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...and here are a first bunch of fanfic recs, one dazed night later.

Pieces of the Dead (Farscape/Babylon 5): Second season Stark meets post-show Lyta and G'Kar. I always wanted to read (more, beyond that one story JMS wrote) about Lyta's and G'Kar's adventures, and this take on both of them is fantastic. Stark is rendered very well, too.

Intersection (Crusade/Firefly): ask for Max Eilerson long enough, and you'll get him. This was the story I received, and fun it is, too, with Max being the dubious best hope Serenity has of getting home.

Lopped-off Asparagus Spears (Babylon 5/Futurama): every now and then, a crossover works perfectly despite one not knowing the crossed over character in question. This is the case with me here. I never saw a single episode of Futurama. But this tale of Londo Mollari getting a robot for a gift still was lovely to read.

Going Home (Farscape/Dr. Who): John Crichton meets another human in space, to wit, Rose Tyler. Great take on John and Rose, with one personal irritant - I dislike accents written in fanfic, and the author has Rose dropping her hs. But the characterisation makes up for it.

They also serve, who only stand and wait (Star Wars/ Farscape/ Battlestar Galactica): a triple crossover pulled off terrifically. Set in the prequel era, which in itself makes the prequel fangirl in me happy, this one has Padmè, post-TPM, hiring two new bodyguards, one Aeryn Sun and one Sharon Valerii, both for their own reasons looking for a new life.

The Magical Sum We Were (BSG/ Dr. Who): Laura Roslin and the Doctor. There is a poetry in the rendition which makes me suspect the author, but no matter whether or not I'm right with my guess, I love the take on Laura through her life, from young woman to the s2 finale, and the Doctor weaving in and out of it.

Outside In (Dr. Who/Alien): very different in tone, no less intense: the post-Time War Ninth Doctor, trying to be free of ambiguities, teams up with Ripley. Ripley8, as it were, the one from Alien: Resurrection, which as I thought she was a fascinating character (both decidedly not identical and yet still a part of the Ellen Ripley we know from the other Alien movies, and probably Sigourney Weaver's best performance in that role) makes me happy and slap my head, because the similarities between the Doctor's various regenerations and Ripley had not occured to me before.

Off to read more stories...