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There were so many awesome fics written for Yuletide and Yuletide Madness, I don't even know where to start reccing!
Title: From the Wolf's Eyes
Fandom: Fairytale: Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: gen
Categories: Drama, Yuletide
Length: Short (398 words)
Warnings: villain POV
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
billradish
Author Website: billtheradish
Summary:
He loved the little human-cub, who smelled of food and did not recognize a wolf.
He only wanted to help.
Review:
This one really sunk it's teeth into me, dropping the reader right into the wolf's point-of-view and never letting go. It reminds me of something from the commentary track of Firefly (I know, random and probably horribly misremembered) where the actor who plays Jayne says the director told him Jayne sees himself as the hero of his story, as we all do. Well, in this the Wolf is the hero, and does what he thinks is best...though I doubt Granny or little red would agree.
It's chilling and immersive, and (paraphrased from one of the commenters) deliciously creepy. Like the best short fics, it seems so much larger than it's short word count.
From the Wolf's Eyes
Title: From the Wolf's Eyes
Fandom: Fairytale: Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: gen
Categories: Drama, Yuletide
Length: Short (398 words)
Warnings: villain POV
Author on LJ:
billradishAuthor Website: billtheradish
Summary:
He loved the little human-cub, who smelled of food and did not recognize a wolf.
He only wanted to help.
Review:
This one really sunk it's teeth into me, dropping the reader right into the wolf's point-of-view and never letting go. It reminds me of something from the commentary track of Firefly (I know, random and probably horribly misremembered) where the actor who plays Jayne says the director told him Jayne sees himself as the hero of his story, as we all do. Well, in this the Wolf is the hero, and does what he thinks is best...though I doubt Granny or little red would agree.
It's chilling and immersive, and (paraphrased from one of the commenters) deliciously creepy. Like the best short fics, it seems so much larger than it's short word count.
From the Wolf's Eyes
There were so many awesome fics written for Yuletide and Yuletide Madness, I don't even know where to start reccing!
Title: from the wolf's eyes
Fandom: Fairytale: Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: gen
Categories: Drama, Yuletide
Length: Short (398 words)
Warnings: villain POV
Author on LJ:billradish
Author Website: billtheradish
Summary:
He loved the little human-cub, who smelled of food and did not recognize a wolf.
He only wanted to help.
Review:
This one really sunk it's teeth into me, dropping the reader right into the wolf's point-of-view and never letting go. It reminds me of something from the commentary track of Firefly (I know, random and probably horribly misremembered) where the actor who plays Jayne says the director told him Jayne sees himself as the hero of his story, as we all do. Well, in this the Wolf is the hero, and does what he thinks is best...though I doubt Granny or little red would agree.
It's chilling and immersive, and (paraphrased from one of the commenters) deliciously creepy. Like the best short fics, it seems so much larger than it's short word count.
from the wolf's eyes
Title: from the wolf's eyes
Fandom: Fairytale: Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: gen
Categories: Drama, Yuletide
Length: Short (398 words)
Warnings: villain POV
Author on LJ:
billradishAuthor Website: billtheradish
Summary:
He loved the little human-cub, who smelled of food and did not recognize a wolf.
He only wanted to help.
Review:
This one really sunk it's teeth into me, dropping the reader right into the wolf's point-of-view and never letting go. It reminds me of something from the commentary track of Firefly (I know, random and probably horribly misremembered) where the actor who plays Jayne says the director told him Jayne sees himself as the hero of his story, as we all do. Well, in this the Wolf is the hero, and does what he thinks is best...though I doubt Granny or little red would agree.
It's chilling and immersive, and (paraphrased from one of the commenters) deliciously creepy. Like the best short fics, it seems so much larger than it's short word count.
from the wolf's eyes
Title: Seven Ways of Going
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Mal/Dom Cobb
Categories: AU, drama, myths, archetypes, fairy tales
Length: Epic (44,548)
Warnings: Violence, mention of a miscarriage
Author on LJ:viva_gloria
Artist on LJ:nresimes
Author Website:
GloriaMundi, 
GloriaMundi
Author's Summary: Arthur likes to find his inspiration in other people's dreams. Mal holds the secrets of a princess in a tower. Eames wants to cross the bridge and burn it behind him. And Saito's most popular author can't (or won't) finish her greatest work...
Review:
Much of the joy in this layered story is in figuring out how the pieces come together, and I loved the mystery, suspense, action, and the way Seven Ways... gives a new spin on the characters while taking on the roots of myth and creativity. Dream settings include the Tower, the Crossroads, and the Forest, among other fable and fairy tale standards, and dreaming up these places has different consequences than dreaming a hotel or busy street.
