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• Recs n Links: Oct through Nov

  December 17th, 2011

  My tags aren’t linking back to del.icio.us this time due to technical snafu. I’m transitioning to pinboard (user: lorem_ipsum).

  • Another One Bites The Dust – gogollescent – Good Omens – Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    [Short and terrifying Good Omens fusion.]

    07 Nov: x-men gen fanfic author.gogollescent rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • the free hugs au – Etirabys – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    The best part was- well, a lot of them were the best parts. Charles liked hugging people, he found. He hadn't done a whole lot of hugging in his life. It was good. There were all sorts of people. But it was sad when he saw some of them look for a while, and then move on.

    It's free, he thought. But it was always more complex than that. It took as much courage to take as it did to give, he supposed.

    07 Nov: x-men fanfic slash sfw charles/erik author.Etirabys rec.all_fanfic

  • Limited Release – rageprufrock – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    [The AU where Erik is an FBI agent and Alex is his informant and seriously I have seen this recced everywhere for good reason. One of the top five stories I've read in this fandom, hands down. Long and plotty. -L.]

    07 Nov: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik author.rageprufrock rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • penknife: Fic: Fear the Rest:

    [The kids become the X-Men. Erik becomes Magneto. Prequel to the first movie and written before XMFC.]

    06 Nov: x-men fanfic nsfw het slash charles/erik erik/raven author.penknife rec.all_fanfic

  • penknife: Ficlet: "Exit Lines," XMM, Charles/Erik:

    If twenty years aren't a reason, there are no reasons.

    06 Nov: x-men slash fanfic sfw charles/erik author.penknife rec.all_fanfic

  • paperclipbitch: “Snakes and Ladders Are Banned In Here”, X-Men: First Class, Charles/Erik:

    Author’s Summary: Set post movie. They never meet in public; not for fear of getting caught, but because they’re too aware of innocent bystanders.

    Excerpt: If no one draws first blood then maybe no one ever has to bleed.

    06 Nov: x-men fanfic slash sfw charles/erik angst author.paperclipbitch rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • To be said and said – pearl_o – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    Erik laughs, a short dry bark without any humor in it. “You and Charles do have a lot in common,” he says, and Raven flinches even though she doesn’t know why.

    [After the beach, Erik and Raven return to the mansion with the rest, but it’s not a happy ending. Could even be a missing scene. -L]

    06 Nov: x-men fanfic slash sfw charles/erik author.pearl_o rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Enigma – Yahtzee – X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men – All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]:

    The mutant called Mobius has been on his radar for some time, though he never thought to seek her services. Her gift is a dangerous one. A desperate measure – one Magneto is increasingly determined to take.

    [Mobius warns him that there will be a price. Erik is willing to pay. He tries to go back in time to say goodbye to Charles, but instead finds himself at the gates of Auschwitz.

    …This story has set up camp in my brain, seriously, weeks later I still think about it.

    -L]

    06 Nov: x-men fanfic slash sfw charles/erik author.Yahtzee rec.all_fanfic

  • Good Name for a Horse – allfireburns – Doctor Who, Valdemar series – Lackey [Archive of Our Own]:

    “There could be anything on this ship…” The Doctor stalked around the corner, all prepared to start scolding whenever he found Rose and Mickey – and pulled up short as he found a horse standing in the corridor directly ahead of him.

    [Hahahhaha… -L]

    06 Nov: doctor_who valdemar crossover fanfic gen author.allfireburns rec.all_fanfic

  • Kicks and Bucks – pearl_o – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    Author’s Summary: Moira has her reasons for this thing with Erik. Erik’s motives are less clear.

    [Want more, please. -L]

    06 Nov: x-men fanfic het nsfw erik/moira author.pearl_o rec.all_fanfic

  • Close Enough to Start a War – lapetitesinge – X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men – All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]:

    From a prompt at xmen_firstkink: “One mutant Erik and Charles encounter is a precog–a weak precog, in that she can get a vague idea of the future, but not much more. She declines to go with them, but warns Charles that Erik will hurt him in a way that nobody ever has before, that Charles won’t be able to feel afterwards. What she’s talking about is Charles being shot in the spine, of course, but Charles is so wrapped up in his newly-found desire for Erik that he assumes she’s talking about an emotional betrayal, and gets paranoid…”

    [Aaaaangst. Get a box of tissues. Jealousy is an anti-kink for me, but this story handled the jealousy aspect so smoothly I never minded it. -L]

    06 Nov: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik author.lapetitsinge rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Golden – Andraste – X-Men (Movieverse) [Archive of Our Own]:

    The hours weigh heavy on Xavier tonight, but the years seem as ephemeral as a half-remembered dream. […]

    If fifty years with and without Erik have taught him anything, it’s to accept what you’re given.

    24 Oct: x-men fanfic charles/erik angst author.Andraste rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • lovingthevolume: Fic: The Deepest Secret Nobody Knows (I):

    The real reason Sally Donovan hates Sherlock so much? They have a child he never sees.

    24 Oct: sherlock gen fanfic author.lovingthevolume rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • ladylade: The Saga of Anubis (Or, How Daniel Jackson is Followed By a Kitten):

    “I are Goa’uld,” the tiny grey kitten says.

    Daniel stares down at it from his seat on the toilet. If there was ever a time for this, it is definitely not now.

    “Bow before me, cretin human,” it says.

    23 Oct: stargate_sg1 gen fanfic author.ladylade rec.all_fanfic rec.funny

  • dira: X-Men: First Class Fic: Not a Miracle:

    July 20, 1969. The unity of this instant was amazing.

    23 Oct: x-men fanfic gen auth.dsudis rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • apolesen: Fic: Love:

    ‘You know, it’s not his fault,’ he said at last. ‘It’s a disorder. He can’t be blamed.’

    [Homophobia and ableism.]

    23 Oct: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik author.apolesen rec.all_fanfic

  • Lion’s Cub Series – hedda62 – Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold [Archive of Our Own]:

    “All I am saying,” said Gregor patiently, “is that if he’d murdered my father, I would love him no less. Perhaps I’d love him more. And I did love him. Like… a father.”

    “Oh,” said Miles, the utter and complete realization of his stupidity crashing down on him, like a waterfall, like a volcano. “Shit.”

    [Aral meets Cavilo. Gregor visits Ekaterin. Miles, Gregor, and Simon discuss Escobar. -L]

    23 Oct: vorkosigan fanfic gen angst author.hedda62 rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Walking Away From Omelas – Raven (singlecrow) – Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold [Archive of Our Own]:

    Author’s Summary: Four things Cordelia did for Gregor, and one thing he did for her.

    “Don’t be kind to me, Aral,” Cordelia says, sharply. “I used to imagine taking Gregor and Miles away to Beta Colony with me. Dye their hair, give them different names. I never did it. I’m part of this.”

    “And if you had, Barrayar would be in a bloody civil war.”

    “That doesn’t make hurting a child right, you know,” Cordelia tells him gently. “It’s never right. I feel like I’m forgetting it.”

