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Two recs from the fandom Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms.

(1)
Title/Link:The Queen's Tale
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] willowbough
Fandom: Fairy Tales
Character(s): King, Queen, Princesses
Rating: G
Summary: After ever after: a bedtime story for the next generation.

Notes: A story within a story, with a sweet twist, and a lot of fun.

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Title/Link: The Theory and Practice of Fairy-Godmothering, Discussed in an Appropriate Environment, Namely, Over Tea
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] elstaplador
Fandom: Fairy Tales
Character: Fairy Godmother (Cinderella), Lilac Fairy (Sleeping Beauty), Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker)
Rating: G
Summary: Three fairy godmothers at tea, discussing sexism, stepmothers, and princesses they have known.

Notes: A lovely, fun story and a nice deconstruction of fairy tales. There are also a couple of podfics of this work, which are linked at the end of the fic and also worth checking out.
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Mythology

Homecomings and Leavetakings (351 words) by roguefaerie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hades/Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Characters: Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Trick or Treat: Treat, Trick or Treat 2019, Underworld, Weather, Nature, Nature Magic
Summary:

Persephone considers the home she has built, and the places that she walks.



Being Cassandra's (1052 words) by roguefaerie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Original Work, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassandra/Original Female Character
Characters: Cassandra (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: POV Outsider, Rain, Relationship Study, Codependency
Summary:

What good is a love if you don’t want to get lost in it, she wonders, and she knows she’ll never have a love like this again.



At Night (333 words) by ThebanSacredBand
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Cassandra (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Summary:

Cassandra's world is her own at night



Predictability (430 words) by Missy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassandra & Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Characters: Cassandra (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: First Meetings, Conversations, New Friendships, Making Friends, Trick or Treat: Treat, Hopeful Ending, Bittersweet, Prophecy
Summary:

Cassandra's prophecies are destined never to be believed, a fact that has come to bother her only slightly as time has gone on.

When a mysterious woman in a sky-blue cloak arrives to ask for advice, she's surprised when her words don't fall on deaf ears.



Fairytales

From Multifandom Drabble this year:

A Tale of Three Princesses (303 words) by roguefaerie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms, Den lille Havfrue | The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: The Little Mermaid/Princess (Fairytales)
Characters: Den lille Havfrue | The Little Mermaid, Princess (Fairy Tales), Prinsesse | Princess (Den lille Havfrue | The Little Mermaid)
Additional Tags: Implied Femslash, Water, Ocean, Dark, Inspired by the original, Rejection, Femslash, Power Dynamics, Physical Disability, Power Imbalance, Everyone Is Gay, Drabble Sequence
Series: Part 7 of Queer and Trans Faerie Tales and Other Writings: Expressions
Summary:

The Little Mermaid chooses to walk upon the land.



Cold (100 words) by roguefaerie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms, La Barbe bleue | Bluebeard - Charles Perrault
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: La Barbe bleue | Bluebeard/La dernière femme de la Barbe bleue | Bluebeard's Last Wife, Bluebeard's Last Wife/Original Female Character (implied)
Characters: La Barbe bleue | Bluebeard, La dernière femme de la Barbe bleue | Bluebeard's Last Wife
Additional Tags: Widowed, Femslash, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Bisexuality, References to Illness, Older Adults, Dark
Series: Part 8 of Queer and Trans Faerie Tales and Other Writings: Expressions
Summary:

This is not Bluebeard's last wife's first marriage.



Bonus Fairytale in case you would like it. A bit gender bender-y but focus is on an adventuring queen:

Journeying by the Stars (3541 words) by roguefaerie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lute Player (Fairy Tale), Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: The Queen | The Lute Player/The King, The Queen | The Lute Player/The King of Umbria (UST)
Characters: The Queen | The Lute Player, The King, The King of Umbria, Background & Cameo Characters
Additional Tags: Gender Roles, Setting Changes, One-Sided Attraction, Genderbending, Gender Related, Dedication
Series: Part 6 of Queer and Trans Faerie Tales and Other Writings: Expressions
Summary:

The queen was a just and beloved ruler. But when she married, her king quickly tried to prove himself. He was no sooner taken captive in what were now enemy lands, and Queen Saoirse feels compelled to go on a journey to save King Niall.

Recs:

Feb. 4th, 2013 08:04 am
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Here are some recs from Yuletide featuring awesome female characters. Fandoms include -

Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Covert Affairs -
Warehouse 13,
Warehouse 13/Brave
Lost Girl
Despicable Me
Elementary
Firefly, Firefly/Fairy tales and related fandoms
The Life of Saint Margaret of Antioch (Medieval Saint's Life)

Recs )

Mods - I need tags for many of these fandoms
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Two from Yuletide, and one not.

Evening Classes (2368 words) by faviconEl Staplador
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Isobel Watkins, Donna Noble, OFC
Summary:

"Life goes on. It has to. You can't just sit around waiting for someone to come back from outer space. You just get on with it." Spoilers up to and including The End of Time.



We climbed the Matterhorn (4251 words) by faviconEl Staplador
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Molly Blackett/Bob Blackett
Characters: Molly Blackett, Aunt Helen CFCA, James "Captain Flint" Turner, Maria Turner, Bob Blackett
Summary:

Five things Molly Turner might have seen from the summit, if she'd been looking that way, and what she actually found there.



The Theory and Practice of Fairy-Godmothering, Discussed in an Appropriate Environment, Namely, Over Tea (1970 words) by faviconEl Staplador
Fandom: Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Fairy Godmother (Cinderella), Lilac Fairy (Sleeping Beauty), Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker)
Summary:

Three fairy godmothers at tea, discussing sexism, stepmothers, and princesses they have known.

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More recs from Yuletide. Fandoms include Fairytales, Profit and Kill Bill.

11 recs behind the cut )

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