Recs: March 9, 2012
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beth_hDue 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. :)
Discworld - Pratchett
athena_crikey (what_we_dream on LJ): "Protector of the King's Peace" (Vetinari, Vimes, Sybill. ""As Protector of the King’s Peace, you would be expected to give a proper obeisance to the throne." Vimes pits principle against fact." A smart look at the behind-the-scenes political maneuverings in Ankh-Morpork, set sometime after Going Postal)
Doctor Who
Basingstoke (basingstoke on LJ/DW): "Bloody Nature" (Nine, Martha, Jack, Others. "After the Time War, the recently regenerated Doctor met another doctor, and they had some adventures together. Then they met the Family of Blood and things went pear-shaped." An AU - if anything in DW can properly be said to be an AU - set in Family of Blood's 1926, but where Martha gets to be Martha in this old/new world and in which the Doctor - the Ninth incarnation with that name - gets to be...well, you'll see. Excellent insights into the points of connection between Martha and Nine.)
BlackEyedGirl (black_eyedgirl on LJ): "Not All of the Pieces are Blue" (Donna, Eleven, Amy, Rory. "The Doctor pays a visit to Donna (with a little urging from Amy). She's not in the most forgiving of moods. Spoilers through 'The Big Bang.')" An excellent fix for what happened to Donna's memories at the end of her season.)
Mundungus42 (mundungus42 on LJ): "The Curious Case of the High Lama" (BBC Sherlock and Doctor Who crossover. Sherlock, Doctor (11), others. "Two men, both presumed dead, seek enlightenment and absolution." Precisely how the meeting of these two men would go. Probably. *g*)
Due South
zelempa (zelempa on LJ): "Upon Close Inspection" (Fraser/Kowalski. ""Can we try to be normal?" said Ray. "Just for a day. For like, two hours. I'll be Ray, and you'll be Ben, and that'll be Dief, our dog." / From the doorway, Diefenbaker whined. / Ray pointed at him. "You, suck it up. Take one for the team."" Kid!fic without the kid, as a post-series Fraser and Ray prepare to be interviewed about adopting a child. About as close to sitting in their house in Canada and watching them interact as I could possibly imagine. Extremely good voices...funny and touching.)
Lewis
Dira Sudis (dsudis on LJ/DW): "Raised with the Fume of Sighs" (Lewis/Hathaway. "Lewis raised the cigarette to his lips and closed his eyes as he inhaled." A...plotty pwp, if such a thing is possible? Good voices, well written, extremely hot...and perfect for anybody with a bit of a smoking fetish.)
Pride and Prejudice - Austen
Catharsis (catie56 on LJ): "The Fourth Estate" (Darcy/Elizabeth. "There are people who believe that romantic connections are the province of fate and destiny, the result of an alignment of constellations and conditions that bring two people together. Others tend to discuss falling in love as the product of rational decisions that acknowledge attraction and compatibility. Some people, however, seem to think these two seemingly-opposite perspectives are really just two sides of the same coin. Sometimes, after all, destiny just requires that two people make a single choice." This is an AU, but...there are basically two kinds of AU's. The first is a story set in a recognizable environment where an event - or a series of events - are different enough to alter the trajectory of a given arc for one or more canon characters. The second kind of AU moves the setting in time or place or both, but leaves us with characters whose personalities and interpersonal dynamics are instantly recognizable as coming from the source work. The Fourth Estate is...neither of those kinds of AUs. *g* This shouldn't be construed as a 'diss'; I really enjoyed this story, with its contemporary Hollywood setting. It's engaging, well written, and sometimes quite touching. However, if the character names hadn't been the ones that Austen had given to her characters, I suspect I wouldn't have known this was supposed to be a riff on Pride and Prejudice. And yet...I'm reccing it!)
