"Touch & Go" and "The Language of Goodbye"

[chickpea.livejournal.com]

Attention, Admin! What kinds of tags did you want me to use? I can't seem to add the "X-Men Movieverse: Rogue" tag that I wanted to do. Help? Nevermind!

Hey everyone! I'm Chickpea, and I wrote this first post as a possible example of how to do your recs. Of course, your mileage may vary depending on how you describe the fics, and I think adding excerpts is optional. If you have questions about how to do things (ie, create links, do lj-cuts), please feel free to comment, and one of the admin or I can try to help. Happy reccing!

My table is here.

Claim: X-Men Movieverse, Rogue
Title: "Touch & Go"
Author: Ransom, at Eye Teeth and lilmissrrhood.
Characters: Wolverine, Rogue
Prompt: 01. First Time.
Rating: NC-17/Adult
Length: medium
Brief summary: There are many stories about the first time that Wolverine and Rogue (or Logan and Marie, as they are called here) have sex. This one stands out because it's Rogue who takes the reins (or... ropes and scarves, if you will) and shows him that they are ready for this step. Also? Wolverine is. Tied. To. The bed. And Rogue is on top. It's sweet, it's hot, it's sexy, and it's everything you want for those two crazy kids to have when they finally get together. Ransom calls it a PWP, but I find plenty of backstory to it.

He’d had dreams of this nature. Him. Marie. Scarves. A little gentle restraint.

Except, in the dreams, he’d been the one tying her up.

He jerked his arms again, felt no give in the bonds. The backs of his wrists were pressed up against the thick wooden rails of the headboard. He couldn’t rotate his hands enough to do any damage with his claws, which shot harmlessly out into thin air when he released them.

He wondered if that was pure luck on her part, or if she’d seen how to do it, planned it in her mind, thought it out before she made her move. She’d thought about the knots, of that he was certain. He wasn’t going anywhere.

He was deeply regretting teaching her such things.

Link to the story: Touch & Go




Claim: X-Men Movieverse, Rogue
Title: "The Language of Goodbye"
Author: Victoria P., at Achromatic and musesfool.
Characters: Wolverine, Rogue
Prompt: 03. Angst.
Rating: PG-13/Teens
Length: medium
Brief summary: This story deals with loss after the experience of true and fulfilling love. I think that what makes this story so powerful is that Wolverine and Rogue are given happiness and then have it taken away. Told from Wolverine's point of view in second person POV, the style of the story creates such a feeling of pathos and closeness. The changes that he goes through in the story are palpable and heartbreaking in the end.

But this one is too young. Young and scared and fragile. You shake yourself mentally, because you can't look at her that way, and you can't be who you are with her watching.

So when the asshole steps to you, you don't gut him, because somehow, what she thinks about you matters. The fact that she tried to help you, when no one tries to help you -- when you don't even need the help -- means you have to live up to her expectations.

And she may be a young and dirty runaway, but she has, in those few seconds, shown you more humanity than you've experienced at the hands of others in a long time.

So you walk out and resolve to remember her big, liquid eyes, full of concern for you, some random mutant she's never met. You resolve to be a better man. For the time it takes to walk to the trailer, anyway.

Link to the story: The Language of Goodbye

Please note: both these stories can also be found at the Wolverine/Rogue Fanfiction Archive (WRFA) at http://www.wolverineandrogue.com/fic/.

Comments

[jandjsalmon.livejournal.com]

I actually do have a few questions...

Should every story have a small excerpt?

When you put your reasons in your brief summary is it also okay to put the brief summary the author gives?

I see you did #1 and #3. Obviously the stories don't have to go in order... so do you just add your reccer's choice after each 10?

AND LAST ONE... (Sorry I'm so curious)
On your table... when we place the link to the reccomendation... do we a href it to the word in the table, or do we put the title of the fic in the box?

Sorry if these questions sound silly and/or answered somewhere else... :)
Cheers! ;)

[chickpea.livejournal.com]

Should every story have a small excerpt?
I'm not sure. I added them, but I don't think it's necessary.

When you put your reasons in your brief summary is it also okay to put the brief summary the author gives?
I think so, though I think they'd prefer if you would give your summary, since it is your recommendation and your opinion.

I see you did #1 and #3. Obviously the stories don't have to go in order... so do you just add your reccer's choice after each 10?
Yup, that's my understanding. You could also save up your "reccer's choice" options and just go out in a BLAZE OF GLORY after 40 prompted recs.

AND LAST ONE... (Sorry I'm so curious)
No no, ask away! That's why I'm the trouble-shootin' girl.

On your table... when we place the link to the reccomendation... do we a href it to the word in the table, or do we put the title of the fic in the box?
Ah, here lies your personal preference. I used a href to link the prompt words ("First Time" and "Angst") to my actual fic rec, and I didn't include the title of the story in my table. I did this because I'm really nutty and I don't want the titles to mess up the widths and heights of the cells. (I also added a table width="750" to the code for the table so that all the widths would be the same, but shhhhh, don't tell the admin). I'm sure it would be just as good to also include the title of the fic in each cell, if you'd prefer.

Also, I changed the colors of the cells that are "filled in" with recs, again because I'm nutty and like to organize stuff visually. It's just extra work because I think the table is really shiny, but definitely not required.

[jandjsalmon.livejournal.com]

I actually really like the shading in on your table... maybe the gray is a WEE bit dark, but it's still fabulous! ;) I think I'll do the a href thing too... The table is Pretty shiney! ;)

Thanks for your help! ;)

[pluvial-poetry.livejournal.com]

You're all set with the tags. I don't know why it didn't work for you though... weird.

And nice recs! *g*

[chickpea.livejournal.com]

The tags thing was weird. I typed the entry and then tried to go back and add tags afterwards. Maybe next time, I'll do tags on the initial posting, and see if it sticks.

[pluvial-poetry.livejournal.com]

Umm... I don't know. Could you not use the tags at all or you just couldn't make the x-men movieverse tag that you wanted?

Because if you couldn't use the tags at all, well that would be a problem.

But if you just couldn't make a new one, then that was my bad for not having one already made for you.

[chickpea.livejournal.com]

Oh, I couldn't make new ones. I could select from pre-existing tags, but the only choice I had was "admin post," which didn't fit. I'm pretty sure I'd be able to choose from pre-made tags.

[pluvial-poetry.livejournal.com]

Problem solved! I should just pay more attention to my tag making. *lol*

[rachael-recs.livejournal.com]

Thanks for doing this! I think I get it now. *g*