Yuletide Reading Bingo 2023

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[A work you read fandom-blind]

[Manga Fandom] - "Light in the Darkness, Darkness in the Light" - 蟲師 Mushishi

Light in the Darkness, Darkness in the Light (1025 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 蟲師 | Mushishi (Anime & Manga)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ginko (Mushishi)
Summary: An old man remembers.

♥♥♥ Out of the three works in this fandom, two were gifts for me (and they were absolutely wonderful check them out here and here), so of course I had to read the third one as well. It was a sort of bittersweet, nostalgic tale about Ginko's life in his old age, when the world begins to leave him behind and the eternal darkness grows ever closer.

[Book Fandom] - "Spaced Out" - Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

Spaced Out (1316 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Artemis Fowl II, Myles Fowl, Domovoi Butler
Additional Tags: Dissociation, Post-Luna Minor (Artemis Fowl), Eccentric child geniuses, Post-The Last Guardian (Artemis Fowl), Pre-The Fowl Twins (Artemis Fowl)
Summary: Artemis Fowl had not planned to collapse today, while on a video-call with his genius younger brother Myles.

♥♥♥ Absolutely fantastic, perfectly captures Artemis' character and his wonderful relationship with Myles <3

[A work with under 10 kudos]

[TV show fandom] - "Komorebi" - Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! - Adachi Kiyoshi/Kurosawa Yuichi

Komorebi (3069 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい | Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adachi Kiyoshi/Kurosawa Yuichi
Characters: Adachi Kiyoshi, Kurosawa Yuichi
Additional Tags: Fluff, Slice of Life
Summary: I wish you could read my mind sometimes, he thought, slotting himself into the space Kurosawa had opened for him—immediate, unthinking, the way he always did. I love you and I wish you could hear it every time you touch me, too.

A tray of fresh negima went by (the fourth-best appetizer at the party, tied with the crisp wasabi chips piled with tuna tartare in a lime mayo, marketed somewhat fraudulently by the caterers as “Tokyo Nachos” if Rokkaku, who had told Adachi that he had spent a fair amount of the last party hiding in the kitchen, was to be believed), and as Adachi turned to lift a skewer from the plate, his other shoulder brushed against Kurosawa’s.

I know what you’re thinking, he heard.

Adachi started.

♥♥♥ I'm actually cheating with this one because I only know Cherry Magic! from the manga but since it's tagged as TV i'm counting it here... Anyway this one was super sweet, just a beautifully domestic narrative about these two men who have grown so close to each other its like they can read each other's minds (even the one who isn't actually telepathic)

[Lowest # of kudos in fandom]
[A work with under 5 comments]
[Work with no comments]

[A fandom you requested] - "This Winter Sacrifice You Cannot Return" - 侠探简不知 | Ancient Detective (TV) - Jian Buzhi/Zhao Wohuan

This Winter Sacrifice You Cannot Return (1940 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 侠探简不知 | Ancient Detective (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jian Buzhi/Zhao Wohuan
Characters: Jian Buzhi, Zhao Wohuan
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Getting Together, Action/Adventure
Summary: Zhao Wohuan would say that, as a rule, he felt more at home in the mountains, in the cold and the snow and the thinner air of higher altitudes. Less people. The best hospitality. But not today, and maybe not ever again.

♥♥♥ The angst in this was *chefs kiss* and the atmosphere was delightful

[Fandom with over 15 works in collection] - "Heist and Hijinks" - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) - Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar

Heist and Hijinks (1364 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar
Characters: Edgin Darvis, Xenk Yendar
Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary: Holga’s definitely wrong, Ed thinks to himself. There’s nothing going on between him and Xenk. Nothing at all.

♥♥♥ The D&D movie has a whopping 23 works in the collection, and these two seemed to be fandom favourites, so I gave it a go. I haven't actually watched the movie but this was a fun adventure romp about two idots in denial about being in love, it was great.

[Chaptered fic]

[Recced on DW] - "take back all my regrets" - Link Click - Cheng Xiaoshi/Lu Guang

take back all my regrets (3671 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 时光代理人 | Link Click (Cartoon)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Cheng Xiaoshi/Lu Guang
Characters: Lu Guang (Link Click), Cheng Xiaoshi, Liu Xiao (Link Click)
Additional Tags: Non-Graphic Violence, canon-typical Cheng Xiaoshi death(s) of questionable permanence, Alternate Universe - Madoka Magica Fusion, Yuletide Treat
Summary: As they battle the regrets of others, Lu Guang has to confront his own. (Madoka Magica-esque AU)

♥♥♥ All I can say is: holy shit. Recced by shadaras over at the yuletide comm and I'm glad I caught it! What a fantastic blend of madoka and link click.

[Video game fandom] - "The Sea at Her Feet" - The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker

The Sea at Her Feet (1000 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aryll & Tetra (Legend of Zelda), Aryll & Link (Legend of Zelda), Aryll & Link's Grandma (Legend of Zelda), Aryll & Tetra's Crew (Legend of Zelda)
Characters: Aryll (Legend of Zelda), Tetra (Legend of Zelda), Tetra's Crew (Legend of Zelda)
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Canon Compliant, Pirates, Drabble Sequence
Summary: Tetra huffs out a laugh. “Careful, kid, or we’ll make a pirate out of you yet.”
Maybe, Aryll thinks, that wouldn’t be so bad after all.
--
Aryll's time aboard the pirate ship.

♥♥♥ Absolutely cute and adorable, a series of drabbles about Aryll bonding with the pirates <3

[Highest number of bookmarks in fandom]
[Gen fic]
[Fandom with under 350 works]