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In your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create.

One.

I've already rec'd

kyele's The Marriage Bargain in an earlier post, so I'm not going to re-recommend it here, but I am going to recommend another fanwork of theirs that grabbed me by the throat and kept me on the edge of my seat for several weeks:

Tempus Fugit, and the summary (which is very accurate) doesn't do justice to the brilliant complexity of the story:

Nora is dead. The Barry from the future – the Flash from the future – is gone. If Barry wants answers, if he wants to know why his future self had waved him off of saving his mother, he’s going to have to get them from a different source. Fortunately, he knows exactly where – or, rather, when – his answers may be found. April 25, 2024.

There is also a deliciously porny timestamp, Olim, which is all about Eobard and Barry's first time on the path to their happily ever after. It's porn, yes, but deliciously achy and angsty and beautiful.

Two.

One of the most talented people I'm honored to know is

kanarek13, who fell in love with White Collar and became an artist because of that love.

She does masterful photomanipulations that take my breath away. And in the past few months, she's started creating GIFs. I can't wait until she discovers viding (hint, hint)

And she is so amazingly prolific that it's next to impossible to rec a single work, but there is one that she's created that cuts me to the bone every time I look at it: Louis, based on a comment Anne Rice made about casting for the remake of Interview with a Vampire. It's exquisite and I find myself thinking about changing out my phone's lock screen for this image (my phone's lock screen is another Kanarek masterpiece).

Three.

The third rec is for a story that is a beautifully original work and a delicious twist on Beauty and the Beast –

Icarus_Chained 's Logistically Complicated. Again, the summary, though brilliant, doesn't fully encompass the wonder of the story:

A tiny bit of a reverse Beauty & the Beast. The beautiful scholar prince of a conquered country is given in marriage to the monstrous warrior queen of their conquerors, in an effort to keep his family and his kingdom safe. It's possible that his new wife didn't expect him to be quite as pragmatic about it as he is, though. To be fair, his family didn't either.

Please take a few minutes and look at the fanworks I've rec'd here. If you like them, please leave feedback for the creators. Feeding back is such an important part of participating in fandom, and we don't do it often enough.

There are many other wonderful fanworks to rec, but time is not my friend today, so I'm limited it to three. If anyone wants personal recs for White Collar and The Flash, please don't hesitate to ask.