There’s something about the winter that makes me want to curl up with a nice easy fantasy adventure book or film. Anything fantasy, historical, fairytale or such completes winter for me. So I thought I would take this chance to shamelessly plug a couple of my own, and recommend others that I have thoroughly enjoyed.
If anyone reading this has any recs along these lines please reblog with them so we can share the love <3
All Yours by nightliferogue @slashyrogue
Elias was the only one in the coven without a familiar. Every Samhain night his brothers all went into the woods to celebrate with their animal familiars under the light of the moon, growing their bonds while he could only just watch feeling as if the hole inside him was growing larger.By chance he saves cat familiar Adam from his previous witch, and their bond grows.
Words: 3,647 Chapters: 3/3
Ok, Basic Chickens meets shape-shifting familiars and witchcraft!? YES! I adore this fic. I absolutely love the way Slashy always captures Elias, even in this AU setting. The whole idea of the familiars, considering the theme of the movie Men and Chicken, is just a delightful play on the subject matter. I’m not the only fan - @nsfwingrotten created this wonderful fanart.
A Long Way from Home by TaeAelin @taeaelin
A Spacedogs 19th Century Mermaid!AU. When Nigel’s ship goes down in a storm, a mysterious stranger swims him to safety. On returning to his father’s kingdom, Nigel discovers there is more to the man than meets the eye.
Words: 6,667 Chapters: 2/2
I love this fic so much. It actually inspired me to write Beautiful William. These two getting to know each other in such a random and wonderfully imagined AU is just so compelling and satisfying! I absolutely adore both Adam and Nigel in this!
Beautiful William by TigerPrawn
Ok, as this is mine it’s not so much a rec as a bit of spam.
Hannigram/Beauty and the Beast AU. Loosely follows the plot of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, but considerably darker! Will is beautiful but rude (of course), Hannibal is cursed to be a Beast because he’s a cannibal (of course), Mason is Gaston and things are not going to go well…
Words: 19,310 Chapters: 3/3
Blood on Steel by MonstrousRegiment (series)
Ella Enchanted/Valhalla Rising crossover.
Words: 24,060 Works: 2
Fantastic 2 part series, and I think very first (?) Valhalla Enchanted. Considering the differences in styles and genres of the two movies these are melded together so perfectly even when passing between the two. Beautiful and rich with a perfect ending!
Burn Through the Night by bymoonlight @mads–hatter
Hannibal, a leader of a fierce, nomadic pack, comes across a rare gem during one of his raids – a male omega.
Words: 9,552 Chapters: 4/4
This is surprisingly gentle and tender - Hannibal the warlord inevitably falls for the spirited and beautiful omega, Will and I am totally here for that!
Consortio by kelex
Every Omega in the land is brought to the lord on the evening of their first heat. Lord Hannibal usually doesn’t choose to exercise that right, but this night’s offering is too much for him to pass up. A virgin Omega in his first heat, with brown hair, blue eyes, and a spirit that can’t be broken.
Words: 23,088 Chapters: 4/4
This was one of the first ABO fics I ever read and I just adore it. I’ve read it a couple of times now XD It’s just wonderful and has a beautiful happy ending!
If You Go Into The Woods by victorine @victorineb
Once upon a time, in a land ravaged by famine, lived a young man named Will, who was cursed with the power of empathy. Will’s father can no longer feed him, or his sister Freddie. Will’s stepmother plans to lead the siblings into the forest to die.Will has other ideas.So begins a journey that will bring Will to the house of a witch named Hannibal, who offers companionship, understanding, and a diet consisting mainly of pig.A Hannigram Hansel and Gretel AU.
Words: 17,713 Chapters: 4/4
Ok, there are so many things I want to say about this but can’t as it would be spoilery, but I love it. The show and characters are weaved beautifully into this and I especially love what Vic does with Hannibal’s drawings. Just lovely!
