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Recs for chromatic Yuletide fics!

Now that the Yuletide & Yuletide Madness collections have been open for a few days, would anyone like to link-drop some recommendations for stories featuring chromatic characters &/or sources? I'd especially like to see more recs for non-western fandoms in particular.

Here's what we've got so far:

aris_tgd: here (Asaruto Gâruzu | Assault Girls (2009), Portal (Video Game))
asra: here (Tintin)
cyphomandra: here (Kaze Hikaru, Gouhou Drug | Legal Drug, World War Z - Max Brooks, Diplomatic Immunity (NZ TV))
littlebutfierce: here (Antique Bakery, Ookiku Furikabutte, Spirited Away, & Natsume Yuujinchou)
maat_seshat: here (Chì bì | Red Cliff (2008), Kokin Wakashuu | Kokinshuu, Heian jidai | Heian Period RPF)
qem_chibati: here (You Say Party (Music Video), Lonely's Lunch (Song), Toukaidou Hisame, Tokyo Babylon, Princess Tutu, Shounen Onmyouji, Mulan (1998), Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart), xxxHoLic, Gouhou Drug | Legal Drug, Read or Die - Hideyuki Kurata, Aladdin (1992)) & here (Khaos Komix, Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms, Rotkäppchen | Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tale), X-23 (Comic), Ookiku Furikabutte, Tenkuu no Escaflowne | The Vision of Escaflowne, Princess Tutu, Mulan (1998), Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart))
snowynight: here (Dil Chahta Hai | Do Your Thing (2001), Mother 3, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Polynesian Mythology, Walls of Emerald - Li Shang-Yin, Lost Odyssey, Toukaidou Hisame) & here (Princess Maker 2, Final Fantasy VI, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Xî yóu jì | Journey to the West - Wú Cheng'en, Tiger & Bunny)
vass: here (Foreigners)

If you have any to share, please let me know & I'll edit them into this post. Thanks!

(Dear mods: not sure how this should be tagged, as it's not officially Chromatic Yuletide, etc. ... ?)

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My laptops being used by someone else but here's what I have so far:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/302469

The God of the Sun Goes Down To Earth by Anonymous
You Say Party (Music Video), Lonely's Lunch (Song)
Not Rated
Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
F/M
Complete Work
Author Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsIndian Character Female Character of Color
Summary
Desperate times call for drastic measures. Faced with rebellion and ultimate doom, the Consciousness dreams up a solution.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/294698

Resistance by Anonymous
You Say Party - Lonely's Lunch
Teen And Up Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
F/F
Complete Work
No Archive Warnings ApplySavita Potdar / Abhilasha ManjakkilAbhilasha Manjakkil Savita PotdarMisses Clause Chromatic Yuletide
Summary
Savita couldn't remember the time before the ships.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/300524
Chestnuts out of Season by Anonymous
Toukaidou Hisame
Teen And Up Audiences
Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Gen
Complete Work
Author Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsRokuhara Shionfood hoarding past abuse Child Abuse implied triggers
Summary
Shion is a man, with his own money and a master of his own choosing, yet he still bears scars of his childhood.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/299951
House and Home by Anonymous
Tokyo Babylon
Teen And Up Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Gen
Complete Work
No Archive Warnings ApplySumeragi Subaru
Summary
Sometimes, Subaru's job breaks his heart. And other times everyday life does, too.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/290269
Frame Story by Anonymous
Princess Tutu
General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
F/M
Complete Work
No Archive Warnings ApplyAhiru/FakirPost-Canon Yuletide Treat
Summary
Becoming a girl was easy. Staying a girl, ah! Now that was the hard part.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/299786

Regrets by Anonymous
Shounen Onmyouji
Not Rated
Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
M/M
Complete Work
Author Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsTouda Seiryuu
Summary
Masahiro makes the ultimate sacrifice to save Touda. Seiryuu intends to follow through on his promise to kill Touda if another human was harmed by the shinshou. The two connect and find some even ground.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/302477
The River Serpent by Anonymous
Mulan (1998), Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart)
Teen And Up Audiences
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Gen
Complete Work
Graphic Depictions Of Violence Major Character DeathFa Mulan Shan Yu Li Shang OFCZombies Chinese dragons hydropolitics regime changes Sexism
Summary
Even six months after the Mandate of Heaven fell upon another, the river runs foul all its length, no matter how they dredge it for corpses, or poison.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/301406

