched this show since S06E01. I made myself sit down and watch this all in one go and I think all I've got is a deep uncertainty that anyone female lives through this show.

The Last Snowfall by cosmic_llin
The Worst Witch | 3:16 | G | Ada/Hectate
Music: The Last Snowfall by Vienna Teng
If this were the last I felt you breathing, how would I carry on?
     + The way they look at each other.

I got rid of my tabs and then somehow had the same amount of tabs a couple weeks later.

The Bad Touch by sweetestdrain
Buzzfeed RPF | 4:21 | PG | Gen/GSF
Music: The Bad Touch by Bloodhound Gang
Summary: "Let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel." Or: What WILL they try next?
     + [The Try Guys are independent of Buzzfeed now, but a lot of the footage from this is from there (all of it, maybe?) and I am going to tag them as Buzzfeed (forever, probably).] They're fun, and always so enthusiastic and silly and this More Joy Day vid captures that perfectly, and is a joy. Dancing, costumes, comedy, nudity, animals (fuzzy and otherwise), eroticism, and general shenanigans.

Let's Get Into The Theories by bessyboo
Buzzfeed RPF | 2:28 | G | Ryan & Shane
Music: I've Got A Theory/Bunnies/If We're Together from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Summary: I've got a theory.
     + This vid is perfect - A+ usage of semi-unusual audio. Adorable light comedy.

even the stars hide away by thingswithwings
Community | 3,346 words | PG-13 | Troy/Abed
Summary: Troy and Abed meet the in-laws.
     + This feels very real, how young they are in some ways, the difficulty of navigating relationships with family, the way you compartmentalise bits of yourself. Abed and Troy are so supportive of each other and growing great. It's wonderful.

my words will be your light by dollsome
Game of Thrones | 1,473 words | G | Sansa/Tyrion
Summary: Sansa and Tyrion have another conversation. Set after 8x01.
     + I have not watched this show but I ship it. This is very much post-episode shipping fic with (I think at the time?) canon-compliant relationship development, talking things out on the way to moving forward together. Quiet.

meditations ex post facto by singlecrow
Guardian | 9,253 words | PG | Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Summary: "It is very tedious,” Professor Shen agrees, setting down his cup of tea. “I admire your forbearance.”
“I have no forbearance,” Zhao Yunlan assures him. “I get drunk a lot and throw things.”
or, the lawyers AU that no one asked for.
     + This is one of my favourite things I've read in years. It's this beautiful unfurling of things; it feels like spring. The structure of the AU is great - the role transfer from SI to municipal legal counsel is stellar, the characterisation is spot-on all around and there's taking care of each other and backing each other up, and dealing with West Wing-type problems and the Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan dynamic is keyboard smash levels of perfect. There's identity stuff in this and hjfkhlgdjkgkkjlfdjl;gada.

Ordinary Numbers by BootsnBlossoms and Kryptaria
James Bond | 44,168 words | PG-13 | James/Q
Summary: More than anything, Mike Taylor wanted to be ordinary. Being a genius, he learned early in life, meant people expected too much. A career at the MI6 Help Desk seemed the perfect way to guarantee a lifetime of obscurity, until he got a very unusual tech support call.
     + Q is hyper-competent in spite of himself and a tech snafu leads to Bond adopting him as his personal mission tech support; they basically accidentally fall in love with each other over a series of phone calls and woo the shit out of each other, like, this is kind of curtain!fic where they haven't met and then they figure out and deal with the fact that they're in a relationship at the end. Office fic with a tiny bit of identity porn en route to a more canon compliant ending, includes action sequences and peril.

I Did Something Bad by jarrow
Killing Eve | 3:46 | R | Eve/Villanelle
Music: I Did Something Bad by Taylor Swift
Summary: It just felt so good.
     + Source material I haven't seen. Revelatory and progressively darker narrative. Blood and knives, guns and poison, violence and unravelling.

Little bit more by blithesea
Killing Eve | 2:25 | R | Eve/Villanelle
Music: Little Bit More by Tony C. And The Truth
Summary: Villanelle being gleefully psychopathic. Sandra Oh's face.
     + Violent lesbians to bad-ass country. The treatment of murder in this vid reminds me of the Dexter aesthetic.

Still The One (That's In Love With You) by lilly_the_kid
Marvel | 1:57 | PG | Eddie/Venom
Music: Still The One by Ingrid Michaelson
you saved my life, I'll save yours too
     + this has some really great characterisation bits while also simultaneously being fluffy tentacle monster goo

Melodrama by mithborien
Marvel | 2:52 | PG | Gamora & Nebula
Music: Melodrama by Lorde
Summary: "You were the one who wanted to win. I just wanted a sister!"
A Gamora & Nebula fanvid during GOTG2.
     + Fraught, full of feelings, very pretty.

the family brooklyn by tactfulGnostalgic
Marvel | 12,874 | PG-13 | Miles Morales
Summary: New York is notoriously protective of its superheroes.
     + This made me cry, almost - dry ugly sobs - they just love him so much and want to take care of him. ...and it's also slice of life about Miles figuring out how to be a superhero - stuff about copyright law and other practical stuff, and Brooklyn is tagged as a character and this is like John/Atlantis fic; it's Miles/Brooklyn and it's beautiful. The feels snuck up on me and punched me in the gut.

