recthething | Jan. 29th, 2023

(extra)ordinary men by PetraPan. A Merlin adaptation of the 2015 film The Last Witch Hunter. This fusion worked quite well with the existing characters and I particularly enjoyed the roles Gaius and Mordred got to play. It was a treat to have the whole story fleshed out in a novella length story as so often these kinds of fusions are short.

From the Top by garamonder. Takes Peter B. Parker from Into the Spiderverse into the MCU to come across its Peter Parker. Across many days he comes to realize why having a team would be a real asset.

99 Problems by John Jay. Snappy vid focusing on Ben Kenobi's saber skills across movies and TV shows. Some lovely little edit matches and a nice ending to it all.

Black Helicopters at Dawn by whizzy. A semi self-exiled Rodney picks up a curious transmission and ends up befriending a stranded pilot. I really enjoyed the Sheppard and McKay voices, and was entertained by the story as it unspooled. Also a big thumbs up for its continuation Black Mountainside.

Mountains and Badgermolehills by Glass_Onion. "After the Blue Spirit frees the Avatar from the Pohuai Stronghold, Admiral Zhao captures Prince Zuko under suspicion of treason. Isolated from his Uncle and his crew, Zuko has only one ally: the chatty prisoner one cell over."

I laughed so much in the early chapters of this, Zuko and Sokka make for such a funny team. Although I felt Zuko was a little too woobified by the end, the story is a great approach to how Zuko could come to see the world in a different way.

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