New fanfic recs :-)
Anne of Green Gables
- Long Road (The), by hernameinthesky. Rated G. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: The engagement of John Blythe and Mary Macdonald is the newest gossip in Avonlea.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - (most dreadfully) inconvenient sin (a), by mardia. Rated G. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: "Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins." Five times Diana was almost jealous of Anne, and how she got over it. Quote from Iris Murdoch.
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- Jane Foster's High School Reunion, by Niobium. Rated G (Jane Foster/Thor). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Jane Foster has a high school reunion to go to.
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- And in the End, a Beginning, by Ruuger. PG-13 (Susan Ivanova/Stephen Franklin). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: They've been through a lot together.
Bea's note: It would honestly have been nice if the show went in this direction, rather than continually treating Ivanova (and even more so Franklin, who as the lone regular PoC character somehow wound up mostly being just.... there) pretty badly. My 0.02$.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Another Time, by rivendellrose. Rated G (Susan Ivanova/Marcus Cole). Recommended by Bea.
This is a fix-it fic. Mostly.
Bea's note: This was beautiful.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Five Babysitters of David Sheridan (The), by ddagent. Rated G. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Five times David Sheridan was babysat by his parents' friends - and made most of them regret it. An 'Everybody Lives' AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Fraternity of Morons (The), by hearts_blood. PG-13. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Susan readies for a quiet night in... Well, she tries to, anyway.
Bea's note: This fic is ROTFLMAO funny.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Ghost of Honeymoon Past (The), by Ruuger. Rated G. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Franklin gets a visitor during Day of the Dead.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - I Think I Loved Talia, by Serenablackcat. Rated R (Talia Winters/Susan Ivanova f/f slash). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Susan suspected the real reason she remained closeted, long after she had left the place of her upbringing, was because she was accustomed to being closeted about something else: telepathy.
Bea's note: This was a really interesting on the events of season 2 of this TV show.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - In a Garden, Under the Sky, by clouder (selfinduced). R/NC-17 (Susan Ivanova/Marcus Cole). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Spoilers for the end of the Earth/Babylon 5 war, when Marcus saves Susan using that alien life-draining machine. A fix-it story.
Bea's note: This was a lovely fix-it fic...
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Into Thin Air, by Aris Merquoni (ArisTGD). PG/PG-13. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Conversations, clothes, rebirth.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Living and the Dead (The), by owlmoose. Rated G (Susan Ivanova/Marcus Cole). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Ivanova gets a visitor on the Day of the Dead.
Bea's note: This was really well done.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Minbari Courtship (A), by BainAdual. Rated PG/PG-13 (Marcus Cole/Neroon m/m slash). Recommended by Angela.
This is a series where Marcus and Neroon meet as in the series, then events diverge from the show after season 3.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Syllables, by ddagent. Rated G (Delenn/Sheridan). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: John is worried that David has not yet said 'da-da'. Delenn reassures him.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - unlocking and the lift away (the), by nextgreatadventure. Rated R (Talia Winters/Susan Ivanova f/f slash). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: twelve shuffled steps.
