Wednesday reading — dragons and death

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 03:01:42 GMT

Hey, books! Remember when I used to read them and not just try to write them?

What I've been reading

I reread The Saga of the Volsungs for reasons loosely connected with my NaNo. I feel bad for Signy's first two sons, though. "I don't wanna visit Uncle Sigmund! His flour is full of venomous snakes!" "Eh, go ahead and kill this one." "Waaaaaaaah!"

I reread Jeeves in the Offing, which is very much a sequel to The Code of the Woosters. I had completely forgotten that Bertie strikes up quite a cordial relationship with Sir Roderick Glossop while the latter is pretending to be a butler named Swordfish, which is a wonderful example of a platonic crack pairing.

I read the complete run of Avengers Arena, where Marvel comicsverse meets The Hunger Games. Actually, it turns out that it's more ( spoilers ) It was interesting to read at the end that Dennis Hopeless had actually pitched a teen drama comic, with a sort of Triwizard Tournament-gone-wrong plotline potentially way down the line, and his editors were all, nah, skip everything else, write that instead! I think I would have enjoyed that original comic more, but I think enough of the origin comes through in this version to give it some depth.

I read the novella "The Princess and the Queen" from GRRM's newly-edited megathology. ( Mild spoilers )

I read Boxers & Saints, Gene Luen Yang's companion graphic novels about the Boxer Rebellion. Actually, I read Saints first, and I think that reading order makes more sense when it comes to understanding the scenes that take place in both, but I didn't consult my self in an alternate universe who read them the other way round. They're both good, but they sit kind of oddly next to each other—Boxers is almost twice the length of Saints, to begin with. Both Little Bao and Vibiana have (what are presented as) real magical/spiritual experiences, but they don't seem very equivalent—( spoilers ) But, I mean, they're both still beautifully told and drawn.

I also read all three parts of Gene Luen Yang's second arc of Avatar: The Last Airbender comics that continue after the end of the show. These ones finally tell the story of Zuko's mother. These are really nicely done, and the next best thing to having more shows about Aang et al.

I read Up All Night, an okay YA short story anthology about kids who (wait for it) stay up all night, for one reason or another. It had a short Gene Luen Yang Monkey comic in it, and also a really cheesy David Levithan short story.

What I'm reading now

Image on the Edge: Margins in Medieval Art

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Friday fics — some smut

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:06:57 GMT

Weekly Arrest (1684 words) by Incidental_Villainess
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Avatar: Legend of Korra
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Korra/Lin Bei Fong
Characters: Korra (Avatar), Lin Bei Fong
Summary:

PWP. The request was: "Lin/Korra, kinky interrogation room anal." There's also some bondage. That pretty much sums it up.

Some cheeky, fun porn that does the best job of capturing the Lin/Korra dynamic I was looking for. I'm going to be so sad if Lin Bei Fong doesn't turn up in this series of Legend of Korra, being all bitter and competent and hot.

You've Hungered For This All Your Life (7357 words) by karelian [archive-locked]
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Australian Actor RPF, Actor RPF, X-Men RPF, Les Misérables RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Russell Crowe/Hugh Jackman
Characters: Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Paul Bettany, Alan Doyle, Mentions of Gratuitous Celebrities, Various Spouses
Additional Tags: Dirty Talk, Blow Jobs, Fucking, Open Relationships, Falling In Love, Submission, Polyamory, Open Marriage, Light Bondage, Spanking, Rimming, Music, Sexual Fantasy
Summary:

Hugh makes Russell scream. Russell makes Hugh understand why people do things that always seemed crazy to him before -- tattooing their lovers' names on their cocks, drinking their lovers' blood.

Delicious getting-together-during-Les-Mis sex with gloriously subby Russell.

In the Jungle (3707 words) by karelian [archive-locked]
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Australian Actor RPF, X-Men RPF, Les Misérables RPF, Actor RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Russell Crowe/Hugh Jackman
Characters: Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman
Additional Tags: Watersports, Mutual Masturbation, Sharing Clothes, Clothed Sex, Open Relationships, understanding spouses, Celebrity Crush, Wet & Messy
Summary:

Hugh has some boundaries. Russell, not so much.

Nnnnngh. I'm not even into watersports qua watersports, but I totally kink on the characters' kinkiness.

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Wednesday reading — dragons and death

Friday fics — some smut