Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.

Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'


Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers  

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


Fay - May 10, 2005 10:34:08 am PDT #9989 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

I know there were words here, but after "Kerr Avon" I sort of lost focus.

Mmmmmm, Avon...

...

...

...damn, I know I came here for something. Er. Right! Yes.

I have to rec Zahra (HackThis)'s fabulous almost-finished WIP Trade.

It's an Alias/HP slash AU, in which Draco Malfoy runs an escort service. Sounds crap? Yeah. It really, really, REALLY isn't. This is one of my very favourite stories to date in any fandom. Now a big part of it is that it's so very very very London. Zahra lived in London for several years, and it very much shows - London is practically a character in its own right. The mass of detail wrt brand names and suchlike may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it really works for me. Outwith the London thing, though? This is just FUN. I love the characters as written, I'm totally tickled by the juxtaposition of JKR's characters into a non-magical 'verse and the way she's woven the Alias 'verse into it, and the slashy goodness is splendid.

I'm loving this. Really. Go & check it out. It's FUN.


Emily - May 10, 2005 10:36:56 am PDT #9990 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Fay, you got me hooked on it, and now there are these two monstrous final chapter-halves, and I should be working! And also I'm a little sulky because I find it difficult to root for the Draco/Blaise when there's a Harry in the picture. Because I am that annoying with my favorites.


shrift - May 10, 2005 10:38:39 am PDT #9991 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

My mind went to a horrible cosplay place...

That's funny, especially since a friend wants me to dress up as Lust for Dragon*Con this year.


Emily - May 10, 2005 11:01:52 am PDT #9992 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Aw, crap. I thought they were final, but alas! There is one more chapter still to go, which means I must wait! Not a skill at which I excel.


Anne W. - May 10, 2005 11:06:41 am PDT #9993 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

My Brain Has Been Devoured by Anime/Manga/Comics Ask Me How

Huh. Aside from FMA, which anime/manga have you been following?


Fay - May 10, 2005 11:10:39 am PDT #9994 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Well, shit, Shrift, she's practically dressing as you.

Emily - I know, it's a bitch that it's not the last chapter. Another week to wait. For my part, though, I'm totally sucked into the pairing that you mentioned. I'm enjoying the whole element of the, er, other chap, but I'm evidently a sucker for this whole long-time-brewing business. Er. Yes.


Emily - May 10, 2005 11:13:22 am PDT #9995 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

There is that. And also, the so-sexiness. I'm made a little nervous, though, by how totally at the mercy of events Draco seems to be throughout (I don't think that's a spoiler). He keeps reacting rather than acting, and at this point I'm half-expecting... well. More surprises.

Oh, and plus part of the problem is that I'm having trouble visualizing the other chap.

Er, or possibly the non-other chap. I can't quite tell which one you mean. Regardless, the one which I would, for obvious reasons, have trouble visualizing, as his gender wasn't even semi-canonically established until recently!


Atropa - May 10, 2005 11:15:42 am PDT #9996 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I have to rec Zahra (HackThis)'s fabulous almost-finished WIP Trade.

Fay, would I like this even if I've never seen Alias?


Emily - May 10, 2005 11:18:12 am PDT #9997 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Jilli, yes. I didn't really follow the crossed-over person's arc on Alias and also never liked him, but I'm enjoying it despite that.


P.M. Marc - May 10, 2005 11:26:53 am PDT #9998 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Who is she crossing over?