Hi. Hi there.

[minxy]

So, y'all know I'm in the middle of a big transition, right? And that, obviously, once I start posting memes it means I haven't got the time to be writing or reccing, right?

So listen, I'm sorry. It's not you, it's me and I can't keep up with my flist. So if I rarely comment on your LJ, or if you have a fic journal, or if I can't remember the last time we talked, I... might have to or might have temporarily trimmed you from the flist. Filters have not been terribly useful to me in the past, so it's all very of the moment. Lots of comms are off the watch list for the moment.

Which is all to say, every day is friending amnesty day here in Minxes World, and while I don't know how well I'll be keeping up in the next few weeks, I do have a few recs to post today. Let's try for some semblance of organized, shall we?

Fandom: Supernatural (no, I don't love it more than any other, it was just the first on the list, sheesh.)

Verbal by big_pink, lovely little curse with a twist from an incredibly skillfull author. The resolution was amazing, I thought; felt like a high mesa cliff. SPN, gen, PG-13.

This one got me with at least three different weapons: destina's The Wonder of Each Hour is contacts. Five contacts that Dean has collected over the years. And. Yes. Gen, SPN, Dean.

cofax7's answer to shaky knowledge of San Francisco in Heart is to give us a beat cop, smart and competent, sussing out the chaos in the wake of the Winchesters. She's wonderful, it's heartbreaking when the obsessive Feds step all over her good intentions. Working Theory. I like the structure of it too, though I may have drooled when her burger got cold. SPN, gen, PG.

In the fun crossover section, vaznetti's fantastic Supernatural cross with Sandman. Because the living aren't the only ones to find themselves a bit lost when the Winchesters skip town. The recovery of a sick man, a kindness remembered, and a promise kept, in her own way: The Face of the Crocodile. SPN/Sandman, Death and Mary, Death and John, gen, PG (both).

And in one of the more amazing, sexiest, gorgeously dark, non-vanilla fics I've seen, I give you: Spider Bites On All Your Lovers, which is Dean dealing with the Crossroads Demon, whether he realizes it or not. And demons are not vanilla, as the warning goes, but they tell a gorgeously dark story. By melambrosia (untrue_accounts), Dean/Crossroads Demon (het), NC-17, toys and kink, SPN, spoils for Born Under a Bad Sign as well as Crossroads.

SG-1:

This Is The Way to Grandmother's House by thassalia is reunion between friends with history, who's lives have changed and who have to work up to the intimacy of admitting the relief of reunion, if temporary. I love Cameron and Vala in Thea's hands; it's swirly and rich and wonderful. Cameron and Vala, future fic, SG-1, PG.

Witness, if you will, a wonderful gen moment set sometime in S10: It's untitled, so I'll call it Any Given Friday. Just 'cause. A boy and a girl and a dog and an early morning with company. gen, G, SG-1, Cam and Vala.

you can buy her things now but she'll never be bought is from minervacat and part of the Valentine 'verse, and I could very well have recc'd this before but folks, this is One Sexy Story. Daniel/Vala, NC-17, SG-1.

The reason I revisited that one is because minervacat recently posted the prequel Sam and Daniel fic Must Have Learned Them From A Million Stars, friendshippy and WONDERFUL SAM and in the same 'verse. It was interesting to read them in chronological order, if not in posting order, because the echoes of the conversation with Sam were felt throughout You Can Buy Her Things Now. It's probably the other way around, but it was damn skillful. PG, SG-1, Daniel and Sam.

Jack/Daniel from raqs (there is no bad here, yay!) which I shall randomly title Holiday, or Old Married Love or Yes, Old Married Love Can Totally Be a Kink, What? Or something. (Is it really A Holiday of the Oldskool Sort, Raqs? Because I'm just stumbling over unorthodox spelling used in a Serious Title. Maybe it's just me.) NC-17, Jack/Daniel, SG-1.

More Jack/Daniel (YAY, seriously) from paian, who continues to archive and organize and hand me stories I missed on a platter. This is S5, and funny, and so, so typical. you can fall for chains of gold

In a great Jack set of Five Things, Sal (troyswann) gives us Five things Jack O'Neill never told Cameron Mitchell (because some things you have to learn on your own) for rydra_wong, and seriously pitch perfect Jack. Gen, SG-1.


