this year, I am full up with fire— do not mistake this for burning

It's Thursday and I'm mostly awake and feeling relatively okay compared to earlier this month, so let's do this thing! In case you haven't seen it yet, Reccing Thursday is an attempt to get people to rec things on, you guessed it, Thursdays. Rec a thing, rec many, read recs, have fun.

This week's theme is metafiction about in-universe mysteries and conspiracy theories! I may do more metafiction because I know I have a bunch more metafiction-y things saved but I am failing to find them right now, so here is what I found easily.

MCU: he's been dead for years by cassowarykisses
A fic in the form of a Reddit Unsolved Mysteries thread about the disappearance of Peter Quill as a child. This is just amazing from start to finish; I love the idea of it and the execution is brilliant.

MCU/Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Enduring Mystery of the Winter Soldier by origamidragons
So let me start with the disclaimer that I have never seen a single episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved. I kind of mean to, but I'm also pretty sure I shouldn't, so. But I found fic in the format of it that dives into canon mysteries for various canons and as it turns out, I will sit there and read that like popcorn whether I know the canon at hand or not. (My actual favorite from this person's series is their Supernatural and Stranger Things entries, but I wanted to rec something I knew at least half the canon on.) I just really love this format, and I love the idea of what really happened going dismissed half the time, and I don't know how true to the original show it is, but this person's take on it is fun to read and often makes me laugh.

Umbrella Academy/Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Bizarre Disappearence of Number Five by slytherincosette
And one more of these from another author. I've got very little to add that I didn't just say, I just really like this format, and I find this particularly of interest since you have to allow for a certain amount of weird shit, given the canon, and just... yeah. This is a fun read. :D

Iiiiiit's Thursday! I've missed the last couple cause shit just kept going on. Shit decided to go on today, too, but fuck it, I wanna rec things. If you missed it: We're trying to get people to rec things on Thursdays now. It's great.

This week I offer vids, because I am tired and vids make me happy. I'll try and be more indepth or at least offer a theme next time around, but VIDS. I guess there's a loose theme in that these are all fairly focused vids -- single character or pairing in a single fandom -- but that's about it.

Community: We Never Go Out of Style by fivepercent
[Jeff/Annie; Style by Taylor Swift]
This vid made me realize at some point I started shipping this. It's so well done! And parallels and alternate universes! And everything about the last, like, minute!

Hannibal: Runs in the Family by kiki_miserychic
[Abigail Hobbs character study; Runs in the Family by Amanda Palmer; this... definitely deserves content notes but I'm exhausted and the vidder left none so just take it as a Watch Only If You Can Stand The Show In All Its Gory Glory warning]
ABIGAIL. Abigail Hobbs is my favorite and I would like a million tributes to her that are this goddamn pretty. This song is so hard to match the frantic energy of, and this absolutely manages it while making use of the gorgeous and surreal imagery of the show at the same time.

MCU: after the day's work is done by stardust_rain
[Nick Fury character study; Victory Dance by My Morning Jacket]
Honestly, I don't usually click on vids if I don't know either the vidder or the artist unless something really catches my eye. But there are so few Fury-centric fanworks, let alone vids. And I'm really glad I did this one, because it's gorgeous, and really interesting to boot.

The Umbrella Academy: get up by pollyrepeat
[Five-centric; Get Up by Mother Mother; "Content notes: some graphic violence and strobing/flashing lights."]
I love everything about this vid starting with the summary ("You got dreams, you got dreams, you got dreams, you - oh, shit.") and ending with the everything else. I'm trying to have more to say but the entire thing just sends me into happy-flaily isn't-it-awesome glee.

Aaand I can't find a fifth and I am tired enough not to twitch at it, so I'm going to leave it there for the week. <3!