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- Excerpts From the Letters of Sarah McBride Anderson, 1904-1908, by Beatrice_Otter. Rated G. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Sarah McBride Anderson is best known for her work as a suffragette and later as the Representative of Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District, where she served from 1925-1937 (the first woman to represent Massachusetts, and the seventh woman in the US House of Representatives). Less well known is her lifelong friendship with J.A. Pendleton, the celebrated novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner. The two women met at college, where they roomed together. Although the correspondence between the two women after their college years has been published, these letters (excerpted from Anderson's letters home to her family during their college years) have not, and provide a fascinating glimpse into their friendship.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- Hirings, by JulyFlame. Rated G. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Perry White, new Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Planet, has a surprise interview for new hires. Written in 2013. Only compliant with Man of Steel.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Saudade, by liodain. NC-17 (Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: It's midsummer, 2006. In the wake of his son's death, Bruce Wayne tries to outrun his grief on a cross-country road trip. When his car breaks down on a dusty road in the heart of Kansas, a friendly stranger stops to lend a hand.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Son, by MiaLyn. NC-17 (Bruce Wayne/Diana (Wonder Woman)). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary (for part 1): The last thing Bruce thought would ever happen was to have a child with his one-night stand, and find out about it a few years later. When Diana had started praying the gods for her loneliness to cease, she hadn’t expected an answer. She hadn’t even expected that kind of answer either.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- My breast is lit with flames, by ancarett. Rated R (George Knightley, Emma Woodhouse). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Life for Emma and George at Hartfield isn't all songs and sunshine, but sometimes a small escape can make all the difference.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- Aerial Screw (The), by LJ_McKay. PG/PG-13 (Danielle de Barbarac/Prince Henry). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Leonardo presents a new invention to the court, but without funding it may never...get off the ground.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- &lit, by sdwolfpup. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
One Sunday, Jaime Lannister sends an email to the new King's Landing Times crossword editor. It does not go over as planned. (Taken from author's summary.)
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NB: Please note this is a modern AU. - Alright, outta sight, by Samirant. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Ain’t no party like a Lannister party (whether you meant to invite a Lannister or not).
NB: More fic by this author can be found here (see also our 'Game of Thrones' recs section). - Brienne the Bold, by Julieoftarth (Wherethereissmoak).PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Jaime is coming home from his life of squiring for a visit, curious to see who this Brienne is that Tyrion said is protecting him these days. Brienne takes one look at Jaime and her life goals become significantly altered.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Come Home, by catherineflowers. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: In a world where Jaime never came North after the Dragonpit, Cersei still sits the Iron Throne, and Daenerys lies dead at the hands of the Kingslayer. The Lannister army wages endless war in the south, just waiting for the snows to melt before they take the North.
Injured and alone at Winterfell after fighting the dead, Brienne receives a raven from her Lord Father, asking her to come home. There, something surprising awaits.
Jaime and Brienne find themselves on opposite sides of a war that could change the fate of Westeros forever.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - dealbreaker, by robotsdance. Rated R (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Brienne meets someone while on vacation.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Deep Fried Drinks, by cytara. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne, Jaime and eighteen other men and women hope to find love on a show called “Love Is Blind”. For ten days in a speed dating format, the men and women date in different “pods” where they talk to each other but not see each other. In order to meet, participants need to get engaged, plan and celebrate their wedding-all in the span of six whirlwind weeks.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
NB: This is a modern AU. - Deliverer, by angel_deux. PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne gives birth to her daughter on the same day she returns Sansa to the Starks.
A season 3/4ish AU where the Red Wedding failed, Jaime and Brienne slept together while she was still in Kings Landing, and Brienne has to somehow get Sansa back to Riverrun while pregnant.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Drunk Dialled, by SeeThemFlying. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
After years of being best friends, Brienne gets a late night phone call from Jaime that could change everything forever.
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NB: Please note this is a modern AU. - Fable Verse (The), by sdwolfpup. Rated NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Catelyn sends Jaime and Brienne on a quest.
NB: Please note this is a modern AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Feeling Blue at the Zoo, by EmpressM. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary:“That will be 5 dragons for one hissing cockroach,” said the cheerful girl at the checkout. A brightly colored sign behind her declared that today, Valentine's Day, featured the "Quit Bugging Me" special at the King's Landing Zoo. The smaller print read, "Name a cockroach after your ex, and feed it to our animals!"
Brienne dug through her wallet. “Make that two. Actually, just give me that whole box.”
NB: Please note this is a modern AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - First, Last, and Always, by thinlizzy2. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary (abridged): Through a series of firsts, Jaime discovers how sweet a second love can be.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - I get by (with a little help from my friends), by aelangreenleaf. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Jaime helps Brienne...
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in our 'Game of Thrones' section. - My Favorite Mistake, by wildlingoftarth. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: An uncharacteristic irresponsible decision on vacation changes Brienne's life...not once, but twice.
