Monday Fic Recs

J2
Snowed In by morganoconner
In which actor!Jared gets trapped in reclusive-author!Jensen’s house, and ridiculous amount of fluff happen.
Aww! A lovely bit of AU schmoop. Just what I needed


Merlin/Arthur
Holding On by yavannauk
Sometimes guilt needs an outlet.
This is wonderful. So sad and angsty yet at the same time hot and kind of sweet. I loved it


Dean/Castiel
Sincerely, Castiel by c00kie
Cas sends Dean postcards while on his search for God
I'm not sure this fully qualifies as a fic but it's adorable and I loved it so I am reccing it

A Lesson That Weighs On Your Skin by blackonice
Castiel doesn't understand love beyond his devotion towards his Father. Dean is the one to teach him a lesson about what love really means.
Oh, this is really sweet and adorable and it was written for one of my prompts so added bonus. I love it.

This Is Just One Version Of The Way It Could Go by zelda_zee
There are as many ways that this story could go as there are writers of this pairing. This is just one version.
I was in two minds about whether to rec this. It's a really original and well written story but it's kind of sad and angsty too which is not normally my thing. It probably warrants a character death warning even though the character in question isn't actually in the fic. If you're feeling adventurous definitely give it a try.

Thurday's Child by strangeandcharm
Thursday’s child has far to go.
I just realised I didn't rec this before. WTF self! It's brilliant! I mean you all know I love fics based on The End but this is just epic and wonderful and brilliant.

Veteran by liadan14
Dean's been thinking about changing things much more often recently, what with Cas being around the way he is now, and with what Ellen left him in her will.
This is an absolutely beautiful story about life after Lucifer. It's soft and warm and perfect.


Jensen/Misha
Truths and Half-Truths by qthelights
Truth is a slippery concept.
Holy crap! I still don't read this pairing but this is the second fic by this author that I have been compelled to rec. It's perfect and it feels so raw and real that I did actually forget it was fiction for a moment. Amazing.

Fandom roles

I don't know why I'm feeling all navel-gazy at the moment but I am. Thanks to everyone who commented on my LJ/Non-LJ discussion yesterday.

So, eliza_jane has written a really interesting post on advice to fangirls

It's really awesome but bits of it made me think so I'm going to go through some of the points and add my own comments

Enjoy the power and freedom of your fannish persona. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and freedom of your fannish persona until real life causes you to take a fandom hiatus. But trust me, in the middle of RL bullshit, you'll look back at your post-episode reactions and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much fun you really had. You are not as cynical as you imagine.
I don't know if I have a fannish persona. I suppose I'm a little more talkative on here than I am in RL but I think what you see is what you get with me. I hope so anyway. The sad thing is I have never really had to take a fandom hiatus and the mere idea of it saddens me more than it should. I think that possibly means I have an unhealthy balance between fandom and RL. Possibly something I need to address there.

Read a story every once in awhile that scares you.
Does this mean I should try Wincest? I'm willing to take recs at this point but I can't promise I'll read.

Don't waste your time hating BNFs. Sometimes you're part of the "in" crowd, sometimes you think they’re douchebags. The internet is huge and, in the end, they’re just fangirls like everybody else.
I find the whole BNF thing quite strange to be honest. Who decides whose opinions hold more worth than others? Are BNFs made because they write good fic or is it something else. I've never really born witness to a BNF coming into being. They've always just been there. To be honest, though, in all the fandoms I've been in the BNFs have been nice.

Get to know your friendslist. You never know when they'll fuck off to Star Trek. Be nice to your friends from previous fandoms. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to read your stories in the future.
Sometimes I feel that I maybe ignore people on here who aren't in my current fandom. It's a bad habit and one I am looking to break. Is there anything I can do my make my LJ more inclusive to you guys. Are there things you'd like to see that you wish I posted more of? Or would you prefer it if I just shut up about SPN. LOL.

Understand that lj friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in fandoms and favored pairings, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were a crazy Clexer.
I don't think I say often enough how appreciative I am of those of you who have been with me since the Buffy fandom days. I've been through several fandoms since then and you're still here. That means more to me than I could possibly say.

FFS!

Work has just asked me to consider extending my contract to the end of September. I know I should be grateful to still be in work during the current ecconomic crisis but I am starting to feel like I'm being stuffed around a bit. Jacqui and I decided to hold off moving until my contract ends, and I can't really book any holidays while they're messing me around like this.

*sigh*

Well, I've got until next Monday to decide whether to extend or just leave in July as planned.

Chuck

( Chuck 3.5 )

WHEE!

*happy dance*

FINALLY finished the first draft of my M2 fic. It still needs a lot of work but the hard part is over and I have a beta on standby for when I get done editing. YAY!

In other news here are some silly photos from this weekend

( Silly pics under here )

I have the answer!

Remember ages ago I did a post asking why SPN fans were more crazy than most? Then woman_of_ did a similar post yesterday. Nobody seems to have the answer

Until now! I've just been discussing it with lady_carfax when it came to me

SPN is just one huge psychological experiment involving hypnosis and subliminal messages.

Consider the evidence:

1. 90% of the fandom is nuts, and of those people a good 40% are not the fun kind of crazy

2. There isn't a single person I've shown this to who hasn't loved it. Really, I have never had a 100% successful conversion rate with any other show

3. When I was going to quit watching the show I started having vivid recurring dreams that Jared Padalecki was my boyfriend. I mean we're talking consecutive nights here. I didn't even like Sam at this point, I was a Dean girl all the way.

4. Misha Collins