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Title: Seventh Christmas
Fandom: D. Gray-Man
Pairing: Gen
Genres: Friendship, Historical, Pre-Canon
Length: Medium (5,627 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Victoria Hughes @ FF.net
Author's Summary:
He was an abandoned child with no direction in his life, until he met the clown. Before Allen was a gentleman, he was a street rat.
Review:
This fic is rare in that it's one about Allen's childhood. I loved the urchin!Allen we saw glimpses of in canon, and this is a realistic look at what his life was like as a poor kid in Victorian London. Sick of working dangerous jobs in horrible conditions, he runs away to the circus. All the circus OCs are wonderfully realised, with the Bearded Lady being a man named Daniel, and the three Zulu Men actually from Wales.
Allen's relationship with Mana is understated and beautiful for it, with a jaded Allen slowly opening up to the prospect of an unconditional friendship. This is a lovely fic with an author that really masters the adage of 'show, don't tell.'
Seventh Christmas
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Fandom: D. Gray-Man
Pairing: Gen
Genres: Friendship, Historical, Pre-Canon
Length: Medium (5,627 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Victoria Hughes @ FF.net
Author's Summary:
He was an abandoned child with no direction in his life, until he met the clown. Before Allen was a gentleman, he was a street rat.
Review:
This fic is rare in that it's one about Allen's childhood. I loved the urchin!Allen we saw glimpses of in canon, and this is a realistic look at what his life was like as a poor kid in Victorian London. Sick of working dangerous jobs in horrible conditions, he runs away to the circus. All the circus OCs are wonderfully realised, with the Bearded Lady being a man named Daniel, and the three Zulu Men actually from Wales.
Allen's relationship with Mana is understated and beautiful for it, with a jaded Allen slowly opening up to the prospect of an unconditional friendship. This is a lovely fic with an author that really masters the adage of 'show, don't tell.'
Seventh Christmas
Title: The Music Makers
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Eames/Arthur
Categories: Canon compliant, Action/Adventure, Romance(ish; it's understated), Background Story
Length: Epic (53,716)
Warnings: Arthur/OFC mentions, Violence
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mami_san
Author Website: Website
Author's Summary:
A. Graham Cole was twenty-one years old when he was killed in action in Iraq. This is the official story. The truth is, of course, somewhat different.
Review:
So here's one of my favorite fics in fandom. The Music Makers is just brilliant. It's sharp and detailed and the evolution of Eames and Arthur's relationship is this understated thing that is both delicious and heart wrenching at the same time. It merrily ignores a lot of fanon as well. Instead, you have an Eames and an Arthur (not that they're called that at first) who meet while they're both in the military. You have them go through the dream share program, meet Dom, end out of the military, and somehow get to the point of Inception.
It's brilliant.
Arthur is still Arthur, except there's something a bit odd with the way he dreams that somehow doesn't change canon. It adds a bit of difference that makes this fic stand out even more from all the others, and weaves into the story so seamlessly that you really can believe this was happening all the while during Inception.
His and Eames's relationship is so... hm, how to describe it. It's sparse in the details, but more telling all because of it. It's two men trusting one to watch the other's back. You have Arthur struggling with his feelings for Eames, while Eames is watchful and patient, and ugh, so much love, okay.
It's really one of the best Inception fics I've ever read. The ending is as amazing, for all that you know how it has to end, and it fits and it's perfect. It's also steady--no huge highs or lows, just one consistent, beautiful piece.
Give it a shot. It really is that good.
The Music Makers
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Eames/Arthur
Categories: Canon compliant, Action/Adventure, Romance(ish; it's understated), Background Story
Length: Epic (53,716)
Warnings: Arthur/OFC mentions, Violence
Author on LJ:
mami_sanAuthor Website: Website
Author's Summary:
A. Graham Cole was twenty-one years old when he was killed in action in Iraq. This is the official story. The truth is, of course, somewhat different.
Review:
So here's one of my favorite fics in fandom. The Music Makers is just brilliant. It's sharp and detailed and the evolution of Eames and Arthur's relationship is this understated thing that is both delicious and heart wrenching at the same time. It merrily ignores a lot of fanon as well. Instead, you have an Eames and an Arthur (not that they're called that at first) who meet while they're both in the military. You have them go through the dream share program, meet Dom, end out of the military, and somehow get to the point of Inception.
It's brilliant.
Arthur is still Arthur, except there's something a bit odd with the way he dreams that somehow doesn't change canon. It adds a bit of difference that makes this fic stand out even more from all the others, and weaves into the story so seamlessly that you really can believe this was happening all the while during Inception.
His and Eames's relationship is so... hm, how to describe it. It's sparse in the details, but more telling all because of it. It's two men trusting one to watch the other's back. You have Arthur struggling with his feelings for Eames, while Eames is watchful and patient, and ugh, so much love, okay.
It's really one of the best Inception fics I've ever read. The ending is as amazing, for all that you know how it has to end, and it fits and it's perfect. It's also steady--no huge highs or lows, just one consistent, beautiful piece.
Give it a shot. It really is that good.
The Music Makers
Title: The Many Doors of Níu Heimar
Fandom: Thor/Avengers (Marvel MCU)
Pairing: Loki/Steve,
Categories: Attempted Suicide, AU, Family, Pre-Canon, Romance
Length: Epic (77k)
Warnings:Suicide Attempts; Mind Control
Author on LJ:nixajan
Website: Nixajan
Summary:In the weeks before Thor's coronation, Loki almost dies, not once, but twice. (An AU in which events conspire to keep Loki from the choices he made in Thor, a war is on the horizon and the chosen battlefield is Earth, and the Avengers assemble with an extra teammate and one less villain to fight).
Review: A complete Canon rewrite of the first Thor movie. Some overall changes were made to the mechanics of the tesseract reconfigure the events of the Avengers film.
This is an interesting story that builds layers within layers of how things were different. Loki is still very much in character throughout as the God of Lies (Aka Asgard's CIA force) but by changing the circumstances leading up to the events of the Coronation, Nixajan changes how Loki discovers his birth. That mixed with her changes to past events beyond the span of the movie franchise, allows the basic feel of the movies to be kept while still changing a lot of the specific events.
There are some parts that I wish Nixajan had been able to spend more time on, particularly the romance between Steve and Loki. They only get one date before they end up saving each others lives many, many times. But I like how sweet their relationship looks like it will grow to be and the theory for why Loki would feel comfortable with Steve.
All together it is a nice, layered epic that is definitely worth spending a few hours on.
The Many Doors of Níu Heimar
Fandom: Thor/Avengers (Marvel MCU)
Pairing: Loki/Steve,
Categories: Attempted Suicide, AU, Family, Pre-Canon, Romance
Length: Epic (77k)
Warnings:Suicide Attempts; Mind Control
Author on LJ:
nixajanWebsite: Nixajan
Summary:In the weeks before Thor's coronation, Loki almost dies, not once, but twice. (An AU in which events conspire to keep Loki from the choices he made in Thor, a war is on the horizon and the chosen battlefield is Earth, and the Avengers assemble with an extra teammate and one less villain to fight).
Review: A complete Canon rewrite of the first Thor movie. Some overall changes were made to the mechanics of the tesseract reconfigure the events of the Avengers film.
