June 4th, 2011 
12:20 am All Us Heroes, by trolllogicfics (G)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS UK
Pairing: Gen, Sam-centric
Length: 2,000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] trolllogicfics
Author Website: Master fic list on LJ
Why this must be read: Even if you don't generally care for AUs, trust me and give this one a try. It's a strange and wonderful take on the pilot episode, but with one significant twist: everyone has a superpower. Well — except for a small number of individuals, DCI Sam Tyler being one. And when he finds himself thrown from 2006 to 1973, he's determined to work out who was responsible. I love that he never even considers that he might be mad or in a coma; obviously Sam's back in time, because in this 'verse, that is actually the most rational explanation.

But the real beauty of this story is, everyone's startlingly true to character. The author sketches out the scenario succinctly, then tells her story with such conviction that you almost forget this isn't a standard episode. It's that imaginative, that good.

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All Us Heroes, by trolllogicfics
 
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01:42 pm Wear by jdphoenix (T)
Fandom: STAR TREK: REBOOT
Pairing: None
Length: 750
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] jdphoenix
Author Website: jdphoenix’s ST fic tag
Why this must be read:

Author’s summary: Janice Rand; Anything can be a weapon if you're holding it right.

I love love love when Janice Rand appears in Reboot fics, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more kick-awesome version of her than here. Read this fic and then try to tell me that Rand isn’t just as tough and resourceful as anyone else on the Enterprise. Bonus cameo appearance by Kirk at the end is hilarious.

Wear
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08:42 pm Three Card Monte Can Only Ends in Tears by thassalia (NC-17)
Fandom: STARGATE SG-1
Pairing: Cameron Mitchell/Vala Mal Doran
Length: ~7.5k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] thassalia
Author Website: lj memories
Why this must be read:

This is hands down the best season nine Cam and Vala interaction I've read. The characters are spot on, flawed and clashing and then figuring out how to turn that spark into something else. There's sex and ice cream and whiskey and this is one of those stories that I spend hours daydreaming of what would have happened next. It's been two years since I first read it, and still upon every reread I do that - where did it go from there? What would Cam's next move be, what would Vala's? The picture is just painted that well. Stories that inspire that are the best thing in the world to me.


Three Card Monte Can Only End in Tears
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