Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen (background Aladdin/Jasmine)
Categories: AU, drama, angst, post-apocalyptic, yuletide recs
Length: Short (1,922 words)
Warnings: references to nuclear war/apocalyptic scenario, minor character death, implied RPF about a real terrorist (see note below)
Author on LJ:
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Summary:
The genie has had many masters in his long life.
Review:
An AU of Genie's history, showing his various masters throughout the ages. I really liked the author's twist on Genie's timeline, which explains the anachronisms in the movie, and the post-apocalyptic section of the tale. Some of the segments are a bit angsty, with various side characters dying (and the aforementioned apocalyptic scenario). Mostly, I liked the way this version of the genie meshes so well with canon--you can really see this AU as dovetailing into the movie itself--and the wonder and peculiar perspective he has on Aladdin's world. The fic's genie is more melancholy and thoughtful, but no less enjoyable.
Passings
ETA: de-anoned author information 1/1/12
ETA2: It's been pointed out to me that a section (2005) contains RPF allusions that may be upsetting; it's implied that one of Genie's owners is an infamous real terrorist, though never named. Somehow this aspect of the fic sailed right over my head when I read it.
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen (background Aladdin/Jasmine)
Categories: AU, drama, angst, post-apocalyptic, yuletide recs
Length: Short (1,922 words)
Warnings: references to nuclear war/apocalyptic scenario, minor character death, implied RPF about a real terrorist (see note below)
Author on LJ:
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Author Website:
Summary:
The genie has had many masters in his long life.
Review:
An AU of Genie's history, showing his various masters throughout the ages. I really liked the author's twist on Genie's timeline, which explains the anachronisms in the movie, and the post-apocalyptic section of the tale. Some of the segments are a bit angsty, with various side characters dying (and the aforementioned apocalyptic scenario). Mostly, I liked the way this version of the genie meshes so well with canon--you can really see this AU as dovetailing into the movie itself--and the wonder and peculiar perspective he has on Aladdin's world. The fic's genie is more melancholy and thoughtful, but no less enjoyable.
Passings
ETA: de-anoned author information 1/1/12
ETA2: It's been pointed out to me that a section (2005) contains RPF allusions that may be upsetting; it's implied that one of Genie's owners is an infamous real terrorist, though never named. Somehow this aspect of the fic sailed right over my head when I read it.
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen (background Aladdin/Jasmine)
Categories: AU, drama, angst, post-apocalyptic, yuletide recs
Length: Short (1,922 words)
Warnings: references to nuclear war/apocalyptic scenario, minor character death, implied RPF about a real terrorist (see note below)
Author on LJ:
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Author Website:
Summary:
The genie has had many masters in his long life.
Review:
An AU of Genie's history, showing his various masters throughout the ages. I really liked the author's twist on Genie's timeline, which explains the anachronisms in the movie, and the post-apocalyptic section of the tale. Some of the segments are a bit angsty, with various side characters dying (and the aforementioned apocalyptic scenario). Mostly, I liked the way this version of the genie meshes so well with canon--you can really see this AU as dovetailing into the movie itself--and the wonder and peculiar perspective he has on Aladdin's world. The fic's genie is more melancholy and thoughtful, but no less enjoyable.
Passings
ETA: de-anoned author information 1/1/12
ETA2: It's been pointed out to me that a section (2005) contains RPF allusions that may be upsetting; it's implied that one of Genie's owners is an infamous real terrorist, though never named. Somehow this aspect of the fic sailed right over my head when I read it.
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen (background Aladdin/Jasmine)
Categories: AU, drama, angst, post-apocalyptic, yuletide recs
Length: Short (1,922 words)
Warnings: references to nuclear war/apocalyptic scenario, minor character death, implied RPF about a real terrorist (see note below)
Author on LJ:
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Author Website:
Summary:
The genie has had many masters in his long life.
Review:
An AU of Genie's history, showing his various masters throughout the ages. I really liked the author's twist on Genie's timeline, which explains the anachronisms in the movie, and the post-apocalyptic section of the tale. Some of the segments are a bit angsty, with various side characters dying (and the aforementioned apocalyptic scenario). Mostly, I liked the way this version of the genie meshes so well with canon--you can really see this AU as dovetailing into the movie itself--and the wonder and peculiar perspective he has on Aladdin's world. The fic's genie is more melancholy and thoughtful, but no less enjoyable.
Passings
ETA: de-anoned author information 1/1/12
ETA2: It's been pointed out to me that a section (2005) contains RPF allusions that may be upsetting; it's implied that one of Genie's owners is an infamous real terrorist, though never named. Somehow this aspect of the fic sailed right over my head when I read it.
