Rec-cember #4: The Umbrella Academy s4

[impala_chick]

Sliding in with one last rec_cember post! Some canon divergent fics and vids I really loved reading/watching post-season 4:

✰End of the World Express by Electra_TUA (Electra_XT), Rated Mature, Diego/Lila/Five

In Diego’s defense, he didn’t expect the inter-dimensional terminal they were talking about to be a subway station.

The dialogue is so crisp and well-done. Scenarios with characters getting lost on the time subway is RIPE for fic. I loved the characterization of all three of them, but especially Diego, and how they all re-acquire their joy together by the end.

✰that would be okay by achilleees_tua, Rated Mature, Diego/Five

Six years, five months, and two days into his ill-advised solo subway adventure, Five finds a greenhouse full of strawberries.

Okay so maybe this isn't my usual ship, but I was craving even more subway fic and this fic delivers! So much introspection and even though Diego and Five know each other so well, they manage to get romantic and surprise each other.

✰Empty [Anniversary Video] by FanVids (JustBWilde), Lila/Five, *WARNING for fast flashing lights*

This summarizes the growth of their relationship so well. I like how the voice overs highlight how they started with white hot hatred towards each other - but then came all the way back around to hatred again with the way s4 ended. I think the main theme of the show is that time is a flat circle for Five. The tragedy of it all!!

✰Finally, this vid was posted in 2020 but it was new to me. It captures all of the Hargreeves' powers and their ride-or-die dynamic, plus the song is super fun:

Ready, Steady (Fanvid) by chiiyo86 (Gen)