ext_62781 ([identity profile] streussal.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2011-02-13 06:29 pm

Anything But Normal by preromantics (PG)

Fandom: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Pairing: Elena/Vicki (background Vicki/Jeremy)
Length: ~1400 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] preromantics
Author Website: fic tag
Why this must be read: Okay, so. With a few exceptions, I'll read just about any pairing. But I admit that this fic moved to the top of my to-read list as soon as I saw it, because a)there's disturbingly little femmeslash in this fandom and b)Elena/Vicki struck me as bizarre and I wanted to see how it was done.

"Anything But Normal" turned out to be one of those fics that I didn't know I wanted until I read it. It's set pre-series, in the midst of Elena's grief over the death of her parents. In comes Vicki, "hazy enough to pull Elena out of her own haze just by being herself" (comment from [livejournal.com profile] summerstorm). The author not only keeps both girls in character, but manages to slip in fragments of characterization on those not central to the fic. Hopeful and a little heartbreaking.

Anything but Normal

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