Some Yuletide Recommendations (plus some bonus MDZS recs)

• ( Step One | Becky Chambers' Wayfarer Series; feels like another chapter in the book. )


• ( Valdemar | A Bit of Horseplay; feels like it should have been in an official anthology )



• ( Valdemar | An Unbroken Chain; this partial fix-it does a very good job at capturing Misty's voice )



• ( The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl | Acornfusing Time in Nancy's Otherwise Totally Chill Life; hilarious. Very much in canon voice. Clear enouogh for me to think I see Erica's illustrations )



• ( To Shape a Dragon's Breath - Moniquill Blackgoose | Vermutun and Versuch; feels like the opening chapter of the sequel to one of my favorite books this year. Extends the really solid worldbuilding of the original novel )



• ( Sense8 (TV) | braving everything through the shine of the sun; Capheus often seems one of the less connected and less story-focused members of the cluster. This story is Capheus centric and extremely sweet. )



• (  MDZS/CQL| autumn flower by ScarlettStorm; a beautiful trans awakening )



• Sense8 | something true Triptych of Daniela becoming part of the family



• ( The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher | Paladin's Lace; being polite and gracious makes the world just a little bit better )



• ( The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher | Bishop Beartongue Takes a Vacation; a fun little mystery, like the tiniest episode of Murder She Wrote )



• "The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher | made expressly for you prank warfare declared



• ( The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher | Hours and Hands and Eyes ; a really great portrait of religion calling someone to be a better person )



• ( The Memoirs of Lady Trent - Marie Brennan | no quick route to experience; I really enjoyed reading this series this year, much like the Amelia Peabody mysteries, except less murder and more worldbuilding. This story makes two secondary characters kiss extremely satisfactorily )



• ( If Books Could Kill (Podcast), Leverage (US TV 2008) | Eric Adams' Latest Excuses [TEASER] ; sometimes a thing is so spot on it's hilarious )



• ( I Saw the TV Glow (2024) | Excerpts From The Double Lunch: A History of The Pink Opaque and Its Fandom ; this takes the fandom stuff from the movie and extends its beautifully )



• ( God's Own Country (2017) | the five year plan; this absolutely made me want to go back and watch the movie with the idea that this story is their future. HEADCANON ACCEPTED! )



• ( Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin | changed (for the better) ; felt like it captured everyone's voices )



• ( Abbott Elementary (TV) | The Marriage Plot; reads like an episode )



• ( 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | M�d�o Zǔshī - M�xiāng T�ngxi� | I Married A Snake! by Ibijau; a sweet little comic I've been following for a while. Just finished an arc )