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Some recs from Yuletide and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
hoggywartyxmas, and one from ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
public_call.
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Do Badgers Dream of Chocolate Hobnobs? by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gingertart50 in hoggywartyxmas
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, Pomona, Filius, Minerva, Albus, Horace, and a random cast of Hogwarts staff, students and elves.
Rating: General
Words: ~5500
Author's summary: Pomona Sprout decided that Albus Dumbledore had his own agenda and there might be more to the Potions Master than met the eye; or, what happens when people underestimate a badger.
Author's notes: Prompts used –- The fight for the last chocolate biscuit at the last staff meeting before the Xmas holidays. - A series of character studies of staff meetings over the years.
My comment:
"The air hardly stirred, as if he had learned to slip through life without leaving any impression upon his surroundings.
!! I can't say how great this line is.
'When has anything ever been done for a child under those circumstances?' he demanded, his voice laced with a delicate thread of contempt. 'When has the Headmaster ever permitted it?'
erm.. *coughs delicately and avoids Severus's eyes*
The following day, Pomona heard Minerva call Snape by his first name.
*applauds*
Then, so softly that Pomona barely made out the words, Snape murmured 'You would not believe how alone, Filius.'
Oh, sorry, that sound you heard was just my heart breaking. Never mind.
But lest you think that's how I left this fic, the ending did put a smile on my face."
Quote:
She was working in the humid warmth of Greenhouse eight when she next noticed him, a narrow dark shadow hunched by the wall of the castle. His hands were cupped around a cigarette, against the sleet-laden Scottish wind. He looked furtive, as if he had temporarily put aside his Professorial persona and reverted to sullen teenage. Pomona recalled Rolanda Hooch, leaning close to murmur 'I don't care what Dumbledore says, I'll never trust that Snape boy; he's got the eyes of a shithouse rat.' No, Pomona thought, he's just young, insecure and alone, and inexplicably afraid.
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"I Pray You, Be Merry" bytoo_dle_oo in hoggywartyxmas
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Pomona Sprout, aged 14, and others
Rating: G
Words: 3000
Author's summary: Pomona never understood why everyone at Hogwarts was oblivious to the war going on around them.
Author's notes: The title comes from a line in “The Boar’s Head” carol, and for the purposes of this story, Pomona was born in 1929 and is a fourth-year in 1943. All the bits about Kew Gardens’s role in WWII reflect some aspect of what really happened.redsnake05, I had a great time revisiting this time period to give you a little glimpse into a Muggle/Magical view on the war. I hope you enjoy!
Author's warnings: Saccharine overload. Be prepared.
My comment: "*bawls*"
Quote:
There were many things that seemed impossible to Pomona at Hogwarts.
Why was it still open when there was a Muggle war going on? Why weren’t the magical folks—the ones the Ministry, at least—helping the Muggles at all? Didn’t they care that London was being bombed or that there wasn’t enough food? Why weren’t the House-elves sending baskets of cabbages and eggs and strawberries to the rest of the country? The Hogwarts table was still full every night.
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Time and Time and Time Again by JustMcShane on A Teaspoon and an Open Mind (Public Call post here)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/Characters: Bill Potts, Missy, Nardole, The Doctor (12th)
Rating: Teen
Words: 10,078
Author's summary: Bill had watched Groundhog Day, once. Or, well, she had watched half of it. Skimmed it, sort of. Watched the opening few scenes. Read the summary on Wikipedia?
Author's notes: Written for dreamkist for public_call this year. Thanks to Kairos for the beta work!!
Author's warnings:Gets somewhat dark at points, also some sort of suicidal ideation (but not in the way that you’d probably expect). And a lot of major character death. But, uh, there’s a reason for that.
Additional tags: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Fluff, General, Humor
Quote:
“I’m. I’m fine.” He was dead, dead on the ground. No. Don’t think about that. Bill thought for a long moment. Hallucination? Future premonition? Weird unspecified alien effect thing? Mental time travel? All of the above? Well, only one way to find out. “So, just a guess, but are we planning on robbing a museum today?”
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Sun, Sea, Sangria by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
daegaer
Fandom: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Pairing/Characters: Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent
Rating: General
Words: 1140
Author's summary: Ford wins a holiday.
Additional tags: Aliens, Humor, Holidays, Drinking
My comment: "Your username is familiar; I think I found you in previous Yuletides via clicking on HHG fic and probably dug through your archive. Whatever the circumstances, this is great value. The voices are so good. You are clearly a writer who knows where their towel is."
Quote:
"So you're somewhere between the ages of eighteen to thirty?" Ford said when he returned, pints in hand.
"What? Er, yes. Nearer thirty these days," Arthur said.
"Still in the allowable age range, excellent," Ford said, grabbing the beer from him. "This will be fun!"
