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justmarriedexchange happened this week, and my gift was AMAZING!
blood in blood and hand in hand (Captain Marvel, Carol/Yon-Rogg, 13K wds)
This is the weird, vaguely guilt-inducing disaster pairing that no one was supposed to come out of the movie shipping but I totally did and this fic NAILS IT. This is the slow burn redemption-arc soulbonding fic of my dreams. It's all I want from a fic about this pairing; the characterization is fantastic all around (in particular, I think the author really nails Carol's mix of soft places and hard edges, and the ensemble is well handled as well - there's a strong sense of community with the other people in the fic, which I always love), the emotions are beautifully done, there's h/c and gradual bonding and a nuanced look at the Kree that doesn't devolve into apologia for their crimes. This fic is a complete delight and I could not possibly love it more. If you're at all interested in the pairing or even willing to give it a try, it's totally worth your time.
I've been too busy to read much else in the Just Married collection, but I did really enjoy this one a lot:
if we never see daylight (Iron Fist, Danny/Ward, 3900 wds)
I don't often read this pairing, but this story totally worked for me, I think partly because it's focused mainly on how ridiculously fond they are of each other with the pairing being kind of a side effect of that. It's really sweet and adorable, and also exactly the kind of bonkers plan that Danny would come up with. I love it.
Oh, and a few weeks ago I participated in a flashfic exchange: Writing Rainbow: Blue, in which all fic had to include the color in the title (there will be more rounds in the future for other colors). Flash exchanges have kinda become a thing in the last couple of months (Escape the Iron Triangle was another), and they're fun - low pressure, low word minimum, extremely short writing period, and stripped-down matching rules (this one just matched on fandom and freeform tags, and those are all the guidance you get - no requests and no DNWs).
With exchange rules having generally become so standardized lately, I really enjoyed doing something a bit different, and I got nice things! I had requested original fiction among other things, and got two nice pieces of original fiction based on the tags I had picked out.
Scales as Blue as the Open Sky (5300 wds) - A glorious steampunk/sci-fi mash-up with dragons. I wish this was an entire TV series with a fandom. I would be SO THERE.
Orange is the New Blue (600 wds) - A fun little slice-of-convict-life fic.
And I wrote two things for it, Blue Light Special (Doctor Strange, a bit of genfic in which Strange semi-accidentally tries his hand at gardening) and Blue Skies For Miles (GotG aftermath-of-sex-pollen fic - well, technically alien mating pheromones, but the same basic effect).
So basically
justmarriedexchange happened this week, and my gift was AMAZING!blood in blood and hand in hand (Captain Marvel, Carol/Yon-Rogg, 13K wds)
This is the weird, vaguely guilt-inducing disaster pairing that no one was supposed to come out of the movie shipping but I totally did and this fic NAILS IT. This is the slow burn redemption-arc soulbonding fic of my dreams. It's all I want from a fic about this pairing; the characterization is fantastic all around (in particular, I think the author really nails Carol's mix of soft places and hard edges, and the ensemble is well handled as well - there's a strong sense of community with the other people in the fic, which I always love), the emotions are beautifully done, there's h/c and gradual bonding and a nuanced look at the Kree that doesn't devolve into apologia for their crimes. This fic is a complete delight and I could not possibly love it more. If you're at all interested in the pairing or even willing to give it a try, it's totally worth your time.
I've been too busy to read much else in the Just Married collection, but I did really enjoy this one a lot:
if we never see daylight (Iron Fist, Danny/Ward, 3900 wds)
I don't often read this pairing, but this story totally worked for me, I think partly because it's focused mainly on how ridiculously fond they are of each other with the pairing being kind of a side effect of that. It's really sweet and adorable, and also exactly the kind of bonkers plan that Danny would come up with. I love it.
Oh, and a few weeks ago I participated in a flashfic exchange: Writing Rainbow: Blue, in which all fic had to include the color in the title (there will be more rounds in the future for other colors). Flash exchanges have kinda become a thing in the last couple of months (Escape the Iron Triangle was another), and they're fun - low pressure, low word minimum, extremely short writing period, and stripped-down matching rules (this one just matched on fandom and freeform tags, and those are all the guidance you get - no requests and no DNWs).
With exchange rules having generally become so standardized lately, I really enjoyed doing something a bit different, and I got nice things! I had requested original fiction among other things, and got two nice pieces of original fiction based on the tags I had picked out.
Scales as Blue as the Open Sky (5300 wds) - A glorious steampunk/sci-fi mash-up with dragons. I wish this was an entire TV series with a fandom. I would be SO THERE.
Orange is the New Blue (600 wds) - A fun little slice-of-convict-life fic.
And I wrote two things for it, Blue Light Special (Doctor Strange, a bit of genfic in which Strange semi-accidentally tries his hand at gardening) and Blue Skies For Miles (GotG aftermath-of-sex-pollen fic - well, technically alien mating pheromones, but the same basic effect).
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I loved the Psych fic.
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