Recs: May 8, 2012
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beth_hPost-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?
Avengers / Marvel Comics
Sister_Wolf (sister_wolf on DW) and carleton97: "Gift of Asylum." (Avengers/Captain America/Thor. Clint/Darcy. "The story of how Darcy Lewis accidentally helps found the Avengers while having an epic, failboaty romance with that dude she nailed in a bar two years ago. Tasers, jackbooted thugs, Tony Stark, and life-altering job offers are par for the course when you help discover an alien/god dude with amazing pecs." Written before the Avengers movie was released, so AU for film canon, but steamy and cool and Natasha has the best advice for her ex about how not being a creepy stalker is a good thing.)
LJC (taraljc on LJ): "Simple, not Easy" (Avengers - 2012/Thor. Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis, Loki/Sif, Phil Coulson/Natasha Romanov, Darcy Lewis & Loki. "Darcy should have seen it coming. She couldn't hang around the spandex crowd forever and not end up with a great big target painted on her back eventually. She was just surprised it took Loki so long. " Written before the release of the Avengers film and very much Jossed - literally - but funny and bantery and hot and team-buildy, with an eventual inexplicable epic bromance between Darcy and Loki.)
Lewis
lamardeuse (lamardeuse on LJ): "The Power of Suggestion" (Lewis/Hathaway. "Because Lewis and Hathaway are made for "everybody thinks they're doing it" stories." I love "everybody already thinks we're a couple" scenarios, and this is an excellent example of the genre, and Lewis - who's apparently had almost enough time to decide to broach the subject of a relationship with his bagman - is pretty perfect.)
Sherlock Holmes
augustbird (augustbird on LJ): "walk through ghosts" (BBC. Sherlock/John, John/Mary. "The thing is: Sherlock thought that the two of them would have forever to figure it out." Ordinarily I'm a happily ever after kind of reccer, but this story - which is utterly believable, given a Sherlock and John who might feel for each other a little of what many viewers think they feel for each other - is so, so sad, and yet it works so very well, at least if you're in the mood for angst. Which I obviously was.)
dear_monday (dear_monday on Dreamwidth): "In Plain Sight" (BBC. John, Sherlock. "Sherlock thinks he's a sociopath. John knows he isn't, because he's one himself." Mostly gen, and Sherlock should consider himself lucky it is. Heed the author's summary: this isn't a John that I'd ordinarily buy, but here, in this story, accepting the "what if" premise is very rewarding.)
entanglednow (entangled_now on LJ): the "Thermodynamics" series (BBC. Sherlock/John. Starting with "The Second Law of Thermodynamics" - In which there's no heating and there's a dead owl in Sherlock's bed." This John - long-suffering, protective, caring, and infinitely aggravated by Sherlock is entirely recognizable in this story, and so too is Sherlock, who turns out - eventually - to be both asexual and not terribly romantic, but apparently still very interested in a relationship with John.)
entanglednow (entangled_now on LJ): "Undercurrents" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "There, that's it, perfect, shut your eyes and don't move - and don't speak." Possibly 'disturbing' and possibly 'erotic,' depending on your tastes; I lean toward the latter - and with Sherlock and John, you might very well call this 'true romance.' Potentially spoilery content information: pseudo-necrophilia)
flawedamythyst: "Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Peace" (BBC. Sherlock/John, John/Mary. "Unexpected revelations at a wedding." I don't know whether this is sweet [with my Sherlock/John glasses on, I'd definitely say 'sweet'] or not-at-all-sweet [if I were a John/Mary shipper, I'd be voting for not-at-all-sweet] What it is, though, is honest...and Lestrade absolutely agrees with me.)
holyfant (on LJ): "A Chronology of Unfinished-ness" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "A lifetime of things that were never quite finished, but were still complete." What could have been a contrivance built of narrative repetition ("...another interruption!") turns, instead, into a perfect picture of Sherlock and John's life together. Wonderful post-canon world extending, and really lovely. Potentially spoilery content information: canon character deaths, but neither of the main pairing.)
holyfant (on LJ): "Mozart" (BBC. Sherlock & John. "John doesn't want to be, but he's worried." Gen, for all intents and purposes - and a very believable look at living with somebody with Sherlock's canonical past. John...is a good friend. Potentially spoilery content information: mentions of substance abuse.)
holyfant (on LJ): "Thirty Six Minutes and Then Some" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "In the thirty-six minutes it will take John to come home, Sherlock tries to think about what he will say." Half thought piece and half negotiation. Very insightful look at Sherlock's often effed-up and more-confused-than-he-understands thought processes. Potentially spoilery content information: some bloody and/or violent thoughts, but only thoughts.)
ImpishTubist (impishtubist on LJ and DW) & Canon_is_Relative (canonisrelative on LJ): "The Final Proof" (BBC. Sherlock/John, Lestrade. "The Woman may be gone, but the chaos that she left in her wake remains. There's a distance between John and Sherlock now; one that John isn't sure how to bridge, one that Sherlock doesn't believe can be bridged." Very believable, given this...potentially spoilery content information: an asexual, but not an aromantic Sherlock.. Bonus: a very nice friendship between John and Lestrade.)
