For some Darth Real Life reasons, I had less time than usual during the holidays to delve into the Yuletide archive, but I did have some chances, and here are some early results. ;)



Akhenaten - Glass

The lone and level sands stretch far away: or, Egptian historical fiction. Based on the opera, but can be read without having heard it yet knowing who Akhenaten was. Poetic and intense.


Greek Myths:

Mothers of the Brazen Spear: Andromache and three of her sisters-in-law after the Trojan war. Based on Euripides.

Homophrosyne: Penelope through twenty years.


Born with Teeth:

To Bite the World: in which Will and Kit talk and role play Richard III and Anne Neville. Matches the play really well.



Bride of the Rat God - Hambly :

A closer kinship: the crucial moment from the novel's backstory when Christine shows up in England to whisk Norah away. This is one of my favourite Barbara Hambly novels, and the characterisation of both women is perfect.


Copenhagen - Frayn:

Quantum Game Theory: Four alternate timelines where the Copenhagen meeting never happened, and one where it did. Clever, moving and profound.


Farscape:

Look after the Princess: in which Katralla from s2's Princess trilogy wakes up post- Peacekeeper Wars (there are plot reasons) to find herself in a mad adventure with Aeryn Sun. And Aeryn's baby. And the usual Farscape insanity. Really feels like an episode in the best way, and fleshes out Katralla to boot.


Also, there are still free spots if you want me to ramble on something on the January meme.

Dear Writer,

this is my first time in this exchange - I haven't done Chocolate Box before, either - and I'm very grateful to you for creating something for me in a fandom we share. My prompts are just that, prompts, not absolutes; if you have an idea that doesn't fit with any of them, but features (some of) the characters I asked for, I'll love it with added joyful surprise.

General DNWs:

A/B/O - if you want to write a werewolf AU for any of the canons I nominated, be my guest, but I'm really not into this particular type of story -, infantilisation, golden showers. Character bashing. (If the characters in question canonically loathe someone, you can of course include this, but I think you know the difference between that and having all characters agree about how terrible X is. Rape, unless it's canon and you want to explore how Character Y deals with the aftermath, or something like that.

General likes:

Character exploration, characters helping each other recover from trauma, messed up and/or co-dependent family relationships, witty banter, friendship against the odds, the occasional light moment in a darker story or conversely some serious character stuff thrown into a comedy fic.

Treats: are very welcome, including for fandoms from the tag list I did not list but which you know me to share.

( Highlander )

( The Hunger Games )

( James Bond (Craig Movies) )

( Star Wars: The Clone Wars )

( Farscape )

( Around the World in 80 Days (2021) )

( 18th Century CE RPF )

And so it ends. The series and my rewatch. I remember how happy I was when The Peacekeeper Wars were announced, and I'm still really glad that it, and not Bad Timing, wrapped up the show. Rewatcching, I have mostly the same yays and nays I had the first time around, though watching it directly after having seen the series proper made notice a few things more I didn't back then, when the time in between had been much longer.

( And thus: last Farscape rewatch review alert! )


The other episodes.

Wiki summary: Crichton and the crew of Moya, must find a way to escape Katratzi before the Scarrans decide that they are disposable.

( Where have all the flowers gone? )


The other episodes

Wiki summary: Moya's crew infiltrate a Scarran outpost in an effort to rescue Aeryn. Things don't go as planned, when Noranti deliberately releases a deadly plague.

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The other episodes

Wiki summary: Attempting to come to terms with Aeryn's abduction, Crichton retreats to his room and watches a documentary detailing humanity's reaction to Moya's recent visit to Earth.

( They never gave it a chance )

The other episodes

Wiki: Scorpius takes Moya's male crewmembers to a place where they will receive special training. While Crichton is subjected to conditions that will help him fend off Scarran heat, D'Argo comes face-to-face with Macton, his wife's killer who claims that D'Argo himself killed her in a fit of hyper-rage.

( A tale of two brothers-in-law )

The other episodes

Wiki summary: Crichton and the crew of Moya reach present day (2003) Earth. While Moya's non-human passengers are introduced to Crichton's home planet, John finds that returning to his old life easier said that done, as both he and Earth are quite different from when he left. Meanwhile, Grayza's predator stalks the crew from the shadows.

( What I've done, what's been done to me )

Wiki summary: While Crichton is out exploring a wormhole in an EV suit, he's pulled inside. There he finds himself face to face with a mysterious being who warns Crichton of the dangers of wormhole navigation and determines that Crichton may have to die because of what he knows.

( Time is… )

The other episodes

I was on the road throughout the weekend, hence the belated entry.

Wiki summary: The crew of Moya get caught up in a planetary coup, and Aeryn gets bit by a bug that makes her kill 18 members of the planet and Aeryn almost kills John.

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The other episodes