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Readers' Recs -- Angst or Hurt/Comfort

  • Mar. 23rd, 2014 at 7:58 AM
Our Angst and/or Hurt/Comfort theme week has come to an end and we would love to hear from you. Do you have any favorite angsty stories you recommend, or perhaps a suggestion for a lovely hurt/comfort fic? We'd be so pleased if you would share with us!

  • Recced stories can feature any pairing as long as they match the theme. Fan art, podfic, and fan vid recs are also welcome.
  • You don't need to write a review (unless you want to). All you need to include are title, author, and a link to the story.
  • Fic or media as a single file are preferred, if available.
  • If you'd like to use our reccing template, you can find it under the cut.

Previous Readers' Recs topics can be found here.


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mekare: Doctor Who: 13th doctor outline with a Tardis inside (bamboo bat)
[personal profile] mekare wrote:
Mar. 24th, 2014 09:10 pm (UTC)
Forgive me if this has already been recced before...
.. I went back about ten pages under the Clex pairing tag but didn't see it.

Everyone who's been a bit in this fandom probably already knows the series, but just on the off chance a new fan is checking out this comm...

Title:The Identical Series

Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Categories: fixit (for the Clex, and Jonathan Kent), AU after S2 I think
Length: a gazillion words, um, actually 286,442 (so far!)
Warnings: It is not finished yet! I have been patiently waiting for years for new parts but what we have been given by Lanning is so wonderful I'll wait forever.

Author Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] Lanning

Summary: Um. Something happens to Lex that changed the course of history? It's an AU you know.

Review: So, this is not one for the quick hurtcomfort/angst fix. You'll be dragged into it pretty quickly and then you won't be able to leave (mwuahahaha).
This fic with its eleven parts (so far) delivers most EXCELLENT angst and hurt comfort. Tons of it. Anything you can imagine. Emotional and physical. Sexy and platonic. Real and imagined. You want cuddling? You get it. You want serious bodily injury? You'll get it. You want psychological breakdown? You'll get it. Every character gets their share.

Oh yeah, and there's tons of action and plot and sideplots. Brilliant characterization of every single character. My absolute favourite take on Lex Luthor how he should have been had certain events not happened. I'll stop now. Just read it please? And let Lanning know that we still very much appreciate what she has written.
mothlights: (robots_cup)
[personal profile] mothlights wrote:
Mar. 26th, 2014 04:55 am (UTC)
Re: Forgive me if this has already been recced before...
Thanks for the rec! I haven't read this one, probably because I tend to search just completed works most of the time. I'll keep an eye on this one! :D

(And you never have to worry about re-reccing in a readers recs post! It's always good to highlight favorites again if it turns out they were recced before.)
mekare: Doctor Who: 13th doctor outline with a Tardis inside (bamboo bat)
[personal profile] mekare wrote:
Mar. 26th, 2014 09:45 am (UTC)
Re: Forgive me if this has already been recced before...
Ah thanks for clearing that up. And I am so pleased that there's someone who hasn't read it! This fic is so dear to my heart, I have re-read it many times over the years and written to the author regularly, encouraging her to work on it and giving her some appreciation *g*

The individual parts can actually sometimes be read as standalones - the overarching big plot is moving slowly and there are many lovely character moments to enjoy even without knowing how it ends.
[identity profile] envy-venis.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 23rd, 2014 07:57 pm (UTC)
Accidental Memory in The Case of Death
Title: Accidental Memory in The Case of Death

Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Categories: Angst
Length: Vid Length: 5 minutes 19 seconds
Warnings: N/A

Vidder: TheNerjaveika
Author Website: Youtube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkF36aGeevH9M-DXfZYa6HA)

Summary: Plot: Tony O does not befriend losers. Tony O is not gay, not crazy, he is not particularly nice and he is most definitely not royalty. Destiny disagrees.
Comment: This is something like a PROMO video for the [livejournal.com profile] derryere's fanfiction Accidental Memory In The Case Of Death (http://boxofmagic.talkoncorners.net/viewstory.php?sid=30&warning=5)

Review:
This story gave me all the angsty painful feels. The video is an absolutely gorgeous companion piece for the fic. It was actually the video that convinced me to read Accidental Memory in the first place.

Accidental Memory Fanvid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpsvzyRHKnQ)
mothlights: (arthur_salute)
[personal profile] mothlights wrote:
Mar. 23rd, 2014 08:17 pm (UTC)
Re: Accidental Memory in The Case of Death
Thanks for that! I'd never seen this, and it was beautifully done. The colors, the smoky way the images shifted and the 'painful feels'.

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