Smallville: Clark/Lex
Pete’s POV, and light on the slash but really, really good.
April 22, 2006
double blind by nifra; 4.279 words
Smallville: Clark/Lex
There are a lot of celebrated clichés in this fandom, among them stories where either Clark or Lex has to pretend to be gay for the other’s sake. With some authors even a cliché as seemingly overdone as this one is entertaining and fresh. Nifra is definitely one of those authors.
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adaptation and regression by madelyn; 4.922 words
Smallville: Clark/Lex
These share an AU which features College!Clark and Lex. Madelyn is a fabulous writer in possession of a good sense of humor and timing. I also recommend Super Gluing Cracks which is one of those short fics that still manages to sink it’s claws in and twist while giving me an ending that I can be happy with.
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April 21, 2006
marble by julad; 4.663 words
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marry into the family by julad; 4.159 words
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heartless by jaxmari; 5.830 words
Star Wars fps: Darth Vader, Obi-Wan gen
This is a really interesting story, sort of a glimpse into what’s going on for Vader behind the mask. Very cool.
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lacuna by rd; 3.440 words
Star Wars fps: Anakin/Obi-Wan
Pre-RotS. This is a lovely short. Visceral and violent and hot all at the same time.
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Bulletproof by zarah (hackthis); 1.085 words
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imbue by rd; 1.010 words
Star Wars rps: Ewan/Hayden.
This is a short, but lovely vignette with some good dialogue and a great Ewan voice.
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george lucas is pants by ethrosdemon; 645 words
Star Wars rps:
Ewan/Hayden. A hilarious fic in which Hayden’s lack of pants is taken into account, and Jude law looses shoes. (It’ll make more sense if you read it.)
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The Color of Denial by ethrosdemon; 1.524 words
Star Wars rps Ewan/Hayden.
I cannot stress enough how much I love everything Ethrosdemon writes. She’s got this amazing ability to create vividly real characters, and this story is definitely not an exception to that rule. Seriously, authors like this are one in a million and should be cherished with all your heart. Go read.
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five degrees by zarah (hackthis); 1.684 words
Star Wars rps: Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Jude Law
Seriously, everyone should bug hackthis to keep writing in this universe. It’s so good. She’s always got interesting takes on characters and I love how she writes Ewan and Jude Law.
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the night that never happened by megolas; 920 words
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De.crescendo by zarah; 4.006 words
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mismeasured ingredients by tarowen; 11.667 words
Harry Potter: Harry/Draco
What a man wants makes him vulnerable. It is the mismeasured ingredient in his potion, the spy in his House, the rat-nibbled hole in his invisibility cloak. It is the way in. Or so Lucius had always taught Draco, and Draco had never failed to make good use of that particular truth– Especially with a particular person.
This is a really great story. It’s interesting and just feels inevitable.
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where you end and I begin by zarah (hackthis); 2.234 words
Harry Potter/Alias: Harry Potter/Julian Sark
Awww yeah. The coolest, most underused character in Alias history in the HP universe. Hackthis most definitely owns me.
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the language of hieroglyphs by arsenic; 14.871 words
Harry Potter/Popslash: Bill Weasley/JC Chasez.
If the idea of a popslash/harry potter crossover doesn’t grab you, maybe the really good writing and the completely adorable JC will make you more sympathetic. I really love this story. The writing is, as I mentioned, excellent and really funny as well. JC goes on vacation to Egypt and sees a lot more than he’d planned:
A human that JC hadn’t previously noticed spun toward him quickly, obviously startled, the thin piece of wood in his right hand shooting sparks. He muttered several words in quick succession that JC didn’t understand. He was dirt-smudged, decked out in comfortable excavation type clothes, with red hair pulled back into a messy ponytail and an earring that was hot enough to make JC rethink his utter terror of needles. JC held out a hand. “JC Chasez. You an archeology team, or something?”
The human transferred the stick into his sleeve and reached out to shake JC’s hand. “Bill Weasley. Or something.”
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unlucky at pinochle by tiffany rawlins; 2.153 words
The OC: Seth/Ryan
Teenage boys making out on film: based on a challenge/meme thing that hit livejournal like a storm.
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untitled by ethrosdemon; 3.338 words
The OC: Seth/Ryan
Awww yeah, teenage boy makeout sessions combined with one of my favorite authors = me reading stories in a new fandom for a show I’d never even seen. Imagine my utter (non)surprise when I liked it.
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all kinds of time by miss deviant; 2.843 words
The OC: Seth/Ryan
Set at near the beginning of the series (aka the only episodes I’ve now seen) this is one way things might have gone. Great Seth perspective, his voice is somewhat tough to get right but this is pitch perfect, cultural references and hyperactivity right and left.
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these grown-up complications by sandy; 4.122 words
The OC: Seth/Ryan.
So evidently I have a thing for college fics across any and all fandoms I read. This is an almost-in-college story, but I think it still counts.
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someday those maps collide by sandy; 5.241 words
The OC: Seth/Ryan.
More futurefic, this time of the established relationship variety. I’m not usually all that interested in those but this one was particularly good.
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drive by jess; 3.920 words
Ocean’s 11: Rusty/Linus.
I love the way this is written. It’s detailed and the characters are strong, but mostly it’s lines like:
He stands with his weight back on his heels, hands quiet in his pockets; like most of the best pickpockets Rusty has known, Linus isn’t a fidgeter.
that really get me. What detail! This is fabulous.
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between vision and substance by luzdeestrellas; 2.977 words
Ocean’s 11: Danny/Rusty.
Good use of metaphor and a good ear for Danny and Rusty’s voices.
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nothing left to lose by starfishchick; 1.097 words
ocean’s 11 Rusty/Danny, Danny/Tess.
This one has some great lines, and really believable characterization.
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April 20, 2006
Three Steps Away by fabella; 6.194 words
CSI Nick/Greg
This story is incredibly good. It’s post Grave Danger and the author handles is beautifully. I love that Fabella writes a Nick that’s not broken, she does an amazing job of showing just exactly how Nick managed to get through that night alive, and the Nick/Greg relationship just works.
Inventing Games Out Of Everything by Shrift; 1.313 words
CSI Greg/Nick
I fucking love the way shrift writes. Her characterization is always spot on. I wish she’d write more in the CSI fandom because this is a great start.
Afterimage by Ivy, 1.647 words
Constantine: gen
A really nice take on what happened to John after he leaves the hospital. I really like this one, I think she’s got a good handle on John’s head.