bethbethbeth's fic-and-recs journal

Recs: May 13, 2012

2012-05-13T19:10:30Z

I'm still on the look out for good Bruce Banner focused Avengers fic. And if anybody knows of any epic length Bruce/Tony/Pepper stories, well...i'd be willing to pay for that information. In fake cyber-money, of course, but still!

BTW: one week into my new Avengers 'thing,' and there's already a separate page (here) for Marvel Comics fic. Eventually, I suspect all pairings/threesomes will be represented.

( 12 recs in 2 fandoms: Marvel Comics - Avengers (9), Sherlock Holmes (3) )

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Marvel Comics Recs

2012-05-13T18:56:58Z

Please note that while my current rec policy is to try and include story warnings, I make no guarantees. This being a comic book superhero universe, though, there's clearly going to be at least some darkness and violence, so ...caveat lector.

( Marvel Comics Recs )

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Recs: May 8, 2012

2012-05-08T18:01:22Z

Post-movie, and I've been looking for Tony/Bruce or Tony/Pepper or Tony/Bruce/Pepper fic, and somehow I keep reading Darcy Lewis (Thor) het pairings. Can somebody explain this strange phenomenon to me?

( 17 recs in 3 fandoms: Avengers (2), Lewis (1), Sherlock Holmes (14) )

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RECS: April 22, 2012

2012-04-21T17:27:27Z

If the following stories aren't enough, go check out the first week's art and fic on the Harry Potter HP_Beholder community, for romantic and/or erotic works featuring those characters who are often overlooked because they're considered too old or too unattractive or otherwise not "relationship material." To see the week one links list, click here

( 9 Recs in 3 Fandoms: Lewis (1), Sherlock Holmes (7), White Collar (1) )

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FIC (House): "What Isn't There" (Wilson/Cameron) - 2005

2012-04-20T00:58:24Z

Written as part of the houserareathon on LJ in 2005

Author: Beth H (bethbethbeth)
Title: "What Isn't There"
Fandom: House, M.D.
Characters and/or Pairing(s): Wilson/Cameron (mention of Cameron/Chase, semi-implied House/Cameron, implied House/Wilson)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1100
Possible warnings and/or enticements - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): (skip)Mention of Infantilism play. Please leave a comment if you believe anything should be added here
Summary: Sometimes, the most obvious thing is what isn't there.
Author's Notes: A riff on the metaphoric notion of phantom limbs, based on the following assigned fest prompt: "The body is not an allegory--it can't help that it looks like one, any more than it can avoid not being able to stay." -Carl Phillips

( What Isn't There )

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Recs: April 11, 2012

2012-04-11T21:46:51Z

I'm running out of super-long stories. Get writing, you guys! *g*

( 10 recs in 3 fandoms: Highlander (1), Lewis (2), Sherlock Holmes (7) )

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Recs: March 31, 2012

2012-03-31T15:56:35Z

As I've noted before, I will clearly never catch up with old stories. If you have a favorite story (your own or somebody else's) that you think I might have missed and it's in a fandom that I've recced before (see my main recs page), feel free to leave a link below

( 17 recs in 6 fandoms: Lewis (2), Phantom of the Opera (1), Pride and Prejudice - Austen (1), Sherlock Holmes (11), Star Trek (1), Sunshine - McKinley (1) )

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Recs: March 18, 2012

2012-03-18T14:21:24Z

I will clearly never catch up with old stories. If you have a favorite story (your own or somebody else's) that you think I might have missed and it's in a fandom that I've recced before (see my main recs page), feel free to leave a link below

( 19 recs in 2 fandoms: Due South (1), Sherlock Holmes (18) )

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Recs: March 9, 2012

2012-03-09T18:28:35Z

Due South seems to have re-joined my reading list after a many-years-long hiatus. If you have a favorite DS story (written since...2009?) and you think I'd like to take a look at it leave a link below! Long, character-driven Fraser/Kowalski preferred, but honestly, all pairings and genres welcome if you really like the story - and feel free to link your own fic. :)

( 18 recs in 6 fandoms: Discworld (1), Doctor Who (3), Due South (1), Lewis (1), Pride and Prejudice - Austen (1), Sherlock Holmes (11) )

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Recs: February 27, 2012

2012-02-27T15:17:21Z

This update is, apparently, Molly/SomeGuy or Asexuality.

