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fleshflutter is having a lovely chick-flick moment over at her journal where people elect the story of theirs that most pleases them. Even if you're not a writer, it will probably be an awesome reading list when all's said and done. I'm planning on making my way through it on the weekend.

But that inspired me to wonder what stories of other people's please you? More specifically:

- What's your go-to story(s)? Those ones you have bookmarked/mem'd/have on a list somewhere and just can read over and over?

- What's that story(s) that hit you like a punch in the gut? Made you say, woah, didn't see that coming?

- What's that story that made you say, yeah, this writer just gets it - just sees the characters the way I do/wrote that story I wanted to/seemingly pried that right out of my head?

- What's that story(s) that first sucked you into a fandom/first story you read in a fandom?

I'll edit this post with my answers when I get home tonight so feel free to come on back. Also I have a loooong overdue long list of fic recs to post. That'll be another thing for tonight.

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Gaelic really gets me for her characterizations. Her stories are long and wonderful. I read hers over and over.

Big Pink writes EPICS! They go on forever and are complex and rich in detail. The latest story about the trains and hobos was great. Really gave us a view of Dean living alone.

Cheryl W (ff.net -- a Deangirl who likes her whump!!

I'm a Deangirl who loves her whump. So I like strong Sam taking care of Dean. Or any stories that "reveal" Dean either to others or to Sam. When Dean was by himself.

I have a long list, thanks to people like you who introduce me to other great writers! Thank for all the recs and keep them coming.

I have lots more, but these get me.

mtee

I'm not sure how to link to stories (and, damn! this post would be waaaay tooo long if I did) - so I guess I'll just stick to reccing authors the authors I revisit over and over and over...

You can always find me revisiting kimonkey7's work (my favorite has to be the addict!Dean in Good Man is Hard to Find), pdragon76's anything - but usually I start with Blind Spot, bigpink's stories (I've spent many a workday rereading Red, Dazzleland, Punxatawney Sucks, Fire in the Hole), kellifer - I love your stuff and reread it when I need a quick, hearty dose of the boyz and sometimes a chuckle, I reread dodgerwinslow's work (I even go to the favorite chapters of certain pieces of fic), I revisit gaelicspirit when I need some brotherly bonding, you can sometimes find me rereading nilchance & beanside's work for some angst and good whump, when I need some pron my go-to gal is nepthys101 - all her work gets me in the mood (which, yeah, is a little creepy but hey, whatevers works, right?)and leonidaslion - yowza - hot stuff, plus some good Dean whump! Eighthhorizon gives me wonderful AU. Kroki_refur makes me think, laugh, worry, and sometimes scratch my head - which I love!

There are just so, so many more - I know I'm forgetting people. Pretty much every friend on my list gets revisited by me more often than they know...I'm stalkerish that way.

The first story I read was "Don't Pay the Ferryman" by Maygra. It's still one of my favorites.I love "Somatic" by stillane, anything by Kroki Refur, Buffyaddict13,K Hanna Korossy,Estei and you.

Oh dear, this is a wonderful idea but I am totally stymied due to being completely crap at bookmarking fic! But I am going to link to it in my LJ, so hopefully some people who are less crap than me will wander over :).

There are a few fics that are the equivalent of comfort food for me: I loved them the first time I read them, and I go back and re-read when I just want something that I already know is awesome and will make me happy.

Involuntary Conversion (http://celli.livejournal.com/716304.html) (SPN) always cracks me up. It is crack that works bizarrely well, and for some reason, it has the power to make my worst day slightly better.

Traditionally Speaking (http://niamaea.livejournal.com/39848.html) (SG-1) puts a smile on my face whenever I read it. I just want to hug the team and feed them cookies.

Same thing goes for Folsom Prison Blues (http://eve11.livejournal.com/170280.html) (also SG-1). So much team love.

I think And Fools Shine On (http://gekizetsu.net/sn/and_fools.html) (SPN) might be the first SPN fic I ever read. Or close to the first. At any rate, I adored the poetry of this fic and the way the author captured both brothers fairly early in S1.

Breathe For Me (http://izhilzha.livejournal.com/245883.html) (N3) is a cool moment between two of my favorite Numb3rs characters, and it's just so warm and perfectly captures their voices.

I think one of my all-time favorite stories, whose plot I continually remember because it was so damn creepy, is Legoline's "The Lesser Evil."

http://legoline.livejournal.com/701808.html#cutid1

Ooh, man. Um. I can't do individual stories 'cause my brain sucks but anything and everything by

eighth_horizon. Always so damn awesome.

