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You guys, you guys, I am such an idiot. Three days to go and still not done with the leveragexchange fic, goddamnit, and it's not like I have any time coming up that I don't need to use to work, either. I wasted all the time I was going to use to finish it (and do my Sweet Charity baking, and everything else) being sick, and now I am screwed.
Also, I need a new fandom. Merlin is okay, I guess; I dabble, but so far that's it. Star Trek is okay, I guess, but short on awesome epics at the moment. Bandom is imploding, Leverage is too small, Torchwood is dead to me, and I need some good long stories with happy endings to read. I just read an entire recs set of American Idol fic and I don't even know who those people are, okay? My delicious network seems to be full of things that don't interest me. I'm enjoying some profic but I have to stop reading it because it keeps me awake when I really need to sleep.
And the thing is, I know these stories are out there. That they've been written in fandoms I love after I stopped actively tracking them, that they've been recced on journals I don't watch, that they're by authors I haven't heard of yet, that I'd know what they were if I were properly "in" the fandoms. I just...maybe it's switching to Dreamwidth, or maybe it's being multifannish again for the first time really in years, but I seem to have forgotten how to navigate fandom.
Also, I am on a detox diet because my body hates me (though the green juice that looks really gross in the bottle actually tastes fine, I am pleased to discover), I accomplished nothing this weekend but things that will just need to be done again next weekend, and I want a vacation I am not going to get. Rarrr.
I'm fine, though, just kvetching. I like to kvetch.
HI HI FANDOM, HOW ARE YOU?
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due South, fandom of my heart. I haven't recced any in quite some time, but it's not out of a lack of love. And I'm feeling like I haven't been properly engaging with fandom lately (let us not speak of how behind I am on the leveragexchange story) and I am home with the kiddo today for at least the morning, so voila. The switch between LJ & DW is fucking with me; basically, I'm coding all the names the same way, so if someone isn't on DW, or has changed their name between services, the name might not show up correctly on LJ or DW. If it's really important to you, let me know and I'll fix it, but frankly I am too lazy otherwise. - Fall, by
![[info - personal]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) kaneko. F/K, R. This is a strikingly gorgeous story. The description of how Ray thinks about what happened between him and Stella is one of the most beautiful passages in all of fandom, and I could read it over and over. Also, if you have a thing for seeing Fraser break, this is a classic.
- Ice Upon a Summer's Day, by sageness. F/K, NC-17. Fraser discovers he has a little kink. This is PWP with a totally Fraser kink, omg, of course he couldn't have anything normal like a shoe fetish, and it's really sweet. Even the POV switches work.
- Between the lines, by omphale. F/K, PG. This is a lovely, lovely bit of bookstore flirting, with a great RayK voice (both interior monologue and the dialogue he has with Fraser. Short, sweet, sly, and wonderful.
- Long Road (Long Ride Home), by brooklinegirl. F/K/V, NC-17. A long, porny, post-CotW Canada adventure that uses Vecchio POV in all its abrasive glory to bring the reader into the confusing, wonderful what-the-fuck that is the evolution of their lives together.
- Mosquito Field, AFQ, by raggedass_road. F/K, R. This is a gorgeous post-CotW story that starts with them broken - broken apart and Ray down to his last dime and hurting - and then goes somewhere new and awesome - Ray Kowalski, bush pilot - and then somewhere old and awesome - Ray and Fraser - and this time, it works.
- Hard, Soft, Heat, by sprat. Ray/Ray, R. This is a great Vecchio-POV little ficlet; the voices are a little muddy at the beginning, but there are some lines in the middle that are just perfect, and the ending is perfectly them.
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, by exeterlinden. F/K, PG-13. Post-CotW story in which they are both adults, and they stay friends...but it's just not quite the same without each other. It's a story that's been done a little more compellingly elsewhere, but it's still sweet and enjoyable here.
- O My America (the Scientific Method Remix), by etben. F/K, PG. Mostly third-party POV on their relationship, which starts out unexceptional and hits awesomeness in the Dief section, only to conclude with even more hilarity. I'm not sure how the scientific method was a choice for organizer, but it actually works adorably well.
- Left, by resonant, and Right, by kormantic. Ray/Ray, R. A bittersweet couple of short stories that pack a whoel lot of love and longing and angst and sex and history and want into small packages.
