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Last week went pretty well but I am really looking forward to seeing more of you share what you have been reading with us in the comments this week. If my tumblr dash is any indication Good Omens and the Magnus Archives are generating a lot of new content!

Date: 2019-06-21 07:51 pm (UTC)
nyctanthes: (Dana)
From: [personal profile] nyctanthes
Two fics I've recently enjoyed. Once I started reading them, I didn't stop until I was done!


Every Day's Most Quiet Need (22300 words) by tiltedsyllogism
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elizabeth MacMillan & Jack Robinson, Phryne Fisher & Elizabeth MacMillan, Phryne Fisher/Jack Robinson, Phryne Fisher/Elizabeth MacMillan
Characters: Elizabeth MacMillan, Phryne Fisher, Jack Robinson, Jane Ross, Carlos the dance teacher, Dorothy "Dot" Williams, Raymond Hirsch, Tobias Butler
Additional Tags: Friendship, Romance, Friendship/Love, Character Study, Angst, Pining, Nontraditional relationships, Clothing, women's clothing, men's clothing, hats in particular, Drinking, Sex, the general indulgence of vices, The Adventurers Club, Canon Compliant, the past didn't go anywhere, self-knowledge


Summary: Doctor Elizabeth Macmillan does not traffick in regrets. Hers is an exceptionally pleasurable and useful life, made complete (if it wasn’t before) by her dear friend Phryne’s return to Melbourne. And if Mac occasionally longs for a time before her friend became somehow distracted by the stiff shoe that is Inspector Jack Robinson— well, one must always endure some bad with the good. Any wise person knows this, and Mac has earned her share of wisdom.

She’s wrong about all of it, of course. And maybe there are worse things than being wrong.

****

Commenter's note: Really well written and nuanced, with a strong emphasis on friendship. No one is right, no one is wrong.

****

The Wildways (45465 words) by Tangerine
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men (Comicverse)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Julio Richter/Shatterstar
Characters: Shatterstar (Marvel), Julio Richter, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Pirate, Alternate Universe - Historical, Golden Age of Piracy, Period Typical Attitudes, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapping, Abuse, Cruelty, Implied/Referenced Torture


Summary: When an unknown man is kidnapped by the captain and crew of The Wildways under the cover of night, Shatterstar becomes entangled with the man's fate and begins to discover the true measure of himself, whether he wants to or not.

****

Commenter's note: A Pirate AU that works perfectly.

****

Date: 2019-06-21 08:12 pm (UTC)
tentacleduck: Picture of pink rubberducky with tentacles on their head (TentacleDuck)
From: [personal profile] tentacleduck
Oh, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, that sounds tempting!

Date: 2019-06-21 08:09 pm (UTC)
tentacleduck: Picture of pink rubberducky with tentacles on their head (TentacleDuck)
From: [personal profile] tentacleduck
Yep, still reading Good Omens fic. This one is definitely a bit on the angsty side, but very good. And Neil Gaiman's influence can be found in more than one way:

how big the hourglass, how deep the sand (27557 words) by Handful_of_Silence
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Life After the Apocalypse, Kidnapping, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, co-dependancy, Mutual Pining, Nobody Uses Their Words Properly, The South Downs Retirement Dream™, Imprisonment, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), BAMF Aziraphale (Good Omens), Determined Crowley, After All This They Deserve a Little Cottage and a Spring Wedding, Angst with a Happy Ending, Domestic Fluff
Series: Part 1 of how deep the sand
Summary:

After the Apocalypse, and with characteristic slowness, both Crowley and Aziraphale think there might be something they need to sit down and talk about.

And then Aziraphale disappears.

Date: 2019-06-22 08:54 am (UTC)
thady: (Utena  -  Utena chibi)
From: [personal profile] thady
I have many stories to share this week:

I think I only read the beginning back when this story was posted. Given the years this story holds up very well:

All The Leaves Are Brown (And the sky is gray) (17424 words) by AvocadoLove
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Iron Man (Movies), Iron Man - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Howard Stark, Pepper Potts
Additional Tags: Kid Fic, Kidnapping, Parent Bucky Barnes, Howard Stark's Bad Parenting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Kid Tony Stark, Kid Tony
Summary:

The Winter Soldier's mission is nearly complete. Howard and Maria Stark are dead, leaving him to dispatch their four-year-old child. One quick twist of the neck is all it will take, but the Soldier finds he cannot do it.

So instead of killing Tony Stark, the Winter Soldier takes him away to raise as his own.



And I'm still reading Check Please! stories by the truckload. These I have enjoyed last week:

First, one rare pairing. I really enjoyed Shitty's characterization here, and his interaction with Kent:

angles of unfair advantage (13191 words) by misandrywitch
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shitty Knight/Kent Parson, Past Kent Parson/Jack Zimmermann - Relationship, background Shitty Knight/Lardo Duan
Characters: Kent "Parse" Parson, Shitty Knight, Larissa "Lardo" Duan, Jack Zimmermann, jack isn't actually in it but they talk about him
Additional Tags: Spring Break, canon-typical alcohol use
Summary:

“Tequila or bust,” Kent says. He turns a little and smiles, right corner of his mouth, at Shitty. His teeth are very white and his eyes are a hard color to pin down but they’re picking up the shifting neon lights in the room.


