Recs on Crack_Van plus a few extras
By request, I'm producing the list I posted on crack_van this past month and including a few that I couldn't rec because they're locked. (I may repost this in a neater version but it's been a long month of doing this)
I would like to point out that, in an effort to be fair, no more than 2 fics were recced for any author; there had to be something distinctly different (pairing, style) about the two at that. I also tried to curb my tendency toward more obscure players in an effort to attract attention from more casual tennis fans. It was tough to figure where the line should be drawn.
If you're not on the list, please don't get offended - it was so tough to narrow the list down. If all versions of your fics are locked (this could easily be the case if you posted directly to tennisslash in the last few years), I simply could not recommend. That's the rules of the site.
I start with the Tennis Fandom Overview. Since the month is over, I am unable to edit any of the posts. Any additions or corrections, whether to the overview or the rec itself, please include in the comments so future readers can see. If there are recs you feel were more worthy, sign up to do it.
Recs on crack_van - link to write-ups (scroll for January 2012 entries)
1. Dear Roger (the advice column) by morebliss - pairing: basically Gen, hints at unrequited Rafa/Roger
2. 10 Ways to Beat Roger Federer flamyshine - RAndy/Nole
3. New Clothes by curious_spells - Roger/Rafa
4. The Sporting Life by meretricula - Rafa/Nole
5. If Players Do Not Pass One Another in Silence by zoemargaret - Feli/Rafa, Feli/Fernando, Rafa/Carlos, Feli/Marat
6. Chapter and Verse by liroa15 - Feli/Fernando, Ferru/Juanqui
7. What Cannot Be Fixed by cuentosdelalma - Ferru/Rafa, Rafa/Carlos, Ferru/Tommy R
8. Never That Easy by xerricara - Marcel/Nico A, Ferru/Tommy R, Feli/Fernando
9. You've No Clue, Do You? by buckle_berry - Rafa/Roger, Rafa/Roger/Feli
10. From the Heart by louiselux - Roger/Rafa
11. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret by tourofduty - Courier/Lleyton
12. Sometimes I Doubt Your Commitment to Sparkle Motion by aramley - Gilles/Nole
13. These Wars; They Can't Be Won by hollyfic - Sod/Nole
14. A Christmas Slam by crysfics - basically Gen, hints of Roger/RAndy, Roger/Stan
15. I'll Keep You My Furry Little Secret by aramley - basically Gen, hint of MAndy/Rafa
16. I Am What I Am by myscheherazade- MAndy/Rafa/Nole
17. When You Grow Up by greeniebach - MAndy/Nole
18. Six Days by astonish - MAndy/Roger, MAndy/Rafa, MAndy/Richie
19. Cartoons and Forever Plans by greeniebach - Novak/MAndy, Melz/Petz, Ivanovic/Petko
20. Hotel Ferrero by flamyshine - Rafa/Richie, RAndy/Nole, Juanqui/Marat, Roger/Carlos and others
21. A Full Circle by _runningmascara - Marat/Richie
22. It's Still Early (Don't Worry, Baby) by myscheherazade - Marat/RAndy/Roger/Stan
23. Favours by hiro_chan - Marat/Stan (based in Marat/RAndy/Roger/Stan)
24. Little Poussin by amber_tasya - Roger/Gilles, RAndy/Gilles, implied RAndy/Roger
25. The Secret Life of Roger Federer, or What Turns on Andy Roddick by amber_tasya (unfinished but mentioned with Little Poussin) - mainly Roger/RAndy but includes them with Mardy/Hasi
26. Never Give Up On You by wanderingawake - Nole/MAndy
27. Scoring by e_goddess - RAndy/Richie
Locked on tennisslash
Addiction by gordos - (linked to it with the rec for Scoring) - Richie/RAndy, RAndy/Roger, Richie/Nole
(there were probably others but I'm going off memory right now)
Locked on author's journal
The League of Extraordinary Tennis Players by nilhenwen - mildly Roger/RAndy/Marat but in comic strip format. link to Episode 5 cover.