Labyrinth by Llewcie @llewcie
This is a retelling of the story of Labyrinth, Hannigram-style. Will wakes from a 6 month coma to find that no one remembers his baby sister Abigail. A visit from a strange man calling himself the Goblin King plunges Will into a perplexing and often terrifying world, where he is racing the clock to solve the Labyrinth and rescue his sister and himself from the cold and aloof Hannibal, King of the Goblins. But the deeper in he gets, the more he realizes that this is not the Labyrinth he knows from the stories. This is not that Labyrinth at all.
Words: 21,055 Chapters: 11/11
This fic gives me life! It is one where I waited eagerly for each update and dropped everything to go read it when it arrived. Beautifully woven with The Labyrinth whilst still being true to Hannigram, it is rich and evocative and perfect for a night in front of the fire!
Lost in Dumas by TigerPrawn
Another of mine… last one I promise!
Here’s what you need to know - Grigg from Jane Austen Book Club / Rochefort from Three Musketeers / Premise and very vague storyline from the show Lost In Austen. Grigg finds himself bizarrely pulled into Dumas’ The Three Musketeers, or at least a rather colourful, airship having version of it. Finding help in the strangest of places in order to make his way home, Grigg starts to consider how lightly fictional death is taken and that all bad guys can’t be as 2-dimensional as they seem on the page.
Words: 15,596 Chapters: 3/3
Merrie by Llewcie @llewcie
Adam doesn’t reverse-engineer gunpowder for the fame and inevitable wealth– he does it because his father is sad. But it sets off a chain of events that forces him to relocate to London to teach the king’s alchemists how to make things explode. However, the king isn’t the only one who wants to make things explode. Robin of the Merries, an egalitarian group of pirates and thieves, sends her best mercenary to ‘rescue’ Adam from the king’s guard. Enter Nigel, a battle-hardened war veteran who is not a fucking baby sitter, thank you very fucking much.
Words: 40,090 Chapters: 14/14
THIS!! This fic. Oh my! This is one of a handful of Llew’s fics I read before I became friends with her and I was just fan-worshiping her so hard over it. Everything about this fic is utterly wonderful. I will take the opportunity as always to point out that Llew is one of my favourite Spacedogs writers (and you should all also check out her Craigslist)
Raudonis Hall by peppermintquartz
Love makes monsters of us all. Crimson Peak Inspired
Words: 21,968 Chapters: 12/12
I’ve still not watched Crimson Peak but still found this a wonderfully compelling tale, with a really lovely ending!
Not yet complete but a great read so far!
A Companionable Silence by HotSauce418 @hotsauce418
ABO Valhalla Enchanted
Words: 16,740 Chapters: 10/?
The whole set up for this is just lovely, but it’s the fantastic and touching relationship that develops between One Eye and Char that is just so amazing to read. Having it from One Eye’s POV is both insightful and on occasions heartbreaking as we can read the inner most thoughts that he cannot voice! Hotty also wrote a one shot to go with this fic from Char’s POV and it is to die for! Check it out here.
Ok so this one is sci-fi not fantasy, but I just have to mention it because it is a must for Star Trek fans! -
Conjoined by TheGlintOfTheRail @theglintoftherail
The new Trill passenger on the USS Chesapeake seems friendly enough. But there’s something a little off about him. Something Lieutenant Commander Will Graham can’t quite put his finger on, even after reading his emotions.It’s probably nothing. Will’s probably just being paranoid. Doctor Lecter seems like a decent guy. And it’s been a long time since anyone’s offered to be Will Graham’s friend…
Words: 40,658 Chapters: 15/22
Ok, this is such a compelling read and I honestly can’t wait to see where it goes. There is a little shocker along the way which I thought might put me off, but actually seeing where Will goes after such a life changing situation has been engrossing!
Hope you all enjoy these, do kudos and comment on them if you do! I’m hoping to do a regular themed fic rec post - most likely fluffy fics next :D
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