Schizophrenic rec post is schizophrenic
Today I come bearing four completely different recs: an epic, lush, painfully lovely and powerful J2 zombie remix fic, a funny, sweet, molten-lava-level sexy Arthur/Merlin fic, a cracktastically awesome and silly Arthur(/Gwen, /Morgana, /Merlin) fanvid, and a dirtynastysexy Fightclub-esque Kirk/Spock fanvid. TO THE RECS!
J2 RPS
(FIC) Fading Silhouettes by indysaur (Jared/Jensen, PG-13, 26,699 words)
Remix of cathybites’s Lower the Curtain Down All Right. No summary provided, so here’s a snippet:
Jensen shoots and pumps, shoots and pumps. He counts: one, two, three, four. The corpse staggers, but doesn't slow. Over his shoulder a rat-a-tat-tat from Katie's rifle, and the thing's close enough that Jensen can see the bullets slam into its chest, sinking into the putrid flesh.
Jensen sprints out, braces the shotgun, leans into it and fires, blows a hole in the corpse's waist. Races past Jared, screaming, "Drop the fucking water, you bitch!" then watches the corpse fall back, and he's on it before it can sit up, stomping the thing's head into the fertile, loamy dirt.
He grinds his heel. Like he's making a paste to spread on crusty bread.
I’ve read plenty of zombie apocalypse fics, but few as brilliantly-executed as this one. This fic is powerful and layered-Jensen’s character voice, in particular, is rich and complex, and the language and descriptions are breathtaking (lush and vivid and evocative, bringing the setting to life with startling clarity), but the story’s heart and the thing that propels it forward is, I think, its incomparable relationship dynamics: the warmth and the care that tie its characters together in the bleak and ravaged future in which they live. It is those relationships that make the readers care and that gives the story the hope that sustains its characters and its readers.
This story is terrifyingly and touchingly real, often painful but so, so completely worth it for the quiet, tender moments in-between. A must-read.
Merlin
(FIC) Something Fragile by ras_elased (Arthur/Merlin, NC-17, 8,002 words)
"What the hell?" Arthur shouts over the noise of ABBA. He glares at the horribly gaudy clothing of the men on the stage that is somehow louder than the music and flashier than the multicolored swirling lights. "This isn't a strip club. This is a gay bar!"
So Ras was, like, “Did you want to beta my stripper!Merlin fic?”, and I leapt upon her like a hungry Cheetah in the African wilds and said, “FUCK YES, GIMMIE GIMMIE, DO WANT,” and then all of Merlin fandom hated me as I cockblocked them for a day and a half whilst I rolled around in this little piece of deliciousness, LMFAO! ^___~
But, yes, if you like Arthur/Merlin at all, you should totally read this; it’s hilarious and in-character (oh, boys. Their snarky lapdance banter, OMFG) and ridiculously hot (if there’s anybody out there who doesn’t get turned on by the image of Merlin in a miniscule pair of shiny gold short-shorts straddling Arthur’s lap, pushing his fingers into the hair at the back of Arthur’s neck and grinding his ass down onto Arthur’s dryclean-only business suit trousers, then I fear and distrust such a person). Plus, there’s a sequel planned!
(VID)
Arthur Pendragon (Put A Ring On It...Seriously Dude) by neptune47 (Arthur/Everyone/No one/???)
A salute to Arthur Pendragon and his inability to lock it down. Pure crack ahead (and spoilers up to 2x04).
HAHAHAAAAAAAA! Excuse me, just a moment: HAAAAA! <333 This is grade-A quality crack: lulzy and irreverent and fun, both bizarre and hilarious. It has Arthur/Gwen, Arthur/Morgana, and Arthur/Merlin, but takes none of them seriously. The unexpected song choice and pitch-perfect editing work together to create a vid that is audaciously charming and which will undoubtedly have you nodding along (in the times you’re not laughing hysterically) and saying, “Yes, Arthur, you should have put a ring on it. <3333” Sure to put a smile on your face. ^___^
Star Trek XI
(VID) Kiss/Fist by bendtothesun
There's nothing sweet about it.
OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD. This is hatesex done right.
So many XI Kirk/Spock fan pieces gloss over Kirk and Spock’s initial animosity for each other and have them start a sexual relationship once they’ve already established a fledgling friendship together (which will, as we all know, eventually strengthen into the deep bond their alternate selves shared in the original series)-and there’s nothing wrong with that approach, but this fanvid chooses to go the complete opposite direction and does a fucking amazing job with that.
This vid eroticizes Kirk and Spock’s original dislike for one another in a way that’s ballsy and fresh; it thwarts expectation/convention and creates a dysfunctional attraction between the young, damaged, snarling Kirk and Spock we saw in the XI movie; a no-frills, all-thrills sexual relationship based on a mutual want for violence (or, to be specific, Kirk and Spock’s compulsion to be violent towards each other).
