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Fanworks (mainly fics) that I've enjoyed in 2012. I started reading Avengers fics this year, because I thought I really should get ready for the movie...
Arrested Development
College Try: KuroNeko (gen)
"George Michael," Maeby asked, cornering her cousin in one of the high school corridors. "Do you know a lot about college?"
"I could learn!"
Has the character voices and the tone down. I yelped with laughter throughout.
Avengers movieverse
Thor
Even a Miracle Needs a Hand: musesfool (language)
Scrummy fic in which Darcy gets Clint to play her fake boyfriend as she goes home for Christmas. Gets the balance between humour, adorableness and heat right.
It’s Electrifying: waketosleep Darcy/Clint (language)
Snarky and smart Darcy POV as something develops between her and Clint. IIRC this was brought to my attention as Darcy/Taser/Clint OT3. And recced. I can see why on all counts.
And its sequel
The Heart is my least vulnerable spot: waketosleep (lang)
More Darcy/Clint awesome as they work on being in a relationship (in which the Taser plays its part).
Talking Trash and Wasting Time: musesfool
Lovely longish Darcy/Clint with bonus everyone.
She goes to the cafeteria for lunch and Steve slides into the seat next to her, his eyes wide and pleading.
"You have to convince Thor not to go to New Year's Eve in Times Square," he says. "It won't end well."
She takes a minute to think about the tightly packed crowd of drunks and the havoc Thor and the other Asgardians could wreak and a chill runs down her spine. "I'll talk to Jane," she promises.
Captain America
Better Late Than Never: musesfool [Steve/Peggy]
A charming fic that's very much in keeping with the spirit of the film.
No Rapunzel She: siria (gen)
Topping portrait of Peggy growing up.
Iron Man
Between the Darkness and the Stage: marinarusalka [Pepper/Tony, pretty long one-shot, (language).]
When Tony goes missing and the authorities can't help, Pepper does what she must to rescue him. As it turns out, the rescue was the easy part.
Really, really engrossing story that deals with the emotional fallout of the premise and fits in well between both movies.
another girl with her finger on the world: goddesspharo [Pepper-centric gen (but with a Tony/Pepper presence) Spoilers for Iron Man, but not the sequel.]
Pepper's so vividly drawn here and this fits seamlessly into canon.
Batman/Harry Potter crossover
Orphaned Heroes: paperbeatscissors (fanart)
I adore this.
Crazy Stupid Love
The Heart Will Not Retreat: atheilen [Hannah/Jacob (language)]
Does what I always thought of as The Missing Scene full, adorable justice and fits into the CSL world very well.
This Post-Postmodern Age Is All Business: summerstorm [Hannah/Jacob post-movie ER.]
Stupendous Hannah voice, plus very good first person POV. Realistic about navigating the demands of the start of a career and a relationship.
Dead Like Me
Extreme Ways: charmax (fanvid)
Summary: Poor Mason the more he cares the worse things get. Builds up a really sympathetic portrait of Mason.
http://fv-poster.dreamwidth.org/66554.html (download only, but contains warnings)
http://charmax.dreamwidth.org/132942.html (streaming available here)
ER
Untitled 4 Neela/Ray drabbles: lowriseflare (mature?)
Lovely snippets of their lives.
I have about the same amount of recs to go again. Of course, by the time I get around to posting them, they'll probably have multiplied exponentially.
Arrested Development
College Try: KuroNeko (gen)
"George Michael," Maeby asked, cornering her cousin in one of the high school corridors. "Do you know a lot about college?"
"I could learn!"
Has the character voices and the tone down. I yelped with laughter throughout.
Avengers movieverse
Thor
Even a Miracle Needs a Hand: musesfool (language)
Scrummy fic in which Darcy gets Clint to play her fake boyfriend as she goes home for Christmas. Gets the balance between humour, adorableness and heat right.
It’s Electrifying: waketosleep Darcy/Clint (language)
Snarky and smart Darcy POV as something develops between her and Clint. IIRC this was brought to my attention as Darcy/Taser/Clint OT3. And recced. I can see why on all counts.
And its sequel
The Heart is my least vulnerable spot: waketosleep (lang)
More Darcy/Clint awesome as they work on being in a relationship (in which the Taser plays its part).
Talking Trash and Wasting Time: musesfool
Lovely longish Darcy/Clint with bonus everyone.
She goes to the cafeteria for lunch and Steve slides into the seat next to her, his eyes wide and pleading.
"You have to convince Thor not to go to New Year's Eve in Times Square," he says. "It won't end well."
She takes a minute to think about the tightly packed crowd of drunks and the havoc Thor and the other Asgardians could wreak and a chill runs down her spine. "I'll talk to Jane," she promises.
Captain America
Better Late Than Never: musesfool [Steve/Peggy]
A charming fic that's very much in keeping with the spirit of the film.
No Rapunzel She: siria (gen)
Topping portrait of Peggy growing up.
Iron Man
Between the Darkness and the Stage: marinarusalka [Pepper/Tony, pretty long one-shot, (language).]
When Tony goes missing and the authorities can't help, Pepper does what she must to rescue him. As it turns out, the rescue was the easy part.
Really, really engrossing story that deals with the emotional fallout of the premise and fits in well between both movies.
another girl with her finger on the world: goddesspharo [Pepper-centric gen (but with a Tony/Pepper presence) Spoilers for Iron Man, but not the sequel.]
Pepper's so vividly drawn here and this fits seamlessly into canon.
Batman/Harry Potter crossover
Orphaned Heroes: paperbeatscissors (fanart)
I adore this.
Crazy Stupid Love
The Heart Will Not Retreat: atheilen [Hannah/Jacob (language)]
Does what I always thought of as The Missing Scene full, adorable justice and fits into the CSL world very well.
This Post-Postmodern Age Is All Business: summerstorm [Hannah/Jacob post-movie ER.]
Stupendous Hannah voice, plus very good first person POV. Realistic about navigating the demands of the start of a career and a relationship.
Dead Like Me
Extreme Ways: charmax (fanvid)
Summary: Poor Mason the more he cares the worse things get. Builds up a really sympathetic portrait of Mason.
http://fv-poster.dreamwidth.org/66554.html (download only, but contains warnings)
http://charmax.dreamwidth.org/132942.html (streaming available here)
ER
Untitled 4 Neela/Ray drabbles: lowriseflare (mature?)
Lovely snippets of their lives.
I have about the same amount of recs to go again. Of course, by the time I get around to posting them, they'll probably have multiplied exponentially.