Day 24

Day 24: Crossover
Guardian Tadashi AU (Big Hero 6/Rise of the Guardians), by PitViperOfDoom
Summary: The death of Tadashi Hamada was both the end of Hiro's world and the mark of a new beginning. Turns out it was one for Tadashi, too.
Another one I recced before, but that I always enjoy rereading. It has great character voices and a ton of emotions about grief, siblings, friends, with angst and h/c and redemption. The first story basically follows the plot of Big Hero 6, the second one has its own plot that I also liked a lot.

2017 Advent Calendar Recs Round-up

Day 1, Arranged Marriage: Flag of Convenience (Hockey RPF)

Day 2, Magic: A Clear and Different Light (SGA)

Day 3, Food & Cooking: The CLASSIFIED British Bake Off (GBBO/various)

Day 4, Adventure: Old Man Taako Outruns Death* and Lives Forever** (The Adventure Zone: Balance)

Day 5, Faith & religion: like religion (Natsume Yuujinchou)

Day 6, Mpreg: Amphibious (Hockey RPF)

Day 7, Bad Guys Win: At The Hour When We Are Trembling (SGA/SG1)

Day 8, Immortality/Reincarnation: The Golden Spirit in the Dark Forest (Akatsuki no Yona)

Day 9, Transformation: The Roads Never Lead Where They're Supposed to Go (SGA)

Day 10, Secret/Mistaken Identity: Sass-Badger Versus Son-of-No-One (Assassin's Creed)

Day 11, Dark: Wit's End (SGA)

Day 12, Scheming: The Daring Win (HP)

Day 13, Rare Pair: to the sky without wings (Star Wars)

Day 14, Power Dynamics: Take Clothes Off As Directed (SGA)

Day 15, Switching Sides: Double Agent Vader (Star Wars)

Day 16, Armed Forces: Mutiny on the Reliant (Temeraire)

Day 17, Culture Shock: Divide 'verse (SGA)

Day 18, Genius: Moving On (DC)

Day 19, Class Differences: The Student Prince (Merlin)

Day 20, Space: the spaces between the stars (GK)

Day 21, Time Travel: The Fifth Act (FF7)

Day 22, Super(natural) Powers: There May Be Some Collateral Damage (HP/Bleach)

Day 23, Loyalty: Worth No Less Than a Brother (Queen's Thief)

Day 24, Crossover: Guardian Tadashi AU (Big Hero 6/Rise of the Guardians)

And that's a wrap! Of the 24 stories, a quarter are SGA. Apart from Stargate, only three fandoms had two fics: Hockey RPF, Star Wars, and Harry Potter. Overall, including crossovers, the list includes 19 fandoms (plus an additional 6 if I count all those from day 3).

I really enjoyed making this calendar, I think I might do something similar to this again. I often think to myself that I should do more recs and never get around to it. This format was easier because a) it was one per day and because of the format I never felt like one rec only didn't warrant a post, b) it was for DD and I knew she would check out the stories, so I didn't put pressure on myself to make the "why I like it" perfect or detailed, and c) I always got feedback from DD about the stories and we talked about them afterwards, which made it even more fun. It always makes me happy to hear that people enjoyed what I recced, so thanks for the comments! Which stories were your favorites?