{ just leave the pieces when you go. }

[delga]

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

And now a couple of recs. Firstly, two from stellaluna_ who is honestly one of the best writers in the CSI: NY fandom. Travellers is a Stella/Hawkes fic that is plausible and the best characterisation of Sheldon Hawkes that I have ever seen. Sheldon is the thinking girl's crumpet, obviously, and this fic shows just how seductive knowledge is, be it personal or otherwise. The Snow Queen is one of those fics that transcends fandom, really. You know when the heat kicks up and you get bitter and frustrated? This fic captures that, winding you tighter and tighter. It's Mac/Stella, my bestest OTP, but the beauty here, as ever, is the tragedienne. Stella is frustrated and hurting, and the heat just keeps coming. Truly wonderful.

Apparently it's a time for CSI: NY fics because I've been re-reading other ones that I like (alas! marginalia has disappeared!) and I remembered a wonderful Stella/Hawkes, Stella/Mac fic that I'd read ages ago. (I'm not a Stella/Hawkes shipper; that's just the way my month's gone, I suppose). Public Dreams, Private Myths is the fabulously awesome ivinnuna's take on addictions and comforts in the human realm. Love a man, hurt a man, want a man; want peace. Again, a gorgeously textured Stella characterisation with a slightly aching and bitter undertone that I love to see in Ms. Bonasera. By the same author is The Underachiever - Flack/Danny and another emotional struggle over possession and loss. I think what I love best about ivinnuna is that her writing hits you solidly in the middle of you chest and knocks the wind from you. On that note, a Without a Trace fic from her, too. Danny/Martin. I don't have enough superlatives, really, so I'll just leave you links: Wednesdays, Headspace and Everywhen.

OK, today's theme has changed from NY to "pimping out one half of the flist to the other", so let's just go with that for now. All Plans Fail is Beckett/McKay SG:A fic from wliberation who is the only person who can write Carson. In the world. No, seriously, I've never found anyone else that can do him any justice. In that vein, you should also read her Carson gen-fic Before I Go because Carson loves his mum and we love Carson. (Caw! Caw! icaw!) Let me point out that even though I am a sucky beta, these fics are both amazing. wliberation is Queen of Carson. Or something.

I've recced daygloparker this week already but whilst I'm here: this is her fic tag; go read all (I went to look for your website and it had gone ohnoes. Thankfully you like organising and categorising). She's written for old-school West Wing, Without a Trace, Atlantis and (more recently) Lost, Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who. If you can't choose, start at Experiment #6 (Absent-Minded Transgression Remix). It's Battlestar Galactica, it's Six; it's God, Gaius, dreams and machines. This fandom brings out crazy clever fic, obviously.

When I am pimping fics, I really can't pimp anything without mentioning some fic queens that reside on my flist. tigertrapped is my idol; she writes in a way that is visceral and beautiful. From the frighteningly violent (yet lyrically beautiful) turns of her Constantine fanfics to her personal writing that is real and touching, she's my go-to girl for writing skills. I can't choose from her work but because I want to give you something I'll pick Two Minute Silence which begins with the most intriguing first sentence and The Swimming-pool and the Sea, a slice-of-life original fiction that I read over and over again. Other fic queens: binglexjells who writes the best mixture of CSI:NY fluff'n'angst; her fics are snapshots of Very Important Moments and I love how fleeting they are, and lastly, raeyashi, who writes Don/Cooper slash for the Numb3rs fandom. You should all read Let It Spin and Those Damn Blow Pops (omg Don and his oral fetish, yes, yes).

Finally, a list of stuff you just have to read.

Of History by Northlight [Firefly]
Zoe and Wash, and why it was never going to be Mal. The best thing about this fic is the narrative. I could listen to this style forever.

The Olympic Spirit by freedomfry [Sports Night]
REC ME SN FIC. Ahem. Dan, Casey, gymnastics. Hell yes.

Six Places We May Have Met by luna [West Wing]
Oh. Oh. One of my favourite TWW fics in the world, ever. And CJ, too, who I just adore. Well really, who wouldn't? There are other TWW fics that I adore, mostly CJ/Toby (OTP? Hell yeah) but this one is all about possibilities and optimism that fits the daylight.

Growing Up by sheldrake [Chronicals of Narnia]
So, who else detests the treatment Susan gets at the end of the series? (Or am I the only one to love her character?) This is a fic about Susan and her life in the Aftermath; it's also about sisters and choices. I love it.

Now I'm off to clean and start packing. You should all be reading fanfiction.

Comments

[tigertrapped.livejournal.com]

You always say the nicest things, thank you! Your support, and your fic, is a vital part of what's enabled me to knuckle down and write again these last 18 months, after a hiatus of nearly 12 years. Writing may well, ultimately, be a solitary task, but I'd never have known how important it was to feel a part of a broader picture, and to share experiences and ideas, if it wasn't for your guidance in those first few weeks and months after I ventured online in the Spooks fandom. So thank you - I cherish you and our friendship.

[asemic.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the recs! Don and Billy are too much fun to write and one of my favorite pairings.

Thank you again.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Yay for recs of fic that I haven't read, including Carson recs.

[asesinos.livejournal.com]

Awwww, you're too kind! But you didn't include any of your fics, which deserve to be up there much more than mine do.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

who is the only person who can write Carson.

...

You have no idea how long I sat here grinning stupidly. Thank you. Seriously, that is the best compliment anyone has ever given me. I've always felt that I can never find Carson, that I'm only wrapping him up in empty mannerisms; he's my biggest source of self-doubt, and even though I still feel that you're giving me too much credit, your words mean the world to me. Thank you.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

You always say that, and it's so lovely to hear, but you know, the way you write? Someone would have snapped to attention. They'd have been insane not to.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Well, am spreading the love.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Hee :) wliberation is the very best.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

My flist is so daft, not to mention modest. My stuff barely approximates prose. But seriously, I didn't tell a single lie in the post.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Well, it's the truth. I know how much you worry over the details and it always pays off. I love the way you write and I never tell you that enough. Before I Go is so spot-on and All Plans Fail has the quality of being seductive and plausible, not to mention that the rhythm of it still engrosses me so quickly.

You nut :p

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

*beams* MY OBSESSIVENESS PAYS OFF, HUZZAH!

And thank you again. You make me all giddy and happy with such kind words.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Just to let you know: I'm totally iconning that as soon as I work out how to stop being font-retarded.