Sherlock Holmes
augustbird (augustbird on LJ): "Reignite" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "From a prompt: John and Mary have a son, Hamish, then Mary gets ill and dies. John, who wasn't previously on speaking terms with Sherlock, moves back to Baker Street with Hamish in tow because he can't afford anywhere else on his own. Sherlock is surprisingly wonderful with the kid, and supportive of John (in his own, asshole-ish way)." Many years post Reichenbach. Very sweet - and oddly believable.)
esterbrook: "Stay" (BBC. Future!Fic. Sherlock/John. "Retirement wasn't quite what they'd expected. For one thing, they hadn't been in the same room for two years." Sherlock's gone to the country to raise bees, John's in London...and eventually the two men 'catch a clue.' A lovely story.)
giraffeontherocks (giraffeontherocks on tumblr): "So Easy in the Evening" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "Sherlock tries to conform for John over dinner, and John despairs" A deceptively simple 'first time' story, set amidst the question of what constitutes 'normal.')
justwolf (justwolf on LJ): "Nor Ever Chaste" (BBC. Sherlock, Mycroft, Holmes parents, John. "The skull belongs to his father. But it's not his father's skull. Sherlock and Mycroft have both been sexually abused by their parents. They respond in different ways" Written for a prompt on the kink meme, but the incest in this story is absolutely not presented as a 'kink.' Not at all my usual thing, but I couldn't stop reading it. Sad - painful at times - but hopeful.)
Kate_Lear (kate_lear on LJ): "Messages Unspoken" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "A look at Sherlock and John in the immediate aftermath of the Hounds of Baskerville case, with particular attention to John's knowledge of Morse code." A [recently?] established relationship story with a fiercely protective John amidst much love...and much heat! Warning for Mentions of bipolar disorder, and passing reference/implication of suicidal ideation.)
marysutherland (marysutherland on LJ): "You cannot libel the dead" (BBC. Mycroft/Lestrade...although mostly gen, with just hints of a future interest. "Mycroft's hiding in the Diogenes Club after Sherlock's death, but someone's coming to get him." 90% of this really smart, really insightful post-Reichenbach story could be the first scene of the first episode of season three. Please note, though, that I'm writing this long before season three airs. *g*)
mresundance (mresundance on DW): "Unusual Symmetry" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "John understands Sherlock." An asexual Sherlock and a sexual John, involved with each other in a serious relationship. Romantic - for Sherlockian values of 'romance' - and smart. Warning for brief mention of sexual assault.
Mundungus42 (mundungus42 on LJ): "The Curious Case of the High Lama" (BBC Sherlock and Doctor Who crossover. Sherlock, Doctor (11), others. "Two men, both presumed dead, seek enlightenment and absolution." Precisely how the meeting of these two men would go. Probably. *g*)
out_there (out_there on DW/LJ): "Seventeen Letters" (BBC. Sherlock/John. ""I love Sherlock," John says out loud, testing how the words feel in his mouth. It doesn't change anything. Sherlock's still the pillock who fiddled with his computer password." Generally, I default to epic-length fanfiction in my reading; this is decidedly not-epic, but instead short and sweet.)
Pic_akai (pic_akai on LJ): "Labels" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "When John and Sherlock touch, Sherlock feels warm and John feels relieved. There is no label for this, but they are them." Post-Reichenbach. Gentle and touching...and confusing, possibly, but only if you're John. *g*)
sheffiesharpe (sheffiesharpe on LJ): "At Least There's the Football" (BBC. Great Lestrade/Mycroft series, the plot of which starts immediately after "The Great Game." I love the slow development of the relationship between the two men and the introduction of some wonderful OCs, mostly Lestrade's extended family. And Anthea - i.e., Mycroft's assistant - is given a fantastic backstory here and an unexpected three dimensionality. Note: I've been wanting to rec this for ages, and so this is one of the very few exceptions to my no-wips reccing policy; this series isn't finished and I'm not certain the author has a specific end in mind - or at least not an endpoint that will be reached anytime soon. However, the series has already reached 160,000 words, and while I wish, in my heart of hearts, that it would never end, all of the later chapters provide at the very least, a good, resting point, i.e., if the series ended at any of those moments, it wouldn't be heartbreaking, which is often the risk when reading wips.)