( 11 recs in 3 fandoms: Lewis (1), Sherlock (9), X-Men (1) )

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Recs: February 18, 2012

2012-02-18T15:17:10Z

( 17 recs in 6 fandoms: Due South (1), Harry Potter (5), James Bond (3), Lewis (1), RPF - Fashion Designers (1), Sherlock Holmes (6) )

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Recs: February 12, 2012

2012-02-12T18:27:10Z

Shakespearean drama now has enough recs to warrant a page of its own, so there's that!

( 28 recs in the following fandoms: Lewis (3), Sherlock Holmes (23), Shakespeare (1), The Thick of It (1) )

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Shakespeare Recs

2012-02-12T17:43:17Z

Please note that while my current rec policy is to try and include story warnings, I make no guarantees. Generally speaking, there's little of a dark or violent nature to warn for in these stories, but...caveat lector.

( Shakespeare Recs )

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Lewis Recs

2012-01-24T20:45:20Z

Recs: January 24, 2012

2012-01-24T18:20:32Z

Amazing how speedily one can update a recs site when one is in the fanfic-reading honeymoon period of two fandoms and hasn't started teaching for the spring term.

( 30 Recs in the Following Fandoms: Harry Potter (2), Lewis (10), and Sherlock Holmes (18) )

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FIC (HP): "Bookends" (Snape/Lupin) - 2011

2012-01-23T16:45:42Z

Written as a gift for schemingreader in the 2011 edition of Snapely Holidays

Author: Beth H (bethbethbeth)
Title: "Bookends"
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters and/or Pairing(s): Snape, Lupin (with some vague hints of future Snape/Lupin)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2022
Possible warnings and/or enticements - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): (skip)Set during Deathly Hallows. Nothing else apart from some 'adult' language Please leave a comment if you believe anything should be added here
Summary: In the end, there are no secrets.
Author's Notes: Written with thanks to Simon and Garfunkel's song "Old Friends/Bookends" for both title and inspiration.

( Bookends )

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FIC (HP): "An Unexpected Gift" (Snape/McGonagall) - 2012

2012-01-21T17:30:47Z

Written as a gift for albalark as part of HoggyWartyXmas

Author: Beth H (bethbethbeth
Title: An Unexpected Gift
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters and/or Pairings: Snape/McGonagall
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2080
Possible warnings and/or enticements - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): (skip)Some briefish and mostly-only-suggestive hetero-sex, and a bit of 'bad language' scattered throughout. Please leave a comment if you believe anything should be added here
Summary: What they shared that night had been largely unexpected and very sweet, but for Severus, the gift she'd given him the following morning had been even more delicious..

( An Unexpected Gift )

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FIC (HP): "Contra Saligia..." (Snape/Hermione) - 2011

2012-01-17T14:54:24Z

Written for geminiscorp for the 2011 round of the SSHG Exchange

Author: Beth H (bethbethbeth)
Title: CONTRA SALIGIA, or how Gilderoy Lockhart proved to be almost useful at last.
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~6400
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters and/or Pairings:: Snape/Hermione, implied background pairing of McGonagall/Sprout.
Possible warnings and/or enticements - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): (skip)Nothing in particular. Please leave a comment if you believe anything should be added here
Notes: Canon compliant up to - but not including - the Epilogue (or the alleged demise of Mr Severus Snape).
Summary: After many months spent working closely with her former professor, Hermione Granger is absolutely certain that Severus Snape's near-death experience in the Shrieking Shack transformed him completely - and all for the better. However, judging by the comments about Severus that Hermione has been noticing recently from her other colleagues, it's clear that her positive opinion isn't shared by everyone. What could explain the vast gulf between the Severus she's come to know and the Snape that everybody else seems to be seeing? Hermione has no idea what the answer is, but she's determined to find out.

( CONTRA SALIGIA, or how Gilderoy Lockhart proved to be almost useful at last )

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FIC (RPF - F1 Grand Prix) - Unless I'm very much mistaken... (OFC/OMC, Senna/Prost)

2012-01-17T14:02:15Z

Written as a gift for kangeiko for the 2011 edition of Yuletide.

