You have probably noticed this comm only really gets updated when I suddenly have something to rec. Um, yeah. I won't make any promises of more regularity because I will probably disappoint. But here goes.

"Yeah, I know what an allegory is," said Ace by merripestin
There once was a man who married a goldfish.
G; 100 words; drabble

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This rec is totally appropriate for today. I rule.

The Benefits of Bureaucracy by honorh
Rose likes the "saving the world" bit more with running, but this will have to do.
PG; Ten2/Rose, humour

why you'd like it: I couldn't put my finger on it until I saw it brought up in the comments, but there's definitely a very Hitchhiker's Guide feel to this fic ( Read more... )

Look For Connections by SummerRayn
When one of her students asked her where she was from, she'd answered "Gallifrey," without really thinking about it. Cross-over with The Magic School Bus. THAT'S RIGHT, THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS.
~1000 words
Four, Romana (and Ms Frizzle)

reasons you'd like it: IT'S A CROSS-OVER WIH THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS, HOW IS THAT ( Read more... )

Can I Get That With A Pump of Ginger Beer Syrup? by KaylieMalinza
She's still irked that her suggestion of "an intergalactic chip shop" was so readily dismissed. Sarah Jane and the Doctor end up in an intergalactic Starbucks, where Sarah Jane experiences an existential crisis and the Doctor says something silly.
~2000 words, humour, Four, Sarah

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Canadian Bears in the UK, by shinyopals
"Of course, bad politics is never easy to escape." The Doctor and Rose run into something they don't expect whilst out on a Torchwood field mission.
~1,500, humour, Rose/TenII

why you might like it: shinyopals is notoriously entertaining and her Doctor/Rose interaction is always a nice balance between sweet and hopelessly dorky ( Read more... )

Hey remember me? PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE I SUCK. Sorry.

From This Day To The Ending Of The World, by icebluenothing
It was beautiful here once. But that was before. The last shot in the Time War has fired. The Doctor has to deal with the last thing he expected or wanted -- he survived.
gen, Nine, ~4,000 words

why you'd like it : I read this a while ( Read more... )

tea with the dark lord by cranberry_crash
Luna Lovegood is good at telling stories.
(gen, 1656 words)

why you'd like it: Dark and light, ethereal and straightforward, it's very Luna in wartime - fearful and hopeful simultaneously. This is a fill-in moment with breath-holding suspense and a victorious ending.

why you might not: Honestly? I cannot fathom that ( Read more... )

The Harry Potter Timeline by the_zaniak
2036: Emma Watson is arrested for prostitution.
(gen, 2340 words)

why you'd like it: Because if you have not cracked a rib (or several) from laughing by the end, we have a problem. This fandom has never amused me so greatly.

why you might not: This... is not technically fanfiction. Or... wait, maybe? A strange kind ( Read more... )

breathe me by andromeda3116
It's like the sword of Damocles, nothing but a thin string between this and free fall. Nothing but a thread between safety and...
(Andromeda/Ted, ~15000 words)

why you'd like it: Most stories focused on this romance cling to Andromeda's point of view, and I found it refreshing to see Ted's. He is very much a teenage boy, with equal ( Read more... )

Charmbreaker by orange_crushed
They smile and tell him that he’s grown, which is funny because he feels that he’s been shrinking, and that he won’t stop until he has reduced himself to nothingness, like a star.
(gen, 6619 words)

why you'd like it: Oh, painful, but the ending is satisfying and the middle is absolutely well-done. Like most good (/worth-reading) ( Read more... )