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FANDOM: Fullmetal Alchemist
FIC LINK: A Fairy Tale
AUTHOR LINK: Liar of Lesbos
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 719 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ling, Ed

FIC SUMMARY: "The man who fed shoes to the Emperor" didn't quite make it into the history books, but it did become a fairy tale.

RECCER'S NOTES: A fairy tale-style telling of the time Ed and Ling were stuck in Gluttony's stomach with nothing to eat but one of Ed's shoes. (Though Ed would not like his description in this fic...) I still found it amusing.

mythicmistress

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Just a Random Tuesday...
AUTHOR LINK: Twisted Biscuit
RATING/WARNING(S): K+, no warnings apply
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 58525 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Minerva McGonagall, Dolores Umbridge

FIC SUMMARY: A VERY long Tuesday in the life of Minerva McGonagall. With rampant Umbridgeitis, uncooperative Slytherins, Ministry interventions, an absent Dumbledore and a schoolwide shortage of Hot Cocoa, it’s a wonder she’s as nice as she is.

RECCER'S NOTES: The portrayal of Minerva McGonagall is wonderful, and the fic is simply hilarious.

mythicmistress

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Muggle Fairy Tales Are Mad!
AUTHOR LINK:

Meltha
RATING/WARNING(S): T, some of the fairy tales are not sugar coated
WIP?/WORD COUNT: WIP (I think this will keep going for a while)
MAIN CHARACTERS: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger

FIC SUMMARY: During the endless camping trip in book 7, Ron asks Hermione to tell the story of that "disease sounding" fairy tale to pass the time. This becomes something of a habit, and Hermione tells the boys a series of traditional Muggle fairy tales.

RECCER'S NOTES: Fairy tale MST's through a Harry Potter lens. The commentary, particularly Ron's, makes for interesting reading.

ozqueen

Edit: apparently I had already rec'd my previous link, Small Favours, so here is another Mummy fic to make up for my poor memory :p

FANDOM: The Mummy (1999)
FIC LINK: Coincidence... and Fate
AUTHOR LINK:

UrbanAmazon
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 12643
MAIN CHARACTERS: Evy Carnahan O'Connell, Rick O'Connell, Ardeth Bay, Beni Gabor, Jonathan Carnahan, Colonel Guizot

FIC SUMMARY: What if Rick had been a medjai from the start? One decision sets the adventure in motion, but the thing about decisions is that there's always more than one option to choose. Some things unfold differently, yes, but some manage to fall into place like the tumblers on a puzzle-box key, turning round and round until things go click.

RECCER'S NOTES: A canon-divergence AU which interweaves amazing possibilities into the existing story we already know. The humour and characterisation here is amazing -- I especially love Evy, and Rick and Ardeth having to work together with differing levels of faith in their journey together.

There is a smidge of Evy/Rick, or at least the fic ends with the implication matters will take off in that direction, but the main course of the story is on Rick as a Medjai, and how it may have impacted the story and other characters he comes into contact with.

Really clever, and really great characterisation. :)

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