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harborshore) wrote2009-06-15 04:05 pm
harborshore) wrote2009-06-15 04:05 pm
stories, stories
First rec post. So much awesome, you guys, I love this fandom. *beams* First set of recs--there might be some mild spoilers in the reviews, but I honestly don't think I have anything in there that isn't in the summaries. Also, these are merely the stories I loved the mostest--there are a lot of other great ones as well, I just had to limit myself to the ones I'm going to be rereading a lot.
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hidingoutside: Neither Season Nor Clime. Historical AU. Jonathan Walker reluctantly returns home to take care of his parents' estate after they die. This includes marrying off the orphans that his family took in, and also dealing with Ryan Ross, foundling. So lovely--rated pg, I believe, but the tension is fantastic and the story is well-paced and so lovely.
impertinence: Monster's Inc. As usual, impertinence takes a ridiculously cracky premise and turns it into a story with actual pacing and plot and characterization. The Pete pov is most perfect--seriously, he couldn't have been better cast.
jjtaylor: Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency. Holy fuck, this is genius. The world-building is ace, with little details put in at great places, and it's perfectly balanced between funny and serious, and like Purgatorio, *points down*, it's such a wonderfully executed mystery. Also, Gerard here actually hits that balance of absentminded and ditzy and really competent and skillful that I think is almost never managed in fic. So he gets to be both an idiot about some things and good at his work. \o/
just_katarin: Iridium is the Second Densest Substance on Earth (After Guys From Chicago). Oh Tom Conrad. I laughed so much while reading this story--Tom Conrad and his many failures to conform to societal standards never stop being funny. It's a really sweet story, too--the Sean/Tom is great. ♥
sinsense: Thing-Thing. This is a fantastic high school AU that stays true to how goddamn awful and awkward the whole high school thing can be without making it too difficult to bear for the reader. It made me wince in sympathy and beam encouragingly and shake my head in amused despair at Frank and Gerard trying to figure it out--we actually get to see them kind of negotiate their way into their first queer relationship, and I do appreciate actually seeing the fumbling that would entail. Also, her depiction of bullying is sensitive and hurts like fuck.
snakesvsladder: Play and Record, Held Down Together. Another great high school AU--this time it's Pete and Mikey and oh my fucking god, I love this so much. The Mikey pov is, oh man, I have no words. It's really, really carefully written, is how I'd put it. There's angst (it's Mikey/Pete), there's adolescent fumbling and dealing with the whole being sort of gay thing, there's just an all around amazing story and a lot of background characters also being written very well.
softlyforgotten: And Some You Do For. Awesome, awesome gen (I want more gen, I always want more gen--though I'm not complaining about the shippy stories, I'm really not, I just would also like more gen). Ryan is a wizard and opens up a shop in a little town where the other Panic boys live. I love the split between magic and modern here--the writing reminds me of my favorite Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren, and believe me, that's quite the compliment. There are so many great details, so much whimsy and so much honest emotion here.
thesamefire: In the Walls. Obviously I already recced this, but I'm reading it again in bits and pieces between editing my own fic, and she's going to laugh at me (again) when she reads this--it still scares me. I'm going to protest loudly against any suggestions that it's because I'm a wuss (I mean, that's true, fine, but still) and state for the record that this is a really well constructed horror story, okay?
tuesdaysgone: Purgatorio. Frank is a cop investigating serial killings, and oh man--this is an example of taking genre conventions and making them work for you. A great mystery, well put together and really compulsively readable. Ugh, I love this. I have to reread it again before I can be more articulate, methinks--there were a lot of little things about this that were just really well done.
wordslinging: A World so Small. Victorian AU! Gothic literature! If there was ever a story written to cater to my deep love of a certain kind of novels, it's this one. Secrets! Moors! Uh, I'm going to stop abusing exclamation points, I think, and try for real commentary. The Frank pov is great here--it hits a balance between sickly (the whole reason he ends up in the Way manor) and tired versus boisterous and curious, and it feels very much like Frank. Also, the story is so well-constructed--we're led along bit by bit in a way that feels a lot like reading those aforementioned novels does.
Now I'm going to maybe take a walk if I can face going outside in this gloriously awful weather--me and my cat are a lot alike, when it's raining and chilly we stand at the front door making frowny faces. The difference is that he generally has more of a choice about actually leaving the house. Sigh sigh. But the rain is highly necessary, so I'm not complaining. It also makes going swimming at the outdoor pool AWESOME. It's a public one, just down the hill, and when the air is colder, no one goes, so I get the pool to myself and it's so warm.
