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rec_cember, the community will be open December 1-31 for posting meta and recs of fic, vids, art, podfic, meta, graphics, etc - any fannish endeavor you enjoy. Self-recs are welcome.

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Feel free to leave a comment here or PM me if you have any questions. Happy reccing!

colls

Fandom:

festivids
Fanwork type: vids
Pairings/Characters: multiple
Rating and/or Content Warnings: n/a
Links: see below
Summary: vids! <333

Reccer's Notes: Some of my favorite festivids from recent years featuring women, in no particular order.

Star Trek: Lower Decks, Beckett Mariner
Golden by

inkjunket

A Wrinkle in Time, Meg
Supernova by

eruthros

Babylon 5, Lyta Alexander
Runs in the Family by

sandalwoodbox

For All Mankind, Molly Cobb
Northwest Passage by

ExtraPenguin

Contact, Ellie Arroway
The Golden Echo by

nicasio_silang

Scavenger's Reign, Ursla
The World Observed by

Rhea

Lost in Space, Maureen/John
The Bones by

dirty_diana

scintilla10

Sharing a few gems that I've loved from the

ficinabox exchange. All creators are still anonymous!

Fandom: DC Comics
Fanwork type: art
Pairings/Characters: Diana
Rating and/or Content Warnings: SFW (but a bit suggestive)
Links: we can get a little restless
Summary:

Diana and a beautiful evening.

Reccer's Notes: Really vibrant, colourful style! A pin-up style pose, fabulously flirty.

Fandom: Andor (TV)
Fanwork type: fic
Pairings/Characters: Kleya Marki/Vel Sartha
Rating and/or Content Warnings: M
Links: the whisperings and the champagnes and the stars
Summary:

“That’s not what this is.” There is something about this, about all of this situation - the light, the faint jasmine lift of the scent Vel’s wearing, the casual, careless wealth - that Kleya cannot stand.

“You don’t like me and you can’t stand knowing you’re capable of being that petty. That’s exactly what this is.”

And that’s too much. “As I said, it's valuable work. Sorry you’re struggling with the burden of seducing rich socialites or whatever it is you’re doing but at least the catering’s good, right?”

The Aldhani mission fails. Vel blinks out of Kleya's life - only to reappear at a party six months later.

Reccer's Notes: This is outstanding, and pulls no punches! Excellent dialogue and characterization, and smolderingly hot but spiky chemistry between them.

Fandom: Original Work
Fanwork type: art, board game reskin, plushie pattern
Pairings/Characters: Fairy Queen/Young Woman Who Unwittingly Entered Her Realm
Rating and/or Content Warnings: G
Links: the Fairy and the Human
Summary:

There are legends about the fairy realm. Tales of wonder and the tales to scare children from the forest, where the entrance to the magical kingdom is supposed to be located.

Some believe in those tales; some don't, but no human dares to seek the truth and enter the fairy realm. Until one day, a woman running away from her past crosses the border and walks into the unknown.

Reccer's Notes: Gorgeous! This link goes to the first chapter which is stunning art of the queen and the young woman, with really lovely composition and beautiful colours and textures. But the creator has also created an entire reskinned board game with fairyland creatures, a cute sticker set, and even a small plushie pattern. I'm overwhelmed by the creativity, so cool!

colls

Fandom: Dark Matter (TV)
Fanwork type: vid
Pairings/Characters: Two (Portia)
Rating and/or Content Warnings: n/a
Links: Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys) by

runawaynun
Summary: I'm so confident.

Reccer's Notes:
A wonderful celebration of badassery and sarcasm and I love the swagger in this vid.

goodbyebird

I'm doing one fandom a day, and so far four have been women-centric :)

Star Wars The Force Awakens

BG3

Gideon the Ninth

Xena (fanart Friday)

I gave

womansplace its own bonus tag, so any future Rec-Cember entries should be found there. Happy reading!

colls

Fandom: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Fanwork type: vid
Pairings/Characters: Qi'ra
Rating and/or Content Warnings: none
Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1vAUqnuwGw by LouellaWilla
Summary: Fan video tribute to Solo’s Qi’ra

Reccer's Notes: This vid showcases Qi'ra incredibly well. It's so soulful and full of angst.

Watch on YouTube

scintilla10

Kicking off

rec_cember with a recent femslash fic (written for

rarepairexchange 2025) that blew my socks off.

Fandom: True Detective: Night Country
Fanwork type: Fic
Pairings/Characters: Liz Danvers/Evangeline Navarro
Rating and/or Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply, implied/referenced suicide
Links: All Summer in a Day by

Luna
Summary:

Liz stops sleeping.

Some nights, she's busy trying to claw her way out from under an avalanche of paperwork. Some nights, she just can't keep her eyes closed. She can put on a sleep mask or bury her face in the pillows, but she's still aware of the light glowing out there, and the absence of anyone warm in the bed next to her.

(Or: six months later, a reunion.)