    09 Oct: vorkosigan gen fanfic author.raven_singlecrow rec.all_fanfic

  • Interlude – BlackEyedGirl – Hunger Games Trilogy – Suzanne Collins [Archive of Our Own]:

    09 Oct: hunger_games fanfic slash pwp katniss_everdeen.johanna_mason author.BlackEyedGirl rec.all_fanfic

  • The Morning After – ambyr – Anthropomorfic – Fandom [Archive of Our Own]:

    It was almost noon when Pinboard stumbled into the office, eyes bleary. His shirt, Delicious noted, was buttoned crooked.

    “And where have YOU been all morning?” Delicious asked. The split-second glance away from the computer had been a bad idea; there was already a full screen of new complaints in his inbox.

    09 Oct: fanfic author.ambyr rec.all_fanfic

  • fanficforensics: [fanstuff, random] No, wait. I really do want a bookmarking service of our own now:

    …let’s call this what it is: silencing, perhaps just as unintended as the kind of silencing that happened during strikethrough, but just as wrong, and just as symptomatic of the ills of corporate-controlled web services that resort to censorship the second someone complains about seeing a boob. This is exactly why it’s not unrealistic or unnecessary to talk about a dedicated fannish bookmarking service.

    09 Oct: diigo

  • His Terrible Swift Sword – Chapter 1 – Yahtzee – X-Men (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]:

    Author’s Summary: Written in 2003, after “X2” was released: In the past, a young Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr struggle to discover their powers — and in the near future (the then unimaginably distant year of 2006), humanity is waging war on Magneto’s Brotherhood and losing. The ensuing battle scatters the X-Men across the globe, but brings Rogue closer to Logan than she ever dreamed possible.

    09 Oct: x-men fanfic het slash author.Yahtzee rec.all_fanfic

  • And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Catnip – cm (mumblemutter) – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    The first sign that The New Administration is not going to be exactly the same as The Old Administration is when they’re standing outside the CIA building, waiting for Erik to decide what to do next.

    A kitten comes running out from underneath a small car.

    09 Oct: x-men gen fanfic author.cm rec.all_fanfic

  • The Masked Man (Who Has Everything) – Traincat – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    “Oh, it’s Batman,” Charles said, grinning at him. “Hello, Batman!”Erik frowned. He tipped Charles’ head back, towards the warehouse’s grimy lights; his face was flushed and his pupils were blown wide.“I think he’s been drugged,” he called to Alex.

    “What gave it away?” Alex asked, sitting on top of their criminal.

    08 Oct: x-men batman fusion fanfic slash charles/erik author.Traincat rec.all_fanfic

  • The Life in Words – zeldadestry – V for Vendetta (comic) [Archive of Our Own]:

    But don’t ever think, even for a moment, that just because you have read the poem you understand it.

    [Reads like a missing page from Valerie’s last message. -L]

    07 Oct: v_for_vendetta gen fanfic author.zeldadestry rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless rec.could_be_canon

  • Stretching – Cesare – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    “Well,” Angel says, “it’s not bad,” but her expression is critical.

    “I haven’t seen that many in real life,” says Raven, defensive.

    07 Oct: x-men fanfic slash raven/angel author.cesare rec.all_fanfic rec.sweet

  • Five Times Adrian Veidt Surprises Dan Dreiberg – spuffyduds – Watchmen [Archive of Our Own]:

    Dan turns around and goes back in the meeting hall, because it’s just rude to leave your host with a mess. It’s more usual for the mess to consist of dirty plates and beer glasses than carefully-drawn charts set on fire by a vigilante, but you deal with what you’ve got.

    07 Oct: watchmen fanfic gen author.spuffyduds rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • jedusaur: When Bookmarks Were In Mustache Land:

    SCENE I
    (The members of the GEEK CHORUS are happily going about their usual Monday night business, reading and sharing fic, when suddenly all activity grinds to a halt. Eyes narrow. Eyebrows furrow. Hands are abruptly removed from pants.)

    GEEK CHORUS
    Huh? What’s going on with delicious?

    DELICIOUS
    We’ve redesigned! Check out our new look!

    GEEK CHORUS
    Um, okay, sure. Whatcha got for us?

    DELICIOUS
    Mustaches!

    07 Oct: fanfic meta.fandom rec.funny rec.all_fanfic

  • The Fans Are All Right (Pinboard Blog):

    For any bookmarking site, the fan subculture is valuable because it makes such heavy and creative use of tagging, and because they are great collaborators. I can’t think of a better way to stress-test a site then to get people filling it with Inception fanfic. You will get thoughtful, carefully-formatted bug reports; and if you actually fix something someone might knit you a sweater. […]

    In the long run it’s healthier for the site to have a more varied user base, and this is a group of users with a terrific track record of constructive feedback on other sites (notably LiveJournal) and a committment to privacy and non-commercialism that I think a lot of our original users share.

    07 Oct: meta.fandom

  • luninosity: fic: If Ever:

    The mission was going well so far, if the term well could be stretched to cover champagne and laughter and shared beds at an entirely unsubtle strip club. Angel had agreed to come along with them; Charles, radiating glee at this initial success, went off to make a call to the CIA, and probably put two dozen passersby into a better mood along the way.

    Erik waited until he was distracted, and then snuck around the corner and caught up to Angel before she left. He had a question for her.

    07 Oct: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik author.luninosity rec.all_fanfic

  • Offerings – Raven (singlecrow) – Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold [Archive of Our Own]:

    Author’s Summary: Some things, animal, vegetable, mineral, embarrassing, intangible, literary, priceless, that Gregor received as gifts while Emperor of Barrayar.

    03 Oct: vorkosigan fanfic gen author.raven rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless rec.insightful

• Recs n Links: 11 Sep through 01 Oct

  October 2nd, 2011

  • subtilior: Five times you didn’t get it (and the one time you did):
    Prompt: “I’m quite intrigued by the idea of the younger mutants not knowing about Charles and Erik back when they were friends. I imagine they’d be really shocked to see their enemy, magneto, jetting off to rescue their professor.”[MY HEART. Excellent use of outsider pov. -L]

    01 Oct: x-men fanfic charles/erik angst pov.2nd author.subtilior rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Never Be a Better Chance – Regann – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    “Wow.” Alex sat back in his seat, a little dazed. “So do you think your dad is…like…””…your dad’s ex boyfriend?” Lorna finished with a wince.

    [Non-powered modern AU. Adorable story needs beta but is very adorable.]

    01 Oct: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik author.Regann rec.all_fanfic

  • Shed Your Skin – Penknife – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    She’s been living here for less than a year, and neither of them has stopped being fascinated by the idea that there’s someone else in the world like them.[Needs more of an ending but otherwise lovely. -L]

    30 Sep: x-men gen fanfic mystique author.penknife rec.all_fanfic rec.insightful

  • orange_crushed: Fic: Perfection. (XM:FC, Charles/Erik, PG-ish):
    “You think you’re blank,” Charles clarifies, sounding subdued. They aren’t touching. Erik is glad that he is facing away, that he cannot watch Charles’s face as he speaks. He stays curled on his side, at the edge, sheets knotted under his armpits and knees drawn up. Last night he fell asleep here, in this bed, and slept like a rock for almost eight hours. It is bare and horrifying. When he woke up he felt like gathering all his things and running into the woods, like escaping: jumping into a moving truck, disappearing into a crowd. When he woke up he felt naked.30 Sep: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik author.orange_crushed rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
  • New Beautiful Things Come – Raven (singlecrow) – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    Author’s Summary: Erik runs a kosher bakery. Charles comes in for baked goods. They play chess, eat meringues, people drop other people’s keys down the toilet, and there’s mutant performance art.[Charles writes cranky letters.]

