A Weather Eye on the Horizon

Yuletide was unbelievably awesome this year--so much good stuff!

Gifts I received:
We'll Go Down
Together, Nightlife, Niko/Robin
This is a series I really, really love. This story is great, since it manages to give a moment to two characters who seem unlikely ever to have one, and not break them out of their characterization. And plus, the banter is great.

Clawing Our Way Forward, Gurren Lagann, Simon/Viral
This is gorgeous--making great use of Viral's teeth and claws and the things that make him other than human, along with his feeling of never truly belonging anywhere.

Grabby Hands, Gurren Lagann, Simon/Viral
A little Yuletide Madness piece. Funny and silly--Leeron watching Simon and Viral wrestle and seething through their clever facade.


Something else that is awesome:

Recoil and Grace, Sandman, some Dream/Lucifer, but mostly Gen
This is absolutely brilliant--the author captures the voice and the mood of the comic so brilliantly, along with the Characterization. I am also exceedingly weak to Lucifer being, for lack of a better word, humanized. I am re-reading the Sandman series currently, and this just hit the spot.

I will probably add to this post once I have had a chance to read more, which I undoubtedly will, since the next semester doesn't start for ANOTHER MONTH. Oh, excitement.