Reccer's Notes: Post-canon reunion (or is it?). I loved the lyrical rhythm of the writing, and beautifully vivid descriptions of the landscape. Liz's sharp, cynical narrative voice is excellent, and I loved the thoughtfulness and depth of the characterization and the focus on their spiky, intense relationship. (And hot! It's very sexy, too.)

colls

Fandom: Hidden Figures
Fanwork type: vid
Pairings/Characters: Mary Jackson & Katherine Johnson & Dorothy Vaughan
Rating and/or Content Warnings: no archive warnings apply
Links: Vid: Rise Up by

cosmic_llin
Summary: I promise we'll take the world to its feet

Reccer's Notes: I thought this would be a good vid to kick off my 'ladies in space recs' for

rec_cember
This is one of my favorite movies vidded to one of my favorite songs. Both are full of tenacity and hope and overcoming odds and the vid is just beautiful. And it's what got us to the moon! <333

sunlit_skycat

Fandom: Arcane
Fanwork type: Vid
Pairings/Characters: Vi
Rating and/or Content Warnings: T. Violence, flashing
Links: Vi - Teach Me To Fight
Summary: A montage of Vi as she beats the crud out of people at different points in her life.

Reccer's Notes: Shows a headstrong, aggressive female character who gets into a lot of different fights. The pacing is kind of frenetic, but it matches the energy of the song well. If you're interested in this, you might want to check out the canon, Arcane, which has multiple different women participating in fights, each with unique fighting styles.

sunlit_skycat

Fandom: Arcane
Fanwork type: Vid
Pairings/Characters: Jinx/Caitlyn Kirammen
Rating and/or Content Warnings: T. Violence, stalking, flashes in video
Links: Jinx vs Caitlyn - Obsessed With Your Ex
Summary: Jinx is violently upset by and yet covets her sister's new girlfriend, yandere stalker style.

Reccer's Notes: Do you like F/F? Do you like disturbing, unhinged F/F? This video is for you.

sunlit_skycat

Fandom: Pale
Fanwork type: Meta
Pairings/Characters: Alexander Belanger, Fernanda Whitt, Mccauleigh Hennigar, Nicolette Belanger, Salvador P. Martin, Seth Belanger, Snowdrop
Rating and/or Content Warnings: It's literally about sexual abuse. Also sexism.
Links: You’d be completely at our mercy: how imbalanced power relations at the BHI enable sexual abuse originally posted at

blueheronteanook
Summary: An examination of sexual abuse at the Blue Heron Institute magic school and things that make people more vulnerable to being targeted by it through a series of case studies.

Reccer's Notes: Frankly, I expected this to be significantly more controversial when I wrote it, which is why I reached for such authoritative sources and deliberately limited the spread of the post. Instead, I got... a lot of agreement on the official fandom Discord and basically no comments? I'm considering if I want to repost it in other places like the fandom subreddit or tumblr, since I feel I did a good job with this.

sunlit_skycat

Fandom: Pale
Fanwork type: Meta
Pairings/Characters: Yiyun Jen
Rating and/or Content Warnings: Gen
Links: Cultural oddities with Yiyun Jen, and some proposed fixes originally posted at

blueheronteanook
Summary: Discussion of the elements of Yiyun Jen's character that feel inaccurate for a first generation Chinese Canadian immigrant.

Reccer's Notes: This is a self-rec for something I wrote. Mostly intended as a guide for people who wanted to write fic with this character, in the same vein of people asking what was up with Cho Chang's name in Harry Potter.

sunlit_skycat

Fandom: Arcane
Fanwork type: Vid
Pairings/Characters: Jinx, Caitlyn Kirammen
Rating and/or Content Warnings: T? Note for some quick moments of violence and death.
Links: Vengeance
Summary: Drawing out the parallels between the journeys of Caitlyn and Jinx, two different characters on opposite sides of a class divide who are driven to do terrible things over grief and pain.

Reccer's Notes: This 6 minute fanvid does what a lot of half hour video essays fail to achieve. A lot of technical skill went into making this.

If you're interested in what you see here, you may want to check out the fandom too. Arcane is a really good canon in general for female characters who are allowed to be messy, complicated, terrible people! The show is very beautifully animated. There's a lot of F/F options in the fandom, including a canon couple.

sunlit_skycat

Fandom: Dune
Fanwork type: Fic
Pairings/Characters: Margot Fenring/Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
Rating and/or Content Warnings: M
Links: We Are What They Made Us by

Colubrina
Summary: Feyd-Rautha wins the fight with Paul and becomes a willing tool in Lady Margot’s hand.

Reccer's Notes: Strangely sweet relationship between two deeply fucked up people. Lady Margot here is portrayed as a very intelligent master manipulator.

caramarie

Fandom: Silo
Fanwork type: Vid
Pairings/Characters: Juliette
Rating and/or Content Warnings: G, no warnings
Links: Rust by

rhea
Summary: Juliette sleeps with both eyes open

Reccer's Notes: The first time I finished watching this I was like, I must immediately watch this again. Juliette is such a great character, and I love how this vid gets her across.

