March 4th, 2008 
08:38 am Father, who Art in Heaven by Imadra Blue (PG)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: none
Length: 4.5k words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] imadra_blue
Author Website: just about everything is at the Archive
Why this must be read:

While Smallville is dominated by slashers, the Superman fandom has a very strong het contingent, mostly focused on Superman/Lois Lane. After Superman Returns, with its love triangle--Lois Lane has a fiance named Richard White with whom she is raising Superman's son Jason--a lot of people wrote stories in which Richard died, was understanding and left so Lois could be with Superman, or turned into a jerk so Lois could dump him for Superman without guilt. None of which Richard deserves, because he's a genuinely good guy.

Imadra didn't do that. This is about Superman, and Richard, and fatherhood, and accepting the way things are even if it's not the way you want them to be. It's a lyrical character study with a bittersweet ending.

an excerpt )

Father, Who Art in Heaven.
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10:54 am Dark Horizons by Kimmi (NC17)
Hello, I'm cloudtrader and I will be giving recs for the small fandom Babylon 5 this month (it's my first time, so be gentle). [livejournal.com profile] iamsab has already created an amazing overview of Babylon 5 here, so go check that out to refresh your memory. I read anything, so my recs are going to be all over the place. I'll start off with an older favorite. (PS: I have more recs, including a couple of WiP Babylon 5 recs on my rec journal, [livejournal.com profile] spacedoc, should anyone want more.)

Fandom: BABYLON 5
Pairing: Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters
Length: Short story.
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Meteor/7316/
Why this must be read: Susan's latent telepathy and her love/hate relationship with the PsiCorps member Talia Winters was one of the most interesting facets of her character. This story twists it all around and makes Susan a PsiCop, the one thing she hates most in the world, and it brings back the evil Talia to be her partner.

Dark Horizons
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11:18 am Celebrity by Dragonessasmith (PG)
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dragonessasmith
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] smithyfic
Why this must be read: I'm a sucker for fics about McGee's writing and the others' reaction to it, and this is a beauty. McGee has a book signing. Tony and Ziva have a sign-up sheet. It's lovely, with a sly nod to fan culture.


...and a little snippet... )



Celebrity
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03:52 pm New by T. Verano (PG)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair (gen)
Length: One shot, 12,000 words
Author on LJ:http://t-verano.livejournal.com/
Author Website: http://t-verano.livejournal.com/tag/fic
http://home.earthlink.net/~t.verano/

Why this must be read:

Ah, the travails of Blair... After the warehouse blows up, he tries to be low-maintenance as he looks for a new place to live.

Blair, Blair, Blair.

Jim, Jim, Jim.

And Larry, Goom, Phil, Raj, Blu, Annette...

"Shut up, Jim. And if you really want to know, I didn't wash my hair because I didn't take a shower because last night there were strange people in the living room I didn't particularly care to get naked anywhere near and there were a pair of fucking electric eels swimming around in the bathtub this morning. Satisfied?"

New
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