October 30th, 2006 
06:31 am Who the Hell Do You Think You Are? by Amy B. (NC-17)
Fandom: HARD CORE LOGO
Pairing: Joe/Billy, m/f
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: The Multifandom Merry-Go Round

Why this must be read:
Joe Dick is a force of nature, a punk-rock hurricane of a man, and his raging personality rocks everyone in Hard Core Logo. This story takes a revealing look at the reasons why Joe has such a deep well of anger.

The relationship between Joe and Billy is well-handled. I can believe this view of Joe as way more obsessed with Billy than Billy is with Joe, even though Billy does share that obsession. Billy's elusiveness only fuels Joe's need to take, and this is even truer later in their lives. Seeing it play out in the early days makes sense.

Who The Hell Do You Think You Are?
Author Warnings for non-graphic child abuse, drug use/abuse, non-consensual m/m sex, brief het sex, self-abuse
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09:52 am Five Ways to Keep From Drowning by Homme Sauvage (NC-17)
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Pairing: Jack Sparrow/James Norrington
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] homme_sauvage
Author Website: none
Why this must be read:

Twenty-four hours in Tortuga with a fallen Commodore. I really like this take on Norrington. He's broken, jagged and razor-edged, but it's not irreparable; he's bitter and caustic but never maudlin. It's a tough line to walk, but [livejournal.com profile] homme_sauvage pulls it off fabulously, with this short, but densely packed story.

Five Ways to Keep From Drowning
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10:27 am Commencement by Linaelyn (G)
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] linaelyn
Author Website: Cultural Infidelities
Why this must be read:

Set between the first two movies, this is a truly novel take on the relationship between Jack and Anamaria. Theirs is an interesting relationship, adversarial but with an undercurrent of affection, and of course there's Jack's debt to Anamaria, the ship she won't let him forget he owes her. Linaelyn has a particular gift for writing the pirate minor characters, bringing the denizens of the Pearl to life in vibrant detail. Although this story is all about Jack and Anamaria, Linaelyn's fleshes out their world with a vivid depiction of life aboard the Pearl and a slowly revealed backstory that is surprising and yet strangely perfect.

Commencement
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01:34 pm Fretful by BethAnn (NC-17)
Fandom: Popslash
Pairing: JC/Justin
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] tsamm
Author Website: unaware

Why this must be read: I enjoy any and all pairings in popslash, but JuC is my hardcore favorite, and Fretful is a mini-encapsulation of what I love best about the pairing. There's a history, solid and unspoken, of knowing the other person, good and bad and appreciating them nonetheless. There's the edge of two people who do the same thing but approach the process in different ways, in everything from music to sex. There's genuine affection, aggravation, hot sex, and an underlying love.

Plus, Beth writes an awesome pissy JC and that's something not to be missed.

Fretful
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04:04 pm Moonlight Mile by Kat Allison (R)
Fandom: HARD CORE LOGO
Pairing: None (but it's always about Joe/Billy in this fandom, isn't it?)
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] katallison
Author Website: Kat Allison

Why this must be read:
This story's a short Joe POV piece set during the movie road trip, and the thoughts, biases and attitudes are pure Joe Dick. The reflective tone suits Joe, who might seem like a creature of the id, but he's a political animal who's self-aware, albeit not self-controlled or well-adjusted.

Moonlight Mile
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04:30 pm Virgin Pacific Rim Job by Cari Ree (NC-17)
Fandom: HARD CORE LOGO
Pairing: Joe/Billy
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] 2am_optimism
Author Website: LJ Memories

Why this must be read:
A series of snapshots of Joe and Billy through the years, ending with the night of drunken sex referred to in the film. I like this version; it seems as likely as any scenario, and it's more appealing than Billy as the victim of a brutal rape by Joe.