Title: "Unless I'm very much mistaken..."
Fandom: RPF - Misc (Formula One Grand Prix)
Characters and/or Pairing(s): Julie (OFC)/Richard (OMC), Ayrton Senna/Alain Prost
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2916
Possible warnings and/or enticements - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): (skip)Nothing in particular apart from some teen angst. Please leave a comment if you believe anything should be added here
Summary: In the middle of the 1986 Formula One season, a sometime romantic - and ridiculously naive - fifteen year old girl believes she has found her soul mate. Now if only she could actually meet him. A mostly unbelievable fable of second love featuring, in a supporting role, the background pairing of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.)
Author's Notes: Title taken from the much-quoted catchphrase of legendary British race commentator, Murray Walker. With thanks to Malcolm Folley's 2009 book Senna Versus Prost (although very little from the book was actually incorporated in this story), the usual online sources (wikipedia, youtube, etc), and some dimly remembered in-person encounters. (Note: if Julie - i.e., the OFC - were in fandom, she'd probably be wishing her name was "Mary Sue" so that she could have a little more influence on the events taking place around her. With any luck, she'll grow out of this phase. With even more luck, someday she just might be awesome.)

( Unless I'm very much mistaken... )

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Recs: January 15, 2012

2012-01-15T13:11:55Z

This update includes the previously-noted yuletide recs, but doesn't include almost any holiday exchange fic (most of which I still haven't had a chance to read).

( 41 Recs in the following fandoms: Arthurian Legends, Classical Mythology, Discworld, Doctor Who, Galaxy Quest, Harry Potter, Here Come the Brides, Lewis, Lord Peter Wimsey, Nobuta Wo Produce, Peter Pan, Phantom of the Opera, Ratatouille, RPF - Historical. Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, Vorkosigan Saga )

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Phantom of the Opera Recs

2011-11-26T20:44:05Z

Please note that some of these story recommendations were made before I reconsidered my warnings policy (i.e., before I decided to include warnings). Generally speaking, there's little of a dark or violent nature to warn for in these stories, but caveat lector.

Special Note about Phantom Recs: For a long time, I was wary of reccing anything in this ff.net-based fandom. Most of the stories I was reading would have benefited from at least a little more proofreading, and more importantly, the majority of my favorite fics seemed...a little over-wrought and melodramatic. But then I realized that the same could be said for the [over-wrought and melodramatic] canon(s)! And so...recs!

( Phantom of the Opera Recs )

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Recs: September 19, 2011

2011-09-19T13:40:46Z

On June 1, 2011, I vowed to post recs at least once a month.

Good thing that wasn't an Unbreakable Vow, or I'd be posting this entry from beyond the Veil. :)

( Recs in the following fandoms: Due South, Harry Potter )

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Recs: June 1, 2011

2011-06-03T19:56:15Z

I am the slowest reccer in the universe! Okay, so I need to make a vow that from now on I'll (a) not forget to rec the things I want to rec, which...lord knows I've done dozens of times in this past half year, and (b) make a recs post every single month. Can I keep to that vow? Let's see!

( Recs in the following fandoms: Harry Potter, The King's Speech, Shakespeare - Twelfth Night, Sherlock Holmes, True Blood, VORKOSIGAN BOOKS, White Collar )

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FIC (HP): "The Visitor" (Snape/Harry) - 2011

2011-05-24T11:42:02Z

Written as a late addition to Snarry-a-Thon 11

Title: "The Visitor"
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters and/or Pairing(s): Harry, Snape/??
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1325
Possible warnings and/or enticements - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): (skip)Nothing in particular apart from the vagaries of time paradoxes. Please leave a comment if you believe anything should be added here
Summary: "Harry had started bringing out the Marauder's Map and examining it by wandlight. He was waiting for the moment when Ron's labeled dot would reappear in the corridors of Hogwarts..." Ron's dot never did appear, but what the Map eventually reveals turns out to be far more surprising. (Quoted section from Ch. 16 - "Godric's Hollow," Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Author's Notes: Many thanks to accioslash for allowing me to participate at the last minute - and to Femme for the beta.

( The Visitor )

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Recs: January 29, 2010

2011-01-29T19:08:53Z

Some of you may have noticed I completely failed to attend to my usual December rec "duties," but in my defense…um…I was busy? I'm finally reading what I can of the Holiday Exchange fics and I'll be updating my DW Fic and Recs Journal every dozen or so recs, starting with these fifteen stories…

( Recs in the following fandoms: Commercials, Fairy Tales, Frankenstein, Good Omens, Harry Potter, The King's Speech, Merlin, Sherlock Holmes )

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