Arthur's relationship with Eames is unique, and there's plenty of chemistry between them. I also enjoyed Mal's friendship with Ariadne, and especially her storyline with Phillipa. Then there's a novelist who's writing a series about a character named for the goddess of night, mother of sleep and death, and it all comes together when Saito puts her in the path of the team from Inception.
Seven Ways of Going
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Mal/Dom Cobb
Categories: AU, drama, myths, archetypes, fairy tales
Length: Epic (44,548)
Warnings: Violence, mention of a miscarriage
Author on LJ:
viva_gloriaArtist on LJ:
nresimesAuthor Website:
GloriaMundiAuthor's Summary: Arthur likes to find his inspiration in other people's dreams. Mal holds the secrets of a princess in a tower. Eames wants to cross the bridge and burn it behind him. And Saito's most popular author can't (or won't) finish her greatest work...
Review:
Much of the joy in this layered story is in figuring out how the pieces come together, and I loved the mystery, suspense, action, and the way Seven Ways... gives a new spin on the characters while taking on the roots of myth and creativity. Dream settings include the Tower, the Crossroads, and the Forest, among other fable and fairy tale standards, and dreaming up these places has different consequences than dreaming a hotel or busy street.
Arthur's relationship with Eames is unique, and there's plenty of chemistry between them. I also enjoyed Mal's friendship with Ariadne, and especially her storyline with Phillipa. Then there's a novelist who's writing a series about a character named for the goddess of night, mother of sleep and death, and it all comes together when Saito puts her in the path of the team from Inception.
Seven Ways of Going
Title: Seven Ways of Going
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Mal/Dom Cobb
Categories: AU, drama, myths, archetypes, fairy tales
Length: Epic (44,548)
Warnings: Violence, mention of a miscarriage
Author on LJ:viva_gloria
Artist on LJ:nresimes
Author Website:
GloriaMundi, GloriaMundi
Author's Summary: Arthur likes to find his inspiration in other people's dreams. Mal holds the secrets of a princess in a tower. Eames wants to cross the bridge and burn it behind him. And Saito's most popular author can't (or won't) finish her greatest work...
Review:
Much of the joy in this layered story is in figuring out how the pieces come together, and I loved the mystery, suspense, action, and the way Seven Ways... gives a new spin on the characters while taking on the roots of myth and creativity. Dream settings include the Tower, the Crossroads, and the Forest, among other fable and fairy tale standards, and dreaming up these places has different consequences than dreaming a hotel or busy street.
Arthur's relationship with Eames is unique, and there's plenty of chemistry between them. I also enjoyed Mal's friendship with Ariadne, and especially her storyline with Phillipa. Then there's a novelist who's writing a series about a character named for the goddess of night, mother of sleep and death, and it all comes together when Saito puts her in the path of the team from Inception.
Seven Ways of Going
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Mal/Dom Cobb
Categories: AU, drama, myths, archetypes, fairy tales
Length: Epic (44,548)
Warnings: Violence, mention of a miscarriage
Author on LJ:
viva_gloriaArtist on LJ:
nresimesAuthor Website:
GloriaMundiAuthor's Summary: Arthur likes to find his inspiration in other people's dreams. Mal holds the secrets of a princess in a tower. Eames wants to cross the bridge and burn it behind him. And Saito's most popular author can't (or won't) finish her greatest work...
Review:
Much of the joy in this layered story is in figuring out how the pieces come together, and I loved the mystery, suspense, action, and the way Seven Ways... gives a new spin on the characters while taking on the roots of myth and creativity. Dream settings include the Tower, the Crossroads, and the Forest, among other fable and fairy tale standards, and dreaming up these places has different consequences than dreaming a hotel or busy street.
Arthur's relationship with Eames is unique, and there's plenty of chemistry between them. I also enjoyed Mal's friendship with Ariadne, and especially her storyline with Phillipa. Then there's a novelist who's writing a series about a character named for the goddess of night, mother of sleep and death, and it all comes together when Saito puts her in the path of the team from Inception.
Seven Ways of Going
Two crossovers today... both with a wolf of sorts.
Title: Chaperon Rouge
Fandom: Supernatural RPS, Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff
Categories: AU, science fiction, fairy tale, crossover
Length: Medium (5,265 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:pigeongirl99
Author Website:
Pigeon
Author's Summary: Jensen has a red Hood. Jeff is a Wolf. In Space.