This is an interesting story that builds layers within layers of how things were different. Loki is still very much in character throughout as the God of Lies (Aka Asgard's CIA force) but by changing the circumstances leading up to the events of the Coronation, Nixajan changes how Loki discovers his birth. That mixed with her changes to past events beyond the span of the movie franchise, allows the basic feel of the movies to be kept while still changing a lot of the specific events.
There are some parts that I wish Nixajan had been able to spend more time on, particularly the romance between Steve and Loki. They only get one date before they end up saving each others lives many, many times. But I like how sweet their relationship looks like it will grow to be and the theory for why Loki would feel comfortable with Steve.
All together it is a nice, layered epic that is definitely worth spending a few hours on.
The Many Doors of Níu Heimar
Title: hadn't built up my defenses
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale
Pairing: Carlos/Cecil Gershwin Palmer
Categories: Alternate Universe, Pre-Canon, High School, Romance, Drama, Mystery
Length: Medium (12177 words)
Warnings: N/A
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: AugustaByron
Author's Summary:
Carlos hates the desert, and he hates sand, and he hates Night Vale, and he hates his dad's stupid job with its stupid transfers. He hates the idea of spending an entire school year in this boring town.
Review:
hadn't built up my defenses is the 'beginning of the beginning', (to butcher a common phrase), another way things might've begun in the grand saga of Cecil and Carlos. In it, Carlos is transplanted into Night Vale after his father is transferred to the town for mysterious reasons. Even more mysterious still is Carlos' first day at the high school where he, (to butcher a rather less common phrase), 'falls in crush, instantly' with Cecil, the boy assigned to show him around his first day. The story progresses as most boy-meets-boy high school romances do, with the usual gory horror of Night Vale life plodding along in the background. Still, it manages to hint at deeper, more terrifying mysteries that foreshadow the events and persons introduced in the canonical episodes.
But what makes this fic more than just any old high school AU is the way AugustaByron creates a Carlos-centric story that parallels the later canonical Cecil perspective. Carlos is attracted to Cecil's most prominent feature from their first meeting, an attraction that goes unrequited for some time, through a partner project and a not-date. And just like in canon, it's Carlos who initiates their relationship. Unfortunately, the very mystery that brought Carlos to Night Vale in the first place is what throws a wrench in their fledgling romance, a wrench that tightens down the bolts of their respective destinies, setting them both down the paths that will later lead them to the Night Vale we've come to know and love, warts and viscera and all.
hadn't built up my defenses
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale
Pairing: Carlos/Cecil Gershwin Palmer
Categories: Alternate Universe, Pre-Canon, High School, Romance, Drama, Mystery
Length: Medium (12177 words)
Warnings: N/A
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: AugustaByron
Author's Summary:
Carlos hates the desert, and he hates sand, and he hates Night Vale, and he hates his dad's stupid job with its stupid transfers. He hates the idea of spending an entire school year in this boring town.
Review:
hadn't built up my defenses is the 'beginning of the beginning', (to butcher a common phrase), another way things might've begun in the grand saga of Cecil and Carlos. In it, Carlos is transplanted into Night Vale after his father is transferred to the town for mysterious reasons. Even more mysterious still is Carlos' first day at the high school where he, (to butcher a rather less common phrase), 'falls in crush, instantly' with Cecil, the boy assigned to show him around his first day. The story progresses as most boy-meets-boy high school romances do, with the usual gory horror of Night Vale life plodding along in the background. Still, it manages to hint at deeper, more terrifying mysteries that foreshadow the events and persons introduced in the canonical episodes.
But what makes this fic more than just any old high school AU is the way AugustaByron creates a Carlos-centric story that parallels the later canonical Cecil perspective. Carlos is attracted to Cecil's most prominent feature from their first meeting, an attraction that goes unrequited for some time, through a partner project and a not-date. And just like in canon, it's Carlos who initiates their relationship. Unfortunately, the very mystery that brought Carlos to Night Vale in the first place is what throws a wrench in their fledgling romance, a wrench that tightens down the bolts of their respective destinies, setting them both down the paths that will later lead them to the Night Vale we've come to know and love, warts and viscera and all.
hadn't built up my defenses
Title: Blackjack
Fandom: CI5: The New Professionals
Pairing: Chris Keel/Sam Curtis
Categories: action/adventure, thriller, pre-canon, romance, hurt/comfort.
Length: Epic (92,150 words)
Warnings: Minor character death, violence, torture, all the sort of unpleasantness you would expect from a spy novel.
Authors on LJ:alyse and chya
Author Website: Unconscious Mind (Alyse),
alyse and chya
(For the authors' New Pros stories you are better off trawling through the CI5 Ops Control archive site.)
Author's Summary: When an assignment goes wrong, and Chris Keel is captured, his captor hands him over as a gift to an arms dealer with a reputation for ruthlessness. But is this man what he seems? AU for a certain key aspect of the series.
Review:
CI5: The New Professionals was an attempt to reboot The Professionals in the late 1990s, with an international cast in an attempt to spread its appeal. In place of the original Bodie and Doyle (ex-SAS and Police respectively), we had Chris Keel (ex-US Navy SEAL) and Sam Curtis (ex-MI6), along with Tina Backus (Canadian hacker and sharpshooter). Also huge amounts of slash potential, to the point where I'm fairly certain the writers must have been aware of old Pros fanfiction. Remember the names, though; there will be a quiz later.
Blackjack is set before the series starts when Chris Keel's partner is killed and he is captured and interrogated. This turns out to be part of a game being played by an arms dealer to distract his main rival, Stuart Carstairs, and Chris becomes a pawn in that game. From there on, things only get more complicated, and a somewhat broken Chris has to figure out who, if anyone, he should trust.
This is not a nice story. It contains violence and torture easily on a par with recent Bond movies, and in fact fits that genre pretty well. People die in a variety of unpleasant ways. There is plenty of psychological torture as well as physical, with deceptions and betrayals on all sides taking their toll on everyone. It's a hard read; I am not a fan of dark fiction, and this is as dark as I go.
It's a rewarding read, though. In this crucible of violence and uncertainty, Alyse and Chya forge a believably strong relationship between the main characters. Watching them keep each other alive and sane, and believe me that last one matters, is the joy of the whole story. It carries right through to the end, giving the reader enough of an emotional payoff to make it worth while getting there, and leaving you believing that this could have been the start of the series that could never have been shown on prime time.
An excellent story, but not one to read lightly.
Blackjack
Fandom: CI5: The New Professionals
Pairing: Chris Keel/Sam Curtis
Categories: action/adventure, thriller, pre-canon, romance, hurt/comfort.
Length: Epic (92,150 words)
Warnings: Minor character death, violence, torture, all the sort of unpleasantness you would expect from a spy novel.
Authors on LJ:
alyse and chyaAuthor Website: Unconscious Mind (Alyse),
(For the authors' New Pros stories you are better off trawling through the CI5 Ops Control archive site.)
Author's Summary: When an assignment goes wrong, and Chris Keel is captured, his captor hands him over as a gift to an arms dealer with a reputation for ruthlessness. But is this man what he seems? AU for a certain key aspect of the series.
