Solitary Confinement, Considering Succession

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Claim: Hellsing: General Series.
Title: Solitary Confinement.
Author: Raykat.
Characters: Enrico Maxwell, Major.
Prompt: Drabble.
Rating: K.
Length: Short.
Brief summary: “In the dark, a soul wonders if it's better to be alone.” Extremely funny and clever.
Link to the story: Link.

Claim: Hellsing: General Series.
Title: Considering Succession.
Author: shadeshark.
Characters: Integral, Seras, Alucard, Walter, Anderson, Richard Hellsing.
Prompt: Family.
Rating: T.
Length: Long.
Brief summary: “Pressure is added to Sir Integra to produce a heir to Hellsing.” A great genfic regarding Integral’s fear for Alucard’s schemes (and possible support to Richard, who survived in the story) made her consider artificial insemination. Mostly based in the Anime.
Link to the story: Link.

Voyeuse, London Bridge is Falling Down

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Claim: Hellsing: General Series.
Title: Voyeuse.
Author: northsider.
Characters: Alucard/Integral, Walter, Dandy Man.
Prompt: Kink.
Rating: T.
Length: Medium.
Brief summary: “She likes to watch...but what is it that turns her on?” An unconventional and sensual take about sexual intercourse. Set in the Manga, volume 3 and 4.
Link to the story: Link.

Claim: Hellsing: General Series.
Title: London Bridge is Falling Down.
Author: Dreadnot.
Characters: Integral, Alucard, Seras, Pip, Walter, Anderson, Captain, Schrödinger, Major, Doc, Maxwell, Yumie, Heinkel, She.
Prompt: Fight.
Rating: T.
Length: Epic.
Brief summary: “The players have all assembled for the final performance. Hellsing, Iscariot and Millennium tearing London to its foundations.” A slightly AU (contradicted now by new chapters) of the last fight in the Manga. Very well thought and evocative.
Link to the story: Link.

Pillow Talk

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my table

Claim: NSync, general series
Title: Pilliow Talk
Author: Hayley
Characters: Lance/Chris
Prompt: #18, Light
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Chris and Lance go through years of talking on the phone. Another oldie but goodie to read.
Link to the story: Pillow Talk

"Remus and Sirius Like to Have Sex" & "Apogee"

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My Big Table


Claim: Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius
Title: "Remus and Sirius Like to Have Sex"
Author: devyn, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Characters: Remus, Sirius
Prompt: 05. Sex.
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary: I think the title is somewhat self-explanatory. A great PWP. Great character details and really hot sex.
Link to the story: Remus and Sirius Like to Have Sex

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Claim: Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius
Title: "Apogee"
Author: llamajoy, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Characters: Remus, Sirius
Prompt: 32. Secrets.
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: Remus has too many secrets and Sirius wants him to stop hiding. One of my all-time favorite Sirius/Remus fics. Just gorgeously written with great characterizations.
Link to the story: Apogee
 

Lie Back and Think of Hellsing, Contractual Obligations

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Claim: Hellsing: General Series.
Title: Lie Back and Think of Hellsing.
Author: TeaRoses.
Characters: Walter/Seras, Integral, Alucard.
Prompt: Sex.
Rating: MA.
Length: Long.
Brief summary: “A sinister cult seeks a virgin vampire. Seras Victoria chooses to invalidate herself with the most sincere candidate.” A humorous and romantic story set in the Anime. Very original.
Link to the story: Link.

Claim: Hellsing: General Series.
Title: Contractual Obligations.
Author: Puck 3/4.
Characters: Alucard/Integral, Walter, the Queen, Abraham van Helsing, Arthur Hellsing.
Prompt: Secrets.
Rating: T.
Length: Long.
Brief summary: Integral discovers what her ancestor offered to Dracula in exchange of his service: the first born female Hellsing.
Link to the story: Link.

We, Her Majesty’s Prisoners & Der Tod des Freischütz

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Claim: Hellsing: General Series.
Title: We, Her Majesty’s Prisoners.
Author: Mr. Mitts.
Characters: Integral, Alucard, OCs.
Prompt: Denial.
Rating: T.
Length: Long.
Brief summary: Probably my favorite Hellsing story, it’s a continuation of the Anime with a gritty doses of reality focused on Integral’s reactions to the aftermath and the crisis inside London. The author’s writing style is marvelous, descriptive, vivid.
Link to the story: Link.

Claim: Hellsing: General Series.
Title: Der Tod des Freischütz.
Author: Urwen.
Characters: Rip van Winkle, Alucard.
Prompt: Epiphany.
Rating: M.
Length: Medium.
Brief summary: “Living human, vampire pale, hear der Freischütz' dreadful tale.” A songfic but a good one, the author was able to blend the songs seamlessly with Rip van Winkle’s last hours (helps the fact Rip has a penchant for singing).
Link to the story: Link.

swap/meet

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My Sheppard/McKay rec50 table.

