May 14th, 2004 
08:43 am Lost Songs by Sandy the Younger, R
Fandom: POPSLASH
Paiting: Britney/OFC, Britney/Justin, Justin/Lance
Author on lj: [livejournal.com profile] circusgirl*
Author's website: Too Early For The Circus

Why this really should be read:

A f/f story featuring Britney and also a story where Britney gets pregnant by Justin and has an abortion, this one doesn't quite fit into easy categories. Before the big break-up in March 2002 (3 months after this story was written and posted), stories about Britney popped up often from popslash authors, and were often f/f. But in this story, Justin isn't just a convenient beard, he's best friend and a little more. It's brilliant and heartbreaking and one of those stories that make me love Britney as she might possibly be behind the scenes.


Lost Songs



*Disclaimer: While I have collaborated with Younger and our popslash stories are hosted on the same site and page, my only involvement with this story was as beta.
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11:17 am Noche Mexicana by Earthmagic
Fandom: Lotrips
Pairing: Viggorli
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] earthmagik
Author Website: n/a

Why this must be read: We all have our thing, right? Mine will always be Viggo rhapsodizing about art and beauty and the wonder of the world. That's the guy I fell into the fandom in love with. Viggo speaking Spanish is also just about the sexiest thing ever. This is sort of a prose poem 1st person Viggo on Orli and Mexico.

noche mexicana
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11:37 am Persists and Proceeds by Lalejandra and Queen of a Lost Art
Fandom: Lotrips
Pairing: Domlijah
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lalejandra and [livejournal.com profile] queenofalostart
Author Website: The Queen: The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret and AL: Her User Info Page, you puzzle it out

Why this must be read: This fandom sort of wrecked my ethical bubble since I have sworn never to rec people I know. In this fandom, it seems like I've brushed up against almost everyone at one time or another. So, screw it.

This ain't tin-hattery and secret color coding. This is flat out brilliant writing and the best of what fanfic can be. Written by two people each focused on one pov (a fairly standard echoing format fic) we follow Dom and Elijah through the same scenes with two very different grasps on the action.

This is a series. I will link it all.

Persists

Dom Interludes

Proceeds

Lij Interludes
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12:02 pm Tempus Fugit by Dee
Fandom: Lotrips
Pairing: Viggo/Miranda, Viggo/Orlando
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cupiscent
Author Website: Man Flesh

Why this must be read: When I rec on this com, I always have a window open with the list of previously recced fic to refer to so that I don't repeat someone.

Huh. So I picked a sentimental favorite of mine by Dee. Everything she writes is amazing. She is one of the very short of list of authors I rec universally when one of my friends falls into the lotrips pit. Her Viggo is introspective, idiosyncratic, and flawed. This is a real person, not just a cipher to spin a plot off of. Her Orlando is capricious, young, and multitonal.

The reason I pick this one particularly is that I think it's the first fic I read starring Miranda, and because of that, her Miranda is the one firmly lodged in my mind.

Tempus Fugit
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12:18 pm Baja by DevilChild (R)
Fandom: THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS
Pairing: Brian/Dom
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: The Speculations of DevilChild
Why this must be read:

This is a classic post-TFATF story, pretty much depicting the way their romance happened in the head of every Brian and Dom fan. Brian meets Dom, hiding out down in Mexico. Dom is angry, Brian is sorry. Sulking, hitting, and much sexual tension, with a healthy dose of denial, ensues.


Dominic grunted, went into the kitchen, and came out with a Corona, framed only by the harsh light of a naked 40-watt bulb. Brian's heart sank a bit. Maybe he had underestimated the depth of Dominic's anger. Dominic took a long swallow, tilting his head back, yet never taking his eyes off of Brian, who stood uncertainly in the nearly empty front room. "Why did you come here?" Dominic asked, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.


Baja
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07:39 pm the Fairytale Way by zahra (PG13)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Author's Website: dysfunctional
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] hackthis

Why this must be read: Another Marauder's Era piece. I love the way zahra puts her own subversive twist on the fairytale cliche. Angsty but nothing readers can;t handle. Sweet too but not sickeningly so.

And how can you not be interested in knowing what transpires when it starts out this way:

The story is quite obviously not supposed to go like this:

Boy meets boy.


The Fairytale Way
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08:56 pm Shades of Red: Ruby, Fire and Blood by Paxnirvana (R)
Fandom: X-MEN COMICS
Pairing:  Rogue/Remy, Scott/Jean
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] paxnirvana
Author Website: Paxnirvana's Circle of Hell
Why this must be read:

This is just such an excellent character piece. If someone asked me to describe my perfect canon characterization for Rogue, Remy, Scott and Jean, I would point them to this fic. All the characters and events feel incredibly real, and I love the way paxnirvana works with Scott and Rogue's powers.

The disaster that the story centers around is something that I could so easily see fitting into X-men canon. The accident with Rogue's powers isn't too far off from accidents that have happened in canon, but the way the story unfolds around it takes the consequences of Rogue's mutation a few steps further than the comics have dared to.

I also feel compelled to warn you: this story is heartbreaking. It's one of the only fics that has ever made me cry. It deals with the angst that almost inevitably comes with the Rogue/Remy pairing in a way that's not heavy-handed or over-the-top dramatic, which makes the tragedy all the more poignant.

exceprt )


Shades of Red
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