Farscape:

sugargroupie wrote a heartbreaking and heartmending story of going home, of Jack and John and Aeryn and D'Argo and meeting between three generations of Crightons. Loved Aeryn's awareness of her vulnerability, and since I'm knee deep in S3, it's really striking to me how she reacts to it. Back to Say Hello, Goodbye Gen (canon pairing), post-PKW, Farscape.


SGA:

Intersections, by Kaneko Damn, I marked this with an extra reccing exclamation point and now I am not remembering why just from the title. Drat. Let's go look it up: OH. THAT ONE. Yes, this is an awesome fic. It has a couple of key bullet points that I thought were masterfully done. One was that John and Rodney in this do a hell of a lot of Not Talking, which is so blazingly in character, but Kaneko tells vignettes of their past that coalesce just grandly as the story goes on until their joking about having nothing in common begins to break your heart as a reader. It's worth the extra exclamation points. SGA, pre-series through pilot, Sheppard/McKay, NC-17.

So then there's alyse's poly Equilibrium, which was pretty great story with kink with poly with guh. I loved the everyday feel of Teyla tolerating the undignified request, then the undignified reaction, then how she segues so easily into every other aspect of her life, from missing Ford to learning Ronon to John and Rodney. Teyla was wonderfully zen and Teyla and wise as all hell, even as she's learning and reassessing her relationships. Teyla/John/Rodney, poly & toys, NC-17, SGA.

The only way to chase that one is with crackfic, obviously. When John Met Rodney by bethynyc, has SGA's trademark het with slash with animals with AU with crack. This fandom does it like no other, seriously. PG rated, because crazy doesn't get an X rating around here.

And today is clearly the day for lovin' on minervacat, because I also have a rec for her The Towers On The Heights Reach To Heav'n's Own Blue, which is Cameron and John having a completely immature email catfight about sports that is marvelous on many levels. This is gen, and stands alone, but I think is also a prequel to the wonderful John/Cameron go to the world series with all of SG-1 in toe story which I'll need to track down the actual title for.

Only, I'm kind of done now. I'll find the other story tomorrow, 'kay? Kay. linnet_101 ftw! The story is Steal The Thunder From The Sky, which reminds me of a story alizarin_nyc wrote when she was playing in this sandbox. It's Everything Up To, and Including, and both of those are Sheppard/Mitchell and NC-17.

Now, seriously, go read something.

Comments

[rigel-7.livejournal.com]

The sequel to minervacat's excellent fic is called Steal The Thunder From The Sky (http://minervacat.livejournal.com/982529.html)

:D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I love you.

Also, that reminds me of a story by alizaryn_nyc that I meant to rec too. *head/desk*

[alizarin-nyc.livejournal.com]

*grabs you and SMOOOOOSHES you*

That was so fun to write. Hope that's not TMI!

Hey, I have a question for you. I was talking about a fic today and can't think of the title or author to link to the friends who then BEGGED for it. It's Sam/Rodney, where Sam fully appreciates Rodney and Rodney is wearing dog tags! and they have some great, hot sex and I think that they're on Atlantis but I'm not sure. Does that ring any bells for you? *makes puppy eyes*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Well, that's just a challenge I can't ignore! And, actually, I think you're talking about one of my favorite Sam/Rodney authors (the other being agentotter). I think your fic is eretria's A Question of Perspective; Or Reality Doesn't Always Come in Second to Fantasy (http://eretria.livejournal.com/384757.html). There is a massage, dogtags, Sam realizing she doesn't really know Rodney any more, and one of my favorite Sam tropes: a why the hell not? moment. Yes.

Hope that's your fic?

(also, more John/Cameron is NEVER TMI. They're just so pretty!)

*SMOOOOOOOSHES back* Hee!

[alizarin-nyc.livejournal.com]

That WAS the fic, and I did my duty in passing it on to others of like-minded Rodney-is-da-bomb fans.

Thank you!

