Mirage by Merry (PG)

[zaneetas.livejournal.com]

Previously on Popslash: "Joey ended up being the one to call JC. 'Lance went to Bermuda, but he left a robot to fill in for him,' he said, and hung up."

Today on Popslash: Mirage (PG)

Fandom: Popslash
Pairing: Chris/Justin (Timbertrick). Almost.
Author on LJ: merryish
Author Website: Any Road
Warning from Author's Website: "Disquieting." (The full warning may be read here.)
Why this must be read:

Immediately after I first read this, I logged on to IM and started sending frantic, incoherent messages of fannish wonderment.

[chatting on IM]

me: Whoa!
neverbeen2spain: Hmm?
me: I...she...whoa. You've got to read this! Whoa.
me: Brrrr! *shivers*
neverbeen2spain: What is it?
me: What is it? It's Condoleeza Rice's autobiography. Obviously.
neverbeen2spain: Liar.
me: Okay. It's timbertrick. And, like, the best fanfic story ever. It's just...I can't even describe it. It's just perfect, sad, atmospheric, and...it's just...whoa.
neverbeen2spain: It's like a Mya song?
me: Read! Sheesh.
neverbeen2spain: Okay, hold on.

[reading commences, time passes]

me: Done?
neverbeen2spain: Last paragrap...whoa!
me: Dude. I know.
neverbeen2spain: Whoa.
me: Yup.
neverbeen2spain: No, really. Really, really. Whoa.
me: Is that not the most brilliant story? I only read it 30 minutes ago and I already want to declare all kinds of wonderful, amazing things about it.
neverbeen2spain: And spooky, man! I need to go lock all the doors, turn on all the lights, and eat comfort food now.

merryish writes wonderfully and this story is ghostly, suspenseful, and will capture your attention immediately and hold it until the very end. It's totally whoa.


Definitions, links, and images:

1. *Nsync bobbleheads are...well, they're exactly what they sound like. Shiny, hard, plastic toys that...uh...bobble. They're also available now on ebay and too amusing not to picture here:



2. Timbertrick:





Wednesday on Popslash: "I'm not gonna have sex with you just because you're polite."

Comments

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

You rock.

The popslash rec's have been great, and the way you have done the setup for them is spectacular.

Now, I'm off to read. Timbertrick!.

[zaneetas.livejournal.com]

Dude, I love writing these recs -- looking for all the pictures and stuff gives me a special thrill. Thanks so much for compliment, though -- and I hope you liked the story! It's Timbertrick (mmm...) but in so not a normal way -- after Flesh Mechanic and this one, I'm definitely going to have to hunt down a Timbertrick story that's at least sort of normal to put up here.