where sceptr'd angels held their residence
14 March 2010 @ 11:28 pm
...you may find that I hit 1,900 recs on my delicious today.

When you consider that I read a lot more than I save links to, that is somewhat scary 0-0
 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence




A beautiful, aching post-apocalyptic Supernatural/SGA crossover, the sort that crawls into your chest and stays a while, lingering in the best possible way.


And All the World Beneath by [info]seperis. Summary: Dean remembers Texas as blackland stretching in marker-thick strips of vivid brown and black, broken with the sprawling metroplexes of Dallas and San Antonio and Houston; farms spread with the yellow tops of maize waving in pre-autumn winds, threshers moving complacently through the fields with drowsy men in hats waving at the road. He remembers green and gold fields dotted with cows, half-year calves running on the outskirts of the herds. He remembers these were what he saw between jobs, lives being lived that had nothing to do with creeping twilight and sleeping only behind salt circles and ritual wards.


Tags: supernatural, sga, slash, gen, genre:horror, fic, futurefic, crossover, crossover:sga, crossover:supernatural, a:seperis



 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence
So today was really frustrating, but again not because of work shenanigans. It seems I am just in the zone for frustration at the moment. I also made much too much cauliflower cheese, but it turned out awesome, so I will save it for another day.

I am hanging out with [info]inmemorybound, [info]sillyshy and [info]krazykipper at various times over this weekend, so that should make EVERYTHING BETTER. Because that is how the world works.

YES IT IS SHUT UP






Today's rec is an Underworld fic! This movie is one of those things you love even though it is bad for you. It is... not the best movie ever made, put it that way. But I love the premise of it, and I think it's pretty hot, anyway. This fic takes the best of the movie and puts it into fic form, like turning dead stuff into diamonds! Sparkly, sparkly diamonds.


In the Bedroom by Misty Flores. Summary: Despite his change - Michael's still deceptively human.


Tags: underworld, michael/selene, het, fic, a:mistyflores



 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence
So today was a pig of an afternoon at work, but not because of shenanigans, just because it was so busy and then I was supposed to see TWO five o'clock patients myself (I finish at 5:30pm.) Thankfully one didn't show up but I still ended up leaving late, and thus didn't get a chance to look over my notes thoroughly for the afternoon before my boss gets them tomorrow. I had a quick check, but I'm unhappy about not being able to really sit down after clinic and make sure.

That said, a totally awesome rec today!






This fic I stumbled across on delicious (as I so often do) and totally fell in love with. Thoughtcrimes is a great Joe Flanigan movie anyway, but the chemistry between the two main characters and what this means longterm is really explored in this fic without having to cover it all - it's just there, omnipresent and wonderful.


I Love My Love by [info]hth_the_first. Summary: Sometimes, after almost spending almost six years with the same person, day after day, the same weird habits, the same repetitive thoughts – God, sometimes she just wanted to kill him on general principle.


Tags: thoughtcrimes, brendan/freya, het, fic, a:hth_the_first



 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence
09 March 2010 @ 10:15 pm
Anyone up for a Night Safari at the British Museum? Sounds kick-ass, right? It would have to be May, though, as I'm in San Diego in July. Also, it's a Monday night, if that's a problem for anyone.

So this week [info]inmemorybound and I have been to see two movies - The Lovely Bones and Legion.


The Lovely Bones: lost a lot of its wonder when it moved from page to screen. )

Legion: pretty much Terminator with angels. )
 
 
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ETA: Argh, sorry, it triple-posted somehow! Fixed. Sorry for the spam.



Today was an AWESOME day at work. I totally ruled. No mistakes today and my boss was really pleased I'd gone out and bought all this stationary to help me get organised!

I just went in with the mindset of 'right, I'm gonna DO THIS MOTHERFUCKERS' and it seems to be working! At least for today!

AS A RESULT, INTERNET PRESENTS FOR ALL!

If you have an iphone, that is, which I don't

Regretsy - Where DIY Meets WTF - or really like making fun of bad handicrafts?

Or really like getting discounts on stuff. I love discounts.

(Okay, so this is just the sofa I'm gonna buy when I move, but you all get to sit on it too, so.)






By the way, I don't know if you guys realise, but the tags I put under the fics I rec actally lead back to my delicious page for that tag? I thought this was helpful but forget to mention it.


