ext_14271 ([identity profile] anglopollyanna.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2004-07-26 10:07 pm

Friendly Advice by Mary E (NC-17)

Fandom: STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
Pairing: Too many to mention
Author on LJ: Not that I know
Author Website: Not that I know of
Why this must be read:

Sometimes you read stories for the plot, or the characterisation, or the humour, or sometimes you just have to embrace your shallowness and read them for the sex.

I think when I first found this series I started in the middle with Garak's Revenge since I'd just discovered Garak/Bashir and was reading all the stories I could find about them. That one and its successor was actually a little more brutal than I usually like, but the great thing about these stories is that if you don't like one sex scene, another will be along in a couple of pages.

When I explain that the first story starts with Odo going to Dr Bashir for some medical advice about male genitalia in preparation for his date with Lwaxana Troi, I think that swiftly encapsulates the style of the piece. There is a modicum of plot, but it doesn't get in the way of getting everyone naked as rapidly and as often as possible. The relationships include male/male, male/female, female/female, Odo (who's kind of indecisive about gender), threesomes, foursomes, and I think if my memory serves me right a fivesome. For keen DS9 fanfic readers, if I say that even Benjamin Sisko manages to have some, you'll realise what a rare and unique piece this is.

Friendly Advice and its sequels Garak's Revenge and Cardassian Lessons

[identity profile] tanacawyr.livejournal.com 2004-07-26 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh wow -- Mary's fic was some of the first DS9 slash I ever found aside from the stuff I'd written. She's an absolutely fantastic author; I'm thrilled to see her getting crack_vanned!