Recs and other sundry things
On the list of things that I'd really prefer to not do again in the near future - driving for 8 hours to look for apartments and then turning around 16 hours later and driving back home so that I could be back for work today. And the sad thing is that the internet was out in my hotel (apparently someone managed to literally blow up the router? I don't even know how that is possible, but that is what the front desk told me) so I couldn't even console myself with the internets. :-(
monroe_nell, akamine_chan and I are going to be throwing the world's slowest Big Bang challenge for the Due South and Six Degrees thereof starting in September, so start getting excited! (Slowly, if you'd like. The posting for the stories won't be taking place until this time next year and we won't even be officially pimping until Labor Day, but having that slow curl of antici ... pation is always fun! Also, the slow time-line ensures that while the posting might be at the same time as the SPN and Bandom big bangs - at least if they go by this year's posting schedule - hopefully the writing won't, so there shouldn't be any conflict of participation. At least that is the current plan. *crosses fingers*)
And I meant to post these on Thursday, but between surprise apartment hunting trips and work, I didn't have time. So here! Have my recs for 4 bandombigbang fics - the two most essential and the two that I did fanmixes for and have been waiting for almost TWO MONTHS to post recs for! (Seriously you guys - I wanted to rec both of these after reading the drafts and it kind of killed me to need to wait to flail about these in public. Delightfully breezy summer fic the both of them!) I am probably going to do a rec post for all of the bandombigbang fics once I finish reading them, but in the meantime, enjoy these!
If You Only Read Two Fics from bandombigbang, Read These Two
The Fall and Rise of The Black Parade by jezrana (My Chemical Romance, AU, Frank/Gerard, Ray/Mikey, R)
“Huh.” Gerard looks down, rubbing his thumb along the rim of his coffee mug. “So that’s why people stay here, even with the soldiers and the state the city’s in?”
“Pretty much,” Ray says. “It’s not perfect, but it’s what we’ve got, y’know? We make the best of it.”
Frank wanders into the kitchen with his hair sticking up while Ray’s talking, and steals Gerard’s coffee, but kisses the back of his neck in passing.
Gerard smiles faintly. “Yeah? I guess there are worse things you could do with your afterlife.”
Brokedown Melody by flyingtapes (Panic at the Disco, AU, gen with some Jon/Spencer, R)
There's only three things Jon needs at any given time to be happy when he's on tour: his iPod, which has worn a permanent groove in the pocket of his jeans; his acoustic Ibanez, scuffed up and a little hollow-sounding, but still sweet enough; and his Pentax. Take any of those things away, Jon has learned, and he's not especially pleasant to be around until he gets them back.
But If You Read Two More, Read These As Well!
In This White House by lordessrenegade (Multi-band, AU, Frank/Gerard/Jamia/Lyn-Z, Greta/Ian, Brendon/Ryan/Spencer/Jon, Brian/Bob, Pete/Patrick, many others, R)
President Way saves lives.
It became a joke during the election, something Gerard's opponents would fling at him with sneers in their voices, until eventually it was Pete who came up with the solution. Yes, he said, leaning back in his chair in campaign headquarters, legs propped up on the desk in front of him. Yes, you want to save lives, to make them better. The question is, why doesn't everyone else?
Gerard points to that moment as the first time Pete became something to him other than the guy who once broke his brother's heart.
When You Were Sweet by jamjar (Fall Out Boy/The Academy Is ..., Patrick/William, genderfuck, PG-13)
Bill rolls his eyes and crosses his arms. "Because that's what people do when they're high, they go around telling people that they might randomly turn into a girl." He frowns at Mike and says, "Tell the other guys what's happened, I'm going back to bed."
He realises later, when Travis jumps on his bed and says, "Hey, show me your tits!" that he should have been a little more specific on what other guys Mike should tell.
"So this happens to you a lot?" Travis asks, taking his hands off Bill's chest reluctantly.
"Not a lot," Bill says. "Twice, including this time. That's not a lot. And I told you about this."
monroe_nell, akamine_chan and I are going to be throwing the world's slowest Big Bang challenge for the Due South and Six Degrees thereof starting in September, so start getting excited! (Slowly, if you'd like. The posting for the stories won't be taking place until this time next year and we won't even be officially pimping until Labor Day, but having that slow curl of antici ... pation is always fun! Also, the slow time-line ensures that while the posting might be at the same time as the SPN and Bandom big bangs - at least if they go by this year's posting schedule - hopefully the writing won't, so there shouldn't be any conflict of participation. At least that is the current plan. *crosses fingers*)
And I meant to post these on Thursday, but between surprise apartment hunting trips and work, I didn't have time. So here! Have my recs for 4 bandombigbang fics - the two most essential and the two that I did fanmixes for and have been waiting for almost TWO MONTHS to post recs for! (Seriously you guys - I wanted to rec both of these after reading the drafts and it kind of killed me to need to wait to flail about these in public. Delightfully breezy summer fic the both of them!) I am probably going to do a rec post for all of the bandombigbang fics once I finish reading them, but in the meantime, enjoy these!
If You Only Read Two Fics from bandombigbang, Read These Two
The Fall and Rise of The Black Parade by jezrana (My Chemical Romance, AU, Frank/Gerard, Ray/Mikey, R)
“Huh.” Gerard looks down, rubbing his thumb along the rim of his coffee mug. “So that’s why people stay here, even with the soldiers and the state the city’s in?”
“Pretty much,” Ray says. “It’s not perfect, but it’s what we’ve got, y’know? We make the best of it.”
Frank wanders into the kitchen with his hair sticking up while Ray’s talking, and steals Gerard’s coffee, but kisses the back of his neck in passing.
Gerard smiles faintly. “Yeah? I guess there are worse things you could do with your afterlife.”
Brokedown Melody by flyingtapes (Panic at the Disco, AU, gen with some Jon/Spencer, R)
There's only three things Jon needs at any given time to be happy when he's on tour: his iPod, which has worn a permanent groove in the pocket of his jeans; his acoustic Ibanez, scuffed up and a little hollow-sounding, but still sweet enough; and his Pentax. Take any of those things away, Jon has learned, and he's not especially pleasant to be around until he gets them back.
But If You Read Two More, Read These As Well!
In This White House by lordessrenegade (Multi-band, AU, Frank/Gerard/Jamia/Lyn-Z, Greta/Ian, Brendon/Ryan/Spencer/Jon, Brian/Bob, Pete/Patrick, many others, R)
President Way saves lives.
It became a joke during the election, something Gerard's opponents would fling at him with sneers in their voices, until eventually it was Pete who came up with the solution. Yes, he said, leaning back in his chair in campaign headquarters, legs propped up on the desk in front of him. Yes, you want to save lives, to make them better. The question is, why doesn't everyone else?
Gerard points to that moment as the first time Pete became something to him other than the guy who once broke his brother's heart.
When You Were Sweet by jamjar (Fall Out Boy/The Academy Is ..., Patrick/William, genderfuck, PG-13)
Bill rolls his eyes and crosses his arms. "Because that's what people do when they're high, they go around telling people that they might randomly turn into a girl." He frowns at Mike and says, "Tell the other guys what's happened, I'm going back to bed."
He realises later, when Travis jumps on his bed and says, "Hey, show me your tits!" that he should have been a little more specific on what other guys Mike should tell.
"So this happens to you a lot?" Travis asks, taking his hands off Bill's chest reluctantly.
"Not a lot," Bill says. "Twice, including this time. That's not a lot. And I told you about this."