Fandom: The Expanse
Fanwork type: Vid
Pairings/Characters: Camina Drummer/Maya Castillo
Rating and/or Content Warnings: T, character death
Links: get what i came for by

thiswildernessismyhome
Summary: i've set my sights / on what is mine

Reccer's Notes: This is (mostly) a vid for the Telltale game, and it is very cool as a game vid – as well as being a great portrayal of Drummer's determination (and the player's!)

Fandom: The Witcher
Fanwork type: Vid
Pairings/Characters: Fringilla
Rating and/or Content Warnings: M, graphic violence
Links: Skipping Stones by

kuwdora – note this is archive-locked
Summary: I'm just a skipping stone, an echo on the water.

Reccer's Notes: This is great look at Fringilla and her relationships, and particularly her envy. Not to mention ambition and ruthlessness!

colls

Fandom: Star Wars, Doctor Aphra (comics)
Fanwork type: fic
Pairings/Characters: Chelli Lona Aphra/Magna Tolvan
Rating and/or Content Warnings: no warnings apply
Links: escapades by

spookykingdomstarlight
Summary: “Would you believe me if I said it was to save your life?” Aphra asked. She pitched her voice a little higher, a little perkier, in the hopes that Tolvan would believe her sincere.

Reccer's Notes: A wonderful 'chance encounter' Aphra/Tolvan fic that I feel does a good job highlighting how much of a mess Aphra is as a person.

digthewriter

Title: General. Leader. Jedi. Princess.
Created by:

digthewriter
Fandom/Pairing: Star Wars | Leia
Rating: G
Summary: Created for Month of March 2025 "Celebrating Women" for

womansplace.

(ao3 link) | (dreamwidth link)

scintilla10

Fandom: Stranger Things
Fanwork type: art
Pairings/Characters: Robin Buckley
Rating and/or Content Warnings: SFW
Links: Robin fuckin' Buckley by

dreaminginpencil

Reccer's Notes: An art nouveau-inspired portrait of Robin! I love her casual pose, and how the artist captured so much of her personality in the slight tilt of her head. The soft colours and patterns of the background are a neat contrast to her outfit of plaid pants and Converse shoes. Such a great piece!

Need a Stranger Things fandom tag, please!

colls

Fandom: The Acolyte
Fanwork type: fic
Pairings/Characters: Ithia Paan
Rating and/or Content Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Links: A Jedi's Path by

AlexTheHuntsman
Summary:
Ithia Paan is the Jedi Order's most dedicated gardener. What she isn't, however, is a warrior. So when Jedi Knight Yord Fandar asks her to join a secret task force to Khofar to track down a serial killer supposedly targeting Jedi, she has one question: why?

A short, simple work dedicated to the first live-action Kel Dor Jedi since Plo Koon. I do not know why I felt the need to write a fanfiction about a character with like 30 seconds of screentime and no speaking lines, but here we are. Enjoy!

Reccer's Notes: The author built this lovely fic full of depth out of mere moments of screen time. It's a wonderful character and I'm left feeling glad I've "met" her now, the wider story now enriched with this one.

senmut

Fandom: Dune (Frank Herbert)
Fanwork type: Fanfic
Pairings/Characters: Alia Atreides
Rating and/or Content Warnings: Teen and Up / Major Character Death
Links: Knife of the Wind
Summary: Some are tossed by the wind, and others turn their edges to it, sharpening against the storm. Character study of Alia.

Reccer's Notes: This? Seriously gets Alia and who / what she was, through no choice of her own.

Fandom: Star Wars Expanded Universe (Legends)
Fanwork type: Fanfic
Pairings/Characters: Jaina Solo
Rating and/or Content Warnings: General Audiences / Siblings Deaths
Links: Two Funerals
Summary: Jaina at her brothers’ funerals.

Reccer's Notes: The author captured the core of what Jaina felt like in the aftermath of Darth Caedus

Fandom: Rise of the Guardians (movie)
Fanwork type: Fanfic
Pairings/Characters: Ms. Bennett & Jack
Rating and/or Content Warnings: General Audiences / author chose not to warn and I don't see any need to add some
Links: Imaginary Friends
Summary: Jamie's mother can't help thinking the best explanation is that Jack isn't imaginary - she just can't see him (yet).

Reccer's Notes: I absolutely LOVE the idea of Ms. Bennett deciding to believe in Jack, and how it evolves.

Needs tag: Fandom: Dune, Fandom: Star Wars EU Legends, Fandom: Rise of the Guardians

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Vid Rec: Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)

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Vid Rec: All That Glitters

Fic Rec: All Summer in a Day by Luna (True Detective: Night Country, Danvers/Navarro)

Vid Rec: Rise Up

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