- Sirius, by khaleesian. F/K, PG-13. This is the death story that had me crying pretty much all the way through. Even though there's a "happy", hopeful ending, I just...Dief. And how they deal with him being gone. It hurt, it was beautiful, but ow.
Enjoy, and let the authors know if you like the stories. This entry was originally posted at http://norah.dreamwidth.org/354591.html. Please comment there using OpenID.Tags: [recs], [recs]:due south
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I'm working on making sure my kid has more books about kids who look like him. No, this is not a useful list of kids' books with protagonists of color. It's a craft project. What I am armed with:- Some cheap brushes.
- Tombow ABT Dual Brush pens in sand (992) and saddle brown (977). I also have wine red (837), pale cherry (912), and dark ochre (027) but I wouldn't recommend them; I will be ordering brown (879), redwood (899), chocolate (969), burnt sienna (947), and black (N15) soon, as I think they will better suit my purposes. If you've never used pens like these before (I hadn't), there's a handy tutorial on YouTube; I used the cheap brushes instead of their fancy blender pen, but maybe I will buy the fancy blender pen (N00) as well, while I am on a spree; it might help me get a more even look than I'm managing right now.
- Some softback paper versions of children's books. There are two key aspects to these books:
- The paper is at most only slightly glossy, which means that the ink of the pens will stay on the pages.
- All the main characters and all/most of the secondary characters are White.
I've only done a few so far, but I'm very happy with the results, so I thought I'd share. ( Some results, image heavy )Thanks to vito_excalibur for doing dorky crafty stuff with me; if we hadn't had an awesome day of play and crafting and hanging out with her and the Squid a few weekends ago, I might never have gotten around to sitting down and trying this out. Crafts are always more fun with friends! The process itself is a little time-consuming, but the results are not bad, and getting better. It's not only letting me give the books protagonists and other characters of different skin colors, it's letting me choose to color them like our family, which has different colors within it as well. It's about $20 for all the supplies to do it (plus the books, but I already had those; I am guiltily considering going all guerilla browning on a few library books, too). I still have to change words when I read the books - within the first two pages of Danny and the Dinosaur, which is an otherwise sweet book, Danny goes to the museum and sees "Indians, bears, and Eskimos" (all clearly statues) and "guns and swords." In our version, he sees Native Americans, Inuit, and rifles, but this still doesn't address the WTF of seeing people as exhibits in museums to be lumped in with bears...augh! Not all fail can be cured with a trip to the art store, more's the pity.
This entry was originally posted at http://norah.dreamwidth.org/354357.html. Please comment there using OpenID.Tags: personal:political, stuff:crafts
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Happy Bloomsday, everyone!I know I'm posting this a wee bit early, but I don't know if I'll get the chance tomorrow and I don't want it to go uncelebrated. I haven't the time or inclination to go to a 24-hour reading, but I do what I can, which in this case involved compiling an exhaustive list of all the things which Leopold Bloom puts in his many pockets on June 16, 1904. Just what you always wanted, I know. ( What has it got in its pocketses, Poldy, Poldy )Additions, clarifications, and corrections welcome! This entry was originally posted at http://norah.dreamwidth.org/353548.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
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Oh, Leverage. You are my favorite right now. Your fail quotient so low! Your awesome quotient so high! Your fandom so freaking funny! If only I could write you. Luckily for me, the new season doesn't start airing until mid-July, so I've got more time than I thought to finish my ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) leveragexchange story, or else I would be kind of screwed. In any case, recs! Woo! - when come back bring pie, by liviapenn. Hardison/Parker/Eliot, R. Thanksgiving, Eliot "being all 'Bam!' in the kitchen," blonde on pie, and the kinkiest thing Eliot has ever done, all in perfect Alec voice. Not to be missed, oh my God.
- Parker's Week Off, by brown_betty and emeraldwoman. Parker, G. Part of the Odd Jobs series. The best, the absoute best part of this is the part where Nate explains God to Parker. But the rest of it is pretty fucking perfect too - bite-size plotty and note-perfect characterization.
- Catch Me If You Can, by dotfic. Parker/Alec, G. How Alec found Parker - a nice little look at the search process and an interesting ending that gives nice insight into Parker. Short, but nice.