Today's fic is long - hella long - and dark, and disturbing, and kind of fucked up but in a REALLY GOOD WAY, OKAY? Seriously, don't read this if you don't like having your brain twisted into a pretzel. Do read it if you love wonderful prose, a delicate hand on the wheel of misfortune and stories where brothers have sex with their brothers but one of them has amnesia and the other one has infiltrated a kidnapping/criminal gang to try and save him and is posing as a guard. I KNOW, SOUNDS AWESOME, RITE? RITE.


WARNINGS: Dark themes, dubious consent, incest


Missing Persons by [info]dirasudis. Summary: Charlie is kidnapped. Things get worse from there.


Tags: numb3rs, don/charlie, slash, incest, fic, genre:h/c, genre:dark, dubcon, a:dirasudis
 
 
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in the moonlight on a side street in the wreckage we call queens by [info]minervacat. Summary: If Vince were awake, he would make a joke about how Eric's not good enough to fuck a girl like Sloan, but Vince isn't awake, and the joke goes unsaid, which Eric is unexpectedly grateful for.


Tags: entourage, eric/vince, slash, fic, a:minervacat



 
 
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So today was a bitch of a day, but not specifically because of all the stuff that's been happening at work but more because I got one of those Very Special Parents that I like to privately call 'that freaking crazy bitch.' Honestly, this woman. IDEK. Not even worth going into it. My mentor was very nice about it, anyway.

Pretty much would have been a bitch of a day whether or not all this stuff was happening or not, so I guess it's better than it has been?

Tomorrow I'm going to be in London for a study day, after which I'm going to meet up with [info]cienna, [info]takadainmate and [info]gnine to watch old Highlander episodes and rock out. I'm looking forward to it - I'm keeping busy at the moment, and it's nice to have something I'm doing other than being chastised.

Now for a rec! *goes and digs for something you guys will like*





This is just the first fic of a series. Now, I haven't seen BSG, but this fic? Makes me really, really want to. It's soooo good.


Downloaded by [info]ennyousai_fic. Extract: When he opens his eyes he feels steadier. He remembers now what happened. They'd been on Capella IV only to discover the Klingons were already there, and he'd stepped forward without thinking to pull Jim out of the way and -

"You're lucky you were in range of the Resurrection Ship," says the woman on his right softly, and he sees that she is tall and blond and beautiful. "Just a little further out and we wouldn't have been able to download your consciousness."


Tags: startrekxi, battlestargalactica, crossover, crossover:startrekxi, crossover:battlestargalactica, kirk/mccoy, slash, fic, angst, cliche:someoneisarobot, a:ennyousai



 
 
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Today's rec is a White Collar story that somehow manages to incorporate random outbreaks of zombies casually into the character's worldview, without skipping a beat. Not only does it maintain the witty and endearing interplay between the characters, but it puts them into a slightly different position without feeling like it has done. Now that's skill.


The Zombie Story by [info]giglet. Summary: In which Peter is a big damn action hero, Elizabeth pwns Brooklyn, and Neal ruins a set of very nice Italian shoes.


Tags: whitecollar, gen, fic, au, cliche:zombies, a:giglet



 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence
01 March 2010 @ 05:32 pm
Are any London people going to be free this friday, sometime after 4pm or so? I'm in town for a study day with work and figured maybe somebody would like to hang out? I have to be back in MK not too late because I'm having an MRI scan the next morning (nothing scary, just a screening thing because of Mum.)
 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence
28 February 2010 @ 11:51 am
Post a sentence (or two or a paragraph) from as many of your WIPs as you want, with no explanation attached.

This fic will probably never be finished, because I have no idea where it was going. But I like it anyway.

Poetry for Vulcans, K/S, G )
 
 
Current Mood: cheerfulcheerful
 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence
25 February 2010 @ 10:13 pm



Today's rec is another of those rare, wonderful finds that you tend to trip over in the dark. They find you, not the other way around. Not only does this story expand on a hitherto untouched area of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, it does so almost entirely independently of the main storyline and with none of the characters really involved. The original characters are all so well-realised that you don't need Frodo or Aragorn or Legolas to carry it. It doesn't hurt that the prose is exquisite, either.


the rest is silence by Merrin. Extract: It’s the quiet he remembers most. The long hours spent looking off at distant Gondor, the silent beacon of Amon Din towering above him. “What do you think of?” Bremand asks him, and it’s the silence he thinks of most.


Tags: lordoftherings, oc, slash, fic, original, a:merrin



 
 
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25 February 2010 @ 08:39 pm
OMG CHRIS PINE I THOUGHT YESTERDAY WAS BAD, TODAY I FOUND THIS:



WHAT IS IT WHAT IS IT KILL IT NOW OMG IT'S HORRIBLE

I CAN'T DECIDE WHICH IS WORSE, THE HAIR OR THE SHIRT.

