Fic

[kellifer]

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.

Comments

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

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.