"Oh no," Arthur said instinctively, closely followed by, "What will?"
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Another Sky byHopefulNebula
Fandom: Futurama
Pairing/Characters: Fry/Leela, Turanga Munda, Turanga Morris
Rating: General
Words: 1860
Author's summary: Scenes from a life Leela never lived.
Additional tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Vignettes, Bechdel Test Pass
Quote:
After her fifth human interaction, she was starting to get bored with answering The Question. But she still had more than two hours to go, and a bag full of smelly change to spend, so she started changing her answers.
"Land shark attack."
"I hide the other one in random places so I can spy on people."
"I dunno. What's with your mouth?"
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Nighttime on the Satellite of Love byburglebezzlement
Fandom: Mystery Science Theater 3000 (the Return)
Pairing/Characters: Kinga/Jonah, Crow T. Robot
Rating: Teen
Words: 1171
Author's summary: When Kinga suffers a setback, Jonah can't resist trying to help her feel better.
Additional tags: Moon 13, Late at Night, Megalomania, Crisis of confidence, the wedding that wasn't, Yuletide Treat
Quote:
“And I’m sure you can find another buyer for Kingachrome. Have you considered CBS All Access?”
“I don’t want to consider CBS All Access!”
“Maybe YouTube Red?”
“I want Disney,” Kinga says, and her glare seems like she’s almost back to her old self. “I want Disney, Heston, and I will have Disney, even if I have to take over every Disney theme park with robot dinosaurs to do it. Nobody keeps Kinga Forrester down.”
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Sprezzatura byqueue
Fandom: Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
Pairing/Characters: Beatrice/Benedick
Rating: Teen
Words: 1657
Author's summary: None. (This read to me as a soliloquy on Beatrice's part.)
Additional tags: Iambic Pentameter
My comment: "Very impressively constructed!"
Quote:
I wanted him. I wanted Benedick.
His touch, for certain sure: but also his
quick tongue—its labile touch (ah, yes, Gesù,
that artful mouth, those lips and teeth), but, more,
his words. His bitter humour, vented through
his cutting utterances; his choleric wit
that seemed to show intelligence;
his—name it, Beatrice—his mind. I wanted
that fierce flame entwined with mine. I thought
he saw me for myself and, seeing, sought
my site for sight of someone parallel,
his counterpart (if not his nonpareil).
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The Appealing Pirate Life byscfrankles
Fandom: The Last Saskatchewan Pirate - The Arrogant Worms (Song)
Pairing/Characters: Tractor Jack, Mountie Bob | Salty Bob, OCs
Rating: General
Words: 6453
Author's summary: Piracy is a very appealing life indeed, as Jack and Bob are about to find out.
Author's notes: If anyone is not already familiar with The Last Saskatchewan Pirate by The Arrogant Worms, you can find the song on YouTube here, and the lyrics on genius.com here.
Additional tags: Humor, Excitement, Adventure, Various Shenanigans
My comment: "Barleywine. Of course they would have barleywine! LOL. This is possibly my favorite Arrogant Worms song, and you've certainly done it justice."
Quote:
“Salty Bob! Me shipmate! Me comrade in arms! What would you like—”
His voice spoke of cruelty, dark deeds, a ruthlessness not to be crossed.
“—for breakfast today?”
“Do you have to do the accent this early in the morning?” Bob sat himself at the galley table. “So what do we have at the moment?”
Jack reverted to his normal voice and began ticking options off on his fingers. “Well, there’s cream of wheat porridge… Rye porridge… Barley porridge… Bran porridge… Millet porridge… Oh! Wild rice porridge!”
Bob half-slumped across the table top. “Nothing else?”
Jack looked thoughtful.
“There’s always oatmeal?”
Bob moaned ever so quietly. “You know,” he said, addressing the table’s surface, “this isn’t entirely what I imagined being a pirate would be like.”
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The Never-Puts-Down-the-Phone Cure byscioscribe
Fandom: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Series - Betty MacDonald
Pairing/Characters: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, OCs
Rating: General
Words: 5620
Author's summary: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is here for today's parents.
Additional tags: Modern Era, Humor, Yuletide Treat
Quote:
Meanwhile Colleen, her temper assuaged by the smell of cinnamon and sweet batter, had gotten back on her phone. Someone had put up a link to an article about thirty-seven childhood toys that only people of Colleen’s generation would know. Colleen clicked.
She had only gotten through one of the toys on the list when the article redirected her to an ad. She back-clicked and tried again. Childhood toys three and four were interrupted by a long, multi-screen invitation to sign up for daily emails. By the time she had reached the bottom of the box to click no thanks, she was at childhood toy number seventeen and had to backtrack, but the moment she scrolled up, the invitation reactivated itself.
