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crack_van2003-11-06 06:24 pm
katallison.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2003-11-06 06:24 pm
Adorned, by Resonant (NC-17)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
resonant8
Author Website: in medias Res
Why this must be read: God, doing these recs is tough, in that I try to keep in mind the target audience is people I'm trying to pimp or seduce into the fandom, so what I'm going to be highlighting are the classics, the must-reads, and yet I know people familiar with dS fanfic are sitting there thinking Well, geez, *everyone's* read this, right?? Come up with something cool and offbeat, why doncha?
So, OK, if you're in dS fandom at all you've read Resonant (and Speranza, and others yet to come down the pike), but if you aren't and haven't, oh, what pleasures await you. I had a hard time choosing one of Res's stories to lead off with, and I almost went with Broadway Hotel, which is in my book pretty damn close to a perfect story; but Adorned holds a special and deeply entrenched place in my heart.
It's a collection of short scenes. It is sad, funny, and hot by turns; it's bittersweet and unresolved and full of painful memories and tentative hopes. It's a story where every single detail is perfectly chosen and placed. Resonant's absolute mastery of the perfect detail makes her, in my book, the absolute master of the erotic; her sex scenes never revert to cliches, but rather she always finds the precise kinesthetic/sensory detail that causes the reader to shiver in response. But there's *so* much more going on here besides the erotic; the emotional intelligence, the depth of characterization, and the grace of the writing are always formidable in Res's work.
Two and a half years after this story appeared, she posted a coda, Borealis, which provides a brief and lovely resolution to the sort of minor-seventh-chord ending of the original story. You readers coming to Adorned for the first time can have the pleasure of going straight to the coda; and yet I think there was greater pleasure in waiting all that time, carrying the sad wistful hopefulness of this story around in my heart for so long, and then finally getting the happy ending.
Direct link to Adorned.
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Author on LJ:
resonant8Author Website: in medias Res
Why this must be read: God, doing these recs is tough, in that I try to keep in mind the target audience is people I'm trying to pimp or seduce into the fandom, so what I'm going to be highlighting are the classics, the must-reads, and yet I know people familiar with dS fanfic are sitting there thinking Well, geez, *everyone's* read this, right?? Come up with something cool and offbeat, why doncha?
So, OK, if you're in dS fandom at all you've read Resonant (and Speranza, and others yet to come down the pike), but if you aren't and haven't, oh, what pleasures await you. I had a hard time choosing one of Res's stories to lead off with, and I almost went with Broadway Hotel, which is in my book pretty damn close to a perfect story; but Adorned holds a special and deeply entrenched place in my heart.
It's a collection of short scenes. It is sad, funny, and hot by turns; it's bittersweet and unresolved and full of painful memories and tentative hopes. It's a story where every single detail is perfectly chosen and placed. Resonant's absolute mastery of the perfect detail makes her, in my book, the absolute master of the erotic; her sex scenes never revert to cliches, but rather she always finds the precise kinesthetic/sensory detail that causes the reader to shiver in response. But there's *so* much more going on here besides the erotic; the emotional intelligence, the depth of characterization, and the grace of the writing are always formidable in Res's work.
Two and a half years after this story appeared, she posted a coda, Borealis, which provides a brief and lovely resolution to the sort of minor-seventh-chord ending of the original story. You readers coming to Adorned for the first time can have the pleasure of going straight to the coda; and yet I think there was greater pleasure in waiting all that time, carrying the sad wistful hopefulness of this story around in my heart for so long, and then finally getting the happy ending.
Direct link to Adorned.
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Personally, I'd *rather* see you rec the classics here. The unfamiliar gems are more appropriate over at DS_flashback, IMO. Go ahead and remind of us all the ones that sucked *us* in. :)