November 6th, 2005 
01:54 am Forfeit by Rez (PG-13)
Fandom: ALIAS
Pairing: none. Syd, Sark, Dixon are central.
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] rez_lo
Author Website: Rez Fanfiction
Why this must be read: Written in early season 3, while Lauren Reed was just the wife and Syd was a pissy girl back from the dead, annoyed for being in the wrong for the first time in her romantic life. It's a fascinating time for the series, quickly Jossed and wrecked by the actual writers of the show. Not so here. Rez captures Syd in that moment like nothing else. She's come home to a room full of strangers. And what in God's name is there to hold on to after something like that?

I don't think I have to tell you that it's also beautifully written. Rez is amazing. She won't ever disappoint you. So go read it already.

Forfeit
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02:01 pm Maiden Voyage, by Dala (G)
Fandom: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
Pairing: James Norrington/the Dauntless
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] the_dala
Author Website: n/a
Why this must be read:

Okay, yes, fine, everyone knows about Jack Sparrow/the Black Pearl, but what of Commodore Norrington? What of the Dauntless?

This is "what" of Commodore Norrington. This is "what" of the Dauntless. It's utterly beliveable, and Gibbs's cameo is priceless.

Maiden Voyage




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02:16 pm Local Haunt by Kaydee Falls (PG-13)
Fandom: LOTRIPS
Pairings: Dom/Orlando, Dom/Elijah, Billy
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] kaydeefalls
Author Website: lasciatemi cantare
Why this must be read: A sinister change in mood from the usual club fics, this is a cool and creepy little AU ghost story in which NYU film student Dom finds himself haunted by two alluring men. An old Hispanic legend is woven neatly into the story, giving it a strong resonance that's hard to shake off.

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Local Haunt
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02:36 pm Into the Deep Woods by NWHepcat (PG13)
Fandom: ANGEL
Pairing: Cordelia/Wesley
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] nwhepcat
Author Website: Fic by NWHepcat
Why this must be read: I adore the details and images that NWHepcat includes in this story, using the paintings in the Vancouver Art Gallery. This story takes place post-"Sleep Tight" and has a what-if Wesley escapes with Connor and ends up with Cordelia in tow. NWHepcat explores the guilt of Wesley and the tense relationship between Wesley and Cordelia and their raising of Connor.

Into the Deep Woods
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04:36 pm Absence by violethamster (teen)
Fandom: BUFFY
Pairing: Angelus/Spike
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] violethamster
Author Website: BtVS/Ats Fanfic
Why this must be read:

A glimpse of a single night during season two of BtVS in which Spike and Angelus kill some time and some people.

Spike's point of view, fogged by alcohol and the tedium of waiting in his wheelchair while Angelus sets up the scene of death, conveys a disarming sense of how tiresome a kill in a small town in Southern California can be when the only props smack of cliche and the targeted victims don't have any CDs worth stealing.

[livejournal.com profile] violethamster ably sketches Spike's sour perspective regarding this particular version of Angelus, who in Spike's opinion has been brought low, a watered-down and suburban-ized version of his former monstrous self. The story is aptly titled, for the sense of absence -- the absence of thrill in the kill, Spike's absence (or denial) of feelings for Angelus, and the absence of intensity and arousal that must have once marked their dynamic -- pervades the narrative in every detail of gore and cultivated emotional distance.

Absence

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10:54 pm Owner's Manual by DVS (NC-17)
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: None
Why this must be read: The story is both amusing and romantic, allowing us to enjoy both the easy banter between Bodie and Doyle and what hides beneath it. I especially love that they're portrayed as perhaps hesitant to speak of certain things but not fearful. They may not yet know the level of the love between them, but they seem to instinctively know it's there.



Owner's Manual
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