cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
Harry Potter
Marginalia by magnetic_pole
There are three characters in our story, the first and most important of which is the Library itself, an enormous octagonal grey stone building covered over with a thick veil of ivy. Only a dozen narrow, barred windows and a heavy wooden door suggest that it might be anything but impregnable. Two dozen gargoyles perch on the roof and hiss and spit at passersby. Any trace of magic in your blood will afford you entry, but once you are inside the building, just as your eyes begin to adjust to the gloom, someone will stop you and kindly ask you to explain what you need. The Library is one of the most highly guarded places in the wizarding world, and it doesn't share its secrets with everyone. Absolutely gorgeous and layered story of the wizarding library, the librarians who curate it, and a visit from Sirius and Remus. Reads just like the best kind of fairy tale.
~*~
Star Trek Reboot
Lucky Man by penknife
"Okay, but why me? They rescued almost four thousand people from Tarsus."
Pike gives him a look like he's being particularly slow. "Try not to take this the wrong way, but of those four thousand people, some of them are dead, and most of the rest of them are boring. Seif is a poet, and Munroe has actually done some very interesting work on enriching dilithium that most of the viewing audience isn't going to understand, and then there's you. You saved the Federation. It means your name springs to mind."
"What am I supposed to say to that?" Jim says.
"That's up to you," Pike says. "I trust you to handle this. I just didn't want it to come as a surprise." Melancholy story of Kirk dealing with the anniversary of Tarsus IV, and how his crew makes it easier for him.
~*~
Veronica Mars
A Strange New Story Every Time by gyzym
Really fantastic futurefic where Logan and Veronica meet up again ten years later and take a shot at being friends, and maybe a second (third?) chance at romance. I don't even ship Veronica/Logan and I enjoyed this. The banter is spot on, and Logan actually grew up into a decent human being.
"Too hungover to give as good as you get, now I know the apocalypse is nigh."
"Can we just go inside, please," he says despairingly. "Where there's less sunshine and fewer flashbulbs, I hear it's a glorious place."
"There's going to be organ music," she reminds him, and then she laughs as he groans and follows her to a pew, because she's deeply, impossibly cruel.
~*~
Marginalia by magnetic_pole
There are three characters in our story, the first and most important of which is the Library itself, an enormous octagonal grey stone building covered over with a thick veil of ivy. Only a dozen narrow, barred windows and a heavy wooden door suggest that it might be anything but impregnable. Two dozen gargoyles perch on the roof and hiss and spit at passersby. Any trace of magic in your blood will afford you entry, but once you are inside the building, just as your eyes begin to adjust to the gloom, someone will stop you and kindly ask you to explain what you need. The Library is one of the most highly guarded places in the wizarding world, and it doesn't share its secrets with everyone. Absolutely gorgeous and layered story of the wizarding library, the librarians who curate it, and a visit from Sirius and Remus. Reads just like the best kind of fairy tale.
~*~
Star Trek Reboot
Lucky Man by penknife
"Okay, but why me? They rescued almost four thousand people from Tarsus."
Pike gives him a look like he's being particularly slow. "Try not to take this the wrong way, but of those four thousand people, some of them are dead, and most of the rest of them are boring. Seif is a poet, and Munroe has actually done some very interesting work on enriching dilithium that most of the viewing audience isn't going to understand, and then there's you. You saved the Federation. It means your name springs to mind."
"What am I supposed to say to that?" Jim says.
"That's up to you," Pike says. "I trust you to handle this. I just didn't want it to come as a surprise." Melancholy story of Kirk dealing with the anniversary of Tarsus IV, and how his crew makes it easier for him.
~*~
Veronica Mars
A Strange New Story Every Time by gyzym
Really fantastic futurefic where Logan and Veronica meet up again ten years later and take a shot at being friends, and maybe a second (third?) chance at romance. I don't even ship Veronica/Logan and I enjoyed this. The banter is spot on, and Logan actually grew up into a decent human being.
"Too hungover to give as good as you get, now I know the apocalypse is nigh."
"Can we just go inside, please," he says despairingly. "Where there's less sunshine and fewer flashbulbs, I hear it's a glorious place."
"There's going to be organ music," she reminds him, and then she laughs as he groans and follows her to a pew, because she's deeply, impossibly cruel.
~*~