- Working Without a Net, by facetofcathy. Alec/Eliot, NC-17. Awesome toppy!Alec story - power struggles in bed FTW - and with Hardison backstory, too! The first part of the story is nice, but doesn't seem to have a lot to do with the rest of it, and some of the thematic elements are a little forced, but I really liked it.
- Bad Habits and Dumb Luck, by laceymcbain. Alec/Eliot, PG. A great team friendship fic with nice and insightful Eliot notes. There was a reason why he worked alone, why he’d always worked alone, and he wasn’t convinced it was a good idea to change what had kept him alive all this time. This one got stuck in my head as being who Eliot is.
- Not all princes turn into pumpkins at midnight, baby, by merle_p. Alec/Eliot, R. Hot hot hot nonexplicit cross-dressing fic, which includes jealous!Eliot, uncomfortable-but-competent!Hardison, and a background caper. Woo!
- The Bear Job, by halcyon_shift. Ensemble, G. Awesome cracky WTF, in which Hardison, Parker, and Sophie all write a story together. There's actually a reason for the crack, but it's still CRACK and I love it.
- Making your Bed in the Prison of your Mind, by merle_p. Nathan/Eliot, R A sweet and serious Nate/Eliot. You know if I'm reccing a pairing with Nate in it the story has to be good, and it is; Nate's as much of a self-destructive, self-justifying shit in this as he is in canon, but Eliot (and how Nate feels about Eliot) brings him into line.
- Snippet, by misspamela. Ensemble, G. Eeensy cute ensemble fic, from Eliot POV but giving great Hardison and even nice Parker. Cute.
- What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About Love, by brown_betty and emeraldwoman. OT3, PG-13. Part of the Odd Jobs series. The team goes on vacation, but someone has to take care of thte cats. Eliot freaks out a little, Alec eats a lot of cookies, and the cats puke on the carpet.
- The Epiphany Job, by shrift. Alec/Eliot, PG. It was an epiphany, and it felt like sneezing ten times in a row, but all at once and inside his brain. How Alec Hardison finds out that Eliot does dudes, and the personal revelations that ensue. Note-perfect Hardison, just, wow.
Enjoy, and shower the authors with compliments so they write more; small fandoms can't afford not to feedback. This entry was originally posted at http://norah.dreamwidth.org/352239.html. Please comment there using OpenID.Tags: [recs], [recs]:leverage
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Tipsy and aimless on a Friday night (I was supposed to be headed to LA! But my kid got the flu!) I bring you Torchwood recs. When does the new season start, anyway? And now I go to bed. - The Theory of Two Centres, by copperbadge. Really, one of the best Torchwood stories out there - takes plot lines from all over Who and Torchwood and combines them gently into a beautiful psychological commentary wrapped up in amnesia story, with the essential aliens and things falling through the Rift, and well-done Ianto/Jack.
- Moving In, by ukcalico. Jack/Ianto, NC-17. Viciously hot and deeply disturbing porn - the disturbing part isn't the porn, but that this is set early in Ianto's time at Torchwood, and Lisa is still in the basement. Consent, in this, is dubious, even if only the reader and Ianto know it.
- The Normal Heart, by subduction. Jack. Ianto, R. Hot porn, with spanking and crossdressing and just that little frisson of character insight that makes porn really good. Dark, a bit, and not sweet at all.
- Confessions, by out_there. Jack/Ianto, PG. A post-Countrycide sort of...hmmm, psychological ensemble story? Jack's POV on everyone else. The ending is hotsky and the insights are well-done.
- The Doctor And Mr. Jones, by copperbadge. Jack/Ianto, R. Plotty, action-filled drama in which we find out the real function of Ianto's stopwatch. And not in a kinky way. This is a fascinating premise - it's a crossover between Dr. Who and Torchwood, and you really do need to know some of both canons to figure out what's going on, but wow, what a neat idea! It's a little iffy in bits - I would have liked more explanation of the "how" of it all - but the Doctor is often a little iffy in bits, so that's alright, really.
- A Matter of Time, by demotu. Jack/Ianto, NC-17. You want to read this. You really want to read this. It is time-traveling space opera, complete with secrets and lies and explosions and other planets. Also Jack. And Ianto. Really good stuff.
