December 30th, 2009 
02:42 am Very Sexy Veteran by mildly_obsessed(NC-17)
Fandom: GLEE
Pairing: Kurt Hummel/Noah Puckerman
Length: 9000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] mildly_obsessed 
Author Website:  Not found

Why this must be read:
It's future!AU, it's smut and it's. So. Fucking. Wonderful.

It's perfect. I lovelovelove how there's no easy fix or quick break, there's no rom com kiss that makes everything alright or angry storming out of the room that causes more drama. It's just... real. Very, very real.

The top/bottom dynamic really worked. It didn't seemed cliché at all, which it often does in Kurt/Puck fics, it slid very easily into the rest of their character traits and what they wanted. Now that I've read them like this (10 years in the future and grown up), it's the only way I can really imagine that they would fit together on a long term basis.

Very Sexy Veteran
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03:01 am Funeral by chelsea_thomson (T)
Fandom: GLEE
Pairing: Kurt Hummel/Noah "Puck" Puckerman
Length: 2000
Author on LJ: chelsea_thomson
Author Website: @ fanfiction.net

Why this must be read: Really, really angsty tear-jerker. It's a death fic that rips at your heart strings.

 

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Funeral
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05:28 am Ambrosia by Cyndi (NC-17)
Fandom: TRANSFORMERS
TF Continuity: Armada
Pairing: Starscream/Unicron, Starscream/Megatron
Length: about 68,000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] i_stalk_piccolo
Author website: on FF.net
Why this must be read:

This has the distinction of being the only Starscream/Unicron fic I have ever heard of, and I will admit that the pairing curiousity drove me to read a story set in a continuity I knew nothing about.

I have no idea how it holds up the actual events of the Armada anime series, but this fanfic is intense. It is dark and inventive and it sucks you in. It starts out disturbing, turns wierd, goes sideways, then upside down. And everything builds to a satisfying whole.

Warning: This story is posted on AFF instead of FF.Net because of the very adult rating. Be aware of non-con, abuse, torture ahead when you read

Ambrosia
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01:01 pm Songvid Oddities: Multi-fandom - Filthy Mind
Vidder: SE
Musical artist: Amanda Ghost
Pairing: Various
Vidder on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sol_se
Vidder's website: fannish.flux
Why this vid kicks ass: Today's vid is a gorgeous journey into a surreal dreamscape, in which [livejournal.com profile] sol_se's editing matches up echoing images from different source texts. The result will linger in your mind for a long time.

Filthy Mind
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02:11 pm Glances Into a Spark: Twin-a-twim by Saesama (PG)
Fandom: TRANSFORMERS
TF Continuity: 2009 Movie
Pairing: none
Length: approx. 827 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] saesama
Author website: Fic Masterlist
Why this must be read:

Kick in the Head / Glances Into a Spark is one of those epic serial WIPs that are strangely prevalent in this fandom. Twin-a-Twim is one of my favorite pieces of it.

Fans had a mini-meltdown during ROTF when a silver (not red!) Sideswipe appeared without his twin Sunstreaker. The original Autobot twins were replaced by Mudflap and Skids, and Sunstreaker fans were boggled: what happened to the twins?

Saesama answers it beautifully in this short story, and managed to make Mudflap and Skids characters we can empathize with. I would highly recommend all the stories in this series (found via the author's masterlist), but this one can stand alone.

Glances Into a Spark: Twin-a-Twim
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07:05 pm The Substitute by Deinonychus_1 (18)
Fandom: PRIMEVAL
Pairing: Nick/Connor (mentions Nick/Stephen)
Length: 2500
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] deinonychus_1
Author Website: None – see LJ masterlist
Why this must be read:

If you want angst and pretty boys broken, then read [livejournal.com profile] deinonychus_1's fic! The Substitute is the beginning of her 'Need' series, which spans series 2 and 3 from the breakdown of Nick's relationship with Stephen to the appearance of Captain Becker. The story stands on its own very well, but if you want to read the others, they're on [livejournal.com profile] deinonychus_1's masterlist. Be warned: This is a dark series and not for everyone! But it's a scary and compelling glimpse into the characters' minds. [livejournal.com profile] deinonychus_1 gets way beyond Connor as the comedy geek and shows us a bleaker side to him.


The Substitute
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07:46 pm Girls on the Beach by toestastegood (G)
Fandoms: LOST
Characters/Pairing: Walt and Shannon
Length: 1260 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] fic_flail 
Why this must be read: This is a really unique look at something that totally might have been canon. Walt was a great observer at the camp, and his crush on Shannon in this fic is adorable and completely believable. Toestastegood has really nailed the little-boy POV voice, with the random things about romance that a little boy might and might not have gleaned from television or watching adults interact.

Excerpt:
When he asked Shannon why she was folding clothes, she said she was 'anal'. Walt didn't quite understand what she meant by that; he knew it had something to do with your ass, because the guys back at school would always laugh and make jokes about it, and because Bobby Ferguson had once drawn over the word 'annual' and the teacher had yelled at him for about eight hours straight; it had been pretty cool – and he didn't get what that had to do with folding clothes, so he'd just fallen quiet and nodded.


Girls on the Beach
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07:49 pm Trio by imajiru [NC-17]
Fandom: FOREVER KNIGHT
Pairing: Nick/Natalie/LaCoix
Length: 15,620 words
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: imajiru fiction

Why this must be read: Stories by this author have an edge that is so inviting to me. "Trio" is one of many, many stories the fandom has that uses the series finale as a new beginning for the characters, in this case LaCroix, Nick and Natalie. All the old character boundaries have been wiped away and in its place is a new reality, free from restrictions. This story is evocative and very hot, but I also appreciate the characterization of LaCroix. He's not the unflinching, overbearing father figure often presented in the series, but a vampire who misses the companionship of his beloved son.


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Trio by imajiru
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08:21 pm Protectobot Beginnings by Playswithworms (PG-13)
Fandom: TRANSFORMERS
TF Continuity: G1
Pairing: none
Length: overall 25,000 words with snippets
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] playswithworms
Author website: on FF.net
Why this must be read:

This series is MADE of cute. It is teeth-rottingly sweet. If you do not like the Protectobots as portrayed by playswithworms, then you have out-Scrooged Scrooge. There are several stories posted, starting with an AU origin for the Protectobots in the G1 verse, and follows them through their early shenanigans.

If you visit her FF.Net page, though, you will find that most every Protectobot snippet there is part of the same story-universe. I will bet you a virtual cupcake that, having read one, you will track down the protectobots tag on her LJ from sheer desperation to get moar fic.

In chronological order:
Protectobot Beginnings: Activation
Protectobot Beginnings: Gravity
Protectobot Beginnings: Knowledge
Protectobot Beginnings: Shield
Protectobot Beginnings: One
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10:50 pm The Raven Flown by AC Chapin [NC-17]
Fandom: FOREVER KNIGHT
Pairing: Nick/Janette, Nick/Natalie
Length:  950 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] pqlaertes 
Author Website: archived here

Why this must be read: For Nick, control is something that he is constantly battling with. The limits his control allows are also an issue.  I love how this fic examines the two women in Nick's life, what his limitations allow and where they're not an issue. The strong prose of the author is another highlight of this story.

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The Raven Flown
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