Review:
Pigeon weaves sci-fi with Red Riding Hood so seamlessly it's as though the two were meant to go together. Jensen's flying his battered little Hood class ship with flaking red paint to deliver medicine and supplies. As the story says, "A Hood doesn't have the smooth ride of the fancier crafts, the large gun-bristled Hunters or sleek Wolves with their sinuous lines, stealth-black and wet glossed danger. But they sweep and bob, burst of power from the engines, rumbling sharp before the lull as they dart forward."
Chaperon Rouge has a unique style, rich with imagery and suspense, and Pigeon manages a lot of world building in a few words. It's a dicey, often unforgiving future in which Jensen has scratched out a niche for himself as he flies back and forth through the quiet of space. But along the way to the Forest System he comes across a Wolf, and later when he arrives, things are not as they seem.
I've read this a few times for the writing, plus a Jensen who's making the best of what little he has, and a deep voiced and thrillingly dangerous Jeff. For my taste, the pacing at the end could have been just a little bit slower, but to be fair, good stories tend to leave me wanting more.
Chaperon Rouge (AO3)
On LJ
Title: Chaperon Rouge
Fandom: Supernatural RPS, Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff
Categories: AU, science fiction, fairy tale, crossover
Length: Medium (5,265 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:
pigeongirl99Author Website:
Author's Summary: Jensen has a red Hood. Jeff is a Wolf. In Space.
Review:
Pigeon weaves sci-fi with Red Riding Hood so seamlessly it's as though the two were meant to go together. Jensen's flying his battered little Hood class ship with flaking red paint to deliver medicine and supplies. As the story says, "A Hood doesn't have the smooth ride of the fancier crafts, the large gun-bristled Hunters or sleek Wolves with their sinuous lines, stealth-black and wet glossed danger. But they sweep and bob, burst of power from the engines, rumbling sharp before the lull as they dart forward."
Chaperon Rouge has a unique style, rich with imagery and suspense, and Pigeon manages a lot of world building in a few words. It's a dicey, often unforgiving future in which Jensen has scratched out a niche for himself as he flies back and forth through the quiet of space. But along the way to the Forest System he comes across a Wolf, and later when he arrives, things are not as they seem.
I've read this a few times for the writing, plus a Jensen who's making the best of what little he has, and a deep voiced and thrillingly dangerous Jeff. For my taste, the pacing at the end could have been just a little bit slower, but to be fair, good stories tend to leave me wanting more.
Chaperon Rouge (AO3)
On LJ
Two crossovers today... both with a wolf of sorts.
Title: Chaperon Rouge
Fandom: Supernatural RPS, Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff
Categories: AU, science fiction, fairy tale, crossover
Length: Medium (5,265 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:pigeongirl99
Author Website:
Pigeon
Author's Summary: Jensen has a red Hood. Jeff is a Wolf. In Space.
Review:
Pigeon weaves sci-fi with Red Riding Hood so seamlessly it's as though the two were meant to go together. Jensen's flying his battered little Hood class ship with flaking red paint to deliver medicine and supplies. As the story says, "A Hood doesn't have the smooth ride of the fancier crafts, the large gun-bristled Hunters or sleek Wolves with their sinuous lines, stealth-black and wet glossed danger. But they sweep and bob, burst of power from the engines, rumbling sharp before the lull as they dart forward."
Chaperon Rouge has a unique style, rich with imagery and suspense, and Pigeon manages a lot of world building in a few words. It's a dicey, often unforgiving future in which Jensen has scratched out a niche for himself as he flies back and forth through the quiet of space. But along the way to the Forest System he comes across a Wolf, and later when he arrives, things are not as they seem.
I've read this a few times for the writing, plus a Jensen who's making the best of what little he has, and a deep voiced and thrillingly dangerous Jeff. For my taste, the pacing at the end could have been just a little bit slower, but to be fair, good stories tend to leave me wanting more.
Chaperon Rouge (AO3)
On LJ
Title: Chaperon Rouge
Fandom: Supernatural RPS, Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff
Categories: AU, science fiction, fairy tale, crossover
Length: Medium (5,265 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:
pigeongirl99Author Website:
Author's Summary: Jensen has a red Hood. Jeff is a Wolf. In Space.
Review:
Pigeon weaves sci-fi with Red Riding Hood so seamlessly it's as though the two were meant to go together. Jensen's flying his battered little Hood class ship with flaking red paint to deliver medicine and supplies. As the story says, "A Hood doesn't have the smooth ride of the fancier crafts, the large gun-bristled Hunters or sleek Wolves with their sinuous lines, stealth-black and wet glossed danger. But they sweep and bob, burst of power from the engines, rumbling sharp before the lull as they dart forward."