And of course

big_pink. OMG.

:)

Ditto.

These two definitely do it for me as well!

And some other author you've probably never heard of named kellifer-fic. Heh.

Ooh, wait...i think i read something of hers.....
:)

OMG, where do I even begin? And once I've begun how do I stop?

One story that holds a very special place in my heart is Occasions of Sin (http://hiyacynth.livejournal.com/186113.html) by

hiyacynth. I love everything she writes but that one reintroduced me to Sam all over again and it's wonderful.

I can read Fistful of Rain (http://marinarusalka.livejournal.com/241002.html) by

marinarusalka over and over and over again. It's one of, if not the, best '5 Things' fics I've ever read.

I adore Dust in the Wind (http://lyra-wing.livejournal.com/100679.html) by

lyra_wing and consider it my own personal canon ending for Show.

And Car Parts (http://dotfic.livejournal.com/116615.html) by

dotfic is just about as perfect as a crossover can get. It puts me into my happy place in no time flat.

I could seriously go on for ages. But I think this'll do it for now. ;-)

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I have so many favorites, but no time to list them all now, so I'll start with one that I really enjoyed.

Finding Elrond (http://shallowz.livejournal.com/16815.html) by

shallowz is beautifully written, and I love the way the relationship between Sam and Dean is portrayed.

Okay one more.

Mockingbird (http://hiyacynth.livejournal.com/218645.html)by

hiyacynth is one of those stories that I've read 100000 times. I like AUs that branch off of the mytharc, and this really did it for me. It's equal parts dark, disturbing, sexy, depressing, and hopeful. And the het scenes between Sam and her OFC are just... yeah, go read it, go read it now.

So many great authors in this fandom. It's hard to choose, but I'll give it a whack:

Go-to fic: Kimonkey7's "A Good Man is Had to Find" http://community.livejournal.com/spn_gen/144167.html

Punch in the gut: Dodger Winslow's "Open Your Eyes" http://dodger-winslow.livejournal.com/82568.html

Author just gets it: "The Wild One" by Trollprincess http://trollprincess.livejournal.com/952916.html

The one that got me into the fandom: "Play Dead" by Mandysbitch http://mandysbitch.livejournal.com/255210.html

So many other great stories out there, and anything by the above authors is worth reading, along with anything by you-know-who *points to the name on this journal*.

I have these tagged under 'lovelikeburning'. Guess what? I love them like burning.

Don't Look Back by eloise_bright:
http://eloise-bright.livejournal.com/98310.html
This was the first fic that I read and thought Damn. Just...DAMN.

Trail Magic by bellatemple:
http://bellatemple.livejournal.com/264961.html
So smart, so clever, such brilliant POVs.

Infrangible Road by ddayspring:
http://dayspring.skeeter63.org/infrangible1984.html
This is the fic I read when I need a hug. A big, Dean-shaped hug.

Hell (and Binky) Follows With Him by pdragon76
http://pdragon76.livejournal.com/76521.html
This is just such cracky, hurty, smart fun. I love it.

And...this technically isn't a fic, but what the hell.
Our Time is Running out by ash48:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHJg1TfpAG8&feature=channel
I love it pretty damn hard.

I'm a sucker for any story that actually shows Dean being smart, and though I like angst, I prefer humor if I'm reading a oneshot. So, on that front, the one I like best (probably because I'm something of a Scrabble-freak) is Triple Word Scores.

- What's your go-to story(s)? Those ones you have bookmarked/mem'd/have on a list somewhere and just can read over and over?
Pretty much all the fics I have in my memories are fics I have/will be reading again more than once. To mention some I've read multiple times:
they put me in a cage full of lions; i learned to speak lion by

amerella- Just a wonderful and beautifully fractured view of the world through wee!Dean's eyes.
Interesting Times by

trollprincess - Funny in places, and really kicks a punch in others.
Vocabulary by

innie_darling - Sam defining himself. This one always makes me smile.
Acoustic Shave by

smilla02 - Set during Mystery Spot, and it really does break your heart.
In This Last of Meeting Places (We Grope Together and Avoid Speech) by

apreludetoanend - Small Sam POV piece from AHBL Pt2.
On Duty by

weesta - wee!Chesters at the beach, with John observing them. Excellent character insight, and it just makes me happy to get away from the angstfest from time to time.
We Could Be Heroes by

missyjack - Sam and Dean as myths/urban legends.

