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Sally counts the reasons why she hates Sherlock Holmes.
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31 Aug 2013
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The Sally Donovan fic of my heart. Does what I tried to do in 'Freak,' but is infinitely better.
"And of course, it's also personal. Little things, the sort that are annoyances once or twice but add up over time, the mathematics of hatred: it's the way he smirks at her like he's seconds away from spilling all her secrets; how he calls her Sally instead of Donovan, without her permission (you don't hear him calling Lestrade by his first name, nor Anderson, oh no, it's strictly their surnames, sometimes their titles); his sneering implications (the state of your knees, Sally, like it's any of his business, like Anderson isn't equally blameworthy for fucking around behind his wife's back); how he solves her cases and gives them to her, wrapped up neatly, as if she couldn't have done it herself (might have taken longer, but - ), as if he expects her to take the credit. She's not going to do that, she's Sergeant Donovan and she'll solve her own goddamn cases, thanks." -
A Scientist In Asgard by Yalu
Fandoms: Thor (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
27 Aug 2013
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Jane's in Asgard, and everything runs on magic. But she's a scientist, and there's got to be an explaination. Right?
Jane/Thor fluff with a big side of Jane/science. Inspired by the second trailer, will no doubt not match canon once Thor2 is out.
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31 Aug 2013
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Excellent characterizations, evocative language, and plenty of Jane/Science.
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Eve's hands are shaking and her mascara is smudged down her cheek and for a moment Q thinks Bond has died, but she wasn't this messed up when she killed him before.
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30 Aug 2013
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No one living seems to know what M's real name was.
Excerpt: "So they write 'M' on her headstone and it gets super-awkward in the office after that and everyone just keeps calling Mallory Mallory in spite of the thirty-odd memos that come out from higher up reminding them of the importance of secrecy and discretion and what is the point of having code names if you're all just going to ignore them goddamnit. It's just too weird though because Mallory is M but he's not M."
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"I'm driving first," Sally said. "Guv can take over after me. If we're all still mad enough to be at this after that, John can drive third shift. Then the freak, if we decide we can risk it."
"John doesn't drive," said Sherlock.
"Then what's John along for?" Sally protested. Which Greg reckoned had to be just Sally trying to wind Sherlock up. She knew better. All night in a car with Sherlock was bad enough. All night driving round and round the M25 looking for a killer, with Sherlock deprived of John Watson, sounded like a new circle of hell.
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30 Aug 2013
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A well-written take on The Solitary Cyclist, with excellent characterizations and enjoyable snark. As a bonus, Sally gets to be a competent professional and a fully rounded human being.
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Cut No Ice by theleaveswant
Fandoms: Captain America (2011), Marvel Avengers Movies Universe, The Avengers (2012)
22 May 2012
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Steve Rogers learned to cut hair from his mother, as a child in the kitchen of their Brooklyn apartment, but he never learned to cut his own.
(No specific spoilers for The Avengers)
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29 Aug 2013
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Or: Now that he's in the future, Steve doesn't have anyone to cut his hair. Natasha helps.
Bittersweet and well-written, with lots of small details that make it feel realistic.
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"You'll do anything to find him," she says, and it's not a question.
(post-ep for 4x24, but references 1x24 and 3x24).
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29 Aug 2013
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Excellent character voices.
Excerpt: "'I did not,' she scoffs (but she did, for that one, horrible second, clutching the phone tight to her ear, as he talked, obliviously, she'd assumed, about the next stage of his plan, his stupid plan, and the Jane she remembers wouldn't, she knew, the Jane who was all strawberries and trust falls and birthday ponies, but this Jane can lie to her for the better part of a year, can torture men remorselessly. This Jane is conscience-less, and she doesn't know him
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Giving Her All They've Got by Jedi Buttercup (jedibuttercup)
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
05 Jun 2009
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...or, Ten People who Were Seduced by the Starship Enterprise.
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- Part 10 of So Called Chaos
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29 Aug 2013
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An almost lyrical series of drabbles.
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After Mary Poppins leaves, the Banks children react in different ways: Michael forgets, but Jane Banks Chapman spends her whole life remembering her.
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29 Aug 2013
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Bittersweet, believable, and well-written.
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Checklist by allyndra for Temaris
Fandoms: Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones
21 Dec 2012
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There are so many things Millie wants to do. She gets her chance.
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29 Aug 2013
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Believable and entirely delightful.
