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Awesomest young version of a character we know and love PotC/HP Little Jack Sparrow goes to Hogwarts. It kind of shouldn’t work, but it does. The parrot that’s not a parrot and magic tricks that aren’t magic make it work.
"Sparrow isn't a wizarding name," the blond boy says. "What were your parents?"
Awesomest deification of a character Anansi Boys/??? jennyo wants you to work out the cross-over yourself. If you know the fandom, it’s so worth it. If you don’t, it’s still worth it.
It's sheer bullshit that sounds like a bad imitation of his father and Charlie and his dinner guest know it, but for the life of him, Charlie has no idea what you say to a woman who might well have created the fucking universe.
Awesomest use of a drinking song in fic HHGTTG/Dr Who The ninth doctor, before he meets Rose, and Zaphod, after he’s met Arthur, get drunk together. Enough said.
"Why is there a Restaurant at the End of the Universe? I mean, I came all this way, because it was the End, the End of the Universe, some solitary desolation, and they go and build a Restaurant here. Why? Can't a fellow feel desolate in peace?"
"They have good drinks," Zaphod pointed out.
Awesomest fic that’s not actually fic Iron Man This isn’t really fic so much as a portal to a parallel universe where Tony Stark actually exists. And isn’t that just fantastic?
The Kids Aren’t Alright: It’s been “a hell of a year” since industrialist Tony Stark owned up to his alter ego in a move that stunned observers and longtime aides alike.
Awesomest backstory for a sadly ignored character Iron Man Yinsen, with his refined accent, obvious education, dead family and current predicament, is a fascinating character. He only appears in the movie long enough to fix Tony Stark, and die. How is that fair?
By the time he'd settled in London with a prestigious position at University College Hospital, most of his friends and colleagues weren't even aware that he'd started life as a dirt-poor farmer's son in Gulmira.
Awesomest use of Chef Boyardee Iron Man I love it when a writer creates characters that are messy and faulty and human. I love humans! I love ravioli!
Not a fairy tale kind of prince anyway. More like a spoiled man-child who has more money than any Disney hero could ever imagine and uses it to pay the outrageous (but well deserved) salary that allows her to buy the designer shoes that, while not the cause of the predicament in which she finds herself, have conspired to add a layer of misery to the proceedings.
Awesomest use of post-its Iron Man Robert Downey Jr = squee. I admit that. And admitting is the first step, right?
It Takes a Village to Raise a Tony Stark
Awesomest start-up fic L&O:CI I never really liked this pairing and I love this fic. Honestly, it was a click cause you’re bored kind of thing and yet this story completely changed my perspective on the relationship. I actually went out and rented the DVDs, suddenly noticing all this tension, all these little nuances, all this stuff I swear wasn’t there before. All because of this one little Led Zeppelin fuelled fic.
Curls and wands of smoke, like those luxurious fabrics you'd see in boudoirs or whorehouses, flow around the room in time with the music.
Awesomest kid!fic (A tie)
L&O:CI Hey, remember back when piecesofalice turned me onto Goren/Eames? She started it, and now I can’t stop. Look, it’s the same logic that means I’m not to be left alone with Toblerone or TimTams. I now inhale this fandom. And Franny Goren is kick-ass.
"Tea?"
His knees were up around his ears, and a tiara perched on his head.
"That would be most wonderful."
Supernatural I guess we could call this AU or something, but whatever you call it, it’s adorable and sad and sweet. Sam and Dean playing house, with all the trimmings.
When Jack starts kindergarten, Dean actually cries. Sam laughs so hard he thinks he's broken something vital. Becky kicks Sam in the ass with her sandal when he doubles over, and Dean jumps on his back as the school bus rounds the corner.
Awesomest example of fic imitating life, life imitating fic Supernatural/Sandman. Dean meets what appears to be a cute goth chick in his dreams. One of the reasons this story is so perfect is that Kripke has cited Neil Gaiman as having an influence on his work. When that charming ‘Tessa’ turned up I was all, wow, ripping off Sandman much? But it turned out to be homage, which is better somehow.
She smiles and reaches out a hand, but before he can take it, Dean wakes up gasping.
