Proper Fandomly Update (kind of)

[fahye]

*cracks knuckles*

- First of all I want to throw huge amounts of love in the direction of liminalliz, twin of my heart, who made this excellent post on the nature of captivity as a plot device, or Why Kara/Leoben And Hannibal/Clarice Are Awesome But Certain Parts Of The Doctor Who Finale Are Not. I agree with every word she says. Read. Lizzen ALSO sent me an enormous parcel full of wonderful things including a beanie Texan cow and a gorgeous notebook and BOOKS. SO MANY BOOKS. BOOKS ABOUT YELLOW FEVER AND THE BLACK DEATH AND MEDIEVAL WHODUNNITS AND EEEEBOOKS.

- Having reconsidered and actually kind of made the suicidal skip=200 trek through my flist, I have a lot of things tagged as 'to read', so I'll be doing that tonight. Be not alarmed if comments come at you from the blue!

- My ds_shakespeare fic missed deadline, sigh, but thankfully it's a very loose-and-friendly kind of comm and I will attempt to kick the thing into shape this weekend. My problem is that it's not really a fic so much as a series of conversations that take place within the same timeframe, and I can't even cheat and eschew joining scenes like I normally would because that immediately undermines the premise of at least half of them. DAMMIT.

- Re: those Doctor Who S4 casting spoilers, um, I am so hugely and enthusiastically in favour of this development that I am surprising even myself. YAY.

- All right, all right, I cave. Please rec me good (and I mean good - I don't read a whole lot of fic, and I am about as picky as you would imagine given my blatant literary elitism) fic in the fandoms of Heroes and Supernatural. Don't feel shy about pimping your own stuff: I keep you people on my flist for a reason, you know? Any pairing. My mind is very open at this stage.

Comments

[littledust.livejournal.com]

*helpful* *also on the wackiest sleep schedule known to man*

When by Now and Tree by Leaf (http://pyrebi.livejournal.com/1450.html) (SPN, Sam/Jess) - Pretty and painful and the mere act of finding the link for you made me read it over again.

Red Beans and Rice (http://janissa11.livejournal.com/190307.html) (SPN, gen) - Dean + cooking = OTP. Also glorious characterization, with that special brand of "ow, my heart hurts" that SPN is so good at.

And Fear the Silence is the Voice of God (http://florastuart.livejournal.com/64227.html) (SPN, gen) - Dean and faith, throughout the years. Lovely. Sad. There is a pattern here.

Spider Bites on All Your Lovers (http://untrue-accounts.livejournal.com/68121.html) (SPN, Dean/Crossroads demon) - Won't make sense until after 2x08 Crossroads, but OH so good.

a boy and his dildo (http://regala-electra.livejournal.com/279905.html) (SPN, gen) - And now for something completely different. THIS IS SO FREAKING HILARIOUS.

femmenerd writes consistently good fic, especially if you like various combinations of pr0n, Sam, and Faith/Dean. :D musesfool is also consistently good. I haven't had time to explore fandom beyond a scant few authors, but I think this list is good to start off with. \o/

[pathstotread.livejournal.com]

It depends on what you're looking for, I guess. I've been on the hunt for SPN het because it's not as omnipresent as the Wincest, so that's mostly what I've been reading the past few days. I made a few recs on my poor neglected del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us/carrielh). Also, go through musesfool's SPN fic tag; I found some really good stuff earlier today. And Brynn recced some stuff in my journal, here (http://carrielh.livejournal.com/299815.html?thread=2439463#t2439463).

Wish I could help on the Heroes front, but I've never really looked for fic in that fandom. But I'm sure Lizzen would be very useful in this endeavor!

[pathstotread.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the fics I have on my del.icio.us are all spoilery for S2. Just a heads up.

[whatimages.livejournal.com]

What I've got on del.icio.us for SPN:
The Days Don't End Here, My Friend (http://trollprincess.livejournal.com/1101980.html?format=light) which is pretty and achey and sort-of post-apocalyptic.

...and that is all the SPN fic I appear to have, which is strange because I swear I had more. But I do have this (http://www.thechicagoloop.net/eso/spnrecstmp.html) list of SPN recs saved, which is a feat of both courage and organization.

I also have a sandman crossover fic (http://loki013.livejournal.com/241880.html) that I wrote that is a bit dodgy, but, you know.

[brynnmck.livejournal.com]

EEE, SPN, really?!

I see Carrie linked you to my recs for her, so I'll second those (or third them, or whatever). My SPN tag for del.icio.us is here (http://del.icio.us/brynnmck/fic:supernatural). It's mostly gen, with some Sam/Sarah and Sam/Jess mixed in there (and I'm sure Dean gets some, too, at some point; he usually does). And my stuff is mixed in there, too, and in my memories.

And the recs list that loki013 linked above is one of the places I started when I entered the fandom (though of course the list was smaller then, since she keeps updating), and I found a ton of good stuff there.

'Ware spoilers; I don't really mark those in my recs, but they should be marked in the fics themselves.

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

My Heroes recs on del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us/pouncerrecs/heroes). All through the season, and include Petrellicest of both het and slash varieties (both marked).

[girl-wonder.livejournal.com]

ESSSSSPEEEENNNNNN!

In other words, welcome to the fold.

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

*LOVES YOU, THE TWIN OF MY HEART*

Also: My Heroes fic recs are here:
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=liminalliz&keyword=Heroes&filter=all