Yuletide Reveal and other fics

[tielan]

I only managed two Yuletide stories this year - my assignment and one pinch hit. I had several treats in the offing, but didn't manage to get them done before Madness went live. Plus, research was becoming a problem.

Elementary (Sherlock Holmes, Joan Watson)
The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle
A missing jewel, attempted murder, and a quandary. All in a day's work (well, maybe a few days) for Sherlock and Joan.

It got a reasonable reception, although I'm not convinced I completely like it myself. Trying to write from Sherlock's POV was trickier than I thought and some of the conclusions felt a little laboured. I actually prefer the other stories that turned up in this fandom for Yuletide. (Not a very good endorsement of my story, I know!)

Young Wizards - Diane Duane (Michael/The Winged Defender, The Lone Power)
Beyond Understanding
We all remember how the Beginning ended.

This one was much easier to write - it flowed a lot better, although there are still one or two things I wish I'd gotten in.

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Next year, I think I'll ask for at least one 'popular' fandom. I usually end up using Yuletide to request four really rare fandoms and receive one gift and no treats which was definitely a downer this year given how my initial gift turned out.

The replacement gift was nicely done, though!
Dragon Prince - Melanie Rawn [Pol, Sionell]
Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth
Sionell and Pol understand each other too well for comfort.

Very bitter and bittersweet - Pol and Sionell do cut each other very painfully, and while I think they would have been wrong for each other when they were young, after Skybowl they would have been much better matched.

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I haven't received my be_compromised fic yet, but I did get an adorkable sga_santa fic:

SGA [John/Teyla, team]
Just One Of Those Days
John is taken captive, and it's up to Teyla to save him.

I love that it's team, that Rodney and Teyla manage Ronon, that Teyla strikes out on her own, and John's line at the end. Like I said, beautifully adorkable fic!

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Otherwise, my other fics are still unrevealed.

So far I have one fic in sga_santa, one fic in be_compromised, and three fics for fandom_stocking - so far. I'm not sure I can get the fourth one done - it's kind of thirteen parts long and I'm only on part two.

Still, it's amazing how much one can write when it's a character or pairing one wants to write, and one has no big distractions (the intarwebs, chat, quilting, housework, cats) to take one's attention away from one's focus.