    26 Sep: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik alternate_universe author.raven_singlecrow rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • The Morning Coffee – Glishara – Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold [Archive of Our Own]:
    Simon Illyan was carrying a tray with coffee. His face was neutral, as it usually was, but the grayness was bone deep, unconcealable. There was an emptiness behind his eyes. Gregor felt the tightness of his role snap back around him, straightening his spine, constricting and bolstering him. “What’s happened?” he asked.Illyan took the time to lay the coffee on the table before answering, pouring with precise motions.[Set during Memory.]

    26 Sep: vorkosigan fanfic gen angst author.glishara rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • General Order 12387 – GovCampbell – Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold [Archive of Our Own]:
    Author’s Summary: Somewhere on Barrayar, there exists a plan, known only to a few men, for what to do if the Emperor goes insane.[Miles goes through his father’s papers.]

    25 Sep: vorkosigan fanfic gen author.GovCampbell rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • interesting_gin: FIC: carry the fire:
    The important thing, he knows, is to live. To make the most of everything. Not to have too many hopes and dreams. Your life is your life, and this is his.25 Sep: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik apocafic deathfic author.interesting_gin rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
  • helens78: Sooner Or Later – X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]:
    Kitty’s mutation has already kicked in, but no way is she telling anybody she can walk through walls until she can figure out how to keep her clothes on while she does it.25 Sep: x-men fanfic het bdsm shadowcat.wolverine author.helens78 rec.all_fanfic
  • Aramley: Monstrous – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    Author’s Summary: Dexter fusion. Charles sees everything, hears everything, and never forgets.25 Sep: x-men fanfic gen alternate_universe author.aramley rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
  • waterpulse: the home I call to you | Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier, Edie Lehnsherr | Oneshot:
    Her lodgings as a servant are far more extravagant than anything from old country, but she tries not to think about that too much. She doesn’t think about her husband at all, but she could not bring herself to stop thinking about her son.She is outside in the garden maintaining flower beds when she meets the young master for the first time. He is about the same age as Erik, with solemn eyes, and small well-dressed frame that knew nothing of the insecurity of hunger.“Marie Eisenhardt,” she replies when prompted. He searches her with those eyes.“But that is not your real name,” he says.

    21 Sep: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik author.waterpulse rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • imogenedisease: fic: wait to watch the fire:
    If Charles is an outstretched hand, Erik is a fist. Erik is a disaster.17 Sep: x-men fanfic slash angst charles/erik author.imogenedisease rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
  • oddegg: The name for God on the lips and hearts of all children. – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    The first time Charles purposefully manipulated another’s mind, he made his mother love him.13 Sep: x-men fanfic gen author.oddegg rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
  • ellen_fremedon: Need To Know – Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]:
    Jack loves working the Federation timezone. You meet the most interesting people.13 Sep: doctor_who torchwood star_trek fanfic jack_harkness.naraht author.ellen_fremedon rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless rec.sweet
  • saphron_girl: Fic: Two Worlds (Erik/Charles) R:
    [Philosophical debate with themes of faint underlying angst.]12 Sep: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik author.saphron_girl rec.all_fanfic
  • toestastegood: The Bawd and the John – Chapter 1 – X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]:
    “You seem to be in a much happier mood today, sir,” Azazel says, after Erik manages to take the mistakes of an underling in his stride. He doesn’t even threaten to have the idiot fired.”I’m in the same mood as I always am,” Erik insists, even if that isn’t strictly speaking true. There may in fact be a certain bounce in his step.

    [World-famous politician and conquering war hero Magneto has a crush on a brothel-keeper. It’s nearly 40k words, and yet feels like it should be longer, because it has themes/subplots that can’t be tied up neatly. OTOH, it’s hilarious. -L]

    11 Sep: x-men fanfic charles/erik crackfic alternate_universe author.toestastegood rec.all_fanfic rec.funny

  • lapetitesinge: The Eldest of the Gods – Chapter 1 – X-Men: First Class (2011), X-men – All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]:Author’s Summary: It’s 1928, and sixteen-year-old Charles Xavier is intrigued by the new boy joining him at Eton College. He’s thrilled to realize that they may be alike in more ways than one, but there’s more standing between them than he can possibly guess.

    11 Sep: x-men fanfic alternate_universe charles/erik author.lapetitesinge rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

• Recs n Links: 01 Sep through 09 Sep

  September 10th, 2011

  • glvalentine: Ten Things You Should Know about “X-Men: First Class”:

    This means that when they finally meet up, you have an emotionally crippled war-vet commando and the total dink who’s trying to teach him life lessons. Good luck making that plot work out for you!

    [Actually, it worked for me. That was precisely what I liked about it. -L]

    05 Sep: none

  • Recoil and Grace – Effex – The Sandman, DCU – Comicverse [Archive of Our Own]:

    “Child, I have no knack for storytelling.”

    05 Sep: sandman dcu fanfic dream/lucifer author.effex rec.all_fanfic rec.could_be_canon

  • effex: Hey, Inception Fandom. Let’s talk about Yusuf for a minute. – 23 Sep 2010

    05 Sep: none

  • verasteine: Thoughts: Our Accidental Utopia? (or why vidding makes me gleeful) – 29 Jul 2011:

    The sexism and misogyny widely displayed in slash fanfic is a disturbing but familiar phenomenon, assigning gender roles and creating gender dichotomy in places where canon doesn’t, or wouldn’t (if it were inclined the way of slash.) Then I wandered into my latest fandom, poked at some vids, and had fun.

    Until I backed up, watched one vid again, and thought, “Hang on.” I’m not new to the fluid way that fanvids treat gender…

    05 Sep: meta.any_fandom

  • and_backagain: Fic: Try, Try Again:

    He can war against fate all he likes, but one thing never changes: he and Charles always say their goodbyes on this beach.

    05 Sep: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik groundhog_day author.and_backagain rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • kangeiko: Fandom pimp! – 16 Nov 2010 – Seafort Saga (aka the Hope series) by David Feintuch:

    You guys, it has come to my attention that no one has yet signed up to write for the Seafort saga. UNACCEPTABLE, not least because it’s one of my requests! I have realised that this is because no one has heard of it, so allow me to bring some sweet, unadulterated joy into your lives and tell you all about the brave Nick Seafort and his many ill-fated voyages.

    05 Sep: none

  • waketosleep: This Is the First Day of My Life – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    [Charles has amnesia, like ‘Memento’.]

    Perhaps he can get ready for bed before he forgets what he was doing. Perhaps he should give into what is probably inevitable and write himself a checklist to follow. Perhaps he’s already done that and left it somewhere.

