December Meme: humourous summaries of fandom faves

[krait]

My prompt for the 16th was: "Briefly summarize your [Some Number] most favourite fanworks in an unappealing or misleading way." - odditycollector

This is the sort of thing I've always admired when other people do it well, but have secretly worried I'm not witty enough to do, so bear with me here. :D


Barmy, by schemingreader. (Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Severus Snape.) Harry wakes up in the mental ward, escapes, then goes completely off his rocker and befriends Severus Snape. Meanwhile, Snape is going through a midlife crisis.

So Wise We Grow, by Deastar. (Star Trek: AOS, Jim Kirk/Spock.) The efficiency of the Vulcan postal service is legendary. Spock's kid is located, packaged, and shipped off to the Enterprise before Spock can point out that they have, in fact, sent him someone else's order.

Signals That Sound in the Dark, by dira sudis. (Vorkosigan Saga + Torchwood, Aral Vorkosigan/Jack Harkness.) Attractive bisexual captain from outer space seeks same for ONS.

Dirty Deeds by Miko. (Homestuck, Eridan Ampora/Karkat Vantas.) Lovely first-time fic wherein Eridan and Karkat meet, go out for dinner, and end up at a hotel to have sex... Although I may have slightly misrepresented the order of events.

All the Way Down by Coldhope. (Homestuck, Eridan Ampora/Equius Zahhak.) Equius half-drowns himself for spite. Eridan is responsible for the "half" part. Romance ensues.

Memory by emilyenrose. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers/James Barnes.) The Winter Soldier's brain is more frostbitten than everyone had hoped. Loki doesn't actually help, even while he's dead.

Five and One: I Wanna Hold Your Hand, by penbrydd. (Star Trek: AOS, Jim Kirk/Spock.) Spock is such an extremely helpful lieutenant, the Vulcan ambassador just threw up in his mouth a little.



Edited to add: Now with real summaries in the comments, in case anything struck you as intriguing, or you want to know just how far I can stretch a point in the name of amusement. :D

Comments

[odditycollector]

Whoops, I missed this.

I only read one of these (Dirty Deeds) so I am sure I am missing a bunch of good jokes, but yep, without the qualifier, that one is *super misleading*. (Tho "Attractive bisexual captain from outer space seeks same for ONS." sounds intriguing as is.)

[krait]

Heh. Yes, it occurred to me that I should perhaps give a "real" summary after the amusing one, but then I worried that it'd kill the humour for those who did know.

I think now that I shall create a key in the comments, so that people can get an idea of what really happens (in case they want to read!)

"Attractive bisexual captain from outer space seeks same for ONS" is possibly the best summary I've ever had to write, and I can't recommend the fic enough if you're at all familiar with the Vorkosigan novels! Jack Harkness + Aral Vorkosigan = ALL THE EMOTIONS FOREVER.

[odditycollector]

i think the key is helpful for the reccing part definitely. (Still, when I was asking I thought it wouldn't be fair to specify fandom, but it was tempting so I could get the jokes.)

& I am familiar with the Vorkosigan seres, but sadly our relationship didn't work out. . .