So much to rec, so little time

[lunabee34]

I'm Your Villain by fleshflutter; SPN; Dean/Crowley; Adult; short
This is exquisite--Dean's slow slide down the slippery slope, how necessity transforms into familiarity and even a strange and terrible kind of comfort. This is hot and more than a little disturbing and I love every word of it.

Blessed Not Lucky by glossing; Glee; Mercedes/Quinn; PG; short
Mercedes, Quinn, and Lauren are all alone in a post-apocalyptic world. How the world ended is ambiguous, but their deep friendship and the way they rely on each other is not. *loves*

Verse War Z: Buffyverse by lyrstzha; PG-13; Gen; short
Wow. This is brilliantly done. I don't want to give too much away, but what a very plausible way for zombies to overtake the world. This is truly chilling, and it will break your heart.

New York by drsquidlove; Buffyverse; Xander/Giles; Adult; long
The premise of this story is that shortly after Giles leaves in season six, he gets sucked into an alternate dimension for years. Like sixteen of them. And the Scoobs just thinked he walked away. He finds his way back to Earth and a Xander who has left the game and Sunnydale far behind, so far behind that he has kids and an ex-wife and he hasn't staked a damn thing since he left Cali. This story is very emotionally satisfying with excellent character work and original characters that are compelling and interesting. Every Xander/Giles fan should read this story.

True Blood Season One Recap, True Blood Season Two Recap, True Blood Season Three Recap, True Blood Season Four Episode One Recap, True Blood Season Four Episode Two Recap by crazydiamondsue
As these are written by our own indomitable Sue, they are naturally funny and witty and creative. In addition, Sue gets the South; she comes from Southern stock, and Oklahoma isn't that different in most of the ways that count from LA and MS and GA and the Southern places I've called home. If you love the show, you'll love these reviews. She'll review each episode after it airs, so bookmark the site.

Big Name Death Eater by Shiv; HP; Snape/Hermione; PG-13; long
I know, I know. I'm always posting that I just read my favorite HP story ever, but this time I mean it. LOL This story is hilarious, genuinely laugh out loud funny. I love the plot, I love the dialogue, I love every nuance of every paragraph. This writer has a gift for comedy and turns of phrase. Don't let the ship put you off if you are not inclined to read Hermione/Snape. This is not what I'd call a ship fic. It is, however, what I'd call a Snape fic, and I think there are plenty of you who wouldn't mind reading that. The general premise here is Snape and a group of his Death Eater cronies aren't so big on the raping and pillaging as Voldemort thinks and tend to spend most of their time downing pints in a seedy bar. LOL Brilliantly done.

The Curious Afterlife of John Sheppard by enigmaticblue; SGA/SG-1; John/Vala; Adult; medium
This story had me at Vala, and then it kept me with Vegas!John slowly learning how to be a part of this team, how to let these people in. I want to smish them all and hug them and watch their six after reading this story.

It All Goes Away When the Sun Comes Up by somehowunbroken; SGA/SG-1; Sheppard/Mitchell; Adult; medium
This fic is a massive dose of h/c and Atlantis!whumping. A disease has taken hold of Atlantis and more than decimated its inhabitants; those who are left are just holding on by a thread. Just what I need when I want to cry and then be comforted.

Comments

[lyr]

Thanks for the lovely rec, hon! I always appreciate it so much.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

As always, it is deeply deserved. :)

[astridv.livejournal.com]

That's a great set of recs. Think I'll try the John/Vala fic right away.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I hope you enjoy.

re Recs

[kaleecat]

excited about the giles/xander fic -- I've gotten into stories with them & the archive i was reading them on disappeared awhile ago. Luckily one of my favorites, dust on his hands from the sky, is on the author's website.

I think, yes, I have read "it all goes away when the sun comes up". It is a lovely, sad, aching story with a bit of brightness. I read it because of another SGA author I like--race_the_ace, have you read any of her stuff?

guess i'll have to wait on the zombie fic. don't want to muddle the ideas.

I was thinking of you and your recs b/c I rec'd and was discussing with Lady Ra (!!) on her LJ about Philo's Fate is a Four Letter Word.

Re: re Recs

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

drsquidlove is one of the top writers in that pairing IMHO (stoptocheer was my fave, but ze stopped writing Giles/Xander long ago). At some point, you should run through my recs for Buffy using tags; I know I've recced a fair amount of Giles/Xander before this.

I don't know race_the_ace. Great screenname though. LOL

Re: re Recs

[kaleecat]

I'm sure i've followed your g/x recs, but then who knows. I'll run through them again. It was just easy to read g/x on the softly-sweetly archive (run by soft-princess) linked to the No One Knows LJ comm.

http://race-the-ace.livejournal.com/
under the same name on wraithbait and others. Her LJ has the direct links in sidebar. I found race because of, of all things, an SGA AU pairing John with an original male character, Connor Davids. I really enjoyed the story (tho she elevates Connor over Daniel Jackson a bit which I struggled with). She also writes John/Cameron, and lots of other stuff. Race wrote a lovely Sam Winchester/Max Evans (roswell) one-shot that I completely bought into.

Re: re Recs

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. I tried to read that Connor Davids story awhile back, and it wasn't my cup of tea. But I'll give her other work a go. :)

Re: re Recs

[kaleecat]

I can understand the connor story not being the right cup of tea. If I had hit it at a different time I most likely would not have liked it, & will admit that I squint past a few things. but then I've done that with a few other authors too. I'll love 90% of the fic, and squint past the 10% i don't like if sufficiently motivated.
But you might like some of her other stuff.

Re: re Recs

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

*nods*

I will definitely check it out.

[drsquidlove.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

S.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Of course!

It's well deserved.