KCS/KCScribbler (kcscribbler on LJ): "Even Doctors Have Bad Days" (BBC. Sherlock, John. "Written for this prompt: 'Watson seems the cheerier, more optimistic of the Baker Street duo, but when he has a depressive spell it makes Holmes's black moods look a pale shade of grey by comparison.'" Engaging and strangely believable. Sherlock is so wonderfully unobservant about his own inner emotional sensibilities. He's awkward and stiff and his actions are simultaneously well meant and selfish...just perfect.)
linpatootie (lin on LJ): the "Two Coffees One Black One with Sugar Please" series (BBC. Sherlock/John. "A somewhat pointless experiment on Sherlock's behalf leads to John having to re-evaluate pretty much his entire life." How many stories in this fandom start with the premise of 'an experiment?' So many! And yet, when they work, they work - as this one does, particularly when it comes to revealing the intricacies of Sherlock and John's personalities and the dynamic of their relationship as it reveals itself to be something other than 'just' a friendship. Funny at times, at other times sad, sexy, touching...basically runs the gamut - and if you have a thing for John telling Sherlock what to do and Sherlock occasionally just obeying, well....)
ljs: "Studies in Power" (BBC. Mycroft/Anthea. "You know power when you see it, and Mycroft Holmes is the most tempting thing you've ever seen." Really well done: Anthea's backstory, her attraction to the power - and near-infinitesimal vulnerabilities - of Mycroft, the work dynamic between the two and the push-and-pull tension of their non-work relationship all ring true.)
sariagray (sariagray on LJ): "Until" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "Sherlock comes back a little bit broken" Post-Reichenbach, and...see the author's summary. But...ultimately hopeful.)
sideris (sideris on Dreamwidth) "Working It Out" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "John discovers it's Sherlock's birthday whilst Sherlock makes a series of disturbing discoveries of his own, leading them to embark upon a relationship that was never going to be easy." Really well done. Sherlock's thought processes, especially at the start - his longing and fear and refusal to reveal his feelings - feel very honest. Potentially spoilery content information: consensual physical punishment. emotional - and other - repercussions from traumatic childhood sexual encounter [to which John is usually sensitive, although sometimes impatient], plus the usual canonical incidents of physical peril and danger)
Avengers / Marvel Comics
Sister_Wolf (sister_wolf on DW) and carleton97: "Gift of Asylum." (Avengers/Captain America/Thor. Clint/Darcy. "The story of how Darcy Lewis accidentally helps found the Avengers while having an epic, failboaty romance with that dude she nailed in a bar two years ago. Tasers, jackbooted thugs, Tony Stark, and life-altering job offers are par for the course when you help discover an alien/god dude with amazing pecs." Written before the Avengers movie was released, so AU for film canon, but steamy and cool and Natasha has the best advice for her ex about how not being a creepy stalker is a good thing.)
LJC (taraljc on LJ): "Simple, not Easy" (Avengers - 2012/Thor. Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis, Loki/Sif, Phil Coulson/Natasha Romanov, Darcy Lewis & Loki. "Darcy should have seen it coming. She couldn't hang around the spandex crowd forever and not end up with a great big target painted on her back eventually. She was just surprised it took Loki so long. " Written before the release of the Avengers film and very much Jossed - literally - but funny and bantery and hot and team-buildy, with an eventual inexplicable epic bromance between Darcy and Loki.)
Lewis
lamardeuse (lamardeuse on LJ): "The Power of Suggestion" (Lewis/Hathaway. "Because Lewis and Hathaway are made for "everybody thinks they're doing it" stories." I love "everybody already thinks we're a couple" scenarios, and this is an excellent example of the genre, and Lewis - who's apparently had almost enough time to decide to broach the subject of a relationship with his bagman - is pretty perfect.)
Sherlock Holmes
augustbird (augustbird on LJ): "walk through ghosts" (BBC. Sherlock/John, John/Mary. "The thing is: Sherlock thought that the two of them would have forever to figure it out." Ordinarily I'm a happily ever after kind of reccer, but this story - which is utterly believable, given a Sherlock and John who might feel for each other a little of what many viewers think they feel for each other - is so, so sad, and yet it works so very well, at least if you're in the mood for angst. Which I obviously was.)
dear_monday (dear_monday on Dreamwidth): "In Plain Sight" (BBC. John, Sherlock. "Sherlock thinks he's a sociopath. John knows he isn't, because he's one himself." Mostly gen, and Sherlock should consider himself lucky it is. Heed the author's summary: this isn't a John that I'd ordinarily buy, but here, in this story, accepting the "what if" premise is very rewarding.)
