Rec the Thing

A few recs in various fandoms from raremaleslashex, based on my first quick perusal of the offerings!

Six Feet Deep (Gattaca, Vincent/Eugene, 1400 wds)
In which Jerome Eugene Morrow has a swimming pool in his basement.

Sweet, painful, sharply characterized, and really feels like them. (Warning for canon-typical suicidal ideation.)

There were TWO Ben/Shaw werewolf fics for Ben January, as there should be, so I'm reccing them together, as they're both really good with good character voices and a perfect fit with their respective parts of canon:

the moon that breaks the night (1600 wds)
Missing scene (with werewolves) for Death and Hard Cider with sweet h/c and established relationship.

A Promise to the Moon (1000 wds)
Missing scene for The Shirt on His Back with strong action scenes and get-together.

And a real standout for me in a fandom I don't normally read:

(Another) Resolution (Magnum P.I. (1980), Magnum/Higgins, 3100 wds)
After an injury, Magnum returns to Robin's Nest with Lily. Higgins has a plan for what Magnum should do next.

This fic absolutely nails the character voices and the general feel and style of canon, including its deadpan humor and Magnum's general tendency to talk around emotional subjects. It also has a very canon-appropriate get-together, an explanation for Robin Masters that makes an impressive amount of sense, and even a sympathetic Agatha cameo. I really liked it.

I haven't read widely in the Summer of Horror collection yet, but here are some things I've enjoyed so far!

Nor Any Drop (Biggles books (WE Johns), gen, 12K)
Blowing up the reservoir has more consequences than Biggles expected. AU of Biggles Flies East.

This is possibly one of the tensest fanfic reading experiences I have EVER had, due in part to having absolutely no idea who (if anyone) was going to survive and how (if so) they possibly could survive. The horror element is absolutely horrific but in a low-key way that's more psychologically horrifying than splattery/gory. If you don't know the canon, I think you could probably read this as original fiction and pretend they're OC WWI spies on opposite sides. If this was an original horror story, it would be a very good one IMHO.

On and On and On (Archie comics, gen, 1400 wds)
It's another sunny day in Riverdale, and Archie is heading into the woods with his friends. Surely the witch he's heard so much about doesn't really live there too...

This one has a really excellent, chilling twist that works wonderfully with the canon and I absolutely did not see coming.

Sokovia, still (Falcon & the Winter Soldier, gen, 1200 wds)
Although it had fallen, Sokovia refused to go quietly.

I think it's the matter-of-factness that makes this one so chilling: yes, Sokovia is full of ghosts; no, there's nothing to be done about it, any more than the tragedy that created them can be fixed. You just have to deal with it and move on. I love the sense of ... I don't even really know what to call it, jaded despair that permeates this story.

The Three-Eyed Shadow (Yu Yu Hakusho, Hiei & Yukina gen, 2800 wds)
Yukina is kidnapped in Makai before she manages to reach the human world. Things go... a little differently.

A little detour into one of my very old fandoms! Yukina's story is tragic enough in canon (she's an ice maiden whose tears are jewels, who is kidnapped and tortured to make her cry to cause her captors to become rich; all of that is actual canon) and this is a turn-left-at-canon AU take on that. The descriptions of her situation are very vivid and chilling, and this variation on her rescue takes things in a very different direction than canon.

And I was completely thrilled with my gifts! Both are for the Biggles book series.

Red as Blood (Biggles books, Biggles/von Stalhein, 3000 wds)
A deliciously dark, atmospheric and vivid Beauty and the Beast tale with really nice character/relationship arcs and a powerful ending.

Still and White (Biggles/von Stalhein, 4200 wds)
Snowbound in a castle with a ghost! Eerie, haunting (literally and figuratively) and sometimes charmingly funny, with a wonderful and chilling coda.

This is a great character-focused Drummer vid!

Fortunate One by runawaynun
Music: Fortunate Son - Sleater-Kinney
Footage: All of Drummer's seasons of The Expanse

Download and subtitle links available at the AO3 link.

It's a fierce, rocking Drummer vid focused on her various storylines, getting kicked and falling down and getting up again. A little background F/F for her canon pairing, otherwise gen.