Chaperon Rouge has a unique style, rich with imagery and suspense, and Pigeon manages a lot of world building in a few words. It's a dicey, often unforgiving future in which Jensen has scratched out a niche for himself as he flies back and forth through the quiet of space. But along the way to the Forest System he comes across a Wolf, and later when he arrives, things are not as they seem.
I've read this a few times for the writing, plus a Jensen who's making the best of what little he has, and a deep voiced and thrillingly dangerous Jeff. For my taste, the pacing at the end could have been just a little bit slower, but to be fair, good stories tend to leave me wanting more.
Chaperon Rouge (AO3)
On LJ
Two crossovers today... both with a wolf of sorts.
Title: Chaperon Rouge
Fandom: Supernatural RPS, Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff
Categories: AU, science fiction, fairy tale, crossover
Length: Medium (5,265 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:pigeongirl99
Author Website:
Pigeon
Author's Summary: Jensen has a red Hood. Jeff is a Wolf. In Space.
Review:
Pigeon weaves sci-fi with Red Riding Hood so seamlessly it's as though the two were meant to go together. Jensen's flying his battered little Hood class ship with flaking red paint to deliver medicine and supplies. As the story says, "A Hood doesn't have the smooth ride of the fancier crafts, the large gun-bristled Hunters or sleek Wolves with their sinuous lines, stealth-black and wet glossed danger. But they sweep and bob, burst of power from the engines, rumbling sharp before the lull as they dart forward."
Chaperon Rouge has a unique style, rich with imagery and suspense, and Pigeon manages a lot of world building in a few words. It's a dicey, often unforgiving future in which Jensen has scratched out a niche for himself as he flies back and forth through the quiet of space. But along the way to the Forest System he comes across a Wolf, and later when he arrives, things are not as they seem.
I've read this a few times for the writing, plus a Jensen who's making the best of what little he has, and a deep voiced and thrillingly dangerous Jeff. For my taste, the pacing at the end could have been just a little bit slower, but to be fair, good stories tend to leave me wanting more.
Chaperon Rouge (AO3)
On LJ
Title: Chaperon Rouge
Fandom: Supernatural RPS, Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff
Categories: AU, science fiction, fairy tale, crossover
Length: Medium (5,265 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:
pigeongirl99Author Website:
Author's Summary: Jensen has a red Hood. Jeff is a Wolf. In Space.
Review:
Pigeon weaves sci-fi with Red Riding Hood so seamlessly it's as though the two were meant to go together. Jensen's flying his battered little Hood class ship with flaking red paint to deliver medicine and supplies. As the story says, "A Hood doesn't have the smooth ride of the fancier crafts, the large gun-bristled Hunters or sleek Wolves with their sinuous lines, stealth-black and wet glossed danger. But they sweep and bob, burst of power from the engines, rumbling sharp before the lull as they dart forward."
Chaperon Rouge has a unique style, rich with imagery and suspense, and Pigeon manages a lot of world building in a few words. It's a dicey, often unforgiving future in which Jensen has scratched out a niche for himself as he flies back and forth through the quiet of space. But along the way to the Forest System he comes across a Wolf, and later when he arrives, things are not as they seem.
I've read this a few times for the writing, plus a Jensen who's making the best of what little he has, and a deep voiced and thrillingly dangerous Jeff. For my taste, the pacing at the end could have been just a little bit slower, but to be fair, good stories tend to leave me wanting more.
Chaperon Rouge (AO3)
On LJ
Title: Brendan and the Beast
Fandom: Fairytale/Mythology
Pairing: Brendan/Beast
Categories: Action/adventure, creature/wing, drama, family, friendship, humor, hurt/comfort, romance
Length: Super Epic (120,178 words)
Warnings: semi-bestiality? I mean, Brendan and the Beast have nongraphic sex but the Beast is entirely human 'down there' :)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: FF.net, Wordpress
Author's Summary: An epic re-imagining of a classic fairy tale. A castle of forgotten souls...a Beast trapped in bitter purgatory...and an unexpected romance borne of one pivotal rose. COMPLETE as of May 4th 2012
Review: This fic is EPIC. Epic in length, epic in story. It's just plain fabulous. This is the best version for Beauty and the Beast that I've read. Period. I've read a lot of fanfiction but I think this is the first time where I read a slash pairing for a re-imagining of a classic fairytale.
I loved Brendan. I rooted for him, I laughed with/at him. Fairytales have somewhat brainwashed us, when I started reading this story.. I was waiting for Beauty to do the usual thing she does in all the retellings.. ask for a rose. But well, she didn't do that and that, my dears, is what makes this fic so unique. It starts on the usual path but it swerves and curves around as it becomes an incredible story. I can't rave about my love for it too much or you'll get spoiled. ;) Read it, you won't regret it. You'll fall in love with Brendan and Beast, Beauty, Catherine and Marguerite as I did. Kodora is a wonderful storyteller, as is shown in Brendan and the Beast.