...Scouring my memories, I just now discovered that one of the journals got deleted, and the stories aren't posted anywhere else *sadface*

- What's that story(s) that first sucked you into a fandom/first story you read in a fandom?
I don't remember what it was in the Buffy fandom, since I read a few things here and there back when the show had only been on the air a couple of years.
In SPN, it was a story by

apreludetoanend, though I don't know which one. I liked it so much, I promply read all of her stuff, so ;)

Do you knnow where another copy of this might be?

they put me in a cage full of lions; i learned to speak lion by amerella
It sounds good but LJ says the link is broken?
Thanks!

That's what I said underneath: one of the profiles got deleted. I've been looking around for another copy myself, but no luck so far *sadface*

This is such a good idea!

My own #1 fav is actually two stories (sorry, but I really can't decide). One is awesome because of the technic used, and the awesome storyline(s), and the other is awesome cuz it actually had me looking over my shoulder at every noise while reading it. They are both oldies (but classics ;) )

The first one is Red (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3169840/1/) by

big_pink
Can't tell you what this is about without ruining it, so I'll just say it's made of awesome and hurt!Dean.

The second one is Foreseen (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2705943/1/) by P.L. Wynter. An awesome horror story that will give you chills about the boys and a hunt for the Mothman.

Enjoy!

If you are interested I posed the question to myself and posted the answer with the recs here http://plratty.livejournal.com/1203.html#cutid1
Also like your fic but the SPN /SGA crossover written last year is the one I love to re read I think because your almost solider Dean is so well written

- What's your go-to story(s)?

"Into the Woods" by plutogirl10.
It's the most perfect piece of porn ever, it combines character motivation with the most evocative description. I didn’t know Dean could call Sam “baby” and have it be so hot. This fic is an interlude in the woods that happens after the boys do a training session, where naughty things happen in such a hot way, I’m searching for a cold shower even now. (Wincest)
http://plutogirl10.insanejournal.com/889.html

"And the Highway Lines Pass By" by philalethia.
31,000 words of pure slashy goodness, with a plot and everything. It tells the story of two brothers, how they are different, how they are alike, and the writer, you can tell, has got a grip on what makes these characters tick. Unfortunately, this is also a “last year” story but that only ups the angst by miles and miles. (Wincest)
http://philalethia.livejournal.com/190703.html

"We Are All Meant For Chains" by flipmontgirl
I never can stop thinking about this one. It's the story of Dean and Sam coming together and then going apart and them coming together again. Arguments he and Dean had, memories they shared. Along the way (Sam’s running from Dean) Sam picks up a young 16-year old pregnant girl. But it gets more interesting and sophisticated than you’d normally get from a fluffy bunny-sounding setup like that. Be ready for edgy, be ready for graphic, but in a good way. Not gratuitious. (Wincest)
http://flipmontigirl.livejournal.com/31436.html?format=light

"Boys of Summer" and "Summer out of Reach" by Liath.
The strength of these two stories, one from Sam’s POV, the other from Dean’s, is the description. Weather comes into play a lot, creating an atmosphere where you get the feeling that the sky over their heads is the only constant in their lives. The Dad is gone a lot, but even when he’s there, the boys can’t take their eyes off each other. Dean does his best to resist Sammy, pushes him away even, but you know, no one can resist Sam. The writing is lyrical, and even though each story mirrors the other, they don’t repeat, which is difficult to do. Marvelous phrasing. (Wincest)
http://liath.livejournal.com/768777.html
http://liath.livejournal.com/771149.html

"For My Next Trick" by nutkin.
Just about the saddest coming of age story ever. Sam is seaching for normal, not just searching but desperately so. Every avenue, every coffee mug, every small town and he wants it. He’s so wanting it, and yet he knows what getting it will mean. Leaving Dean behind. Makes me want to cry. Hard. (Wincest)
http://nutkin.livejournal.com/18782.html

"Driving Down the Darkness" by nutkin
This story was perfect. It had no flaws. It was 40,000 words of pure goodness. I think what I liked best was the slow pacing and the atmosphere of normalcy in which the relationship built up. There was no slap dashed-ness to this. The story covers the first season by the end of which Sam and Dean are together, replete with all the “this is wrong, this is so wrong” angst that makes it so real for me and that I love so well. (Wincest)
http://nutkin.livejournal.com/35088.html

- What's that story(s) that hit you like a punch in the gut?
coming?

