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...
FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE
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...