Brendan and the Beast
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Fandom: Fairytale/Mythology
Pairing: Brendan/Beast
Categories: Action/adventure, creature/wing, drama, family, friendship, humor, hurt/comfort, romance
Length: Super Epic (120,178 words)
Warnings: semi-bestiality? I mean, Brendan and the Beast have nongraphic sex but the Beast is entirely human 'down there' :)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: FF.net, Wordpress
Author's Summary: An epic re-imagining of a classic fairy tale. A castle of forgotten souls...a Beast trapped in bitter purgatory...and an unexpected romance borne of one pivotal rose. COMPLETE as of May 4th 2012
Review: This fic is EPIC. Epic in length, epic in story. It's just plain fabulous. This is the best version for Beauty and the Beast that I've read. Period. I've read a lot of fanfiction but I think this is the first time where I read a slash pairing for a re-imagining of a classic fairytale.
I loved Brendan. I rooted for him, I laughed with/at him. Fairytales have somewhat brainwashed us, when I started reading this story.. I was waiting for Beauty to do the usual thing she does in all the retellings.. ask for a rose. But well, she didn't do that and that, my dears, is what makes this fic so unique. It starts on the usual path but it swerves and curves around as it becomes an incredible story. I can't rave about my love for it too much or you'll get spoiled. ;) Read it, you won't regret it. You'll fall in love with Brendan and Beast, Beauty, Catherine and Marguerite as I did. Kodora is a wonderful storyteller, as is shown in Brendan and the Beast.
Brendan and the Beast
Title: Brendan and the Beast
Fandom: Fairytale/Mythology
Pairing: Brendan/Beast
Categories: Action/adventure, creature/wing, drama, family, friendship, humor, hurt/comfort, romance
Length: Super Epic (120,178 words)
Warnings: semi-bestiality? I mean, Brendan and the Beast have nongraphic sex but the Beast is entirely human 'down there' :)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: FF.net, Wordpress
Author's Summary: An epic re-imagining of a classic fairy tale. A castle of forgotten souls...a Beast trapped in bitter purgatory...and an unexpected romance borne of one pivotal rose. COMPLETE as of May 4th 2012
Review: This fic is EPIC. Epic in length, epic in story. It's just plain fabulous. This is the best version for Beauty and the Beast that I've read. Period. I've read a lot of fanfiction but I think this is the first time where I read a slash pairing for a re-imagining of a classic fairytale.
I loved Brendan. I rooted for him, I laughed with/at him. Fairytales have somewhat brainwashed us, when I started reading this story.. I was waiting for Beauty to do the usual thing she does in all the retellings.. ask for a rose. But well, she didn't do that and that, my dears, is what makes this fic so unique. It starts on the usual path but it swerves and curves around as it becomes an incredible story. I can't rave about my love for it too much or you'll get spoiled. ;) Read it, you won't regret it. You'll fall in love with Brendan and Beast, Beauty, Catherine and Marguerite as I did. Kodora is a wonderful storyteller, as is shown in Brendan and the Beast.
Brendan and the Beast
Fandom: Fairytale/Mythology
Pairing: Brendan/Beast
Categories: Action/adventure, creature/wing, drama, family, friendship, humor, hurt/comfort, romance
Length: Super Epic (120,178 words)
Warnings: semi-bestiality? I mean, Brendan and the Beast have nongraphic sex but the Beast is entirely human 'down there' :)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: FF.net, Wordpress
Author's Summary: An epic re-imagining of a classic fairy tale. A castle of forgotten souls...a Beast trapped in bitter purgatory...and an unexpected romance borne of one pivotal rose. COMPLETE as of May 4th 2012
Review: This fic is EPIC. Epic in length, epic in story. It's just plain fabulous. This is the best version for Beauty and the Beast that I've read. Period. I've read a lot of fanfiction but I think this is the first time where I read a slash pairing for a re-imagining of a classic fairytale.
I loved Brendan. I rooted for him, I laughed with/at him. Fairytales have somewhat brainwashed us, when I started reading this story.. I was waiting for Beauty to do the usual thing she does in all the retellings.. ask for a rose. But well, she didn't do that and that, my dears, is what makes this fic so unique. It starts on the usual path but it swerves and curves around as it becomes an incredible story. I can't rave about my love for it too much or you'll get spoiled. ;) Read it, you won't regret it. You'll fall in love with Brendan and Beast, Beauty, Catherine and Marguerite as I did. Kodora is a wonderful storyteller, as is shown in Brendan and the Beast.