Colleen decided she was too young to have nostalgia.
hoggywartyxmas, and one from public_call.-----
Do Badgers Dream of Chocolate Hobnobs? by
gingertart50 in hoggywartyxmasFandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, Pomona, Filius, Minerva, Albus, Horace, and a random cast of Hogwarts staff, students and elves.
Rating: General
Words: ~5500
Author's summary: Pomona Sprout decided that Albus Dumbledore had his own agenda and there might be more to the Potions Master than met the eye; or, what happens when people underestimate a badger.
Author's notes: Prompts used –- The fight for the last chocolate biscuit at the last staff meeting before the Xmas holidays. - A series of character studies of staff meetings over the years.
My comment:
"The air hardly stirred, as if he had learned to slip through life without leaving any impression upon his surroundings.
!! I can't say how great this line is.
'When has anything ever been done for a child under those circumstances?' he demanded, his voice laced with a delicate thread of contempt. 'When has the Headmaster ever permitted it?'
erm.. *coughs delicately and avoids Severus's eyes*
The following day, Pomona heard Minerva call Snape by his first name.
*applauds*
Then, so softly that Pomona barely made out the words, Snape murmured 'You would not believe how alone, Filius.'
Oh, sorry, that sound you heard was just my heart breaking. Never mind.
But lest you think that's how I left this fic, the ending did put a smile on my face."
Quote:
She was working in the humid warmth of Greenhouse eight when she next noticed him, a narrow dark shadow hunched by the wall of the castle. His hands were cupped around a cigarette, against the sleet-laden Scottish wind. He looked furtive, as if he had temporarily put aside his Professorial persona and reverted to sullen teenage. Pomona recalled Rolanda Hooch, leaning close to murmur 'I don't care what Dumbledore says, I'll never trust that Snape boy; he's got the eyes of a shithouse rat.' No, Pomona thought, he's just young, insecure and alone, and inexplicably afraid.
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"I Pray You, Be Merry" by
too_dle_oo in hoggywartyxmasFandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Pomona Sprout, aged 14, and others
Rating: G
Words: 3000
Author's summary: Pomona never understood why everyone at Hogwarts was oblivious to the war going on around them.
Author's notes: The title comes from a line in “The Boar’s Head” carol, and for the purposes of this story, Pomona was born in 1929 and is a fourth-year in 1943. All the bits about Kew Gardens’s role in WWII reflect some aspect of what really happened.
redsnake05, I had a great time revisiting this time period to give you a little glimpse into a Muggle/Magical view on the war. I hope you enjoy!Author's warnings: Saccharine overload. Be prepared.
My comment: "*bawls*"
Quote:
There were many things that seemed impossible to Pomona at Hogwarts.
Why was it still open when there was a Muggle war going on? Why weren’t the magical folks—the ones the Ministry, at least—helping the Muggles at all? Didn’t they care that London was being bombed or that there wasn’t enough food? Why weren’t the House-elves sending baskets of cabbages and eggs and strawberries to the rest of the country? The Hogwarts table was still full every night.
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Time and Time and Time Again by JustMcShane on A Teaspoon and an Open Mind (Public Call post here)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/Characters: Bill Potts, Missy, Nardole, The Doctor (12th)
Rating: Teen
Words: 10,078
Author's summary: Bill had watched Groundhog Day, once. Or, well, she had watched half of it. Skimmed it, sort of. Watched the opening few scenes. Read the summary on Wikipedia?
Author's notes: Written for dreamkist for public_call this year. Thanks to Kairos for the beta work!!
Author's warnings:Gets somewhat dark at points, also some sort of suicidal ideation (but not in the way that you’d probably expect). And a lot of major character death. But, uh, there’s a reason for that.
Additional tags: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Fluff, General, Humor
Quote:
“I’m. I’m fine.” He was dead, dead on the ground. No. Don’t think about that. Bill thought for a long moment. Hallucination? Future premonition? Weird unspecified alien effect thing? Mental time travel? All of the above? Well, only one way to find out. “So, just a guess, but are we planning on robbing a museum today?”
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Sun, Sea, Sangria by
Fandom: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Pairing/Characters: Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent
Rating: General
Words: 1140
Author's summary: Ford wins a holiday.
Additional tags: Aliens, Humor, Holidays, Drinking
My comment: "Your username is familiar; I think I found you in previous Yuletides via clicking on HHG fic and probably dug through your archive. Whatever the circumstances, this is great value. The voices are so good. You are clearly a writer who knows where their towel is."
Quote:
"So you're somewhere between the ages of eighteen to thirty?" Ford said when he returned, pints in hand.
"What? Er, yes. Nearer thirty these days," Arthur said.
"Still in the allowable age range, excellent," Ford said, grabbing the beer from him. "This will be fun!"
