Fic recs

Yes, it once again time for me to wave some fics in your direction in hopes you enjoy them as much as I did. No surprises that they're all Marvel-verse, focussing somewhat *ahem* on Loki.

x. 'Darkness and Terrors' - a crossover with Pan's Labyrinth. - Loki - gen.
It's something I'd never considered but actually works so very, very well. Set pre-Thor, young Loki meets the Faun, who teaches him how to walk between worlds as one magical creature to another. Of course. As darkly Gothic as the film, this was an unexpected treat.

x. 'Never Let Me Go' - RPS AU, crossover with Never Let Me Go - Hiddleston/Hemsworth - R
I still cannot read Thor/Loki, but it seems RPS AUs are absolutely fine :) Set in the same 'verse as the film, this fic has the same bittersweet, wistful tone. And the same wonderfully happy ending.

x. 'Locked' - Thor/Avengers - Loki, Thor, Gen.
The prompt was a crack-y one inspired by both Thor and Loki's hair looking somewhat long and unkempt in Avengers. The joke being maybe they used to cut each other's hair, so now what would they do. The resulting fic turned out surprisingly poignant with a snapshot look at the boys growing up while we also saw the outfall of Loki's actions in Avengers.

x. 'Loki makes a fantastic Midgard politician' - Loki, Avengers, Gen.
A break from the angst. Crack!fic. Set post-Avengers where Loki is now stuck on Earth as a mortal. But even without his magic he's up to something. The Avengers get increasingly concerned, while Thor just shrugs because hey it's just his brother trying to harmlessly keep himself amused. And also save the whales.

"... a marathon-running transvestite who supports Team GB."

Eddie Izzard's written a great piece for CNN: 'Mo Farah is proof of great multicultural Britain'.

When Mo was asked whether he'd have preferred to run as a Somali (he came to Britain as child refugee) his response was: "Look mate, this is my country. This is where I grew up, this is where I started life. This is my country and when I put on my Great Britain vest I'm proud."

As someone who has also been adopted into this country, all I can really say to that is: YES.

It's a lovely article, definitely touches on why - somehow, and completely unexpectedly - these Olympics left me feeling, if only for a little while, genuinely proud to be British :)