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thefourthvine) wrote2004-06-04 02:51 pm
thefourthvine) wrote2004-06-04 02:51 pm
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Slashy Nominations 50: More Than Two Backs in a Bed
An actual, real relationship is generally not PWP. It affects other people, for one thing - friends, family, former lovers. And this is a set of stories that acknowledges that fact - a set of threesomes that aren't what we usually mean by that word.
Best FF That Only Features Sex in Retrospect: Kowalski Is Bleeding, by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cesperanza. Due South, Benton Fraser/Raymond Kowalski, Ray Vecchio/Stella Kowalski. This is one of my favorite due South stories ever, right here, but I've hesitated to recommend it. Yes, there's the aspect that probably everyone in the world has read it already. But there's also this: the characters are a little different here, and I'm not sure how a die-hard dS fan might take that. To me, this is the perfect version of them, though. Here we have a Fraser whose interior monologue is, shall we say, not quite as perfect as he forces his appearance to be, a RayK who is a little broken and a lot bitey, and a dislocated RayV. It's right that they should be like this, at least to me. And it's even more right that the story is told this way - there are two sexual relationships here, yes, but the focus is actually on a third relationship, the friendship of the real Vecchio and Fraser. Vecchio's not a bad guy, here; he's a real friend and a good cop and a decent human being. Don't see why this is a threesome story? Go read it.
Best FF That Shows Why Mothers Should Never Try to Interfere with Their Children's Romantic Pursuits: Sundress, byrhoddlet. Harry Potter, Ginny/Hermione. This is a short story and an excruciating one, at least for me. Rhoddlet seems to have a way with Ron, and that's what I come back to again and again in this story. It's a happy ending, at least in the short term, for two people, but I can't say "Yay!" because there's also Ron. Who is painfully in love - and look how she shows us that with just a few details - and who is not going to get what he wants. Ouch.
Best FF That Proves That the Marvel Universe Should Be Looking for a Few Good Psychiatrists: The Elevator Series - Going Down, Suspension, Second Story, and Underground Levels, by shalott,astolat. X-Men movies, Magneto/Mystique/Xavier. I've recommended "Going Down" before, but I was remiss in not giving you the whole story. This particular triad is, well, twisted; it's also the perfect example of triangulation. Xavier and Magneto can only express their feelings for each other through a third person, and what a perfect third person Magneto has found: Mystique. But it really is all about Erik and Charles; she's the medium and the message, nothing more. For me, the story doesn't end in "Underground Levels," partly because I don't want it to, but partly because I think Mystique is wrong. I think her estimation of Magneto is wrong - not entirely, but just enough that her scenario won't play out. So, for me, shalott's story Pilgrimage is actually the last in this series. That's just my opinion - she probably wouldn't agree - but this is how I see the twisted tale ending.
Best FF in Which Shirt Selection Is Both a Metaphor and a Transition: One Hundred Thousand Miles, byalestar. X-Men comics, Bobby Drake/Pete Wisdom. And, very present in this story though he doesn't make an actual appearance, Remy Le Beau. (For those of you not familiar with the comics: Bobby is Iceman, but a grown up one, unlike in the movie. Remy is Gambit, an X person and an energy manipulator. Pete Wisdom is, coincidentally enough, Pete Wisdom, a spy and also an energy manipulator. That's all you need to know to read this story.) Bobby's got some issues to work out, and a shirt to wear. I like this story 'cause it's real. We all do stupid things for reasons we don't quite understand. And sometimes those stupid things actually work. I also like this because the Bobby/Remy pairing never quite worked for me. When I read "One Hundred Thousand" I realized why. As usual, Alestar has got the X-folks in the palm of her hand and perfectly in character.
