The Gray Gale

Story: Jeb has One To Two-And-A-Half Daddies (Depending On Their Moods And Mental Stability)
Author: luchia13
Rating: PG-13
Author's summary: None provided. But the title and this note at the end helps: "A PSYCHOLOGICAL NOTE: I had a cracktastic theory that Glitch was always Ambrose even with half a brain, and that Glitch was more or less a safety persona even when Ambrose was full-brained Ambrose. Hence, split-personality-ness when you stick 'em back together. The theory comes from even more theories about the infamously vague Winter Palace scenes and, more specifically, how after Raw brain-reads him or something hurts him he goes back into 'Doesn't Know You' Glitch SO FAST."
Characters/pairing: Glitch+Ambrose/Cain, Jeb, Raw, Azkadellia, DG.
Warnings: none

Recced because: One - the TITLE ALONE. Two - This is based around a brilliant pondering of what might happen if and when Glitch got his brain back. There's so many questions left unanswered by the series, but Luchia pieces together what we know with what might be. I absolutely love the insight into Ambrose's obsession with having a body and all the details that go into his fascination. I love Glitch being the personable one of the two, keeping his friends close and his enemies (Az!) closer. I just - really, really love the character, depth and detail of this story.

(Plus, I get to make new tags for this one - GLIMBROSE!)

Story: The Twelve-Day Mystery Of Cain’s Living Room (and eventually the whole apartment)
Author: luchia13
Rating: PG-13 in the way that Revenge Of The Sith was PG-13.
Author's summary:The Plague of The Twelve Days Of Christmas infects Cain's living room. The perpetrator thinks he's being sweet and festive, and Cain thinks the world has gone insane.
Characters/pairing: Glitch/Cain, DG, and lots of other things.
Warnings: (as provided by author) Warnings for utter crack in the strangest way possible, DRAMA resulting from said crack because a Tin Man can't take crack like that sitting down, and...yeah.

Recced because: I've read a lot of fic. I mean, a LOT of fic. For almost ten years, in a dozen different fandoms. Yet very few stories have stuck with me the way this one has. I've read it a number of times over the last year; it was one of the first stories I read in Tin Man (perhaps the first ever, but I can't remember...). It...is just the best thing EVER. Brilliant, hysterically funny, imaginative, and worth reading many, many times. There's no better story to recommend for Christmas Day than this one. Read it now. Or the swans will find you and eat your shoes. *sage nod*