Day 11 - Fandom Snowflake Challenge

[elrhiarhodan]

Day 11

In your own space, ask for recs. Something as simple as "I like XYZ (where XYZ is a kink, a pairing, a trope, etc) - please rec me some." Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Okay - please rec me! I want to read outside my comfort zone, so I'm looking for recs for:

Torchwood (Jake/Gwen more than Jack/Ianto)
Doctor Who (Nine intrigues me more than Eleven)
Star Trek IXXI (All arrangements are welcome)
Harry Potter (Rare pairings preferred, anything with Sirius Black preferred)
The Curse of Chalion (or the whole series)
Sherlock Holmes (Granada or BBC, not the movie'verse, pls)

And anything else wonderful in any other fandom that you think I'd enjoy. Or something by your favorite writer or something unusual and unique that pushed YOUR buttons.

My Snowflake Challenge Entries:
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 (no entry) | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 |

Comments

[yamx]

I know many great Nine stories (he's my Doctor)--anything in particular you're looking for?

[canaan]

Second this, and for a couple of additional fandoms, as well. Are you looking more for long or short, dramatic or funny or angsty? I'm supposing I don't have to ask whether you're okay with the occasional trio instead of just pairings. *g* And with regards to Torchwood, are you looking primarily for fic relating to the first two seasons, or are you good with points after that?

[elrhiarhodan]

I think I'd like anything - any length, any subject matter, as long as they are well written and don't require a deep, talmudic understanding of canon.

As for TW - I'd prefer the first two seasons - simply because I love Owen and Tosh,

Thank you for anything you can rec!

[canaan]

Okay, all of these are shortlists, and there is undoubtedly a bunch of really good stuff I'm forgetting at the moment because I didn't bookmark it in a useful way (often because I read it all the time and therefore don't need a bookmark). But it's someplace to start. And I choose to start with...

Doctor Who:

Anything by DameRuth, but to give you somewhere to start, I'd go with her Bliss!verse (Nine) if you're in the mood for something lighter or her Flowers!verse (Ten) for something grittier. For Bliss, start with Link--it's the core story. For Flowers, just start at the beginning, and know that there is eventually smut in it, if you're patient. ;-)

Also anything by LyricWritesProse (lyricwrites on LJ). She writes all over the map, so you'll just have to look and see which of the characters and pairings on any particular story looks most like what you're looking for, but she simply doesn't write anything that isn't fantastic.

Left Behind, by Azriona, is an utterly amazing look at how Jack Harkness ended up in the same universe Rose Tyler is stranded in. This one is Jack/Rose, past Nine/Jack/Rose and pre-Ten/Jack/Rose.

Survivor's Guilt, by Amberite, is the darkest, most intense Nine/Jack I've ever read.

What the Master Wants, by Becky H, is one of darkly triumphant moment in The Year That Never Was, while Jack and the Doctor are captive aboard the Valiant. Dub!con.

If you're up to more from the Valiant, check out Valiant Tales, by Robin C. (lindenharp on LJ)

Yamx does several really great series, but if I had to pick just one or two stories, I'd aim you at Look Down, which is long, plotty Jack/Doctor plus Rose, and An Overpowering Staleness, which is Nine/Jack/Rose...but it's an AU in which Nine is fobwatched, and temporarily human, and doesn't remember who he is.

[elrhiarhodan]

Wow - thank you for this wealth of stories.

I appreciate the time and effort you made for these recs.

[canaan]

YW. :-)

[canaan]

Torchwood:

Wish You Were Here is teamfic by pocky_slash, conducted as a series of postcards, e-mails, reports, and sticky notes during the week Gwen is away on her honeymoon.

Fair Game, by Mimarie, is awesome, angsty, lovely Jack/Gwen kink. I love Jack/Gwen, but I've read very little I actually like, because most of it very much stands outside of the actual constraints of those characters in the series. This is that rare fic that takes them on head on, and it really, really works.

Sam Storyteller does awesome stuff, but most of his Torchwood is Jack/Ianto. You might still want to check out his master list at some point, but for a couple of specific recs, try The Quiet Room (I don't even know how to describe this, but I think you'll really like it) and Job Description (Ianto/everyone, but not all at once, and it's weirdly lovely and utterly devestating).

I recommend And Seven for a Secret to pretty much everybody, just because it's so incredibly well written and so very Torchwood and so very Jack . . . despite being written set during World War II. Complete with Indiana Jones-style dime novel Nazis. *g*

Weirdly, since I discovered Torchwood not long before Children of Earth aired, most of what I have bookmarked turns out to be from that point forward. So much of what came before was Jack/Ianto, and because I wasn't around in real time, I wasn't always able to catch the rest very well. But it's a start, I guess.

And I think I'm going to let somebody else do Sherlock. I only read lightly in that fandom, and my eyes are crossing.

[leonie_alastair]

Sherlock: The Theory of Narrative Causality This is weird and wonderful and meta and completely beyond my ability to explain.

