Bonus Round 6

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Bonus Round 6

Recs

Hey, shippers! This is the last bonus round, which we’re all very sad about. So let’s talk about some of the awesome stuff created throughout the HSO!

Rules

1. Rec at least three fanworks from the main or bonus rounds! They do not have to be connected to each other in any way.


2. You may not recommend material created by members of your own team.


3. Each recommendation must include at least three full sentences about why it’s awesome. Please use the format specified below.


4. You may recommend as many sets as you like, so long as each set has at least three recs in it.

Title & Rec Format
If you are doing a fill, use this format in your title.
FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.

The content of the post should be in this format (extend as necessary):
<b>Rec 1:</b> (title) <b>Team:</b> (the team the creator belongs to) <b>Creator:</b> <b>Why I’m recommending it:</b> (please be as specific and descriptive as possible!) <b>Rec 2:</b> (Title) <b>Team:</b> (the team the creator belongs to) <b>Creator:</b> <b>Why I’m recommending it:</b> (please be as specific and descriptive as possible!) <b>Rec 3:</b> (Title) <b>Team:</b> (the team the creator belongs to) <b>Creator:</b> <b>Why I’m recommending it:</b> (please be as specific and descriptive as possible!)

Posts not using this format in the title will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, no matter what they contain. They, like all comments on the comm, are subject to the Wank Policy.

Scoring
For fills (as stated here):
First 5 entries in each post: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10 in each post: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15 in each post: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+ in each post: 5 (per entry)

If you have any questions, please ask them at the FAQ post here, or email them to us (homestuck.shipping at gmail). Otherwise, we cannot guarantee that we will see them in a timely fashion!

Comments

FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE

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Rec 1: It Could Happen to You
Team: Rose<3Roxy
Creator: Round 2 Team Entry
Why I’m recommending it: This fic is so, SO amazingly creepy and haunting. Whereas many of the entries (including my team's own, heheh) went for humour or at least a light touch - this is horror to the core, and it is not for the faint of heart. It actually reminds me very much of the short stories that many of us had collections of when we were growing up. :OE The last line literally sent chills down my spine.

Rec 2: Lollipop Katana
Team: Bro<3Grandpa
Creator: Round 2 Team Entry
Why I’m recommending it: In sharp (ha ha) contrast to my immediately previous rec... this fic is utterly hilarious in a way that is dark, wry, and outright bizarre. Bro Strider! Killing zombies! In a Twilight Sparkle-themed schoolgirl outfit! With Grandpa's live, talking severed head strapped to his butt! The casual way Dave and Bro talk about the latter having severed his zombie-infected boyfriend's head is a definite high point - as is the uncanny mirroring of what eventually occurred in canon! - but everything about this fic is just flawless.

Rec 3: The Princess, the Prince, and the Beekeeper
Team: Eridan♥Feferi♥Sollux♠Eridan
Creator: Round 2 Team Entry
Why I’m recommending it: Oh NO, anybody with a weakness for lovely-creepy fairy tales NEEDS to get right onto reading this entry! I was immediately charmed utterly as soon as I saw that the artwork was drawn to resemble shadow puppetry, but the story itself perfectly captures the flavour of classic fairy tales that don't always end in a happy ending. Of especial note here: the way Feferi is characterized as so very graceful, beguiling, seemingly too good to be true... and a vicious and conniving monster beneath all of that. Poor, foolish Eridan and Sollux...