More John/Cam fic... never a bad thing. I think I'll write some more.

[feather-autant.livejournal.com]

Yep, you're in the middle of Big Changes. How friggin exciting!

Nope, you're not protesting too much about SPN. Not at all. *g* As always, thanks for taking the time to do the recs! ::hugs you::

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

...I'm just saying. It was a coincidence.

Tis exciting! One week from today I leave! I must go sort through more boxes and see if I can pare down some more.

[synecdochic]

<3

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

*smootch*

(feels a little wierd to be responding to comments while I have an IM window open with you. MULTITASKING, baby! Or is that multiple personalities, I always get them confused.)

[feather-autant.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if you've found this SPN author yet. If not, you should check her out-- you know, in all your spare time. *g*

http://rei-c.livejournal.com/685721.html

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Dagnabbit. I'm trying to *trim* the flist!

*caves to pressure*

I know, it wasn't much pressure, I'm just weak for good fic.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

sending you good thoughts and big *hugs*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Hee! Love that icon of Indigo.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

thank you. he's a goof. ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Did I mention that I'm going to be living with a 3.5 lb chihuahua? Madness.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

heh heh heh...you're gonna have fun. :)

[cofax7]

awww, aren't you nice.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Well, you wrote cool stories, dude. I'm helpless in the face of such awesomeness. (reccing = a crutch. I suffer)

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Do what you have to do to stay sane, Minxy :;hugs you::

And I'm all bouncy because it's a New Episode Tonight!!! God, how long has it been?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I don't know! I do know that I got pimped into the fandom and more often than not, have company when I watch episodes, and it's a hella fantastic fannish experience. Next week I'll be mid-move and surrounded by fangrrls on SPN night and it's gonna be awesome.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I've watched it from the start and sadly David's usually at soccer so I have to watch it ALONE, then go to bed ALONE then listen for creaks and footsteps on the stairs as he comes in after midnight ::quivers::

I would love to have had company on some of the scarier ones, omg.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Heh, I can imagine! I, on the other hand, grew up with a Dad who has a birthday right around Halloween and revels in it. I know all these myths and stories from my childhood and am almost immune to the scary aspect (the gore throws me sometimes) because it feels like a cherished, if somewhat dark, faery tale come to life!

It's really too bad I havent' been able to get Dad to watch it with me much, but it's been on hiatus so often that I haven't been home to wheedle and whine. Maybe he'll watch with me tonight, though.

[sugargroupie.livejournal.com]

Hey Minx, thank you for the rec! It'll be interesting to hear your interpretation of season four, whenever you get to it.

Good luck with the transition. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I have a bunch of DVDs here, but I need to sort out changing my address, and if I'm going to keep on keeping on with the Netflix account or just find a copy of Farscape of my very own...

So many things to do, so little time.

Good luck with you too, you're in my thoughts.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Grins hugely:) That's one of the loveliest descriptions I can think of. Thank you:) And good luck with all of these changes. They sound terribly exciting:)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

They are exciting! SoCal, man. Who'da thunk I'd move down there? (Well, technically central coast, I guess.)

I do love me some good adventure.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Hee - well, you'll have to swing on down to LA and visit at some point:)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

In point of fact, I will be down there fairly often, as a very good friend from high school lives in Pasadena, so just let me know if you want company!

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

I'd love company!! E-mail me the next time you're down this way and we'll meet for drinks!!

[destina.livejournal.com]

I was about to say - hey, since when are you coming to my neighborhood??? Clearly I am not getting my memos! But now that you've clarified, I know you're Up North. *g*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Not that far! I hear SB is quite the day trip of choice for Angelinos. *subliminal message: come visit me! Come viiiiisssssiiiiiitttttt....*

[eve11]

At some point I will get caught up on Supernatural, so then I can start reading fic. But I'm only on episode 4 so far! *sighs* *bookmarks*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I was lucky, kres was pimping the show so hard she told me which episodes to skip (I can't remember which ones, but I saw the pilot, two or three others, then skipped ahead to the end of the season, like episode 15, when they hit their stride. That's a good way to do it.

And someday, I'll go back and watch all the eps from the beginning.