July 12th, 2009 
03:42 pm With Vision Cleared by modernbard [PG]
Fandom: Xena Warrior Princess
Pairing: Xena/Gabrielle
Length: 2,300 words
Author LJ: n/a
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/860245/modernbard

Why This Must Be Read:


The author presents such a small snippet of time for Xena and Gabrielle, yet it is full of longing and lies. Post-Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the two women take a moment to reflect (together and separately) about the effect of Bacchus on their lives.
And from Xena's perspective, we get an insight into how that single bite on her neck led the warrior princess to a shocking fact.
Very well written and so much emotion for such a short piece.
And that last line just kills it.


super tiny bit of the fic )


With Vision Cleared by modernbard
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08:20 pm Alfriston Gardens by marauderthesn (PG)
Fandom: Maurice
Pairing: Maurice/Alec
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] marauderthesn 
Author Website: Her fics are here.
Why this must be read: Maurice's relationship with his family is an aspect which is (IMO) sadly unexplored in fanfic. Taking place some hours after the final meeting in the boathouse, Alfriston Gardens offers not only some lovely Maurice/Alec interactions, but also a poignant glimpse of Maurice's feelings as he is about to leave his home, never to see his family again.

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Alfriston Gardens
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09:54 pm Again and Again Until Finally by squills (NC17)
Fandom: HEROES
Pairing: Mohinder/Sylar
Length: 2150
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] squills
Author Website: Fic Masterlist
Why this must be read: Because it is scorchingly hot. It’s hard to write really in-character Mylar, but this fic encapsulates the lust/hate quality that makes the Mohinder/Sylar paring so interesting (or at least did, before season three dismantled the ship). The dynamic between these two in this post-season two future AU is completely believable, as are Mohinder’s repressed feelings. There is no sappiness here; they’re still bickering and mocking and disdainful of one another, but after awhile the thing between them can no longer remain buried. And there can never be enough (consensual) shoving-roughly-against-the-wall scenes. UNF.

Excerpt:

“What if someone saw us?” he suddenly heard himself saying. It wasn’t what he’d meant to say, at all.

“There’s no one else around,” Sylar said softly.

He realized it wasn’t a threat. It was an invitation.


Again and Again Until Finally
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11:29 pm 25 Occasions People Have Celebrated in the Jossverse by minnow (PG)
Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER/ANGEL
Pairing: Mostly gen with a bit of Faith/Buffy and implied Faith/Dean in the very slight Supernatural crossover section
Length: 1,500 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] minnow1212
Author Website: just her LJ
Why this must be read: This story is like a glittering necklace strung with sparkling gems. In this piece Minnow cites, as you'd expect from the title, 25 occasions celebrated in BtVS and AtS. Some of those occasions are what you might expect, but many more of the occasions she chooses are surprising slices of gorgeously affecting drama which canon overlooked. Minnow is stunningly good with character and with building emotion and drama gracefully. Her use of repetition and pattern add force to the whole story, like the chorus of a song. Each item on the list is short, but packs a solid gut-punch of feeling and personality.

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25 Occasions People Have Celebrated in the Jossverse
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