the luminous outset became the interminable middle

Reveals should happen any moment today, but I already started this post without the author names so I'm posting it now and finishing my Yuletide read through this week.

Once Upon A Dream (7866 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Characters: Aurora (Twisted Disney Princesses - Jeftoon01), Snow White (Twisted Disney Princesses - Jeftoon01), Belle (Disney's Beauty and the Beast), Maleficent, The Evil Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Maurice (Disney's Beauty and the Beast)
Summary:

Belle hears a story about two sleeping princesses.

Excellent retelling and blending of tales, adding a measure of darkness, but also allowing the story to be about survival.

Spoonbridge and Cherry (4993 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Young Adult (2011)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Matt Freehauf/Mavis Gary
Characters: Matt Freehauf, Mavis Gary, Sandra Freehauf
Summary:

In which Matt tries to get used to being Mavis Gary's rock bottom.

Nails the tone of the film perfectly.

there will be killing ('til the score is paid) (1390 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Twisted Princess (Disney Fanart)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Characters: Fa Mulan (Twisted Disney Princesses - Jeftoon01)
Summary:

Mulan doesn't ever regret it. AU of Jeftoon's backstory: something helps Mulan, but it isn't exactly Mushu. Warnings: a fair bit of violence, kind of dark. (But not exactly unhappy? IDEK.)