Best FF That Only Features Sex in Retrospect: Kowalski Is Bleeding, by
cesperanza. Due South, Benton Fraser/Raymond Kowalski, Ray Vecchio/Stella Kowalski. This is one of my favorite due South stories ever, right here, but I've hesitated to recommend it. Yes, there's the aspect that probably everyone in the world has read it already. But there's also this: the characters are a little different here, and I'm not sure how a die-hard dS fan might take that. To me, this is the perfect version of them, though. Here we have a Fraser whose interior monologue is, shall we say, not quite as perfect as he forces his appearance to be, a RayK who is a little broken and a lot bitey, and a dislocated RayV. It's right that they should be like this, at least to me. And it's even more right that the story is told this way - there are two sexual relationships here, yes, but the focus is actually on a third relationship, the friendship of the real Vecchio and Fraser. Vecchio's not a bad guy, here; he's a real friend and a good cop and a decent human being. Don't see why this is a threesome story? Go read it.Best FF That Shows Why Mothers Should Never Try to Interfere with Their Children's Romantic Pursuits: Sundress, by
rhoddlet. Harry Potter, Ginny/Hermione. This is a short story and an excruciating one, at least for me. Rhoddlet seems to have a way with Ron, and that's what I come back to again and again in this story. It's a happy ending, at least in the short term, for two people, but I can't say "Yay!" because there's also Ron. Who is painfully in love - and look how she shows us that with just a few details - and who is not going to get what he wants. Ouch.Best FF That Proves That the Marvel Universe Should Be Looking for a Few Good Psychiatrists: The Elevator Series - Going Down, Suspension, Second Story, and Underground Levels, by shalott,
astolat. X-Men movies, Magneto/Mystique/Xavier. I've recommended "Going Down" before, but I was remiss in not giving you the whole story. This particular triad is, well, twisted; it's also the perfect example of triangulation. Xavier and Magneto can only express their feelings for each other through a third person, and what a perfect third person Magneto has found: Mystique. But it really is all about Erik and Charles; she's the medium and the message, nothing more. For me, the story doesn't end in "Underground Levels," partly because I don't want it to, but partly because I think Mystique is wrong. I think her estimation of Magneto is wrong - not entirely, but just enough that her scenario won't play out. So, for me, shalott's story Pilgrimage is actually the last in this series. That's just my opinion - she probably wouldn't agree - but this is how I see the twisted tale ending. Best FF in Which Shirt Selection Is Both a Metaphor and a Transition: One Hundred Thousand Miles, by
alestar. X-Men comics, Bobby Drake/Pete Wisdom. And, very present in this story though he doesn't make an actual appearance, Remy Le Beau. (For those of you not familiar with the comics: Bobby is Iceman, but a grown up one, unlike in the movie. Remy is Gambit, an X person and an energy manipulator. Pete Wisdom is, coincidentally enough, Pete Wisdom, a spy and also an energy manipulator. That's all you need to know to read this story.) Bobby's got some issues to work out, and a shirt to wear. I like this story 'cause it's real. We all do stupid things for reasons we don't quite understand. And sometimes those stupid things actually work. I also like this because the Bobby/Remy pairing never quite worked for me. When I read "One Hundred Thousand" I realized why. As usual, Alestar has got the X-folks in the palm of her hand and perfectly in character.
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This is the unfiltered batch of anything rare and litflavored, not what eventually makes the recs...
http://cotillion.slashcity.org/efic/viewstory.php?sid=28
http://www.rightthisway.net/cimorene/hp/forenglandhomeandbeauty.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/contrelamontre/572085.html#cutid1
http://www.livejournal.com/community/contrelamontre/568330.html#cutid1
http://www.queerasjedi.com/helens/nonfan/atlas01.html
http://www.britslash.co.uk/sue/lucifer.htm
http://cotillion.slashcity.org/efic/viewstory.php?sid=1697
http://www.livejournal.com/community/contrelamontre/580379.html
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ntamara/211330.html?#cutid1
http://www.livejournal.com/users/eponis/178934.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/contrelamontre/597457.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/sparrington/44343.html
http://prillalar.com/fic/stories/000167.php
http://www.livejournal.com/users/yahtzee63/80206.html
http://www.livejournal.com/users/almostnever/137831.html?mode=reply
http://www.livejournal.com/community/contrelamontre/555995.html#cutid1
http://www.livejournal.com/community/troyslash/
http://www.imjustsayin.net/silverlake/lindamarie-scandalous.html
http://www.livejournal.com/users/copperbadge/383273.html?#cutid1
http://www.squidge.org/~marycrawford/fiction/swordsagainstdreams.html
http://www.livejournal.com/users/pauraque/92519.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/contrelamontre/624701.html?#cutid1
http://www.livejournal.com/community/contrelamontre/626300.html?#cutid1
http://www.digitalcandy.net/users/glorious/040504.htm
http://www.livejournal.com/community/contrelamontre/628481.html?#cutid1
The Master's is in the Social Sciences in Education, essentially a vocational degree to allow me to continue my career advancement. I should have it in one week if I pass Tuesday's stats exam and clean up my big project nice. ::dusts hands::
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I think the good things to know about reccers is what their tastes are and what their recs structure is - do they let lower-quality fic through if it has a high smut ratio (I am certainly guilty!) Are they into "atmospheric" fic that are all lyrical and shit? Do they specialize in certain pairings/genres (angsty, teacher/student, etc.)? Do they give quotes from the fic, or explain why they liked it? Do they note the drawbacks of less-than-perfect fic? Do they remember to cite fandom, pairing, rating for each fic? Are they prolific? That sort of thing. I mean, I don't like
By these standards, I'm not a v. good reccer myself, of course - I prefer more infomration than I give a reader about why a fic is good, why the reccer liked it. But I am too lazy to be thorough, a personality trait that carries over into almost all my life activities.
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