Awesomest use of drugs to make the lolz Supernatural It’s, like, a story, and some stuff happens. Man, I am wasted! Dean accidentally gets very very high. Wacky fun, and Sam being responsible, ensues. Many times I could not breathe for laughing.
“Ugh!” Dean spit as much as he could, but it so didn’t help, there was-was spunk covering his face, in his mouth, in his eyes, all over the damn place
Awesomest image heavy fic Supernatural The Wee!chesters get detention on purpose an spend the whole time passing notes. Hilarious, silly, little boy notes.
Is that a tentacle?
The awesomest use of knitting and crochet Supernatural I was originally drawn to the title, “Tchaikovsky's Another One Bites The Dust”, but this turned out to be kind of hilarious, in a contemplative way. I kept grinning, and grimacing, and then grinning some more. The premise: John Winchester and the Yellow Eyed Demon have the exact same idea of hell.
John was two sleeves and half the back into his sweater when the Demon started its sweater.
Awesomest blending of mediums Supernatural/The Muppet Show The Hardy Boys get a spot on the most sensational, inspirational, celabrational show around! DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SETS. THIS IS NOT A TEST. Sam and Dean do a favour for Bobby (and get sexually harassed by a blonde pig). Dean makes peace with a bunch of monsters (and Robin), Sam makes his stage debut (with rats). Cracktacular (in a good way).
Dean thinks this is the strangest job they’ve ever worked, and that includes that one time with the aardvark and the elves.
And while we’re in the neighbourhood…
Awesomest exploration of multiculturalism, with puppets The Muppet Show The Muppets do Chinese New Year. NB: This is the awesomest exploration of multiculturalism anyway, I just like the word ‘puppet’.
"That's not the point. We live in a multi-cultural society, Kermit, filled with frogs and pigs and bears and Americans and Chinese!" Scooter puts his hands on his hips. "I thought you'd be more open-minded than that, Kermit. I'm very disappointed in you."
Awesomest use of a completely unexplained plot device Pretender/BSG I don’t know how she came up with it. I don’t know why. All I know is that banthafodder took the characters from the Pretender, put them in the BSG universe, and it works. God help me, it just works, perfectly. It’s that wonderful, hot, crazy, fucked up co-dependency, in space!
She's bored when she sees him next, and chases him for the hell of it
"Sparrow isn't a wizarding name," the blond boy says. "What were your parents?"
Awesomest deification of a character Anansi Boys/??? jennyo wants you to work out the cross-over yourself. If you know the fandom, it’s so worth it. If you don’t, it’s still worth it.
It's sheer bullshit that sounds like a bad imitation of his father and Charlie and his dinner guest know it, but for the life of him, Charlie has no idea what you say to a woman who might well have created the fucking universe.
Awesomest use of a drinking song in fic HHGTTG/Dr Who The ninth doctor, before he meets Rose, and Zaphod, after he’s met Arthur, get drunk together. Enough said.
"Why is there a Restaurant at the End of the Universe? I mean, I came all this way, because it was the End, the End of the Universe, some solitary desolation, and they go and build a Restaurant here. Why? Can't a fellow feel desolate in peace?"
"They have good drinks," Zaphod pointed out.
Awesomest fic that’s not actually fic Iron Man This isn’t really fic so much as a portal to a parallel universe where Tony Stark actually exists. And isn’t that just fantastic?
The Kids Aren’t Alright: It’s been “a hell of a year” since industrialist Tony Stark owned up to his alter ego in a move that stunned observers and longtime aides alike.
Awesomest backstory for a sadly ignored character Iron Man Yinsen, with his refined accent, obvious education, dead family and current predicament, is a fascinating character. He only appears in the movie long enough to fix Tony Stark, and die. How is that fair?
By the time he'd settled in London with a prestigious position at University College Hospital, most of his friends and colleagues weren't even aware that he'd started life as a dirt-poor farmer's son in Gulmira.
Awesomest use of Chef Boyardee Iron Man I love it when a writer creates characters that are messy and faulty and human. I love humans! I love ravioli!
Not a fairy tale kind of prince anyway. More like a spoiled man-child who has more money than any Disney hero could ever imagine and uses it to pay the outrageous (but well deserved) salary that allows her to buy the designer shoes that, while not the cause of the predicament in which she finds herself, have conspired to add a layer of misery to the proceedings.
