Hello, folks, 'tis me again. I drove the van for Smallville back in January, and now I'm back again, sharing some of my favorites with all you lovely people out there. I'll try to expand a bit this time, and hopefully bring you more than just Chlark and Chloe-centered fics, though they are still my favorite. And now... let's begin.


Fandom: SMALLVILLE
Pairing: Chloe/Clark, mentions of Clark/Lana and Lex/Lana
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: carcassi
Author Website: Dream Machine
Why this must be read:
The author calls it crack, but I call it intriguing. In this fic, the Clark of season 1 comes face-to-face with someone he never expected: himself. Or, well, his future self. Upon seeing himself at pretty much his lowest, the younger Clark makes a decision that could very well change his entire future... and who knows? Maybe even cause an alternate universe.

And now...

( an excerpt )


Future Shock

Fandom: STAR WARS
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa
Genre: Action/adventure Time Travel
Author on LJ: siamesa
Website: FFN profile with many fics
Length: 36186 words.
Why this must be read:

This story is a rollicking time travel story, not leaving characterization behind. With the large cast, this must not have been easy, yet Han, Leia, Anakin Skywalker and a Force-ghost Obi-Wan Kenobi (hush, you've seen the movie!) are so much the better for having small squibs that not only describe their film selves, but that show their appropriate actions. For instance, Anakin crashes his ship and must fix it, and then when he finds himself in the Original Trilogy, he must fix that, too. Fun and fast-moving, written with a gift for cliffhangers, over twenty chapters of this story set everything right again with large dollops of humor. The crack_van posting guidelines say to "comment on a repeated theme", which time travel certainly is in Star Wars, and I haven't found a better or more fun example of such a story.

Crashing in Time

Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Leroy Jethro Gibbs/Timothy McGee. (Mentions Leroy Jethro Gibbs/Donald 'Ducky' Mallard - unrequited. Abigail Sciuto/Timothy McGee - past)
Length: 5,210 in total
Author on LJ: slash4femme
Author Website: None of which I am aware
Why this must be read:

I'm an OTP girl in the good old-fashioned sense of the word - or at least I was. What I thought was a 'one-off' when I read a Gibbs/McGee story purely because I stumbled across it has turned into me actively seeking such stories out. Not that there's many out there, but what there is is excellent.

The most prolific Gibbs/McGee writer is Slash4Femme and I am totally hooked on the way she writes the characters. Not just Gibbs and Tim, but all the NCIS characters. She has an excellent feel for them, makes them real, shows how team-orientated they are and I personally find them very much in character.

This trilogy of stories, all of which can be read as stand-alone stories are favourites and they spin a tale of love, affection, romance, deep caring, understanding, team spirit, team support and friendship. Basically the couple come out to their team mates, bit by bit.

Somewhat poignantly in the first story are two scenes one between Gibbs and Abby and one between Ducky and McGee and they mirror one another.

In the second story the 'knowledge' spreads to the rest of the team and all is well.

However, then Slash4Femme hits us with a third story where she has used her personal knowledge about the law and we encounter the other side to two men falling in love and wanting to be together.

They are excellent stories from beginning to end that draw you in and captivate you and keep you reading. They are the people we see on the screens week in and week out and they are so well portrayed. Slash4Femme's love of the characters and their relationship comes over so very clearly, as does her love for the entire team.

If Gibbs/McGee isn't something you've considered before, I really recommend giving them a go.

( Extract )

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Is He Happy?
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