Virgin Pacific Rim Job

Also posted here in the Yuletide archive
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04:46 pm Neat Trick by Dayse (NC-17)
Fandom: HARD CORE LOGO
Pairing: Joe/Billy
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dayse
Author Website: Northwest Passage

Why this must be read:
This is a hot little fantasy scene, and if role play isn't enough to make it worth reading, the characterizations and push-pull tension between two men who know each other inside-out will capture you.
These two lines are the entire relationship in a nutshell. )

Neat Trick
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05:58 pm Once by Sage (NC-17)
Fandom: HARD CORE LOGO
Pairing: Joe/Billy/Mary
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sageness
Author Website: Fiction by Sage

Why this must be read:
Joe/Billy OTPers shouldn't be put off by the threesome pairing, because the Joe/Bily pairing is there in every moment. I found this story erotic, and Sage did a great job of making the threesome say a lot about Joe and Billy's tangled relationship.

Once
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07:19 pm Growing Up Too Fast by Derry (PG-13)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: Kon/Bart Allen
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] derryderrydown
Author Website: Gildy Clobber
Why this must be read:

"Growing Up Too Fast" is unusual in that it feels like an issue in a comic book that simply doesn't exist yet. The story is set several years in the future, after Bart and Kon have become partners, both romantically and in mentoring the new (New) Teen Titans. The Bart/Kon romance feels very real-- two people who are friends just as much as they are lovers-- but never overwhelms the plot of the story. The world and the characters within it feel organically grown from current canon, and there are tantalizing hints of what has happened in the interim. And I absolutely adore her Bart and Kon-- a little bit older and wiser, but definitely still themselves.

Growing Up Too Fast
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08:44 pm Making a Legend by CatMoran (R)
Fandom: HARD CORE LOGO
Pairing: Joe/Billy
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] catmoran
Author Website: CatMoran's Fan Fiction

Why this must be read:
Sorry about the numerous posts, but this fandom has generated a number of stories appropriate for the Halloween season, so I've been saving some stories for the end of the month. I have so many that I have to get started on the 30th.

I don't think this could really have happened, but it makes a creepy horror story nonetheless.

Making a Legend
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09:01 pm Circles and Semi-Circles by Jess (R)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: Jason Todd (Batman)/Tim Drake (Robin)
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] groaty
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] groaty's memories
Why this must be read:

Once upon a time, there was a Robin named Jason Todd, who started out as a street kid who impressed Batman by stealing the tires off the Batmobile. Jason was scrappy, tough, and occasionally a little too headstrong and violent for Batman's tastes. Then the Joker beat Robin to death with a crowbar. The end. (But not really, because then a huge Jason Todd fanboy named Judd Winick became the writer for Batman and got to bring back his favorite character... but that's a different story.)

"Circles and Semi-Circles" is a fascinating, painful riff on the question of what exactly would have happened, had Bruce died at the end of A Death in the Family and Jason survived. Just as dark and violent as a post-DitF Jason-as-Batman should be. And a Tim who has made himself the perfect Robin for Jason is a scary, scary thing.

Circles and Semi-Circles
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09:38 pm The Stars Are Not Wanted Now by Jenna Tooms (PG)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:

The author's warning - This is sad, sad, sad, kids. Bring tissues. - is apt. This post-This Is Not Happening vignette makes profound use of Funeral Blues by WH Auden. I cried when they did it in Four Weddings and a Funeral and I cried when I read it here. My heart breaks easily. There is such honest hurt in this sad and beautiful tale of loss and love.

The Stars Are Not Wanted Now.
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09:39 pm Robins In a Room by Mary (PG-13)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: Robins.
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] monkeycrackmary
Author Website: evenrobins.net
Why this must be read:

"Robins In a Room" (aka Mary's Roomful O'Robins) is an interactive story-telling experiment: a collection of loosely related ficlets written in response to prompts provided by her audience. [livejournal.com profile] monkeycrackmary wrote a short framing sequence by which any Robin in the multiverse could be brought together to interact, and then challenged her audience to provide her with Robins to write. There are fifty-two ficlets in Mary's Roomful O'Robins, with Robins ranging from Toon Titans Robin to Red Hood Jason to Robin 3000, and beyond. Way beyond.

All of the ficlets are linked off of the main post:

Robins In a Room
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