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Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH Length: 40,641 Why this must be read: When I discovered this fandom a few years ago JoJo was one of the first writers whose stories I read, and her writing became, for me, a sort of gold standard for S&H fanfiction. Getting a Grip is a series of three stories ( Getting a Grip, Coming Undone, and Not Waving But Drowning) which expands upon the events of the episode Bloodbath. In this series, Starsky’s nightmare with Simon Marcus’ cult doesn’t end with his rescue at the old zoo; instead, things get much worse, and, in contrast to the perky tag of the episode, Starsky can’t easily shake it all off. JoJo gives us beautiful and believable character studies of Starsky as a man who is falling to pieces, and of Hutch, who is angst-ridden and frustrated because he is unable to help his friend and partner. It’s an incredibly intense story of two desperate men, perfectly paced and told with great care. Getting a Grip (part 1, 14,851 wds) | | |
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Fandom: TEEN WOLF Pairing: Erica Reyes, Erica/Boyd Length: 13,795 Author on LJ: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) magneticwaveAuthor Website: At AO3Why this must be read: This is a character-study of Erica and it's a damn good one. It centers on Erica and her family before the bite as much as it does *after* her transformation. I love her family, I love the books that she reads, I love how she took her fate into her own hands and did her best to improve her situation. I *don't* like that she slams Scott's intelligence. In fact, when I started picking the fics that I would rec this month I deliberately excluded every single fic that intimated that Scott was less than intelligent, but I couldn't do it here. In this particular case, I look at it as Erica trying to make herself feel a little bit better by belittling someone else. Is this the right thing to do? No, of course not, but she's a *kid* and kids make mistakes. The fact that she even wakes up the next morning tells her that the bite has taken. The overwhelming rush of sensation that follows communicates in wide swaths of narration that it wasn’t a dream; from her place in bed, with her bedroom door open, she can hear the individual drops of water collect in the base of the filter and drip drip drip out of the coffeemaker. She can smell her father’s chest expand, the muscle fibers stretching and relaxing as he idly flips through the newspaper at the kitchen table.
Erica rolls out of bed and her body is a revelation. The energy of the shift has burned through the fat deposits and acne scars and she stares at herself in the bathroom mirror, touching her chin with disbelieving fingers, as she whispers, “This cannot be possible.” The last time Erica read a book featuring this kind of transformation, she was eleven and gullible. She’s Hermione on the night of the Yule Ball, permanently Sleekeazied. She’s Ragnall, without the emotional complexity of an idiot husband.
“Me cago en la puta,” spits Erica’s mother when Erica walks into the kitchen, choking on her coffee. “Cita?”
“I’m feeling better,” Erica tells her. “Can I go to school today?” If she books it, she can probably make it in time for lunch and her afternoon classes.
“Have you been exercising, baby?” her mother asks, eyes narrowed suspiciously. It looks like they’re going to have that conversation about the rock wall after all; but Erica heads her off with a bit of hand-waving about salads for lunch and it’s not as if Erica’s mother can dispute the physical evidence before her eyes. Erica, who has never before willingly gone to class when she could stay home and read in bed all day, plays the I’m going to fail if I miss any more school card with ruthless abandon and her mother finally accedes, grudgingly, if Erica promises to come home and rest immediately afterwards.
“Of course,” Erica promises, threading her fingers together behind her back. “Um, can I borrow something to wear?”
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Fandom: SGA Pairing: Gen Length: 17k+ Author on LJ: copperbadgeAuthor Website: DW, Ao3Why this must be read: Ronon's friendship with Chuck, the head Gate Tech of the Atlantis mission, leads him to discover the strange and alien ways of Canadians and helps him lay his past to rest.I checked back through the posting here and was surprised to see that this had never been recced. So, just in case there are people unfamiliar with his fic, I had to gush about this a little. It’s the ‘Ronon befriends Chuck (that gate-tech)’ fic. It’s the Ronon learns poetry and English and about Canada fic. It’s Ronon putting Sateda to rest in his past and looking for a new home and maybe finding that in Canada. Also, the podfic version is fantastic if you're into that. My Home and Native Land | | |
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Fandom: PERSON OF INTEREST Pairing: gen (brief reference to past Jessica/John) Length: 1400 words Author on LJ: n/a Author Website: on ff.net or on AO3Why this must be read: One reason I love fanfic is for how it fills in the missing spaces. At this point I doubt we'll ever know what happened to the photo of Jessica and John that Carter found; this story gives one plausible explanation. Also, the author has a deft touch with Carter and Reese's points of view in their sections. Possession: on ff.net or on AO3 | | |
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Fandom: NARUTO Pairing: none, Team 7 gen Length: one-shot at 3,346 words Author on LJ: unknown Author Website: FF.net profileWhy this must be read: I love how an outsider's POV of our favorite characters can help us see them in an entirely new light. This fic does that wonderfully! I also find it very easy to relate to the main character and her fascination with dashing, heroic ninja. How many of us as children dreamed of being pirates, astronauts, or movie stars? Her observations of Team 7 are touching, and her dose of reality quietly chilling. Wow. [set in Team 7's happy genin days] Childish Things by Betula | | |
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