Fanfic recs (Angel, Dr. Who, Farscape, Harry Potter)

[selenak]

As I won't get my copy of the new HP (thank you, Amazon, for the notification) until next week, and am not in the States, thus unable to watch the new season of BSG, I have to get my fannish Friday thrills another way. To wit, fanfiction.

Angel: Well of Static is a short and sharp story about Connor and Angel post-Not Fade Away. Very well written, and packing a punch precisely for its lack of sentimentality.

(And speaking of Connor: as I wrote to karabair recently, it occured to me that the entire Holtz, Angel and Connor situation has a strong resemblance to the one with Heathcliff, Hindley and Hareton in Wuthering Heights. And this in turn reminded me that if someone wrote WH fanfic, the Heathcliff and Hareton relationship would be the only thing I'd want to read about, the rest being amply covered by the divine Emily.)

Dr. Who: It'll Be Alright picks a character we only know the name of, Trisha Delaney (Mickey's girlfriend post-Rose) and makes her come to life; it also offers a great portrait of Mickey and Rose's friend Shireen. Just the kind of story canon can't offer because of its different focus (on the goings-on in the Tardis, natch), but fanfic can.

Farscape: "Time's Needle" is that rare thing in fanfic, a long gen story with a plot. Focusing on John and Scorpius, it gets both characters right, gives them a common goal that makes it plausible they'd work together as well as invidual agendas that make for the inevitable Farscapian twist, and uses the time travel idea well.

And officially sponsored fanfic in honour of the impending HP release: the Guardian, speculating (anyone who is as spoilerphobic as me, don't worry, this isn't a spoiler, just a guess on their part) that Dumbledore is due for execution-by-author, challenged readers to write the death of Dumbledore in the style of their favourite authors. The Arthur Conan Doyle pastiche with Snape as Holmes and Harry as Watson is especially good, but there are are lot of other gems as well.

Comments

[k-julia.livejournal.com]

As I won't get my copy of the new HP (thank you, Amazon, for the notification)

Oi, that's evil. Will you be getting it for free then? I thought that was the deal if they cannot deliver on Saturday.

I'll e-mail you about BSG as soon as I've got something.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

The thing is, I'm moving from Munich to Bamberg tomorrow, and my mail gets forwarded as well. Meaning it arrives a day later, or in that case, after the weekend.

[k-julia.livejournal.com]

Ah. Very inconvenient then, moving when HP comes out... *g*

Hope the move goes smoothly!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's not a big move in the sense that I change my adress, I'm just visiting my parents for a few weeks...

But yes, the date is inconvenient.*g*

[kernezelda]

Time's Needle is a splendid story, one I've enjoyed several times. The characterization and plot are handled very well. Have you read Reefrunner's previous cycle of stories?

Honeymoon
The Last Resort
Variations on a Theme
Flashback

[selenak.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't yet, but I will now!

[kernezelda]

I uploaded American Gothic 8, by the way, late last night; you might not have seen the post. I was going to try to do 9 today, but I somehow missed copying that episode (none of the rest, just that one) to my work computer, so it will have to wait for next week.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I saw and remain eternally grateful. Also downloading.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

And this in turn reminded me that if someone wrote WH fanfic,

Stop looking at me like that! ;)

Speaking as someone who has written Buffy fanfic in the style of Chekhov, I love the Harry Potter pastiches, thanks for the link! (might just have to go kill off Dumbledore Chekovian-ly)

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Who, me?

And by all means, kill off Dumbledore in the style of Anton C. *g*

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

I really don't have anything to say except that I've seen BSG and you (probably) haven't yet.

:P

and now i need to pull out my copy of uncle vanya.. .

[selenak.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't, you big meanie.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I had to! I hope you get to it soon. Worth waiting for is all i'll say.

Recently woken from a dream in which UPS refused to deliver my copy of HBP, and I couldn't find it anywhere, which was especially annoying because I had heard that the Immortal was a character in this book. I also ended up having a conversation with Gilderoy Lockhart at some point.