Basket full of recs
Mar. 2nd, 2010 09:42 amAnother one of my fannish minority things is that I like Ashes to Ashes better than Life on Mars. The fanfic situation for the former is somewhat dire, though, so imagine my delight when I found an entire post full of Ashes to Ashes fanfic recs.
The recent purimgifts exchange has produced some beautiful results, among them:
West Wing:
I'm blushing on the inside: in which Ainsley pwns Josh Lyman.
On open door policy: about Toby and Andrea, who beat Jack Bristow and Irina Derevko for being my favourite pair of m/f exes still carrying a torch.
The Merchant of Venice:
An Unthrift Love: in which Jessica lights candles. Short and beautiful.
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rozk has recently posted two fantastic English versions of poems by Heinrich Heine, one of my favourites. Great to read if you don't know a single word of German and if you're familiar with the Heine originals!
And back to fanfiction:
Merlin:
A Gwen centric OT4 frienship story, on the occasion of the late Tom's birthday.
and arise, a knight: Arthur plans. Gwen helps. Morgana snarks. Post-2.02, has a great working-for-change-for-Camelot theme.
Mending the Wounds: starts directly after the season 2 finale: Gwen, Merlin and Arthur pick up the pieces and try to mend things, not least each other. A story that hits various soft spots of mine - again, working together for the greater good is a big theme; it does justice to the tension between everyone, as well as their affection to each other (Gwen and Merlin, Merlin and Arthur, Gwen and Arthur), and it twists the usual expection by letting Gwen find out about Merlin's abilities first.
Your heart is phosphor: Five times Gwen and Arthur's relationship changed. More post-season 2, and very plausible.
The recent purimgifts exchange has produced some beautiful results, among them:
West Wing:
I'm blushing on the inside: in which Ainsley pwns Josh Lyman.
On open door policy: about Toby and Andrea, who beat Jack Bristow and Irina Derevko for being my favourite pair of m/f exes still carrying a torch.
The Merchant of Venice:
An Unthrift Love: in which Jessica lights candles. Short and beautiful.
On non-fanfiction note,
rozk has recently posted two fantastic English versions of poems by Heinrich Heine, one of my favourites. Great to read if you don't know a single word of German and if you're familiar with the Heine originals! And back to fanfiction:
Merlin:
A Gwen centric OT4 frienship story, on the occasion of the late Tom's birthday.
and arise, a knight: Arthur plans. Gwen helps. Morgana snarks. Post-2.02, has a great working-for-change-for-Camelot theme.
Mending the Wounds: starts directly after the season 2 finale: Gwen, Merlin and Arthur pick up the pieces and try to mend things, not least each other. A story that hits various soft spots of mine - again, working together for the greater good is a big theme; it does justice to the tension between everyone, as well as their affection to each other (Gwen and Merlin, Merlin and Arthur, Gwen and Arthur), and it twists the usual expection by letting Gwen find out about Merlin's abilities first.
Your heart is phosphor: Five times Gwen and Arthur's relationship changed. More post-season 2, and very plausible.
