Passing For Normal

The Exchange at Fic Corner is now open, and it feels a bit like Yuletide has come early, or at least a wee teaser, with over a hundred works posted, mostly in microfandoms.

I couldn't read most, being unfamiliar with the source (apparently I should be reading Diana Wynne Jones?), but I found some gems written in fandoms I did know, and two (so far) that I particularly want to rec.

The first is a Homeric Seussian tale (no, really!) that I fervently hope someone will podfic, as it clearly needs to be read aloud.

The Lay of Tweetle (4880 words) by Moriwen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fox in Socks - Dr. Seuss
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Original Female Character/Original Male Character
Characters: Original Characters, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Non-Human Character(s), Original Character, Luke Luck, Luke's Duck, Goo Goose
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Non-Graphic Violence, War, Blood, Blood and Gore, Slavery, Non-Sexual Slavery, Silly, Epic Battles, Religion, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Fictional Religion & Theology, Tongue Twisters, Classical References, Literary References & Allusions
Summary:

For generations the Tweetle Beetles have battled over the rivers of goo. At last, a young beetle sets out to bring luck to his people and an end to the war. But he’ll need help from the least likely of allies...

The second is a marvelously evolved Mary Poppins story. Because everyone eventually grows up, and yet, some things remain constant.

Poppies and Tea; or In Which Mary Poppins Makes Everything Better With No Magic Whatsoever, I don't know what you are talking about at all, what magic? (7759 words) by phoenixflight
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mary Poppins - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bert/Mary Poppins
Characters: Mary Poppins, Jane Banks, Michael Banks, Mr and Mrs Banks, Bert, Bert's Ma
Additional Tags: wwi, Homefront - Freeform, Coming of Age, grown up magic doesn't sparkle, domestic magic, old mums being embarassing, character with dementia, but not really in an angsty way, Nannies kicking all the ass, the world turned upside down at war, female character focus, Fluff, Hopeful Ending
Summary:

It's 1915;
Jane is 13 and in love with the soldiers. Michael is 11 and in love with the war. Mrs. Banks is struggling to be both a mother and work in a munitions plant, and Mr Banks isn’t sure how he ended up cooking dinner.
The war has turned London and the Bankses upside down, and Mary Poppins, inimitably, sorts it out.