Discworld - Pratchett
athena_crikey (what_we_dream on LJ): "Protector of the King's Peace" (Vetinari, Vimes, Sybill. ""As Protector of the King’s Peace, you would be expected to give a proper obeisance to the throne." Vimes pits principle against fact." A smart look at the behind-the-scenes political maneuverings in Ankh-Morpork, set sometime after Going Postal)
Doctor Who
Basingstoke (basingstoke on LJ/DW): "Bloody Nature" (Nine, Martha, Jack, Others. "After the Time War, the recently regenerated Doctor met another doctor, and they had some adventures together. Then they met the Family of Blood and things went pear-shaped." An AU - if anything in DW can properly be said to be an AU - set in Family of Blood's 1926, but where Martha gets to be Martha in this old/new world and in which the Doctor - the Ninth incarnation with that name - gets to be...well, you'll see. Excellent insights into the points of connection between Martha and Nine.)
BlackEyedGirl (black_eyedgirl on LJ): "Not All of the Pieces are Blue" (Donna, Eleven, Amy, Rory. "The Doctor pays a visit to Donna (with a little urging from Amy). She's not in the most forgiving of moods. Spoilers through 'The Big Bang.')" An excellent fix for what happened to Donna's memories at the end of her season.)
Mundungus42 (mundungus42 on LJ): "The Curious Case of the High Lama" (BBC Sherlock and Doctor Who crossover. Sherlock, Doctor (11), others. "Two men, both presumed dead, seek enlightenment and absolution." Precisely how the meeting of these two men would go. Probably. *g*)
Due South
zelempa (zelempa on LJ): "Upon Close Inspection" (Fraser/Kowalski. ""Can we try to be normal?" said Ray. "Just for a day. For like, two hours. I'll be Ray, and you'll be Ben, and that'll be Dief, our dog." / From the doorway, Diefenbaker whined. / Ray pointed at him. "You, suck it up. Take one for the team."" Kid!fic without the kid, as a post-series Fraser and Ray prepare to be interviewed about adopting a child. About as close to sitting in their house in Canada and watching them interact as I could possibly imagine. Extremely good voices...funny and touching.)
Lewis
Dira Sudis (dsudis on LJ/DW): "Raised with the Fume of Sighs" (Lewis/Hathaway. "Lewis raised the cigarette to his lips and closed his eyes as he inhaled." A...plotty pwp, if such a thing is possible? Good voices, well written, extremely hot...and perfect for anybody with a bit of a smoking fetish.)
Pride and Prejudice - Austen
Catharsis (catie56 on LJ): "The Fourth Estate" (Darcy/Elizabeth. "There are people who believe that romantic connections are the province of fate and destiny, the result of an alignment of constellations and conditions that bring two people together. Others tend to discuss falling in love as the product of rational decisions that acknowledge attraction and compatibility. Some people, however, seem to think these two seemingly-opposite perspectives are really just two sides of the same coin. Sometimes, after all, destiny just requires that two people make a single choice." This is an AU, but...there are basically two kinds of AU's. The first is a story set in a recognizable environment where an event - or a series of events - are different enough to alter the trajectory of a given arc for one or more canon characters. The second kind of AU moves the setting in time or place or both, but leaves us with characters whose personalities and interpersonal dynamics are instantly recognizable as coming from the source work. The Fourth Estate is...neither of those kinds of AUs. *g* This shouldn't be construed as a 'diss'; I really enjoyed this story, with its contemporary Hollywood setting. It's engaging, well written, and sometimes quite touching. However, if the character names hadn't been the ones that Austen had given to her characters, I suspect I wouldn't have known this was supposed to be a riff on Pride and Prejudice. And yet...I'm reccing it!)
