Weekly Mod Recs - #4
X-Men
Sub-fandom: Movieverse
Title: D'Ancanto
Author: xenokattz
Rating: R
Warnings: Mature (Samuel L Jackson-level strong language & also violence)
Length: small novel?
Genre: Crime, Action/Adventure
Main Character(s)/Pairing(s): Rogue (Marie D'Ancanto) + cast of dozens
Summary: Drugs. Multi-state gangs. Mutant-killing virus. Civil unrest. Plot to assassinate a racist senator. Just another Tuesday for Marie D'Ancanto, NYPD detective in the country's first Mutant Crimes Task Force.
Why you should read it: It's a gritty, realistic world that sounds plausible (real terminology, real characters, real canon stick-to-it-ness). Relationships aren't all cut and dry; instead they're messy and shades of grey and all the ones you know and love, and in the middle of it all, one tough as nails Marie with all the feistyness of comicverse Rogue and all the vulnerability of movieverse Rogue. You have to read it to believe it.
Link: D'Ancanto
La Femme Nikita
Title: And the Beat Goes On
Author: nikita31j7
Rating: G
Warnings: Spoilers through Season 3
Length: ~465 words
Genre: Humor
Main Character(s)/Pairing(s): Michael, Elena, Adam, Madeline, Operations; Nikita, Walter and one canon character mentioned
Summary: A blast from the past.
Why you should read it: One of the funniest little one-shots ever about Michael and the color orange. "Obviously, the gods were punishing Michael for grievous sins he had committed in a previous life. Nothing he’d done for Section warranted..."
Link: And The Beat Goes On
Sherlock Holmes
Sub-fandom: BBC
Title: Oneirology
Author: Luthier
Rating: T
Warnings: Forced drug use
Length: ~15,500 words
Genre: Drama/Angst
Main Character(s)/Pairing(s): John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty
Summary: John wakes in a strange room, injured and bewildered, to slowly find that memories are more important - and less reliable - than he has ever imagined before.
Why you should read it: Amnesia fic never did get so good. Reading this fic, you find yourself just as lost and confused as John is. It could go so many ways, and when the end finally comes within sight, you realise just how dire the situation truly is.
Link: Oneirology
Harry Potter
Title: In Memory of Severus Snape
Author: the_con_cept
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Memory Loss
Length: 22 chapters (around 3-5,000 words each)
Genre: Romance, General
Main Character(s)/Pairing(s): Harry/Severus, past Harry/Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Draco
Summary: More than twenty years after Voldemort’s death, Snape discovers Harry in long term care at St. Mungo’s with chronic memory problems. Snape doesn’t care that Potter has forgotten the war, his family or his schooling, but Severus Snape will be damned if he lets Potter forget him.
Why you should read it: Little Note: Part one is at insanejournal, but you can continue there or at LJ according to your preference... Anyway, this fic is a lovely blend of humor and fluff and intrigue and angst and romance all rolled into one. Frustrated!Severus and Clueless!Harry are always fun, expecially when they have a mystery to solve!
Link: In Memory of Severus Snape
Sub-fandom: Movieverse
Title: D'Ancanto
Author: xenokattz
Rating: R
Warnings: Mature (Samuel L Jackson-level strong language & also violence)
Length: small novel?
Genre: Crime, Action/Adventure
Main Character(s)/Pairing(s): Rogue (Marie D'Ancanto) + cast of dozens
Summary: Drugs. Multi-state gangs. Mutant-killing virus. Civil unrest. Plot to assassinate a racist senator. Just another Tuesday for Marie D'Ancanto, NYPD detective in the country's first Mutant Crimes Task Force.
Why you should read it: It's a gritty, realistic world that sounds plausible (real terminology, real characters, real canon stick-to-it-ness). Relationships aren't all cut and dry; instead they're messy and shades of grey and all the ones you know and love, and in the middle of it all, one tough as nails Marie with all the feistyness of comicverse Rogue and all the vulnerability of movieverse Rogue. You have to read it to believe it.
Link: D'Ancanto
La Femme Nikita
Title: And the Beat Goes On
Author: nikita31j7
Rating: G
Warnings: Spoilers through Season 3
Length: ~465 words
Genre: Humor
Main Character(s)/Pairing(s): Michael, Elena, Adam, Madeline, Operations; Nikita, Walter and one canon character mentioned
Summary: A blast from the past.
Why you should read it: One of the funniest little one-shots ever about Michael and the color orange. "Obviously, the gods were punishing Michael for grievous sins he had committed in a previous life. Nothing he’d done for Section warranted..."
Link: And The Beat Goes On
Sherlock Holmes
Sub-fandom: BBC
Title: Oneirology
Author: Luthier
Rating: T
Warnings: Forced drug use
Length: ~15,500 words
Genre: Drama/Angst
Main Character(s)/Pairing(s): John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Moriarty
Summary: John wakes in a strange room, injured and bewildered, to slowly find that memories are more important - and less reliable - than he has ever imagined before.
Why you should read it: Amnesia fic never did get so good. Reading this fic, you find yourself just as lost and confused as John is. It could go so many ways, and when the end finally comes within sight, you realise just how dire the situation truly is.
Link: Oneirology
Harry Potter
Title: In Memory of Severus Snape
Author: the_con_cept
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Memory Loss
Length: 22 chapters (around 3-5,000 words each)
Genre: Romance, General
Main Character(s)/Pairing(s): Harry/Severus, past Harry/Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Draco
Summary: More than twenty years after Voldemort’s death, Snape discovers Harry in long term care at St. Mungo’s with chronic memory problems. Snape doesn’t care that Potter has forgotten the war, his family or his schooling, but Severus Snape will be damned if he lets Potter forget him.
Why you should read it: Little Note: Part one is at insanejournal, but you can continue there or at LJ according to your preference... Anyway, this fic is a lovely blend of humor and fluff and intrigue and angst and romance all rolled into one. Frustrated!Severus and Clueless!Harry are always fun, expecially when they have a mystery to solve!
Link: In Memory of Severus Snape