Vidder: Ferd
Musical artist: David Bowie
Pairing: Various
Vidder on LJ: ferdalump
Vidder's website: ferdalump's channel on YouTube
Why this vid kicks ass: To close out our week of dancing, I offer you one of my favourite feel-good vids. It's finger-clicking; it's got love and dancing and people being goofs. It's just downright happy-making.

Modern Love

Fandom: AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8
Pairing: Adam Lambert/Kris Allen/Katy Allen
Length: 16k
Author on LJ: olivia_circe
Author Website: Fic on Dreamwidth
Why this must be read: Because it's a really hot, kinky, well put-together threesome fic. There are lots of feelings. And pegging! I have read this fic multiple times, which is pretty rare for me. It's just really, really well written.

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Bingo
Bingo also has an awesome sequel, Bridge.

Fandom: HOUSE
Pairing: none
Length: 7700 words
Author on LJ: ignazwisdom
Author Website: Author's Page at Archive of Our Own
Why this must be read:

Here is one of the best Cuddy-is-pregnant fics in House fandom, very well-researched and genuinely moving. Cuddy is the perfect blend of vulnerable and determined as she weighs her options and makes her choice.

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A Voice in Ramah (Welcome to Holland)

Fandom: EUREKA
Pairing: Can be read as Jack Carter & Henry Deacon friendship fic or Jack/Henry pre-slash
Length: 2,067 words
Author on LJ: pocky_slash
Author Website: pocky_slash_365
Why this must be read: If they didn't do something soon, they were all going to drown in the restroom, of all places. If they didn't drown, Jack was going to kill Fargo with his bare hands for getting them into this mess to begin with. What kind of an idiot tries to design a self-cleaning rest room and implements it without testing it first?

Although, he was really beginning to realize that Eureka was populated by a whole lot of geniuses who were exactly that kind of idiot.

The five minor crises that cemented Jack and Henry's friendship.

Crisis Management (or Just Another Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)

Fandom: LOST
Characters: Desmond
Length: 3835 words
Author on LJ: janie_tangerine
Author Website: Masterlist
Why this must be read: This gorgeously written and atmospheric fic details the last month or so of Desmond’s solitude in the hatch and his slow descent into the near-madness that we saw when the crash survivors first opened the hatch. It is a heartbreaking look at what it’s like to be at the end of one’s tether, all alone, losing one’s mind, and to make matters worse, a slave to a button that doesn’t allow you to sleep. The numbers are a big part of Lost mythology and this story almost makes them into a character.

Excerpt:
He watches another movie.

Casablanca lasts 102 minutes, so it will just do. It will just do and when it’s over he finds himself in tears on the couch even if he has seen it at least five times and found it cheesy each one; too bad that he kind of understood the implications just now and he bites his lip, tasting salt. Not that anyone is there to see him making a fool of himself, except for...

Way Down In the Hole

Fandom: LORD PETER WIMSEY
Pairing: Bunter/St George
Length: 2,175
Author: executrix
Author Website: See the wimseyfic tag on her LJ
Why this must be read:


Fanfic that is "more than" canon may go down the crack route, blithely inserting whatever trope takes the writer's fancy, just for the fun of it, or it may offer a resistant reading, interpreting the text in a way that the author never intended. Sayers' Bunter, for instance, is never presented as being in any way dissatisfied with his lot in life. Although we are given hints that a rather different man lurks beneath the Jeeves-like mask of the perfect servant, it is never suggested that this difference extends to criticism of the class system or any of the constraints it imposes on him (on the contrary, when Peter offers him a raise, Bunter declines). executrix shows us Bunter from the inside, a Bunter with a real and complex inner life, who is far from happy with his lot, but sees no way out. She does it through the medium of what is possibly the rarest of all pairings in this fandom, Bunter and the Viscount St George, and makes their relationship utterly convincing. The fic is witty, intelligent and ultimately heart-breaking, it does justice to all the characters, and it's nothing like anything Sayers ever wrote. Even if you don't like slash, I strongly recommend that you read this.

Saint-George put down the epergne. Bunter stoically restored its luster. Saint-George picked up a freshly polished pair of sugar tongs and goggled his eyes at his hideously distorted reflection. “I mean, it’s only natural, isn’t? Or unnaturally natural. Chaps who like girls, like them because they’re different. So chaps like me fancy chaps like you. Because you’re different. You’re strong and you go around having adventures. I’m just blown around by the breeze.”

“This is a sceptred isle,” Bunter said. “Not a desert one. They had to go back.” And Bunter thought that that would be the end of it, wanted it to be the end of it, but the word “adventures” made him wish for adventures of his own, not the ones obtained by trailing around after Lord Peter.

Gentleman's Relish, or Five Times That Mervyn Bunter Knew His Place

Fandom: Alias Smith and Jones
Pairing: Hannibal Heyes / Kid Curry
Length: 1,215
Author on LJ: jojosimco
Author Website: unknown

Why this must be read: I had a difficult time choosing which of the fabulous stories that are out there to start with, but I figured I should start with one that I've read more than once and one that has never ever failed to make me smile. It's a tag to the end of "The Girl in Boxcar #3" starting right as the girl leaves on the train leaving Heyes and Curry at the train station and we follow the boys to their hotel. The dialog feels just right and I can hear their voices in my head when I read it. Heck, I can see Curry smile as he says the last line of this delightful piece. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.


Seventeen

Fandom: PRIMEVAL
Pairing: Gen
Length: 3300 words
Author on LJ: curia_regis
Author Website: None – check LJ masterlist for stories
Why this must be read:

There's surprisingly little apocalypse fic in Primeval as yet, which is a touch odd given the direction series 3 went in. There Will Be No History is very scary, very plausible and very vivid. The sparse writing style, punchy scenes and the tiny, seemingly throwaway details make this a formidable story.


There Will Be No History

With the Week Of Dancing having whet your appetites, I'm now going to focus on some exceptional vids from small and obscure fandoms.

Vidder: Pipsqueaky
Musical artist: Len
Pairing: None
Vidder on LJ: pipsqueaky
Vidder's website: pipsqueaky.com
Why this vid kicks ass: Is there anything more adorable than a baby fish on a quest? As it turns out, yes there is... a baby fish on a quest edited to a funky beat. :)

Steal My Sunshine