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Vidder: Yorkshirewench Musical artist: Tom Jones Pairing: Kate/Petruchio Vidder on LJ: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) yorkshirewenchVidder's website: yorkshirewench.co.ukWhy this vid kicks ass: This vid uses source from one of my all-time favourite Shakespeare adaptations of Taming of the Shrew (from the BBC's remix series), largely because the cast has so much fun with it. And Yorkshirewench captures all the best bits -- the cross-dressing, the stomping feet, the kissing, OMG the kissing -- and makes them even funnier, not to mention the most inspired song choice. *hearts songvid to bits* She's A Lady | | |
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Fandom: BOONDOCK SAINTS Pairing: Can be viewed as Connor MacManus/Murphy MacManus or GEN Length: 205 wonderfully used words Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] Author Website: More fic at FF.Net Why this must be read: This is one of those story's that only takes 3-5 minutes to read but keeps you thinking all day about it. [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] manages to capture both Murphy's way of being raw and passionate and Connor's way of being tried and true but at the same time show how they need each other to survive. Minutes Apart | | |
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Fandom: LORD PETER WIMSEY Pairing: None Length: 4,400 Author Website: None that I know of Why this must be read:One of the hardest things to find more of, even in a fandom based on detective stories, is plot. Admittedly, even Sayers had trouble constructing a decent mystery within the constraints of the short story form, so perhaps it's not surprising that fic writers generally prefer character studies or vignettes to fully-fledged criminal investigations. Death in the Tuileries is a notable exception to this rule. Peter Wimsey, as a newly-minted lieutenant in Paris, is given two days to investigate the (apparently) accidental drowning of a young officer with friends in high places. In addition to a neat plot, the fic offers the bonus of Wimsey and Bunter's first meeting (refreshingly low-key and devoid of portentous hints about their future), and a well-realised wartime atmosphere. There is a nit or two to be picked – the dialogue is rather counter-intuitively laid out in places – but the story as a whole more than makes up for such lapses. The lieutenant colonel looked over the fair-haired young man in front of him and decided it could have been worse. He had the semi-dazed look of all new officers, but his face wasn't quite as scrubbed raw as the university recruits, and at 24, he was positively mature compare to some.
"You were at Eton with one of the support company officers?"
"Major Morris, yes, sir."
"Good, well, he suggested you might be our way out of this ..."
The lieutenant colonel paused to think of a word that would adequately convey what he felt at being ordered to find time in the middle of a war to investigate the death of an aristocratic sot fool enough to drown himself in two feet of water.
"... situation," he finished, finally. Death in the Tuileries | | |
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Fandom: EUREKA Pairing: Gen Length: 1,200 words Author on LJ: flyakateAuthor Website: Masterlist on LivejournalWhy this must be read: Jack and Nathan confined to a small space should always produce snark. Their voices are perfect. If rapid aging could happen anywhere, it would happen in Eureka, and it *would* happen to these two. Early Bird Special | | |
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Fandom: PRIMEVAL Pairing: Stephen/Ryan Length: 5940 words Author on LJ: munchkinofdoomAuthor Website: None – check LJ masterlist for stories Why this must be read:This one's a rather unusual crossover – it's with long-running UK soap opera Eastenders. The Primeval team are in Albert Square investigating an anomaly – and newly-promoted Major Tom Ryan discovers that he has an evil double. The story's inspiration is the Eastenders ep featuring gay-bashing Luke, who was played by the same actor who was Ryan in Primeval. As always with munchkinofdoom, there's plot and action accompanying a very clever premise! Choices | | |
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Fandom: LOST Characters/Pairing: Sawyer/Sayid Length: 14,129 words Author on LJ: zelda_zee Author Website: MasterlistWhy this must be read: Here’s this month’s porn rec, and I picked the most EPIC one that I have bookmarked---look at that wordcount! zelda_zee is this fandom’s go-to porn writer, but what makes her writing so great is her fabulous imagery, her perfect characterization, and the realism that she imbues into even the nuttiest plots. The sex here is jaw-droppingly hot… and just keeps going in a way that makes the reader feel just as deliciously out of control as Sayid. However, although this fic is technically just PWP---it’s about sex pollen, for heaven’s sake---she’s so good that it ends up being quite a lovely comment on Sawyer and Sayid’s relationship, and the ending is fantastic. Excerpt:
Anyway, the guy was better company than pretty much anyone else back at the beach, so he guessed if he was going to be lost with someone he could do worse. Not a chatterbox, that was for sure. Only talked when he actually had something to say. Sawyer, who made it a practice to speak as often as possible but most particularly when he had nothing to say, appreciated that economy in others.None So Bright | | |
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