Review:
CI5: The New Professionals was an attempt to reboot The Professionals in the late 1990s, with an international cast in an attempt to spread its appeal. In place of the original Bodie and Doyle (ex-SAS and Police respectively), we had Chris Keel (ex-US Navy SEAL) and Sam Curtis (ex-MI6), along with Tina Backus (Canadian hacker and sharpshooter). Also huge amounts of slash potential, to the point where I'm fairly certain the writers must have been aware of old Pros fanfiction. Remember the names, though; there will be a quiz later.
Blackjack is set before the series starts when Chris Keel's partner is killed and he is captured and interrogated. This turns out to be part of a game being played by an arms dealer to distract his main rival, Stuart Carstairs, and Chris becomes a pawn in that game. From there on, things only get more complicated, and a somewhat broken Chris has to figure out who, if anyone, he should trust.
This is not a nice story. It contains violence and torture easily on a par with recent Bond movies, and in fact fits that genre pretty well. People die in a variety of unpleasant ways. There is plenty of psychological torture as well as physical, with deceptions and betrayals on all sides taking their toll on everyone. It's a hard read; I am not a fan of dark fiction, and this is as dark as I go.
It's a rewarding read, though. In this crucible of violence and uncertainty, Alyse and Chya forge a believably strong relationship between the main characters. Watching them keep each other alive and sane, and believe me that last one matters, is the joy of the whole story. It carries right through to the end, giving the reader enough of an emotional payoff to make it worth while getting there, and leaving you believing that this could have been the start of the series that could never have been shown on prime time.
An excellent story, but not one to read lightly.
Blackjack
Title: In the Hour After Zero
Fandom: Pacific Rim
Pairing: Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb
Categories: Action/Adventure, Friendship, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Romance,
Length:Medium (15k)
Warnings:Canon Typical Violence, Canon Character Death
Author on LJ:amuly
Website: Amuly
Summary:In the case of Drs Newton Geiszler and Hermann Gottleib, "bickering like an old married couple" was actually a fairly literal description of them. After all, they had started dating one year after Newt came aboard the PPDC, then married two years after that. So maybe the "old" part of "old married couple" wasn't perfectly accurate, but it was really just technicalities at that point.
Review: This is a very sweet series of time stamps/snippets from the shared lives of Drs Newt Geiszler and Hermann Gottleib. I love what Amuly did with Hermann's limp, and how she uses it to both show his strength and Newt's loyalty.
I love how it starts out with Raliegh's POV to ground it in the timeline of the movie, before moving on to show all the time before and after the movie.
In the Hour After Zero
Fandom: Pacific Rim
Pairing: Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb
Categories: Action/Adventure, Friendship, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Romance,
Length:Medium (15k)
Warnings:Canon Typical Violence, Canon Character Death
Author on LJ:
amulyWebsite: Amuly
Summary:In the case of Drs Newton Geiszler and Hermann Gottleib, "bickering like an old married couple" was actually a fairly literal description of them. After all, they had started dating one year after Newt came aboard the PPDC, then married two years after that. So maybe the "old" part of "old married couple" wasn't perfectly accurate, but it was really just technicalities at that point.
Review: This is a very sweet series of time stamps/snippets from the shared lives of Drs Newt Geiszler and Hermann Gottleib. I love what Amuly did with Hermann's limp, and how she uses it to both show his strength and Newt's loyalty.
I love how it starts out with Raliegh's POV to ground it in the timeline of the movie, before moving on to show all the time before and after the movie.
In the Hour After Zero
Title: Hymn
Fandom: Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Pairing: Serena Joy/Fred; Fred/OfFred
Categories: Angst, Dark, Pre-Canon, Sad Stories
Length:Medium (5,000)
Warnings:Suicide, Child Death, Murder, Slavery, Canon Typical Violence
Author on LJ:tearoses
Website: Tea Roses's A03
Summary:The story of a Wife who hoped that Gilead might be a Paradise. Warning: Contains non-graphic violent death, including of children.
Review: Hymn is an interesting look into the world of Handmaiden's Tale. If you've read the original book you've heard the story of Offred. This is the story of Fred's wife.
It is interesting to see the different interpretations of what is going on during the course of the story. Fred's wife knows a lot more about what is going on inn the world than Offred, and she's resorted to blaming the handmaidens for the way her life turned out.
But TeaRoses does a great job of showing the cracks in her logic, and the fact that she has feelings about the handmaidens and her husband that she is forcing back, in order to survive. This story is definitely worth a read, if you ever wanted to get a glimpse into the world that gave rise to Gilead.
Hymn
Fandom: Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Pairing: Serena Joy/Fred; Fred/OfFred
Categories: Angst, Dark, Pre-Canon, Sad Stories
Length:Medium (5,000)
Warnings:Suicide, Child Death, Murder, Slavery, Canon Typical Violence
Author on LJ:
tearosesWebsite: Tea Roses's A03
Summary:The story of a Wife who hoped that Gilead might be a Paradise. Warning: Contains non-graphic violent death, including of children.
Review: Hymn is an interesting look into the world of Handmaiden's Tale. If you've read the original book you've heard the story of Offred. This is the story of Fred's wife.
It is interesting to see the different interpretations of what is going on during the course of the story. Fred's wife knows a lot more about what is going on inn the world than Offred, and she's resorted to blaming the handmaidens for the way her life turned out.
But TeaRoses does a great job of showing the cracks in her logic, and the fact that she has feelings about the handmaidens and her husband that she is forcing back, in order to survive. This story is definitely worth a read, if you ever wanted to get a glimpse into the world that gave rise to Gilead.
Hymn
Title: Saving Sherlock Holmes
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairing: John/Sherlock, Greg/Mycroft
Categories: AU, pre-canon, romance, school, case fic, drama, Mycroft as Sherlock's legal guardian
Length: Super Epic (139,494 words)
Warnings: Minor character death: Mummy, original characters. Underage: consenting sex between sixteen-year-olds.
Author on LJ:earlgreytea68
Author Website:
earlgreytea68
Author's Summary: Sherlock Holmes, schoolboy. Yeah, that basically sums it up.
Review:
Earlgreytea68 bumps up the timeline so that Sherlock meets John at Eton when they're sixteen, and over the course of 139k words, she shows us all the ways that changes both their lives -- and Mycroft and Greg's lives as well. But she's also ingenious at bringing in familiar characters and plotlines in a way that rings true and keeps this close to canon.
The story opens with eighteen-year-old Mycroft handling their mother's funeral and the responsibility of eleven-year-old Sherlock. I felt especially bad for Mycroft and how much he demanded of himself as the older brother. In fact, as much as I loved Sherlock and John in this story, it was Sherlock's relationship with Mycroft that might have been my favorite part; they're so in character, but this new set of circumstances allows for some differences in how they come to understand one another.
John showing up early means he's able to balance Sherlock out some of the time, but John's changed by the early association too. There are parallels between him and Mycroft since John has been forced to be the primary caretaker of his own family at a young age, due to alcoholism rather than death, and meeting the Holmes brothers affects his home life and his choices.
Earlgreytea68 writes this beautifully. The dialog's great. Although she says she wondered what would happen if she gave the Holmes boys "everything they needed to fix themselves" early on, she doesn't oversimplify; there are definite struggles to get where they're going. Everyone's complex and in character. Greg is a tutor with a friend at Scotland Yard and an interest in Mycroft. Ms. Hudson is the nanny, and Moriarty provides danger and tension. Little touches like Mycroft's umbrella at the beginning and end show how well the author knows and loves these characters.
