Blood Comes Off Easily by charlie-d-blue, (Heavy R)

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Fandom Category: The Losers
Pairing: Aisha al-Fadhil/Franklin Clay, Jolene Porteous/Linwood "Pooch" Porteous
Fic Title: Blood Comes Off Easily
Author: charlie_d_blue
Link: http://charlie-d-blue.livejournal.com/32592.html
Rating/Warning(s): Heavy R; violence, main character death.
Genre: Introspection, backstory, angst, friendship, romance.
WIP?: Complete.

Why This Must Be Read: Holy buckets this story blew my head off. So, have you ever read a story for a fandom that, afterwards, you went "...I don't ever need to read fic for this fandom ever again, because that was the story that was absolutely pitch perfect, and nothing can ever be AS perfect or AS awesome as this ever again! And it answered all my questions and did exactly what I needed it to do!" ? Because this story 1000% did that for me.

This is not an easy or a fun story to read. It's brutal and terrible, just like Aisha. To me, Aisha's greatest strength and weakness is her implacability; her loyalty and willingness to see something through, even at great personal cost. Or not. I love that the point of this is that, in the end, everyone is made up of their own choices and that, good or ill, Aisha knows this and makes them anyway.

Poll/Reminder

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The Seeds of Doubt by Sharni (PG)

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Fandom Category: Pride and Prejudice
Pairing: Elizabeth/Darcy
Fic Title:The Seeds of Doubt
Author: Sharni
Link: The Seeds of Doubt
Rating/Warning(s): PGish at most, no warnings
Genre:Slightly AUish, Romance, Fluff
WIP?: No.

Why This Must Be Read: The familiar premise of "If Darcy had brought Georgiana to Rosings with him" is given one of its best treatments here. This is a long time favorite of mine because of the care put into Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy slowly realizing how they've misjudged each other based on little evidence, and the depth of both Georgiana's character and the friendship that develops between Georgiana and Elizabeth.