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[justacat]

Just back from Escapade and am fighting off post-con blues.... (con report to follow, possibly). Have been running around like a madwoman recently, traveling constantly (both work and pleasure) with more to come, so I haven't had much time for updating. I was reccing Pros again on crack_van last month, and I just barely managed to squeeze nine recs in

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[minotaurs]

This is fandom. Being "totally crazy" is one of the conditions of membership. ;-)

[justacat]

I think I'm probably qualified for lifetime membership then! But I won't worry about it :-)

(Great to see you, btw, and *thrilled* you'll be at Connexions....)

[cathexys]

well, since you asked...i read chances last night and was very torn about it. it hit a couple of my major kinks and i loved the premise, but i felt it all happened too fast. maybe i'm too much of a sucker for long drawn-out dealing/misunderstandings/... but the 48 hour seeing your lover die -> sex&making up and whatever was just too fast for me. [and i get the sex as numbing/comfort thing, but it was that *and* the having to deal with their complicated falling out at the same time that made it too much too fast for me]

it was one of those fics that were good but could have been great if that makes sense. [oh, and the ending suckerpunched me...i wish i'd not read the epilogue (yes, i'm sappy :-)]

i've read most of thr others but not recently enough to give detailed comments atm. been thinking about you, b/c i'm down to my last episode (was too busy with various deadlines to do anything fannish last week). and i'm still totally loving it!!! thanks yet ahain!!!!!

[justacat]

First of all: so glad you're still loving the eps! This fills me with fannish excitement

[cathexys]

hey, i'm still hoping to hear a squee about the AU thing (though i'm worried the rps scared you off :-). and yes, the language and the setup and everything was great...which is why it bothered me more that i couldn't follow them into bed that quickly. i needed some circling, some redrawing of lines and relationships and, yes, a little bit more mourning for someone he obviously cared enough for to leave ci-5 and make a life with...in fact, i wanted to see a bit more about doyle's feelings, b/c there were too many conflicting messages and while they might make sense in a larger picture i felt like there was an attempt to justify doyle's leaving without making the other guy too much of a threat (if that makes sense).

oh, and one of the eps only played halfway *sobs* :-) but, yes, lots of fannish glee and excitement thanks to you!!!

[justacat]

I have barely had time to tie my shoes *sigh*, so I haven't been able to focus on the AU thing.

And which ep stopped halfway through? - I'll see if I can figure out the problem ....

[paris7am]

JaC - Yay! I'm so glad to see these recs, and will absolutely *love* either reading or rereading them and discussing!

Right off I noticed you have Chances in your list, because I was just writing up a post about it myself. How does this happen? It's like a strange version of deja vu or something when you find out that other people are reading what you just happened to read out of the blue. I agree with cathexys when she writes
i read chances last night and was very torn about it
I was very very wrapped up in the writing style and characterization - the h/c was oh so very h/c - but then it would fall short and stumble. Still, I was thrilled with so much of it that I am very willing to overlook the aspects that were less than the rest.
Also looking forward to your Escapade stories :)

[justacat]

Oh, I'd love to see your post about Chances! Like I said to Cathexys up above, the thing I love about it is that the author has a real "voice," a real style, if that makes sense -the story gives you something to talk about, to get your teeth into, to have strong feelings about, whether you love it or not. And the writing is so unusually lovely .... it's the kind of writing style I love the most. It really speaks to me. Plus the intensity of emotion ... you're right, when there's so much to love it makes it easy to overlook any minor faults.

Escapade report will *hopefully* come soon, if I can get my thoughts together.

(And I have *not* forgotten your DVDs - unfortunately just have not been home enough recently, and will be traveling for the next three weeks or so, so it still might be a while.... I'm sorry about that! I've given you a Sunshine in hopes of making it up to you :-)

[paris7am]

Sunshine!

I'll keep working on it. I'm afraid most of what I've done so far is select quotes... I find it hard to resist. The first thing I did when I finished reading it was check to see if there were any more pieces by this author - was disappointed to not find any more. Do you know if there are any more?

*No rush at all* on the dvds - don't even think of worrying about that! I completely understand!

[justacat]

Oh, I know all about the selecting quotes thing - there are so many utterly *lovely* ones for this writer, and it's so hard to choose them, because they read so much better taken in context .... And I for one would love to see a list of quotes from the story - I can respond with my own (in fact I'm tempted to start right now :-)

There are currently no other stories by this author, but there most defintely will be - I promise! She's still writing actively, oh-so-luckily for us.

[gilda_elise]

Oh, I really enjoyed your recs. Someone mentioned the epilog to "Chances," that they could do without it. I suppose I agree but as long as their together, I'm happy. I want to thank you for reccing "Permanent Change." I don't normally read her work because of her perchant of including Murphy into the pairing but I really liked this story.

M.Fae Glasgow's were another matter. I guess I prefer "cleaner" writing for one. Too much description and I start losing interest. But mainly, I have a problem with long separations. Maybe I'm not romantic enough to think that anyone can hold onto love that long; it's always been one of the things I most enjoy about Pros, no canonical years apart to try to explain. Conversely, I don't see the Lads being the way the story sets them up to be, so, in that, maybe I'm too romantic in wanting them to not be deliberately cruel to each other.

But you peaked my interest in all your recs so job well done! I'm up next and I hope I do half as well.

[justacat]

I find myself agreeing with you about the Chances epilogue. I generally prefer happy endings, but now that I've read it with the epilogue it's hard for me to imagine it without - and I'm not sure this *isn't* a happy ending in its own way. And oh, the emotional intensity

[gilda_elise]

I find myself agreeing with you about the Chances epilogue. I generally prefer happy endings, but now that I've read it with the epilogue it's hard for me to imagine it without - and I'm not sure this *isn't* a happy ending in its own way. And oh, the emotional intensity ....

Exactly. They're together; there are worse ways for a story to end.

And I also agree about Jane Mailander: I'm not a fan of all her stuff, but I love Permanent Change - she's really a very good writer (the Land-bridge series is utterly, totally devastating; I can barely think of it without tearing up),

I'm a big fan of warnings and am ever grateful for the ones at the Hatstand, so I've never actually read the Land-bridge series. But I was under the impression it was supposed to have a happy ending. Doesn't Ray gets over Bodie's death and lives happily ever after with Murphy? I think that's more the reason I can't read it; not so much that Bodie dies but that, ultimately, it's Murphy that Doyle finds life-long love with.

and in this story she manages to convey

[green_key]

Thanks for the recs.

[justacat]

YW :-)