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen (background Aladdin/Jasmine)
Categories: AU, drama, angst, post-apocalyptic, yuletide recs
Length: Short (1,922 words)
Warnings: references to nuclear war/apocalyptic scenario, minor character death, implied RPF about a real terrorist (see note below)
Author on LJ:
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Author Website:
Summary:
The genie has had many masters in his long life.
Review:
An AU of Genie's history, showing his various masters throughout the ages. I really liked the author's twist on Genie's timeline, which explains the anachronisms in the movie, and the post-apocalyptic section of the tale. Some of the segments are a bit angsty, with various side characters dying (and the aforementioned apocalyptic scenario). Mostly, I liked the way this version of the genie meshes so well with canon--you can really see this AU as dovetailing into the movie itself--and the wonder and peculiar perspective he has on Aladdin's world. The fic's genie is more melancholy and thoughtful, but no less enjoyable.
Passings
ETA: de-anoned author information 1/1/12
ETA2: It's been pointed out to me that a section (2005) contains RPF allusions that may be upsetting; it's implied that one of Genie's owners is an infamous real terrorist, though never named. Somehow this aspect of the fic sailed right over my head when I read it.
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen (background Aladdin/Jasmine)
Categories: AU, drama, angst, post-apocalyptic, yuletide recs
Length: Short (1,922 words)
Warnings: references to nuclear war/apocalyptic scenario, minor character death, implied RPF about a real terrorist (see note below)
Author on LJ:
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Author Website:
Summary:
The genie has had many masters in his long life.
Review:
An AU of Genie's history, showing his various masters throughout the ages. I really liked the author's twist on Genie's timeline, which explains the anachronisms in the movie, and the post-apocalyptic section of the tale. Some of the segments are a bit angsty, with various side characters dying (and the aforementioned apocalyptic scenario). Mostly, I liked the way this version of the genie meshes so well with canon--you can really see this AU as dovetailing into the movie itself--and the wonder and peculiar perspective he has on Aladdin's world. The fic's genie is more melancholy and thoughtful, but no less enjoyable.
Passings
ETA: de-anoned author information 1/1/12
ETA2: It's been pointed out to me that a section (2005) contains RPF allusions that may be upsetting; it's implied that one of Genie's owners is an infamous real terrorist, though never named. Somehow this aspect of the fic sailed right over my head when I read it.
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen, Aladdin/Jasmine
Categories: drama, sad_stories, time-travel, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,240 words)
Warnings: OC Character Deaths
Author on LJ:
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Author Website: roga's List of Fics or
Summary:
Genie always comes back to Al, because the world is huge, and there really isn't any place like home, even when home is a time.
Review:
This is a beautiful, bittersweet look at Genie through the ages, as he travels forwards and back in time. It's a thoughtful exploration of what it would really mean to be an ageless being, and as a side bonus the author brilliantly explains Genie's tendency to quote twentieth century pop culture.
However, be warned that it really pulled on the heartstrings and mentions Aladdin's future death and two original character's deaths.
Link: Whole New World
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen, Aladdin/Jasmine
Categories: drama, sad_stories, time-travel, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,240 words)
Warnings: OC Character Deaths
Author on LJ:
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Author Website: roga's List of Fics or
Summary:
Genie always comes back to Al, because the world is huge, and there really isn't any place like home, even when home is a time.
Review:
This is a beautiful, bittersweet look at Genie through the ages, as he travels forwards and back in time. It's a thoughtful exploration of what it would really mean to be an ageless being, and as a side bonus the author brilliantly explains Genie's tendency to quote twentieth century pop culture.
However, be warned that it really pulled on the heartstrings and mentions Aladdin's future death and two original character's deaths.
Link: Whole New World
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen, Aladdin/Jasmine
Categories: drama, sad_stories, time-travel, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,240 words)
Warnings: OC Character Deaths
Author on LJ:
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Author Website: roga's List of Fics or
Summary:
Genie always comes back to Al, because the world is huge, and there really isn't any place like home, even when home is a time.
Review:
This is a beautiful, bittersweet look at Genie through the ages, as he travels forwards and back in time. It's a thoughtful exploration of what it would really mean to be an ageless being, and as a side bonus the author brilliantly explains Genie's tendency to quote twentieth century pop culture.
However, be warned that it really pulled on the heartstrings and mentions Aladdin's future death and two original character's deaths.