    As he brushes his teeth, he wonders when Erik is going to come upstairs.

    05 Sep: x-men fanfic gen author.waketosleep rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • fandom_grammar: Feature: Presentation and readability for LJ and beyond:

    a few tips and tricks that you can use to make your fic as reader friendly as possible.04 Sep: none

  • fanart: “I prefer… Dragneto, bitch.”:

    [Hot.]

    03 Sep: x-men fanart

  • threeturn: Fic: Rhapsody in Blue (1/2):

    “Easy for you to say, look at you.” Raven waved generally in the direction of his face. “Handsome. You blend right in.”

    “Blending doesn’t help, Raven,” said Erik. “They find you anyway.”

    [So. Bodyswap and humor, but not crack. When I see a story with this title, I always want it to be awesome and smart and awesome. This is. -L]

    02 Sep: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik raven/angel author.threeturn rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless rec.insightful

  • 1stclass_kink: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge:

    The first day could easily be summarised with “I’m really not sure about this, Professor” and “I have complete and utter faith in you Hank, and in this new Cerebro you have cobbled together with duct tape and paper clips” and “No, Erik, don’t touch him when he’s wired in!” and “aaaaaaaaargh”.

    Then Erik was suddenly rather short, ambiguously British, and had a killer migraine. And possibly an aquamarine sister. He took three painkillers, went to bed hoping it was all a dream, and woke up to a day that would not be so easily summarised. […]

    “Look Erik! I can bend spoons! With my mind!”

    02 Sep: x-men fanfic crackfic rec.all_fanfic rec.funny [WIP]

  • littledust_fic: (X-Men, Charles/Erik) How Deep the Bullet Lies:

    Erik has stopped the car on the edge of a field and is setting out blankets with neat, efficient movements. Charles opens his mouth to ask why he didn’t stop earlier, because surely they must have passed a town or even a farm house, but the question dies as he realizes with dull horror that it simply never occurred to Erik to seek shelter. He is not surprised when Erik removes a few packets of crackers from the inside of his jacket, but he does ache for the boy who knew hunger, and for the man who does not know satiation.

    01 Sep: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik angst author.littledust rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • tawabids: The Mad Shipper’s Tea Party:

    [Short, brutal, and awesomesauce: Shaw abducts Erik.]

    01 Sep: x-men fanfic charles/erik author.tawabids rec.all_fanfic

  • some_stars: oh the Holocaust, will you never cease to stir controversy?:

    Fandom will not cease to thrive if people do research; fans can and do put in that effort when it seems important to them. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Read a book. Thank you.

    01 Sep: x-men meta.any_fandom meta.history

• Recs n Links: 30 Aug through 1 Sep

  September 2nd, 2011

  • zamwessell: The One About The Turtleneck (1/5):
    “Not very subtle, Charles.” Raven said, walking over to the table and sitting down. “Next time how about you re-monogram all the bath towels while you’re at it?”

    “Why would he re-monogram the bath towels?” Hank asked.

    01 Sep: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik author.zamwessell rec.all_fanfic rec.funny

  • entanglednow: Any Day Now – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    There’s something to be said, occasionally, for letting other people laugh at your mistakes.

    01 Sep: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik crossdressing pwp author.entanglednow rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • zelempa: Inception – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    “You’re trying to plant happy memories on me.”

    Charles shakes his head. “I told you, I’m not doing anything to your head.”

    “No, you’re doing it the old-fashioned way.”

    Charles lowers his eyes to his Chardonnay. Has he been that obvious?

    01 Sep: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik fluff author.zelempa rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • SharpestRose: Marked – Inglourious Basterds (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    “I heard that Utivich was a hero in the war. One of the godamned Bastards, if you can believe it,” one of them says to Erik one day, when the head of the shipping and exports department makes a visit to the mailroom. “People say the reason he’s in this line of work is so he’s got an excuse to go overseas. He’s still hunting them down. You know. Nazis. Part of a special taskforce.”

    “Really?” Erik asks, keeping his voice cool and disinterested, as if idle gossip means almost nothing to him.

    [My only complaint is that I want more. -L]

    31 Aug: x-men fanfic gen crossover author.SharpestRose rec.all_fanfic

  • kaydeefalls: how the west was won:
    When the others all joked around about code names — seriously, Havok? — she told them her stage name was Angel. That was true. She didn’t mention that it was also the name her mother gave her at birth. Angel has never been anyone but herself.

    31 Aug: x-men gen fanfic author.kaydeefalls rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • apiphile: Et in Arcadia ego:
    Erik walks the corridors rather like a disgruntled ghost; it is late, and the demarcation of where their tiny private army of mutants should be and where they shouldn’t be is clear by which parts of the house are illuminated and which in darkness. Erik gravitates toward the shadows like rocks toward the earth…

    31 Aug: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik rape author.apiphile rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • kaydeefalls: A Hundred Visions and Revisions – X-Men: First Class (2011), Doctor Who (2005), Avengers (Comic) [Archive of Our Own]:
    [The one with Canton Delaware and Sam Wilson.]

    31 Aug: x-men crossover fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik first_time author.kaydeefalls rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • labingi: Reinvention – X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]:
    When he looked at Moira, he wanted his body back.

    30 Aug: x-men fanfic het nsfw author.labingi rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • labingi: Scenes from a Love Affair – X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]:
    From the first, Erik had understood that with Charles he was safe. Having begun their acquaintance with nothing hidden, he had nothing to hide.

    [Beautifully understated. -L]

    30 Aug: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik wngwjleo author.labingi rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless rec.detail

  • AlchemyAlice: Intervention – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    Erik broods at the window as the sun sets on South America, and Emma is utterly bored with him.

    [Crack premise, beautifully angsty execution. -L]

    30 Aug: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik author.AlchemyAlice rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • ohmydarlingdear: fic: When two people become one (is it real now?):
    Erik isn’t sure why this ever seemed like a good idea.

    Maybe he was drunk, Erik thinks. Maybe he was so tired that he felt drunk. Maybe he was tired and drunk and Alex and Sean were being particularly infuriating that night and it’d been a moment of weakness. Whatever it was, he can’t take it back now, because there’s a man standing on his doorstep, suitcase in hand, and he’s smiling at Erik like Erik should know exactly who he is.

    “Hello,” the man says in a crisp British accent. “My name is Charles Xavier. I’m your bride.”

    30 Aug: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik alternate_universe crackfic author.ohmydarlingdear rec.all_fanfic

  • helens78: No Time Like The Present, No Time To Waste – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
    The people here are kind of touchy-feely, which wigs Alex out a little. Raven is pretty, and likes to hug, but fortunately she’s all about the guy with the big brain and bigger feet, so, whatever. Sean is pretty much a puppy, he’ll snuggle up to anybody who’s nearby. Angel is comfortable with her body in a way that makes Alex kind of fidgety and kind of turned-on and really, really guilty, because man, where he’s been, people talk about girls like her, and Alex is going to be anything but one of those assholes.

    And then there’s Armando, who’s lean and limber and adapts, and the way he touches people is like a message: he’s not afraid.

