Let's spread some love 😘. What are some of your top five favourite cs fics?
Five?! I guess I can give you five.. (plus a few extras..) I pick the ones I reread the most as my "top five favorites", which is the best way I know how to narrow this down, but I'm not convinced I have a favorite or a top 5. There are far too many good reads in the CS community!
My picks below the line - links are for ao3
I couldn't find everyone on tumblr, so PLEASE let me know their tumblr tags if you know them! Such amazing writers, the lot!
1. Unbreakable - xHookenonKillianx
I reread the epilogue, just by itself, quite frequently. It's so beautiful. As soon as I forget the meaning of certain details in it, I reread this fic, which usually amounts to once a year.
2. The Legend of Captain Killian Jones - hollyeleigh @hollyethecurious
Ooph I love when someone manages to bring pirate-from-the-18th-century Killian to a modern AU. I just love how all the details add up and how they fall in love and how Henry is as much a part of the story as CS. I reread this every October. (often once again when winter appears over, too)
3. Alone, until I get home - phthalo @peglegjones
I think I need to reread this [again] to give it accurate praise, because my memory SUCKS, but Henry and Ian's dynamic is one aspect I remember well, and appreciate. It's so hard to write kids and keep them relevant in a story and she does this sooo well. And the little bits of magick.. that made my heart swell. I don't wanna spoil anything..
4. How you remind me - cosette141 @cosette141
Any fic that can do it better than canon deserves praise. This is canon divergence from Killian showing up in New York, and the whole thing is my new head canon for the show.
5. Second star to the right - only_halfway_there
This was different than most CS fics, and I suspect it's because this was written before we got a lot of CS in the show? But that just means this author used her creativity, making a different Neverland, a different version of Hook, and the whole thing is so unique and beautiful.
This one is incomplete, hence it's spot here at #6, but I'll never give up on it being completed one day. A ton of people from the past show up in the present all at once, including one Pirate Captain Killian Jones. (Again.. pirate-from-the-18th-century Killian in a modern AU..)
Bonus, 6. A place in time - twistedroses @swanslieutenant
(feel free to send me more pirate-from-the-18th-century Killian fics.. no I don't have a problem!)
Now for the rest. I've reread most of these, but again ONLY FIVE?! These are not in any order, except the order I found them in my document. Again, lmk any missing tumblr names so I can tag these amazing writers!
Dark Grey - colormyheartred @cutieodonoghue
With affection - PhiraLovesLoki @phiralovesloki
Devastation and Healing - jrob64 @jrob64
More than all the stars - colormyheartred @cutieodonoghue
Beastly - xHookedonKillianx
Catch me if you can - LetItRaines @let-it-raines
A hard man is good to find - wtvoc @this-too-too-sullied-flesh
The convenient groom - @searchingwardrobes
A fairytale beginning - PocketAnon @pocket-anon
For the sake of Henry - jrob64 @jrob64
A band of grass and crown of flowers - hollyeleigh @hollyethecurious
[Photo of a stone sculpture of an acrobat, doing a backbend or perhaps mid-somersault. Described as “Portion of a Pilaster with an Acrobat,ca. 1150–70,” by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.]
A long time ago, a kind-hearted monk found an itinerant acrobat, starving and unconscious, by the side of the road. The acrobat was permitted to recover his health at the monastery, and he loved the peaceful environment so much that he begged to stay and become a monk himself. The abbot of the monastery, however, thought the acrobat was too worldly and frivolous to be a good monk, and told the acrobat that he had to leave.
On his very last night in the monastery, the acrobat set up his tumbling mat in the chapel, before the statue of the Virgin Mary. “Blessed Mother,” he addressed the statue, tears streaming down his face, “I am told that I must leave this holy place. Let me thank You for Your mercy towards me these last few months.” So the acrobat gave thanks and prayer to the Virgin Mary in the only way he knew how: by performing his greatest and most daring feats of tumbling. And then, something marvelous happened...
...and if you want to read the rest of this story, you should check out our copy of French Folktales from the Collection of Henri Pourrat. Like most of our folklore and fairy tale items, it’s on the third floor of the Library, in the 398s.
Happy Folklore Thursday!