Oooooh, actually, I'm going to go watch Brazil play soccer on the TV. Much warmer. And with the added benefit of awesome soccer.
hidingoutside: Neither Season Nor Clime. Historical AU. Jonathan Walker reluctantly returns home to take care of his parents' estate after they die. This includes marrying off the orphans that his family took in, and also dealing with Ryan Ross, foundling. So lovely--rated pg, I believe, but the tension is fantastic and the story is well-paced and so lovely. impertinence: Monster's Inc. As usual, impertinence takes a ridiculously cracky premise and turns it into a story with actual pacing and plot and characterization. The Pete pov is most perfect--seriously, he couldn't have been better cast. jjtaylor: Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency. Holy fuck, this is genius. The world-building is ace, with little details put in at great places, and it's perfectly balanced between funny and serious, and like Purgatorio, *points down*, it's such a wonderfully executed mystery. Also, Gerard here actually hits that balance of absentminded and ditzy and really competent and skillful that I think is almost never managed in fic. So he gets to be both an idiot about some things and good at his work. \o/just_katarin: Iridium is the Second Densest Substance on Earth (After Guys From Chicago). Oh Tom Conrad. I laughed so much while reading this story--Tom Conrad and his many failures to conform to societal standards never stop being funny. It's a really sweet story, too--the Sean/Tom is great. ♥sinsense: Thing-Thing. This is a fantastic high school AU that stays true to how goddamn awful and awkward the whole high school thing can be without making it too difficult to bear for the reader. It made me wince in sympathy and beam encouragingly and shake my head in amused despair at Frank and Gerard trying to figure it out--we actually get to see them kind of negotiate their way into their first queer relationship, and I do appreciate actually seeing the fumbling that would entail. Also, her depiction of bullying is sensitive and hurts like fuck. snakesvsladder: Play and Record, Held Down Together. Another great high school AU--this time it's Pete and Mikey and oh my fucking god, I love this so much. The Mikey pov is, oh man, I have no words. It's really, really carefully written, is how I'd put it. There's angst (it's Mikey/Pete), there's adolescent fumbling and dealing with the whole being sort of gay thing, there's just an all around amazing story and a lot of background characters also being written very well. softlyforgotten: And Some You Do For. Awesome, awesome gen (I want more gen, I always want more gen--though I'm not complaining about the shippy stories, I'm really not, I just would also like more gen). Ryan is a wizard and opens up a shop in a little town where the other Panic boys live. I love the split between magic and modern here--the writing reminds me of my favorite Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren, and believe me, that's quite the compliment. There are so many great details, so much whimsy and so much honest emotion here.thesamefire: In the Walls. Obviously I already recced this, but I'm reading it again in bits and pieces between editing my own fic, and she's going to laugh at me (again) when she reads this--it still scares me. I'm going to protest loudly against any suggestions that it's because I'm a wuss (I mean, that's true, fine, but still) and state for the record that this is a really well constructed horror story, okay? tuesdaysgone: Purgatorio. Frank is a cop investigating serial killings, and oh man--this is an example of taking genre conventions and making them work for you. A great mystery, well put together and really compulsively readable. Ugh, I love this. I have to reread it again before I can be more articulate, methinks--there were a lot of little things about this that were just really well done. wordslinging: A World so Small. Victorian AU! Gothic literature! If there was ever a story written to cater to my deep love of a certain kind of novels, it's this one. Secrets! Moors! Uh, I'm going to stop abusing exclamation points, I think, and try for real commentary. The Frank pov is great here--it hits a balance between sickly (the whole reason he ends up in the Way manor) and tired versus boisterous and curious, and it feels very much like Frank. Also, the story is so well-constructed--we're led along bit by bit in a way that feels a lot like reading those aforementioned novels does.Now I'm going to maybe take a walk if I can face going outside in this gloriously awful weather--me and my cat are a lot alike, when it's raining and chilly we stand at the front door making frowny faces. The difference is that he generally has more of a choice about actually leaving the house. Sigh sigh. But the rain is highly necessary, so I'm not complaining. It also makes going swimming at the outdoor pool AWESOME. It's a public one, just down the hill, and when the air is colder, no one goes, so I get the pool to myself and it's so warm.
Oooooh, actually, I'm going to go watch Brazil play soccer on the TV. Much warmer. And with the added benefit of awesome soccer.