Uh oh, Shitty thinks. Oh, fuck.



One Jack/Kent, future!fic. I really liked Kent's voice here. (Please mind that the rough sex is consensual, but not really negotiated.)

the dice were loaded from the start (19410 words) by coyotesuspect
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kent "Parse" Parson/Jack Zimmermann
Characters: Kent "Parse" Parson, Jack Zimmermann, Jack Zimmermann's Parents
Additional Tags: Pining, Road Trips, Huddling For Warmth, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Getting Back Together, Rough Sex, Face Slapping, Endgame Jack Zimmermann/Kent Parson, Past Eric "Bitty" Bittle/Jack Zimmermann
Summary:


Kent can’t help it. He starts to laugh. This whole situation is fucked. He should have stayed in Boston. He should never have left Vegas in the first place. He’d figured it would be awkward to see Jack at the party, but he didn’t think he’d end up freezing to death with the guy in Vermont. He guesses there’s a certain sick poetry to that. Every time he’s made a calculated risk involving Jack, he’s gotten burned. He’s not accounting for all the variables correctly, like the fact that the universe hates him.


“Kent.” Jack’s hand lands heavily on his back. He shakes him. “Come on. Kenny. Get it together.”


“I’m going to kill you,” says Kent, into his hands. “I am literally going to murder you, Jack Zimmermann.”


“No, you’re not,” mutters Jack. “You need me for body warmth.”


Or: Kent gets invited to the book launch for Bad Bob's autobiography. Things don't exactly go as planned.



Three Derek "Nursey" Nurse/Willam "Dex" Pointdexter, all three of them deal with some homophobia. Especially the first one. There's also strained/deteoriating relationships with parents. Please don't hesitate to ask me for more details.

far side of the sea (12838 words) by i_kinda_like_writing
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter
Characters: William "Dex" Poindexter, Derek "Nursey" Nurse, Chris "Chowder" Chow, Caitlin Farmer, Samwell Men's Hockey Team
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Misunderstandings, Miscommunication, Religion, Religious Conflict, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Vacation, Underage Drinking, Homophobia, Sort Of, First Kiss, Kissing, Gay, very gay, Angst, Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending, Awkwardness, Dib Flip
Summary:

“Hey, man,” Nursey said, and Dex took the coffee from him. “So, like, Spring Break.”
Dex took a sip of his coffee and raised his eyebrows over the cup at Nursey. “What about Spring Break?”
“My parents have this house in Spain, right on the water, and it’s empty.”
*~*
Or, Dex goes to Spain with Nursey, and finds a home he never thought he could have.



The Arrangement (37796 words) by i_kinda_like_writing
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter, William "Dex" Poindexter/Whiskey, Tango/Whiskey (Check Please!), William "Dex" Poindexter & Whiskey
Characters: William "Dex" Poindexter, Derek "Nursey" Nurse, Whiskey (Check Please!), Tango (Check Please!), Eric "Bitty" Bittle, Larissa "Lardo" Duan, and the rest of the group but these guys mainly
Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, First Time, Platonic Sex, but like actually, Team as Family, Internalized Homophobia, Homophobic Language, Bullying, Coming Out, Insecurity, Hurt/Comfort, Anxiety, Mention - Freeform, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Mutual Pining, Mentor/Protégé, Friendship, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary:

Dex wasn't expecting too much out of his softie year at Samwell. All he'd really wanted was to get good grades, maybe adopt a tadpole or two, and not allow his feelings for Nursey to become too unmanageable. Dex hadn't thought it was that much to ask for.


Of course, despite his intentions, Dex somehow ended up mentoring his tadpole in the ways of sex (he is not a sex yoda so stop calling him that, Whiskey), stripping himself bare for his teammates in more ways than one, and platonically dating his best friend/unrequited love of his life.



Why could things never just be normal?



This one is also a WiP, I really want to know that will happen next!

(I've got) fireflies where my caution should be (54338 words) by sinbindos
Chapters: 16/?
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter
Characters: Derek "Nursey" Nurse, William "Dex" Poindexter, Chris "Chowder" Chow
Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, Maine for the summer, Dex has a huge family, Minor Chris "Chowder" Chow/Caitlin Farmer, Canonical Drug Use, Canonical Drinking, Derek "Nursey" Nurse is Unchill, Anti-anxiety medication, Homophobic Language, Mutual Pining
Summary:

Something in Dex’s jaw jumps, and he fidgets uncomfortably for a moment. “I was gonna ask if you wanted to come crash with me for a few weeks. You know. If you had nothing better to do.”

Nursey’s eyebrows have disappeared into his hairline. “Are you – I mean, I know you’re high but like. Brah. Are you serious?”