    30 Aug: x-men fanfic slash nsfw pwp armando_munoz.alex_summers author.helens78 rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

• Recs n Links: 14 Aug through 27 Aug

  August 27th, 2011

  • 20 Questions Or Over – a_q – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:“We could use metal,” Moira suggested and the paper barrier dropped and Moira had Erik’s full attention.

    27 Aug: x-men fanfic het polyamory author.a_q rec.all_fanfic rec.sweet

  • Three Conversations, a Silence and an Epilogue – sabrina_il (marina) – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:She still finds herself startled, sometimes, when aspects of her abilities that would incite panic in normal people manage to amuse or delight Erik. She doesn’t know how she lived all those years with Charles avoiding her body, her eyes, looking at surfaces they both pretended were her own.

    27 Aug: x-men fanfic mystique author.sabrina_il rec.all_fanfic

  • kindkit: FIC: “Self Defense” (XMFC, Darwin):They’re a little past Philadelphia when one of the white guys who’ve pretty much hijacked his cab–it’s Charles, the English one, the one who talks, not the one with the watchful eyes and the crazy smile–says, “You’ve got an extraordinary gift. Surely you’re not going to waste it driving a taxi all your life?”

    25 Aug: x-men fanfic gen author.kindkit rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Synthesis (Scenes from an AU) – starlady – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:Charles Xavier is the best and worst thing that ever happened to Erik Lehnsherr; he’s made Erik happier than he ever imagined he could be and driven him to the depths of true despair, and the exact opposite is also true. Erik would change almost nothing if he could, because regrets are a weak point and he wants as few of them as possible, but he’s not so self-deluded as to think that things couldn’t have gone a dozen different, more painful and more militant ways, that he hasn’t changed Charles as much as he’s been changed by him. He doubts that Jean Grey and Scott Summers are even capable of fully understanding his and Charles’ relationship, much less emulating it, but he wouldn’t wish either on them all the same.

    21 Aug: x-men fanfic charles/erik alternate_universe author.starlady rec.all_fanfic

  • Torchwood: Miracle Day – Finally Getting to America « Letters from Titan:…my weird show about dysfunctional people trying to save the world with not enough resources while distracted by interpersonal dramarama is back. It’s even in America; one I recognize, finally, because my family came through Ellis Island too and sometimes uses some pretty terrible words.

    21 Aug: torchwood episode_review author.rm

  • zombieboyband: Untitled:It isn’t the first time he’s been in this position, and it isn’t even his first time with Erik. It’s never been the other way around, but here’s the thing about Charles: he’s willing to take one for the team.

    21 Aug: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik angst author.zombieboyband rec.all_fanfic

  • hey_legousa: Magneto: Gangster Rapper:So most of this stems from my pet interest in the formation of masculine identities within oppressed communities. Also I’ve been mulling over the many and different ways the X-Men universe multiverse would be different if it didn’t just pay lip-service to progressivism and Did The Research(TM)[1] so that the text could intelligently engage in dialogue with the real-life histories and social movements that it’s supposed to be emulating and honoring.[2]

    Anyway, the Brotherhood. It’s great! And it’s such an awesome way to talk about intersectionality. It puts me in the mind of nationalistic phrases like the French motto “liberté, égalité, fraternité”.

    18 Aug: x-men meta.any_fandom

  • PragmaticHominid: Just Like Him – X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]:Erik would learn very quickly that there was no course of action he could take that would not be seen as an invitation to the human-run media to compare him to that vile little Austrian with the absurd facial-hair. It was like a compulsion with them. They could think within no other framework.

    [This builds on the icky implications of X2.]

    15 Aug: x-men gen fanfic racism genocide author.PragmaticHominid rec.all_fanfic

  • smilebackwards: Humane Society [X-men: First Class fic]:Fuck it, Erik thinks, Maybe he’ll feed me. […]

    Erik finds this whole situation rather shaming and would like to go back to being a mutant rights activist in a world that mostly doesn’t yet know mutants exist. He doesn’t care how blue Charles’ eyes are or how good the Gravy Loversâ„¢ Ocean Whitefish & Tuna Feast In Sautéed Seafood Flavor Gravy smells.

    [In which Erik gets turned into a kitten and is adopted by an entirely human Charles.]

    14 Aug: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik crackfic author.smilebackwards rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

• Recs n Links: 07 Aug through 13 Aug

  August 14th, 2011

  • kattahj: Five Times Pippi Longstocking Turned Down an Offer, and One Time She Said Yes – Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]:

    They danced together, a mismatched pair, two feet apart in height and with strange jingles coming from Pippi whenever they made another spin.

    “If you ever tire of the Hoptoad, you’re more than welcome on the Dutchman,” said Turner. “I could use a pirate like you on the ship.”

    [Awesomesauce. -L]

    13 Aug: fanfic gen crossover pippi_longstocking pirates_of_the_caribbean x-men btvs startrek doctor_who author.kattahj rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Yahtzee: He/We/They/I – X-Men (Movieverse) [Archive of Our Own]:

    The tea party had only one chair for three guests.

    12 Aug: x-men fanfic author.Yahtzee rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • pocky_slash: No Yesterdays On the Road – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    It’s not that Erik’s impressed with her skills, it’s just that he’s…surprised.

    Yes, that’s what it is.

    (Or: Erik and Moira Drive Across the Country and Talk About Their Feelings.)

    12 Aug: x-men fanfic slash charles/erik plotty author.pocky_slash rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • unveiled: Where There is Darkness – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    It surprises me, therefore, when Xavier apologises with every indication of sincere contrition. “I will do my utmost best not to pry and respond only to what is said. You are broadcasting so very loudly.”

    Lehnsherr sighs and says, emphatically, “Verbalise, Charles.”

    12 Aug: x-men fanfic charles/erik author.unveiled rec.all_fanfic

  • labingi: A Dash of Truth Spread Thinly (Raven, Erik, Charles Fic: Revised):

    She was blue; she was the most perfect blue he had ever slept with.

    07 Aug: x-men fanfic raven/erik het author.labingi rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless rec.insightful

  • oddegg: Mehrdeutiges Lächeln – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    Written for a prompt on the 1stclass-kink meme: ‘Erik’s smile frightens the children.’

    Perfect crack prompt. Not where I went with it.

    07 Aug: x-men fanfic author.oddegg rec.all_fanfic

  • unveiled: A Man of Wealth and Taste – X-Men: First Class (2011), Iron Man (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]:

    They first met when they were eleven: Charles miserable within Kurt Marko’s unloving paternal embrace, Tony the indulged only child of Howard and Maria Stark. They’d eyed each other warily across the dinner table, until Tony showed Charles his plans for a jet-propelled single-pilot vehicle. Then Charles pointed out that while the pure physics of Tony’s plans were near-perfect, a) he’d neglected to factor in the fragile human body of the pilot and b) body armour for the pilot would necessitate an extensive reworking of the plans, rendering them moot anyway.

    “Do you want to get married?” Tony asked, breathless.

    10 Aug: x-men iron_man fanfic crossover slash nsfw author.unveiled rec.all_fanfic

  • loobeeinthesky: X-men: Charles and Erik pin up fanart – red sky:

    [Unf.]