The Destruction of All Things by Anonymous
Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart)
Not Rated
Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
F/M
Complete Work
Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings No Archive Warnings ApplyFa Mulan (Twisted Disney Princesses - Jeftoon01)
Summary
She's not a princess, she's a queen. And she'll make sure you get what you deserve.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/301257
Someone to Watch Over Me by Anonymous
Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart)
Teen And Up Audiences
Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Gen
Complete Work
Graphic Depictions Of ViolenceFa Mulan Tiana (Princess and the Frog)Misses Clause Challenge Yuletide Treat Chromatic Yuletide POV Female Character Chromatic Character
Summary
Mulan is old when she comes to America. Restless and old. Tiana is nineteen when she becomes a monster. Not that the folks who decide how things can be haven’t been telling her that her kind has to stay on the edge her whole life. Between them, what can’t they do?

http://archiveofourown.org/works/300982

待龙纹身的女孩 (Dài lóng wénshēn de nǚhái) by Anonymous
Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart), Mulan (1998)
General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
F/M
Complete Work
No Archive Warnings ApplyFa Mulan/Li ShangFa Mulan Li Shang Chi-Fu General LiHan Dynasty Xenophobia Yuletide Treat Awesome Tattoos
Summary
Saving China will require extraordinary aid.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/297883
Arabian Days by Anonymous
Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart)
Teen And Up Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Gen
Complete Work
No Archive Warnings ApplyJasmine (Aladdin)
Summary
Fate seems inclined to put her in a position where she has no choice at all.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/302675
Seeing Red by Anonymous
xxxHoLic, Gouhou Drug | Legal Drug
Teen And Up Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
F/M, M/M
Complete Work
No Archive Warnings ApplyDoumeki Shizuka/Watanuki Kimihiro Clow Reed/Ichihara YuukoClow Reed Kakei Kudou Kazahaya Watanuki Kimihiro Doumeki Shizuka Ichihara YuukoCrack Drunkenness Revisionist Fairy Tale Alternate Universe Crossdressing
Summary
There once was a little helper to a woman whose house was near a copse of trees, trees which most people could not see, due to them being spirit trees. The helper was given a red cloak to protect from evil, and then a red frilly frock and cat ears, because his mistress was very cruel and loved to make him dress up in embarrassing things. She loved it almost as much as she loved wine, or at least thereabouts.

Skipping Natsume - they are fantastic.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/298120
The Joy of Books by Anonymous
Read or Die - Hideyuki Kurata
General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Gen
Complete Work
No Archive Warnings ApplyYomiko ReadmanMisses Clause Challenge
Summary
There is a seemingly normal bookstore with a precious treasure inside it. It calls to Yomiko Readman and she goes in search of it.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/296244

Passings by Anonymous
Aladdin (1992)
Teen And Up Audiences
Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
F/M
Complete Work
Author Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsAladdin/JasmineGenie (Aladdin) Aladdin Jasmine (Aladdin) JafarCharacter Death Minor Character Death Original Character Death(s) Alternate Timelines Time Skips Future Fic Origins Alternate History Ancient History Immortality freedom Backstory Background Relationship Alternate Universe - Apocalypse
Summary
The genie has had many masters in his long life

Thank you! I will add these in.

(Skipping Natsume! I know what you mean but it still makes me instinctively go sobbbb ;)

Sorry, i figered you bookmarked them already. XD it's also awkward copy pasting on mobile...

I prefer delicious for my long term bookmarks, but I don't like using it on mobile devices, so it all ao3 at the moment, i'll have it mostly organized by January.

Oh yeah, I am seriously impressed at how you posted those big rec lists on a phone! (I, um, still may not know how to copy-paste on my smartphone >_< )

What type of phone?

