Crystallized, by raz0rgirl

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Fandom Category: Batman Beyond (cartoon)
Pairing: Maxine Gibson/Terry McGinnis
Fic Title: Crystallized
Author: raz0rgir
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/141937
Rating/Warning(s): mature
Genre: post-series,
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: I love the idea of Max becoming a kind of cross between Alfred & Oracle for Terry. Because it was refreshing to see a female POC given such a strong role in a cartoon, and I always was vastly more interested in Terry's relationship with Maxine than with Dana. This show is old, but I figure if there's any fans, the revival of TDKR to the Batman fandom might interest people. This show was interesting while it lasted, and I loved this author's look into Maxine's character.

"You won't follow leads by yourself anymore, period, Miss Gibson. But that's not why I'm asking you to do this. When I first set out to become Batman, I left Gotham. Traveled. Sought out people who could help me learn what I needed to know. Terry needs to stay in Gotham and be Batman. He can't leave, so I need you to. You're a creative thinker with impressive intuitive analysis skills, Miss Gibson, but there's more to detective work than that. With your grades and your test scores, I have no doubt that you would have managed to fund a world-class education one way or another. But what I'm offering you is more than the degrees. I will introduce you to people who will help you become a great detective—someone who can really help Terry. But I need you to do it the right way. It will be your choice, and you can change your mind at any time. But if you want this, this is the way it will happen."

She's about to respond when he says, "One more thing. If you do this, you are not to tell Terry about it until you're done with your training."

"I don't think I can lie to him, Mr. Wayne," she says, frowning. "And more to the point, I don't want to."

"You'd be surprised," he says, and she knows it's not something he'll change his mind about.

I hold with those who favor fire, by kaydeefalls

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Fandom Category: Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Pairing: Snow White/The Huntsman
Fic Title: I hold with those who favor fire
Author: kaydeefalls
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/450849
Rating/Warning(s): mature
Genre: post-film
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: A great three-dimensional look at Snow White that examines her journey and does a fantastic job at expanding on the source material. The writing is very crisp and engaging, and I like how the author develops the relationship between Snow White and the Huntsman.

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lions for lambs by honey_wheeler (M)

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I apologize that I have been so terrible at staggering these fics. :/ I have them all compiled, and will be sure to get them all out this last week of August. 

Fandom Category: A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Pairing: Brienne of Tarth/Jamie Lannister
Fic Title: lions for lambs
Author: honey_wheeler
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/260669
Rating/Warning(s): M; explicit sex; spoilers through A Storm of Swords
Genre: Romance, Smut
WIP?: No

Special Rec: 11/21

Why This Must Be Read: This is an absolutely brilliant and thoughtful characterization of Jaime and the way he sees Brienne.  Love and lust, affection and desire all mix together perfectly in this fic.

There is no yielding here, no soft surrender. She loves like she fights: fiercely, deliberately, whole-heartedly. She shares none of Cersei’s womanly affectations, none of her prettiness. Brienne grunts where Cersei would have moaned, hisses where Cersei would have sighed.

Shipper's Manifesto: Helen Magnus/Will Zimmerman

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Fandom: Sanctuary
Pairing: Helen Magnus/Will Zimmerman
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