June 22nd, 2012 
08:28 am Covert Operations by Rogue (Explicit)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Robert Sarris, Jim/Blair
Length: Novel-length
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Offline, but archived at 852 Prospect
Why this must be read: This particular AU (I really like them, if you can't tell) asks what might have happened if Blair had been a young soldier assigned to Jim's Rangers team as a translator. It's a gritty, tense read, with a satisfying conclusion.

Covert Operations

(Please note that 852prospect.org is moving to AO3.
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01:32 pm and our dreams will break the boundaries of our fears by electrumqueen (Mature)
Fandom: THE HUNGER GAMES
Pairing: Johanna/Finnick
Length: ~7k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] electrumqueen
Author Website: her page on AO3
Why this must be read:

The characterization in this is mindblowing, and the representation of the Capitol, the way it controls everything and destroys whatever gets in its way is really stark, brilliant, because it's through the eyes of Johanna, who's known of the menace of the Capitol her whole life, but is just starting to really wrap her mind around it. Also, it's fantastic back-story on Finnick and Annie.

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and our dreams will break the boundaries of our fears
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05:42 pm Necessary Faith by Alecto (Mature)
Fandom: SHERLOCK/SUPERNATURAL
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Length: 34945 Words
Author on LJ:not that I am aware
Author Website: Alecto on AO3

Why this must be read: Because this is BAMF John becoming a Supernatural style hunter post Reichenbach. There are only brief cameos from the Supernatural characters, this is John’s story of dealing with his massive grief through being a total badass. John’s partner in hunting is an equally BAMF Mary Morstan. Mary and John are both grieving the loves of their lives. Their (mostly platonic) friendship is so well done. Alecto just started posting a sequel Burden of Proof dealing with Sherlock’s POV finding out about John’s life during the hiatus.


Necessary Faith
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11:49 pm "The Love Song" by Diana (G)
Fandom: SUPER JUNIOR
Pairing: Kyuhyun/Donghae
Length: ~1,400w
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] pregnantcigar
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] warmboys
Why this must be read: Diana is my second-favorite author, probably ever, but at the very least in this fandom. She's an absolutely masterful writer. She's probably strongest when at writing dialogue; her conversations are so easy and feel so natural, and as a person who loves modernist writing, I am addicted to how simply, yet powerfully, she puts things. She couches devastating insight in innocuous imagery and rough, even crude language. ...And of course the fic of hers that sticks most in my mind uses almost none of that, lol; but I do love this piece a lot. Besides the fact that it's very different from most other fics I've read, almost daring (you'll see what I mean when you read it), it has a feeling of awkward, yet comfortable intimacy, and her imagery is just beautiful.

The Love Song
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