On iPhone I press down on the text and select, adjust the blue highlight, copy. I use notes to organize cause it sssssucks ass posting direct to dreamwidth edit if i go over the comment box length to post. (commenting from gmail and ajusting text is /impossible/.)

I can check for Nokia e63, e71, and some sort of galaxy android 2.3 too possibly others, if you like. (techy family, tech support job).

Aw, thank you! I think it may just be that I... haven't tried very hard before? >_< I just played w/it now & figured out how to copy text in my web browser & then successfully managed to paste it (w/some fidgeting) into the notepad app. Ahahaha. Mostly I don't have occasion to use that kind of functionality, & when I do, it's never when I have time to sit down & think about it, heh.

(It's a Samsung Galaxy S, btw, but hopefully now I'm covered, heh.)

Fandom: Dil Chahta Hai | Do Your Thing (2001)
Title: Parting the dawn rain
Rating: General Audience
Warning: No archive warning apply
Summary: In Kasauli, Sid remembers.
Reason for rec: Another lovely character study. I start this fic knowing nothing about Sid, but the author makes me fall in love with his quiet emotion and the lovely details he notices.

Fandom: Mother 3
Title: Sensorimotor Calibrations
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No archive warning apply
Summary: The cybernetic organism that once was Claus is making great progress.
Reason for rec: It's a dark and creepy piece about experimentation on a sentient character. I like the atmosphere.

Fandom: Maria-sama ga Miteru
Title: Rain In the Garden of Maidens
Rating: General Audience
Warning: No archive warning apply
Summary: A moment of bonding between two girls in the first rain of their first year.
Reason for rec: A very sweet first meeting story

Fandom: Polynesian Mythology
Title: Journey's Beginning: Hine-ahu-one
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No archive warning apply
Summary: Hine-ahu-one gets some inspiration to explore the world.
Reason for rec: This's a beautiful fireside story. Very mythic.

Fandom: Walls of Emerald - Li Shang-Yin
Title: Green
Rating: Not Rated (I think General Audience
Warning: No archive warning apply
Summary: It is the old, old story, told in many lands by many tongues. In all places, their names are unimportant -- what matters is how they tell it, how they live it. Sometimes it is told in yellow, sometimes red or black. In the Upper Kingdom of Shanghua Station, this time it is green.
Reason for rec: This science fiction story has a lot of original world building and amazing imagery. Masterful use of canon material

Fandom: Lost Odyssey
Title: The Key in the Closed-off Town
Rating: General Audience
Warning: No archive warning apply
Summary: A tale of freedom and beginnings. In Uhra, Ming sees a child playing by herself, her toys carefully hoarded under a worn coat. That night, she dreams of a time when she hadn't yet met Numara's blue coasts.
Reason for rec: A lovely character study story. Ming as a curious Immortal, Daria 's toughness and Seth all intrigue me and make want to play the game. I love the imagery and how their lives link together.

Fandom: Toukaidou Hisame
Title: Chestnuts out of Season
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author choose not to warn
Summary: Shion is a man, with his own money and a master of his own choosing, yet he still bears scars of his childhood.
Reason for rec: I have a feeling that I may not like the character n canon, but the author makes him understandable without shying away from the darker side of his personality. Great job.

Brilliant, thank you!

I was lucky enough to receive this awesome story for Yuletide:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/299186
Foreigners
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/F, Gen
Fandom: Aida - Verdi/Ghislanzoni
Characters: Amneris, Aida (Aida)
Additional Tags: Misses Clause Challenge
Summary: Amneris does not always know what she wants.

Super, thank you!

I've barely read anything aside from my own gift fic, but here's a couple.

My gift fic, which is awesome, a fusion that puts the concept of sedoretu (explained in notes) into the world of Red Cliff and looks at how it changes (and doesn't change) the dynamics.

