December 6th, 2007 
12:05 am what's inside a girl? by orangesparks (PG-13)
Fandom: THE HISTORY BOYS
Pairing: Fiona gen
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] orangesparks
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] orangesparks is a fic journal.
Why this must be read:

And now for something completely different: gen fic about a female character. Fiona is an underused and oft-ignored character in The History Boys, but I think she's quite interesting, and [livejournal.com profile] orangesparks connected ficlets here are a fantastic glimpse into just who this girl is, and why she decides to sleep with a schoolboy. It's a quick read, but she packs a lot of insights into just a few words. Fiona is worth taking notice of.

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what's inside a girl?
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08:43 am Outrageous Fortune by Corinna (PG13)
Fandom: SLINGS AND ARROWS
Pairing: Kate/Jack
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] corinna_5
Author Website: Fanfiction by Corinna
Why this must be read: It's an engaging story that feels canonical enough to be an unfilmed spin-off.

The last we see of Kate on the show is in the limo with Jack, on their way to Hawaii. But what happens next? This wonderful story seems entirely true to the characters we saw on the show, and the gentle humor and Shakespearean references evoke canon at every turn. Kate finds her own path in a way that reminds me of Geoffrey's journey, and that anyone who loves S&A will love as well.

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Outrageous Fortune
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09:28 am For Life's Sake, by rhap_chan; G
Fandom: YOUNG WIZARDS
Pairing: Nita/Kit, secondary Dairine/Roshaun
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] rhap_chan
Author's Website: Fic journal: [livejournal.com profile] i_bleed_words
Rating/Warnings: G; kissing, some character death (but it's happy character death!)
why this fic must be read: This is a recent favourite of mine, a short, sweet little piece of futurefic about Nita and her family. I really enjoyed it.

For Life's Sake.
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10:54 am Songvid Oddities: Get a Mac Ads - Happy Together
Vidder: xmasholly
Musical artist: The Turtles
Pairing: Mac/PC
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] xmas_holly
Vidder's website: Unknown
Why this vid kicks ass: Okay, true confessions time. I don't actually watch live TV anymore. The ads drive me crazy, and the longer I sit there, the more it feels like my soul is slowly being syphoned off through my eyeballs. So I'm sure you can imagine my surprise when I clicked on the link to this songvid, realised a few seconds in that the source had to be some kind of ads... and then stayed and watched the whole thing anyway. Then went, "Huh!" and after blinking in shock for a bit, hit replay and watched it again about ten more times in a row. Because, you see, this adorkable songvid tells the totally charming story of two geeks in love, and that is just about my number one favourite thing of all time.

Thank you, xmasholly, for giving us all such a lovely, lovely gift.

Happy Together
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02:51 pm Simplicity by yasminm (PG)
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Pairing: [Seigaku] Echizen Ryoma / Momoshiro Takeshi
Author: yasminm
Website: unavailable
Rating: PG
Why this must be read:

Echizen Ryoma is 12-years-old and, in canon, a mouthy brat, so it is hard to find believable, let alone enjoyable characterizations of him. This short piece contains all the essential elements of his friendship with Momoshiro and treats them with respect. The foreshadowing is still hovering on the horizon like distant thunderclouds. It isn't time for the deluge yet.

Simplicity.
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04:34 pm The Genius in the Gene by Clarey (PG)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] clarey_h
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] clarey_fication
Why this must be read:

This is another post 1.08 only fic. Gene gives Sam a staff appraisal.

Clarey does a wonderful job on this. Not only does she come up with an eminently plausible reason for Sam 'being the way he is', with all the slips and strange ways he has; but also she gives us a lovely insight into Gene Hunt's thought processes. While Gene doesn't necessarily come up with the right answer, he certainly comes up with a working solution.

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The Genius in the Gene
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07:38 pm Fireworks by fox1013 (PG)
Fandom: GREY'S ANATOMY
Pairing: George O'Malley centric gen
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] fox1013
Author Website: http://www.innergeekdom.net
Why this must be read:

One of the good and fun things about Grey's Anatomy fanfiction is that it crossovers with other fandoms very well and quite easily too (and that's my warning that you are going to get a few crossover fics from me). This story captured my attention from the get-go and it's just nice. It's nice and simple and very touching and you don't need to know the other fandom, SGA, to enjoy this story you'll just enjoy it because it's nice, and truly nice and sweet stories are not as easy to find anymore.

Excerpt: His parents let him go play at her house one night, and his brothers teased him about having a girlfriend, but it was worth it. She had lots of dolls, and he thought they were going to play house, but instead she took him to the back yard, attached a Barbie to the kind of rocket you assemble at home, and set it off.

Barbie had third degree burns, and George had to wrap her arm in gauze. For the next few weeks, every time he came over, he and Laura would check to see if Barbie had had an amazing recovery. She hadn't, but Laura said that even just not dying was really impressive, and George should be a doctor when he grew up.

George grinned. That was so much cooler than driving a truck.


Fireworks
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07:51 pm Poison for Two in the Library: a Lord Peter Wimsey overview
Lord Peter Wimsey has been described as the man whom God would have created if He’d had the money. He’s also the amateur detective protagonist of Dorothy L. Sayers’ series of 11 mystery novels and 21 short stories, set in Britain 1920s and 30s. Very rich, a brilliant criminologist, cricketer, hopeless romantic and a bit of a mental basket case, Poirot he ain’t.

I always have a quotation for everything. It covers an absence of original thought. )
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09:02 pm A Night at the Opera by Chariel (PG )
Fandom: GORGEOUS CARAT
Pairing: Ray (aka Noir) x Florian
Author on LJ: Basicblack
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/506055/Chariel

Why this must be read:
A short and amusing Ray and Florian piece in which, as usual, Ray has a plan but Florian wants nothing to do with it. The story and dialogue is light and nicely matches the tone of the Gorgeous Carat Galaxy side-story that inspired it.


A Night at the Opera
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11:06 pm Numb3rs Overview
Dear [livejournal.com profile] crack_van junkies,

I am [livejournal.com profile] jmtorres, I am your Numb3rs crack-dealer for the month! I apologize for not getting started on this earlier, I spent the first four days of the month on a shoot location with no internet, no cell service, and no running water. (Interestingly, though, we were using the same model HD camera as they use for some of the pick-ups on Numb3rs.) (Aside from that coincidence, my qualifications for writing about this fandom include one story and general weekly squee. My participation in the fandom proper is limited to, uh, hey, where's the fandom? It's sad. But I read. So I will show you what I read.)

But enough about me! Let's talk Numb3rs.

Numb3rs is a 1-hour episodic case-based show which airs on CBS on Fridays, currently in its 4th season. There is always an FBI case. There is always an application of math that can be used to aid in solving said case.

Or, let me break it down to fannish terms:

Don is an FBI agent. His brother Charlie is a genius and professor of applied mathematics. Together, they fight crime!

I am so not kidding. )
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