The Fifties by speranza
Marvel | 28,185 words | NC-17 | Bucky/Steve/Peggy
Summary: "Because everything's all right, isn't it?" Bucky said. "Everything's great. I'm so happy; I never thought I could be this happy. You're happy, too, aren't you, Peg?"
     + Poly fic with relationship and career discussion and development along with some great sci-fi.

Bad Girls by elipie
Ocean's 8 | 3:41 | PG | Lou/Debbie
Music: Bad Girls by M.I.A.
Summary: If you're going to have a problem with stealing, then you're not going to like the rest of this conversation.
     + Excellent recruiter vid, solid vibe and femslash. Stylishly bad-ass lady criminals getting what they want.

a country you remember by waspabi
Rivers of London | 1,355 words | G | Molly
Summary: When a girl goes into service, people like to think she pledges fealty to the family, but that isn’t true. She serves the house.
     + when I make that home rec set, this is meant to be in it. Molly finding a home and being part of it - excellent character study and house spirit fic, basically.

The Rock and The River by Rhea
Spirited Away | 17,442 | PG-13 | Chihiro/Haku
Summary: Chihiro takes magic and bends it around herself to make a place in the world.
     + I think there's a few errant SPAG issues with this but I don't quite remember and sort of don't give a shit because this fic is awesome. College and part time jobs and finding and building your place in the world and magic and living. Food porn and long-distance relationships, also.

What Buddies Know About Love by busaikko
Stargate: Atlantis | 5,432 words | G | John/Ronon
Summary: Ronon's making his own future; John's there for him. Ronon thinks it's time to take the next step in their relationship; John has reservations. Neither of them wants to talk about it, but they do anyway. (Contains canon pairings).
     + Language and culture and finding your person. John is ace in this and Ronon essentially proposes and I love them. Domesticity and therapy and taking care of each other and tattoos, also. Funny and sweet.

Your First Time Should Be Special by Helenish
Star Trek | 6,650 words | NC-17 | Kirk/Spock
The thing about being a captain of a starship is that you forget how to break up with people; the starship is a gigantic, unmistakable clue that you're probably not sticking around.
     + Relationship development with Jim taking it slow for Spock and having a bunch of self-worth issues that he's unable to express. There's some offscreen Bones and Spock friendship stuff that I really enjoyed, also, along with the Bones and Kirk stuff.

Somewhere to Start by lissadiane
Teen Wolf | 33,552 | PG-13 | Derek/Stiles
Summary: Stiles has always known that he isn't quite human - the plant life that tends to sprout around him whenever he gets upset or excited gives it away. He's never really fit in among the regular people in Beacon Hills and is determined to wait it out, go to college, and find somewhere to belong. He's forced to abandon those plans, however, after he desperately agrees to enter into an arranged marriage to save his father's life.
An arranged marriage with an angry, sometimes furry dude with trust issues. It's all very Beauty and the Beast, without the singing candlesticks.
     + Enforced captivity, supernatural politics, and kids are key parts of this. It's an alive Hale family fic, Stiles has been cut off from the supernatural his whole life and then gets plunged into it and used as a pawn, Derek is surly and the whole thing is kind of fandom-takes-on-fairy-tales/magical-realism at its best. Solid long!fic.

So, another fandom tab dump:

the dogfather by hollimichele
Harry Potter | PG-13 | 47,681 words | Harry, Sirius/Remus
“I’m not a reverse werewolf either,” says the man. “I’m your godfather.”
+ I enjoyed this. I remember it as, like, soft gen fuckyoucurtain!fic. (Fuckyoucurtain!fic is an HP genre, clearly; I don't remember what it's actually called, okay.) This is like a gentle AU, nestled up alongside the books, featuring a better way to live. I really liked how Harry constructed his identity as an adoptee.

Bidirectional Interpolations of Newly Emergent Thirst Traps: A Study by Siria
Buzzfeed RPF | PG-13 | 2,276 words | Ryan/Shane
Summary: Shane's got a problem.
+ I am about this title and this was a fun read.

been a forest burning by oflights
Hockey RPF | NC-17 | 53,932 words | Barrie/Landeskog
Summary: Omegas have to be bonded by 25 to keep playing in the NHL; either they have someone they've chosen themselves, or the league makes them pick from an anonymous pool of alphas. Tyson turns 24 with no prospects and no real plans for any just yet, and Gabe knows that as his captain and friend, he has to help him out. So he does.
+ I still have no idea who these people are and was in it for the tropes. Good trope exploration. Reads like a solid forced marriage fic with interesting layers.

the gift we cannot destroy by susiecarter
Star Trek | PG-13 | 5,793 words | Bashir/Garak
Summary: Julian has no soulmark. He knows what that must mean, and he's learned to accept it. Meeting Garak, getting to know him, is almost enough to make him think—but it's not possible. Garak must have a soulmate, and there's simply no way it could be Julian. Right? (Or: five times Julian thought he was alone, plus the time he realized he'd been wrong all along.)
+ I loved this? Soulbonding with twisty people and kind of slow burn-type feel.

