when the river meanders to the sea; the dresden files, original fic, and other things.

[templemarker]

Yesterday, upon checking my friendslist, there were quite literally ten posts in a row linking to the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy trailer.

Allow me to be a gleeful lemming:

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Oh, that's just going to be brilliant. For a John Le Carre novel set in the era of bad hair, anyway.

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You may not know this about me, but I am a rabid fan of The

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[templemarker]

But anything is EVERYTHING. THEY COULD BE ALL THE THINGS--how do you choose? At least with Generation Kill, you're making Marines be vampires, but they were originally Marines and everyone gets it when you make your Marine-vampires drink Ripped Fuel-True Blood cocktails.

That being said, it's the challenge of it that appeals, so hopefully I can get over myself and make it happen.

RE: original fic, it's a funny thing because you don't encounter it that often within fandom itself. But when you do, especially when it plays on the tropes and things we love about fandom works, it's exciting to discover. I haven't read much original fic outside of the SSBB, only when I come across it here and there, but here's what's from my memories:

Straight Girls by norah; the tease in this is just hot and so familiar.

Covered in Rain, or How We Really Said Goodbye by scrunchy; it's like a window into celebritas, all the things we try to achieve when we write RPF, only with original characters.

Exog by resonant8 is no longer online because she wanted to develop it into profic, but email me if you're interested because this story was amazing. It totally fell into that sweet spot between fandom tropes and the fascinating qualities of original fic. And it's comfort fic for me too--the sweetness of young love, of still figuring yourself out at university. <3

I have not actually read The Administration, but it was recommended to me by a friend whose reading I trust. Long, lots of ancillary materials. Similarly, The Shadow of the Templar is supposed to be long and plotty and great, kind of like White Collar on an international scale.

That's what I have saved, anyway! And SSBB seems to be very consistent both in production and in quality of work, so I'd keep an eye on that.

[mementis]

Having read the notes for it, I actually would really like to read Exog - so if you have it somewhere, drop an email or whatever works? Thanks! :)