Like Clothes, Like Limbs (3206 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Chì bì | Red Cliff (2008)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sun Shianxiang/ Zhuge Liang, Zhôu Yú/Zhûgě Liàng, Zhou Yu/ Xiao Qiao, Sun Shiangxiang/Xiao Qiao
Summary:

The arrival of Zhuge Liang makes marriage plans which had been abandoned tantalisingly possible again.

Also, a Heian RPF fic, about Ono no Komachi and Ki no Tsurayuki (two major Heian poets) and an intriguing friendship between the two of them that's all tangled up in the relationship between poetry and reality and also the impact of time and social change upon aesthetics.

Songs by Ono no Komachi (2095 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Kokin Wakashuu | Kokinshuu, Heian jidai | Heian Period RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ono no Komachi, Ki no Tsurayuki
Summary:

One person's autumn is another's spring: two poets, and a singular friendship.

I highly recommend both!

Excellent, thank you!

I got two gift fics for Kaze Hikaru, an awesome historical shoujo manga series about a girl (Sei) who disguises herself as a boy in order to join the shinsengumi and avenge the deaths of her father and brother – the fics are also awesome, and the first one even comes with a soundtrack!

Summer Wind (1229 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Kaze Hikaru
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tominaga Sei | Kamiya Seizaburou/Okita Souji
Characters: Tominaga Sei | Kamiya Seizaburou, Okita Souji, Yamanami Keisuke, Saitou Hajime, Hijikata Toshizou
Summary:

Six views of a summer afternoon.

Seizaburo's Completely Innocent Brothel Exploits (306 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Kaze Hikaru
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Tominaga Sei | Kamiya Seizaburou, Akesato (Kaze Hikaru)
Summary:

What does Sei do with her three days a month at the Hanaya?
(In which the Bechdel Test has not yet been invented, and half the characters are unaware that they're passing it anyway.)

While wandering through the archives, I have also encountered and really enjoyed the following:

Tanabata (2749 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Gouhou Drug | Legal Drug
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Himura Rikuou/Kudou Kazahaya
Characters: Himura Rikuou, Kudou Kazahaya
Summary:

Rikuou and Kazahaya are tasked to find a very special item, on the seventh day of the seventh month.

Very much like part of the manga; a bittersweet mystery, with excellent characterisation.

George Town, Grand Cayman (6656 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: World War Z - Max Brooks
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:

Grand Cayman is once again known as a pirate port, a haven—albeit a dangerous one—for anyone who would rather not be found. In light of this, it is perhaps unsurprising to finally track Shauntè Griffin, Darlene Dixon, and Delia Vasquez, the crew of the Maia Hailey, down here.

I have not read the canon. However, this fic is amazing, and more people should read it.

Occupied (3209 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Diplomatic Immunity (NZ TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Leighton Mills, Leilani Fa’Auigaese, Jonah Fa’auigaese, Kirsty (Diplomatic Immunity), Malepe Fa’Auigaese
Summary:

Leilani starts an Occupy Fe'ausi movement. Chaos ensues. (Obviously.)

The summary pretty much covers it!

Excellent, thank you!!

My gift fic, which is awesome: Where This Razor Has Been (1066 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Asaruto Gâruzu | Assault Girls (2009)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Gray (Asaruto Gâruzu)
Summary: Gray-centric character introspection? ALL KINDS OF HEAD CANON.

This totally gets Gray as a MMORPG player.

All of my other chromatic source recs have been recced here already (I want to second the Red Cliff and the Heian Period RPF recs), but here's a chromatic character in a non-chromatic source:

Test Subject Starter Kit (1146 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Portal (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Chell (Portal)
Summary: The Aperture Science Bring Your Daughter to Work Day is the perfect time to have her tested.

(Heart! Chell! Tiny awesome Chell!)

Yay, thank you!