Saving Sherlock Holmes (AO3)
On LJ (Last chapter, which has links to all chapters.)
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairing: John/Sherlock, Greg/Mycroft
Categories: AU, pre-canon, romance, school, case fic, drama, Mycroft as Sherlock's legal guardian
Length: Super Epic (139,494 words)
Warnings: Minor character death: Mummy, original characters. Underage: consenting sex between sixteen-year-olds.
Author on LJ:
earlgreytea68Author Website:
Author's Summary: Sherlock Holmes, schoolboy. Yeah, that basically sums it up.
Review:
Earlgreytea68 bumps up the timeline so that Sherlock meets John at Eton when they're sixteen, and over the course of 139k words, she shows us all the ways that changes both their lives -- and Mycroft and Greg's lives as well. But she's also ingenious at bringing in familiar characters and plotlines in a way that rings true and keeps this close to canon.
The story opens with eighteen-year-old Mycroft handling their mother's funeral and the responsibility of eleven-year-old Sherlock. I felt especially bad for Mycroft and how much he demanded of himself as the older brother. In fact, as much as I loved Sherlock and John in this story, it was Sherlock's relationship with Mycroft that might have been my favorite part; they're so in character, but this new set of circumstances allows for some differences in how they come to understand one another.
John showing up early means he's able to balance Sherlock out some of the time, but John's changed by the early association too. There are parallels between him and Mycroft since John has been forced to be the primary caretaker of his own family at a young age, due to alcoholism rather than death, and meeting the Holmes brothers affects his home life and his choices.
Earlgreytea68 writes this beautifully. The dialog's great. Although she says she wondered what would happen if she gave the Holmes boys "everything they needed to fix themselves" early on, she doesn't oversimplify; there are definite struggles to get where they're going. Everyone's complex and in character. Greg is a tutor with a friend at Scotland Yard and an interest in Mycroft. Ms. Hudson is the nanny, and Moriarty provides danger and tension. Little touches like Mycroft's umbrella at the beginning and end show how well the author knows and loves these characters.
Saving Sherlock Holmes (AO3)
On LJ (Last chapter, which has links to all chapters.)
Sorry I've been MIA for two weeks!
Title: My Adventure, by Belladonna Baggins nee Took
Fandom: Tolkien: Hobbit & Lord of the Rings
Pairing: gen (with background Belladonna Took/Bungo Baggins, and OFC/OMC elves)
Categories: Action/Adventure, Humor, Pre-Canon
Length: Medium (11,443 words)
Warnings: implied secondary character deaths
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Thimblerig (on AO3), Thimble (on fanfiction.net)
Summary:
Gandalf exclaimed once: 'That I should live to be 'Good morninged' by a son of Belladonna Took!'
Bilbo's mum has a story to tell and this is it. Holidays by the Sea, Elves, and much Falling in the Water.
Review:
I was utterly charmed by this story. Belladonna (Bilbo's mother) wants an adventure before her coming-of-age birthday, and does just that. Her narration is lots of fun, with her slightly unreliable perspective on things and her gung ho, exuberant attitude. The best parts, for me, were when she interacts with characters the reader would be familiar with from Tolkien's other works and how she sees them, such as some of the dwarves from The Hobbit or the nice "bandits" she runs into (Aragorn's great-grandfather). Though it's a small part of the story, I also really liked the relationship between Belladonna and Bungo.
Make sure to read the notes at the end of each chapter, which read like a historian's notations on Belladonna's diary with extra information and commentary.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
My Adventure (AO3), (ff.net)
Title: My Adventure, by Belladonna Baggins nee Took
Fandom: Tolkien: Hobbit & Lord of the Rings
Pairing: gen (with background Belladonna Took/Bungo Baggins, and OFC/OMC elves)
Categories: Action/Adventure, Humor, Pre-Canon
Length: Medium (11,443 words)
Warnings: implied secondary character deaths
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Thimblerig (on AO3), Thimble (on fanfiction.net)
Summary:
Gandalf exclaimed once: 'That I should live to be 'Good morninged' by a son of Belladonna Took!'
Bilbo's mum has a story to tell and this is it. Holidays by the Sea, Elves, and much Falling in the Water.
Review:
I was utterly charmed by this story. Belladonna (Bilbo's mother) wants an adventure before her coming-of-age birthday, and does just that. Her narration is lots of fun, with her slightly unreliable perspective on things and her gung ho, exuberant attitude. The best parts, for me, were when she interacts with characters the reader would be familiar with from Tolkien's other works and how she sees them, such as some of the dwarves from The Hobbit or the nice "bandits" she runs into (Aragorn's great-grandfather). Though it's a small part of the story, I also really liked the relationship between Belladonna and Bungo.
Make sure to read the notes at the end of each chapter, which read like a historian's notations on Belladonna's diary with extra information and commentary.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
My Adventure (AO3), (ff.net)
Sorry I've been MIA for two weeks!
Title: My Adventure, by Belladonna Baggins nee Took
Fandom: Tolkien: Hobbit & Lord of the Rings
Pairing: gen (with background Belladonna Took/Bungo Baggins, and OFC/OMC elves)
Categories: Action/Adventure, Humor, Pre-Canon
Length: Medium (11,443 words)
Warnings: implied secondary character deaths
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Thimblerig (on AO3), Thimble (on fanfiction.net)
Summary:
Gandalf exclaimed once: 'That I should live to be 'Good morninged' by a son of Belladonna Took!'
Bilbo's mum has a story to tell and this is it. Holidays by the Sea, Elves, and much Falling in the Water.
Review:
I was utterly charmed by this story. Belladonna (Bilbo's mother) wants an adventure before her coming-of-age birthday, and does just that. Her narration is lots of fun, with her slightly unreliable perspective on things and her gung ho, exuberant attitude. The best parts, for me, were when she interacts with characters the reader would be familiar with from Tolkien's other works and how she sees them, such as some of the dwarves from The Hobbit or the nice "bandits" she runs into (Aragorn's great-grandfather). Though it's a small part of the story, I also really liked the relationship between Belladonna and Bungo.
Make sure to read the notes at the end of each chapter, which read like a historian's notations on Belladonna's diary with extra information and commentary.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
My Adventure (AO3), (ff.net)
Title: My Adventure, by Belladonna Baggins nee Took
Fandom: Tolkien: Hobbit & Lord of the Rings
Pairing: gen (with background Belladonna Took/Bungo Baggins, and OFC/OMC elves)
Categories: Action/Adventure, Humor, Pre-Canon
Length: Medium (11,443 words)
Warnings: implied secondary character deaths
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Thimblerig (on AO3), Thimble (on fanfiction.net)
Summary:
Gandalf exclaimed once: 'That I should live to be 'Good morninged' by a son of Belladonna Took!'
Bilbo's mum has a story to tell and this is it. Holidays by the Sea, Elves, and much Falling in the Water.
