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A few really random recs
Jun. 13th, 2021 12:36 amCleaning out tabs here ...
Fanfic
Any Other Day by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Amand_r (Torchwood, team with Gwen/Jack & canon pairings, 84K)
Gwen and Jack bodyswap fic. This is from 2011 and there is a scattering of gender stuff that feels dated now (not ill-intentioned, just ... things you'd see in a 2011 fic with a man and woman swapping bodies that you probably wouldn't see now), as well as some perhaps mildly questionable consent, but, I mean, it's Torchwood. Anyway, I really loved it otherwise; the plot is excellent (and very Torchwood) and there's lots of great character stuff, including some surprisingly sweet Owen & Ianto friendship in the background, and just some good Owen bits, generally. Everyone is very sympathetic and gets a lot to do. I really enjoyed it.
Too Good to Be True byBricklingGhost (Torchwood, team, Gwen POV, 3200 wds)
Gwen gets her team back, or does she? A painful-sweet post-canon fic focused on Gwen's reactions to getting back her dead teammates as part of an alien plot.
A Reaction, a Repudiation, a True Act of Self-Creation bySecret_Pizza_Party (Hell's Library, team, 3800 wds)
There is exactly one fic for these books on AO3 but ... it's so good! Set after book 2, with abundant spoilers, and great character voices and insights as everyone settles into their new normal. The details are so well-drawn that I keep slipping up and forgetting that some of this isn't from the actual books.
Non-Fandom
How to Make a Horse a Friend (youtube video)
Cowboy dude teaching a young horse to be ridden. This is almost magical, with no animal cruelty, at least as far as I can see. It was very soothing to watch.
A really interesting article on the late 1800s/early 1900s tamale fad, which I didn't even know about. It's specifically about Alaska but there's a lot of general historical context too. Might be paywalled.
The Chicken House by Jenny Fried (on Strange Horizons). Lovely, bloody, horror-tinted fairy-tale-esque short story. It's about gender dysphoria, in an emotionally messy way that really worked for me, though obviously YMMV.
Fanfic
Any Other Day by
Gwen and Jack bodyswap fic. This is from 2011 and there is a scattering of gender stuff that feels dated now (not ill-intentioned, just ... things you'd see in a 2011 fic with a man and woman swapping bodies that you probably wouldn't see now), as well as some perhaps mildly questionable consent, but, I mean, it's Torchwood. Anyway, I really loved it otherwise; the plot is excellent (and very Torchwood) and there's lots of great character stuff, including some surprisingly sweet Owen & Ianto friendship in the background, and just some good Owen bits, generally. Everyone is very sympathetic and gets a lot to do. I really enjoyed it.
Too Good to Be True by
Gwen gets her team back, or does she? A painful-sweet post-canon fic focused on Gwen's reactions to getting back her dead teammates as part of an alien plot.
A Reaction, a Repudiation, a True Act of Self-Creation by
There is exactly one fic for these books on AO3 but ... it's so good! Set after book 2, with abundant spoilers, and great character voices and insights as everyone settles into their new normal. The details are so well-drawn that I keep slipping up and forgetting that some of this isn't from the actual books.
Non-Fandom
How to Make a Horse a Friend (youtube video)
Cowboy dude teaching a young horse to be ridden. This is almost magical, with no animal cruelty, at least as far as I can see. It was very soothing to watch.
A really interesting article on the late 1800s/early 1900s tamale fad, which I didn't even know about. It's specifically about Alaska but there's a lot of general historical context too. Might be paywalled.
The Chicken House by Jenny Fried (on Strange Horizons). Lovely, bloody, horror-tinted fairy-tale-esque short story. It's about gender dysphoria, in an emotionally messy way that really worked for me, though obviously YMMV.