updates and info

update: 9/19/07
Oh look, I'm back.  I thought that, given the infrequency of my updates (and consequently, the number and variety of new recs), it might be helpful to actually create an update page.  Plus . . . I just like to talk.

I've really dug in and revamped this page: double-checking and fixing old links, rewriting embarassing old summaries, and reorganizing the sections.  (Within their various categories, fic is actually listed alphabetically now; you don't have to work out my weird little hierarchies of preference!)  You can still tell new recs by the little symbol I've placed beside them.

This update includes a number of very strong, brilliant, and often epic fic for all my old standbys: the DCU, Harry Potter, due South, and Stargate: Atlantis  (of course).  There have also been some major additions to those "miscellanious" pages, most notably From Eroica With Love, my latest fandom passion (I've become exceedingly selective, it seems, or that one would have its very own page already).  There is also a lovely scattering of generally thought-provoking and atmospheric Yuletide fic (from this past year and previous, because I can never get caught up on such an enormous archive).

I predict that Yuletide recs are eventually going to take over this page completely.  It's starting already, in the miscellaneous pages.

Top recs this update:
Drop Dead Gorgeous, by mistful (Harry Potter: slash, het, futurefic, AU, humor, angst, crack!, multipart, WiP)
Long Road (Long Ride Home), by brooklinegirl (due South: slash, angst)
Reconcilable Differences, by shalott (DCU: slash, futurefic, AU, humor)
Written By The Victors, by Speranza (Stargate Atlantis: slash, AU, angst, futurefic)
 

info
What you can expect from this page: lots and lots of slash (same-gender pairing), heavy leaning upon OTPs ("One True Pairing"s), and mostly happy endings.  I'm a sap.  Also, I have a particular thing for "first time" fic.  One of the reasons that I read 'shipper fic in the first place (and I read very little gen, so you shouldn't expect much of that) is because I'm interested to see how an author puts my chosen characters together, when their canon (usually) doesn't.  I like plotty epics and novellas/series, so there's a fair amount of that when I can find it.  I'm also a hormonal twenty-something, so the majority of the stories here are rated R or NC-17.  (There is not, however, a great deal of kink.)

The only requirement for this list is that I like the piece.  This page is 100% opinion-based.  I do try to be discerning, but fandoms that aren't heavily ficced in general will probably call for looser standards than their more prolific brethren (like Smallville or Harry Potter).

Many thanks to Bastet; I screen things through her an awful lot.  Her own recs page is right here.  Also, if you run through all this and still want more, I post most of what I read (including fic that didn't quite make the cut for this page) over at del.icio.us.

New recs are indicated by this symbol:
Most sections are vaguely grouped by pairing, unless otherwise noted.