Unfinished and likely abandoned
ATP Kindergarten by flamyshine (I swapped in Hotel Ferrero for this one, which led to other swaps)
Deleted and likely to be forgotten (but they were awesomesauce so I mention them)
The Writing on the Wall - crazier_elf (or, the fic where the writer doesn't know how to write them together and literally puts them in a room - pairing: Lleyton Hewitt/Richard Gasquet)
The Course of True Love - crazier_elf (or, the Shakespeare fic)
I would like to point out that, in an effort to be fair, no more than 2 fics were recced for any author; there had to be something distinctly different (pairing, style) about the two at that. I also tried to curb my tendency toward more obscure players in an effort to attract attention from more casual tennis fans. It was tough to figure where the line should be drawn.
If you're not on the list, please don't get offended - it was so tough to narrow the list down. If all versions of your fics are locked (this could easily be the case if you posted directly to tennisslash in the last few years), I simply could not recommend. That's the rules of the site.
I start with the Tennis Fandom Overview. Since the month is over, I am unable to edit any of the posts. Any additions or corrections, whether to the overview or the rec itself, please include in the comments so future readers can see. If there are recs you feel were more worthy, sign up to do it.
Recs on crack_van - link to write-ups (scroll for January 2012 entries)
1. Dear Roger (the advice column) by morebliss - pairing: basically Gen, hints at unrequited Rafa/Roger
2. 10 Ways to Beat Roger Federer flamyshine - RAndy/Nole
3. New Clothes by curious_spells - Roger/Rafa
4. The Sporting Life by meretricula - Rafa/Nole
5. If Players Do Not Pass One Another in Silence by zoemargaret - Feli/Rafa, Feli/Fernando, Rafa/Carlos, Feli/Marat
6. Chapter and Verse by liroa15 - Feli/Fernando, Ferru/Juanqui
7. What Cannot Be Fixed by cuentosdelalma - Ferru/Rafa, Rafa/Carlos, Ferru/Tommy R
8. Never That Easy by xerricara - Marcel/Nico A, Ferru/Tommy R, Feli/Fernando
9. You've No Clue, Do You? by buckle_berry - Rafa/Roger, Rafa/Roger/Feli
10. From the Heart by louiselux - Roger/Rafa
11. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret by tourofduty - Courier/Lleyton
12. Sometimes I Doubt Your Commitment to Sparkle Motion by aramley - Gilles/Nole
13. These Wars; They Can't Be Won by hollyfic - Sod/Nole
14. A Christmas Slam by crysfics - basically Gen, hints of Roger/RAndy, Roger/Stan
15. I'll Keep You My Furry Little Secret by aramley - basically Gen, hint of MAndy/Rafa
16. I Am What I Am by myscheherazade- MAndy/Rafa/Nole
17. When You Grow Up by greeniebach - MAndy/Nole
18. Six Days by astonish - MAndy/Roger, MAndy/Rafa, MAndy/Richie
19. Cartoons and Forever Plans by greeniebach - Novak/MAndy, Melz/Petz, Ivanovic/Petko
20. Hotel Ferrero by flamyshine - Rafa/Richie, RAndy/Nole, Juanqui/Marat, Roger/Carlos and others
21. A Full Circle by _runningmascara - Marat/Richie
22. It's Still Early (Don't Worry, Baby) by myscheherazade - Marat/RAndy/Roger/Stan
23. Favours by hiro_chan - Marat/Stan (based in Marat/RAndy/Roger/Stan)
24. Little Poussin by amber_tasya - Roger/Gilles, RAndy/Gilles, implied RAndy/Roger
25. The Secret Life of Roger Federer, or What Turns on Andy Roddick by amber_tasya (unfinished but mentioned with Little Poussin) - mainly Roger/RAndy but includes them with Mardy/Hasi
26. Never Give Up On You by wanderingawake - Nole/MAndy
27. Scoring by e_goddess - RAndy/Richie
Locked on tennisslash
Addiction by gordos - (linked to it with the rec for Scoring) - Richie/RAndy, RAndy/Roger, Richie/Nole
(there were probably others but I'm going off memory right now)
Locked on author's journal
The League of Extraordinary Tennis Players by nilhenwen - mildly Roger/RAndy/Marat but in comic strip format. link to Episode 5 cover.
Unfinished and likely abandoned
ATP Kindergarten by flamyshine (I swapped in Hotel Ferrero for this one, which led to other swaps)
Deleted and likely to be forgotten (but they were awesomesauce so I mention them)
The Writing on the Wall - crazier_elf (or, the fic where the writer doesn't know how to write them together and literally puts them in a room - pairing: Lleyton Hewitt/Richard Gasquet)
The Course of True Love - crazier_elf (or, the Shakespeare fic)