January 23rd, 2010 
05:18 am Beneficence by Alizarin (NC-17)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Inara/Jayne
Length: 2484 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] alizarin_nyc
Author Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: The thing I like best about this fic is how much it surprises me. It works in ways I wouldn't have expected, and for reasons I wouldn't have thought of. Alizarin has fascinating and novel ideas about Inara and Jayne, separately and together, and about the crew dynamics on Serenity in general. She deftly makes the connection between Inara and Jayne both make sense and feel something like healing, which I find really impressive.

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Beneficence
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12:54 pm All the Poise of a Cannonball, by Nicole Anell
Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (NEW)
Pairing: Seelix, Barolay, Anders, Gaeta, Racetrack, a very insensitive Six.
Length: 3023 words
Author on LJ: [personal profile] nicole_anell
Author Website: archived here
Why this must be read:

I love stories that delve into the perspectives of underused characters, especially those who've been cast in the role of antagonists. Seelix had been part of the ensemble since early Season Two, and while it was easy enough to imagine her reasons for mutiny, the show never had time to really explore them. This fic is structured as a series of scenes set just after the Demetrius mission, the destruction of the Hub, and just before the mutiny. It's a reminder of how much characters like Seelix lived through and how much they lost; to them, peace seems like just one more defeat.

After Demetrius, she went to the head and sat down on the floor of her shower stall and let the water run over her forever. They end up in a box, she kept thinking. That's where we used to end up. There's no ground to put the dead in anymore. They had to adjust their religions, tell themselves it was just as well to send them out into space in sheets. That the gods could still find them there, and find their fathers and nieces and college roommates incinerated in some trash heap back home. Find Jean on the baseship, whatever they did with her.

It was bullshit, though. She'd known this since Kobol, standing over Socinus while his lungs collapsed. He came up with her and Cally in basic, and his mother was a housecleaner, and he did an amazing impression of the XO. Chief put a needle in his arm, and then everyone stood around looking useless and limp. Seelix smudged the tears and dirt deeper into her face. She was thinking about his soul. She said, "We have to bury him."


All the Poise of a Cannonball
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11:10 pm The Greatest Gift Of All by bellaratia (K+)
Fandom: DCU- Superman Returns
Pairing: Gen
Length: 5,533 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: FFN
Why this must be read:

It's really the little touches in this story that make it a great read. Through the eyes of Jason Lane's teacher we get to see the aftermath the events of the movie have had on a five year old child. I don't know what more I can say about this oneshot except it's such a wonderful fic to read. It leaves you feeling happy and comforted by the fact that there are good people in the world. So if you want a happy feeling to keep you through the day then this is the fic for you.

The Greatest Gift Of All
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