Economical, with a great twist. Do read the hover text as well. Could be considered fanart as well as fic.
LOTR RPS fan fic: "Night not Clearly Remembered" by hyacinth_sky747 (Billy/Dom)
Feb. 7th, 2010 07:17 amSet in New Zealand, the morning after the first time, with Billy waking up with a sore arse, and Dom frantically trying to keep their friends from mocking Billy, which builds a bit of tension and great snarky dialog. Nice to have a fresh different twist on the old situation. Very satisfying all the way around. 4,228 words.
LOTR RPS fan fic: "Night not Clearly Remembered" by hyacinth_sky747 (Billy/Dom)
Feb. 7th, 2010 07:17 amSet in New Zealand, the morning after the first time, with Billy waking up with a sore arse, and Dom frantically trying to keep their friends from mocking Billy, which builds a bit of tension and great snarky dialog. Nice to have a fresh different twist on the old situation. Very satisfying all the way around. 4,228 words.
Merlin (BBC) fan fic: "Changing Channels" crossover AU by xenakis_ (Arthur & Merlin)
Feb. 7th, 2010 06:29 amEconomical, with a great twist. Do read the hover text as well. Could be considered fanart as well as fic.
LOTR RPS fan fic: "The Gift" AU by itstonedme (Ian McKellen/Dominic Monaghan)
Feb. 6th, 2010 10:38 pmThis is gorgeous, the pure overwhelming sensuality of it is so striking. And the twist just got to me, it changed (almost) everything, but I'm particularly glad that it didn't stop there: having the rest makes it so much stronger. Setting involves Orlando, as Ian's nephew, bringing a friend to visit. 3,009 words, written for Slashababy 2009.
Arthur is hit with a truth-speaking spell, so he says everything he thinks, to his own chagrin. Merlin learns a good number of interesting things about Arthur, while trying to keep it all secret. Funny and sweet without being too embarrassing, even for me. 4,025 words.
I like this, full of realistic love and frustration that are not any less painful, even though they're not full of yelling and breaking things. The way it loops around from the end to the beginning is very effective. 1,586 words, written for slashababy 2009
LOTR RPS fan fic: "Never Settle for Second Best" by arabia764 (Elijah/Dom, Orlando/Viggo, Elijah/Orl
Jan. 31st, 2010 08:32 pmFirst-person Elijah remembering his angst in New Zealand as he yearned for Dom and Orli yearned for Viggo. Just gorgeous writing. 3 parts, about 5,000 words each.
Merlin (BBC) fan fiction: "this fast, unreasonable spring" AU by hermette and i_claudia, (Merlin/Art
Jan. 31st, 2010 09:00 pmSometimes clichés just work. In this one it's Arthur who's the prostitute and Merlin the student who needs to forget about his old boyfriend. So there's sex and sex and awkwardness and besottedness and angst and more sex. Works for me! 26,792 words (in three parts)
I lamented the lack of 'can't find a place too park' fics, and she wrote me one! And it's raining, poor Sean. 275 words
One of the best ever stories about Dom's awful first year in LA, not too much wallowing in depression but definitely sadness. And then he hears the what he'd given up hope for, in the slightly obscure answer, "Turbulence over the Rocky Mountains." 1,932 words (date not certain)
LOTR RPS AU fan fic: "Queer Eye for the Indefinable Guy" by baby_razzle (Orlando/Viggo)
Jan. 31st, 2010 06:12 amOrlando as the "grooming twink" in an AU series of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, who is Viggo the artist. would have thought the camp was over the top if I hadn't seen the real Queer Eye: this pretty much nailed it. It's cute to read love at first sight, and intimations of something deeper and very sexy.
Remix of unstealthy's "Fear of Fridges" in which Dom and Billy clean out Elijah's refrigerator. This is a fabulously ridiculous and perfect remix, tickles me, because it's specific to the original story, it turns it sideways, and the narrator is completely unexpected: brilliant! 590 words.
Jealousy hits Elijah at a reunion of the cast c. 2002, though Orlando doesn't care. Very affecting angst.
When VickyT joins Cobra Starship, she and Gabe start a game of Dare (which encompass Truth). It turns into a search for trophy stores, a chicken costume, fanfic, nude running, naked photos and more. Told in a rush by VickyT, who proves that she is a Cobra. 2,867 words
All that led up to the moment, at the 2004 Oscars, in 100 words. Wonderful
Long, atmospheric, Groundhog's Day scenario. Ianto, Gwen and Jack stuck in the Hub in the same day over and over. So they have nothing else to do but regret things said and unsaid, and have lots and lots of really hot kinky sex. ~18,000 words
Gossip Girls / Iron Man crossover fan fic: "Everybody knows I'm her friend" by sohotrightnow (Seren
Jan. 27th, 2010 07:55 amGossip Girl's Serena in a close POV as her inhibitions get lost and she has a hot threesome with Blair and Tony Stark. Mostly het, 1,418 words