"Handout", "Galaxy of the Living Dead"

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My Sheppard/McKay rec50 table.

Claim: Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Title: Handout
Author: Lilysaid (lilysaid)
Characters: Sheppard/McKay
Prompt: 11 - Character Study
Rating: Mature
Length: Long
Brief summary: This story fits in several different categories -- angst, H/c, and fandom cliché for enzyme!fic -- but I decided to use it as my character study because of the way she takes both John and Rodney apart. I love that a small kindness from John -- tapering off Rodney's enzyme dosage -- results in such huge unforeseen consequences. And watching Rodney cope with the migraines and possible brain damage tears John apart.

The destruction is beautiful to watch.

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Link to the story: Handout

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Claim: Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Title: Galaxy of the Living Dead
Author: Karen McFadyyon (author no longer on LJ)
Characters: Sheppard, McKay
Prompt: 12 - Humor
Rating: Adult
Length: Long
Brief summary: It's just. This is a. Well. It's a zombie story. A very funny zombie story, where John and Rodney are only slightly dead, and Carson tries to figure out why, before Dr. Biro can take any more "tissue samples".

( excerpt )

Link to the story: Galaxy of the Living Dead

"Creatures of the Night" + "A Day in the Life of Quincy"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Creatures of the Night
Author: Mercutio, at Mercutio's Stories and bard_mercutio
Characters: AJ, Kevin
Prompt: 04 Fluff
Rating: -
Length: short
Brief summary: I love this little piece of fluff! It hasn't an ounce of seriousness anywhere, the dialouge between AJ and Kevin is wonderfully funny, and the things that have happened to the different Boys are hilariously spot-on.
( Excerpt )

Link to the story: Creatures of the Night or here


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: A Day in the Life of Quincy
Author: Carrie, at Storycart and kikiduck
Characters: Quincy, Kevin, Brian, Tyk
Prompt: 27 Original Character
Rating: -
Length: medium
Brief summary: Quincy lives with Kevin, to his dismay Brian and Tyk visit one day. High comedy! Quincy is self-centered, Kevin is slow, and Tyk and Brian are neurotic rats. If you haven't read it before, run and do so at once.
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Link to the story: A Day in the Life of Quincy

Stay, Ours

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My F/V rec table

Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Stay
Author: innusiq, Innusiq
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio
Prompt: 08 Friendship
Rating: PG-13
Length: medium/long
Brief summary: This story perfectly encapsulates the evolution from friends to lovers. I have always seen Fraser and Ray as friends, first and foremost, and this really builds on this concept, highlighting key moments in their friendship that can later be built upon in a slash sense. It's gentle and nicely uses parts of canon and even thought the ending is out of canon it's good none the less.
Link to the story: Stay



Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Ours
Author: Acer canadensis
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, Ray's family, Doctor Young, various others
Prompt: 46 Reccer's choice
Rating: PG-13
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Yes an m-preg, pretty much the only F/V m-preg as far as I know. It's just so plausible and well done with clear research that you can't help but buy into it. It uses science as a way to make the concept work and it does so very successfully following through from the first hints to after the birth.
Link to the story: Ours

Stripped, Friday

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My F/V rec table

Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Stripped
Author: Ashinae, ashinae
Characters: Ray Vecchio/Benton Fraser
Prompt: 11 Character Study
Rating: R
Length: Short
Brief summary: Not a character study in the traditional sense but a lovely Ray Vecchio POV piece about his reflections over his first night with Benny. It shows Ray vulnerable, raw and yet happy. You can really understand his feelings as they are expressed in simple words rather than as a whole structured fic. Beautiful despite it’s short length.
Link to the story: Stripped


Claim: Due South, Fraser/Vecchio
Title: Friday
Author: Basingstoke
Characters: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio, various others
Prompt: 22 UST
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: The fates conspire every Friday which means Benny and Ray have to keep trying for what they want. Good dialogue and believable show situations that they find themselves in. Whilst the UST is actually resolved by the time it gets to that point you do feel they deserve it having gone through all manner of situations to get there.
Link to the story: Friday

"Anastasia & Spinning Jenny" & "Daylight, and the Cost of Dawn"

