Different shapes and different sizes

Ok, totally not related to the challenge, but I think I am changing my default user icon. It feels like it is time and I like this one more than the other now. So.. yeah, yay me.


Day 2 of the Snowflake Challenge is to rec fanworks that you didn't create.

Now as soon as I read the challenge for today, I knew a few things I was going to rec immediately.

First, Cari's The Blessing in the Moon. It's... fuck, it is probably one of my top 5 fics of all times. It's Alice in Chains, but it's also an amazing world where werewolves and pixies exist. Where people are fucked up and make bad choices and fall in love even when that is the last thing they ever expect. It's not post-apoc but it's dark and real and written so well you will cry.

Next is an amazing Inception collage/pic-spam by fallingstars that I stumbled across back when I was first getting into Inception. It is simply gorgeous and I want to print up poster sized panels and decorate a room of my house with them. It is something I go to when I need inspiration, and something I aspire to when I feel like I am crap at my graphics. ❝I'm thinking: my plant, his chair, the ashtray that we bought together.❞

This one is definately a small fandom, but oh... this story just owns my heart. I *love* the movie The Philadelphia Story. LOVE IT. It is my number one go to movie when the world is too much and I think I watch it at least once a month even when I'm not going off the rails. And every year that I have participated in Yuletide, this is my first request. So when I got Caviar Sandwiches and Beer from jlh I was blown away. It's epistolary fic, and it's Dex and Liz and Mike and Tracy set against the backdrop of war. It's friends keeping each other connected and their voices are perfect and I just want to curl up in this story forever.

Hmmm, not a small fandom, but not the usual pairing at all... _beetle_'s Sulu/McCoy story The Human Mating Dance (In ten easy steps). The summary reads "Sometimes, Sulu's a guard dog and sometimes McCoy is extra pissed off", but the story is so much more than that. It's actually ten ficlets and there is wooing with unusual plants and swordfights and McCoy being so incredibly oblivous. It's charming and funny and heartbreaking and just fantastic.

Ok, last one is Tomorrow Belongs to Me by valtyr written for the Cap-Ironman Big Bang. The summary is Steve wakes up in the 21st Century. He doesn't think much of it, and it's dubious about him. He meets a Norse God, joins a superhero team, and feels terribly awkward about the whole momument at Arlington he's rendered obsolete by not being dead. Meanwhile, Tony is trying to make his mark on history by being the man who finally drove Nick Fury over the edge. And everyone is fairly close to their characters in the Marvel movies. Thor made me laugh out loud so many times, and Steve and Tony are just perfect.

Ok, ok, so I fail at this, lol. I was going to close out my Pinboard page after I posted this and realized I had left off a few pieces that I couldn't not rec. *grin*

So have a few more quirky bits :)

Twitter Enterprise... It's basically a day in the life of the Enterprise crew told entirely through Twitter. The link takes you to the bottom of the story... that isn't wrong, you read it up just like you do your Twitter feed. HILARIOUS. Seriously, if you like Trek at all, give it a shot, you will love it.

The Last Post which is a lovely creepy bit of meta fic. It's... well I can't write too much without giving it away, but it's seriously awesome.

And lastly (for reals this time) Address is approximate Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.