    10 Aug: x-men gen fanart author.loobeeinthesky

  • golden_d: FIC: The Opening Universe (The Awful Mystery) (1/2):

    Summary: Welcome to the year 2000 and the first Torchwood team that Jack can call his own—and they’re just as broken as he is.

    [I am tempted to say that this is essentially a horror story. A much sadder one than, say, most of the tie-in novels. -L]

    09 Aug: torchwood fanfic gen author.golden_d rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • saoba: Not exactly about Harry Potter.:

    Eras end. Stories go on because we carry them with us.09 Aug: none

  • azn_jack_fiend: Four-Factor Popular Slash Pairing Predictor Formula for Anglophone TV/Movie Fandoms:

    I’d like to note that I’m not making judgements as to which pairings are actually, objectively, asshole/woobie formula-fitters. I’m just checking them off if a lot of people write fanfic based on that pairing and a lot of the fanfic uses the asshole/woobie dynamic.

    09 Aug: none

  • ratcreature: X-Men musings:

    …one of the reasons why I like XMFC fix-it scenarios where the beach scene isn’t the moment when Erik embarks upon an ideology of genocidal mutant separatism is that I can’t imagine how Erik would even be able to make a sound judgment at this early point that a mutant-only society is a viable future option.

    09 Aug: x-men

  • pprfaith: Old Metal (Blood, Memory and Rubber Ducks) . A X-Men: First Class/Southern Vampire Mysteries Fusion:

    “And this should interest me why?” Humans wanting to see him came cheaper by the dozen. Hell, most of the patrons of the club came to gawk at him. Erik Lensherr, Vampire Sheriff of New York City. There were enough rumors about him circulating to keep Hollywood afloat for a year. Everyone wanted a piece of him, the Germanic warrior become vampire prince.Emma’s smile turned wicked as she took a few steps closer, leaned across his desk and whispered, wickedly, “Because this one has the Packmaster’s brother for a bodyguard.”

    09 Aug: x-men charles/erik fanfic author.pprfaith crossover rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Guest Blogger: Review of X-Men: First Class « MacGuffin and Puffin:

    [Reviewer is not happy, but is interesting. -L]

    07 Aug: x-men

  • helens78: Towne Hardware & Supply – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    Everything in the entire store seems to be calling to him, from buckets full of nails to sledgehammers to aluminum ladders and windvanes with silhouettes of roosters. There are hand saws and power tools; there are racks of screwdrivers and aisles full of door hardware, hinges, knobs, locks and keys.

    “All right?” Charles asks. Erik glances over his shoulder and cuts into Charles with a glare. Charles just smiles. “I thought so.”

    «You’re going to pay for this when we get home,» Erik sends out, slipping out of his jacket and holding it carefully– and, he hopes, casually– in front of him.

    07 Aug: x-men charles/erik slash nsfw author.helens78 rec.all_fanfic rec.hot

  • Argyle: Curvature of the Field – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    Four times Erik thought the view might be worth the journey, and one time he knew it was.

    07 Aug: x-men charles/erik fanfic nsfw author.Argyle rec.all_fanfic

  • LolaFeist : In the Negative Space – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    “Are you afraid I will change you?” Charles asks, wondering if Erik should be.

    07 Aug: x x-men slash charles/erik author.LolaFeist rec.all_fanfic

• Recs n Links: 31 Jul through 07 Aug

  August 7th, 2011

  • beccaelizabeth: Torchwood audio: House of the Dead:

    See, I thought I was done with them, I thought I wasn’t into the story, I thought there wasn’t much left to say.

    Then I realised […]

    … if we’re very very lucky that was an intentional message.

    07 Aug: torchwood review author.beccaelizabeth

  • arefadedaway: Vid: Rolling in the Deep (X-Men Movie Series, Charles/Erik):

    [Spoilers for all the movies except Wolverine.

    I AM SLAIN. To start with, I thought the song choice was totally wrong, but by the end of the first minute I’m coming unglued, and by the end, I’m almost crying. -L]

    07 Aug: x-men fanvid charles/erik angst author.arefadedaway rec.all_vids rec.flawless

  • manic_intent : Any Measure of Peace – Marvel (Movies), X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    [You’d think an AU premise and a light-hearted prompt would lead to fluff, crack, and/or porn, but this is a plotty, thoughtful departure. -L]

    02 Aug: x-men fanfic slash nsfw alternate_universe charles/erik author:manic_intent rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Anthem for Doomed Youth – Fahye – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    Incredible powers developed purely for the game of it, the science of it. […]

    Later Raven will decide on that moment as the one when the CIA lost all chance they might have had of controlling Charles Xavier.

    Erik isn’t the sort of person one can plan for. […]

    If Charles had found Erik as a child — he wouldn’t be Erik, would he?

    He wouldn’t be this bullet of a man whistling lonely and deadly through the clear air of his life. He wouldn’t have that strength and that charcoal humour and that inexorable determination to never, ever have to hide the fundamental truth of himself from the world.

    [This story retells XMFC from Mystique’s point of view. It’s insightful and awesome about her, too, I just couldn’t pick a short quote to illustrate that.

    I think it healed my soul, people. -L.]

    01 Aug: x-men fanfic author:Fahye charles/erik rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless rec.insightful

  • soundslikej: center of balance (xmfc):

    five mutants Charles Xavier never met at age 12, and one he did

    01 Aug: x-men fanfic gen author:soundslikej rec.all_fanfic

  • ans99: ‪Can We Stop? (X-Men: The Last Stand)‬‏ – YouTube:

    [Dark Phoenix. Darkly gorgeous. This is hypnotic and amazing. -L]

    01 Aug: x-men gen fanvid author:ans99 rec.vids rec._flawless

  • vito_excalibur: ah, romance:

    I am totally willing to suspend my disbelief to get into a story; but getting me to suspend my sense of humor, dear authors, is a much more difficult job.

    31 Jul: review

• Recs n Links: 20 Jul through 30 Jul

  July 30th, 2011

  • 500 Internal Server Error:

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    30 Jul: none

  • LightNeverFades.: Your Heart’s a Mess || XMFC ; Erik & Charles || For Malinda! :.‬‏ – YouTube:

    [Usually, I don't give the time of day to vids that use dialog, but this is EFFING gorgeous. Props to the vidder. -L]

    29 Jul: x-men fanvid author.LightNeverFades rec.all_vids

  • helenish: exhibiting excellent judgement:

    It was a catastrophic error in judgement to watch X-Men First Class while also having a lot of important Real Life type obligations to meet over the next few weeks.

    I mean, not as catastrophic as …[spoilers]

    29 Jul: x-men movies review charles/erik

  • The Emperor’s New Clothes – ignipes – X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:

    [In which Erik Lensherr has an image problem, and Emma Frost is awesomesauce.]

    "I swear he looked normal when I met him," Angel says. Emma glimpses a memory: Erik and Xavier side by side on a red bed in a red room. Angel winks at her, knowing full well that Emma has caught that flicker of thought.

    Mystique is nodding in agreement. "There were even hats," she says. "Lovely hats. Stylish hats. I don't know what happened." …

    He really is a terribly handsome man, Emma thinks. It's a shame about his personality.

