March 29th, 2011 
12:20 am Refugees of War by Salable Mystic (Gen Aud)
Fandom: VORKOSIVERSE
Pairing: Aral/Cordelia
Length: 4k words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] salable_mystic, [personal profile] salable-mystic
Author Website:  AO3
Why this must be read:

The prompt was: "Cordelia/Aral, the AU where he really does move to Beta Colony and become a judo instructor" This is almost that AU, but *not quite*.  I love this AU for all the possibilities it has, and I dearly hope Mystic writes a sequel some day--I want to know how this came about, and I want to know what happens next.  Cordelia never went to Barrayar.  Vordarian wins the Civil War.  Aral and Gregor arrive at the Naismith's apartment on Barrayar--think of the possibilities!
 
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Refugees of War
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01:08 am Troubled Water by thecouchcarrot (R)
Fandom: SUPERNATURAL
Pairing: Dean/Castiel
Length: 23,000 words
Author on LJ: None
Author Website: Fanfiction.net Profile
Why this must be read: Going AU after the end of Season 5, in this witty and gritty story thecouchcarrot gives us a character study of Dean on the verge of breaking. What I love most is the dark edge to Dean's despair at losing Sam, and the way he takes it out on Castiel, and the way Castiel transforms that darkness into a different kind of passion. Also? Dean's epic battle with the vacuum cleaner. I love that too. :)

Troubled Water (Warning: non-explicit sexual violence.)
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09:10 pm Immortal legacy, PG, by dswdiane
Yikes nearly the end of the month, but just enough time to slip in a couple more highlander gems.

Fandom: Highlander
Pairing: Duncan/Methos/Amanda
Length: 4.5K
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dswdiane 
Author Website: Diane's fanfic
Why this must be read: I loved this offering, by turns funny and touching as a smattering of immortals from the series gather together to celebrate Rebecca after her mortal husband dies. With some wonderful Methos, Duncan and Amanda moments.


To wet your appetite )

Read it in full here.
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09:24 pm Hawaii Five-0
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09:48 pm Ministry Events by loopy4lupin (NC-17)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Harry/Ginny, Draco/Astoria, Hermione/Ron, Scorpius/Albus Severus
Length: 8,600
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Loony4Lupin's webpage
Why this must be read: This was written for the 2009 [profile] hp_spring_fling and is just plain hilarious. Set post-War and told from the point of view of Albus Severus, it provides a fabulous picture of the extended Potter-Weasley family post-war. Albus Severus dreads having to attend a Ministry event honoring the Weasleys, not the least because the bane of his existence -- and not so secret crush -- will be there. Funny and cute and sexy as hell, this is an entertaining one-shot. Albus is written with a sarcastic and deft hand and his observations on his family are hilarious.

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Ministry Events
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10:35 pm Oh Tee Three, by omphale (R)
Fandom: Canadian Actor RPF
Pairing: Callum Keith Rennie/Hugh Dillon
Length: 300 words
Author on LJ[livejournal.com profile] omphale23    
Author's Website: Fic on AO3
Why this must be read:  Golf-Fic!  Because it's a light, funny snippet of Callum trying to play golf despite Hugh's decidedly non-Zen presence, and Omphale has given it just the right amount of snarkiness.
 
 
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11:06 pm A Leap in the Dark by MusIgneus (M)
Fandom: VORKOSIVERSE
Pairing: Kareen/Serg
Length: short
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] musigneus, [insanejournal.com profile] musigneus
Author Website: Master List
Why this must be read:

Princess Kareen is such a tragic figure.  She was abused by her husband Crown Prince Serg, sheltered by Emperor Ezar only because of her son Gregor, captured and used as a pawn by the pretender to the throne, and murdered when she tried to resist.  We know very little about her.  And yet, we do know that no matter what happened to her she was strong, and smart, and unbroken.  Who was she?  Why did she marry Serg?  Did she know what she was getting into?  [insanejournal.com profile] musigneus takes the first few meetings of Kareen and Serg and explores these questions.  I love the way this story fleshes out Kareen, and the shows us a slightly younger Serg who has not yet fallen as far as he soon will, and an Ezar who does not yet know (but perhaps suspects) what a monster his son is.


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A Leap in the Dark
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11:21 pm Tiny Grains of Earth by anon (NC-17)
Fandom: WATCHMEN
Characters: Dan/Rorschach, Hollis
Length: ~16.5k
Author on LJ: n/a
Author's website: n/a
Why this must be read:

I've been watching this fic update on the kinkmeme, and it has just finished to thunderous applause. It's one of those stories that's based on an optimistic view of Dan and Rorschach's partnership in the 60s, where they've always got each other's backs and Dan calls Rorschach "buddy" a lot and they patch each other up after fights, and it's all very dashing and homoerotic.

The trouble in paradise in this case is that Dan starts noticing weird little things about Rorschach that get him thinking there might be an impostor under the mask. And since Rorschach is so cryptic normally, and Dan has never seen his face, it's possible! Dan's subsequent fretting and Rorschach's persistently weird behaviour make for some great tension, and the resolution when Dan finally does find the real Rorschach is sweet, sexy, funny, and a joy to read.


Tiny Grains of Earth

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