Star Trek: You'll Get There in the End The best pon farr story from the reboot. Also the first of two stories, the second of which, War Games is long, plotty and unbelievably good. Seperis is an amazing writer and I will read her stuff in fandoms I would never otherwise read. If you want something completely out of left field try And All the Worlds Beneath which crosses Stargate Atlantis with Supernatural in a dystopian world with hints of Lovecraft.

Graduate Vulcan for Fun and Profit One of the best and funniest ST gen stories around.

It's The Grammar of the Skin H/C and Kirk/Spock/Uhura. Ninhursag does amazing noncon and H/C but it can be very graphic. Take the warnings seriously.

Strive Seek Find Yield Waldorph wrote a Kirk/Spock regency novella. It's sweet and funny and very hot.

I could go on for pages on Star Trek if you want more ;D

[c8h7n3o2]

Since I don't have anything to fit the listed fandoms... I thought I'd rec you one of my favorite Suits stories. Hope you are ok with that.

The pairing is Harvey/Mike but there is mention of Mike/OC and there are warnings for rape/abuse/non-con. Angsty h/c jewel of ~17K words.

This is posted in the Suits prompt meme as a multi chapter fill because the filler deleted their account, therefore making this the only location. All that is missing is the epilogue. It's a great story without it. You can imagine your own 4 mos. later story.

This was written off one of my many dark prompts. If you are interested (and ever feel like writing for Suits), it'd be amazing to see what you can do with my prompts. They are in an info post atop my journals both here and lj.

So without further ado, here it is. I suggest you read the prompt first. =] enjoy!

http://suitsmeme.livejournal.com/1110.html?thread=865878#t865878

[yamx]

In addition to what canaan already recced, there are some awesome fics by her she was too modest to mention. :) Actually, pretty much anything by her is awesome, but to give you a starting point:

Unconditional, the founding story of her OT3-verse, and a beautiful look at how those three become more than friends. (Not quite Nine/Jack/Rose yet, but moving there.)
And then there's Two of Wands, where an alien culture's view of humans makes Rose and Jack question their relationship with the Doctor.

Or, if you're in the mood for something really kinky, To Please and This, Too, Is Love, which involve Jack subbing to Rose and the Doctor and are some of the best BDSM stories in.... ever. The way she portrays the headspace is incredible. Smutty, but so much more than that.

If you're looking for something funny, there's honorh's Man-Whores and Wealthy Women, which had me in stitches all the way through--the Doctor and Jack get themselves into a spot of trouble, and Rose saves the day. Further, there's Asleep at the Switch by 51stcenturyfox, which manages to be incredibly funny and incredibly sexy at the same time.

All the King's Horses is a Ten and Donna (not Ten/Donna) fic by lindenharp that reads a lot like an actual episode. Very plotty and incredibly well thought-out.

wendymr has written many OT3 fics, but the one that stands out to me is the Through A Glass Darkly-series. It takes place in in Pete's world (the parallel universe Rose gets trapped in in season two). After getting stranded there, Rose finds that universe's Doctor (who is still Nine) and Jack, who both have rather different back stories than the ones she knows.

sahiya has also written a bunch of great fics. It's hard to pic just one, but because I know you like hurt/comfort, I'll go with Third Degree, a fic where Jack gets hurt in a way that makes him doubt his place in the OT3.

roachpatrol's Well, You Know... is heartbreaking and beautiful and that's all I can say without giving too much away.

And now for something completely different: Torchwood Babiez by Spastasmagoria. Can't be explained, must be seen to be believed.

I could go on, but I'm afraid between my recs and canaan's, you'll be busy for the rest of the year already. ;)

[starry_starrrz]

Couple of Holmes recs -

The Case of the Haunted Hospital by Mistress Arion. Watson gets a fright and finally sees what has been staring him in the face.

Hidden Depths by Susannah Shepherd. Watson is plagued by his war wound, Holmes cannot help but be selfish. The angst in this is glorious!

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

Yay, recs! Just checking, do you mean the 2009 Star Trek movie (which I believe is XI, not IX) or the ninth one from 1998? If it's the latter I can't help you, but if it's the former I will have great fun trying to choose my absolute favorites. :-)

I'll be back with some Sirius fic. (I assume Remus/Sirius is too non-rare for you?)

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

Okay, let's see. Here are a few non-R/S Sirius fics I've really enjoyed:

One Night in London (http://hp-cross-fest.livejournal.com/13356.html) by entrenous88 (Sirius/Charlie, NC-17, power play, spanking, dirty talk)

The Sketchbook (http://bigbangblackout.livejournal.com/14969.html) by snegurochka_lee (Sirius/Teddy, others, NC-17)

Stay (http://gypsyflame.livejournal.com/6219.html) by gypsyflame (Sirius/Draco, NC-17, dubious consent, possible underage)

'Twas Passing Strange (http://hp-nextgen-fest.livejournal.com/53159.html) by artemis_sparks (PG-13, Teddy with background Remus/Sirius, Remus/Tonks and unrequited Sirius/Teddy)

With Both Hands (http://jain.livejournal.com/65701.html) by jain (Sirius/Fred/George, NC-17, canon character death)

There are lots more where those came from, especially in the Remus/Sirius category, but I'll stop there for now. :-)

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you! For these and the others. Do you know of any Sirius/Harry?

