Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Mireille & Kirika
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author’s Website: FF.net profile
Why this must be read:

Set early in their partnership, Mireille struggles to deal with Kirika's presence in her home, and in her life. I liked Mireille’s sharpness, her jumbled resentment and nascent affection towards Kirika.

The thought occurs to ( Read more... )

So, we’re nearly at the end of the month, and I haven’t posted *half* as many recs as I’d hoped to. An injured hand made typing a real pain, but if the recs I *did* post whetted your appetite at all, please do check out the fandom overview and the links posted there (or just head on over to my rec site: ireadthat/tag/noir).

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Mireille ( Read more... )

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Mireille/Kirika
Author on LJ: glazzal
Author’s Website: FF.net profile
Why this must be read: Mireille and Kirika, post-series. Having set aside Noir, the two of them try to figure out a life for themselves, and how best to relate to one another. Lovely language, and a mingled sense of both the bittersweet and the mundane ( Read more... )

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author’s Website: Independent Soul
Why this must be read: This story, beautiful and sad, looks at Mireille’s parents in the time leading up to their deaths. Though we saw very little of Odette and Laurent Bouquet in the series itself, their characterization here seems quite plausible, and their ( Read more... )

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Mireille/Kirika
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author’s Website: FF.net profile
Why this must be read:

This story strives to reflect the ending credits of Noir. It is pretty, and has the same sense of quiet intensity of the anime, though with a decidedly more peaceful mood. It’s a bit more poetic than I imagine either of these ( Read more... )

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Mireille/Kirika
Author on LJ: geekerypokery
Author’s Website: moon pants
Why this must be read: This fic is set during episode seven of the series, but stands fairly well without any pre-knowledge of the events in that episode. This is a dreamy, disjointed series of moments, as seen by an injured Kirika. There is Mireille/Kirika, and ( Read more... )

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Mild Mireille/Kirika
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author’s Website: Fanfiction.net Profile
Why this must be read: There are a few glitches with grammar and verb tense, and the first person Kirika voice is more flowery and descriptive than I imagine she would actually be, but ( Read more... )

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Mild Mireille/Kirika
Author on LJ: thawrecka
Author’s Website: Shards of Glass
Why this must be read: Mireille and Kirika, in brief, post-series. Quiet, comfortable, and as close to peaceful as either woman will ever get. I love the small touches in this fic, and how this domestic scene contrasts with all the hardships which ( Read more... )

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: ijemanja
Author’s Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:

If you’re curious about Noir, but worried about all the spoilers I warned about, this is the perfect story for you. Set after the first episode, this story looks at Kirika, and Mireille, and what it means not to know who you are--to hardly remember ( Read more... )

Fandom: NOIR
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: ijemanja
Author’s Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:

We’re benefiting from some lucky timing with this rec: ijemanja started posting her Noir fics just days before I got the go ahead to begin posting recs at Crack Van ( Read more... )