*dies of WTF, Pine, seriously*

I may have bought this on DVD today

ETA: why does lj keep vanishing my tags? argh!
 
 
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where sceptr'd angels held their residence
So apparently Chris Pine is going to be playing the voice of a photon that gets kicked out of the sun or something in a movie called Quantum Quest, and Shatner is also in this movie.

Quantum Quest centers on the story of Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the Cassini Space Craft and save it from the forces of the Void, only Dave does not know exactly what he must do or even where the Cassini Space craft is or what it is. The forces of the Void must destroy Cassini before it sends its great discoveries back to Earth,Dave is the only thing that stands between them and victory.

WTF. I don't even know what to say to that.

Really, CPine? REALLY REALLY?

To be fair, a lot of big names are in this, so it's probably a bit of a coup - Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen, James Earl Jones, Mark Hamill, Doug Jones...

BUT STILL. A PHOTON, CPINE? A PHOTON? REALLY?





Today's rec is just an outstanding example of the cyberpunk genre, and would be even if it wasn't a Due South AU. [info]salieri builds a whole new world out of what she has, and does it so completely that you get totally sucked in. Really, really worth reading.


Real Boys (A Chip Off the Old Blog) by [info]salieri. Extract: "Ah, yes, I see. Well, my--" [The bot] opened a hand and gestured graciously toward Ray and his amusing slang. "--Geppetto is Robert Fraser, Registry number 99994221AlphaFRA2Ab--"


Tags: duesouth, gen, au, scifi!au, genre:cyberpunk, a:salieri



 
 
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I haven't felt much like reccing this past week or so, but as you can read in my previous post, things are improving, so here we go again :)

Today's rec is a truly epic fic. I am talking over 200k words long. It is also TOTALLY ADDICTIVE. Seriously, it's worth reading, but make sure you have time to sit for a while, okay? It is like a healthier kind of cocaine (depending on what you tend to snack on while you read, naturally.)

This fic is Kirk/McCoy, Academy!fic, with a very strong structure and sense of personality coming through from McCoy as POV character. You get a real flavour of his mind reading it, and seeing Jim through his eyes is really well written. While it's not a massive departure from general fandom opinion of Nu!Jim, it's done in such an accomplished manner that it's fair to say it's one of the better examples of the type. It's also a good slow burner of a fic, though as I find often happens with slow burners the burn is better than the payoff. Try it anyway.




Switch by [info]ceres_libera. Summary: The life and times of Leonard H. McCoy MD/PhD … If Leonard McCoy's life could get any fucking weirder, it would be … Jesus, he didn't even want to think what that could possibly mean, because it's already been too fucking weird to make any kind of rational sense.


Tags: startrekxi, kirk/mccoy, slash, fic, spock/uhura, a:ceres_libera



 
 
Current Mood: cheerfulcheerful
Current Music: Taylor Swift - Fifteen
 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence
21 February 2010 @ 01:05 am
...I don't really understand this: Con Or Bust: Fans of Color Assistance Project.

It's not that I don't understand what they're doing, it's more that I don't understand why specifically this is aimed at fans of colour. Because surely there is no rule that only white people can go? And fans of colour are not the only fans who don't have enough money to go to conventions? (I acknowledge that non-white populations in the US tend to be economically worse-off.)

If you know me at all, you will know that as far as is humanly possible, I try my hardest not to be prejudiced against anyone. I say as far as is humanly possible, because it is human nature to be prejudiced against something or someone, but wherever I find this in myself I try to stamp it out, because it is Not On. I am a white, middle-class woman raised in relatively comfortable circumstances, who grew up in an almost exclusively white middle-class area, and I know that sometimes this influences my thinking in ways I don't recognise. But I just don't understand why attendance at cons is a race issue, particularly.

I'm very happy for somebody to explain this to me, and very happy to listen. But I don't get it at the moment, and it has left me scratching my head.
 
 
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16 February 2010 @ 10:57 pm
So my boss is managing to go to great lengths to find small 'errors' in my clinical judgement every day to make me feel REALLY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF. Wow, I hope my next boss spends as much time on my happiness and wellbeing!