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My Big Table


Claim: Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius
Title: "Anastasia & Spinning Jenny"
Author: Sarah, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Characters: Remus, Sirius
Prompt: 36. Family.
Rating: R
Length: long
Brief summary: This is one of the most original SB/RL fics I've ever read. The concept is fantastic. Sirius takes Remus home to meet his parents. It really attacks the dynamic between Sirius and his family and manages through Remus's POV to say something intelligent about it. Wonderful fic.
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Link to the story: Anastasia & Spinning Jenny

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Claim: Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius
Title: "Daylight, and the Cost of Dawn"
Author: Ariel, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Characters: Remus, Sirius
Prompt: 39. Break-up.
Rating: R
Length: long
Brief summary: Sirius plays a game that ends with Remus being hurt. Dark; gorgeously written. And I liked this image of Sirius and who he might have been. It seemed truthful. And the ending is so fitting - very well-done all around
Link to the story: Daylight, and the Cost of Dawn
 

The True Story, A Contradiction in Terms

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Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: The True Story
Author: lesbiassparrow
Characters: Laura
Prompt: Angst
Rating: PG
Length: short
Brief summary: Calling this sparse but incredibly evocative vignette "angst" almost lessens it. It's about a Roslin who knows both her myths and her destiny.
Link to the story: The True Story


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: A Contradiction in Terms
Author: anonymous_sibyl
Characters: Laura, Lee
Prompt: Anger
Rating: G
Length: medium
Brief summary: Laura's temper flares following another exhausting day on the run, but Lee is foolhardy enough to think that he can intervene. Great characterization of both, with the slightest hint of humor.
Link to the story: A Contradiction in Terms

Untitled, The Entire History of Everything

[thatfangirl]

Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Untitled (crossover with Harry Potter)
Author: jennyo
Characters: Laura, Fred and George Weasley
Prompt: Crack!Fic
Rating: PG
Length: short
Brief summary: Laura, recently recruited to serve as the new DADA professor, dines with the Weasley twins. Does it get any more cracked out than that?
Link to the story: Crackfic A


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: The Entire History of Everything
Author: anonymous_sibyl
Characters: Laura/Lee, Lee/Kara
Prompt: Epiphany
Rating: G
Length: medium
Brief summary: Heartbreaking without being maudlin, a beautifully written, absolutely clear-sighted examination of both relationships.
Link to the story: The Entire History of Everything

"Grand Facade" & "Quotation"

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My Big Table


Claim: Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius
Title: "Grand Facade"
Author: Laura Smith, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Characters: Remus, Sirius, Lily
Prompt: 17. Jealousy.
Rating: NC-17
Length: epic
Brief summary: One of the most interesting plots I've seen in recent memory. I love the SB/RL relationship in this fic; the build-up, the seduction. And the jealousy over past loves. It's all fantastically put together.
Link to the story: Grand Facade

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Claim: Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius
Title: "Quotation"
Author: Jaida, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Characters: Remus, Sirius
Prompt: 20. Fight.
Rating: PG-13
Length: long
Brief summary: Moments in the relationship of Remus and Sirius from their first year at Hogwarts until the day Sirius realizes he's in love with Remus. And all the fights in between. I like the form of this fic, it's very unique. Good reading.
Link to the story: Quotation
 

O Taste and See, Babylon

[thatfangirl]

Big Table

Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: O Taste and See
Author: jennyo
Characters: Laura/m
Prompt: Original Character
Rating: PG-13
Length: long
Brief summary: jennyo provides an effective and convincing backstory for the smoothest, but also most ruthless, Secretary of Education you'll ever meet.
Link to the story: O Taste and See


Claim: Battlestar Galactica, Laura Roslin
Title: Babylon (crossover with Firefly/Serenity)
Author: jennyo
Characters: Laura/Lee, Mal, Inara, Zoe
Prompt: Crossover
Rating: PG-13
Length: epic
Brief summary: When the Colonial fleet enters Alliance space, they happen to find a Firefly-class vessel. Believable characterization of both crews in the face of utter crack.
Link to the story: Babylon I: Once Upon a Time
Babylon II: Personal Companion...
Babylon III: Reunion

Kink

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My table

Claim: NSync, Gen
Title: Kink
Author: Rhys
Characters: Chris/Lance
Prompt: 25, Kink
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary: I love this bit because Chris in this is willing to try anything and poor(or not so poor) Lance is just along for the ride. And what a fun and kinky ride it is.
Link to the story: Kink