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OMFG.

The old Yule Goat, he loves me so.

I got Justified fic this year, and I was kinda disappointed earlier this week when I figured that was likely what I was getting because it’s so much harder to do well than either of my other two requests.

I need not have feared. So very much not. This story will add so much depth to my enjoyment of the show. She gave me a side of Tim I hadn’t thought of before, and now it’s totally head canon for me. She gave him to me in brilliant second person and she gave me some wonderful Raylan too, both drawn crystalline in spare lines and shades. It’s a short piece (about 1k), but powerful, managing to give me shining characterizations along with pain and pathos and comfort, and the kind of bravery that makes my head spin while others might not notice it at all.

How the author managed to hit on so many of my kinks (narrative and the other kind) is a true mystery, but I’d rather bask in the effects than solve it.

Go. Read with a gun in your mouth you speak only in vowels

And no, [livejournal.com profile] snarkgoddess, the title is from a Fight Club quote and, while I love it, it’s not entirely appropriate to the story, especially for someone with your buttons. The story will not even touch your suicide squick, I swear.

Vid Rec

Mar. 19th, 2011 06:51 pm
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I don't rec often. I'm not good at it, really, because I can never figure out what to say, even when something moves me hugely.

This vid moved me. Hugely. It also maybe broke me a little, but in a good way.

If you're any flavor of Buffy fan, go watch Some Peace.

Seriously.

(canonical parings, inspired music choice, pain and solace relived)
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Subtlety (329 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Eureka
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Carter/Nathan Stark
Characters: Jack Carter, Nathan Stark, Allison Blake
Summary: Nathan is subtle. Carter is clueless.

It's a adorable little snippet of Nathan/Jack-yness (just 300-odd words). Go. Read. And leave the author some love, please!
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::BOUNCES::

I got Henry/Mike for Yuletide!!! I will read just about anything in Blood Ties, so I was excited just to see the fandom and then it kept getting better and better. I really suck at recs, but if you've missed Henry and Mike at all, then you're gonna love this.

Go read it :
Beside My Lonely Fire (4225 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Blood Ties
Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mike Celluci/Henry Fitzroy
Characters: Mike Celluci, Henry Fitzroy, Vicki Nelson
Summary:

Mike's not entirely sure how he got into this situation. It's probably Vicki's fault somehow.


And make sure to tell the author how wonderful she is!
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I got my story, and it's adorable! Go spend the night with Walt and Johnny as they sip cocoa and name the ferocious beast that's taken over Johnny's back yard and is trying to move into their lives. Seriously! Walt's trust for Johnny here is so profound it just melts me into goo.

Go read Monsters, and please remember comments = love.
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Okay, so I may, possibly, have bit of a thing for the idea of Mal/River futurefic. I blame [livejournal.com profile] ailise . She's the one who whispered in my ear after the movie about how cool it would be if River came back into Mal's life years later, all grown up.

I have been looking for that story ever since, with pretty abysmal luck. Well, that's a-changin' because the lovely [livejournal.com profile] phantisma wrote one for me!

It features a broken!Mal and a finally-at-home-in-her-skin!River riding in to the rescue. Also lovely character voice, dialogue that feels like the show, and more than a smattering of hotness sprinkled in for flavor. YUM.

Go read: Out to the Black
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[livejournal.com profile] varkelton posted her big bang! You need to go read An Issue of Consent, like, right now. It's an incredible story full of angst (as most stories that start with trauma and move on to fuck or die scenarios are) and slow, sweet recovery (which most of 'em skimp on, but not this one!) as the boys rebuild their partnership and adjust to the situation they've been dealt. Did I mention that it's really hot too? What are you still doing here then?

It's also dark as hell, so please read her warnings. And please don't forget to comment, because, believe it or not, this amazing thing is her first story and we all need to encourage her so she'll feed us more like it!
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And I actually mean goodness! [livejournal.com profile] solvent90 just wrote for a [livejournal.com profile] commentfic prompt I left a few months ago, and she's produced a wonderful moment in their future. The fic's a little rough around the edges (it's comment!fic, not polished!fic, after all), but it's beautifully drawn with a believably happy Buffy and a useful, thoughtful Angel,  and a bit of a woobie!Spike, and I need to stop now because I'm probably giving too much away, but I want to believe in her version of their future and you will too.

So go read it.

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