[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: Greek Mythology
Pairing: Aphrodite/Ares
Fic Title: Ionic, Doric, Corinthian, Agony
Author: [livejournal.com profile] psychomachia
Link: http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/40/ionicdoric.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13 / sex, incest, infidelity
Genre: Romance, Humor
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 10/30

Why This Must Be Read: Ares and Aphrodite are nowhere near my favorite couple in Greek mythology, but this author does an amazing job with them; keeping their selfishness, immaturity, and narcissism completely intact and not attempting to soften their rougher edges. The narrator has a very distinct voice and the dark humor of the piece really shines through, the tone really fits these two and makes you give their romance a second look.

If you asked them how they hooked up, they'll tell you they don't remember a time when they weren't. They've always been a couple. No matter where they go, what they do, who they fuck, they're together.

They could try to stop, but they don't want to. They'll never really want to.

After all, the sex is still amazing.
[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: Peter Pan
Pairing: Wendy Darling/Peter Pan
Fic Title: Cinderella Syndrome
Author: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4833467/1/Cinderella_Syndrome
Rating/Warning(s): G / none
Genre: Drama
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 9/30

Why This Must Be Read: Because they're such a tragic pair; Wendy grows up and leaves the dreams of her childhood and Peter behind. They belong to two different worlds, and no matter what Wendy or Peter might feel for one another this is the only way their story could end.

"Once upon a time," she says quietly, hesitantly, "There was boy."
[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: The Social Network
Pairing: Erica Albright/Tyler Winklevoss, Erica Albright/Cameron Winklevoss
Fic Title: the finish line
Author: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Link: http://vinylroad.livejournal.com/135441.html
Rating/Warning(s): NC-17 / sex, polyamory, implied incest
Genre: Romance, Character Study
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 8/30

Why This Must Be Read: Erica never interacts with either of the Winklevoss twins in canon, but this author made me believe in her relationship with both Cameron and Tyler in this piece. In the little that we saw of her in the movie I just adored Erica and she's written so perfectly here; seeing the twins through her eyes was fascinating. Everyone should read this story because it's hot, and thought provoking, and because Erica likes guys who row crew.

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[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: Angel
Pairing: Lilah Morgan/Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Fic Title: The Ninth Circle
Author: Mess
Link: http://archive.shriftweb.org/archive/8/theninth.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13 / none
Genre: Character Study, Angst
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 7/30

Why This Must Be Read: Because this story has one of the greatest first lines I've ever read in fan fiction. This author's characterization of Wesley is just amazing with the all the bitterness of the man seen in the later seasons of Angel. A clever piece about the nature of evil that everyone should read.

Maybe that is why he feels disturbingly at home with a whiskeysoaked agent of Hell than with the ones to whom he should confess and draw penance. Maybe that is why he prefers not to think about that or talk about that but just let this particular state of being slowly take him over. Like blood poisoning. It will be softer, if he can fall on her. He cannot be dark if she is darker.

Her grin is sickening. He cannot see it, for it is marking lipstick into his pillow, but it's sickening nonetheless. Because he knows her. "See now? I know you could be reasonable. Once you apply that brain of yours to something other than prophecies or fucking you're actually not as deluded as I'd originally thought."
[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: White Collar
Pairing: Alex Hunter/Neal Caffrey
Fic Title: the law of diminishing returns
Author: [livejournal.com profile] gigglemonster
Link: http://gigglemonster.livejournal.com/223609.html
Rating/Warning(s): R / sex
Genre: Angst, Alternate Universe
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 6/30

Why This Must Be Read: Alex's relationship with Neal is just so intriguing in canon and the author's exploration of their dynamic in this piece and the baggage they both bring to the relationship rings true from the show and after reading this story I really wish there was more of this pairing out there.

This isn’t the first time they’ve had this fight.

It’s the vase that shatters at her feet that stops her mid-sentence. She glares at him, all sarcastic astonishment and frustration. A sigh that tells him he’s worse than a child throwing a tantrum. Her boots crunch over broken glass and she slams the door.

She promises herself it’s the last time she’ll let him burn this bridge.
[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: The Princess Bride
Pairing: Buttercup/Westley
Fic Title: The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Westley and Buttercup
Author: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Link: http://atrata.dreamwidth.org/91028.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13 / character death, violence
Genre: Tragedy, Angst, Apocalypse
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 5/30

Why This Must Be Read: Why is it that it's always the characters and happy fandoms of your childhood that always hit you the hardest when something goes horribly wrong? This story made me cry. For Westley and Buttercup there are no happy endings, and your heart can't help but break for them.

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[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: The Office
Pairing: Pam Beesley/Jim Halpert
Fic Title: Sometimes Co-Workers Use It For Sex
Author: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Link: http://valiant.livejournal.com/43194.html
Rating/Warning(s): NC-17 / sex
Genre: PWP
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 4/30

Why This Must Be Read: This piece is so dirty, especially for a pairing that doesn't really get that much smut written about it fandom wise. Pam and Jim would totally have sex on Dwight's desk just to mess with him, it's just so them.

Probably the correct phrasing would be: Jim and Pam end up doing it on Dwight's desk again. For the second time. That day.
[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: Teyla Emmagan/Michael Kenmore
Fic Title: The Human Stain
Author: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Link: http://tevere.livejournal.com/7165.html
Rating/Warning(s): Explicit / sex, consent issues, spoilers for Michael
Genre: Angst, Missing Scene
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 3/30

Why This Must Be Read: Teyla is written so wonderfully here. Her guilt about deciding to use the retrovirus and her mixed feelings of pity, fear, and attraction towards Michael are all on full display in this piece. She knows how wrong this is, that no matter how kindly Michael treats her and how hard he tries to act the part he is simply not human and never will be.

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[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: Iron Man
Pairing: Pepper Potts/Tony Stark
Fic Title: Benefit Limitation Agreement
Author: [livejournal.com profile] quigonejinn
Link: http://quigonejinn.livejournal.com/157114.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG / none
Genre: Humor
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 2/30

Why This Must Be Read: This piece is crack!fic at its best, with Tony and Pepper deciding to put into writing the particulars of their evolving relationship and what exactly constitutes proper workplace behavior.

This Benefit Limitation Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of this 19th day of July, 2008 (the "Execution Date"), by and between VIRGINIA ELIZABETH POTTS, a natural person residing at 3948 Garden Drive, Apartment 138, Pacific Palisades, California, 90272, and ANTHONY EDWARD STARK, a natural person residing at 12 Andrews Street, Malibu, California 90263.
[identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com
Fandom Category: Battlestar Galactica
Pairing: Six/Gaius Baltar
Fic Title: Rational(e)
Author: [livejournal.com profile] butterflykiki
Link: http://bsg2003fics.livejournal.com/1563.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13 / none
Genre: Angst
WIP?: No
Special Rec: 1/30

Why This Must Be Read: The way this author writes Gaius Baltar just feels so true to the character. His thought processes, his selfishness, and the way he wonders about his lack of guilt and whether or not that signifies that he might not even be human anymore. And as always, Six is there with her non-answers and the absolute certainty that God has a plan and that Gaius will always be hers.

He hates her more than he has ever loved anyone else, quite possibly including himself.

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