"Oh no," Arthur said instinctively, closely followed by, "What will?"
-----
Another Sky by
Fandom: Futurama
Pairing/Characters: Fry/Leela, Turanga Munda, Turanga Morris
Rating: General
Words: 1860
Author's summary: Scenes from a life Leela never lived.
Additional tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Vignettes, Bechdel Test Pass
Quote:
After her fifth human interaction, she was starting to get bored with answering The Question. But she still had more than two hours to go, and a bag full of smelly change to spend, so she started changing her answers.
"Land shark attack."
"I hide the other one in random places so I can spy on people."
"I dunno. What's with your mouth?"
-----
Nighttime on the Satellite of Love by
Fandom: Mystery Science Theater 3000 (the Return)
Pairing/Characters: Kinga/Jonah, Crow T. Robot
Rating: Teen
Words: 1171
Author's summary: When Kinga suffers a setback, Jonah can't resist trying to help her feel better.
Additional tags: Moon 13, Late at Night, Megalomania, Crisis of confidence, the wedding that wasn't, Yuletide Treat
Quote:
“And I’m sure you can find another buyer for Kingachrome. Have you considered CBS All Access?”
“I don’t want to consider CBS All Access!”
“Maybe YouTube Red?”
“I want Disney,” Kinga says, and her glare seems like she’s almost back to her old self. “I want Disney, Heston, and I will have Disney, even if I have to take over every Disney theme park with robot dinosaurs to do it. Nobody keeps Kinga Forrester down.”
-----
Sprezzatura by
Fandom: Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
Pairing/Characters: Beatrice/Benedick
Rating: Teen
Words: 1657
Author's summary: None. (This read to me as a soliloquy on Beatrice's part.)
Additional tags: Iambic Pentameter
My comment: "Very impressively constructed!"
Quote:
I wanted him. I wanted Benedick.
His touch, for certain sure: but also his
quick tongue—its labile touch (ah, yes, Gesù,
that artful mouth, those lips and teeth), but, more,
his words. His bitter humour, vented through
his cutting utterances; his choleric wit
that seemed to show intelligence;
his—name it, Beatrice—his mind. I wanted
that fierce flame entwined with mine. I thought
he saw me for myself and, seeing, sought
my site for sight of someone parallel,
his counterpart (if not his nonpareil).
-----
The Appealing Pirate Life by
Fandom: The Last Saskatchewan Pirate - The Arrogant Worms (Song)
Pairing/Characters: Tractor Jack, Mountie Bob | Salty Bob, OCs
Rating: General
Words: 6453
Author's summary: Piracy is a very appealing life indeed, as Jack and Bob are about to find out.
Author's notes: If anyone is not already familiar with The Last Saskatchewan Pirate by The Arrogant Worms, you can find the song on YouTube here, and the lyrics on genius.com here.
Additional tags: Humor, Excitement, Adventure, Various Shenanigans
My comment: "Barleywine. Of course they would have barleywine! LOL. This is possibly my favorite Arrogant Worms song, and you've certainly done it justice."
Quote:
“Salty Bob! Me shipmate! Me comrade in arms! What would you like—”
His voice spoke of cruelty, dark deeds, a ruthlessness not to be crossed.
“—for breakfast today?”
“Do you have to do the accent this early in the morning?” Bob sat himself at the galley table. “So what do we have at the moment?”
Jack reverted to his normal voice and began ticking options off on his fingers. “Well, there’s cream of wheat porridge… Rye porridge… Barley porridge… Bran porridge… Millet porridge… Oh! Wild rice porridge!”
Bob half-slumped across the table top. “Nothing else?”
Jack looked thoughtful.
“There’s always oatmeal?”
Bob moaned ever so quietly. “You know,” he said, addressing the table’s surface, “this isn’t entirely what I imagined being a pirate would be like.”
-----
The Never-Puts-Down-the-Phone Cure by
Fandom: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Series - Betty MacDonald
Pairing/Characters: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, OCs
Rating: General
Words: 5620
Author's summary: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is here for today's parents.
Additional tags: Modern Era, Humor, Yuletide Treat
Quote:
Meanwhile Colleen, her temper assuaged by the smell of cinnamon and sweet batter, had gotten back on her phone. Someone had put up a link to an article about thirty-seven childhood toys that only people of Colleen’s generation would know. Colleen clicked.
She had only gotten through one of the toys on the list when the article redirected her to an ad. She back-clicked and tried again. Childhood toys three and four were interrupted by a long, multi-screen invitation to sign up for daily emails. By the time she had reached the bottom of the box to click no thanks, she was at childhood toy number seventeen and had to backtrack, but the moment she scrolled up, the invitation reactivated itself.
Colleen decided she was too young to have nostalgia.