    25 Jul: x-men fanfic gen author.ignipes rec.all_fanfic rec.funny

  • green_grrl: Postcards from the Dead Sea – Bible!crack:

    A/N: I woke up this morning thinking of Lot's wife being turned into a pillar of salt, and thought, what if Lot made a garden gnome out of her?

    [fusion au]

    25 Jul: fanfic gen author.green_grrl rec.all_fanfic crackfic

  • xtricks: Fic: One Ticket, One Turn – Tochwood, explicit: sex:

    Jack wanted to kiss the kid, buy him a drink, throw him a party because there was nothing like a little ritual – and a little booze – to make a boy feel like a man. It beat joining the army, any day.

    [Very dirty, surprisingly romantic.]

    25 Jul: fanfic slash nsfw torchwood jack_harkness.ianto_jones jack_harkness.various author.xtricks rec.all_fanfic rec.hot

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    21 Jul: none

  • Shattered At Your Feet – Glishara – Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold [Archive of Our Own]:

    Count Vorkosigan sat by his father’s grave, one hand resting on the freshly packed earth. The grass was beginning to grow, death to life, life for death. …

    He drew breath. “I found the vids.”

    20 Jul: fanfic gen rec.all_fanfic author.glishara vorkosigan

• Recs n Links: 04 Jun through 28 Jun

  July 11th, 2011

  • A Deeper Season (Series table of contents) – lightgetsin, sahiya – Vorkosigan Saga, Vorkosigan Saga – Bujold [Archive of Our Own]:28 Jun: fanfic slash vorkosiverse miles_vorkosigan.gregor_vorbarra

  • k_haldane_fic: New fic: Second Chance for a Third Life: Jack’s genetic profile helped him to decide on a place and time – Europe, 20th century – and with not one but two “World Wars” in that bracket he could hardly fail to find profitable ideas. But even a charming amoral conman can find himself taken unawares by a romantic impulse, and when presented with a challenge suddenly rise to the occasion.04 Jun: fanfic torchwood gen jack_harkness auth.k_haldane rec.all_fanfic
  • cupidsbow: “Weapon of Choice” by cupidsbow (TW, No Pairing, PG-15):…her main objection to her makers’ credo is this: destroying life merely because it exists is irrational.04 Jun: torchwood gen fanfic auth.cupidsbow rec.all_fanfic rec.fixit

• Recs & links (ooooold ones)

  July 10th, 2011

  Flashback time! Totally random selection of links & recs from 2008:

  • Let’s Make Our Own List! – Nomination Post at Feminist SF – The Blog! – Truly the list should have been called the Top 10 Obscure but Superb Science Fiction Novels by White Men about White Men. So in reaction to that I believe we should come up with our own list of obscure but superb science fiction novels. – science_fiction. feminism.
  • io9 – Jumper: Another Jumper Makes Me Want To Jump To My Death – Well, I thought it was a fun movie, despite Hayden Christensen’s character being stupider than any Stephen Gould protagonist; I look forward to a sequel. – movies.
  • YouTube – Washington Lottery – Birds – Awwwww – cutefuzzyanimals. video. via:sdwolfpup.

  • bexless: I Have Been All Things Unholy – …her blank face and soft feathers so different from anything Frank had ever seen, and Frank had thought, I know you and felt a tug in his belly, like a fishhook embedded under his navel, a pull towards the surface… – bandom. fanfic. slash. auth.bexless. real.person.fanfic. gerard_way.frank_iero. alternate_universe. rec.all_fanfic. rec.flawless. rec.style.

  • baffledking: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang squee & meta – Also. Wife. That’s interesting; I don’t know why I had, but I’d assumed gender roles in marital relations were worn out by their time… – torchwood. auth.baffledking. ep.kiss_kiss_bang_bang.
  • hollycore: Ianto squee. – Screencaps. His little wibbly face! Also, gunporn. – torchwood. auth.hollycore. ep.kiss_kiss_bang_bang. ianto_jones.

  • Ten Best Gay and Bisexual Science Fiction Characters | AfterElton.com – Andrew Wells? Seriously? *Andrew Wells?* – gay. media. science_fiction.
  • koshiroryuu: 1001 Whovian Nights: virgin Jack – They’d shooed off Myfanwy, and now most of Torchwood 3 stood awkwardly about the Hub, trying to ignore the giant unicorn that kept following Jack around and trying to rub up against him in increasingly frantic ways. – torchwood. fanfic. humor. auth.koshiroryuu. jack_harkness.

  • apiphile: First Date – “…if I were you,” Ianto said slowly, “I’d wash my hands before I ate anything.” || Hilarious. And it’s all canon, I swear. – torchwood. fanfic. slash. auth.apiphile. ep.kiss_kiss_bang_bang. john_hart.poodle. jack_harkness.ianto_jones. rec.all_fanfic. rec.funny.
  • YouTube – Torchwool – Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre – – torchwood. video. humor.

• Recs n Links: 02 Jun through 02 Jun

  June 2nd, 2011

  • canaana: Fic: Intimates:

    02 Jun: fanfic torchwood jack_harkness.ianto_jones.gwen_cooper auth.canaana rec.all_fanfic alternate_universe ep.meat

  • cupidsbow: "Tradition" by cupidsbow (TW, No Pairing, PG-13):

    They seemed like good people, a bit weird, of course, but they were getting the job done.

    "I know it's Torchwood procedure to Retcon witnesses, but we're going to have to change our procedure, aren't we? It's not like we can Retcon the whole world, anyway. That Genie's well and truly out of the bottle and there's no putting it back in."

    02 Jun: gen fanfic torchwood childrenofearth rec.all_fanfic auth.cupidsbow

• Recs n Links: 30 Apr through 31 May

  May 31st, 2011

  • And the Beast – kindkit – Torchwood [Archive of Our Own]:

    When they're finally alone together, Jack sits beside Ianto and strokes his hair. It feels like he imagined it would, springy and crisp, as precise as Ianto's well-cut jackets and perfectly composed sentences. No one, Jack should have known, is that controlled without chaos underneath.

    31 May: fanfic torchwood angst ep.cyberwoman auth.kindkit rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • kita0610: Fic: Wonderfully and Fearfully Made – Dr. Who:

    Red used to be any number of colors in the wavelength of 630–740 nanometers, but now The Tardis understands crimson. It is the stripe of his bowtie, the quirk of his mouth, the bloom of a flower named for one of the strays he loved best. Or perhaps the stray was named for the bloom.

    31 May: fanfic rec.all_fanfic gen rec.flawless auth.kita0610

  • Marriage á Trois – Sorrel – Sherlock Holmes (2009) [Archive of Our Own]:

    Mary Morstan, at age fifteen, is very different from the woman she will become. She is headstrong, and hasn't yet learned to temper it with patience; she is a bluestocking, and has not yet learned to hide her intelligence; she is romantic, and has not yet learned to temper it with pragmatism. She is wildly in love with the most inappropriate boy possible, and as she tumbles into the hay with his lips on her she can't imagine a future that looks anything other than this.