"And so Millie found herself writing “Christmas is not a heathen tradition,” two hundred times after dinner. At the very end, after she’d written all two hundred lines, Millie couldn’t stop herself from adding, 'What counts as heathen depends very much on perspective,' to the bottom of the page." -
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People think Rhodey is Tony's better half, the responsible one, the one who wouldn't know adrenalin if it up and bit him.
Those people? Forget which one of them was in the goddamned Air Force.
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29 Aug 2013
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An evocative look at Rhodey and his love of flying.
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"Well - no. But you don't have to be so literal." He turns to Cho, rolls his eyes exaggeratedly. "Women."
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29 Aug 2013
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Believable, subtle, and in-character.
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won't be anyone's stone carved angel by croissantkatie
Fandoms: Skyfall (2012) - Fandom, James Bond (Movies)
13 Nov 2012
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People think she's just M's secretary and that she took a demotion. She doesn't view it like that.
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29 Aug 2013
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"People think she’s just his secretary and she finds that endlessly amusing. Not laugh out loud stomach roiling funny, she’s not that sort of person, but instead the kind that makes her feel slightly smug and ends up with her smirking at people. She’s trained herself now though that her smirk just looks like a polite smile, otherwise someone would have filed a complaint about her by now. No one files complaints against Miss Moneypenny though. And not only because she’s the one who handles the complaint forms."
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If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd've Baked a Cake by Pitry
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
24 Oct 2012
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It was funny to call it normal, but life can be funny sometimes: that was what Lavender had said, and Dudley, who knew he wasn’t very clever, was bound to agree with her.
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29 Aug 2013
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In which Lavender cheerfully bulldozes over Dudley and George's hesitations/objections and recruits them to help her re-open Florean Fortescue’s Ice-Cream Parlor.
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I Shall Not Want Honour In Heaven by copperbadge
Fandoms: Marvel, Captain America (Movies)
21 Jul 2013
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Peggy Carter's life after the war: Howard Stark, Gabriel Jones, SHIELD, and a little boy named Nicholas.
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29 Aug 2013
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Well-written, believable, and in character.
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Here Thy Hands Let Fall the Gather'd Flower by Cinaed for Rosencrantz
Fandoms: Greek and Roman Mythology
24 Dec 2010
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Persephone wanted to be one of Artemis’s maidens. Hades wanted to help her avoid Zeus’s unwanted attentions. Needless to say, things didn’t go according to plan.
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29 Aug 2013
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"Hades thought of the merry child who’d raced around the banquet hall with Dionysus’s crown atop her head, soon broken to halter at Zeus’s whim, and felt a little ill. When he looked again at Athena, he couldn’t read the expression in her pale eyes."
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This is not the story that everyone tells. It's not the story of the Gryffindor, who is brave and noble. It's the story of the outsider, the footnote. It's the story of the Hufflepuff.
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29 Aug 2013
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A series of snapshots in Hannah Abbott's POV, one for each HP book. Plausible, nuanced, and well-written.
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Car Talk - Zombie Edition by redsrule1
Fandoms: National Public Radio RPF, National Public Radio - Fandom, Car Talk (Radio Show)
26 Apr 2010
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Click and Clack can't stop joking around long enough to avoid being eaten. So situation normal.
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29 Aug 2013
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If you've ever listened to Car Talk, then you'll find this hilarious and surprisingly believable. If you haven't listened to Car Talk... well, it's still pretty funny, but you won't get all the jokes.
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In which John once had a successful hobby that he never told Sherlock about, until one day, there's a crash from Mrs. Hudson's flat..
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27 Aug 2013
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Realistic, bittersweet, in-character, and entirely satisfying.
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Five times Maria Hill doesn’t understand Natasha Romanoff, and why she might be better off that way.
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24 Aug 2013
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I love the author's take on Natasha and Maria's reluctant and gradual friendship; it's so rare that we see this sort of thing focused on in the media or in fic. The characterizations are excellent, the writing flows well, there's some fascinating backstory information, and there is sentiment without sentimentality.
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Fourth Year MWPP romp, with James and Sirius as the usual suspects. Just good clean fun!
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25 Aug 2013
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Excerpt: "Professor Minerva McGonagall never knew that the Muggles were to blame. Well, Muggles studies to be precise. And the fact that Sirius Black could somehow associate Sherlock Holmes and the Scouts. But she would later recall those few weeks as some of the most nerve-wracking in her experience as a teacher."
Basically, the Marauders decide to be "perfect angels" for a few weeks, and drive their teachers batty in the process. Also, there's a genuinely original prank, and Peter is a valued friend rather than a useless lump. Warning: This fic was written pre-OotP, so there are a couple of canon inconsistencies.