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Challenge #12: Create a Rec Countdown. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

5 Video Games

Number 1: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The no-brainer rec. My favourite game ever which I already rambled about here.

Number 2: Pikmin
A timeless classic, and the only real-time strategy game I thoroughly enjoy.

Number 3: Metroid Prime
The Queen of 3D Metroid. I heard the Switch remaster is good.

Number 4: Donkey Kong Country 2
The best of the DKC trilogy. The soundtrack includes one of my favourite songs, Mining Melancholy

Number 5: Ookami
This game is so beautiful. Seriously check this out:

4 Fanfic recs

Rec number 1:

milk teeth (30349 words) by perfchan
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron)
Characters: Keith (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Others Make Appearances - Character
Additional Tags: Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Horror, Blood and Gore, Rape/Non-con Elements, POV Shiro (Voltron), Dark Keith (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron) Whump, Additional Warnings In Author's Note
Summary:
The shock. The loss. The way Curtis' body is sprawled limp on the bedroom floor.
The sight of Keith, crimson, smiling.
The overwhelming smell of blood.
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A post canon fic where everything has gone wrong, and then gets worse.

My comment: A delightfully creepy horror story. Keith is terrifying :D
Captures the feeling of dread and being hunted very well.

Rec number 2:

From Mud to Bloom (50146 words) by noireallydontgetit
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Fang Duobing/Li Lianhua | Li Xiangyi
Characters: Fang Duobing, Li Lianhua | Li Xiangyi, Di Feisheng
Additional Tags: Post-Canon Fix-It, Mystery, Author Is Sleep Deprived, Angst and Porn, Dual Cultivation, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical magic and sorcery for the most part, Minor Original Character(s), Where did Fang Duobing's flute come from, Author really wants to know
Series: Part 1 of Mud Bloom
Summary:
Li Lianhua might be afraid to die. This didn't mean he could not accept death. However, Fang Duobing had other plans—as did Di Feisheng, apparently—of which involved a mysterious hot spring high in the northern mountains, a bizarre set of murders, and a little something called dual cultivation.
(This first part can stand alone on its own.)

My comment: Lots of dual cultivation :D. It feels easy and natural, like these are people who actually know each other and are having fun together.

Rec number 3:

Bones Adrift (42164 words) by Skrifores
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death)
Additional Tags: Supernatural Elements, Getting Together, Adventure & Romance, Co-Captains - Freeform, First Time, Fluff, Horror, But not that scary, switching POV, Mutual Pining, Huddling For Warmth, Cold Weather, Fluff and Smut, Stede is weirdly sexually confident, Or maybe just very very horny, Sharing a Bed, Anal Sex, Falling In Love, Ghosts, ghost ship - Freeform, Frottage, Hand Jobs, Fire, Drowning, Fear and Comfort, Complete
Summary:
The Revenge spots a drifting, seemingly abandoned ship. Is it haunted, overrun by demons, or full of vampire-mermaids? Probably none of the above, Ed and Stede think, though some of the crew have different ideas. There does seem to be something wrong about that ship though. It warrants some investigation.
This is a ghost story/horror genre (not too scary) multi-chapter story set in the wonderful Co-Captains time before everything went to hell. This story is now complete.
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Ed cracks a most delightful grin and puts his hand on his heart. “Tell you what, if I die before you, promise I’ll come back and haunt the fuck outta you, mate.”
“That would be absolutely lovely. Thank you.”
Ed laughs again and Stede watches his face light up. His eyes are adjusting to the dark, and he can see the outline of Ed’s features again, and can catch the flash of white teeth. Stede could swear that when Ed tosses his head laughing, the faint light from the moon and stars flows like water through the silver in his hair.

My comment: Another “spooky” story, though a much more lighthearted one. Nails the tone and style of the show – it feels just like an episode. Inner voices of the characters are spot-on.

Rec number 4:

Engineering 4 (42503 words) by Martha
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan, Special Investigation Division | SID Ensemble (Guardian), Zhu Jiu (Guardian), Wang Yike, Zhang Ruonan, Jiajia (Guardian), Dragon City University Students (Guardian), Cheng Xinyan
Additional Tags: Homophobic Language, Misogyny, Body Horror, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Episode 3, POV Outsider, Ableist Language
Summary:
The three rapists from that Engineering 4 class find a different target. A dark retelling of Episode 3, an episode that was already pretty damn dark. Heed the warnings.
~~Unfinished but well underway. Anticipate weekly updates as the monster swells and bellows.~~

FINISHED!

A note about early season canon: At the end of this episode Zhu Jiu sounds surprised that a mere college professor was able to counteract Wang Yike's fast, fatal aging power, which I took to mean he has not yet figured out that Shen Wei is the Envoy...and on that fragile, fragile foundation is built a story.

My comment: This fic seems tailor-made for me tbh. Shen Wei is my favourite, I love to see my faves get hurt, and I have a massive noncon kink. Delicious hurt/comfort even if you’re not a kinkster.
This work is by the same author as The Bargeman of Dixing, which I recced last year. Yay for consistency :D

3 Youtube channels

Number 1: FutureCanoe
The memelord cooking channel that keeps it real. Video rec: Beef Wellington

Number 2: Folding Ideas aka Dan Olsen
Amazing documentaries and storytelling analysis. Video rec: Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor

Number 3: Thalasso hobbyer
Cure your attention span with resin diorama craft. Video rec: Forgotten Shrine and Guardian

2 suspenseful TV Shows

Number 1: Breaking Bad
Yes it really is as good as they say. No, I didn’t think I would be into drug lord drama either XD

Number 2: Beyond Evil
My review

And a ~~partridge in a pear tree~~ novel

Mo Du by Priest. It’s just so good, I don’t even know what to say. If you’re going to read any Priest BL, make it this one.