rectober #12

today i went grocery shopping and discovered that a buttload of christmas stuff had been filled into the shelves. this made me ridiculously happy as tumblr and the rest of the internet is all about halloween and i don't give a fuck about halloween, it being an american holiday. i got into serious christmas mode and nearly bought half the stuff, trying in vain to remember what kind of christmas stuff i already have at home. i then had to remind myself that it's still october. and then i realised that there's not a lot of october left.

Sparks from the Fox' Tail by anon (hd_fan_fair)
Book Title: An Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe
Rating: PG-13 (romance, not explicit)
Pairing(s: Harry/Draco
Summary: Draco is frustrated with his career as a travel writer, when a mini-tirade from Mrs. Weasley and an encounter with the portrait of an intrepid great-great-great-aunt lead him to Finland to study wandless magic. Harry is – just being contrary and following his sweet-tooth, or taking the subtle route to saving the world?
Why you should read this: Ok so I clicked this because it said Finland on the tin and i couldn't control my curiosity. it's great. most of the fic takes place in eastern finland and makes heavy use of finnish folklore in a magical context. i've read most of the poems (incantantions) referenced in the fic, but in Finnish, so it was a bit strange to see them in English. it was cool though.
my absolute favourite thing about this fic and the very reason i kept reading after the first couple of paragraph and the reason why i'm now reccing it to you, is Draco. this Draco is wonderful. sort of contradictory in the way he's both earth bound and airy, far away and right here. it's hard to explain, but from his actions and the way he spoke and his thoughts, that's what i took away from it all and i'm in love.


Start Quoting Shakespeare and We're Done by pyrebi
Fandom/Genre: Supernatural AU
Pairing(s): Dean/Castiel, Sam/Gabriel
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 15k
Warnings: Gleeful profanity, rampant rom-com scenarios, and a decided lack of porn.
Summary: In which Dean has the hots for a librarian named Cas, Cas may or may not have the hots for a mechanic named Dean, and Gabriel joins Sam in the peanut gallery in the hopes that he might just get to do a horizontal tango of his own.
Why you should read this: another librarian!cas and mechanic!dean fic. it's getting kind of obvious what i like, huh?
sam/gabriel are awesome in this. everyone is awesome. dean is a bit dense and a bit stupid and super 13 year old girl, sam is fed up, cas is dense and gabriel... well. XD this is a fun and light read and if you've got a spare half hour you'll burn through this quickly and will be happier for it.