Review:
I was utterly charmed by this story. Belladonna (Bilbo's mother) wants an adventure before her coming-of-age birthday, and does just that. Her narration is lots of fun, with her slightly unreliable perspective on things and her gung ho, exuberant attitude. The best parts, for me, were when she interacts with characters the reader would be familiar with from Tolkien's other works and how she sees them, such as some of the dwarves from The Hobbit or the nice "bandits" she runs into (Aragorn's great-grandfather). Though it's a small part of the story, I also really liked the relationship between Belladonna and Bungo.
Make sure to read the notes at the end of each chapter, which read like a historian's notations on Belladonna's diary with extra information and commentary.
( Click here to read an excerpt. )
My Adventure (AO3), (ff.net)
Title : Boredom Untold
Fandom: Sherlock, Labyrinth
Pairing: gen
Categories: crack, crossover, humor, pre-canon
Length: Short (2000 words)
Warnings: N/A
Author on LJ:goldenusagi
Author Website: N/A
Summary:
Labyrinth crossover. Mycroft wishes nine-year-old Sherlock away to the goblins. This turns out to be a mistake for everyone involved. Jareth suffers the most.
Review:
I'm presenting a short fic today but it made me laugh a few days ago and I didn't want to miss reccing it.
I often enjoy well-plotted crossover. And this one, while completely crack-ish is very well-done. The author ties the plots of both fandoms with ease.
Goldenusagi created great dialogs. Both Sherlock and Mycroft are very much in characters. And the banter between all the characters is spot on.
If you want to have fun, just go. You won't regret it.
Boredom Untold
Fandom: Sherlock, Labyrinth
Pairing: gen
Categories: crack, crossover, humor, pre-canon
Length: Short (2000 words)
Warnings: N/A
Author on LJ:
goldenusagiAuthor Website: N/A
Summary:
Labyrinth crossover. Mycroft wishes nine-year-old Sherlock away to the goblins. This turns out to be a mistake for everyone involved. Jareth suffers the most.
Review:
I'm presenting a short fic today but it made me laugh a few days ago and I didn't want to miss reccing it.
I often enjoy well-plotted crossover. And this one, while completely crack-ish is very well-done. The author ties the plots of both fandoms with ease.
Goldenusagi created great dialogs. Both Sherlock and Mycroft are very much in characters. And the banter between all the characters is spot on.
If you want to have fun, just go. You won't regret it.
Boredom Untold
Title : Boredom Untold
Fandom: Sherlock, Labyrinth
Pairing: gen
Categories: crack, crossover, humor, pre-canon
Length: Short (2000 words)
Warnings: N/A
Author on LJ:goldenusagi
Author Website: N/A
Summary:
Labyrinth crossover. Mycroft wishes nine-year-old Sherlock away to the goblins. This turns out to be a mistake for everyone involved. Jareth suffers the most.
Review:
I'm presenting a short fic today but it made me laugh a few days ago and I didn't want to miss reccing it.
I often enjoy well-plotted crossover. And this one, while completely crack-ish is very well-done. The author ties the plots of both fandoms with ease.
Goldenusagi created great dialogs. Both Sherlock and Mycroft are very much in characters. And the banter between all the characters is spot on.
If you want to have fun, just go. You won't regret it.
Boredom Untold
Fandom: Sherlock, Labyrinth
Pairing: gen
Categories: crack, crossover, humor, pre-canon
Length: Short (2000 words)
Warnings: N/A
Author on LJ:
goldenusagiAuthor Website: N/A
Summary:
Labyrinth crossover. Mycroft wishes nine-year-old Sherlock away to the goblins. This turns out to be a mistake for everyone involved. Jareth suffers the most.
Review:
I'm presenting a short fic today but it made me laugh a few days ago and I didn't want to miss reccing it.
I often enjoy well-plotted crossover. And this one, while completely crack-ish is very well-done. The author ties the plots of both fandoms with ease.
Goldenusagi created great dialogs. Both Sherlock and Mycroft are very much in characters. And the banter between all the characters is spot on.
If you want to have fun, just go. You won't regret it.
Boredom Untold
Title: love is for children, and other lies
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Gen (Maria Hill/Natasha Romanova)
Categories: Asexual, Domestic, Pre-canon, Prostitution
Length: Long (30,000)
Warnings:canon typical violence; prostitution of young women
Author on LJ:fahye
Website: Fahye's Ao3
Summary: War is the child's emptiness, the surrender of identity, the transformation into a simple system: purpose goes in, action comes out. (Natalia Alianovna Romanova, and everything that she became.)
Review: Natasha's voice in this is just amazing! Fahye manages to keep it solid, despite the fact that the story follows Natasha from a young age through when she joins up with S.H.I.E.L.D. and beyond.
She's paranoid but a realist. And her relationship with Clint is just so warm and fuzzy, without losing it's spy vs. spy edge.
love is for children, and other lies
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Gen (Maria Hill/Natasha Romanova)
Categories: Asexual, Domestic, Pre-canon, Prostitution
Length: Long (30,000)
Warnings:canon typical violence; prostitution of young women
Author on LJ:
fahyeWebsite: Fahye's Ao3
Summary: War is the child's emptiness, the surrender of identity, the transformation into a simple system: purpose goes in, action comes out. (Natalia Alianovna Romanova, and everything that she became.)
Review: Natasha's voice in this is just amazing! Fahye manages to keep it solid, despite the fact that the story follows Natasha from a young age through when she joins up with S.H.I.E.L.D. and beyond.
She's paranoid but a realist. And her relationship with Clint is just so warm and fuzzy, without losing it's spy vs. spy edge.
love is for children, and other lies
Title: love is for children, and other lies
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Gen (Maria Hill/Natasha Romanova)
Categories: Asexual, Domestic, Pre-canon, Prostitution
Length: Long (30,000)
Warnings:canon typical violence; prostitution of young women
Author on LJ:fahye
Website: Fahye's Ao3
Summary: War is the child's emptiness, the surrender of identity, the transformation into a simple system: purpose goes in, action comes out. (Natalia Alianovna Romanova, and everything that she became.)
Review: Natasha's voice in this is just amazing! Fahye manages to keep it solid, despite the fact that the story follows Natasha from a young age through when she joins up with S.H.I.E.L.D. and beyond.
She's paranoid but a realist. And her relationship with Clint is just so warm and fuzzy, without losing it's spy vs. spy edge.
love is for children, and other lies
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Gen (Maria Hill/Natasha Romanova)
Categories: Asexual, Domestic, Pre-canon, Prostitution
Length: Long (30,000)
Warnings:canon typical violence; prostitution of young women
Author on LJ:
fahyeWebsite: Fahye's Ao3
Summary: War is the child's emptiness, the surrender of identity, the transformation into a simple system: purpose goes in, action comes out. (Natalia Alianovna Romanova, and everything that she became.)
Review: Natasha's voice in this is just amazing! Fahye manages to keep it solid, despite the fact that the story follows Natasha from a young age through when she joins up with S.H.I.E.L.D. and beyond.