Sherlock Holmes
augustbird (augustbird on LJ): "Reignite" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "From a prompt: John and Mary have a son, Hamish, then Mary gets ill and dies. John, who wasn't previously on speaking terms with Sherlock, moves back to Baker Street with Hamish in tow because he can't afford anywhere else on his own. Sherlock is surprisingly wonderful with the kid, and supportive of John (in his own, asshole-ish way)." Many years post Reichenbach. Very sweet - and oddly believable.)
esterbrook: "Stay" (BBC. Future!Fic. Sherlock/John. "Retirement wasn't quite what they'd expected. For one thing, they hadn't been in the same room for two years." Sherlock's gone to the country to raise bees, John's in London...and eventually the two men 'catch a clue.' A lovely story.)
giraffeontherocks (giraffeontherocks on tumblr): "So Easy in the Evening" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "Sherlock tries to conform for John over dinner, and John despairs" A deceptively simple 'first time' story, set amidst the question of what constitutes 'normal.')
justwolf (justwolf on LJ): "Nor Ever Chaste" (BBC. Sherlock, Mycroft, Holmes parents, John. "The skull belongs to his father. But it's not his father's skull. Sherlock and Mycroft have both been sexually abused by their parents. They respond in different ways" Written for a prompt on the kink meme, but the incest in this story is absolutely not presented as a 'kink.' Not at all my usual thing, but I couldn't stop reading it. Sad - painful at times - but hopeful.)
Kate_Lear (kate_lear on LJ): "Messages Unspoken" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "A look at Sherlock and John in the immediate aftermath of the Hounds of Baskerville case, with particular attention to John's knowledge of Morse code." A [recently?] established relationship story with a fiercely protective John amidst much love...and much heat! Warning for Mentions of bipolar disorder, and passing reference/implication of suicidal ideation.)
marysutherland (marysutherland on LJ): "You cannot libel the dead" (BBC. Mycroft/Lestrade...although mostly gen, with just hints of a future interest. "Mycroft's hiding in the Diogenes Club after Sherlock's death, but someone's coming to get him." 90% of this really smart, really insightful post-Reichenbach story could be the first scene of the first episode of season three. Please note, though, that I'm writing this long before season three airs. *g*)
mresundance (mresundance on DW): "Unusual Symmetry" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "John understands Sherlock." An asexual Sherlock and a sexual John, involved with each other in a serious relationship. Romantic - for Sherlockian values of 'romance' - and smart. Warning for brief mention of sexual assault.
Mundungus42 (mundungus42 on LJ): "The Curious Case of the High Lama" (BBC Sherlock and Doctor Who crossover. Sherlock, Doctor (11), others. "Two men, both presumed dead, seek enlightenment and absolution." Precisely how the meeting of these two men would go. Probably. *g*)
out_there (out_there on DW/LJ): "Seventeen Letters" (BBC. Sherlock/John. ""I love Sherlock," John says out loud, testing how the words feel in his mouth. It doesn't change anything. Sherlock's still the pillock who fiddled with his computer password." Generally, I default to epic-length fanfiction in my reading; this is decidedly not-epic, but instead short and sweet.)
Pic_akai (pic_akai on LJ): "Labels" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "When John and Sherlock touch, Sherlock feels warm and John feels relieved. There is no label for this, but they are them." Post-Reichenbach. Gentle and touching...and confusing, possibly, but only if you're John. *g*)
sheffiesharpe (sheffiesharpe on LJ): "At Least There's the Football" (BBC. Great Lestrade/Mycroft series, the plot of which starts immediately after "The Great Game." I love the slow development of the relationship between the two men and the introduction of some wonderful OCs, mostly Lestrade's extended family. And Anthea - i.e., Mycroft's assistant - is given a fantastic backstory here and an unexpected three dimensionality. Note: I've been wanting to rec this for ages, and so this is one of the very few exceptions to my no-wips reccing policy; this series isn't finished and I'm not certain the author has a specific end in mind - or at least not an endpoint that will be reached anytime soon. However, the series has already reached 160,000 words, and while I wish, in my heart of hearts, that it would never end, all of the later chapters provide at the very least, a good, resting point, i.e., if the series ended at any of those moments, it wouldn't be heartbreaking, which is often the risk when reading wips.)
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