June 23rd, 2004 
11:42 am Panoramic by Kyra Leon
Fandom: LORD OF THE RINGS RPS
Pairing: Viggo Mortensen/Orlando Bloom/Elijah Wood
Author on LJ: ??
Author Website: ??

Why this must be read:
It's angst but it ends up in a good place. Good Viggo characterization.

Panoramic.
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02:06 pm Scorpius! The Musical by Kixxa
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: Scorpius, John, Crais, Stark, Gilina
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] kixxa
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] kixxa
Why this must be read: It's brilliant, full-stop. Set during the "Nerve"/"Hidden Memory" arc, it offers spot on character voices (with a twist, naturally) it's hysterical and it's a frelling musical. And because I live in the hope that someone will write the score to this baby someday so I can sing it in the shower.

The music turns jaunty as STARK moves to centre stage. A spotlight illuminates him as a vista of green fields is projected onto the back wall.

..........[[SONG: Come, Walk An Astral Plane With Me]]

STARK

INSIDE MY BRAIN
THERE’S AN ASTRAL PLANE
WHERE I AM WONT TO WANDER

IT’S THE KIND OF PLACE
YOU CAN VANISH WITHOUT TRACE
IT’S FULL OF ENDLESS WONDER...

JOHN (SARDONICALLY)

Yeah, endless wonder.

PK CHORUS

TEAR THEM BOTH ASUNDER!!

STARK crouches down and looks around him wildly, before continuing.

STARK

FRESH GREEN DALES
AND FLOWERY VALES
IT’S ALWAYS PERFECT WEATHER...

THE SUN SHINES FREE
UPON THE BEE
THAT SOARS ABOVE THE HEATHER...

JOHN

Bees? Heather? Yeah...whatever...

ALL THIS RAVING IS DENOTING
YOU’RE A NON-STICK PAN WITHOUT A COATING

Scorpius! The Musical
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04:49 pm Choices by Siubhan (NC-17)
Fandom: STAR WARS: tPM
Pairing: Obi/Maul
Author on LJ: Don't think so
Author's Website Siubhan's House Of Horror

Why this must be read:

I didn't really know which of Siubhan's M/O fics to rec, but I decided that this one was the most interesting, and most true to the characters. Because while I love a happy ending, with these two it's very unlikely.

And then he saw the face. That red and black streaked face, yellow eyes burning with fury. He'd never seen raw evil like this before, not even from the Sith that killed his master. At least there'd been intelligence behind those eyes. These were simply the eyes of a predator.

The black-cloaked creature glided to a stop just out of range of Obi-Wan's lightsaber and dropped to one knee. "I swear allegiance to you," it purred.

Obi-Wan blinked. This wasn't quite what he was expecting. "You what?"

"You killed my master. You are my master now."

"And how do you figure that?"

"You were stronger than my former master. You have earned his position, and deserve my allegiance."


Choices
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05:24 pm "Big Yellow Taxi" by Dargie
Fandom: Oz
Pairing: Toby Beecher/Chris Keller
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dargie
Why this must be read: Reading Big Yellow Taxi in the e-zine "Institutionalized" was a decisive experience; it was the first story I read that urged me to write. It's so good you could cry, so wonderfully written you have to feel jealous and so suggestive it's hotter than hot. Dargie is one of the best writer in Oz fandom - and in many others too; read it. it's full of what I call her own "quiet despair", something both sweet and sad that brings tears to your eyes.

A quote? Read the introduction Flash to the moment when Toby forgives Chris in the computer room, then pulls away as Chris tries to kiss him. Now imagine this: It’s the last time Toby ever sees Chris in Oz. There was no New Year’s reconciliation, no serial Keller, and for the purpose of this story, there was never a kidnapping and murder. Oz, as we know it, just stops when Toby walks out of that computer room.

Now flash forward. It’s ten years later...


and this )

Direct link to the story :big yellow taxi
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10:38 pm Unreal City by Julian Lee (Unrated, probably PG/PG-13)
Fandom: SPORTS NIGHT
Pairing: Dana/Natalie
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] julianlee
Author Website: The Thwarted Invasion
Why this must be read:

It's amazing that, for all the slash written in the SN fandom, so little of it is femslash. At least when we have Natalie saying to Dana, "You really like my body?"

I've been trying to focus on about the women of SportsNight this month, and this one is a delight. Someone else has already recced Julian Lee's "You Can't Make Texas Bar Punch in New York," and I'll second that rec. But "Unreal City" is another Dana/Natalie piece that is every bit as Dana, and every bit as Natalie. It's Christmas, Natalie's buying lederhosen for Casey, Dana and Jeremy have a pact never to talk about their relationships with Natalie, and Dana is convinced that nothing, not the city, not the SN team, not Natalie, is real.

Dana nods. That explains why everything's been so wavy, then. It's almost a disappointment. She liked the idea that she was falling in and out of dimensions. It made her feel almost magical.


Dana is very finely drawn here, in all of her quirky glory. And for all that, the rest of the SN team comes through loud and clear, as well.

Unreal City
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