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So you know what I really love? SUPERPOWER FICS. \0/ And at the moment, having just read two really AWESOME ones in various fandoms, I am going to do a set of recs for them. And then you all should come and talk to me about YOUR favorite superpower fics and it will be like a party! (Not that I would EVER shamelessly beg for recs for my favorite tropes or anything. NOT AT ALL. :-D)
the echo of wind by
oxoniensis (Generation Kill, Brad/Nate, NC-17)
So Brad is a telepath. And Nate ... Nate is just EVIL. Did I mention just how much I adore the sexyfun aspect of superpower fics? 'cause I really DO and this fic is an EXCELLENT example of why. (And for all that this fic is a pwp, I REALLY adore the subtle world building that goes on in the background. Brad doesn't want to register! Nate had a telepathic girlfriend! The Marines apparently use telepaths for warfare! I would read SO MANY STORIES in this universe, you guys don't even understand.)
Hope You Survive the Experience iphignia939 (Bandom, too many pairings and bands to list, up to NC-17)
So what if EVERYONE in bandom went to Charles Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters? THEN THIS STORY WOULD BE FREAKING AWESOME CANON, OMG. iphignia939 lists this as a WIP, but it is really more of a series of interconnected fics that just happen to be in the same 'verse, rather than having an unresolved plot. I just ... Bill Beckett as Mystique! Ray Toro has super strength! MIKEY WAY IS A TELEPATH, OK? ♥
Summer Boys by ruby_fruit (American Idol, Adam/Kris, NC-17)
My friends, Kris Allen is a WEREWOLF. WHO CAN TURN INTO A WOLF JUST BY CONCENTRATING ON IT, AND LIKE TO LICK ADAM WHILE IN WOLF FORM. No, really, even if the rest of the fic were utter CRAP I'd have to rec it just for that one image. Luckily for you, the rest of this is actually made of total AWESOME. Everyone goes to mutant summer camp! And it's hard work, but they love it because this is the only time of year they get to be around other kids like them! And it doesn't hurt that it also plays on the joy that is "when did my best friend get HOT?!" too.
Easy with Daemons In by newredshoes (Band of Brothers, mostly gen with some Winters/Nixon, PG)
So this one, not technically super POWERS so much as a fusion with His Dark Materials. BUT DO I REALLY LOOK LIKE I CARE? HELLZ NO. Because these are my boys, and they have DAEMONS. Every little bit of these ficlets is a JOY in world building and characterization.
the echo of wind by
oxoniensis (Generation Kill, Brad/Nate, NC-17)
So Brad is a telepath. And Nate ... Nate is just EVIL. Did I mention just how much I adore the sexyfun aspect of superpower fics? 'cause I really DO and this fic is an EXCELLENT example of why. (And for all that this fic is a pwp, I REALLY adore the subtle world building that goes on in the background. Brad doesn't want to register! Nate had a telepathic girlfriend! The Marines apparently use telepaths for warfare! I would read SO MANY STORIES in this universe, you guys don't even understand.)
Hope You Survive the Experience iphignia939 (Bandom, too many pairings and bands to list, up to NC-17)
So what if EVERYONE in bandom went to Charles Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters? THEN THIS STORY WOULD BE FREAKING AWESOME CANON, OMG. iphignia939 lists this as a WIP, but it is really more of a series of interconnected fics that just happen to be in the same 'verse, rather than having an unresolved plot. I just ... Bill Beckett as Mystique! Ray Toro has super strength! MIKEY WAY IS A TELEPATH, OK? ♥
Summer Boys by ruby_fruit (American Idol, Adam/Kris, NC-17)
My friends, Kris Allen is a WEREWOLF. WHO CAN TURN INTO A WOLF JUST BY CONCENTRATING ON IT, AND LIKE TO LICK ADAM WHILE IN WOLF FORM. No, really, even if the rest of the fic were utter CRAP I'd have to rec it just for that one image. Luckily for you, the rest of this is actually made of total AWESOME. Everyone goes to mutant summer camp! And it's hard work, but they love it because this is the only time of year they get to be around other kids like them! And it doesn't hurt that it also plays on the joy that is "when did my best friend get HOT?!" too.
Easy with Daemons In by newredshoes (Band of Brothers, mostly gen with some Winters/Nixon, PG)
So this one, not technically super POWERS so much as a fusion with His Dark Materials. BUT DO I REALLY LOOK LIKE I CARE? HELLZ NO. Because these are my boys, and they have DAEMONS. Every little bit of these ficlets is a JOY in world building and characterization.