Prosfic Bingo: R is for Rule Britannia, H is for Heat...

[tinturtle]

I is for Into the Arms of Morpheus, O is for Once a King or Queen in Narnia

I've been sick again, but still able to read, so I have four fics to add to my card.

The first is Rule Britannia by fajrdrako, which read after byslantedlight put it on her bingo card. It is an AU set in a dystopian future, and I enjoyed it a lot. It has a lively plot as well as some interesting dynamics between the characters. Among AUs, I generally prefer the fics that include some version of CI5, and this is one of that type. 22,414 words. B/D slash.

The second fic is Heat by Lainie Stone, from the Proslib CD. It was the first Pros story I read this year, on a recommendation from hagsrus, but I read it again after finishing Rule Britannia because that fic reminded of it a bit. Heat is a sci-fi story set in the same continuity as the show, and it is terrific. Its world is intriguing and vivid, and there is a strong emotional core to its story. I have added it to the Beloved Collection. 11,853 words. B/D slash.

Third is Into the Arms of Morpheus by Jojo, a good little hurt/comfort fic that fiorenza_a recommended in a comment on one of my other bingo posts. I found it a little hard to follow on my first reading, but it was satisfying on my second. It represents both Lads' characters well. 2,585 words. B/D slash.

The fourth fic is Once a King or Queen in Narnia by Zana. I found this on my own, whilst bashing around on AO3. Into the Arms of Morpheus once had an accompanying podfic, no longer extant. I wondered what other Pros fics had been recorded, and this was one. This fic is excellent. As the title suggests, it is a crossover with The Chronicles of Narnia, but don't let that put you off. Crossovers often don't work due to the difficulty of meshing different fictional universes, and that seems like it would be an inevitable problem here. The trick is done beautifully, though. 6,145 words. Some het with background B/D slash.

If I seem to like everything I read, it's partly because things I don't like I often don't finish, and therefore don't write about. I spent time today reading part of a fic in the zine In the Public Interest 1. I will just say that it was not good and that after eight pages I decided not to subject myself to any more of it.


C: Crossing the Jordan by istia (6,409 words)
E: The Eve of Destruction by istia (3,751 words)
H: Heat by Lainie Stone (11,853 words)
I: Into the Arms of Morpheus by Jojo (2,585 words)
M: Masquerade by Tarot / Chris_Quinton (46,299 words)
N: Night Visit by istia (4,343 words)
O: Once a King or Queen in Narnia by Zana (6,145 words)
R: Rule Britannia by fajdrako (22,414 words)
T: Tea for Two by Alexandra (70,187 words)
X: X Marks the Spot by O Yardley (4,556 words)

Total words: 178,542

Comments

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear you've been ill again, I know how that goes — it's how I discovered fan-fic in the first place.

I love the idea of bashing around on AO3, I've never really thought about it — but that kind of encapsulates my approach too ! And you do find some great stuff.

I found Into the Arms of Morpheus when I was filtering by word count because I wasn't up to concentrating on long stories.

An unbelievable while ago we lost moonlightmead, her stories are on AO3 — but, by the nature of these things, because she hasn't posted they've slowly settling to the bowels of the feeds. MLM wrote to be read, and like her, her stories are full of wit and humanity — if you haven't discovered them yourself — I do recommend you give them a go: https://archiveofourown.org/users/moonlightmead/profile

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I'm doing so poorly with this... sigh...

[tinturtle]

Don’t worry. You have all year. And some people have more time for fanfic than others. I’ve been busy, for me, but needing a lot of rest to balance out the activity, which means a lot of reading.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

My problem, along with not managing my time well, is that I haven't figured out how to mark stuff off yet. I must talke to TBG about that.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

If it helps, I open my card in Gimp (which is a free Photoshop), and then open a Pros icon (or book cover, when I'm doing it for Lj AlphaBingo), and then paste the icon onto my card as a new layer — then I can move it around and re-size it etc.

Actually I just tried it using Paint too, and it worked just by opening my bingo board, then finding the pic I want to add in my files, just copying it the icon in the folder, and pasting it into the board — again I can move it around and shrink it to fit etc. In fact I might just use Paint rather than Gimp next time myself. *g*

[tinturtle]

I'm also using GIMP, with the process BSL described. You don't have to cover the squares with an image, though. Some people are using something like Paint to cross out squares with a pencil tool or stamp them with a simple shape.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, Heat by Lainie Stone is another one of my favourites - excellent choice! I liked Once a King or Queen in Narnia too.

Jojo's podfic is still alive! Just not the AO3 version. Check out Discovered in a Christmas Stocking... *g*