There are certain songs that, in my head, go with certain of my favourite fics. I'm not really sure why in some cases, but anyway. I listen to the songs and then immediately have to read the fics; or read the fics and then immediately have to round off by listening to the songs. This is the list.

Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen -- ( Read more... )

Underwater Light, by Maya

Er. So. You know how I said I wasn’t going to write an essay on every fic, and the Mercy babbling was unusual in its length? I did mean it. And I won’t write an essay on every fic. But um. In this case. I got a teeny bit carried away and ended up meandering on for a while about fanfic and Harry/Draco in general, as well ( Read more... )

witling has just reactivated my Spander love, which was my first and purest slash pairing [seriously. To the point where I was telling myself : "Well, I don't really read slash. Just Spander."] via Wesley who is both Bemused!Wesley and DarklyPowerful!Wesley here. I have no words.

The Assistant

*cries* because I can't finish it in my five minutes of ( Read more... )

Just to let people know that I haven't joined the choir invisible. I've moved house and my ISP-wallahs are evil incarnate so I'm internetless. But alive. And er. Writing Harry/Draco. Which I can't actually post in the five minutes of internet access I can manage at the moment, but I thought I should warn people. If my ISP-wallahs convert to the ( Read more... )

Non-spoilerly remarks: I've just realised that my reaction to JK Rowling's style now is very different to what it was when I first started reading the Harry Potter books. I remember struggling a little to ignore the writing when I was reading Philosopher's Stone - I thought it was kind of barren and uninteresting. I liked the last few books, and I ( Read more... )

It's over. It's perfect, but it's over.

*dies*

Er. I might go over there and say something actually constructive in a bit. Not right now though, since I'm dead and all.

Mercy, by Koimistress

This is one of the first Smallville fics I remember reading. I've only ( Read more... )

There's a particular sort of poem that always calls that quote, the image of distant drums, to my mind - quiet poems with a drumbeat behind them. I'm in that sort of mood today, so I thought I'd share some of them.
( poems )

So, the fics I read ages ago that've stayed with me since.

Mercy by Koimistress
Subtleties by Anna S
Transfigurations by Resonant
Modus Vivendi and Ars Moriendi by wiseacres
A Winter's Tale by Coquette/wiseacres
A Handful of Dust by Jenn
In Between Days by Atrata
Underwater Light by Maya [Including Underwater Light is slightly cheating ( Read more... )

Hello, world! *waves and does the Existence Dance ( Read more... )