Fic Recs: Longfic #4
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eleanorjaneSome more recs! Apparently it's been six weeks since my last batch? Whoops. *wince* As always, longfic recs are archived in the tag.
The Parent Snap (54399 words) by follow_the_sun
Fandom: Thor (Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Series: Part 1 of Odinbrood Adventures
Summary: Bucky Barnes thinks Odin's children got a bad deal, so he engages in a little light kidnapping to give them the happiness they deserve. One day, Hela, Thor, and Loki decide to return the favor.
Funny and poignant by turns, the worldbuilding is great in this -- but the bit that always gets me, whenever I reread, is Bucky's fierce kindness. Love it.
If They Haven't Learned Your Name (237623 words) by silentwalrus
Fandom: Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
Series: Part 2 of Bucky Barnes Gets His Groove Back & Other International Incidents
Summary: Steve gets out of the hospital in two days, but just barely. “I’m fine,” he tells Sam, Nurse Eunjung and the phalanx of doctors assigned to make sure Captain America didn’t bleed out and die and get bad PR all over their nice clean hospital. “I have an advanced healing factor. It’s fine. See? I’m standing.”
This one is a fantastic entry in the Up All Night to Get Bucky body of work, featuring the USS Motherfucker, dubstep, and an amazing Natasha in the background. It borders on absurdist comedy, but in the "why is everything such a trainwreck" way rather than the Frathouse Avengers Tower way. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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Agent Afloat Atlantis (48793 words) by Mhalachai
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, NCIS
Summary: Ziva's new assignment certainly isn't what she expected.
Divergent from NCIS after Season 5, and divergent from SGA at... some point? This one's one of my favourite crossovers, with a really smooth integration of the two canons (which work well together anyway), some fun procedural details, and a great eye for character. I'm always a sucker for crossovers where the Cool Kids from one canon get to find out the secrets of the other canon, and this one delivers in spades.
(Crossover familiarity required: if you're familiar with NCIS around Season 3-5 and you've got Stargate familiarity at Fandom Osmosis levels you should know what you need to know to enjoy it, I think.)
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The Dragon-King's Temple (196311 words) by Kryal
Fandom: Stargate SG-1, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Summary: Through the spite of the spirits or plain rotten chance, a door that would have been better left untouched has opened. On the other hand, with Fire and Earth as one's allies, sometimes escaping is the easy part.
Even the Dragon-King's temple floods.
Another great crossover -- while I'm not the greatest Stargate fan, the fandom does produce fantastic fanworks and the crossovers are fantastic. This one is meaty, plotty, adventure-y goodness that feels wholly in the vein of both canons. A couple of the tertiary OCs might read as annoying (especially if you read the author's notes, which I don't recommend) but overall this is a really great read with some fun worldbuilding, and the AtlA characters in particular are excellently rendered.
(Crossover familiarity required: I'm not sure how this would read if you don't know AtlA - it's set post-series and is very spoilery for the series as a whole. Set in Season 3 of SG-1 apparently, but I enjoyed it just fine with Fannish Osmosis levels of SG-1 knowledge, so.)
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The Parent Snap (54399 words) by follow_the_sun
Fandom: Thor (Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Series: Part 1 of Odinbrood Adventures
Summary: Bucky Barnes thinks Odin's children got a bad deal, so he engages in a little light kidnapping to give them the happiness they deserve. One day, Hela, Thor, and Loki decide to return the favor.
Funny and poignant by turns, the worldbuilding is great in this -- but the bit that always gets me, whenever I reread, is Bucky's fierce kindness. Love it.
If They Haven't Learned Your Name (237623 words) by silentwalrus
Fandom: Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
Series: Part 2 of Bucky Barnes Gets His Groove Back & Other International Incidents
Summary: Steve gets out of the hospital in two days, but just barely. “I’m fine,” he tells Sam, Nurse Eunjung and the phalanx of doctors assigned to make sure Captain America didn’t bleed out and die and get bad PR all over their nice clean hospital. “I have an advanced healing factor. It’s fine. See? I’m standing.”
“That is not standing,” Sam tells him.
“You’re bending the IV stand,” Nurse Eunjung adds pointedly. “Let go and sit down, they don’t grow on trees.”
aka Steve and Bucky's Global Honeymoon Revenge World Tour.
This one is a fantastic entry in the Up All Night to Get Bucky body of work, featuring the USS Motherfucker, dubstep, and an amazing Natasha in the background. It borders on absurdist comedy, but in the "why is everything such a trainwreck" way rather than the Frathouse Avengers Tower way. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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Agent Afloat Atlantis (48793 words) by Mhalachai
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, NCIS
Summary: Ziva's new assignment certainly isn't what she expected.
Divergent from NCIS after Season 5, and divergent from SGA at... some point? This one's one of my favourite crossovers, with a really smooth integration of the two canons (which work well together anyway), some fun procedural details, and a great eye for character. I'm always a sucker for crossovers where the Cool Kids from one canon get to find out the secrets of the other canon, and this one delivers in spades.
(Crossover familiarity required: if you're familiar with NCIS around Season 3-5 and you've got Stargate familiarity at Fandom Osmosis levels you should know what you need to know to enjoy it, I think.)
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The Dragon-King's Temple (196311 words) by Kryal
Fandom: Stargate SG-1, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Summary: Through the spite of the spirits or plain rotten chance, a door that would have been better left untouched has opened. On the other hand, with Fire and Earth as one's allies, sometimes escaping is the easy part.
Even the Dragon-King's temple floods.
Another great crossover -- while I'm not the greatest Stargate fan, the fandom does produce fantastic fanworks and the crossovers are fantastic. This one is meaty, plotty, adventure-y goodness that feels wholly in the vein of both canons. A couple of the tertiary OCs might read as annoying (especially if you read the author's notes, which I don't recommend) but overall this is a really great read with some fun worldbuilding, and the AtlA characters in particular are excellently rendered.
(Crossover familiarity required: I'm not sure how this would read if you don't know AtlA - it's set post-series and is very spoilery for the series as a whole. Set in Season 3 of SG-1 apparently, but I enjoyed it just fine with Fannish Osmosis levels of SG-1 knowledge, so.)
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Date: 2020-07-05 06:52 pm (UTC)Thanks for the recs, "The Parent Snap" sounds particularly interesting.
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Date: 2020-07-07 02:42 am (UTC)