recs and links

Claire Temple and lessons on heroism, and the ladies of the MCU.

Phryne is roofied and Jack talks her through it, and then they have to deal with the awkward aftermath. Nicely done.

Really lovely look at Phryne and her relationships.

Santiago pines for Diaz in the most Santiago way possible. Oh heart.

Kat and Patrick run into each other again and reconnect. I enjoyed this.

Kat and Patrick become friends years after they breakup. I liked this.

Obi-Wan's birthdays tend to be terrible, and this one is no exception. Funny and melancholy.

Pitch-perfect epilogue to "Crocodile on the Sandbank," showing how Peabody and Emerson went about getting engaged. Hilarious and sweet.

Really fantastic look at Claire post-show, and how she becomes the Night Nurse. ♥CLAIRE♥

Poker night with the Nine-Nine! Hilarity ensues! *g*

Sethos extends his rescue services to other members of the family. Gets the voices just right. (there is some tense slippage in places.)

Smart, funny, in-character look at Granny and Nanny in their younger days. (ignore the typo in the summary)

Five Times Dani and Charlie get stuck in traffic (and one time it’s clear roads). This story really gets their partnership in both the funny and heartfelt moments.

When she comes back the next week, there’s a new book waiting for her, and a torch. She mentally congratulates Hopper for balancing sentimentality with practicality. The batteries won’t last, not for ever but she uses them to finish the last of the book in the dark. The note this time says: They miss you too. Something howls in the distance, and she burrows closer into the tree roots in which she’s hiding as she keeps reading about Neverland and Peter, a boy who never wanted to grow up living in a place he never needed to. The Lost Boys are her favourite. Eleven and Hopper contrive her way back from the Upside Down. Lovely.

"Oh, no, I never drink before noon. I expect I haven't your...robust constitution." "Nonsense," said Nick, handing him a glass of whiskey anyhow. "All you need is an amendment or two and that'll sort it right out. Here. Now, what brings you here to see Nora?" Witty, fun case fic where Nora has to sort out a blackmailer. I enjoyed this a lot.

Jack helps Phryne out with her period cramps. Quiet and clever and suffused with tenderness. Lovely!

Ravi quietly pines for Liv and plans for the future. Oh Ravi. He is the best, no lie.

Leia Organa, the politician and revolutionary who led the defeat of the Galactic Empire, died after a short illness. She was 60 years old. Hers was a life laced with controversy concerning everything from her tactics to her very ancestry, but her intelligence, commitment to the Republican cause, and place at the heart of the Rebellion, and later the Resistance against Neo-Imperialism, remains the indisputable core of her legacy.

Jonathan has no fucking idea why Nancy and Steve gave him the Nikon. He doesn't know why they're so insistent on seeing the pictures he takes, either. Lovely.

Granny Weatherwax meets Granny Aching. Lovely.

They've learned over the last year and some to give Patty the lead when there's some sort of historical grudge at play. Your everyday jealousies, revenge killings, souls with unfinished business, and random demons they're all good at dealing with, but there's something about the long-gone that only Patty can handle. ♥PATTY♥

Ridiculously hot Nick/Cassie.

Vetch and Yarrow have a brief yet amazing adventure. This was so wonderful.

In which Miss Marple is an avatar of Nemesis, and the genius loci of St. Mary Mead. So clever!

Five ways Liv Moore and Ravi Chakrabarti could have met and one way they met for a second time. Liv and Ravi have great chemistry and end up together in all sorts of alternate universes. Delightful!

Inej and Kaz have an adventure at sea. I enjoyed this a lot.

You climb up, but if you fall, the Barrel will be waiting. The Barrel was there to break you. She had been bound to the ground for three weeks following, nursing a limp that looked like a mummer’s mockery of Kaz’s. She did stretches in her small room, all but climbed the walls. It wasn’t fear that she had felt, being trapped in the Slat, the Barrel, the Dregs (with Kaz), but a restlessness. A hum that settled in her bones, electric and pulsing, that made her fingers and her toes twitch. This is what she learned, trapped: never let a thing break you here. Never let a thing hold you down and keep you. Inej returns to Ketterdam. Sharp and melancholy.

Lovely look at Chava and Ahmed over the years, after the end of the book.

"Maybe we need a break," Rusty said, his voice muffled by the pillow. "I had one. Eighteen months in the federal pen," Danny answered. "That's not a break, that's appropriate sanctions." Rusty cracked open an eye and peered at him. "When I wake up, we are getting a map. And then we're taking a drive."

Danny and Rusty. Their names are always said together and Rusty knows that's how it'll always be. They're partners. Not in the way he wants, and he feels bad for wanting more, wanting what Danny can't give. It doesn't change the way Rusty feels, but the way he feels doesn't change the way things are, either. Apparently Rusty's not as good at reading Danny as he thought. Danny and Rusty through the years.