"Dwellers in Silence" by dwarfankylosaur.
This is the one where Sam tries to get Dean out of his deal and breaks the world. It totally creeped me out and is one of those stories I'll never forget. (Gen)
http://dwarfankylosaur.livejournal.com/1472.html

"Last Outpost of All that Is" by eighth_horizon.
I don't like end-of-the-world fics because they make me cry. But this fic captured the chracters so well, and the sex is slow and not rushed, I loved it. And then, when I was finished reading it, I cried and wanted to crawl under the blankets and think only of pretty ponies and soft kettehs. This story got to me HARD.(Wincest)
http://eighth-horizon.livejournal.com/54410.html

- What's that story that made you say, yeah, this writer just gets it - just sees the characters the

way I do/wrote that story I wanted to/seemingly pried that right out of my head?

"American Myth" by candle_beck.
When I first read this, I was stunned at how GOOD the characterization of Sam and Dean was. Then I realized that this writer did it how I would do it, were I as good as this writer! I know, I know, we don’t compete with others, we compete with ourselves, yadda, yadda, yadda. The story is overall brilliant and shiny, with the most believable fights, the most neverending roads, the writer has Oklahoma driving down SOLID, and the slow buildup to the inevitable you-know-what scene, takes its own sweet time. Sashaying along with a twinkle in its eye saying, I’ll get there, don’t you worry.
(Wincest)
http://candle-beck.livejournal.com/108831.html?style=mine

"Dazzleland," by Big Pink.
I love the way this writer portrays Sam trying to fit in and how it went when he brought a friend home from school. I always saw Sam's relationship with John as a love/hate one. And the voilence
that the friend witnesses, and the time Sam got caught carrhing a hunting knife to schoo. It's not his fault, and John has to come to school to fix the situation, and you just know he's blaming Sam for not being more clever about it. She sees John JUST the way I see him, with all the contrasting shades of gray. (Gen)
http://web.mac.com/bigpink1/Big_Pink/Tales_files/Dazzleland.pdf

- What's that story(s) that first sucked you into a fandom/first story you read in a fandom?

"Birds on a Wire" by Killa.
They say you never forget your first. This writer keeps the boys masculine, makes the slash real, and has the most amazing descriptions of sex ever. Have not been able to stop thinking about this story, and pretty much compare it to everything else I’m reading now. The realism, the damp, dusty nights, the shadows on the wall, the motel. There's no easy “let’s be lovers forever,” but more along the lines of “now look what else we’ve fucked up!” (Wincest)
http://seacouver.slashcity.net/killa/birdsonawire.html

"Little, Rattle, Stilt" by hope.
What sold me on the whole idea and THIS particular story was the juxtaposition of kind attempt of the authority figures around him to keep him safe, and, at the same time, Sam's desperate desire to get BACK to the spooky, twisted, rather gritty world he's been yanked out of. He loves his dad and Dean and that's his world. It's heartbreakingly and realistically written. (Gen)
http://hope.oscillating.net/2006/11/17/fic-little-rattle-stilt/

Extra mention for "Carol of the Supernatural" a song vid that sucked me into SPN even though I resisted as hard as I could.
http://www.ancientobsessions.com/supernaturalvids.html

I love J2 AU fics. Some of my favorites are:

In from the Cold (http://ladyjanelly.livejournal.com/tag/homeless+jensen) by

ladyjanelly. Jensen's homeless, Jared works in a shelter. I love the way she gets in both boys' heads.

Spin the light to gold (http://belyste.livejournal.com/28306.html) by

belyste. The boys are volunteers @ a summercamp. This is my go-to fic if I need to be reminded of summer, it makes me happy.

The billionaire's bidding (http://raina-at.livejournal.com/283248.html) by

raina_at. I love fics where the guys were friends growing up, then drifted apart and then get back together. This is my favorite of those.

apreludetoanend got me into SPN fandom, so I'll rec all of her spn fics. They're always wonderfully atmospheric and she has such a great style, her sentences always make me go 'wow'.

What a great idea! Here are just a few. There are SO MANY great writers out there:

Anything by ninhursag is bound to be amazing. Ditto anything by

kroki_refur .

And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my Brilliant MoFos, oschun and jdax.

Finally, Corvus Imbrifer's Strangers in Gilead.

Thanks for this awesome opportunity!

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