August 18th, 2007 
12:58 am Abracadabra by Lyricality (NC-17)
Fandom: MISCELLANEOUS JOHNNY DEPP MOVIES (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Pairing: Willy Wonka/Adult Charlie Bucket
Author on LJ:There is a [livejournal.com profile] lyricality, but I don't think it's her.
Author Website: at fanfiction.net
Why this must be read: Her username, lyricality, is a perfect description of her writing. Charlie's twenty, all his family are gone, and Wonka is all he wants. But when he tries to ask for what he wants, he fears he has lost any chance at it. It's beautiful, really.

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at IMDB


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Abracadabra
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01:18 am Living a Different Lie by Verlaine (PG)
Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: pre-slash Starsky/Hutch
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: her stories can be found here on the Me & Thee archive

Why this must be read:

Despite the impact of the episode Death in a Different Place on the fandom, John Blaine himself remains an enigmatic character who gets very little direct attention in S&H fanfic. Verlaine not only helps fill the void with Living a Different Lie, she creates a convincing voice of a troubled man scarred by the internalized prejudices of his time, place and profession. As we watch a younger Starsky struggle with a dangerous realization through the eyes of his worried mentor, the contrast between the two characters’ choices of how to live reveals volumes about them both.

Living a Different Lie
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01:40 am Lonesome Confectioner Seeks True Love by Vanillafluffy (PG-13)
Fandom: MISCELLANEOUS JOHNNY DEPP MOVIES (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Pairing: not really
Author on LJ:[livejournal.com profile] vanillafluffy
Author Website: at fanfiction.net
Why this must be read: It's charming and funny. Mr. Wonka advertises for a potential wife.
Lonesome confectioner seeks true love
Agreeable, intelligent lady wanted for long-term relationship.
Must be willing to procreate.
Expenses paid for travel to first meeting.

He gets a number of candidates, the last of whom is named Mary Sue, yet you'll still be surprised how it turns out. I love Vanillafluffy's wordplay with things like:

In a trice - for there were three Oompa-loompas - Miss Kane was bound with a thick black rope of liquorice and lugged down to the waiting limo to be returned to whence she came.

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at IMDB

Lonesome Confectioner Seeks True Love
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03:57 pm All That You Don't Want by Megan (R)
Fandom: BAND OF BROTHERS
Pairing: Dick Winters/Joe Liebgott
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sparrowette
Author Website: Author's memories
Why this must be read:

Set during the final episode of the series, [livejournal.com profile] sparrowette manages to perfectly capture two of the most complex characters in the company after one of the most harrowing experiences the war has forced them to come face to face with. I love how Winters is everything we've come to know him as - commander, father, calm authority figure - but he's also just Dick here, a man doing what he can to save what's left of his soldiers.

When Joe pulls him in closer, bites him, claws at him, sobs into his open mouth—these too are a punishment. Break the rules, or they’ll break you, it says. Hot voice ghosting across his tongue, over his jaw, his neck. Break the rules or they’ll break you, break the rules or they’ll break you, break the rules or….

He moans, shifts onto his knees with one hand against the wall and the other fisted in Joe’s hair. Their eyes are closed, dark lids painted with old faces. There’s no sound inside the room besides their breathing, their words. Joe curses and Dick blesses. Joe punishes and Dick repents, lays the sins of carelessness at Joe’s feet so that he can pay for them with blood and saliva.


All That You Don't Want
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