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crack_van2010-10-25 10:24 pm
jerico-cacaw.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2010-10-25 10:24 pm
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Hopeless Son Universe by buffyadict (R)
Fandom: CRIMINAL MINDS
Pairing: Spencer Reid, gen
Length: ~50,000
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
buffyaddict
Author Website: Check out both the Fanfiction sticky post and, as not all fics are listed, the Criminal Minds tag atbuffyaddict_fic
Why this must be read:
There are many great fics that come to my mind when talking aboutbuffyaddict, but the first one in this verse is probably The Fic I'll remember her for. Making one of the main cast character a serial criminal, one of the offenders the team hunts, is a favorite cliche of the fandom. There are different ways to do this, and two main ones: the character is canonically the same until something happens and he turns into (or seems to turn into) a bad guy; or the character has been (or seems to have been) a bad guy from the beginning.
Hopeless Son is in the first group, and one of the reasons the fic works is because the writer keeps the main character, Reid, In Character. What he does is believable, every step he takes, every plan he makes; he never forgets who he is and what he's going to lose for what he's doing. This is one of the things that I enjoy most ofbuffyaddict's fics: she is a very introspective storyteller, and a good part of her stories focus on what the characters are thinking, how they feel, the turmoil they are going through. It becomes more true than ever in this series of fics. Warming: secondary character's death.
Hopeless Son Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03
Dark Side of the Moon Part 01 | Part 02
When Skies are Gray Part 01 | Part 02
I'm only planning to rec one fic or series per author, but there are other five fics by this writer that are among my all-time favorites. Therefore, I wholeheartedly recommend you to read more of her work; or to ask me for my other favorites, if you prefer.
Pairing: Spencer Reid, gen
Length: ~50,000
Author on LJ:
buffyaddictAuthor Website: Check out both the Fanfiction sticky post and, as not all fics are listed, the Criminal Minds tag at
buffyaddict_ficWhy this must be read:
There are many great fics that come to my mind when talking about
buffyaddict, but the first one in this verse is probably The Fic I'll remember her for. Making one of the main cast character a serial criminal, one of the offenders the team hunts, is a favorite cliche of the fandom. There are different ways to do this, and two main ones: the character is canonically the same until something happens and he turns into (or seems to turn into) a bad guy; or the character has been (or seems to have been) a bad guy from the beginning. Hopeless Son is in the first group, and one of the reasons the fic works is because the writer keeps the main character, Reid, In Character. What he does is believable, every step he takes, every plan he makes; he never forgets who he is and what he's going to lose for what he's doing. This is one of the things that I enjoy most of
buffyaddict's fics: she is a very introspective storyteller, and a good part of her stories focus on what the characters are thinking, how they feel, the turmoil they are going through. It becomes more true than ever in this series of fics. Warming: secondary character's death.Hopeless Son Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03
Dark Side of the Moon Part 01 | Part 02
When Skies are Gray Part 01 | Part 02
I'm only planning to rec one fic or series per author, but there are other five fics by this writer that are among my all-time favorites. Therefore, I wholeheartedly recommend you to read more of her work; or to ask me for my other favorites, if you prefer.
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zoinks! pingback_bot linked me to your post and i have to say THANK YOU. i am thrilled you liked the hopeless son verse and my other fic.
*blushes like mad*
you just made my month! <3 thank you again!
sorry about all the exclamation marks! :D
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And The Absence of Light! Which I probably shouldn't as it is so so depressing, but still! I like what you did there! (I would have recced it, but am trying to favor series and verses, when one of my favorite author has those).