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thassalia's (instigated by

leadensky) Thelma and Louise friendship ficathon is really fantastic. There are amazing stories being posted there and the novelty of seeing characters rarely written together is incredibly charming for me. In half of these stories characters that really ought to have met are put in the same room and just allowed to talk, and it's grand. They fall into two categories that I can see:

Women from the same series:

rydra_wong posted the Sha're & Sam (and Janet, actually) fic (Scotoma). I beta'd this, so obviously I am biased, but there are few fics (

teand's obviously, but then that was an influence) that recognise Sha're as a person apart from Daniel, let alone the only host to directly override a Goa'uld, or a woman who taught herself to read when it was forbidden, or who approached a marriage to an alien with bravery and adaptability and who was teacher and rebellion organizer and was underestimated by almost everyone who ever knew her. The woman was also, not incidently, amazingly emotionally intelligent. How can you not be curious about how she'd fare at the SGC if they'd actually managed to free her? It's such an amazing premise, and RW worked it. For sarahjane, PG? Seriously, I've been so looking forward to you guys being able to see this fic.

From the X-men Movie 'Verse, a marvelous Marie & Raven friendship post X3. A lot of psychological complexity packed into such a short piece: where the physical change wasn't enough to erase who they had become or what they knew, and each dealt with the inability to truly pass in their own way, Marie is just a lot more subtle about it. Prelude by

boofadil. PG-13.

isabellesmuse wrote Of Belonging to Another for RW in SG-1, and three women who form a rather exclusive club. What is interesting to me is the exploration of lingering effects and coping mechanisms and respect for each other, without ever implying weakness. Sarah & Sam & Vala.

In Firefly, Inara and River:

thassalia's Treading on the Toes of a Grimm Reality where River is given rhyme and reason, the better to be understood by the reader, but no less complex to her shipmates. Inara's tenderness for her is great.

Also Shunda (

sugargroupie) has a Farscape fic, I believe, but she's warned for eps I haven't seen yet (thank you) so I'm bookmarking for my own benefit. Y'all can just go tell her she's wonderful, though, because I'm sure the writing is. Shake Loose, PG.

Then there are crossovers: women characters who really ought to meet.

Firefly crossover with Stargate: Replicarter goes head to head with River and Zoe. OMG, I'm so sorry, that was a terrible pun. Along Came a Spider by

liminalliz for Cofax, I'd give it PG-13, because it's walking a dangerous line, but they're all accustomed to that and deft at it.

cofax7 has posted a fantastic Firefly/Farscape crossover too for Thea (Contredanse) in which Aeryn and Zoe are wonderful and there are witty subtitles to the chapter headings.

Great trend, eh? Aeryn and Sam, post PKW (a couple of spoilers snuck in there for S3 and 4, I think. I'm forgetting I read them now) I like that Sam offers company and silence and sports, and that combination is cathartic for Aeryn. Ordinary World from sarahjane (

thehallway) links to other parts of the series.

Right, outside that amazing collections of stories, there are some others I'd like to point to.

The not work-safe Mitchell/Sheppard Retrograde fic (Expatriate) from

ltlj that I mentioned yesterday, if you were paying attention to anything other than the happyflailingbouncing behavior. John so broken is an amazing starting place, and Cam has always been intuitively cued into keeping him feeling safe even while totally invading his personal space (at least, in LTLJ's 'verse), so here they take it a bit farther in the name of protecting each other and it's amazing that they maintain their easy attitudes all while being accidently really turned on. I kinda love those two together. NC-17, John/Cam, Retrograde 'verse, might stand alone.

I've read through all the Sam/Jack I was given a direct link for, and now I'm going to sort through a couple of the authors that I was recc'd. Will get a post all it's own sometime this weekend since I've got the S3 Farscape discs and it was a cliffhangeromg that I really want to see the resolution to. So, after that.

Discussed amid the S/J fic, though, was a great Daniel in absentia gen fic about trying to replace him during S6 (Numerology by Random, which I loved for each failure teaching Jack something of what exactly Daniel had been to him, even as he refuses to grieve outright. It's amazing stubborn, smart, hurting Jack. Gen, PGish? S6.

mmmchelle wrote a commentary for a John/Rodney S1 hiatus fic, that I found fascinating on a number of levels. I love those things. Commentary for A Better Dream. In which she once again demonstrates a deft understanding of trauma, psychology and the complexities of healing and physical and verbal communication. Plus, wonderful complex family dynamics too.

Two more John/Rodney: An Aliens Drugged Them So They'd Do It But They're NOBLE... um. Everything But Temptation.

amific. Good nobility with revelation. NC-17.

Also Kid A from

cesperanza. First time, glorious first time. NC-17.