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I love writing holiday/seasonal fics and I usually try to get at least a couple in every year (admittedly sometimes in July).  I thought I'd do a masterlist of my holiday fics from recent years before things really get rolling.  Also it's tumblr log-off day, and some of you here might find something fun.

Christmas Fics

Brand New Start (The Musketeers, d'Artagnan/Athos/Constance) Constance always has trouble with the holidays. This year may or may not be worse than usual.

The Brightest of Signs (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy + Roxy/Merlin) Harry talks Roxy through a mission just before Christmas.

The Calm (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) An interlude while in the field.

Carols and Pomegranate Seeds (Identity, John/Martha) John reflects, and pays Martha a visit.

Takeout Christmas (Wild Wild West, Artie/Jim) Jim and Artie are next door neighbors.

Through the Years (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) Across three Christmases.

Wasting Time (Thorne, Phil/Tom) Phil gets a boyfriend. Tom gets a clue.

New Year's Fics

Bubbles (Identity, John/Martha) Martha has something to tell John.

To Make a Beginning (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy + Tilde) Villains are thwarted, a princess rescues Eggsy more than the other way around, and Harry is a bit difficult- so probably a pretty average New Year's Eve, all things considered.

Winter & Huddling for Warmth Fics

A Room for the Night (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Childermass/Segundus) After a trying day, Childermass and Segundus secure a room at an inn. Things transpire.

Baby It's Cold Outside (Cormoran Strike, Robin/Cormoran) After Warmth, one thing leads to another.

Chill (Wild Wild West, Artie/Jim) Artie warms Jim up.

Feels Like Home (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) Harry learns to like holding Eggsy- perhaps too much.

Frozen (Wild Wild West, Artie/Jim) Jim runs into Artie at Christmas.

In Winter (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Emma/Arabella) Something warm.

Out of the Cold (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) A mission gone wrong.

Snowbound (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) Considering how many times Harry has almost died in the field, it would be silly to call this his worst mission. It rather feels like it is, though.

To Make Dreams Truths and Fables Histories (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Childermass/Segundus) Segundus' attempt to cure a toothache with magic goes somewhat awry.

Warmth (Cormoran Strike, Robin/Cormoran) Strike and Robin help keep each other warm.

Misc.

Getting It Right (Kingsman, Harry/Eggsy) Five times Eggsy gets Harry to kiss him for the wrong reasons (and one time he gets it right).

Sunshine and Snow (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Childermass/Segundus) Segundus runs afoul of some weather magic.  Technically a summer fic but I swear it counts. 


If anyone has any holiday ficlet prompts, feel free to hit me up!  I'm already working on a couple of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Sherlock Holmes, and Raffles fics, but the more the merrier. 

From daria234: Which characters in MCU would you like to see interact more?

Well, from an obvious shippy perspective, I would really like for Coulson and Clint Barton to interact more.  They seem to be on very different trajectories at the moment (I heard a rumor that they wanted Hawkeye to do a guest spot on AoS, but I don't know how legitimate it was), but it would be great.  Also, an actual scene with the Avengers learning that Coulson is alive would be awesome- especially Tony.

I really can't think of anyone else I would especially like to see interact more than they have- but there a lot of characters who are very locked in their specific part of the MCU that I would like to see interact with people they haven't yet.  Like Melinda May and Natasha, or Jane and Bruce Banner, or Skye and Darcy, or Rhodey and Sam Wilson.  It's a big enough universe at this point that there are a lot of characters who are actually pretty closely connected to each other (one or two degrees of seperation at most) but have never technically met, and it would be really cool if they could.

BTW, I'm about done with my questions.  If anyone would like to add a few more, hit me with it.
 

Watched Agent Carter and Forever.

The promo stuff for Agent Carter is really weird.  First they talk about how "she lost the love of her life" and that annoys me because what I liked so much about Peggy's arc in CATFA and CATWS is that she had a life without him, and a pretty good one.  And then the show comes along and is all, "we must do the tragic struggling hero thing."  Then there's this voice-over guy that comes on saying soemthing about "TV's newest female weapon" which is bizarre.  I don't mind the female part, there's no reason not to mention it when it is, in fact, noteworthy- I just feel like this "newest" suggests some profusion when that is in fact not the case, and weapon is just... an awkward choice.  As with last week, I like the show but I don't love it.  