In China they will release a few Ghibli movies for the first time, some decades after they've originally been released in Japan. So I went to look for some Sen to Chihiru no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away fanfiction. I love stories that deal with the consequences of life altering events, especially when you are the only one/s who know of it. These two stories where awesome and really hit the spot for me:

Along the Way (2247 words) by Ariana
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Ogino Chihiro, Haku (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Coming of Age, Female Friendship
Summary:

Chihiro's journey does not end when she leaves the spirit world.



Never Too Much, Never Too Little (8238 words) by Gramarye
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ogino Chihiro, Original Female Character(s), Rin (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Middle School, Japanese Culture, Japanese Mythology & Folklore, Female Friendship, Developing Friendships, Spirit World, Judo
Summary:

For Chihiro, it's a struggle to find her footing in the real world after her time in the bathhouse. There's more than one way back to solid ground, though -- it's just a question of learning how to fall, and how to land.




I don't know how I stumbled upon this one, it's a Severus Snape genderswap. The story is orphaned, and I so would want to read more in this 'verse. I loved how the author characterized Snape here:

Sabina (3012 words) by orphan_account
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lily Evans Potter/Severus Snape, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter
Characters: Severus Snape, Lily Evans Potter, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Regulus Black, Bartemius Crouch Jr., Aberforth Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Rubeus Hagrid
Additional Tags: Unrequited Love, Healthy Relationships, 5+1 Things, Wordcount: 1.000-5.000, Genderswap, Female Severus Snape, Female Friendship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Severus Snape Adopts Harry Potter, Adopted Harry Potter, Background Relationships, Background Het
Summary:

Five times Sabina Snape's own life was different because she was female, and one time Harry Potter's was.




This one has been recommended at [community profile] fancake, and I really enjoyed this story.

Project Friendship (1807 words) by Janice_Lester
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spock+McCoy friendship, background Spock/Uhura
Characters: Spock, Leonard McCoy, Pavel Chekov, James T. Kirk
Additional Tags: Friendship
Summary:

Believing that friendships will improve his quality of life, Spock logically determines to develop some. He encounters difficulties, particularly with Doctor McCoy.





Date: 2019-06-22 08:55 am (UTC)
thady: (SG1  -  Daniel-Sam wondertwins)
From: [personal profile] thady
I had to split the comemnt ^^;;

I've stumbled upon my "Protector of the Small" books when I was decluttering, and I remembered this story that I bookmarked but have not read yet. I really enjoyed it, and I thought that the length was just perfect for it. I loved the characterization here.

Legacy (3980 words) by Margo_Kim
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Tortall - Tamora Pierce
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Domitan of Masbolle/Keladry of Mindelan
Characters: Keladry of Mindelan, Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau, Nealan of Queenscove
Additional Tags: POV Female Character, Female Protagonist, Female Friendship, Friendship, Relationship Advice, Slice of Life
Summary:

Kel and Alanna pass the time at the world's longest Midwinter banquet by discussing boys, girls, wars, and the way the world ought to be.




Looking for the Tortall story I found two more bookmarks of stories which I hadn't read yet:
This one is a Highlander/Stargate SG-1 crossover, and I really loved Daniel here, what he said and what he kept to himself:

Escape Route (2728 words) by MarbleGlove
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Highlander: The Series, Stargate SG-1
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Methos, Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c (SG-1), Sam Carter
Additional Tags: Crossover
Summary:

Daniel Jackson remembers some advice his old college roommate, Adam, once gave him.




And a The Martian story which dealt really nicely with social media, but also had an emotional depth to it I really loved:

#BringHimHome (10944 words) by MelRows
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: The Martian - All Media Types, The Martian (2015), The Martian - Andy Weir
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Mark Watney, Bill Nye, Hank Green, John Green, OFC, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jessica Williams (Daily Show)
Additional Tags: Fox News, Crash Course, NASA Rover Team, The Tonight Show - Freeform, WatneyWatch
Summary:

Mark Watney will need to buy a lot of people beers.

A collection of in-world oneshots cataloging the world's reactions. From the news to social media and from regular people to NASA rover techs.

1: Fox vs. an 80 year old Bill Nye
2: John and Hank Green, Crash Course Mars
3: A NASA rover tech at Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station
4: The WatneyWatch app and how to tell your child their hero is going to die in an invisible dust storm on Mars
5: Tattoos, music, and what is likely to amount to the largest simultaneous worldwide traffic jam
6. 78 hours of vlogs are released, the Ares 3 crew returns home, and Mark goes on The Tonight Show



I'm sorry for the many stories, I hope this is ok. But these were my favorites from this week.

Date: 2019-06-23 12:13 pm (UTC)
thady: (DS  -  F wonder)
From: [personal profile] thady
Thank you!

Since I tend to read a lot of fanfiction I suspect I will post long comments often. Perhaps I could post only three or four stories per comments, space them out.
I don't know how other people think about this though.

Date: 2019-06-23 01:50 pm (UTC)
suncani: image of book and teacup (Default)
From: [personal profile] suncani
I tend to read a lot too but only tend to pick three to post in a week. Just because I think people probably don't want to hear me go on about yuri on ice week on week for a page at a time *grins and it helps fill gaps when I haven't read anything new/that I wanna highlight.

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