February 14th, 2009 
12:07 am No More Falling by neontehsheep (PG)
Fandom: MARVEL COMICS
Pairing: Nico Minoru/Karolina Dean
Length: approx. 1000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] neontehsheep
Author Website: N/A
Why this must be read:

The thing about the Runaways title that makes it so accessible and grounded (by Marvel standards) is that none of the kids are homecoming kings or cheerleader princesses. They're the awkward kids who hide in the libarary at lunchtime, who haven't figured out where they fit, and on top of that their parents turned out to be supervillains. No one embodies that more than Nico, Nico the goth girl, Nico who keeps kissing other people's boyfriends, Nico who somehow ended up in charge of keeping her best friends alive. This story captures that, so well, with this story about Nico and Karolina, Karolina who literally shines, Karolina the only person who ever liked her first. Nails the earnest teenage thing.

Nico kept telling herself to think about it rationally. She had to go; it was the right thing to do. It was the only thing to do. Stop being angry, you idiot, she repeated to herself. Stop feeling hurt because she left you, as if she would be able to believe it if only she repeated it enough. It's not even like she left you, she left everyone, and now she's out there saving people and making peace in the galaxy and getting married to this creepy alien guy she knows nothing about, and it's not because you rejected her and it's not because you didn't kiss her back.

No More Falling
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12:07 pm Fire Answers Fire by aces (All Ages)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Martha/Ace
Length: 1923
Author on LJ: does not seem to have one, correct me if wrong
Author Website: profile on the Teaspoon
Why this must be read:

There are many, many stories about Martha walking the Earth during the Year That Was; so many, in fact, it would probably take several months to highlight just the stellar ones. For a Valentine's Day weekend, I'm reccing one with some femmeslash in it: Ace/Martha, to be exact, and boy does it just work. You've got Martha walking and telling the Doctor's story, Ace riding around the universe on her time bike, the two of them talking about the Time Lords in their lives and it is just so wonderful, so why aren't you reading it yet? :D

“You’ve heard my story?”

Dorothy nodded. “I’ve heard of it,” she said. And then she leant forward and said in Martha’s ear, “And I know the Doctor.”

Martha jerked back. “You as well?” she asked in disbelief. “He bloody gets around, doesn’t he?”

Dorothy grinned, slung an arm around Martha’s shoulders, and turned them both away from the fire. “Geezer as old as him, what d’you expect?”


Fire Answers Fire
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12:40 pm DC Comics / Torchwood (12)
Please forgive me for posting my crossover recommendation a day early. I have other commitments tomorrow but don't want to miss out on opportunity to rec this fanfic!

Title: Wacky Rooftop Hijinks
Pairing: As Gen as any fic involving Jack Harkness can be!
Length: 1,084 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] booster17
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] boosterific
Why this must be read: Commissioner Gordon sends out the Bat Signal, expecting business as usual...but ends up with a different man brooding on his rooftop. Needless to say, there are comparisons of the size of billowing cloaks--and creative uses of pudding pops.

Wacky Rooftop Hijinks
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01:49 pm The Only Gift by Kaye Austen Michaels (R)
Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch (Slash)
Length: (32k)
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] smudley
Author Website: KAM on the Me and Thee Archive
Why this must be read:

It's a Christmas story, but not so much a holiday story as a gentle handholding through the discovery process of true love. Hutch realizing, after his car is stolen with Starsky's gifts in the trunk, as the Grinch puts it,

And he puzzled and puzzed till his puzzler was sore,
then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.
Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store;
maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more...


Excerpt below )

The Only Gift
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04:48 pm Crossover Day!
Tomorrow is the 15th of the month, which means Crack Van Collisions, a.k.a. cross-over day.

Drivers, you may rec one fic that crosses over your fandom with another (no, this does not count against your maximum). Please post crossovers in the following format:

Subject: Fandom/Fandom (Rating)

Title: Title by Author
Pairing: (no abbreviations, please)
Author on LJ:
Author Website:
Why this must be read:

(link to story)

Tags: fanfic, crossover, fandom, fandom, etc.

Thanks, all!
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10:15 pm All We Are, and All That We Will Be by JIJ (PG)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: Superman/Batman
Length: 3500
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] jij
Author Website: LJ
Why this must be read:

JIJ's remarkable Superman/Batman fics is what drew me to reading DC Comics fanfiction, and I have to thank her for the incredible output that makes it so hard for me to choose just one to rec :D But since I have to, my pick here is a story where Batman is visited by Superman from four different times in the future. Short and bittersweet, it's a tale that leaves one wondering about the passage of time and the effect on love.

"I'm sorry," he heard himself say.

The golden Superman made a small choking sound. "You're sorry? Why?"

"I'm sorry I'm trying to synthesize Kryptonite. I wish I could trust you. I can't." This was all a dream, so it was all right to confess. "I'm feeling...very guilty about it. Now, will you leave and let me get some real sleep?"

The impossibly beautiful eyes lit as if from within with some kind of laughter. "Oh. You think this is a dream?"


All We Are, and All That We Will Be
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10:46 pm Honeybee (NC-17) by Mary the Fan
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Lance/Nick
Author on LJ:[livejournal.com profile] marythefan
Author Website: fic index http://marythefan.livejournal.com/538043.html

Why this must be read:This is another story written for the popslash [livejournal.com profile] bittybang challenge, so it's long (around 46,000 words) and the master page bears a handsome illustration by [livejournal.com profile] wistfuljane.

It's a really gorgeous look at a Lance/Nick relationship, starting at the 'booty call' stage and going through doubts and worries (mostly Lance's) and on to something much more. The story moves from sensual to everyday to sexy, from frivolous to thoughtful, with no jarring change of key, it's all wound together as part of their lives, and Lance and Nick are wonderfully 'them' all the time. Excellent characterisation all round, whether it's the major players or one of the 'cameo roles' by the other boys.

It's a wonderful story, I wish it were twice as long. I wish I could have written it.

Extract )

Honeybee
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11:18 pm Spit and Promise by Fawsley (Blue Cortina - Teenager/15)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Sam/Gene
Length: approx 1000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] fawsley
Author Website: Fic list at the Collator‘s Den archive
Why this must be read: Because it is a extremely intriguing story that investigates the concept of Gene finding out that Sam is from the future. The situation pulls the reader in instantly, the sense of realisation is perfectly pitched and it is a wonderfully layered story that also explores the characters and their relationship. And of course, because this is written by Fawsley, the characters are the Sam and Gene we all know and love with dialogue that could be lifted from the show. Beautiful and memorable.

Excerpt )


Spit and Promise

There are two follow up fics and they are linked to at the bottom of the preceding story. They are both wonderful as well.
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11:47 pm Redemption by Krtshadow (PG-13)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: none
Length: ~ 98,000 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Krtshadow's fiction on FFnet
Why this must be read:

This is definitely one of the best Azkaban stories I've read.  Krtshadow does a wonderful job of writing a Harry, that while rightfully angry, still has a sliver of forgiveness. I really like the way she went with her plot, because like so many others like it, her characters are sorry, but they don't fall over themselves to apoligize....well except for Sirius and Remus who do something not exactly smart.


Redemption




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