Xander ,'Showtime'
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Heh. Unfortunate Harry Potter ff.net summaries. My favorite by a hair:
Its the annual staff Christmas party! Severus brings his jellyfish wife and Hermione gets serenaded.
...because, well, jellyfish? I mean, I understand that this is a fandom that has squid slash, but...
t /catty fandom politics
my (least) favorite? When the person can't summarize her story and then says "But it's really good." argh.(And I know my summaries aren't much, but that? Bugs.)
Of course! It was a natural romance for Snape; they met on holiday in the tropics, her wit had a natural sting, he was interested in her initially as a potions ingredient but then they fell in love...
mind boggles so hard it starts leaking out of ears
Diana is a princess and she is going to Hogwarts, what wil happen when Voldemort starts to fancy her, what will HAPPEN!
This I find strangely plausible; why, only ten minutes ago I was proposing Draco/Prince Charles!
(no, really.)
Hr/R, H/G, Neville/New girl Full of cheese and corn!
But surely "cheese and corn" is Smallville?
I am taken away, leaving Harry, Lizzya, Ron and the others behind, I am left with Voldemort and I cannot contact anyone but any death eaters....Which suxs!
And they'll kill you for that sort of spelling.
Not Slash! The hatred of Sirius Black and Severus Snape is further explained when a new DADA Prof. is pulled out of the sorting hat.
chokes
The trio are in they're seventh year.But Hermione has a dark secret.If she dare tell anyone,they'll never talk to her again.Will she tell Harry and Ron that she-Hermione Granger-is the new dark lord?
Dark Lady, surely?
t /snark
Thanks, Katie. I needed the laugh.
Yuppers. And post random and anonymously snarky comments to random places, alluding to the "self-proclaimed arbiters of good fic"...
Hee. Yup.
I am aware of fandom politics and reccing. But it's not gonna make me change my stance, except insofar as I've stopping giving even limited qualifications of recs on my page.
Yeah. If active reccing was already a part of my life, I wouldn't be changing it for politics. It's not, and active reccing would mean way more reading than I do at the moment, so I'll continue to post the occasional "whoa!" in my LJ when something (Holli's ghost story, for example) catches my eye.
Umm.
Anyone have any Giles/Faith recs?
No. And I'm surprised.
Because of drop outs, I wrote two, and SA wrote 3. See if you can guess which ones are ours.
Also, I got Gunn/Wes for Christmas again. I'm happy. Also possibly easy. I'm not sure.
X-posted from my livejournal: After a brief and random sampling of stories at Yuletide Treasures, I give you the following recs:
Angel
it's about the change (misheard lyric edition)
Come on, the story has a monkey. Of course I'm gonna like it.
Batman
Not A Heart, Beating (slash)
Funny, moving, and hot -- the Nightwing POV feels urgent, real, worried. Definitely worth reading.
Boondock Saints
Confiteor (slash)
Incest isn't one of my kinks, but if you've seen this movie, you probably understand why I'm willing to make an exception. Wonderful Connor voice, and loaded with Catholic guilt.
due South
An Officer and a Gentleman
Whee! The Welsh voice is great, the Frannie voice is great, and their interaction is a pleasure just like it was on the show. I am so very sold on them as a couple.
Firefly
Planetfall
This story is in second-person and it's Simon/Inara. But it's tremendously well-written, well-characterized, and utterly believable. Read it posthaste.
Elias Budd's Charming Widow (slash)
Yay, a story about Saffron! The voice of this is spot-on fantastic.
Good Omens
The Best Christmas Ever
This story feels very true to the tone and narrative style of the book. Funny, witty, and adorable.
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Funny as hell, deftly done.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Galactic Miscellany
Dear god, you need to read this story for the footnotes alone!
Justice League
The limits of care (slash)
Oh yeah, this story pushes a bunch of my kink buttons. Creepy stalker Batman, alley sex, the cowl...
Ocean's Eleven
Confidence Men (slash)
Well-written, believable backstory for Danny and Rusty. Funny, gritty, and hot.
Wow, do I have a lot of stories left to read.
Boondock Saints
Dude, I totally did a double-take, because I thought this was the comic strip Boondocks.
Brain fixed now.