there will be a fish

Wow, what a day. I was up until 6am last night being beta/moral support for Katie, who was editing her Yuletide fic down to the wire (and it turned out awesome, if I do say so myself; I am such a good sister). Anyway, then it was up at 9am for presents, and I got TWO stories for Yuletide (:D!), I was feeling great...and then BAM, right around noon I started feeling kinda crappy, and then grew progressively worse and worse all through my family's arrival and dinner. I was totally useless at helping set things up, and then I could barely get down my food or taste it. It was awful, I love Christmas dinner. My granny, who has medication-related lack-of-appetite issues, went back for seconds, okay, while I had to force myself to choke down firsts. It was wretched. I didn't even make it to dessert; I finally had to leave in the middle of everyone eating to go lie down and sleep for a couple of hours. I was supposed to work at 6pm, but when I staggered in I was barely coherent and listless and on the verge of tears, and got sent home in ten minutes flat. And then I slept, and now I'm awake again, and next will probably be more sleep, and probably not going to work tomorrow night either. Hopefully I am not too useless to hang out with my visiting older sister, because I barely get to see her and I don't want to miss it.

Anyway. I got two Yuletide presents! And they are both completely awesome! I can't even recommend them enough. In alphabetical order by fandom, I got:

In Uniform
(Banlieue 13, Leïto/Damien Tomaso)
Leïto, staying at Damien's apartment, sees him in his dress uniform on a few occasions.

and

A Madcap Proposal
(Lost In Austen, Caroline Bingley/George Wickham)
Caroline Bingley and George Wickham spend the Season in London, hoping to make advantageous marriages, but find that the best match may be each other.
For inmyriadbits, who asked for a story "where Wickham and Miss Bingley somehow team up and have loads of shenanigans in Regency-era London."

They are both SO GOOD. The B13 fic is excellently in-character, and full of the most delicious tension and perfectly-hit character notes, and I am so delighted to have more of these characters. If you like the movie(s), you'll love this too! And the Lost In Austen is spot-on what I wanted, with Regency-era shenanigans (courtship of convenience! WIN) and sharp characterization and everything is wonderful. I'm so grateful to my authors; their stories really nicely helped balance out the sick/unpleasant parts of my Christmas. :)

Have I mentioned I love zombies? I do. I particularly love zombie alterations to stories I already know and love. I'm reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies right now and having a very good time! I'm thinking about requesting P&P&Z for Yuletide, only with the characters from Sense and Sensibility instead, because I think Marianne Dashwood dealing with zombies would be hilarious. (Also on the Yuletide list: Fringe fic set in the noir!AU episode universe :D)

Along the same lines, this Leverage fanwork website is so much fun. It's meant to be co-read with an apocalyptothon fic, Survival By Eliot; the website is basically the website Hardison would design for the Leverage gang's zombie-fighting endeavors in the case of a zombie apocalypse, and the fic is a narrative counterpart. Hardison's footnotes are HILARIOUS, and make sure to read the alt text for the links, too. SO GOOD. Creative fanwork, con artists, AND zombies, hooray!

When I start reading things like this, I inevitably start thinking of other fandoms + zombies, usually starting with the most recent.

( cut for lengthy speculation on Hikaru no Go, The Mentalist, Generation Kill, Criminal Minds, Life, Castle, Lord Peter, Burn Notice, Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves & Wooster, and The Middleman -- all WITH ZOMBIES! )

( ETA: Band of Brothers and 30 Rock )

Come tell me your own thoughts re: the above or your own favorite "X Fandom – WITH ZOMBIES!" scenarios in the comments. I would most sincerely like to hear them!

In conclusion: ZOMBIES.