August 18th, 2006 
08:56 am Dealing With It by Mrs. Cool (PG-13)
Fandom: SCHOOL OF ROCK
Pairing: Alicia/Freddy
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: FFnet account
Why this must be read: Okay, so Lawrence is my favorite character. And I can honestly say that this is the best charactization of him I've ever seen. Everybody, really, is flushed out and human. But best of all, this fic is about that horrible time we all like to forget: puberty. So why not relive it with good writing and great characters? Exactly.

Dealing With It
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09:02 am You Didn't by Chinsky (PG-13)
Fandom: SCHOOL OF ROCK
Pairing: Freddy/Zack
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] naser_ona/[livejournal.com profile] blackorbluepen
Author Website: Fic Journal
Why this must be read: This girl is able to write something with an ending you don't want, but still make you love her. I think my favorite part of this whole piece is the opening paragraph, because the writing is so dead-on it made me think of Capote. Even though it's short, it reads like literature, which is something not easily found in this fandom.

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You Didn't
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11:44 am Excuses by Crysothemis (PG)
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Thatcher UST
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] crysothemis
Author Website: Chez Crys
Why this must be read:

In this fic Thatcher is trying to complete her report on Fraser, who has misplaced his 10989B report, or rather Diefenbaker has. This story hits absolutely the right notes of the awkwardness and attraction between Fraser and Thatcher that was so apparent during the second season.

Using Thatcher's point of view it is able to show both the conflict between her emotions and actions towards Fraser and her distaste for red tape and bureaucracy. It delicately references points from canon to both Thatcher and Fraser, but I feel the author particularly nails Thatcher's voice.

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Excuses
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05:38 pm Blinded by inlovewithnight (PG-13)
Fandoms: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and ANGEL
Pairing: Angel/Xander
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] inlovewithnight
Author Website: Exaggeration and Blank Verse

Why this must be read:
Xander and Angel and grief and old anger...a tense, turbulent scene is inevitable given their past conflicts. This story is unromantic, which is how I see this pairing, especially at this point in the timeline. I had a debate about whether this was more a Buffy story or an Angel one, and because of the Xander POV and the roots of this relationship that are from the early days of Buffy, I decided it was OK to rec it for BtVS. Great Xander voice in this, but the Angel protrayal actually works better for me; he's such a still, iceberg character most of the time, even if he also has an inner dork that occasionally shows.

Blinded
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06:29 pm Gun by Susanne Barringer (PG-13)
Fandom: X-FILES
Pairing: none (or M/Sc UST)
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Susanne Barringer's X-Files Fanfic
Why this must be read: This is a story that I read once or twice, I think when it was originally posted on atxc, and it's stuck with me ever since. Scully freezes during a confrontation with an armed suspect and proceeds to feel guilt and horror at her failure and its possible cost.

I see the man remove a gun from an old chest. I see the glint of metal in the dim light of the warehouse. I see him turn, strike a stance and aim. I see it all as if it is in slow motion. My weapon weighs heavily in my hand. Another agent is entering the room just behind the suspect. I don't have a clear shot. I think GUN! I yell GUN! I swear I hear the word GUN echo through the empty warehouse in my own voice. GUN! But I don't actually say it. I open my mouth but the word gets trapped in a whisper as I realize that the suspect is aiming at something behind me, at the agent who followed me into the room.

Gun
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