The lyrics perfectly capture Kirk’s character voice: his wildness, his fuck-you, hit-you-back-twice-as-hard rebellion. The video clips themselves were selected and edited amazingly, using the music as the backbone of the story and re-defining and expanding Kirk and Spock’s relationship from an alternate perspective. This vid is perverse and completely unapologetic about that; it slaps you in the face and makes you like it.
J2 RPS
(FIC) Fading Silhouettes by indysaur (Jared/Jensen, PG-13, 26,699 words)
Remix of cathybites’s Lower the Curtain Down All Right. No summary provided, so here’s a snippet:
Jensen shoots and pumps, shoots and pumps. He counts: one, two, three, four. The corpse staggers, but doesn't slow. Over his shoulder a rat-a-tat-tat from Katie's rifle, and the thing's close enough that Jensen can see the bullets slam into its chest, sinking into the putrid flesh.
Jensen sprints out, braces the shotgun, leans into it and fires, blows a hole in the corpse's waist. Races past Jared, screaming, "Drop the fucking water, you bitch!" then watches the corpse fall back, and he's on it before it can sit up, stomping the thing's head into the fertile, loamy dirt.
He grinds his heel. Like he's making a paste to spread on crusty bread.
I’ve read plenty of zombie apocalypse fics, but few as brilliantly-executed as this one. This fic is powerful and layered-Jensen’s character voice, in particular, is rich and complex, and the language and descriptions are breathtaking (lush and vivid and evocative, bringing the setting to life with startling clarity), but the story’s heart and the thing that propels it forward is, I think, its incomparable relationship dynamics: the warmth and the care that tie its characters together in the bleak and ravaged future in which they live. It is those relationships that make the readers care and that gives the story the hope that sustains its characters and its readers.
This story is terrifyingly and touchingly real, often painful but so, so completely worth it for the quiet, tender moments in-between. A must-read.
Merlin
(FIC) Something Fragile by ras_elased (Arthur/Merlin, NC-17, 8,002 words)
"What the hell?" Arthur shouts over the noise of ABBA. He glares at the horribly gaudy clothing of the men on the stage that is somehow louder than the music and flashier than the multicolored swirling lights. "This isn't a strip club. This is a gay bar!"
So Ras was, like, “Did you want to beta my stripper!Merlin fic?”, and I leapt upon her like a hungry Cheetah in the African wilds and said, “FUCK YES, GIMMIE GIMMIE, DO WANT,” and then all of Merlin fandom hated me as I cockblocked them for a day and a half whilst I rolled around in this little piece of deliciousness, LMFAO! ^___~
But, yes, if you like Arthur/Merlin at all, you should totally read this; it’s hilarious and in-character (oh, boys. Their snarky lapdance banter, OMFG) and ridiculously hot (if there’s anybody out there who doesn’t get turned on by the image of Merlin in a miniscule pair of shiny gold short-shorts straddling Arthur’s lap, pushing his fingers into the hair at the back of Arthur’s neck and grinding his ass down onto Arthur’s dryclean-only business suit trousers, then I fear and distrust such a person). Plus, there’s a sequel planned!
(VID)
Arthur Pendragon (Put A Ring On It...Seriously Dude) by neptune47 (Arthur/Everyone/No one/???)
A salute to Arthur Pendragon and his inability to lock it down. Pure crack ahead (and spoilers up to 2x04).
HAHAHAAAAAAAA! Excuse me, just a moment: HAAAAA! <333 This is grade-A quality crack: lulzy and irreverent and fun, both bizarre and hilarious. It has Arthur/Gwen, Arthur/Morgana, and Arthur/Merlin, but takes none of them seriously. The unexpected song choice and pitch-perfect editing work together to create a vid that is audaciously charming and which will undoubtedly have you nodding along (in the times you’re not laughing hysterically) and saying, “Yes, Arthur, you should have put a ring on it. <3333” Sure to put a smile on your face. ^___^
Star Trek XI
(VID) Kiss/Fist by bendtothesun
There's nothing sweet about it.
OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD. This is hatesex done right.
So many XI Kirk/Spock fan pieces gloss over Kirk and Spock’s initial animosity for each other and have them start a sexual relationship once they’ve already established a fledgling friendship together (which will, as we all know, eventually strengthen into the deep bond their alternate selves shared in the original series)-and there’s nothing wrong with that approach, but this fanvid chooses to go the complete opposite direction and does a fucking amazing job with that.
This vid eroticizes Kirk and Spock’s original dislike for one another in a way that’s ballsy and fresh; it thwarts expectation/convention and creates a dysfunctional attraction between the young, damaged, snarling Kirk and Spock we saw in the XI movie; a no-frills, all-thrills sexual relationship based on a mutual want for violence (or, to be specific, Kirk and Spock’s compulsion to be violent towards each other).
The lyrics perfectly capture Kirk’s character voice: his wildness, his fuck-you, hit-you-back-twice-as-hard rebellion. The video clips themselves were selected and edited amazingly, using the music as the backbone of the story and re-defining and expanding Kirk and Spock’s relationship from an alternate perspective. This vid is perverse and completely unapologetic about that; it slaps you in the face and makes you like it.