And once the heroine eventually starts going out with the hero that everyone likes, the other chicks don't like that. You've seen it before if you know shojo at all. So they call her out onto the roof and she says she won't break up with him, and starts to slap a bitch when she grabs at the necklace given to her by the hero ( Read more... )

This year, I decided to do a recs list of what I found to be the most enjoyable fics I read in 2007. I'd like to call it a best of the best list, but I'll be honest and say hey-I'm not totally impartial and objective. If your taste is the opposite of mine, well, flee now! Plus my fic exposure is pretty limited to what comes across the flist, what ( Read more... )

This is for ash_grey_sky, who wanted Renji fic recs. I wouldn't call this a professional or objective list--these are just Renji fics that I happened to like and include in my fic memories, so personal bias is very much here. Doubtless there are other great Renji fics out there.

Patch by branchfic (Byakuya, Renji.)
There was a suspicious lack of any one else getting ( Read more... )

All the fics in this post are a series--I guess you could call them chapters, but it's more a serialized thing. All by the awesomeful tenebris, all totally asskicking. This is the fic that is largely responsible for my love of Anti-Ichigo/Rukia interaction.

"Eyes Turned Inside Out"
"I was born into a world of turmoil, based in desperation. Shinigami, ( Read more... )

1) "The Hunt for Tact in its Natural Habitat" by hecatehatesthat
He took a bite of his sandwich. "Well, what's the problem with the gigai that you had to rush off to see Sandal-Hat this morning?"
"It's…bleeding."
Rukia becomes a woman. Period humor is usually so obvious it's done badly, but this one's quite amusing.

2) "In the Name of the Moon" by hecatehatesthat
Rukia has a ( Read more... )

I've been swearing to do this and now it's here yay. This is just what the subject line says--links to the better Bleach fics I've found since I started seriously digging through fandom. Most of these feature Ichigo and Rukia or are Ichigo/Rukia since I found a bunch of fics while tagging every single post in ichi_ruki, but I think there's something here ( Read more... )

Random rec--James Blunt's Back to Bedlam CD is of the much awesome and you should all watch it.

( Cut for Bleach spoilers )