NB: Please note that this is a modern AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Not Today, Renly, by angel_deux. PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Jaime has returned for the second All Stars season of Drag Them, Dayne: a Westerosi show that has turned the art of drag into a cultural phenomenon. His main goal is to make it through the show without tainting his legacy. Then they are assigned female athletes to "make over", and Jaime meets Brienne.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Now That You're Here, by Lady_in_Red. Rated R (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: A woman's battle is in the birthing bed, where Jaime is helpless to protect those he loves. Five times Jaime witnesses a birth.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - One Moon Series, by Shareece (kimbob). NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Father speaks of Lannisters not showing any weakness, but the Lannister men have a weakness of the heart.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - One Where Hyle and Jaime Are Roommates (The), by cardinalgirl75. Rated R (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Hyle Hunt thinks he's the luckiest freshman at King's Landing University when he gets Jaime Lannister for a roommate. There's bound to be tons of hot girls hanging around him, right? Right????
NB: This is a modern AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Prodigal Son (The), by Aviss. Rated G (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Spring has finally come to The Seven Kingdoms, and the people in the Westerlands prepare to receive their Lord and Lady, who nobody knows but everyone is curious about.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Reddit Threads, by tarthiana. Rated R (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
What the title says. Bea will note that this is ROTFL funny (make sure you read the comments below each part, especially the second one).
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Right Circumstances (The), by miera. Rated G (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: After the war, Brienne and Jaime retire to Tarth to rebuild the island and face a new challenge.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Royal Flush, by astolast. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne/Margaery, Tywin Lannister/Catelyn Stark, Robb Stark/Cersei Lannister). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Robb Stark had swept his entire hand of cards off the table, and Tyrion couldn’t see how to make a single play at all.
Bea's note: This fic actually makes these non canon pairings work. Really well done.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Same Time, Next Year, by angelowl. Rated NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: “I’m Jaime,” he says, his eyes gleaming with laughter. There’s a wicked edge to his mirth that makes Brienne wonder if it’s her freakishness that’s the butt of his joke so she spins on her heel and stiffly marches away. After that, Jaime inexplicably keeps seeking her out.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Since We've No Place To Go, by virginfiber. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: After Brienne Tarth drunkenly hooked up with one of her detestable coworkers, she didn’t think things could get any more awkward. That is, until they got snowed in together.
NB: Please note this is a modern AU. - Skin Deep, by Aviss. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Brienne's boyfriend gives her an ultimatum.
NB: This is a modern AU.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Taffy Stuck and Tongue Tied, by angelowl. Rated NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Margaery said Jaime was a selfish prick who needed to learn to share. Sansa, ever the romantic, insisted he was secretly in love with Brienne, not his longtime girlfriend Cersei, and that it was obvious. “If that were true, he’d have made a move long before now,” Brienne countered. “Jaime’s an open book. He’d shout it from the rooftops.”
“He probably doesn’t want to risk losing your friendship.” Sansa’s eyes shone with conviction.
Brienne scoffed, but in the days that followed doubts trickled in and something even more insidious - hope.
Bea's note: Please be aware that Jaime is a piece of work in this one...
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Take My By Storm, by angelowl. Rated angelowl. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: There were three types of gods. Capricious, vengeful, and benevolent. Brienne herself fell firmly into the last camp.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Thrust Exercises, by nire. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Jaime challenges Brienne to a contest.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Time of my life (The), by djelibeybi. Rated R (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: When Brienne arrives in King's Landing for the first time, she expects two tedious months of uncomfortable gowns, embroidering with the queen, and her father's failed attempts at matchmaking. She does not expect the Kingslayer secretly teaching her to joust, under cover of darkness, so that she can compete as him in the king's nameday tourney. And she definitely does not expect to fall in love with him.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Tissue Paper Wings, by angelowl. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Olenna had called her last night and told her the big news. They were casting for the pilot of a police procedural drama series, Keeper. She'd given Brienne a brief overview of the part and sent her a sample of the script.