At last weekend's Merlin Meet, I promised [info]takadainmate some Bruce/Terry old man/young man slash fic recs. So here it is! Batman Beyond is awesome, and you should all watch it if you get a chance, okay? Terry McGuinness is a slightly delinquent teenager who stumbles across the identity - and the gadgetry - of one of Gotham's best-kept secrets - Batman! Bruce Wayne is now an old man, too old to be Batman. But Terry isn't. If you love old-school Batman, this may sound offputting, but it's actually really cool, and they keep Bruce true to his classic personality, not giving Terry any breaks. Somehow, he is still kinda hot, despite being in his seventies of something. DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.

Read the fic anyway, even if you don't know the fandom! Besides, I may be able to... hook you up, if you know what I'm saying.






Toxicity levels and possible persistent psychological effects by [info]liviapenn. Extract: A shaking streak of black made its way across the monitor as Terry swiped his fingers over the cowl's cam lens. "You mean besides the bucket of Love. Hhhh. Dumped over my *head*--"


Tags: dcu, dcau, batmanbeyond, bruce/terry, slash, fic, sexpollen, a:liviapenn






Beyond The Veil by [info]jamjar. Extract: "You're dead." The look Bruce gives him says, very plainly, 'you're stating the obvious, but I'll forgive you this time. *Only* this time, and if you do it again I'll make you do twelve hours of cold-weather training without the suit.'


Tags:dcu, dcau, batmanbeyond, bruce/terry, slash, fic, cliche:someoneisaghost, a:jamjar






Self-Control by [info]thexyboombang. Summary: If you spell "self" completely fucking wrong, you get "remote".


Tags: dcu, dcau, batmanbeyond, bruce/terry, slash, fic, pwp, a:thexyboombang






Socalise by [info]jamjar. Extract: It's the kind of party Terry is only just comfortable at.


Tags: dcu, dcau, batmanbeyond, bruce/terry, slash, fic, a:jamjar
 
 
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Today's rec is a Temeraire fic that, instead of focussing on the boys (whom I love dearly), instead looks at Jane Roland and her daughter, and the way their masculine lives change the way they act towards each other and the world. It's a thoughtful piece, without being too internal, and really fleshes out that aspect of the Temeraire universe.






Afternoon's Liberty by Penknife. Extract: Captain and not Mama; well, they're in public, so it's best to be discreet. It's possible too that at Emily's age Captain is the more exalted title.


Tags: temeraire, gen, janeroland, yuletide2006



 
 
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13 February 2010 @ 09:01 pm
FIC: This is a gift (it comes with a price), Let the Right One In, Eli/Oskar, PG  
Title: This is a gift (it comes with a price)

Fandom: Let the Right One In (movieverse)

Pairing: Eli/Oskar

Word Count: 461

Rating: PG - dark themes, but nonexplicit

Warnings: None

Author's Notes: Let the Right One In is such a haunting and beautiful film, with a really... eerie romance at the heart of it, despite terrible things happening around the two children it concerns, if you can call Eli a child. I'm so glad [info]inmemorybound introduced me to it! Crossposted to [info]letherightonein.


She let him grow until he was seventeen. )
 
 
where sceptr'd angels held their residence
Thank you to everyone who commented on my post about work yesterday. I'm feeling better about it today, even if it still sucks ass, but at least I'm more sanguine about it. I can live with that. I'm just going to do the best job I can do, and fuck them if they don't value that. I am going to be all Tom McRae about it. (I love Tom McRae. I wonder if he has new music out yet? *ponders*)


On other random and unrelated topics!


I don't know about you, but "Child On Board" signs always make me think, well, I guess I won't ram into your car, then, I suppose. Do they really make anyone drive any differently? I'm fairly certain that they're mostly a way of indirectly bragging that you have produced offspring. For proof of this, see "Grandchild on board", a clear extension of this phenomenon which has no value but to show off that your offspring have produced offspring, and you are now old.


In the name of funny roadsigns everywhere:









Today's rec not only ignores either of my read pairings in Star Trek fandom (le gasp!) but is also fabulously funny and poignant. I really enjoy fics that explore the dynamic we saw on screen between Kirk and Uhura, not necessarily romantically but the way in which that is a kind of friendship, too - an ongoing joke between two people who pretend to dislike each other. This is a perfect example of the type.


How Many Roads? or, 27 Times Jim Kirk Hit On Nyota Uhura by [info]captandeastar. Summary: After the bar fight, Nyota thinks to herself that if this is what being hit on by Jim Kirk leads to, she’s very glad she’s never going to have to see him again.


Tags: startrekxi, spock/uhura, kirk, het, gen, fic, a:captandeastar