Brendan and the Beast
Title: Brendan and the Beast
Fandom: Fairytale/Mythology
Pairing: Brendan/Beast
Categories: Action/adventure, creature/wing, drama, family, friendship, humor, hurt/comfort, romance
Length: Super Epic (120,178 words)
Warnings: semi-bestiality? I mean, Brendan and the Beast have nongraphic sex but the Beast is entirely human 'down there' :)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: FF.net, Wordpress
Author's Summary: An epic re-imagining of a classic fairy tale. A castle of forgotten souls...a Beast trapped in bitter purgatory...and an unexpected romance borne of one pivotal rose. COMPLETE as of May 4th 2012
Review: This fic is EPIC. Epic in length, epic in story. It's just plain fabulous. This is the best version for Beauty and the Beast that I've read. Period. I've read a lot of fanfiction but I think this is the first time where I read a slash pairing for a re-imagining of a classic fairytale.
I loved Brendan. I rooted for him, I laughed with/at him. Fairytales have somewhat brainwashed us, when I started reading this story.. I was waiting for Beauty to do the usual thing she does in all the retellings.. ask for a rose. But well, she didn't do that and that, my dears, is what makes this fic so unique. It starts on the usual path but it swerves and curves around as it becomes an incredible story. I can't rave about my love for it too much or you'll get spoiled. ;) Read it, you won't regret it. You'll fall in love with Brendan and Beast, Beauty, Catherine and Marguerite as I did. Kodora is a wonderful storyteller, as is shown in Brendan and the Beast.
Brendan and the Beast
Fandom: Fairytale/Mythology
Pairing: Brendan/Beast
Categories: Action/adventure, creature/wing, drama, family, friendship, humor, hurt/comfort, romance
Length: Super Epic (120,178 words)
Warnings: semi-bestiality? I mean, Brendan and the Beast have nongraphic sex but the Beast is entirely human 'down there' :)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: FF.net, Wordpress
Author's Summary: An epic re-imagining of a classic fairy tale. A castle of forgotten souls...a Beast trapped in bitter purgatory...and an unexpected romance borne of one pivotal rose. COMPLETE as of May 4th 2012
Review: This fic is EPIC. Epic in length, epic in story. It's just plain fabulous. This is the best version for Beauty and the Beast that I've read. Period. I've read a lot of fanfiction but I think this is the first time where I read a slash pairing for a re-imagining of a classic fairytale.
I loved Brendan. I rooted for him, I laughed with/at him. Fairytales have somewhat brainwashed us, when I started reading this story.. I was waiting for Beauty to do the usual thing she does in all the retellings.. ask for a rose. But well, she didn't do that and that, my dears, is what makes this fic so unique. It starts on the usual path but it swerves and curves around as it becomes an incredible story. I can't rave about my love for it too much or you'll get spoiled. ;) Read it, you won't regret it. You'll fall in love with Brendan and Beast, Beauty, Catherine and Marguerite as I did. Kodora is a wonderful storyteller, as is shown in Brendan and the Beast.
Brendan and the Beast
Title: Brendan and the Beast
Fandom: Fairytale/Mythology
Pairing: Brendan/Beast
Categories: Action/adventure, creature/wing, drama, family, friendship, humor, hurt/comfort, romance
Length: Super Epic (120,178 words)
Warnings: semi-bestiality? I mean, Brendan and the Beast have nongraphic sex but the Beast is entirely human 'down there' :)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: FF.net, Wordpress
Author's Summary: An epic re-imagining of a classic fairy tale. A castle of forgotten souls...a Beast trapped in bitter purgatory...and an unexpected romance borne of one pivotal rose. COMPLETE as of May 4th 2012
Review: This fic is EPIC. Epic in length, epic in story. It's just plain fabulous. This is the best version for Beauty and the Beast that I've read. Period. I've read a lot of fanfiction but I think this is the first time where I read a slash pairing for a re-imagining of a classic fairytale.
I loved Brendan. I rooted for him, I laughed with/at him. Fairytales have somewhat brainwashed us, when I started reading this story.. I was waiting for Beauty to do the usual thing she does in all the retellings.. ask for a rose. But well, she didn't do that and that, my dears, is what makes this fic so unique. It starts on the usual path but it swerves and curves around as it becomes an incredible story. I can't rave about my love for it too much or you'll get spoiled. ;) Read it, you won't regret it. You'll fall in love with Brendan and Beast, Beauty, Catherine and Marguerite as I did. Kodora is a wonderful storyteller, as is shown in Brendan and the Beast.
