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Rec: Tomorrow (there’ll be more of us) by dimircharmer

A Charming story in which more and more First Order stormtroopers follow Finn's example, defect to the Resistance and choose names for themselves (with mixed results).

Tomorrow (there'll be more of us) (2839 words) by dimircharmer Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Poe Dameron & Finn & Rey, Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey, Can be read platonic or romantic - Relationship Characters: Finn (Star Wars), Leia Organa, Miscellaneous and Assorted Stormtroopers, Poe and Rey as Sirs Not Appearing in this fic Additional Tags: Stormtrooper Culture, storm trooper defection, Finn helps other storm troopers, Identity Issues, title from Hamilton bc I am trash of the thing, Humour, now with podfic, translation to French available Summary:

“FN-2187 was real, right?” She sounds very young again. “Please tell me he was real."

"I'm real,” said Finn, who was on his first patrol since his back healed. “And my name’s Finn now.”

Her eyes widened. “You have a name? *

Or: The resistance is starting to get stormtrooper defectors. Finn helps them out.

This entry was originally posted at http://annariel.dreamwidth.org/350190.html.

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Rec: The Green Blade by verityburns

Excellent case fic which stands out, in particular, for filling out Sally Donovan's character and letting John Watson shine.

The Green Blade (72929 words) by verityburns Chapters: 15/15 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Lestrade (Inspector), Mycroft Holmes, Sally Donovan, Anderson (Sherlock), Mrs. Hudson Additional Tags: Case Fic, Bromance Summary:

As a serial killer hits the headlines, the police are out of their depth and the next victim is out of time. With faith in Sherlock Holmes at an all time low, this is a case which will push loyalties to the limit... WARNING: COMMENTS CONTAIN SPOILERS!

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Rec: Time in a Bottle by AstroGirl

The genius of this story is that it isn't a fixit for the final episode of Sapphire and Steel, it's a continuation. They remain trapped in the cafe.

Time in a Bottle (1000 words) by AstroGirl Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sapphire and Steel Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sapphire/Steel Characters: Sapphire (Sapphire and Steel), Steel (Sapphire and Steel) Additional Tags: Post-Canon Summary:

It's difficult to pass the time, when neither you nor time are moving. In the end, all you can do is wait.

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Rec: The King’s Guard by osprey_archer

Gen/Costis is The Queen's Thief slash pairing of choice though I personally think it's a difficult one to do well, just because the relationship between Gen/Irene is already so complicated and dangerous. This story opts for humour and pulls it off pretty well.

The King's Guard (1796 words) by osprey_archer Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Eugenides/Costis, Attolia/Eugenides (Queen's Thief) Characters: Eugenides (Queen's Thief), Costis (Queen's Thief), Attolia (Queen's Thief) Additional Tags: Loyalty, Hurt/Comfort Summary:

Gen, being Gen, can't just tell Costis he likes him; he has to come up with a plan.

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Rec: The Perils of Winter by lonely_candle

This was written, I deduce, for the denial Secret Santa in 2013. Ryan and Lester, returning from an official meeting, get stuck in a snowdrift and are forced to spend the duration at a nearby house, connected only by phone and television to the series of minor to middling crises that beset Lester's family and the rest of the team in their absence. All this to the quiet (and occasionally not so quiet) amusement of their host. A lovely, gently funny story.

Rating: PG-13 Characters: James Lester/Tom Ryan, Captain Becker, Lyle, Connor Temple, Abby Maitland, Liz Lester, Blade/Lorraine Wickes, Helena Ramsey, cast of thousands.

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Texture in the first by erniemay and in the last by spiritcoda.

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Rec: The Health Benefits of Knitting by Niobium

What can I say? Natasha takes up knitting, she's terrible at it, but no one is prepared to turn down the gifts and she knows that, and they know she knows that!

The Health Benefits of Knitting (1179 words) by Niobium Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov, Natasha Romanov & Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov, Natasha Romanov & Thor Characters: Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Domestic Avengers, Avengers Tower, Knitting, Thor Is Not Stupid, Team as Family, Community: comment_fic Summary:

Clint isn't sure what's really relieving Natasha's stress—the knitting, or the part where she foists the horrible results off on other people.

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Rec: Applied Aeronautics by websandwhiskers

I'm not a big Simon and Kaylee shipper in the normal way of things but this is a beautiful story, of how Simon brings out Kaylee's natural intelligence and let's it shine all set against the backdrop of her pregnancy with his first child.