I Only Have Pies for You by RabbitRunnah
Check Please! | G | 2,959 words | Jack/Eric
Summary: Jack Zimmermann keeps up with his neighborhood's Facebook group only so he can keep an eye out for lost dogs during his morning run. Until the day one of his neighbors starts giving away pies.
+ Some days all I want is fic about pies and people falling in love to pies. Accidental romance and mixed media.

all our plans are useless indeed by hazel
Rivers of London | R | 6,511 words | Grant/Nightingale
Summary: Thomas’s back and knees creak alarmingly when he gets out of bed these days. He’s still an early riser, up with the birds, but it’s getting more and more tempting to stay in bed where it’s warm and comfortable, to perhaps hint to Molly that she could bring him breakfast on a tray and he could rise afterwards, perhaps even start work at a later hour.
He doesn’t. He is the last wizard of London and he doesn’t know what will happen when he dies.
(Thomas Nightingale, 1900-, wizard.)
+ I love this Thomas through time stuff and the moments sketched out here and the picture that they build of his present.

Something Smart to Do by kianspo
Star Trek | R | 21,322 words | Jim/Spock
Summary: In which Jim finds himself fake-married to his first officer every other month. It's not his fault. Mostly. Dowries and Klingons are involved. Starfleet is decidedly not amused.
+ Fake married and Winona is in this, also there are various missions and Pike.

Into You Like a Train by hannasus
DCU | R | 54,472 words | Oliver/Felicity
Summary: Felicity Smoak’s only reservation about taking a job as script supervisor on John Diggle’s latest film is the lead actor: Oliver Queen. He’s a former teen heartthrob with a reputation for bad behavior and a messy drug habit that tanked his once-promising career. Now, five years after he disappeared off the Hollywood radar, Queen’s looking to make a comeback. But has he really cleaned up his act, or will his attitude problem make Felicity’s life a living hell for the nine-week shoot in New Orleans?
+ Basically exactly how I would like my 50K+ het AUs in fandoms I do not follow. Solid with slow relationship development and some mild pining.

Five Soda Maximum by chaya
Critical Role | PG-13 | 36,832 words | Mollymauk/Caleb
Summary: Someone asked for: High school AU with Molly and Caleb, each wishing they had the guts to ask the other to prom.
And you know what? Sometimes I'm going to write perfectly canon things, and sometimes I'm going to write the ridiculous things that make people happy. So here we are.
+ Summary's accurate. There's a lot of friendship development stuff and a good chunk of the characters live in a foster home. There are fuzzy animals, also.

Single Ladies by AbsoluteDestiny
The Young Girls of Rochefort | G | 3:11
Music: Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) by Beyoncé
+ Bright and colourful with dancing. \o/

100 ½ by Franzeska
Multifandom | - | 3:33
Music: Emily by Mika
Summary: Is this more or less self-indulgent than crawling under the table and shooting myself in the head?
+ I'd never heard the English version of this song before and there's a line in there that sank its claws into me, because I know those words, and there's all this source material I don't know, from vids I haven't seen, edited into a cohesive whole, and I am not done staring at this.

Anywhere Is by Settiai
Tin Man | G | 3:20 | DG
Music: Anywhere Is by Enya
Summary: "I walk the maze of moments / But everywhere I turn to / Begins a new beginning / But never finds a finish."
+ This is something that goes in a rec set I started mentally compiling in '10 or '11.

I Don't Feel Like Dancin' by JetpackMonkey
Multifandom | G | 2:59 | Jackie Chan
Music: I Don't Feel Like Dancin' by Scissor Sisters
Summary: Jackie Chan and the Art of the Flailing Fight
+ I was watching this as a pick-me-up a few months ago. Flailing, fighting, dancing, physical comedy; this is great.

Ave Que Emigra by fiercynn
Multifandom | G | 3:32
Music: Ave Que Emigra by Gaby Moreno
Summary: Vengo desde muy lejos. [A vid about immigrant families.]
+ I have a lot of feelings about this.

This is Us by dkwilliams
Yuri!!! on Ice | G | 3:54
Music: This is Me by Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Cast
Summary: We are brave, we are bruised, and this is who we're meant to be.
+ Falling and climatic victory skating and feelings and split screens. Ensemble.

Instruction by winterevanesce
Multifandom | G | 3:02
Music: Instruction by Jax Jones ft. Demi Lovato
Summary: "All my ladies, report to the dance floor."
+ Pop ladies, dancing. I really liked the Lovato editing choices. This was fun. (Also: so many different videos united here.)

Closing Time by Trelkez
Multifandom | PG-13 | 4:35
Music: Closing Time by Semisonic
Summary: The vid that closed VividCon. "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."
+ I have never been to VividCon and this made me cry I am pretty sure? Finales and that Semisonic song that is written on my heart and the trip to Chicago that I am never going to take.