entanglednow (entangled_now on LJ): the "Thermodynamics" series (BBC. Sherlock/John. Starting with "The Second Law of Thermodynamics" - In which there's no heating and there's a dead owl in Sherlock's bed." This John - long-suffering, protective, caring, and infinitely aggravated by Sherlock is entirely recognizable in this story, and so too is Sherlock, who turns out - eventually - to be both asexual and not terribly romantic, but apparently still very interested in a relationship with John.)
entanglednow (entangled_now on LJ): "Undercurrents" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "There, that's it, perfect, shut your eyes and don't move - and don't speak." Possibly 'disturbing' and possibly 'erotic,' depending on your tastes; I lean toward the latter - and with Sherlock and John, you might very well call this 'true romance.' Potentially spoilery content information: pseudo-necrophilia)
flawedamythyst: "Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Peace" (BBC. Sherlock/John, John/Mary. "Unexpected revelations at a wedding." I don't know whether this is sweet [with my Sherlock/John glasses on, I'd definitely say 'sweet'] or not-at-all-sweet [if I were a John/Mary shipper, I'd be voting for not-at-all-sweet] What it is, though, is honest...and Lestrade absolutely agrees with me.)
holyfant (on LJ): "A Chronology of Unfinished-ness" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "A lifetime of things that were never quite finished, but were still complete." What could have been a contrivance built of narrative repetition ("...another interruption!") turns, instead, into a perfect picture of Sherlock and John's life together. Wonderful post-canon world extending, and really lovely. Potentially spoilery content information: canon character deaths, but neither of the main pairing.)
holyfant (on LJ): "Mozart" (BBC. Sherlock & John. "John doesn't want to be, but he's worried." Gen, for all intents and purposes - and a very believable look at living with somebody with Sherlock's canonical past. John...is a good friend. Potentially spoilery content information: mentions of substance abuse.)
holyfant (on LJ): "Thirty Six Minutes and Then Some" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "In the thirty-six minutes it will take John to come home, Sherlock tries to think about what he will say." Half thought piece and half negotiation. Very insightful look at Sherlock's often effed-up and more-confused-than-he-understands thought processes. Potentially spoilery content information: some bloody and/or violent thoughts, but only thoughts.)
ImpishTubist (impishtubist on LJ and DW) & Canon_is_Relative (canonisrelative on LJ): "The Final Proof" (BBC. Sherlock/John, Lestrade. "The Woman may be gone, but the chaos that she left in her wake remains. There's a distance between John and Sherlock now; one that John isn't sure how to bridge, one that Sherlock doesn't believe can be bridged." Very believable, given this...potentially spoilery content information: an asexual, but not an aromantic Sherlock.. Bonus: a very nice friendship between John and Lestrade.)
KCS/KCScribbler (kcscribbler on LJ): "Even Doctors Have Bad Days" (BBC. Sherlock, John. "Written for this prompt: 'Watson seems the cheerier, more optimistic of the Baker Street duo, but when he has a depressive spell it makes Holmes's black moods look a pale shade of grey by comparison.'" Engaging and strangely believable. Sherlock is so wonderfully unobservant about his own inner emotional sensibilities. He's awkward and stiff and his actions are simultaneously well meant and selfish...just perfect.)
linpatootie (lin on LJ): the "Two Coffees One Black One with Sugar Please" series (BBC. Sherlock/John. "A somewhat pointless experiment on Sherlock's behalf leads to John having to re-evaluate pretty much his entire life." How many stories in this fandom start with the premise of 'an experiment?' So many! And yet, when they work, they work - as this one does, particularly when it comes to revealing the intricacies of Sherlock and John's personalities and the dynamic of their relationship as it reveals itself to be something other than 'just' a friendship. Funny at times, at other times sad, sexy, touching...basically runs the gamut - and if you have a thing for John telling Sherlock what to do and Sherlock occasionally just obeying, well....)
ljs: "Studies in Power" (BBC. Mycroft/Anthea. "You know power when you see it, and Mycroft Holmes is the most tempting thing you've ever seen." Really well done: Anthea's backstory, her attraction to the power - and near-infinitesimal vulnerabilities - of Mycroft, the work dynamic between the two and the push-and-pull tension of their non-work relationship all ring true.)
sariagray (sariagray on LJ): "Until" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "Sherlock comes back a little bit broken" Post-Reichenbach, and...see the author's summary. But...ultimately hopeful.)
sideris (sideris on Dreamwidth) "Working It Out" (BBC. Sherlock/John. "John discovers it's Sherlock's birthday whilst Sherlock makes a series of disturbing discoveries of his own, leading them to embark upon a relationship that was never going to be easy." Really well done. Sherlock's thought processes, especially at the start - his longing and fear and refusal to reveal his feelings - feel very honest. Potentially spoilery content information: consensual physical punishment. emotional - and other - repercussions from traumatic childhood sexual encounter [to which John is usually sensitive, although sometimes impatient], plus the usual canonical incidents of physical peril and danger)
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Date: 2012-05-11 03:23 pm (UTC)(it's why I've moved, temporarily, over to the Avengers side of the street *g*)
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