She's paranoid but a realist. And her relationship with Clint is just so warm and fuzzy, without losing it's spy vs. spy edge.
love is for children, and other lies
Title: Hell House
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Mostly gen but some Sam/Gabriel and one-sided Sam/Andy
Categories: Horror, mystery, pre-series, AU, pre-canon
Length: Epic (about 60,000 words)
Warnings: Violence, gore, religious themes, character deaths (OC’s and minor characters), open ending
Author on LJ:narukyu_fic
Author Website: Author profile at AO3
Summary:
A devotedly unreligious man sends his youngest son to a private religious school. If that wasn't suspicious enough, Sam can't get a hold of John or Dean, people are disappearing right and left, and, in the night, something whispers in the silence of the old chapel. Soon enough, Sam discovers that something terrible lingers behind the doors to the sacristy--something that sheds a light on the secret holy mission of the Soldiers of Christ as well what happened to his family so many years ago.
Review:
This has long been a favorite Supernatural fic of mine because of the way the author takes canon and spins it around, presenting another way it could have gone. The story is, at heart, a mystery but there’s a wonderfully suspenseful and utterly creepy feel that is woven throughout the entire story that continues up until the final, horrible, conclusion.
The Sam characterization here is strong and compelling. He’s taken from his family at the height of his teenaged rebellion stage, something we never saw in the series, and swings between believable anger that John sent him away and confusion and hurt when Dean misses Christmases and birthdays. The back and forth feelings of hurt and anger mixed with loneliness and sadness as he misses both Dean and John are poignant and spot on for teenaged Sam. One of my favorite parts was in the final confrontation where everything is going to hell and Sam wants, with an almost visceral feeling, for John to be there to make everything better because no matter their complicated relationship, Sam still believed John could help him.
The inclusion of Gabriel, who is both Trickster and archangel is wonderfully done. I particularly loved all of Gabriel and Sam’s interactions and how much the author pulled canon references into them. There is a brief relationship between the two but it’s after Sam is of age, and while an important part of the story, it is not the focus of it.
The ending is open to some extent, yet it feels like a natural conclusion to the story. You’re definitely left with a strong feeling of “What happens next?” but the story itself is complete. The epilogue is a fabulous outsider POV detailing the horrors of what happened at Hell House and the last few paragraphs are like a punch to the gut, but in the very best way.
There are some instances of minor spelling errors and missing words in a few places. They were enough to note and point out, but other than jarring for a moment, the story itself is well paced and plotted, and I don’t feel they ultimately took away from that.
Fic Master Post @ LJ
Link to PDF of fic
First 5 chapters posted at AO3
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Mostly gen but some Sam/Gabriel and one-sided Sam/Andy
Categories: Horror, mystery, pre-series, AU, pre-canon
Length: Epic (about 60,000 words)
Warnings: Violence, gore, religious themes, character deaths (OC’s and minor characters), open ending
Author on LJ:
narukyu_ficAuthor Website: Author profile at AO3
Summary:
A devotedly unreligious man sends his youngest son to a private religious school. If that wasn't suspicious enough, Sam can't get a hold of John or Dean, people are disappearing right and left, and, in the night, something whispers in the silence of the old chapel. Soon enough, Sam discovers that something terrible lingers behind the doors to the sacristy--something that sheds a light on the secret holy mission of the Soldiers of Christ as well what happened to his family so many years ago.
Review:
This has long been a favorite Supernatural fic of mine because of the way the author takes canon and spins it around, presenting another way it could have gone. The story is, at heart, a mystery but there’s a wonderfully suspenseful and utterly creepy feel that is woven throughout the entire story that continues up until the final, horrible, conclusion.
The Sam characterization here is strong and compelling. He’s taken from his family at the height of his teenaged rebellion stage, something we never saw in the series, and swings between believable anger that John sent him away and confusion and hurt when Dean misses Christmases and birthdays. The back and forth feelings of hurt and anger mixed with loneliness and sadness as he misses both Dean and John are poignant and spot on for teenaged Sam. One of my favorite parts was in the final confrontation where everything is going to hell and Sam wants, with an almost visceral feeling, for John to be there to make everything better because no matter their complicated relationship, Sam still believed John could help him.
The inclusion of Gabriel, who is both Trickster and archangel is wonderfully done. I particularly loved all of Gabriel and Sam’s interactions and how much the author pulled canon references into them. There is a brief relationship between the two but it’s after Sam is of age, and while an important part of the story, it is not the focus of it.
The ending is open to some extent, yet it feels like a natural conclusion to the story. You’re definitely left with a strong feeling of “What happens next?” but the story itself is complete. The epilogue is a fabulous outsider POV detailing the horrors of what happened at Hell House and the last few paragraphs are like a punch to the gut, but in the very best way.
There are some instances of minor spelling errors and missing words in a few places. They were enough to note and point out, but other than jarring for a moment, the story itself is well paced and plotted, and I don’t feel they ultimately took away from that.
Fic Master Post @ LJ
Link to PDF of fic
First 5 chapters posted at AO3
Title: Hell House
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Mostly gen but some Sam/Gabriel and one-sided Sam/Andy
Categories: Horror, mystery, pre-series, AU, pre-canon
Length: Epic (about 60,000 words)
Warnings: Violence, gore, religious themes, character deaths (OC’s and minor characters), open ending
Author on LJ:narukyu_fic
Author Website: Author profile at AO3
Summary:
A devotedly unreligious man sends his youngest son to a private religious school. If that wasn't suspicious enough, Sam can't get a hold of John or Dean, people are disappearing right and left, and, in the night, something whispers in the silence of the old chapel. Soon enough, Sam discovers that something terrible lingers behind the doors to the sacristy--something that sheds a light on the secret holy mission of the Soldiers of Christ as well what happened to his family so many years ago.
Review:
This has long been a favorite Supernatural fic of mine because of the way the author takes canon and spins it around, presenting another way it could have gone. The story is, at heart, a mystery but there’s a wonderfully suspenseful and utterly creepy feel that is woven throughout the entire story that continues up until the final, horrible, conclusion.
The Sam characterization here is strong and compelling. He’s taken from his family at the height of his teenaged rebellion stage, something we never saw in the series, and swings between believable anger that John sent him away and confusion and hurt when Dean misses Christmases and birthdays. The back and forth feelings of hurt and anger mixed with loneliness and sadness as he misses both Dean and John are poignant and spot on for teenaged Sam. One of my favorite parts was in the final confrontation where everything is going to hell and Sam wants, with an almost visceral feeling, for John to be there to make everything better because no matter their complicated relationship, Sam still believed John could help him.
The inclusion of Gabriel, who is both Trickster and archangel is wonderfully done. I particularly loved all of Gabriel and Sam’s interactions and how much the author pulled canon references into them. There is a brief relationship between the two but it’s after Sam is of age, and while an important part of the story, it is not the focus of it.
The ending is open to some extent, yet it feels like a natural conclusion to the story. You’re definitely left with a strong feeling of “What happens next?” but the story itself is complete. The epilogue is a fabulous outsider POV detailing the horrors of what happened at Hell House and the last few paragraphs are like a punch to the gut, but in the very best way.
There are some instances of minor spelling errors and missing words in a few places. They were enough to note and point out, but other than jarring for a moment, the story itself is well paced and plotted, and I don’t feel they ultimately took away from that.
