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riverflame — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:10:53 GMT

FRIENDS ONLY:

It's all cool, just add me and I'll add you back.

~~ALL GONE. only old fic remains.~~

I've flocked everything but recs - enjoy those! If you're looking for fic, I believe it's on ff.net still.

one big recs post :D

riverflame — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:16:38 GMT

I decided I wasn't going to describe these, just list them, but then I realized I actually wanted to describe them :))

House, MD

Heart of Oak - alibi_factory - Chase, Chase/House, House/Wilson
alibi_factory writes the best Chase I've ever read. I love his character; I think they've begun to abuse him on the show. I love his angry, tense, confused, frustrated side. I love his POV on House, on Wilson, on all of it. I also like the glimpse of twisted-Wilson - I love the guy, but nobody on this show is healthy, and it's so good to be reminded of that. And then the style - I'm speechless, really, since I just re-read it; all I can say is Oh Man I Love the Style.

Traveler - alibi_factory - House, House/Chase
...

This one leaves me speechless. That's really all I can say. I love the beginning. I love the middle. I love the end. Sparse and ethereal but very strong ideas - obviously I don't know what I'm saying, but that's it. Like I said, speechless, right? Agh. Amazing.

Side Effects - isagel - House/Wilson, NC-17
Really great Porn With A Plot and Character, Too. The best kind, really! Realistic, too. House's bum leg does not disappear, people. His drugs are not magic pills.

Star Wars

Impossible - hallelujah - Anakin/Obi-Wan
This is not a rec, actually; it's just for posterity. I read this fic and it struck me in all sorts of weird ways - finding significance in something totally insignificant, noticing details that were inadvertent, analysing the dynamic of their relationship and this interpretation of their characters (Obi-Wan is always such an interpretation, since he's so archetypal.) Parts of it are not very good. But there are some strangely striking bits.

As I Lay Me Down - tartanshell - Luke, Ben Kenobi
Genfic. I hardly ever read it, but this came recced, and man, is it so very lovely and sad. Poignant. *sigh*

Real-Person Slash

The Color of Wheat (series) - ethrosdemon, and I think hackthis too? - Hayden Christiansen/Ewan McGregor, probably NC-17 in some parts
IT HAS THE BEST VIGGO MORTENSEN I'VE EVER READ ALL OVER IT. It has me cracking up all the time and hyperventilating and squeeing and flailing over the sheer joy of it. I love this sort of RPS because you never know just who is going to show up (and believe me, there are the BEST cameos etc in here, omg). Plus, you know, those two write amazingly amazing fic on their own. It's only going to be squared if they're collaborating. And that goes out to a quadrilateral of amazingness, or something.

untitled - anjaliesque - Lewis/Clark
Historical RPS!!! YOU CAN'T SAY NO! :DDDD It's so cuuuute!

Harry Potter

Untitled 03 - losselen - Remus/Sirius
You already knew I liked this one, since I did fanart :)) The images just caught me, so perfectly, which is evident since I felt compelled to do fanart. There are pictures, snapshots, which is probably intended looking at the summary. And there's that twist in looking at things - "the sound from her cigarette all wrong," "the grave building gave away," "reverence sliding from the hollows of their mouths." Which are all reasons I love all her writing, really.

Shoebox Project - Part 23 - ladyjaida, dorkorific - Sirius/Remus
Oh, yeah. The part we'd all been waiting for. And also sort of dreading, because it meant the end of amazing UST. But yeah. The love! Oh, man. This one also for posterity.

ETA: You have no idea how much I'm craving Dead Poets Society right now. Here's a clue: SO INCREDIBLY MUCH OMFG. O__O

ETA II: It's 12:46 AM and I've totally defeated the purpose of Fall-Back (which is to get to bed at a sane time and wake up, possibly earlier than normal, feeling totally refreshed and ready to tackle the world.) I guess I will just have to rely on the fact that, hey, tomorrow I'll be left alone until about noon or maybe even later! yay. Plus, I finished my History homework.

A big recs post

riverflame — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 02:10:46 GMT

mainly for the purpose of decreasing my lj Memory count, but recs are always a good thing :)

Some of these (well, most of them, really) are pretty old, and I'm sure quite a few of you have read them before, but who knows? :)

Smallville:
Six Degrees from Sanity (working title), by muse_attack - This is just gorgeous. I know she says it's not complete, but it's gorgeous all the same. Charmingly disconnected and Lana POV, and it treats Lana in a way you don't see her treated very often in this fandom - kindly. Instead of ignoring the tragedies, Jess makes you sympathetic to them. Plus there are all sorts of wonderfully spiffy details, and a lot of color. Shades of Clark/Lex and Chloe/Lana.

Invert, by chiri_chan - A Chloe-centric 100-word drabble. Very sad; the theory at the end has been nixed by the fourth season but it was an appealing idea, as opposed to Dead Chloe. It makes me want to cry a little and give Chloe a big hug.

Harry Potter:
Sandcastles, by nest_freemark - Ginny/Hermione, short and [bitter]sweet. It really made me think, the first time I read it. I liked it because it's about a relationship that's not hunky-dory, that's not entirely functional, and you feel sad for both of the characters. Lovely atmosphere. It caught my fancy.

drabble request #5 (untitled, I'm assuming), by pogrebin - This is just wow. I love it; it's well-done futurefic, which is just awesome. I don't even like Snape but his voice works for me in this. Again, just wow. ETA: Okay, just now the journal has been deleted. That's depressing :(

The Love Song of Sirius Black, by kaydeefalls - One: I love 5-things-that-never-happened fic. Two: I love the Marauders. Two-and-a-half: I love Remus/Sirius. Three: I love TS Eliot. All of these incorporated into a fic and done wonderfully = astounded and adoring me. This fic is so amazing and so great and really, I can hardly be rational about fangirling this, can I?

Icon ficlet #3 (untitled, I assume), by pauraque - WAH. And, wow. That icon and the picture linked to are really fascinating. Once again, really great futurefic = awesome.

The Book of Avant Garde, rewritten, by losselen - Wow to the extreme. Supremely detailed, so full of so many small beautiful things, you could read it over and over and still find something new each time. And the imagery - Icarus and books and wings and red, blue, dark and light in dark. Just, exquisite, and painful. (sirius/remus)

Shakespeare:
Worm's Meat, by ipso_facto - Romeo/Mercutio, and Mercutio's death. So, so sad. Some very interesting details, and the atmosphere just caught me. It's about 2 years old, strangely enough - I found it on a google search.

In All Seasons, by Jiji - This is so lovely, and so softly painful. Seasons and flowers and china vases; the ending made me want to cry. Perfectly in character, Romeo/Mercutio. I've recced it before, June last year, and I'll rec it again because it's just wonderful.

Dreams Accord No Truth, by Val Mora - Benvolio/Mercutio, unrequited. I've recced this before as well. What impresses me so is the style in which it's written - the closest to Shakespeare I've yet seen.

Dead Poets Society:
The Very Definition, by givemehistory - Sad, as so many of these are. Slight Neil/Todd, but about all of the characters. Absolutely beautiful.

A Well-Timed Smile, by and_suddenly - This blew me away, oh god no pun intended. Hurts so bad, but I love it because, it just seems so true. Plus, I'm a sucker for angst. But really. Amazing. I know I've recced this before, sometime in November.

The Secret Garden:
Nest Building, by argyleheir - Every time I read this, I like it more. Enchanting. Colin/Dickon, implied. Memories, dirt, and poppies. Oh, yes.

Went on a walk for an hour or more. I should work on homework, yes. But Oligochaetes aren't much fun.