Brendan and the Beast
Fandom: Fairytale/Mythology
Pairing: Brendan/Beast
Categories: Action/adventure, creature/wing, drama, family, friendship, humor, hurt/comfort, romance
Length: Super Epic (120,178 words)
Warnings: semi-bestiality? I mean, Brendan and the Beast have nongraphic sex but the Beast is entirely human 'down there' :)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: FF.net, Wordpress
Author's Summary: An epic re-imagining of a classic fairy tale. A castle of forgotten souls...a Beast trapped in bitter purgatory...and an unexpected romance borne of one pivotal rose. COMPLETE as of May 4th 2012
Review: This fic is EPIC. Epic in length, epic in story. It's just plain fabulous. This is the best version for Beauty and the Beast that I've read. Period. I've read a lot of fanfiction but I think this is the first time where I read a slash pairing for a re-imagining of a classic fairytale.
I loved Brendan. I rooted for him, I laughed with/at him. Fairytales have somewhat brainwashed us, when I started reading this story.. I was waiting for Beauty to do the usual thing she does in all the retellings.. ask for a rose. But well, she didn't do that and that, my dears, is what makes this fic so unique. It starts on the usual path but it swerves and curves around as it becomes an incredible story. I can't rave about my love for it too much or you'll get spoiled. ;) Read it, you won't regret it. You'll fall in love with Brendan and Beast, Beauty, Catherine and Marguerite as I did. Kodora is a wonderful storyteller, as is shown in Brendan and the Beast.
Brendan and the Beast
Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website:
Shayheyred
Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
shayheyred ; doll_revolutionAuthor Website:
Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website:
Shayheyred
Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
shayheyred ; doll_revolutionAuthor Website:
Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website:
Shayheyred
Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
shayheyred ; doll_revolutionAuthor Website:
Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website:
Shayheyred
Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
shayheyred ; doll_revolutionAuthor Website:
Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website:
Shayheyred
Summary:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
shayheyred ; doll_revolutionAuthor Website:
Summary:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.
Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.
The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.
The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.
Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.
Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Title: Ash the Stablehand
Fandom: Fairytale: Cinderella
Pairing: Cinderella(Ash)/Prince(cess)
Categories: Drama, Romance, Cross-dressing, Genderswitch, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,117 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:mithrigil
Author Website:
Mithrigil
Summary:
The story of a stablehand and his cruel stepfamily.
Review:
A re-telling of Cinderella with all characters sexes switched, to interesting effect. I love not only what this story does with sex and gender, but so many other things as well. So much is told in so few words, with a whole world sketched out for the readers to fill. All characters are handled equally; there isn't a wicked stepfamily, but instead a group of people with human motivations a bit of cruelity. My favorite parts are the interactions between Ash and the Herald (some of which is quoted below), where they talk and connect.
I love a good remix of a classic tale, and this one is by far one of my favorites of all, clever and charming and sweet.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
Ash the Stablehand
also available as a podfic read byparaka
Fandom: Fairytale: Cinderella
Pairing: Cinderella(Ash)/Prince(cess)
Categories: Drama, Romance, Cross-dressing, Genderswitch, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,117 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
mithrigilAuthor Website:
Summary:
The story of a stablehand and his cruel stepfamily.
Review:
A re-telling of Cinderella with all characters sexes switched, to interesting effect. I love not only what this story does with sex and gender, but so many other things as well. So much is told in so few words, with a whole world sketched out for the readers to fill. All characters are handled equally; there isn't a wicked stepfamily, but instead a group of people with human motivations a bit of cruelity. My favorite parts are the interactions between Ash and the Herald (some of which is quoted below), where they talk and connect.
I love a good remix of a classic tale, and this one is by far one of my favorites of all, clever and charming and sweet.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
Ash the Stablehand
also available as a podfic read by
parakaTitle: Ash the Stablehand
Fandom: Fairytale: Cinderella
Pairing: Cinderella(Ash)/Prince(cess)
Categories: Drama, Romance, Cross-dressing, Genderswitch, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,117 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:mithrigil
Author Website:
Mithrigil
Summary:
The story of a stablehand and his cruel stepfamily.
Review:
A re-telling of Cinderella with all characters sexes switched, to interesting effect. I love not only what this story does with sex and gender, but so many other things as well. So much is told in so few words, with a whole world sketched out for the readers to fill. All characters are handled equally; there isn't a wicked stepfamily, but instead a group of people with human motivations a bit of cruelity. My favorite parts are the interactions between Ash and the Herald (some of which is quoted below), where they talk and connect.