Claim: Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Title: swap/meet
Author: rosemending (rosemending)
Characters: Sheppard/McKay
Prompt: 15 - Crack!fic
Rating: Mature
Length: short
Brief summary: Hmm. Rather than go for the high-brow stuff, I went for the crackiest crack!fic I could find. Nothing rational and reasonable like wings or tails or unicorns, or favorite fannish cliches like waking up in the wrong body or with the wrong gender, or alternate dimension versions of a character having sex with each other. No, no, no. Too tame, I say. Let's get something that's really out there, yet bizarrely hooked into canon, and is a heck of a lot of fun.

So, swap/meet. Because nothing says crack!fic like a wandering penis story.

( excerpt )

Link to the story: swap/meet

Online, Shepherd's Pie

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My Table

Claim: House, general series
Title: Online (or: Four Ads that Lisa Cuddy Didn't Answer and One She Did)
Author: Laura Smith
Characters: Cuddy, Wilson, Chase, Foreman, House
Prompt: 29.Oops
Rating: PG-13
Length: short
Brief summary: Cuddy is an underused and (in my opinion) often poorly written character in House fandom. In this she is neither, and the fic manages to express a lot in very little space. Also? Funny.
Online

Claim: House, general series
Title: Shepherd's Pie
Author: Cincoflex
Characters: Chase, Cameron
Prompt: 25.Kink
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: I am not generally a fan of Chase/Cameron, nor of straight-up porn. But this is about as good as it gets with either, and with a bonus- well-done BDSM, which is almost ALWAYS mangled in fandom.
Shepherd's Pie

"Five Moments of Truth and Trust" and "No Greater Love"

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My table

Claim: The X-Files: General Series
Title: Five Moments of Truth and Trust
Author: Winter Baby (winter_baby)
Characters: Marita Covarrubias/Alex Krycek
Prompt: 10. Fandom Cliche
Rating: R
Length: 1000+
Brief Summary: The "five things that never happened" genre has become a fandom cliche over the years, but somehow the execution has a miraculous way of staying fresh. This one, however, was written when the concept was pretty fresh too. It was one of the first--if not the first--five things stories I ever read (I'm not sure, but part of me thinks the Harem of X-Files Other Women Defenders might've been where the idea originated, I don't remember), and remains one of the best. Basically it takes five pivotal moments in Alex and Marita's relationship, and rewrites them as they might have happened had they trusted each other or been honest with each other. Hence the title. *grin* What makes it work so beautifully is how it makes you ache for what might have been. Not all of them are happy endings--not all of them ever could be--but they fit. Oh do they fit.
Link to the story: Five Moments of Truth and Trust

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Claim: The X-Files: General Series
Title: No Greater Love
Author: Karen Rasch
Characters: Fox Mulder/Dana Scully, others
Prompt: 07. Love
Rating: R
Length: novel
Brief Summary: Investigation into some mysterious deaths surrounding a faith healer raise questions about Mulder and Scully's relationship and their respective spirituality. Now, I'll be honest--I'm a Christian, so I tend to be drawn to stories (original or fanfic) that ask the big questions. One of the things that keeps me coming back to this one long after I gave up my 'Shipper membership card is that it does so in a balanced, realistic way, never coming down too hard on either side of the spiritual fence and treating Christian, atheist, and unsure characters with equal respect. I chose it for this prompt not just because of the title but because ultimately it's about love--not just the love the author sees between the protagonists, but love of God, love of mankind, and most importantly, what does love motivate us to do for each other? Honestly, if the MSR had been treated this way on the show, I might still be a 'Shipper. *grin*
Link to the story: No Greater Love

Better, A Dare's a Dare

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My table

Claim: due South, Fraser/Kowalski
Title: Better
Author: Kass Rachel, on LJ kassrachel
Characters: Fraser, Ray
Prompt: 19. Dark
Rating: G
Length: short
Brief summary: This is a tiny little fic that I recalled from the first time I read it, and wanted to rec it somewhere here. The basic premise is that Ray and Fraser are living together in Canada, and Ray is sick in the summer, when there is light almost all day. Fraser does something to help. This is just a beautiful, simple piece that really gets across how much these two love each other. The images in this are just beautiful, and Ray’s voice is perfect. Much love.

( An excerpt )

Link to the story: Better

Claim: due South, Fraser/Kowalski
Title: A Dare’s a Dare
Author: Speranza, on LJ cesperanza
Characters: Fraser, Ray, Miss Fraser (!)
Prompt: 44. Mask
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary: Another on the Speranza hit parade. Don’t worry, there will be more. This is a really well-written excuse to get Fraser back in drag, and a whole lot more. Ray kindly picks up Fraser’s dry cleaning, and in putting in his closet, discovers a dress. So, he dares Fraser to dress in drag, and Fraser agrees if Ray will take him out to dinner in return. Ray does, and much debauchery ensues. It’s pretty much worth it for the reminder of how freaking hot Fraser looked in the serge and makeup and earrings in “Some Like It Red.” Come for that, stay for the really well-written exploration of Ray and Fraser’s feelings for each other behind the pretense of being just another straight couple going out on a date. And all hail Speranza.

( An excerpt )

Link to the story: A Dare’s a Dare