December 1st, 2007 
11:01 am Slings and Arrows: fandom overview
Introduction

Slings and Arrows is a Gemini-winning Canadian television series that ran for (and is complete in) three seasons, 2003-2006 (with a gap between first and second seasons).

The play's the thing )

The actors are come hither )

More things in heaven and earth )

And finally, from the season one theme song:

Your incessant monologizing fills the castle with ennui
Your antic disposition is embarrassing to see
And by, the way you sulky brat, the answer is to be
You're driving poor Ophelia insane --
So shut up (you rogue and peasant)
Grow up (it's most unpleasant)
Cheer up, you melancholy Dane!
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12:05 pm Prince of Tennis, Overview.
Let's make some sense of the spectacle called Prince of Tennis, or as it is known in fandom: Tenipuri or PoT! [Compiled for the [livejournal.com profile] crack_van fiction-rec community.]The Surprisingly Addictive Effects of PoT )

Here are the primary story arcs for Konomi Takeshi's manga and anime series, The Prince of Tennis:

One year of tennis expanded into eight ... )
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03:04 pm The Little Prince by Yuki_Scorpio
Prince of Tennis fanfics are primarily slash or yaoi. It's to be expected when 99% of the characters are boys. It also attracts a lot of young and inexperienced writers because of the age-group of the characters. Although I do tend to ship one OTP, I've selected examples of the best writing so the pairings are varied. The stories will run the gamut of G to Restricted. I hope you enjoy!

Fandom:Prince of Tennis
Pairing: Tezuka/Fuji Syusuke
Author: [livejournal.com profile] yuki_scorpio
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] word_games
Rating: G.

What makes this story so beautiful:

Subtlety. Yuki_Scorpio provides a rich and layered unveiling of secrets and facets of Fuji and Tezuka's personalities. These layers build and build. Fuji has secrets. Tezuka itches to uncover them, but the urge to be respectful of his friend's privacy, to be grown-up and not let his curiosity overmaster his conscience, will not let him invade that space. There is a point in the story when everything hovers in exquisite tension on the knife-point of regret.

The Little Prince.
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04:59 pm Samurai Champloo Overview
Samurai Champloo is a 26 episode anime that is, quite simply, one of the most creative (and, let's face it, whacked-out) anime series ever made. With a hip-hop soundtrack, a wealth of deliberate anachronisms, two anti-heroes, an emphatically *not* submissive female lead (who gets kidnapped more often than there are stars in the sky), more sex of both the het and the homo variety than you can shake a stick at, and a running *theme* of sexual slavery, SC is a show ripe for fanfic and fandom in general.

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05:10 pm As Lovers Go by Arabesque05 (PG)
Normally I'm an OTP kind of girl, but the main characters of Samurai Champloo are so awesome that I love pretty much any possible permutation of our trio.  As a result, you'll be getting a mix of het, slash, and threesome fic this month, with ratings from G to NC-17.  Heck, I might even toss in a little gen (as much as anything can be gen in a Samurai Champloo fic:)

Fandom: Samurai Champloo
Pairing: Fuu/Jin
Author on LJ: [personal profile] arabesque05
Author Website: n/a

Why this must be read:
"As Lovers Go" is a beautiful Jin/Fuu romance that develops over time, allowing Jin to loosen up a little and Fuu to grow up a lot and, just as important, acknowledges the huge and continuing impact that Mugen has on both of their lives. It starts as the boys are healing during the end of the series and continues on for several years after as Fuu settles down and Mugen and Jin visit her. It's a quiet story and takes a couple of parts to draw you in, but once you're hooked the story weaves a lovely, elegant world of love and promises and honesty. A lush, gorgeous story.

As Lovers Go
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07:17 pm Fake News (The Daily Show/The Colbert Report) RPF Overview
I'm [livejournal.com profile] sailtonorway and I will be your Fake News RPF driver this month. There have been various correspondents over the course of The Daily Show, but I'll only be talking about the ones featured in fic.

More people get their news from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart... than probably should. )
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07:37 pm Dresden Files TV Overview (or, overview of the *other* wizard named Harry)
This will cover the TV-verse for the Dresden Files, not the book-verse. The show was based on the series of books by Jim Butcher, but the canon of the TV series is not exactly the same as the book canon.

BASIC PREMISE

Harry Dresden is a wizard, who works as a sort of supernatural PI in Chicago, helping his clients resolve problems related to the magical world

This way to the rest... )
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09:26 pm Gorgeous Carat overview
Gorgeous Carat fandom overview

The adventures of a daring jewel thief and a penniless aristocrat in turn of the century Paris.

Read more... )
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