October 23rd, 2005 
10:25 pm What If by Miss Becky (PG)
Fandom: ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] evilmissbecky
Author Website: fanfiction.net profile
Why this must be read:

Like a series of short AUs, El reflects on what might have been if he had made different choices. Some are poignant, some are predictable, but some are quite surprising. Miss Becky never disappoints.

What If
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11:02 pm Figureheads by Victoria Bitter (PG)
Fandom: HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Horatio/Archie pre-slash
Author on LJ: None that I know of
Author Website: None that I know of
Why this must be read:
Speaking personally, because it grabbed me from the first line:
He had learned how to stand.

And from there on, it's just lovely language and solid characterization to the end. With a limited-canon fandom like this, fanon characterizations tend to come to the fore just through the passage of time (now there's an idea for someone who's into meta: fanon-drift in small-canon fandoms). This story very much comes back around to the versions seen on-screen. Not much actually happens- it's a conversation on-deck after the events of "The Duchess and the Devil"- but it's an example of what fanfic can do so well: take a simple moment and use it to throw some illumination on the characters.

Figureheads
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