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.

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[lovesrain44.livejournal.com]

- 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