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First, welcome to dS - it's a wonderful, friendly, welcoming fandom, or at least I've found it to be that way. And there is so much fantastic fic. A lot of the best of it is like First in that it has humor (common in dS stories, since there's so much wacky humor in canon), but never becomes farcical or slapstick because the humor is balanced with real tenderness and depth of feeling. In fact, just about all the really best dS fic (in my opinion, of course) has at least some humor, and some has much stronger humorous elements - for example, among those I rec'ed last month, Juggling Act and The Bodyguard by Speranza, American Way and Sixteenth of June by Resonant, Parental Guidance, What We Talk About When We Talk About Wolves ...
Anyway, I'm not sure how familiar you are with dS, but if you want additional recs you can check out ds_flashback, the model on which crack_van is based (though flashback is more aimed at forgotten or lesser-known stories). Also, you can check out my own website - it's a pretty good resource for a newbie to the fandom. I list my own favorites, but more important, it has a compilation of fics that are rec'ed on other people's websites, as well as a list of those rec sites and a list of archives and other dS-related links. You might find it useful. It's here (http://justacat.slashcity.org).
And again, welcome to the fandom, and thanks for commenting :-)
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First, welcome to dS - it's a wonderful, friendly, welcoming fandom, or at least I've found it to be that way. And there is so much fantastic fic. A lot of the best of it is like First in that it has humor (common in dS stories, since there's so much wacky humor in canon), but never becomes farcical or slapstick because the humor is balanced with real tenderness and depth of feeling. In fact, just about all the really best dS fic (in my opinion, of course) has at least some humor, and some has much stronger humorous elements - for example, among those I rec'ed last month, Juggling Act and The Bodyguard by Speranza, American Way and Sixteenth of June by Resonant, Parental Guidance, What We Talk About When We Talk About Wolves ...
Anyway, I'm not sure how familiar you are with dS, but if you want additional recs you can check out
And again, welcome to the fandom, and thanks for commenting :-)