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Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

What it says on the tin. The fewer comments the stories have, the better.

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

Fiat Justitia (https://archiveofourown.org/works/21615796/comments/270176299)

Five ways in which Frederick the Great and Maria Theresia did not meet (https://archiveofourown.org/works/21573508/chapters/51434317)

Both 18th Century RPF which contains all the necessary historical Information to understand it. Intense emotions, complex characters.

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

These were both great. My history is extremely spotty, but I still really enjoyed them. I especially love counter-factual history fic when done with sound consideration, which that "Five Ways" fic did beautifully.

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21829498

20k story about a poor 15 year old genius type going to Harvard on a full scholarship to study math (or maybe physics). He makes friends, hangs out, takes classes. It's better if you know the source material, but it's definitely readable without that and I found it really engaging.

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

content warning for some second hand concern about suicidal ideation

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

To save this person some unneeded hits: it’s in 1st POV and is gen.

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

Oops.

I already knew I was burned out on 20somethingK of the Bougie Part of Massachusetts, I shouldn’t even have tried.

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

DC I appreciate this, as someone else who wrote first-person gen that got rec'd and is getting a lot of hits from people who bounce off immediately.

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT I don’t know why people don’t give full details! Anyway I hate both those things and wouldn’t have clicked had it been mentioned. Even though its a “don’t need to know canon” rec I think they should’ve mentioned the name too, honestly.

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

cyrt I know! In my case the reccer at least did say the canon and that it was need-to-know-canon kind of work, but it still made my hits go up with no kudos, bookmarks, or comments added.

(It's a long-tail kind of fandom, and the recip seems to have loved it, and the person who rec'd also apparently loved it. So overall, this is very diamond-shoes-too-tight of me to complain about.)

Re: Great stories in Yuletide you don't need to know the fandom at all to appreciate?

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you. I don't mind gen but first person in fanfic is a dealbreaker.