Fic Rec (first title was, "This is Fucking Amazeballs Holy Shit!" but I thought it was a bit crass)
These two stories fall into the No, Seriously, I Don't Care What Fandom You're In You Need To Read This category.
They're bandom with a focus on MCR, but characters show up from Panic! at the Disco, The Hush Sound, Cobra Starship, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Used, Leathermouth, etc.
Seriously, that doesn't matter. If you like any of the permutations of Sherlock Holmes, you should read this. If you like Buffy or Merlin or Supernatural, if you like The Dresden Files or Neil Gaiman, you should read this.
Okay, enough teasing. Links!
Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency by
jjtaylor (with podfic performed by Fayjay)
Pete, in Decaydance Mansion, with a yarrow stake. Frank and Gerard, in the greenhouse, with a plant of questionable origin. Bob, everywhere you look, with a gang of assassins for justice. Vampires, valets, pamphlets, haunted furniture, dub-thrall, disembodied voices, zombie couriers, and sinister rituals.
The world building in this is mindblowing. There are so many details that slipped past me the first time; some of them are little hints and some of them are just gorgeous embroidery to make the world so lush and real.
The Detective's Secret and the Mystery of the Dancing Flowers (with podfic performed by Penny)
Wanted: Replacement Valet for high profile Midnighter household. Must have excellent references, believable reason for leaving former place of employment, all Clan paperwork in order. Experience in filing, housekeeping, carriage driving, men's grooming, bookkeeping, scheduling. Highly desirable skills include: basic gardening, Daylighter legal practices, first-aid, hand-to-hand combat. Please contact Frank Iero for more information.
I honestly didn't expect much from the sequel. It could only be downhill after something so amazing, after all. I was so very wrong. The sequel is even better. I was legitimately upset when it was over because I wanted more. I wanted to be able to pull out my DVD box set and watch the movies this was based on or pull out my battered old copy of the first book or head over to Pinboard or AO3 to find more things fic in this 'verse. The only problem? There aren't any of those things because bandom's it. It makes me want to write fanfic about her fanfic.
Now go and consume this story in some way. You won't be sorry.
This entry was originally posted at http://janesays.dreamwidth.org/10352.html. Comment wherever you'd like.
They're bandom with a focus on MCR, but characters show up from Panic! at the Disco, The Hush Sound, Cobra Starship, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Used, Leathermouth, etc.
Seriously, that doesn't matter. If you like any of the permutations of Sherlock Holmes, you should read this. If you like Buffy or Merlin or Supernatural, if you like The Dresden Files or Neil Gaiman, you should read this.
Okay, enough teasing. Links!
Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency by
jjtaylor (with podfic performed by Fayjay)
Pete, in Decaydance Mansion, with a yarrow stake. Frank and Gerard, in the greenhouse, with a plant of questionable origin. Bob, everywhere you look, with a gang of assassins for justice. Vampires, valets, pamphlets, haunted furniture, dub-thrall, disembodied voices, zombie couriers, and sinister rituals.
The world building in this is mindblowing. There are so many details that slipped past me the first time; some of them are little hints and some of them are just gorgeous embroidery to make the world so lush and real.
The Detective's Secret and the Mystery of the Dancing Flowers (with podfic performed by Penny)
Wanted: Replacement Valet for high profile Midnighter household. Must have excellent references, believable reason for leaving former place of employment, all Clan paperwork in order. Experience in filing, housekeeping, carriage driving, men's grooming, bookkeeping, scheduling. Highly desirable skills include: basic gardening, Daylighter legal practices, first-aid, hand-to-hand combat. Please contact Frank Iero for more information.
I honestly didn't expect much from the sequel. It could only be downhill after something so amazing, after all. I was so very wrong. The sequel is even better. I was legitimately upset when it was over because I wanted more. I wanted to be able to pull out my DVD box set and watch the movies this was based on or pull out my battered old copy of the first book or head over to Pinboard or AO3 to find more things fic in this 'verse. The only problem? There aren't any of those things because bandom's it. It makes me want to write fanfic about her fanfic.
Now go and consume this story in some way. You won't be sorry.
This entry was originally posted at http://janesays.dreamwidth.org/10352.html. Comment wherever you'd like.