169 | Trick or Treat recs (my gifts only, for now), & brief reactions to the SSSS updates

► The Trick or Treat collection is open! It’s massive (only one fanwork away from 900!), so I’m still making my way through it . I’m planning on making a full rec list when I’m done, but I don’t know when that’ll be, so I’d like to take a quick moment to rec my gifts, because they were all fantastic. (I don’t know what gods I pleased to have such great luck in my exchange gifts lately, but whatever I did, I hope it keeps on working. *_*)

[art] Dryad (0 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Forest Spirit - Character, Moss-Covered Unicorn
Additional Tags: Nymphs & Dryads, Unicorns, Autumn, Ridiculous Disambiguation, Extra Treat, Art
Summary: A forest spirit, just chilling with her moss-covered unicorn.

Art! I got art! I was so excited when I shook the collection and realized I’d be getting art, and it definitely did not disappoint. Plus, it has the Moss-Covered Unicorn of my dreams! ♥ Go look at it—it’s an original piece, so you really don’t need any outside knowledge to fully appreciate it.

Sleep in the Arm of a Lonesome Rock (2815 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Stand Still Stay Silent
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Lalli Hotakainen & Onni Hotakainen & Tuuri Hotakainen, Team (Relationship)
Characters: Lalli Hotakainen, Tuuri Hotakainen, Onni Hotakainen, The Crew (Stand Still Stay Silent)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Trick or Treat: Trick, Major Character Undeath, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Family, ToT: Monster Mash
Summary: “You people can’t make me come with you!”

Except, clearly, they could.

This is amazing. *_* It’s a ghost story, but also packed full with Hotakainen family feelings and Emil & Lalli feelings and some lovely creepy moments, which means that it’s basically made for me. (...I say, about a fic which was literally made for me.) And that ending was just… Stars in my eyes, forever.

When You Wake (1041 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Stand Still Stay Silent
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lalli Hotakainen/Emil Västerström
Characters: Lalli Hotakainen, Emil Västerström
Additional Tags: Fluff without Plot, Cuddling & Snuggling, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary: Lalli falls asleep in Emil's dream and wakes up on the floor of some Old-World building. At least Emil is there too, even if there's no cake.

This, on the other hand, is pure fluff. <3 Which is something that I’m always up for when it comes to Emil/Lalli. (As well as horror...and angst...and okay, I’m basically always wanting Emil/Lalli in any form I can get it in.) It’s not canon-compliant anymore, but that doesn’t matter, because it’s still a sweet, cozy read. ♥

Then, as though I didn’t have enough things to be overjoyed about, I got a message on tumblr on Halloween from someone telling me that they’d drawn me something for Trick or Treat, but since they hadn’t managed to figure out how to post something to AO3, they posted it to tumblr instead. (So I got two pieces of art! Truly, my cup runneth over.)

It’s Emil/Lalli (!!!), and focuses on hands, and can be found here. :D

So those are my gifts. Go forth, and pour comments and kudos and love down on them all. <333

► Speaking of Stand Still Stay Silent, and in regards to the latest updates (810-11): ( very slightly nsfw? )