A continuation - the MASSIVE reading list, recommended from the amazing Captain Swan community! So this is what I've read from 8/3/23 -8/10/23
It's not too long this time, so I don't feel the need to line this 😘
Conviction - Hollyeleigh @hollyethecurious - 57k words
Black Velvet - LetItRaines @let-it-raines - 20k words
Walking in a Straight Line - msgenevieve @msgenevieve447 - 137k words
Midnight - APirateWhoPines @apiratewhopines - 24k words
It's About Bloody Time - Elizabeethan @elizabeethan - 53k words (series)
In the Viper's Den - Kmomof4 @kmomof4 - 24k words
The Holiday House - letitraines @let-it-raines - 9k words
Uhm. My total is 324k words this week.. apparently.. 😅
But I loved every word 💖💖💖💖💖
no I don't have a problem
What I've read, 8/10/23 - 8/24/23 (and I topped my last two-week reading word count)
So, life is rude, and I'm so glad Captain Swan fics are in abundance. It's beautiful to just take a vacation in a good story.
My reading list is dwindling though. I originally asked for recs because of a super bad day, and unfortunately that bad day seems to keep going into weeks and I'm ready for things to settle back down, now. Good vibes are always welcome!
I'm adding an 'RR', which literally means I reread something because my brain helpfully wouldn't focus on anything until I did. Thanks, brain. (It's okay, I'd happily reread any of these amazing authors!)
RR Some Cupid Kills With Arrows - donteattheappleshook @donteattheappleshook - 58k words
Killian, Persuaded - APirateWhoPines @apiratewhopines - 68k words
Of Darkness, Vampires, and Soulmates - kmomof4 @kmomof4 - 41k words
Old Habits Die Hard - lenfaz @lenfaz - 34k words
Never Tear Us Apart - Kjb2609 (tumbr tag? anyone?) - 35k words
The One - teamhook @teamhook - 21k words
The Heart of the Saviour - ZaharaDessert @zaharadessert - 133k words
Lullaby - cosette141 @cosette141 - 3k words
RR Catch Me If You Can - LetItRaines @let-it-raines - 218k words
Somebody that I used to know - I_should_be_doing_other_things @ishoulddefbedoingotherthings - 69k words
Arrangements - xhookswenchx (ReluctantPrincess) @xhookswenchx - 13k words
No Wives, No Mothers, No Lovers - searchingwardrobes @searchingwardrobes - 13k words
Uhm. I topped my last two-week reading binge - I read 706k words this time.
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UPDATE: The CS Library will be open until 5 PM today, which is a reduction in our normal hours. We are planning to be open from 8 AM to 5 PM on Tuesday, March 17th. If these plans change, we will post updates to our social media accounts. Thanks for your understanding.
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[Two color photos. Left: A small stuffed owl made of burlap, felt, and straw, and wearing a green conical hat, sits near a computer and a cup of coffee at the CS Library Circulation desk. Right: The same owl, as well as a small plastic Rattata (a purple, rat-like Pokemon) figurine, are posed on a bookshelf next to a small anatomical model.]
Our Circulation department not only has nearly 600 textbooks on reserve, but anatomical models and bone boxes! Here we see Egbert, a longtime member of the Circ department, showing one of our students an anatomical model. You can check out items on reserve on the first floor of the Library!
The saddest image in the world: a reference shelf with a void where two treasured drug guides should be. It’s not just an empty space on our shelves—it’s an empty space in our hearts.
[Image: An informational graphic, predominantly in shades of green-aqua with accents of white, yellow-green, and dark blue. Text reads: “SPEAK OUT!!! An Open Mic Poetry Event / Featuring a workshop led by Vernell Bristow / Thursday April 26th 4-6 PM / Columbus Hall Library / Multimedia Studio Room 110A / 291 Jefferson Ave / Columbus, OH 43215 / Get more info and REGISTER NOW at / library-openmic.eventbrite.com”]
As our wrap-up event for National Poetry Month, celebrated local poet Vernell Bristow is leading a poetry workshop/open mic session in the CS Library’s multimedia studio! You can register to attend online, and if you’d like to learn more about Ms. Bristow’s work, there’s a great interview with her over at ColumbusArts.
