#so_caffeinated

[bushlaboo]

still not over it (WHY?!?!?)

Woke up at an ungodly hour this morning and went back and re-read all of so_caffeinated's You Have (Not) Failed This 'Verse and I think I'm more upset now then when I read it before I went to bed last night because this exchange hadn't really sunk in.

"I just don't want to lose you," he breaths out.

"Oh, Oliver," she sighs, placing her hands on the back of his neck. "That's the one thing in all of this that we have control over."

And then this follows:

"I don't know why we weren't together before," she tells him. "But this experience has been more than enough to prove to me that I want us to be. Very much so. And memory or not, married or not, I'm yours. Okay? I'm yours as long as you want me."

"I can't even imagine not wanting you," he tells her with something that almost passes as a laugh.

And what does the stupid-head (yes I am channeling Lilo because Team Arrow definitely parallels with sentiment from the movie: "This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good. Ya. Still good.") do the moment he gets his memory back. Even though he loves Felicity, wants to be with her and gorram knows she feels the exact same. HE PULLS AWAY.

I cannot deal with with Oliver Queen and his stupid-head antics. And why isn't Wednesday yet? Janis said she might be able to post the next update then and I need it because she promised people yelling at his stupid face, stupid-head!

[almaharperlee]

Fic rec

I just read You’re His Hope by Chronicolicity (I’m currently devouring The Legacies We Leave, the sequel to You’re His Hope) and Actions Speak Louder Than Words by So_Caffeinated 

and boy, I’m in awe of these two authors’ talent and awesomeness.

These fics are everything I look for in the Arrow/Olicity department : strong plots and good characterization.

Chronicolicity and So_Caffeinated are like two English language magicians who will make you think that writing fanfiction is easy because they seem to use words with so much ease and grace. (spoiler alert : it’s not easy)

So do yourself a huge favor and go read these two masterpieces. You can thank me later.

[iamangstville]

Author Appreciation Week

Okay, susannahmccormick‘s post inspired me to spread a little public love about a few of my favorite authors.  This is all Arrow fic because Arrow fic has been my most recent obsession.  

machawicket - Okay, this is a personal thing, but I promise you, my 10+ year friendship with Macha does NOT influence me in anyway. She’s the reason I’m in this crazy universe - she started going down the Arrow rabbit hole on twitter and started talking about it and started writing fics.  My first reaction was annoyance because that meant she would STOP writing Veronica Mars fic, but then I read one of her Arrow fics...figured I’d start watching the show to see what she and youguysimserious kept talking about on Twitter...and that was it.  (Well, that and the Flash crossover when Oliver said that “guys like us don’t get the girl” - ME = SUCKER FOR PINING)  I love her gift for dialogue and her ability to get inside the characters and make them SOUND like they do in my head.  Plus, I’m a sucker for FelicityinDanger, and her fic (And then it ends, your little winning streak) that was inspired by the classic XF fic fires on all cylinders.

so-caffeinated - Where do I start?   I was hooked immediately into her insta-classic, “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” and checked obsessively for updates.  I’m such a canon!girl, but I love alternate takes on canon like she does here - (who doesn’t want Oliver to still have the money?)  Her Felicity is so smart and funny and Oliver is just delicious.  I will say, however, that I fell head over heels for her when she started her Arrow/Firefly crossover.  I admit, at first, I sat here saying to myself, “Oh, how is that going to work?  And, will it hold her back from continuing her Actions sequel?”  (Remember, I’m a canon!girl and I couldn’t quite figure out how the universes could blend.)  I love Firefly desperately (perhaps more than Arrow?) and am very protective of their canon.

I had no business worrying about this.  Her gift for keeping both sets of characters IN character is AMAZING. The way the characters are interacting is AMAZING. (Digg and Zoe should be the gang!) And, OMG the Oliver/Felicity UST is OFF THE RAILS.  Now, she’s decided to throw in as many tropes as she can and THEY ALL WORK. Go read this thing and beg her for more.  The last chapter left us (and Oliver and Felicity) a little on edge.

Okay, this got long.  I will post a few more tomorrow.

[beficrecs]

Actions speak louder than words (and other true sayings)

Author: so_caffeinated

Status: Completed - 16/16

Series: Stop the presses

Summary:  All-in-all, it’s the best kidnapping experience Felicity’s had so far by a lot. So, it’s kind of an epic surprise when the fallout from it is so, so much worse.

Link(s): Ao3 / FF.net