Helen Oath was a cop with a heart of gold. Naïve yet hardworking, she'd been top of her class at the academy and one of the youngest women to ever make homicide detective. She was eager to learn from her new, more experienced partner, Sergeant Arthur Keeper. Unfortunately, she'd die at the end of the first episode to reawaken the jaded cop's zest for justice and remind him of his duty to serve his city and defend the innocent.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Two Swords, by aelangreenleaf. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: She’s always known that her mother has two swords. She asks the castellan one afternoon why knights have more than one sword. He tells her that not all knights carry two swords - he says it’s personal choice, one to be weighed between the advantages of having a second sword as backup should the first be taken from you, and the risk that someone might steal the second sword and use it against you. “Why do you ask, my lady?” he asks, raising an eyebrow. “Mother has two swords, Ser,” she says softly, “the one she wears on her hip, and the one she keeps in her room.” His face clouds then, but he quickly recovers. “Ah, my lady, that is something different."
NB: More fic by this author can be found here and is recommended in our 'Game of Thrones' section. - Undone and the Divine (The), by mardia. NC-17 (Jaime Lannister/Robb Stark m/m slash). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: If the gods were going to take him away from Cersei and everything he’d known, bind him to a boy half his age, Jaime almost would have preferred it if Robb Stark had been a fool, had been as dull and self-righteous as his father. Seven hells, he could at least have been ugly.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Weekend at Casterly, by green_light. PG/PG-13 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Jaime said, “We should withdraw from Westeros entirely, Brienne. Let’s leave this place and go to Volantis. We’ve played along with society long enough, but good gods, it isn’t for us.”
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - Worth (and also the sequel Fault), by angel_deux. NC-17 (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
An AU where Brienne is queen of the Stormlands.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here. - you, & you, & you., by sapphireoftarth. Rated R (Jaime/Brienne). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Brienne looks at him finally. She hates when he looks at her like that, all raw and open and very in love with her, because there’s absolutely nothing she can say or do that will even approach an appropriate response.
Brienne and Jaime go to Italy and she has a baby. They also spend a lot of time being in love with each other.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- It will pass. It always does, by coco_xoxo. Rated PG/PG-13 (Eliza Scarlet/William 'Duke' Wellington). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: (Spoilers for season 3) William is feeling feelings, but it will pass. Until it doesn't.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- Different Than Expected, by Jenett. Rated G (Evy Carnahan O'Conell/Rick O'Conell). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: When Rick and Evy return to London in 1927, Rick is not entirely sure what to expect.
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- their far horizon, by anabel. Rated R (Anne Elliot/Frederick Wentworth).
Author's summary: After all these years, it was as simple as this: he loved her.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- Common Interests, by mardia. NC-17 (Malcolm Bright/Dani Powell). Recommended by Bea.
Bea's comments: I don't want to five too much away here. Suffice it to say that this was a hilarious way of getting these two characters together that was very THEM. LOL.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- 75% Compatibility, by LenahCC. Rated R (Spock/Nyota Uhura). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Further observation had led him to conclude that Cadet Uhura held the very act and institution of learning with reverence. Individuals who respected knowledge correlated to a capability for higher thinking-logic. Given all observable factors, he gauged their work style compatibility to be fair at 75%. And as the undertaking of a teaching aide was mandatory, the cadet was his most logical choice for the role.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- Draw Back The Curtain, by thinlizzy2. PG/PG-13 (Damar/Kira Nerys). Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: All of their lives, both Damar and Kira have tried to ignore their reoccurring dreams about each other. But fighting together in the Cardassian Resistance brings everything to a head, and there are some things that just can't be avoided.
NB: More fic by this author can be found here.
- They Said This Air Would Be Breathable, by MiraMira. Rated G. Recommended by Bea.
Author's summary: Star Trek missions tend to end poorly for low-ranking crewmembers who aren't part of the main ensemble. Unless the low-ranking crewmember in question is Ensign Mayhem. Then it's the senior officers who need to watch out.
NB: This had Bea ROTFLMAO. Parody alert! :-)
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