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So I thought about not reccing any fics for the fandom which includes my story, so no one could compare my recs to all the stories and then figure out which one was mine. And then I thought about commenting and reccing my own story if it came down to it, to throw people off. Then I decided maybe I was overthinking this guessing game, but it was a lot of fun. So really, I could have done either of those or both or neither.

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Pirates of the Caribbean

Dwell in the House of the Lord (The Day You Always Remember Remix) is a chilling, haunting story of stories and the monsters hiding in the world, two men sharing the story of Captain Sparrow and the stories he told.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Un/Expected (Straight Girl Remix) is a fantastic Kennedy voice, mixing all the good and bad of her in the source material in a way that is starkly, honestly, hilariously real.

Harry Potter

The Chords We Play is an incredible remix. I tend to live it up to readers whether they read the original story with the remix, but I highly, highly recommend reading both of these stories together, because this twists the original inside out and even as Peter -- who is sharp and cruel and manipulative and still oddly sympathetic here -- manipulates the characters, the remix author manipulates the story so well.

The Wolf Covers Its Tracks (All Us Human Extras Remix) is an amazing look at Fenrir Greyback through the eyes of original characters as Harry Potter hunts him through Banff, Alberta. The children here are amazing, sharp and afraid and strong and weak and just wonderful, and in particular I love Stephanie Wu, whose point of view sections frame the story as a whole and who has a nice, lovely, quiet queer flirtation in the middle of all the blood and destruction.

Inter-House Relations (The Care of Magical Creatures Remix) has an amazing Charlie, sharp and intelligent and funny and besotted with his dragons, which is reason enough to read it. That it is also funny and fun and sweet are more. And though I do not like Draco Malfoy, I'm glad I have this one a chance, because the story is from his POV and still it is wonderful, enjoyable and entertaining and for the length of it, at least, Draco was really well done, caught in his family but fighting the bit.

X-Men Comicverse, X-Men 616, Figure Skating RPF

Fame Monsters (The Twitter Remix) is hilarious. Just absolutely, flat-out hilarious and perfectly in character and has an amazing Jubilee and Johnny Weir and Northstar and the power of the press and social media and it just feels like all the awesome bits of technology coming together, you know, fandom and tech and people and the amazing ways we can interconnect. And also, did I mention hilarious?

Firefly

River Lays an Egg (Upside Down Remix) has a fantastic River and some great River and Mal interaction. I love River's voice here in particular, slightly mad but slightly sane too and completely charming.

Something from Nothing (The Gratitude Sings in Me Chorale) is a lovely River piece, set just after Ariel, about paying debts and saying thank you and created family-in-crew. River's voice is really nicely done here, too.

Friday Night Lights

We're Glad for what We've Done, Done with what We've Lost: The Sing Me Anything Remix is an amazing Tyra piece, about the people left behind in Dillon and the way she's so stuck in her life, working so hard for something she's not even sure she wants and absolutely sure won't help her, and how sometimes it takes motivating someone else to get her to step up and do what needs to be done. Tyra's voice is incredible, so painful and harsh and developed and I love her interactions with Matt Saracen in particular.

Supernatural

Above Us Only Sky (The Golden Age Remix) is a breathtaking, beautiful story about Anna as an angel that left me wordless and filled with a quiet, humming joy and sadness together. It's absolutely lovely.
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You guys, maybe this is just because I am sick, but there have been a couple of recommendations for a couple of my Yuletide fics which had me near tears because they were so beautiful and made my stories sound so glorious. I am saving them so I can go profusely thank the reccers after the reveal.

Fandom: Friday Night Lights

Fades, If You Let It
Summary: It's not very big, and it's certainly not set up to hold a few dozen people, but somehow here they all are at Tim's small ranch house... Five years later, a reunion of the Dillion State Champs.

This is a lovely story, sharp and soft at the same time, a little bittersweet, but mostly just sweet and happy and totally in character.

tennessee in may
Summary: Texas forever just isn't the same.

Lovely, heartbreaking story about Tim making his own life and Lyla off living hers.

Rules

God, Tyra is so sharp here, young and bitter, and her anger is painful to read. It's a gorgeous story though, Tyra and Lyla and Tim and Jason in those moments of summer where you're under new rules but you know the freedom will never last.

The Keeping Place
Summary: Christmas is the keeping place for our memories.

Tami's voice is amazing here, perfectly in character, and the story is full of love.

Fandom: Friday Night Lights/Transamerica/Sons of Anarchy

Across the Great Divide
Summary: When circumstances beyond his control force Toby to take a leave of absence from work, he hops on his motorcycle and pays Bree and Calvin a visit and meets the new Hand that Calvin picked up.

I haven't even seen Transamerica, but this crossover is delicious, fantastic fun. I love the way the three worlds collide, and Toby is an amazing point of view character. Tim Riggins is fantastic here, too, with his animals and his ranch work and basically being awesome.

Fandom: Futurama

Be My Brussels Sprout
Summary: Concerning jealousy, proper robot maintenance, and the hazards of unprotected interspecies relationships.

I love Leela's voice here in particular, but there are some hilarious moments for all the characters.

The Miseducation of Philip J. Fry
Summary: When Planet Express is forced to close for the holidays and their X-mas party is canceled, Fry realizes that everyone in the crew has somewhere else to go to, except him. What follows is a touching, epic journey of self-discovery. And beer. And hot hologram chicks.

This is an awesome story, like a really great episode.

Fandom: Whip It

Searching for Something that Makes Hearts Move
Summary: Pash adjusts the strap of her backpack, double-checks the rainbow button on the front.

Pash is incredible here, so sharp and vulnerable and smart, and I love her with Maggie Mayhem.

Fandom: Tortall - Pierce

Travelling Towards Tomorrow
Summary: "With my mouth, I learnt to duck young." Or, Neal's first year as a squire.

Scenes from Neal's first year as a squire, with bonus Kel being awesome and moments were Alanna is hilarious and then one where she is absolutely heart breaking.

Five Worlds in Which Keladry of Mindelan Did Not Become a Lady Knight
Summary: ... as seen from the one in which she did.

These are fun, interesting, creepy, sad little scenes of Kel's potential lives which leave me even happier than before that she became a lady knight. Kel's my favorite Tortall character and she is amazing here.
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40 Miles North of Presidio

I kind of love the Tim Riggins here, after high school, and trying to find his own happiness.

ETA: There is actually a series!

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I think I've picked the story I'm going to remix. It's hard, because the stories are all so complete. When I choose a story to remix (when I choose a fandom in which to write, even), I look for chinks in it, places I can manipulate and stretch and find something new.

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