September 10th, 2011 
02:12 am House of Many Windows by skullsquid (PG-13)
Fandom: WATCHMEN
Pairing: Adrian Veidt/Edward Blake
Length: ~2000
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] skullsquid
Author Website: Fanfiction tag
Why this must be read:

This is a wonderfully atmospheric fic that plays on a quote by Robert Louis Stevenson - "The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us".

I'm very fond of the characterization of both Adrian and Eddie in this one, and the way it shows an important parallel between the two men, both of them being in their own way removed from and unable to connect with the rest of society.

Last but not least, it has some delicious sexual tension that is not quite resolved.

House of Many Windows
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07:25 am Map of the Sentinel Heart by Scala
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length: 45905 words
Author on LJ: Not known
Author Website: http://www.852prospect.org/archive/
Why this must be read: - Post TSbyBS, Blair decides that he can't be a cop, and gets a job teaching in a commune in Oregon. And then all Jim's cases are brought up for review, he's being investigated... Someone, somewhere, is aware that Jim is hiding something.
Steven plays a fairly major role in this story. He appears occasionally in fanfiction, sometimes friendly, sometimes not so friendly. Scala has fleshed him out well in this story, giving Jim a really supportive brother as he fights to protect Blair as well as avoid revealing the truth about himself while he comes up with a good reason to be 'hiding something'.
The story is in two parts.
Map of the Sentinel Heart
Map of the Sentinel Heart 2
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03:16 pm ROG on Vacation by Jill (aka - dhrachth) (rated Teen)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER/Lord of the Rings
Pairing: gen (non-explicit King Elessar/Arwen Undomiel)
Length: 4,474 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dhrachth
Author Website: Jill on FF.net
Why this must be read:

This is an older story (about 10 years old, I think?), but it is still one I re-read on an annual basis. I'm a sucker for stories where a character is displaced into an entirely new universe. This story sees Methos (ROG = really old guy in older Highlander fandom parlance) unexpectedly transported into Middle-Earth in a post-Return of the King world. Aragorn is rebuilding Gondor and is understandably suspicious of such a shady character as Adam, son of Pier, who appears by sorcery and who doesn't die like he should. There is a murder mystery, the mystery of Methos's interdimensionl travel, and some mysterious assassination attempts. I really love the characterization in this story and how the characters all interact. Jill does an amazing job of making me believe that the characters from these two fandoms would interact like they do in the story. The concepts and execution are lovely, and although the prose could use a little polish, I love it for that alone and it is thus one of my all-time favorite fanfiction re-reads.

Here is a sample of dialogue between Legolas and Gimli in the story. )

ROG on Vacation by Jill
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11:19 pm The Fem!Doctor Series by Poetry/Joking (teen or adult, depending on the specific story)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: female!Ninth Doctor/Rose/Jack, later male!Ten/Rose/Jack
Length: Stories vary; the entire series is about 60,000 words at this point, but each story stnda on its own
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] joking
Author Website: Poetry on Teaspoon
Why this must be read: In this 'verse, the Doctor has always been female – until she reincarnates into her tenth body and suddenly finds herself – well, himself. I'm not a fan of genderswitch for the sake of genderswitch, but [livejournal.com profile] joking really manages to turn it into something special.

While this whole series is awesome, the stories with the ninth Doctor (which is most of them so far) are my favorites. The amazing thing is that [livejournal.com profile] joking manages to have the female Doctor be entirely the Doctor we know, and yet different. They portray the relationship between the Doctor and her companions deftly and with much tenderness. Hangman, for example, is a story where Jack's past comes back to haunt him – the Time Agency, his family, and old enemies. The Doctor is his secure pillar in the maelstrom (even though Jack doesn't know it at first).

Fem!Doctor Series
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