Applied Aeronautics (4179 words) by websandwhiskers Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Firefly, Serenity (2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kaylee Frye/Simon Tam Characters: Kaylee Frye, Simon Tam, River Tam, Original Character Additional Tags: Pregnancy, Family, Self-Discovery, Giftedness/Intelligence, Please Excuse the Technobabble and Suspend Disbelief on the Math Summary:

“Aeronautics is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacture of flight-capable machines.” – Wikipedia article, ‘Aeronautics’ * “You can know all the math in the 'Verse, but take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her home.” – Mal Reynolds, Serenity * A study of Kaylee, by way of Simon.

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Natasha/Maria Icons

Textures in the last by wolfbane_icons and viciousgurl.

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Rec: Amy Pond and the Year that Never Was by snodarkred

A well-written story with sparse but evocative prose, telling us what Amy did in the Year that Never was.

Amy Pond and the Year that Never Was by snowdarkred

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Rec: Light Fandango by sally

A charming Cowboy Bebop fixit in which Ed brings everyone back together because, of course, she would. "Adults!" as she muses "so much work!"

Light Fandango (5117 words) by sally Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Cowboy Bebop Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Ed (Cowboy Bebop), Ein (Cowboy Bebop), Jet Black, Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine Summary:

Finding her father turns out to be more difficult than Ed had expected.

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Rec: The Women of Amphissa by Gehayi

This is a Yuletide story from several years ago. It describes itself as crack, since it jumbles up several "Badass Women from History" into a plot about aliens in the far future, and dinosaurs and a telepathic pteranodon. However, it's actually not all that cracky a story, just fun and wildly imaginative and the sort of thing you are unlikely to read outside of Yuletide.

The Women of Amphissa (13045 words) by Gehayi Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Badass Women in History RPF, Painting -- Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ALMA-TADEMA Lawrence - Works Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Hypatia (d. 415 AD), Princess Pingyang (d. 623 AD), Khutulun (d. ca. 1306 AD), George Sand (d. 1876), Roman Lady, Maenad Additional Tags: Crack, Alternate Universe - Crack, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Science Fiction, Alternate Universe - Space, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Misses Clause Challenge, POV Female Character, POV Character of Color, Dinosaurs, Robots, Steampunk, Painting, Femslash, Crossover, Bechdel Test Pass, Yuletide 2011, Aliens, Yuletide, POV Multiple, Chromatic Yuletide, Female Character of Color, Space Opera Summary:

A Mongol woman warrior, a Chinese princess who overthrew the Emperor, a cross-dressing French writer and an Egyptian inventor-mathematician help a city of quasi-Roman lesbians to outwit and defeat a host of aliens who treat humans as toys to be tested to destruction. Also features clockpunk attack robots, lesbian kissage, assorted dinosaurs and a telepathic pteranodon.

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Rec: Any Way I Do by MissJeeves

This is a lovely little bit of comedy. Clint and Natasha secretly got married and Tony finds out. Mostly this is Thor's fault.

Any Way I Do (1331 words) by MissJeeves Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Iron Man (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov Characters: Tony Stark, Thor, Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton Additional Tags: Secret Relationship Summary:

Tony discovers Clint and Natasha got married, reacts typically.

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Rec: The Lost Chord by copperbadge

Beautifully drawn vignette describing the photo referred to by the Dowager Duchess as "The Lost Chord". The Lost Chord (1244 words) by copperbadge Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Peter Wimsey, Mervyn Bunter Additional Tags: Brotherhood, Service, Photography, Music Summary:

She instantly seized on the ones Peter calls "Little Mischief" and "The Lost Chord" and said, "Somebody who understood him took those -- was it Bunter?" -- Busman's Honeymoon

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Rec: We’ll all Float on Okay by igrockspock

This story builds a relationship between Leia and Rey that starts out deceptively quirky and ends up in full on weepy territory. Beautifully done!

We'll All Float On Okay (9454 words) by igrockspock Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Leia Organa & Rey Characters: Leia Organa, Rey (Star Wars), Poe Dameron Additional Tags: Found Family, Motherhood, Female Friendship, Grief/Mourning, Lightsabers, Hair Braiding, Bechdel Test Pass, Post-Star Wars: The Force Awakens Summary:

Leia’s to-do list consisted of just one task: defeat the First Order and reclaim liberty and justice for the galaxy. She had no intention of becoming anyone’s mother, and given how well her previous attempt at parenting had gone, that was probably a good thing.

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Bilbo Baggins Icons

Made for amyfortuna

Texture in the second by bigbang_mint and in the fourth by wolfbane_icons.