    31 May: fanfic het slash threesome rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • nancybrown: TW Fic: The Measure of Our Sorrows:

    "Now," he said as he approached, loudly enough to be heard over the running shower, "someone here is disobeying my orders. You should know this means I get to have a free show."

    He waited out of sight for a moment, which would allow whoever it was to grab a towel. Jack tried to play fair sometimes.

    "And now we … "

    31 May: fanfic gen torchwood ep.countrycide suicide rec.all_fanfic

  • penknife – lgbtfest: Discworld: "Modern Love":

    There had been a time when dwarfs assumed humans who called them "queer" just meant that they were strange, which was hardly much of an insult, since the dwarfs thought the same about humans.

    30 Apr: fanfic discworld gen author:penknife rec.all_fanfic rec.insightful

• Recs n Links: 29 Apr through 30 Apr

  April 30th, 2011

  • Patience, a Steady Hand – Helenish – Inception (2010) [Archive of Our Own]:

    This premise would make you expect the story to be skeevy and exploitative, but (through the careful use of detail) the narrative de-skeeve-ifies more than you would think possible. Very much worth reading to the end.

    30 Apr: fanfic slash nsfw inception arthur.eames author:helenish alternate_universe rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • Amenable – Resonant – Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]:

    At any rate, that was the point when John decided that things were as strange as they were going to get, as annoying as they were going to get, and as dangerous as they were going to get…

    30 Apr: fanfic slash nsfw sherlock_holmes.john_watson rec.all_fanfic rec.sweet author:resonant

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    29 Apr: none

• Recs n Links: 26 Apr through 27 Apr

  April 27th, 2011

  • Home – Resonant – Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]:

    "Thought you were well out of it," she said, "Don't tell me you've gone back to him."

    He was saved from having to explain that it wasn't like that, or that he was now on call rather than residential, by the whiz of some kind of projectile past his head.

    27 Apr: fanfic slash nsfw sherlock_holmes.james_watson author:resonant rec.all_fanfic

  • yahtzee63: FIC: “Relatives & Relativity” (DW/S&S, G, gen) 1/2:

    Rec via thefourthvine. After the Time War, the Doctor swears off travel and adventure. The Dashwood sisters bring the awesomesauce.

    26 Apr: doctor_who gen crossover fanfic ninth_doctor sense_and_sensibility

• Recs n Links: 11 Apr through 17 Apr

  April 17th, 2011

  • rexluscus: FIC: The Art of Giving (Torchwood – G – Gwen + Ianto):

    Everything he did was calculated to say, "It's just me; nothing complicated here; I'm exactly as I seem." She'd fallen for it once; maybe she had fallen for it again.

    17 Apr: torchwood fanfic gen gwen_cooper ianto_jones author:rexluscus rec.all_fanfic

  • These Are the Stories – NancyBrown – Torchwood [Archive of Our Own]:

    He tells himself stories. He tells himself things were different. He creates histories that cannot all be true, but are true in the sense that they should have been true.

    These are the stories he tells himself:…

    11 Apr: torchwood fanfic gen jack_harkness angst author:nancybrown rec.all_fanfic

• Recs n Links: 10 Mar through 11 Apr

  April 11th, 2011

  • heddychaa & count_to_seven: Fic: Or Coleslaw, in a Pinch:

    11 Apr: torchwood slash nsfw jack_harkness.ianto_jones rec.all_fanfic rec.hot author:heddychaa author:count_to_seven

  • YouTube – EQUALS:

    [Daniel Craig crossdresses for justice. -L]

    10 Mar: sexism

• Recs n Links: 28 Feb through 02 Mar

  March 2nd, 2011

  • helenish: NESTING BOXES:

    It is 5:41 am and apparently I am awake in order to write about Vikings. I have reached the NESTING BOXES portion of writing, where every scene you write suddenly makes you realize you need a whole new scene or three somewhere else or have to spent 30 minutes drawing floorplans of stone huts or realizing that you have characters hauling laundry a LITERAL mile to wash them in the FREAKING SALT WATER OCEAN when there is a perfectly good stream fifty feet from their hut that cannot be gotten rid of and, on top of that, there are multiple mentions of hauling buckets from a fucking WELL when there is a perfectly good stream, etc. etc. you get the idea.

    It is a short step from the NESTING BOXES stage to the I HATE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING GDI stage…

    02 Mar: writing

  • xtricks: A BDSM Rant? In my journal? It’s more common than you think.:

    28 Feb: bdsm

• Recs n Links: 24 Feb through 25 Feb

  February 25th, 2011

  • hauldyourwhist: Fic: (All)Ways:

    It wasn’t a good day for Jack. It seemed like every corner he turned there was another dead Torchwood agent waiting there for him: irritated, disoriented by their surroundings, touching things they shouldn’t be touching, wanting a pound of his flesh. Tosh, with Louis P. (died 1983, friendly fire) peering over her shoulder curiously and asking all sorts of obnoxious questions, had checked the monitors and found that there were no rift anomalies that even slightly resembled what they’d seen at the hospital with Tommy. If anything, actually, things were more quiet than usual.

    They’d just have to stick it out.

    25 Feb: torchwood fanfic slash nsfw jack_harkness.ianto_jones.omc author:heddychaa rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless

  • azn_jack_fiend: My Reservations about Colorblind Writing and Casting:

    …the original casting call [was] for a white actor to play Rex and a woman of color to play Esther, so it wasn't race-neutral at all to begin with. The actual casting has that switched so that Esther is white (Alexa Havins) and Rex is black (Mekhi Phifer). …Jane Espenson said that they had written the characters to be "colorblind" in the first place, so they didn't make any changes. And that they wouldn't want to make Rex's character "sound stereotypical."

    …the implied attitude "we're going to ignore race of the characters entirely and why would we want to do it any other way" is especially grating when contrasted with the heavy emphasis on respecting Welsh versus US cultural differences.

    …I actually raised this point already with Jane Espenson on Twitter, publicly, and she responded pretty gracefully…

    24 Feb: torchwood racism

• Recs n Links: 02 Feb through 07 Feb

  February 7th, 2011

  • Baby Davros!:

    07 Feb: whoniverse fanart cute

  • Wacky Rooftop Hijinks – Booster – Batman – Fandom, Torchwood [Archive of Our Own]:

    Maybe Batman was caught in traffic? God knew that damn Batmobile of his had to take time parking occasionally…

    Finally there was a crunch of gravel behind him, and Gordon turned around. "About time, Batman," he started to say, before pausing. That was definitely not Batman.

    02 Feb: batman torchwood fanfic gen crossover author:Booster rec.all_fanfic rec.funny

• Recs n Links: 30 Jan through 01 Feb

  February 1st, 2011

  • Welsh for Beginners – derryderrydown – Torchwood [Archive of Our Own]:

    "You're twenty seconds early," Ianto said, frowning at her. "I was expecting you to at least say bore da to Jack."

    "I don't want to risk talking Welsh to him," Gwen said. "Not when he's still got that alien lube applicator gun to hand."

    01 Feb: torchwood fanfic author:derryderrydown rec.all_fanfic rec.funny

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    30 Jan: none