Link: Whole New World
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen, Aladdin/Jasmine
Categories: drama, sad_stories, time-travel, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,240 words)
Warnings: OC Character Deaths
Author on LJ:
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![[personal profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Author Website: roga's List of Fics or
Summary:
Genie always comes back to Al, because the world is huge, and there really isn't any place like home, even when home is a time.
Review:
This is a beautiful, bittersweet look at Genie through the ages, as he travels forwards and back in time. It's a thoughtful exploration of what it would really mean to be an ageless being, and as a side bonus the author brilliantly explains Genie's tendency to quote twentieth century pop culture.
However, be warned that it really pulled on the heartstrings and mentions Aladdin's future death and two original character's deaths.
Link: Whole New World
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen, Aladdin/Jasmine
Categories: drama, sad_stories, time-travel, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,240 words)
Warnings: OC Character Deaths
Author on LJ:
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![[personal profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Author Website: roga's List of Fics or
Summary:
Genie always comes back to Al, because the world is huge, and there really isn't any place like home, even when home is a time.
Review:
This is a beautiful, bittersweet look at Genie through the ages, as he travels forwards and back in time. It's a thoughtful exploration of what it would really mean to be an ageless being, and as a side bonus the author brilliantly explains Genie's tendency to quote twentieth century pop culture.
However, be warned that it really pulled on the heartstrings and mentions Aladdin's future death and two original character's deaths.
Link: Whole New World
Fandom: Aladdin
Pairing: gen, Aladdin/Jasmine
Categories: drama, sad_stories, time-travel, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,240 words)
Warnings: OC Character Deaths
Author on LJ:
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![[personal profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Author Website: roga's List of Fics or
Summary:
Genie always comes back to Al, because the world is huge, and there really isn't any place like home, even when home is a time.
Review:
This is a beautiful, bittersweet look at Genie through the ages, as he travels forwards and back in time. It's a thoughtful exploration of what it would really mean to be an ageless being, and as a side bonus the author brilliantly explains Genie's tendency to quote twentieth century pop culture.
However, be warned that it really pulled on the heartstrings and mentions Aladdin's future death and two original character's deaths.
Link: Whole New World
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown/Disney's Aladdin
Pairing: Jack Spicer/Chase Young
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Crossover, Dark, Horror, Supernatural,
Length: epic (69,900)
Warnings: torture, slavery, violence, gore
Author on LJ:
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Author on DA: Crystallic Sky's Gallery
Summary: What happens when Jack Spicer is forced into another world and reshaped into someone entirely different
Review:Shifting Sands is a crossover between the Aladdin movies and Xiaolin Showdown. It’s dark and bloody and not for the faint at heart, but it’s a wonderful character oriented story for Jack Spicer.
The story twists the idea of ‘the good-guys always win’ that’s common in most kids shows and makes it so that the good-guys just can’t win. And it sticks to that format, without fail. Which makes the story very squicky.
I have a real soft-spot for the misunderstood villain archetype and I love stories that deal with villains as the main character, but I find that ficcers often fall into the convention of turning the villain good in order to make them a sympathetic character. Crystallic Sky manages to not only avoid that convention, but make the main character even darker than in canon, while retaining their sympathetic qualities.
The only problem I really had with the story was that it relies on at least a passing knowledge of either Disney’s Aladdin or Xiaolin showdown.
Shifting Sands
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown/Disney's Aladdin
Pairing: Jack Spicer/Chase Young
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Crossover, Dark, Horror, Supernatural,
Length: epic (69,900)
Warnings: torture, slavery, violence, gore
Author on LJ:
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Author on DA: Crystallic Sky's Gallery
Summary: What happens when Jack Spicer is forced into another world and reshaped into someone entirely different
Review:Shifting Sands is a crossover between the Aladdin movies and Xiaolin Showdown. It’s dark and bloody and not for the faint at heart, but it’s a wonderful character oriented story for Jack Spicer.
The story twists the idea of ‘the good-guys always win’ that’s common in most kids shows and makes it so that the good-guys just can’t win. And it sticks to that format, without fail. Which makes the story very squicky.
I have a real soft-spot for the misunderstood villain archetype and I love stories that deal with villains as the main character, but I find that ficcers often fall into the convention of turning the villain good in order to make them a sympathetic character. Crystallic Sky manages to not only avoid that convention, but make the main character even darker than in canon, while retaining their sympathetic qualities.
The only problem I really had with the story was that it relies on at least a passing knowledge of either Disney’s Aladdin or Xiaolin showdown.