Fic Master Post @ LJ
Link to PDF of fic
First 5 chapters posted at AO3
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Mostly gen but some Sam/Gabriel and one-sided Sam/Andy
Categories: Horror, mystery, pre-series, AU, pre-canon
Length: Epic (about 60,000 words)
Warnings: Violence, gore, religious themes, character deaths (OC’s and minor characters), open ending
Author on LJ:
narukyu_ficAuthor Website: Author profile at AO3
Summary:
A devotedly unreligious man sends his youngest son to a private religious school. If that wasn't suspicious enough, Sam can't get a hold of John or Dean, people are disappearing right and left, and, in the night, something whispers in the silence of the old chapel. Soon enough, Sam discovers that something terrible lingers behind the doors to the sacristy--something that sheds a light on the secret holy mission of the Soldiers of Christ as well what happened to his family so many years ago.
Review:
This has long been a favorite Supernatural fic of mine because of the way the author takes canon and spins it around, presenting another way it could have gone. The story is, at heart, a mystery but there’s a wonderfully suspenseful and utterly creepy feel that is woven throughout the entire story that continues up until the final, horrible, conclusion.
The Sam characterization here is strong and compelling. He’s taken from his family at the height of his teenaged rebellion stage, something we never saw in the series, and swings between believable anger that John sent him away and confusion and hurt when Dean misses Christmases and birthdays. The back and forth feelings of hurt and anger mixed with loneliness and sadness as he misses both Dean and John are poignant and spot on for teenaged Sam. One of my favorite parts was in the final confrontation where everything is going to hell and Sam wants, with an almost visceral feeling, for John to be there to make everything better because no matter their complicated relationship, Sam still believed John could help him.
The inclusion of Gabriel, who is both Trickster and archangel is wonderfully done. I particularly loved all of Gabriel and Sam’s interactions and how much the author pulled canon references into them. There is a brief relationship between the two but it’s after Sam is of age, and while an important part of the story, it is not the focus of it.
The ending is open to some extent, yet it feels like a natural conclusion to the story. You’re definitely left with a strong feeling of “What happens next?” but the story itself is complete. The epilogue is a fabulous outsider POV detailing the horrors of what happened at Hell House and the last few paragraphs are like a punch to the gut, but in the very best way.
There are some instances of minor spelling errors and missing words in a few places. They were enough to note and point out, but other than jarring for a moment, the story itself is well paced and plotted, and I don’t feel they ultimately took away from that.
Fic Master Post @ LJ
Link to PDF of fic
First 5 chapters posted at AO3
Title: Hell House
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Mostly gen but some Sam/Gabriel and one-sided Sam/Andy
Categories: Horror, mystery, pre-series, AU, pre-canon
Length: Epic (about 60,000 words)
Warnings: Violence, gore, religious themes, character deaths (OC’s and minor characters), open ending
Author on LJ:narukyu_fic
Author Website: Author profile at AO3
Summary:
A devotedly unreligious man sends his youngest son to a private religious school. If that wasn't suspicious enough, Sam can't get a hold of John or Dean, people are disappearing right and left, and, in the night, something whispers in the silence of the old chapel. Soon enough, Sam discovers that something terrible lingers behind the doors to the sacristy--something that sheds a light on the secret holy mission of the Soldiers of Christ as well what happened to his family so many years ago.
Review:
This has long been a favorite Supernatural fic of mine because of the way the author takes canon and spins it around, presenting another way it could have gone. The story is, at heart, a mystery but there’s a wonderfully suspenseful and utterly creepy feel that is woven throughout the entire story that continues up until the final, horrible, conclusion.
The Sam characterization here is strong and compelling. He’s taken from his family at the height of his teenaged rebellion stage, something we never saw in the series, and swings between believable anger that John sent him away and confusion and hurt when Dean misses Christmases and birthdays. The back and forth feelings of hurt and anger mixed with loneliness and sadness as he misses both Dean and John are poignant and spot on for teenaged Sam. One of my favorite parts was in the final confrontation where everything is going to hell and Sam wants, with an almost visceral feeling, for John to be there to make everything better because no matter their complicated relationship, Sam still believed John could help him.
The inclusion of Gabriel, who is both Trickster and archangel is wonderfully done. I particularly loved all of Gabriel and Sam’s interactions and how much the author pulled canon references into them. There is a brief relationship between the two but it’s after Sam is of age, and while an important part of the story, it is not the focus of it.
The ending is open to some extent, yet it feels like a natural conclusion to the story. You’re definitely left with a strong feeling of “What happens next?” but the story itself is complete. The epilogue is a fabulous outsider POV detailing the horrors of what happened at Hell House and the last few paragraphs are like a punch to the gut, but in the very best way.
There are some instances of minor spelling errors and missing words in a few places. They were enough to note and point out, but other than jarring for a moment, the story itself is well paced and plotted, and I don’t feel they ultimately took away from that.
Fic Master Post @ LJ
Link to PDF of fic
First 5 chapters posted at AO3
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Mostly gen but some Sam/Gabriel and one-sided Sam/Andy
Categories: Horror, mystery, pre-series, AU, pre-canon
Length: Epic (about 60,000 words)
Warnings: Violence, gore, religious themes, character deaths (OC’s and minor characters), open ending
Author on LJ:
narukyu_ficAuthor Website: Author profile at AO3
Summary:
A devotedly unreligious man sends his youngest son to a private religious school. If that wasn't suspicious enough, Sam can't get a hold of John or Dean, people are disappearing right and left, and, in the night, something whispers in the silence of the old chapel. Soon enough, Sam discovers that something terrible lingers behind the doors to the sacristy--something that sheds a light on the secret holy mission of the Soldiers of Christ as well what happened to his family so many years ago.
Review:
This has long been a favorite Supernatural fic of mine because of the way the author takes canon and spins it around, presenting another way it could have gone. The story is, at heart, a mystery but there’s a wonderfully suspenseful and utterly creepy feel that is woven throughout the entire story that continues up until the final, horrible, conclusion.
The Sam characterization here is strong and compelling. He’s taken from his family at the height of his teenaged rebellion stage, something we never saw in the series, and swings between believable anger that John sent him away and confusion and hurt when Dean misses Christmases and birthdays. The back and forth feelings of hurt and anger mixed with loneliness and sadness as he misses both Dean and John are poignant and spot on for teenaged Sam. One of my favorite parts was in the final confrontation where everything is going to hell and Sam wants, with an almost visceral feeling, for John to be there to make everything better because no matter their complicated relationship, Sam still believed John could help him.
The inclusion of Gabriel, who is both Trickster and archangel is wonderfully done. I particularly loved all of Gabriel and Sam’s interactions and how much the author pulled canon references into them. There is a brief relationship between the two but it’s after Sam is of age, and while an important part of the story, it is not the focus of it.
The ending is open to some extent, yet it feels like a natural conclusion to the story. You’re definitely left with a strong feeling of “What happens next?” but the story itself is complete. The epilogue is a fabulous outsider POV detailing the horrors of what happened at Hell House and the last few paragraphs are like a punch to the gut, but in the very best way.
There are some instances of minor spelling errors and missing words in a few places. They were enough to note and point out, but other than jarring for a moment, the story itself is well paced and plotted, and I don’t feel they ultimately took away from that.
Fic Master Post @ LJ
Link to PDF of fic
First 5 chapters posted at AO3
Title: Eternal Changes
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: N/A
Categories: action/adventure, angst, case file, drama, friendship. hurt/comfort, pre-canon
Length: Super!Epic (~168,281)
Warnings: blood, gore, murderers, UnSubs just about everything you typically see in a Criminal Minds Episode
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: nebula2 @ ff.net
Author's Summary: "Jealous, Hudson?" "Of a wet-behind the ears kid who isn't technically old enough to be an agent? Not hardly. I give him a week before he quits." Dr. Spencer Reid is about to join the BAU, but not everyone is ready to accept him with open arms.