Boy, but I do love Forever.  It was a great episode.  I've heard that it was a surprise that it was even picked up for a whole season, so I'm worried there won't be a season 2.  Anyway, I'm having fun while it lasts.

I'm going to try to watch Galavant soon, but so far I haven't found the time.
 

I don't really have anything in depth to say, I just wanted to mention it.

I thought it was fine, and there were some cute moments, but it was... maybe not as good as word around the internets suggested to me?  I liked the characters fine, but the dialogue was clunky and very 'tell' more than 'show' and that sort of lowered the quality of the whole experience.

I didn't think it was in any way on Avengers level, is what I'm saying.
   

I've been looking at a few fic writing memes recently.  It'll be a few months before I break down and do one, most likely, but looking through some of the questions did get me thinking.  One question in particular- asking the writer to say which of their fics was most popular or well liked- interested me.  When an author writes in multiple fandoms, some larger than others, it gets difficult to judge popularity, because it so obviously has more to do with the popularity of the fandom than the popularity of the fic.

( Contains me counting kudos and generally waxing philosophical; feel free to give it a miss )

In related news- how often does your muse get inspired based on what you're doing that particular day?  It's possible that's where the first coffee shop AU came from- but to stay on topic, I took my dog to the vet, which to my brain equaled: "You want to write a veterinarian AU for your current main fandom."   Nice going, brain.  I needed that.
  

So, I ended up watching four shows premiering this year from beginning to end, which is really sort of unprecedented for me.  Anyway, some of them finished their seasons quite a while ago, but I wanted to post on them all at once.

So, without further ado:

( Agents of SHIELD )

( Almost Human- warning: my opinion was not always favorable )

While I'm on the subject of SF, though.  I want a sci-fi show, you guys.  Specifically, I want space ships.  I want aliens and ships in space.  It's part of why I'm so unenthused by this Stargate reboot news.  For one thing, I'm tired reboots, but mainly- I didn't like early Stargate all that much.  When I think of Stargate, I think of the huge world they built over the seasons, with the Asgard and the Wraith and the Ancients.  I love all the cool tech they accumulated.  I love the fact that these characters started out as regular 20th centuries humans and became part of this giant universe.  How can anyone expect me to be excited about them taking it all away again?  In the movie, the universe was tiny, and it's not what I want to see.  I want them add more to what they built, not knock it all down again.

Anyway, moving on.

( The Blacklist )

( Sleepy Hollow )
  

Favorite birds of a feather flock together couple:

Not really my thing, I have to say.  Take the Marvel universe, for example.  I can see where people are coming from, liking Clint/Natasha or Fitzsimmons, but though I don't dislike those pairings, I don't really ship them either.  Even if the two characters I ship are ultimately pretty similar, there has to be some kind of balance between strengths and weaknesses for me to like the pairing.  Someone who is outgoing and someone who isn't.  Someone who takes everything seriously and someone who is a little more carefree.  Clint and Natasha are ultimately pretty different, but they still have a very similar core as characters, and that makes it hard for me to see them.  Much is made of Fitz and Simmons basically being one person, and I was pretty floored when the show started to push a romantic plotline for them- at least for Fitz.  I thought he liked Skye, for one thing, and his relationship with Simmons seemed very brother/sister-y in the beginning.  Also, I do much prefer her with Triplet.

( The rest of the meme )
  

I'm moving on to a shiny Shipping Meme, which should be fun.  I'm going to try to post every day this month, but we'll see how that goes.  But first, two brief spoilery things from my shows.

( Agents of SHIELD )

( The Blacklist )
 

I saw Captain America: the Winter Soldier over the weekend, but I thought I'd withhold commenting until I saw Agents of SHIELD this week.  I liked Captain America (he's my favorite Avenger, BTW) a lot, but I don't have much to say other than that it gave me all the Steve/Bucky feels, and I may actually be driven to write some fic on the subject.

About Agents of SHIELD, though... (here there be head-scratching and speculation; feel free to steer clear)

( Major spoilers for the newest ep, and by extension Captain America TWS )
 

Spoiler levels will vary, since in some cases I'm still not quite current, but just to be safe.

( Agents of Shield )

( Castle )

( Pacific Rim )

( Thor: the Dark World )