April 24th, 2009 
12:05 am Practical Volitation by Allothi (PG)
Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Length: ~8,500
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] allothi
Author Website: Fic tag
Why this must be read:

This fic never fails to make me happy. It's beautifully crafted, and [livejournal.com profile] allothi knows the boys so well and writes them beautifully in-character. Plus, y'know, it's Merlin, learning to fly. Literally. <3 My paltry little write-up cannot possibly explain how wonderful this fic is. So here, have a brief excerpt, instead:

Under the cut! )

Practical Volitation
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12:23 am Warrior's Eyes by Jac Danvers (PG)
Fandom: THE MUMMY
Pairing: Lin/Alex
Length: 1,200 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Jac Danvers @ ff.net
Why this must be read: There seems to be very little fanfic for the third movie, but I did manage to find this one. Short and sweet little piece from Lin's POV re her life, and Alex's sudden appearance in it.

Warrior's Eyes
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12:25 pm VID REC: NCIS - The Last Of The Secret Agents
Vidder: Willow
Musical artist: Nancy Sinatra
Pairing: Leroy Jethro Gibbs/Donald 'Ducky' Mallard
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] toomuchfandom
Vidder's website: Toomuchfandom's Vids

Why this vid kicks ass:

Anita is one of the longest standing Gibbs/Ducky fans and like several of them is multi-talented; she writes, she makes graphics and she is also a great songvidder - as this songvid shows.

As always Anita matches the clips from the show with the lyrics to superb effect and shows us the relationship between Gibbs and Ducky as old friends and lovers. They say so much with a look, a touch, a tilt of the head. It's a fun video that is pretty much from Gibbs's POV about Ducky and it 'hints' at the whole 'Ducky is Illya (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) 'theory' that some NCIS fen like to talk about. I personally don't buy that and never have (in fact quite the opposite). Thus it's a good testament to Anita's ability that I enjoy this video so much as to recommend it.

And even if you aren't a Gibbs/Ducky fan, this video can be enjoyed as a deep, close friendship video - because all it consists of is what we see on the screen week in week out.

The Last Of The Secret Agents
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02:38 pm VID REC: STAR WARS Siri and Obi-Wan - Run (PG)
Vidder: SweetLadyBat
Pairing: Siri Tachi/Obi-Wan Kenobi
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sweetladybat
Musical artist: Snow Patrol
Website: YouTube profile
Why this vid must be watched:

The EU is filled with love stories, requited and unrequited and loves like this one between Obi-Wan and Siri, who knew each other forever, loved for a while and then drifted. When they reunited in a deeper understanding of their relationship, it was cut short by an early death for Siri. In this tender vid, Obi-Wan remembers his long association with Siri and their love and relinquishment of the 'no attachments' rule, if only for a short time. Beware the ending and have handkerchieves handy.

Run
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10:38 pm Sense by Adalia Zandra (R)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: none
Length: long
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] adaliafic 
Author Website: Adalia's author page on Teaspoon
Why this must be read:

I am a hurt/comfort junkie. And Sense has some very good hurt/comfort. The Doctor, Jack and Rose get into some trouble, like usual, but with a twist- the Doctor is drugged with something that takes away all his senses except for touch. Adalia pulls the reader right in with a great plot, wonderful hurt/comfort scenes between a hurt Doctor and Jack & Rose who are taking care of him, some very good Jackie scenes (with some Mickey thrown in) and some TARDIS imputs thrown in. And of course, a happy ending.

Sense

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10:50 pm FANVID: My Brown Eyed Boy by Vysila (PG-13)
Fandom: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin (implied)
Length: 2 minutes 45 seconds
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] vysila
Author Website: Her YouTube channel is here

Why this must be watched:
Now, I will say truthfully that I was always an Illya girl, no question. I suppose I am to a certain degree, but since rewatching all the episodes again for the first time in about 15 years (and with a little jostling from my flist LOL) I have come to new appreciation of the lovely Napoleon Solo. This is a Napoleon centric-fanvid, but implies slash with the also lovely Illya *g*.

This video has some very fancy effects which I would have no idea how to do, but which [livejournal.com profile] vysila manages effortlessly. I love all her videos so far and I hope she makes more. The clips are perfectly edited and capture Napoleon's charming manner as well as his relationship with Illya as both partner and more :-) Exceptional timing, slashy shots and DVD quality video to boot. An excellent video with a great soundtrack - sit back and enjoy. You'll be grinning by the time it's over.

My Brown Eyed Boy

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11:01 pm Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been? by Tracy (PG)
Well, I sort of fell behind with this again. Real life issues abound. And I sort of missed Crossover day, by a lot, but I've really been wanting to rec this one, so I hope it's okay that I do.

Fandom: SMALLVILLE/DC COMICS
Pairing: Chloe/Clark, mentions of Clark/Lois
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lunarknightz
Author Website: Freefalling
Why this must be read:
Words cannot begin to even describe just how much I love this story. This gives us a look at one possible future for the Smallville universe, which the writer so seamlessly seems to blend with the DC Comics multiverse, specifically the stories of the classic Crisis On Infinite Earths and the more recent Infinite Crisis. It also explains to us, in pure comics fashion, just why there are not one, but two characters that could easily be the Lois Lane of legend. When it starts, you feel painfully sad for Chloe, who seems to have lost everything to her big cousin, but by the time you reach the end, your eyes just might sting with tears at the bittersweet truth of the matter. In no uncertain terms, this story is utterly brilliant, and the author is AMAZING for coming up with it. And as a warning, I think it's fair to say upfront that this story dabbles a bit in the Chlois theory. If that's nowhere near your thing, I advise that you don't read.


an excerpt )



Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been?
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11:21 pm VID REC: Dr Who - The Dr Whorrible Project
Vidder: QKellie and MonkeyWithJetpacks
Musical artist: Dr. Horrible Soundtrack (Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day)
Pairing: none
Vidder on LJ: [personal profile] jetpack_monkey   & [livejournal.com profile] qkellie 
Vidder's website: MonkeyWith Jetpacks page on YouTube
Why this vid kicks ass:

The Dr Whorrible Project is actually a series of videos, all of them pretty short, putting Dr Who scenes to the music of the soundtrack from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. These videos are very well done, and fit the music very well. Even if you've never seen Dr Horrible, you should definitely watch these!

The Dr. Whorrible Project

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11:38 pm VID REC: Heroes - What Goes Around
Vidder: Fabella
Musical artist: Justin Timberlake
Pairing: Mohinder/Sylar, implied Matt/Mohinder
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] wistful_fever
Vidder's website: Artist's vids listed here
Why this vid kicks ass: Because Sylar really wouldn't take it well that his old boyfriend has shacked up and is raising a kid with another guy, while he spent most of the hiatus with his insides hanging out.

The song choice is perfectly creepily obsessive for Sylar. Clear and crisp it feels just like looking at canon at a slight angle. Particularly with some of the M3 clips there's a definite feeling of an outside looking in the POV. Through the song there's a switching between the Mohinder/Sylar relationship and the violence and into the violence in their relationship.

The spinning and turning motion so follows to the loops in the music, and the cropping of clips and fades hold the focus of the vid on Mohinder, Sylar and the made-family -and brains- standing between them.

What Goes Around
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