Shifting Sands
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown/Disney's Aladdin
Pairing: Jack Spicer/Chase Young
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Crossover, Dark, Horror, Supernatural,
Length: epic (69,900)
Warnings: torture, slavery, violence, gore
Author on LJ:
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Author on DA: Crystallic Sky's Gallery
Summary: What happens when Jack Spicer is forced into another world and reshaped into someone entirely different
Review:Shifting Sands is a crossover between the Aladdin movies and Xiaolin Showdown. It’s dark and bloody and not for the faint at heart, but it’s a wonderful character oriented story for Jack Spicer.
The story twists the idea of ‘the good-guys always win’ that’s common in most kids shows and makes it so that the good-guys just can’t win. And it sticks to that format, without fail. Which makes the story very squicky.
I have a real soft-spot for the misunderstood villain archetype and I love stories that deal with villains as the main character, but I find that ficcers often fall into the convention of turning the villain good in order to make them a sympathetic character. Crystallic Sky manages to not only avoid that convention, but make the main character even darker than in canon, while retaining their sympathetic qualities.
The only problem I really had with the story was that it relies on at least a passing knowledge of either Disney’s Aladdin or Xiaolin showdown.
Shifting Sands
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown/Disney's Aladdin
Pairing: Jack Spicer/Chase Young
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Crossover, Dark, Horror, Supernatural,
Length: epic (69,900)
Warnings: torture, slavery, violence, gore
Author on LJ:
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Author on DA: Crystallic Sky's Gallery
Summary: What happens when Jack Spicer is forced into another world and reshaped into someone entirely different
Review:Shifting Sands is a crossover between the Aladdin movies and Xiaolin Showdown. It’s dark and bloody and not for the faint at heart, but it’s a wonderful character oriented story for Jack Spicer.
The story twists the idea of ‘the good-guys always win’ that’s common in most kids shows and makes it so that the good-guys just can’t win. And it sticks to that format, without fail. Which makes the story very squicky.
I have a real soft-spot for the misunderstood villain archetype and I love stories that deal with villains as the main character, but I find that ficcers often fall into the convention of turning the villain good in order to make them a sympathetic character. Crystallic Sky manages to not only avoid that convention, but make the main character even darker than in canon, while retaining their sympathetic qualities.
The only problem I really had with the story was that it relies on at least a passing knowledge of either Disney’s Aladdin or Xiaolin showdown.
Shifting Sands
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown/Disney's Aladdin
Pairing: Jack Spicer/Chase Young
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Crossover, Dark, Horror, Supernatural,
Length: epic (69,900)
Warnings: torture, slavery, violence, gore
Author on LJ:
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Author on DA: Crystallic Sky's Gallery
Summary: What happens when Jack Spicer is forced into another world and reshaped into someone entirely different
Review:Shifting Sands is a crossover between the Aladdin movies and Xiaolin Showdown. It’s dark and bloody and not for the faint at heart, but it’s a wonderful character oriented story for Jack Spicer.
The story twists the idea of ‘the good-guys always win’ that’s common in most kids shows and makes it so that the good-guys just can’t win. And it sticks to that format, without fail. Which makes the story very squicky.
I have a real soft-spot for the misunderstood villain archetype and I love stories that deal with villains as the main character, but I find that ficcers often fall into the convention of turning the villain good in order to make them a sympathetic character. Crystallic Sky manages to not only avoid that convention, but make the main character even darker than in canon, while retaining their sympathetic qualities.
The only problem I really had with the story was that it relies on at least a passing knowledge of either Disney’s Aladdin or Xiaolin showdown.
Shifting Sands
Fandom: Xiaolin Showdown/Disney's Aladdin
Pairing: Jack Spicer/Chase Young
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Crossover, Dark, Horror, Supernatural,
Length: epic (69,900)
Warnings: torture, slavery, violence, gore
Author on LJ:
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Author on DA: Crystallic Sky's Gallery
Summary: What happens when Jack Spicer is forced into another world and reshaped into someone entirely different
Review:Shifting Sands is a crossover between the Aladdin movies and Xiaolin Showdown. It’s dark and bloody and not for the faint at heart, but it’s a wonderful character oriented story for Jack Spicer.
The story twists the idea of ‘the good-guys always win’ that’s common in most kids shows and makes it so that the good-guys just can’t win. And it sticks to that format, without fail. Which makes the story very squicky.
I have a real soft-spot for the misunderstood villain archetype and I love stories that deal with villains as the main character, but I find that ficcers often fall into the convention of turning the villain good in order to make them a sympathetic character. Crystallic Sky manages to not only avoid that convention, but make the main character even darker than in canon, while retaining their sympathetic qualities.
The only problem I really had with the story was that it relies on at least a passing knowledge of either Disney’s Aladdin or Xiaolin showdown.
Shifting Sands