I love a good remix of a classic tale, and this one is by far one of my favorites of all, clever and charming and sweet.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
Ash the Stablehand
also available as a podfic read byparaka
Fandom: Fairytale: Cinderella
Pairing: Cinderella(Ash)/Prince(cess)
Categories: Drama, Romance, Cross-dressing, Genderswitch, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,117 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
mithrigilAuthor Website:
Summary:
The story of a stablehand and his cruel stepfamily.
Review:
A re-telling of Cinderella with all characters sexes switched, to interesting effect. I love not only what this story does with sex and gender, but so many other things as well. So much is told in so few words, with a whole world sketched out for the readers to fill. All characters are handled equally; there isn't a wicked stepfamily, but instead a group of people with human motivations a bit of cruelity. My favorite parts are the interactions between Ash and the Herald (some of which is quoted below), where they talk and connect.
I love a good remix of a classic tale, and this one is by far one of my favorites of all, clever and charming and sweet.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
Ash the Stablehand
also available as a podfic read by
parakaTitle: Ash the Stablehand
Fandom: Fairytale: Cinderella
Pairing: Cinderella(Ash)/Prince(cess)
Categories: Drama, Romance, Cross-dressing, Genderswitch, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,117 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:mithrigil
Author Website:
Mithrigil
Summary:
The story of a stablehand and his cruel stepfamily.
Review:
A re-telling of Cinderella with all characters sexes switched, to interesting effect. I love not only what this story does with sex and gender, but so many other things as well. So much is told in so few words, with a whole world sketched out for the readers to fill. All characters are handled equally; there isn't a wicked stepfamily, but instead a group of people with human motivations a bit of cruelity. My favorite parts are the interactions between Ash and the Herald (some of which is quoted below), where they talk and connect.
I love a good remix of a classic tale, and this one is by far one of my favorites of all, clever and charming and sweet.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
Ash the Stablehand
also available as a podfic read byparaka
Fandom: Fairytale: Cinderella
Pairing: Cinderella(Ash)/Prince(cess)
Categories: Drama, Romance, Cross-dressing, Genderswitch, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,117 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
mithrigilAuthor Website:
Summary:
The story of a stablehand and his cruel stepfamily.
Review:
A re-telling of Cinderella with all characters sexes switched, to interesting effect. I love not only what this story does with sex and gender, but so many other things as well. So much is told in so few words, with a whole world sketched out for the readers to fill. All characters are handled equally; there isn't a wicked stepfamily, but instead a group of people with human motivations a bit of cruelity. My favorite parts are the interactions between Ash and the Herald (some of which is quoted below), where they talk and connect.
I love a good remix of a classic tale, and this one is by far one of my favorites of all, clever and charming and sweet.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
Ash the Stablehand
also available as a podfic read by
parakaTitle: Ash the Stablehand
Fandom: Fairytale: Cinderella
Pairing: Cinderella(Ash)/Prince(cess)
Categories: Drama, Romance, Cross-dressing, Genderswitch, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,117 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:mithrigil
Author Website:
Mithrigil
Summary:
The story of a stablehand and his cruel stepfamily.
Review:
A re-telling of Cinderella with all characters sexes switched, to interesting effect. I love not only what this story does with sex and gender, but so many other things as well. So much is told in so few words, with a whole world sketched out for the readers to fill. All characters are handled equally; there isn't a wicked stepfamily, but instead a group of people with human motivations a bit of cruelity. My favorite parts are the interactions between Ash and the Herald (some of which is quoted below), where they talk and connect.
I love a good remix of a classic tale, and this one is by far one of my favorites of all, clever and charming and sweet.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
Ash the Stablehand
also available as a podfic read byparaka
Fandom: Fairytale: Cinderella
Pairing: Cinderella(Ash)/Prince(cess)
Categories: Drama, Romance, Cross-dressing, Genderswitch, Yuletide
Length: Medium (2,117 words)
Warnings: n/a
Author on LJ:
mithrigilAuthor Website:
Summary:
The story of a stablehand and his cruel stepfamily.
Review:
A re-telling of Cinderella with all characters sexes switched, to interesting effect. I love not only what this story does with sex and gender, but so many other things as well. So much is told in so few words, with a whole world sketched out for the readers to fill. All characters are handled equally; there isn't a wicked stepfamily, but instead a group of people with human motivations a bit of cruelity. My favorite parts are the interactions between Ash and the Herald (some of which is quoted below), where they talk and connect.
I love a good remix of a classic tale, and this one is by far one of my favorites of all, clever and charming and sweet.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
Ash the Stablehand
also available as a podfic read by
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