- Try Your Best (Think About It Later), by out_there. Jack/Ianto, R. It's a great AU in which Ianto's body is being snatched by an alien that lives on human orgasm. The only catch is, the humans don't survive. Jack does, though, and it sets in motion a whole, wonderful series of events.
- Must Have an End, by deryderrydown. Jack/Jack, G. Gorgeous, gorgeous fix-it fic for Jack Harkness and his namesake. And if that's not enough to get you to read it, I don't know what to do with you. Doesn't interfere with any other pairings you might ship, either (yay, time travel).
- Playing on My Mind, by nightanddaze. Jack/girl!Ianto, NC-17. Ianto turns, briefly, into a woman. Basically an excuse for Jack/Ianto het porn, but it's sort of delicious porn, and I'm a sucker for that sort of thing. So.
- Lost and Found, by kaneko. Jack/Ianto, PG. One of the best Torchwood stories out there, which not coincidentailly plays on my love of small-sample statistics to good and humorous effect. This is funny and clever and the ending is just perfectly right.
Enjoy, and fanperson the authors if you like the stories. This entry was originally posted at http://norah.dreamwidth.org/350941.html. Please comment there using OpenID.Tags: [recs], [recs]:torchwood
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Fannishly paralyzed, moving forward neither on my writing nor on my other fannish commitments. Whatever. As always, when paralyzed in other ways, I've done a lot of reading, and I seem to finally have overcome my SG:A aversion. So, recs. - Slipping Into Place, by dragojustine. Rodney/Radek, Rodney/Radek/John, NC-17. Rodney and Radek have always been my SG:A pairing of choice, and this is EXACTLY how it would be between them. Totally in-character, with a marvelous Zelenka and a really obnoxious Rodney and a laptop right by the bed in case of mid-coital revelations about the ballast tanks. Awesome.
- String Theory, by toft_froggy. McKay/Sheppard, R. Rodney's a neurotic conductor. John's a maverick violinist. It sounds very Harlequin, and it sort of is, but in a good, damaged-people-slotting-together kind of way, and the description of the concert at the end is fantastic.
- Cleave, by amific. McKay/Sheppard, R. John's allergic to Rodney. It's only temporary, and it will wear off in a few months, but in the meantime, a lot can change. Not that there's much they can do about that. Sweet and hot.
- Friendly, by cesperanza. McKay/Sheppard, NC-17. I kind of love this achy little story about being closeted on Atlantis. It's framed by death but is very lovely and hopeful in a way, and while it took me a while to get into, I really enjoyed it in the middle.
- Blush, by helenish. Sheppard/McKay, NC-17. In which John is not really very good in bed. This is sweet and sneaks up on you and whammies you with the hot near the end, and the ending is perfect.
- A Hundred Happy Things, by busaikko. McKay/Sheppard, NC17. A really, really well done story. Kidfic! Transfic! Romance! This is beautifully paced and wonderfully written. McKay is a little too smoove for canon, but I kind of love gets-it!Rodney, so I'm not complaining. Excellent.
- Found, by linabean and sgastoryfinders. PG. Ahahahaha a found poem made up of snippets of sgastoryfinders requests. Hilarious meta.
- The King of Atlantis, by runpunkrun. John and Rodney play Katamari Damacy. There is Katamari Damacy in this. How could I not love it? The descriptions of their playing the game are hilarious.
- John Sheppard's Guide to Surviving Project Runway, by sheafrotherdon. PG. Adorable. Despite the cracky fusion, this actually slips in almost everything I love about Project Runway, while keeping Teyla, Rodney, and John in character. The rest of the ensemble, while peripheral, translate into the fashion world well.
- Indelible, by shaenie. McKay/Sheppard, NC-17. Plotty, nicely engaging longfic. It's almost three stories in one - about etiquette mistakes on other planets and their fallout, about new Ancient tech and its applications against the Wraith and within Atlantis, and about John and Rodney, fumbling their way ineptly toward a different way of being with one another.
Enjoy, and if you like the stories please let the authors know. This entry was originally posted at http://norah.dreamwidth.org/349208.html. Please comment there using OpenID.Tags: [recs], [recs]:stargate:atlantis
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