Sugardy Candy

The envy of the world, casefic, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, teaching, the other Lan disciples, by vulnerable_bead. Ooof. I adore this fic.

Business as Usual, Subaru/Seishiro, X/1999, Tokyo Babylon, by AKK, part of the Decagram series. I also adore this fic.

Why does reading fic get in the way of my writing my Yuletide fic...? *plays tiny violin*

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Though I finally got down a rough sketch of my Yuletide fic, which was a relief considering that it's too late to default (not that I want to). Knowing what to write is half the battle, I swear. I have bits of conversation and action in mind, but creating a narrative is hard. I'm just not a plotter by nature.

Partly also because I keep getting distracted because I have this fic in mind that I really, really want to write, except I have to write Yuletide fic first, and then I want to work on my Trapped AU, and then my Trapped AU WIP. It's frustrating that there are so many competing things that I want to write and I only have that much time, ugh.

But in one sense, this is the first time in my life that I have the luxury of imagining more than a couple fics. Luxury of space and time, I mean: welcome side-effect of living alone. ^__^;

Take 1: Um, I was going to post for winter solstice, so... happy belated solstice?

Take 2: I was going to wish everybody merry Christmas, except I didn't, so... happy post-Boxing Day?

Take 3: Definitely must succeed in posting this time because I got Yuletide fics! Two! Both are Tokyo Babylon/X fics, which is equal parts squee and nostalgia. Ahhh, Subaru, never change. Or change, which is what I wrote in my letter to Santa Yuletide author.

Stomp the Butterfly's Wings to Dust

After the Storm

The thing is, TB/X, especially that corner of that universe devoted to Subaru, is so angsty and tragic that it ties you up in knots if you think too much about it. The first one, Stomp the Butterfly's Wings to Dust, does a particularly good job of that, while After the Storm is a little more outward-looking. But still no less angsty. Thank you, authors, for writing those for me!

Yuletide reveals:

Much thanks to psiten, who wrote Midnight Song, Seishiro/Subaru, Tokyo Babylon/X. It's a lovely fic and I'm delighted!

Mentioned below, but worth mentioning again: Magnet and Steel, Tokyo Crazy Paradise, which was by tielan. I love your TCP fics, and thank you again. ^____^

I wrote A Gentleman's Venture, a Sorcerer to the Crown fic, which started off okay, but I didn't give a longer follow-up, for which I feel apologetic. I definitely need more of the universe before I can write more.

Other:

Once Upon a Christmas, part 1/2, Avengers/Iron Man, WIP, by scifigrl47

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Happy New Year, everyone! Best wishes and good health to all. ( Year in brief )

This, You Protect, Bucky, Avengers, by owlet. Humour. And coffee. This is the only fic I've read so far that's made me think of Bucky as an actual character and not the last 10 minutes of The Winter Soldier. Plus, lots of hilarity.

And also the author's Miracle on Park Avenue, Bucky, Avengers. Not a sequel but feels like it.

Pride Goeth, AU, Tony Stark as teenage dad, Rhodey, by Unadulterated

Nukume Dori - Convergence, last chapter posted, Subaru/Seishirou, Tokyo Babylon/1999, by Leareth. Would not be comprehensible unless you've read the first two parts of this series, which is WIP and not yet completed in entirety but currently ends at an interesting section.