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Fandom: FIREFLY Pairing: Mal/Simon, implied Mal/Jayne Length: one-shot, ~1500 words Author on LJ: sparky77Author Website: Q's LJ memoriesWhy this must be read: It's smart, it's sexy, it's funny, it's vampires. The start of the post links to a little rash of Firefly vampire fic, mostly of the Mal/Simon variety, but sparky77's contribution is still my pick of the bunch. Fast-paced, witty, irreverent, still catching a great sense of the characters even when they only appear very briefly. ( Inara! You have leather pants that would fit me, right? )The day Simon woke up a vampire | |
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Fandom: BTVS/ATS Pairing: Buffy/Angel Length: twenty chapters plus epilogue Author on LJ: indieficAuthor Website: With Peaches On TopWhy this must be read: I don't like AUs that take the characters we love and put them in a different world. That said, I adore this fic which does just that. Buffy's still the Slayer and Angel's still a vampire with a soul, but the world is completely different. It's a dark world where domesticated vampires are used as slaves by the remaining humans who are in a war against demons and the rest of the vampires. All the characters are here, beautifully combining them from both shows, including Holtz and Walsh, Fred and Riley etc. The Council of Watchers and the Hellmouth remain as does Caritas. The plot is detailed, the small amount of smut is worth the wait, the romance that develops is just lovely (and, if you know me, I'm a Spike/Buffy girl with a side of Angelus/Buffy! That I'm reccing a purely Buffy/Angel fic goes to show just how fascinating this story is!) Her characterizations remain true in so many ways with just a few wonderful tweaks. You'll be engrossed by indie's world! ( here's how indie herself summarizes her world )Domestication | |
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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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Fandom: BLEACH Pairing: Ichigo/Orihime Length: 1,102 Author on LJ: libekoryAuthor Website: bits_and_piecesWhy this must be read: This story is, to describe it in one word, beautiful. This is the kind of story that makes me love Ichigo and Orihime together. It's the story of a fragile and quiet love that, by inches, moves two people closer together. And it is just wonderful. By Inches | |
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Fandom: BANDOM Pairing: Bob/Frank/Gerard, background Mikey/Ray Length: 13,470 words Author on LJ: dsudisAuthor Website: Words Words Words & on AO3Why this must be read:He is Gerard, and she is also Rapunzel. A retelling of Rapunzel in an early medieval setting. This is an absolutely gorgeous story. It's quiet and thoughtful and bittersweet, and the writing itself is wonderfully sparse and lyrical. The characters are the familiar ones we know and love but shaped by another time and place into something beautiful and strange, and the way the story twists and plays with gender adds extra richness to both characterisations and plot. It's one of the loveliest stories I've had the pleasure to read in any fandom. ( Excerpt from the story... )Gerard and Rapunzel (or here or here | |
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Fandom: TIN MAN Pairing: Azkadellia/Zero Length: ~2900 words Warnings:Author on LJ:Author Website: Jedi Buttercup's Fanfic IndexWhy this must be read: I'm all about the dark post-miniseries fics (as I'm sure you've already figured out). And all about the Az. And when you combine them ... well, I'm all yours. As it happens, "To Light She Be Shown" is the best of both worlds, a dark look at the Az that was hinted at during the miniseries (remember the conversation with herself by the lake?) with a great dysfunctional Az/Zero component and a re-interpretation of the prophecy about the two princesses. ( excerpt )To Light She Be Shown | |
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