Awesomest use of post-its Iron Man Robert Downey Jr = squee. I admit that. And admitting is the first step, right?
It Takes a Village to Raise a Tony Stark
Awesomest start-up fic L&O:CI I never really liked this pairing and I love this fic. Honestly, it was a click cause you’re bored kind of thing and yet this story completely changed my perspective on the relationship. I actually went out and rented the DVDs, suddenly noticing all this tension, all these little nuances, all this stuff I swear wasn’t there before. All because of this one little Led Zeppelin fuelled fic.
Curls and wands of smoke, like those luxurious fabrics you'd see in boudoirs or whorehouses, flow around the room in time with the music.
Awesomest kid!fic (A tie)
L&O:CI Hey, remember back when piecesofalice turned me onto Goren/Eames? She started it, and now I can’t stop. Look, it’s the same logic that means I’m not to be left alone with Toblerone or TimTams. I now inhale this fandom. And Franny Goren is kick-ass.
"Tea?"
His knees were up around his ears, and a tiara perched on his head.
"That would be most wonderful."
Supernatural I guess we could call this AU or something, but whatever you call it, it’s adorable and sad and sweet. Sam and Dean playing house, with all the trimmings.
When Jack starts kindergarten, Dean actually cries. Sam laughs so hard he thinks he's broken something vital. Becky kicks Sam in the ass with her sandal when he doubles over, and Dean jumps on his back as the school bus rounds the corner.
Awesomest example of fic imitating life, life imitating fic Supernatural/Sandman. Dean meets what appears to be a cute goth chick in his dreams. One of the reasons this story is so perfect is that Kripke has cited Neil Gaiman as having an influence on his work. When that charming ‘Tessa’ turned up I was all, wow, ripping off Sandman much? But it turned out to be homage, which is better somehow.
She smiles and reaches out a hand, but before he can take it, Dean wakes up gasping.
Awesomest use of drugs to make the lolz Supernatural It’s, like, a story, and some stuff happens. Man, I am wasted! Dean accidentally gets very very high. Wacky fun, and Sam being responsible, ensues. Many times I could not breathe for laughing.
“Ugh!” Dean spit as much as he could, but it so didn’t help, there was-was spunk covering his face, in his mouth, in his eyes, all over the damn place
Awesomest image heavy fic Supernatural The Wee!chesters get detention on purpose an spend the whole time passing notes. Hilarious, silly, little boy notes.
Is that a tentacle?
The awesomest use of knitting and crochet Supernatural I was originally drawn to the title, “Tchaikovsky's Another One Bites The Dust”, but this turned out to be kind of hilarious, in a contemplative way. I kept grinning, and grimacing, and then grinning some more. The premise: John Winchester and the Yellow Eyed Demon have the exact same idea of hell.
John was two sleeves and half the back into his sweater when the Demon started its sweater.
Awesomest blending of mediums Supernatural/The Muppet Show The Hardy Boys get a spot on the most sensational, inspirational, celabrational show around! DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SETS. THIS IS NOT A TEST. Sam and Dean do a favour for Bobby (and get sexually harassed by a blonde pig). Dean makes peace with a bunch of monsters (and Robin), Sam makes his stage debut (with rats). Cracktacular (in a good way).
Dean thinks this is the strangest job they’ve ever worked, and that includes that one time with the aardvark and the elves.
And while we’re in the neighbourhood…
Awesomest exploration of multiculturalism, with puppets The Muppet Show The Muppets do Chinese New Year. NB: This is the awesomest exploration of multiculturalism anyway, I just like the word ‘puppet’.
"That's not the point. We live in a multi-cultural society, Kermit, filled with frogs and pigs and bears and Americans and Chinese!" Scooter puts his hands on his hips. "I thought you'd be more open-minded than that, Kermit. I'm very disappointed in you."
Awesomest use of a completely unexplained plot device Pretender/BSG I don’t know how she came up with it. I don’t know why. All I know is that banthafodder took the characters from the Pretender, put them in the BSG universe, and it works. God help me, it just works, perfectly. It’s that wonderful, hot, crazy, fucked up co-dependency, in space!
She's bored when she sees him next, and chases him for the hell of it