Review: I literally finished this fic just a few hours ago and I couldn't wait to recommend it to you guys. This fic is unique because rather than a retelling of a canon episode, it shows us what could have happened before the series started. It talks about how Reid joined the BAU right after graduation and first crime scene, how his interactions with his co-workers were then. In this story, the only faces we know from canon BAU team are Hotch, Gideon and Morgan.
Nebula has managed to wonderfully create a backstory for the canon series, we see Reid as an even more adorable geek that lacks people-sense. Nebula has managed to make Reid so natural while keeping a sense of his older persona. While I shouldn't be reading fanficton when it's finals week, I just couldn't help falling in love with the premise and managing to finish it in a few hours. :3
Eternal Changes
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: N/A
Categories: action/adventure, angst, case file, drama, friendship. hurt/comfort, pre-canon
Length: Super!Epic (~168,281)
Warnings: blood, gore, murderers, UnSubs just about everything you typically see in a Criminal Minds Episode
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: nebula2 @ ff.net
Author's Summary: "Jealous, Hudson?" "Of a wet-behind the ears kid who isn't technically old enough to be an agent? Not hardly. I give him a week before he quits." Dr. Spencer Reid is about to join the BAU, but not everyone is ready to accept him with open arms.
Review: I literally finished this fic just a few hours ago and I couldn't wait to recommend it to you guys. This fic is unique because rather than a retelling of a canon episode, it shows us what could have happened before the series started. It talks about how Reid joined the BAU right after graduation and first crime scene, how his interactions with his co-workers were then. In this story, the only faces we know from canon BAU team are Hotch, Gideon and Morgan.
Nebula has managed to wonderfully create a backstory for the canon series, we see Reid as an even more adorable geek that lacks people-sense. Nebula has managed to make Reid so natural while keeping a sense of his older persona. While I shouldn't be reading fanficton when it's finals week, I just couldn't help falling in love with the premise and managing to finish it in a few hours. :3
Eternal Changes
Title: Eternal Changes
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: N/A
Categories: action/adventure, angst, case file, drama, friendship. hurt/comfort, pre-canon
Length: Super!Epic (~168,281)
Warnings: blood, gore, murderers, UnSubs just about everything you typically see in a Criminal Minds Episode
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: nebula2 @ ff.net
Author's Summary: "Jealous, Hudson?" "Of a wet-behind the ears kid who isn't technically old enough to be an agent? Not hardly. I give him a week before he quits." Dr. Spencer Reid is about to join the BAU, but not everyone is ready to accept him with open arms.
Review: I literally finished this fic just a few hours ago and I couldn't wait to recommend it to you guys. This fic is unique because rather than a retelling of a canon episode, it shows us what could have happened before the series started. It talks about how Reid joined the BAU right after graduation and first crime scene, how his interactions with his co-workers were then. In this story, the only faces we know from canon BAU team are Hotch, Gideon and Morgan.
Nebula has managed to wonderfully create a backstory for the canon series, we see Reid as an even more adorable geek that lacks people-sense. Nebula has managed to make Reid so natural while keeping a sense of his older persona. While I shouldn't be reading fanficton when it's finals week, I just couldn't help falling in love with the premise and managing to finish it in a few hours. :3
Eternal Changes
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: N/A
Categories: action/adventure, angst, case file, drama, friendship. hurt/comfort, pre-canon
Length: Super!Epic (~168,281)
Warnings: blood, gore, murderers, UnSubs just about everything you typically see in a Criminal Minds Episode
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: nebula2 @ ff.net
Author's Summary: "Jealous, Hudson?" "Of a wet-behind the ears kid who isn't technically old enough to be an agent? Not hardly. I give him a week before he quits." Dr. Spencer Reid is about to join the BAU, but not everyone is ready to accept him with open arms.
Review: I literally finished this fic just a few hours ago and I couldn't wait to recommend it to you guys. This fic is unique because rather than a retelling of a canon episode, it shows us what could have happened before the series started. It talks about how Reid joined the BAU right after graduation and first crime scene, how his interactions with his co-workers were then. In this story, the only faces we know from canon BAU team are Hotch, Gideon and Morgan.
Nebula has managed to wonderfully create a backstory for the canon series, we see Reid as an even more adorable geek that lacks people-sense. Nebula has managed to make Reid so natural while keeping a sense of his older persona. While I shouldn't be reading fanficton when it's finals week, I just couldn't help falling in love with the premise and managing to finish it in a few hours. :3
Eternal Changes
Title: Eternal Changes
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: N/A
Categories: action/adventure, angst, case file, drama, friendship. hurt/comfort, pre-canon
Length: Super!Epic (~168,281)
Warnings: blood, gore, murderers, UnSubs just about everything you typically see in a Criminal Minds Episode
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: nebula2 @ ff.net
Author's Summary: "Jealous, Hudson?" "Of a wet-behind the ears kid who isn't technically old enough to be an agent? Not hardly. I give him a week before he quits." Dr. Spencer Reid is about to join the BAU, but not everyone is ready to accept him with open arms.
Review: I literally finished this fic just a few hours ago and I couldn't wait to recommend it to you guys. This fic is unique because rather than a retelling of a canon episode, it shows us what could have happened before the series started. It talks about how Reid joined the BAU right after graduation and first crime scene, how his interactions with his co-workers were then. In this story, the only faces we know from canon BAU team are Hotch, Gideon and Morgan.
Nebula has managed to wonderfully create a backstory for the canon series, we see Reid as an even more adorable geek that lacks people-sense. Nebula has managed to make Reid so natural while keeping a sense of his older persona. While I shouldn't be reading fanficton when it's finals week, I just couldn't help falling in love with the premise and managing to finish it in a few hours. :3
Eternal Changes
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: N/A
Categories: action/adventure, angst, case file, drama, friendship. hurt/comfort, pre-canon
Length: Super!Epic (~168,281)
Warnings: blood, gore, murderers, UnSubs just about everything you typically see in a Criminal Minds Episode
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: nebula2 @ ff.net
Author's Summary: "Jealous, Hudson?" "Of a wet-behind the ears kid who isn't technically old enough to be an agent? Not hardly. I give him a week before he quits." Dr. Spencer Reid is about to join the BAU, but not everyone is ready to accept him with open arms.
Review: I literally finished this fic just a few hours ago and I couldn't wait to recommend it to you guys. This fic is unique because rather than a retelling of a canon episode, it shows us what could have happened before the series started. It talks about how Reid joined the BAU right after graduation and first crime scene, how his interactions with his co-workers were then. In this story, the only faces we know from canon BAU team are Hotch, Gideon and Morgan.
Nebula has managed to wonderfully create a backstory for the canon series, we see Reid as an even more adorable geek that lacks people-sense. Nebula has managed to make Reid so natural while keeping a sense of his older persona. While I shouldn't be reading fanficton when it's finals week, I just couldn't help falling in love with the premise and managing to finish it in a few hours. :3
Eternal Changes
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