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

You know, Sirius/Harry is one of the rare slash pairings that I am not a huge fan of for some reason, so I don't have anything off the top of my head. However, snegurochka_lee is a frequent reccer and has a Sirius/Harry (http://snegurochka-lee.livejournal.com/tag/fic%20recs%3A%20sirius%2Fharry) tag that might yield some goodies. :-)

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm back to do Star Trek. Is there anything in particular you're looking for or not looking for? Long fic vs oneshots, AU's vs. canon, etc.? For now I'll give you a sampling.

Kitchen Consequential (http://withthepilot.livejournal.com/23006.html) by withthepilot (NC-17, very long ensemble fic with Kirk/McCoy, Sulu/Chekov, Spock/Uhura and Scotty/Gaila, restaurant AU, in the running for my favorite Trek fic ever)

Asymmetry (http://canis-takahari.livejournal.com/316242.html) by canis_takahari (Kirk/McCoy, R, canon-based oneshot, gorgeous and funny and moving)

A Show of Strength (http://thistlerose.livejournal.com/1281389.html) by thistlerose (Kirk/McCoy, PG-13, oneshot, aftermath of a bad mission, a beautifully constructed fic)

Partridge Fallen From the Tree (http://severinne.livejournal.com/61529.html) by severinne (Pike/McCoy, NC-17, prostitute!McCoy fic that the author somehow manages to make plausible with canon)

Koru (spiral into you) (http://janice-lester.livejournal.com/85236.html) by janice_lester (Kirk/McCoy, NC-17, long Academy-era fic that to me is one of the finest examples out there of using sex scenes to move the characters forward emotionally)

I know this is sort of heavy on the Kirk/McCoy. Let me know if you are drawn to other pairings/characters and I'll see what I can find. :-)

[elrhiarhodan]

I like Kirk/McCoy for the reboot, but good stuff for any pairing is welcome.

Thank you so very much!

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! Because that is clearly the best pairing. Hee.

Ooh, you know what else you might like? The AU where Kirk and McCoy are both writers: Unwritten (http://ayalesca.livejournal.com/169284.html) by ayalesca (NC-17). It's long (40K) but so, so gorgeous, with lots of interesting musings on writing and stories. (Do mind the minor character death, which occurs off-screen and pre-fic but does lend an undercurrent of wistful sadness to the main narrative. Happy to tell you who it is if you think it might be a problem.)

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

Okay, one more and then I promise I'll go away. From the MMF threesome files: Listening to Hear Where You Are (http://frostfire-17.livejournal.com/139544.html) by frostfire_17 (Kirk/Spock/Uhura, NC-17, cross-dressing, HOT)

[deepbluemermaid.livejournal.com]

If you'll accept a self-rec, I wrote a series of Sherlock fics called 'Higher than reason': at AO3 (http://archiveofourown.org/series/4403) or at LJ (http://deepbluemermaid.livejournal.com/170221.html#cutid2).

[teaotter.livejournal.com]

Sherlock BBC recs, because that's a lot of what I've been reading lately:

An Act of Charity (http://wordstrings.livejournal.com/652.html#cutid1&format=light), by wordstrings. PG-13. In which what's in his head is never going to get any better, and John is nearly thrown out of his flat.

This is the first Sherlock BBC fic I read, and the first in a series (http://wordstrings.livejournal.com/2753.html) detailing John and Sherlock's gloriously mad relationship. I think The Death and Resurrection of the English Language is possibly my favorite. But I love the richness of the language and the utter insanity of it all. It feels a half-step off from the show canon to me, which I'm fond of (I didn't care for the show itself), but may put you off.

Indecorous (http://archiveofourown.org/works/204010/chapters/302679), by Basingstoke. NC-17. In which John learns to balance a kinky girlfriend, an asexual boyfriend, a ten-inch cock, his sister, the neighbours, his friends, and his blog. Some are more balanced than others.

55,000 words of kinky Sherlock/John/Mary OT3 goodness. This story probably has more joyous kink per hundred words than just about anything else I've ever read.

Undercurrents (http://archiveofourown.org/works/149206), by entanglednow. R. "There, that's it, perfect, shut your eyes and don't move - and don't speak."

This is the only story I've found tagged 'pseudo-necrophilia,' just so you know. It's as much about being the focus of someone else's utter, rapt attention as anything else.

Sherlock/White collar

[salamandersfire.livejournal.com]

Do crossovers count?

Sam Storyteller's wonderfully funny story of what happens when Sherlock comes to New York and he and Neal get together, and exactly what John and Peter make of it is brilliant. Even better there's a rematch in London....

http://www.dreamwidth.org/users/sam_storyteller/158055.html Paper Chase

http://sam-storyteller.dreamwidth.org/168353.html Rematch