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Fandom: Harry Potter Pairing: none Author on LJ: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) penknifeAuthor Website: Penknife to Paper Why this must be read: "In my experience, Gryffindors rarely like the world we live in."At some point between Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince, I became convinced that Snape and McGonagall had some kind of amusing relationship where they weren't friends, exactly, but they had worked together and were the heads of their houses and just sort of got where each other was coming from. Actually, now that I think about it, it might have been caused by Transfigurations. Either way, Penknife makes that exchange for me in A Little Night Air. This is funny and wry and very truthful. Gryffindors and Slytherins both have their loads to carry. "I've often wondered, do they actually teach being insufferable in Gryffindor? Or is it merely a natural talent?"
McGonagall accepted the challenge.
"One would think it was a natural talent, since you don't seem to have any more patience with the first years than the older students," she said.
"I have every bit of patience with them that they deserve."
"Why ever did you go into teaching if you loathe it so?"
"On the contrary," Snape said. "I enjoy teaching. I loathe many of my students."
"Enjoy what, precisely?" McGonagall asked.
"Rewarding success. Discouraging failure," he said.
"Severely discouraging."
"I try to make a lasting impression."
"You're such a petty sadist," she said.
"I resent being called petty," Snape said. A Little Night Air | | |
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Fandom: LOTRIPS Pairing: Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood/Orlando Bloom Author on LJ: sunsetmogAuthor Website: Story ListingWhy this must be read: Billy wears a kilt. Do you need more reason than that? Like, for instance, that this is the hottest cinema-sex you're ever likely to read? Or that you get two hot pairings for the price of one? Why are you still here? Go! Read fic! Billy and His Amazing Black Kilt | | |
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Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH Pairing: Hutch/m Author on LJ: elizabethhelenaAuthor Website: Starsky & Hutch FanficWhy this story must be read:EH plays with your expectations and assumptions, just as she plays with those of the various characters. Everyone in this story has it wrong, somehow. EH herself says it best in her header: Warning I: Started off with an idea for a light, funny story, but Starsky got angry on me. Then Hutch got really angry, and the next thing I knew, Huggy was pissed off too. If it weren’t for Dobey keeping his head while all about him were losing theirs (I know, that surprised me too!), I don’t think any of them would still be talking to me. It's a clever, twisty little story with sharp characterization and smooth writing. Summary: In an alternate universe where concussions don’t heal in five minutes, a bored and horny Starsky makes an unsettling discovery. Safety in Numbers | | |
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Fandom: BLAKE'S 7
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: hafren
Author Website: Hafren's Gloomy Patch of the Forest
Why this must be read:
Well-named, this story is all about trust. Set between Voice from the Past and Star One, it explores the trust, or sometimes the lack thereof, between Blake and his crew.
Blake has a series of nightmares about a dog, a wolf, and a child, and tries to find out the meaning behind them. In the meantime, Avon and Cally are still angry about Blake telling Vila that they were plotting against him, Blake finds out what Avon and Vila were up to at Freedom City, trust is given, rewarded, denied, and Blake continues to have the dreams, each time different.
Cally suggests he continue the therapy, but Blake refuses. She stayed quiet, and he said into the silence, "What if I find things I don't want to know?"
"Things they did to you?"
"No," he said miserably. "Things I might have done. In the dream, sometimes, there's a child. Cally, you know what I was accused of. Falsely, as far as I know, but then my memory isn't reliable, is it? And I'm not sure I want it to be. I'd hate to think I was.... that I could have hurt someone harmless."
"I'm no expert," she said slowly, "but I don't think dreams work like that. They aren't so literal; they're more like images, metaphors for things that worry you. What else was in it?"
"A wolf. Well, it started out as a dog but it turned into a wolf." In the end, Blake works out the meaning of the dream on his own, but even though he is reassured, the last line, from someone else, is a killer. Trust | | |
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