Fandom: Princess Maker 2
Title: Dear Father
Rating: General Audience
Warning: No archive warning apply
Summary: Olive writes to her father.
Reason for rec: A very funny parody

Fandom: Final Fantasy VI
Title: Four Times Terra and Celes Connected, and One Epiphany
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No archive warning apply
Summary: Celes knows who Terra Branford is.
Reason for rec: A very thoughtful study about free will and love

Fandom: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Title: stop. rewind. repeat.
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Major Character Death
Summary: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Mami knows she's not crazy. Homura just might be.
Reason for rec: A convincing look of Homura

Fandom: Xî yóu jì | Journey to the West - Wú Cheng'en
Title: Mother of Wood Deludes the Monk into Binding the Mind-Ape / Guanyin Puts Her Face in Her Hand
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Summary: In which Sanzang gets a little trigger-happy, Monkey gets into a little trouble, Friar Sand gets a little worried, and a little Pig gets his mouth zipped shut.
Reason for rec: It has the perfect style, and once it gets going it goes.

Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Title: Dum Spiro, Spero
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning:No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary: Things go wrong on a HeroTV rescue mission. Fortunately, all Keith has to do is keep breathing. Simple, really.
Reason for rec: Keith doesn't die. It's a good thing.

Super, thank you!!

Not a non-western fandom, but I really must rec the fic I got: Let Go, Tintin/Haddock, but the focus is a conversation between Captain Haddock and the lovely, lovely Chang.

Thank you, have added!

http://www.delicious.com/qem/da%20rec+yuletide2011
Is where I'll have them archived eventually (tagging! PITA and so slow D: also I have about six pages of backlog to transfer from ao3 ) :

Cling To My Body Like Oil And Fire by Anonymous
Khaos Komix

Teen And Up Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
M/M
Complete Work

No Archive Warnings Apply
Thomas Blake/Alex Murfy
Thomas Blake (Khaos Komix)
Alex Murfy
Kissing

Summary

Kissing Tom was so much better than porn. And porn was pretty awesome.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/302812

http://archiveofourown.org/works/302559
My Lupe by Anonymous
Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms, Rotkäppchen | Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tale)

Teen And Up Audiences
Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
F/F
Complete Work

Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Original Female Character/Original Female Character
Big Bad Wolf/Little Red Riding Hood
Original Female Character of Colour
Original Characters
Wolf (Fairy Tales)
Big Bad Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood
Grandmother (Little Red Riding Hood)
Age Difference
Misses Clause Challenge
Bechdel Test Pass
POV Character of Color
POV Female Character
POV First Person
POV Original Character
Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
Chromatic Character
Chromatic Yuletide

Summary

The brothers got it wrong.
Grandma was the Wolf, all along.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/302128

Warmth by Anonymous
X-23 (Comic)

General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Gen
Complete Work

No Archive Warnings Apply
Laura Kinney
Jubilation Lee
Remy LeBeau
Logan (X-Men)
Christmas
Families of Choice

Summary

Laura discovers Jubilee clings to just one Christmas Eve tradition.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/302958

Tell You Something by Anonymous
Ookiku Furikabutte

General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
M/M
Complete Work

No Archive Warnings Apply
Abe Takaya/Mihashi Ren
Abe Takaya
Mihashi Ren
Tajima Yuuichirou

Summary

Things that Abe Takaya's internal monologue cannot currently process: holding hands.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/302503
Cultural Boundaries by Anonymous
Tenkuu no Escaflowne | The Vision of Escaflowne

General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Gen
Complete Work

No Archive Warnings Apply
Van Fanel
Kanzaki Hitomi
Humor

Summary

It’s Van’s turn to adjust (or not) to technology and culture in Hitomi’s world.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/303718
upon a dream by Anonymous
Princess Tutu

General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
F/F, Gen
Complete Work

No Archive Warnings Apply
Ahiru/Rue
Ahiru | Duck
Rue (Princess Tutu)
Misses Clause Challenge

Summary

Dreaming can tell us things about ourselves, although we might not remember when we wake.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/303621
千里之行 (Start with the First Step) by Anonymous
Mulan (1998), Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart)

Teen And Up Audiences
Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Gen
Complete Work

Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Fa Mulan
Original Characters
The Emperor
Yuletide 2011
Misses Clause Challenge
Deconstruction
Post-Canon

Summary

No legend can be created in a vacuum.

Yay, thank you!

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