Fic: Six Easy Steps, The OC/Joan of Arcadia

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Title: Six Easy Steps
Fandom: The OC/Joan of Arcadia
Character: Summer Roberts, Joan Girardi
Rating: G
Summary: “Is it weird that I’m finding God hot?”
Notes: Not a TON of prior knowledge of either fandom is needed, but basically, Joan talks to God. He tells her to do stuff. Most of the time it works out well, however it has caused her life issues. Summer is awesome.

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Fic: Pretty Pink Ribbon (Bandom, Lyn-Z/Gerard)

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Title: Pretty Pink Ribbon
Author: 7iris
Pairing/Rating: Lyn-Z/Gerard, NC-17
Summary: Pegging. PWP.
Length: 1,800 words
Disclaimer: I am making this up.

Gerard licks his lips and looks up at her, kneeling between her legs. "Tell me one of your fantasies. Tell me what you wish we were doing right now."

Literary fantasy by a female author ftw!

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I was trying to fathom what I could write or make to post to this community, but then it occurred to me that I did have one very appropriate ficlet already written, and along with that, I could rec the book it was for!

If you have not read The Etched City by KJ Bishop, well, you should. It's a beautifully told phantasmagoria of shifting dreamscapes populated by deeply human (and very morally ambiguous) characters. The prose might best be described as "gleefully ornate" - the author's love of language shines through every carefully chosen word.

( Interested yet? )

This book will probably appeal to lovers of a good mind-fscking - for instance, fans of M. John Harrison's Viriconium series, and the works of authors such as Jeff Vandermeer and Haruki Murakami.

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This ficlet was written on request from crystalwrenn. It will, unfortunately, make little sense to anyone who hasn't read the book, but hey! Hopefully I've at least convinced one or two people to pick up a copy.

Prompt: "Beth, the crocodillian baby and its slave protitute mother."
Words: 231
Warnings: None

( She had intended the thing for her bestiary, but she could think of no name to give it: )

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Also, feel free to snatch this icon:



It's Beth in the guise of a sphinx, from the cover of the Prime edition of the book, designed by KJ Bishop.

Fic Recs: Sam Carter, Stargate SG-1

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Here's a recs page I maintain devoted to gen fic featuring Colonel Sam Carter of Stargate SG-1. 50 recs listed currently.

Smarter Than You: Sam Carter recs

Fic: Every Precious Seed, BSG 2003

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Title: Every Precious Seed
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Building a new life is more difficult than they ever imagined. Spoilers for 'Lay Your Burdens Down, Part II'.
Disclaimer: Ron Moore owns it all, I've just borrowed his toys for a while
Note: A non-canonical character's perspective on life on New Caprica and Laura Roslin.

( The light was already beginning to fade with too little accomplishment. )

Fic Recs: Faith (BtVS)

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Okay, I'm a little late to the party but I thought I'd start with a recs list for one of my all-time favorite female characters, Faith.

There's gen, het and femslash here as well as crossovers, but I tried to pick stories that focus on Faith regardless of the pairing.

( 10 Faith recs )

Elizabeth Weir Recs

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( 22 Elizabeth Weir misc recs - Stargate: Atlantis )

( 25 Elizabeth Weir/John Sheppard recs - Stargate: Atlantis )

Fic Recs: Bible

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There isn't much Bible-fic out there, but the little there is tends to be very good. What's even greater that many of these stories are about women.

( 1 author rec and 5 fic recs )

eta: Added one more rec beneath the cut.

[Discussion] Female Friendships

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halfamoon has seen stories and vids about many interesting women from various fandoms over the past few days. I'm thrilled to see that so many people are willing to celebrate female characters in fandom!

I'd be interested in hearing about some of your favourite female friendships (or sisters, or partners; even rivals will do!). Give me examples of series where two (or more) women regularly interact, and share more in common than a man.

I'll start:

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Fic: The Weight Upon Your Kiss Ambiguous

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Title: The Weight Upon Your Kiss Ambiguous
Author: kyuuketsukirui
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Lily/James, James/Sirius
Length: ~900 words
Rating: Adult
Summary: Pregnancy hasn't made her a delicate flower; she's never been a delicate flower. Why can't James see that?

She thinks of the way James is with her, the way he's always been with her, so gentle she could scream.

(no subject)

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you’d be forced to face yourself
bandom, R, Frank/Gerard/Jamia, ~3200 words.
Written for audreysrev because we both have boundary issues and a kink for threesomes. Title drawn from a line in The Dresden Dolls’ “Modern Moonlight” which shaped the backbone of the story: “stripped of your equipment you'll be forced to face yourself…”. Oh, and not insubstantially inspired by this photo from Projekt Gaymolution, but not really set during PR. I swear to god, I don't normally do POV-switches, but it REALLY works best for this fic.

Thanks to bunnymcfoo for the beta. Posted as a part of 14valentines. [Day 5] Sexuality

( Gerard and Frank pretend better than she does, pretending because they don’t know or can’t see it or some fucking thing. )

Fic: "Divided Minds"; Babylon 5, Susan/Talia

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Fandom: Babylon 5, Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters
Rating: Adult for sexuality
Notes: I'm somewhat prompted to post by liviapenn's great B5 icons, but it was written about a decade ago, after the 2nd year of B5. Many thanks to beta-reader Elaine Lazarov.
For those familiar with B5: this fills a very obvious gap in "Divided Loyalties" in one very obvious way. It's probably no better than it should be.
For readers who don't know Babylon 5: Talia Winters is a professional telepath on the B5 space station and Susan Ivanova is the station's second-in-command. Ivanova's fear and distrust of the Psi Corps, the human telepaths' controlling guild, is extreme and mostly justified after Psi Corp drove her mother to suicide. Talia has recently started working against Psi Corps, and she and Susan are developing a friendship. But these are dangerous times...
Formula disclaimer: The characters and background in this were created by J. Michael Straczynski. Whoever owns Babylon 5 now, it isn't me.

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( interesting times )

11 fic recs in 6 fandoms

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( Alias (Rachel, Francie), BSG 2003 (Kara, Dee), Doctor Who (Rose, Reinette), Pirates of the Caribbean (Elizabeth), Supernatural (Mary), Torchwood (Toshiko, Gwen) )

Fanfic: True Love Leaves No Traces, Joan of Arcadia, Joan Girardi/Grace Polk

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Title: True Love Leaves No Traces
Fandom: Joan of Arcadia
Spoilers: Up to "Silence"
Pairing: Joan/Grace, mild Joan/Adam and Grace/Luke
Rating: PG-13
Summary: "Imagine being stuck someplace and having no control over what's happening. Not being able to leave, even if you wanted to." Grace looks at Joan's profile in the dying light of the Girardi's backyard, and thinks she has a pretty good idea of what that feels like. Joan and Grace, the summer after season one.
Note: The title is from the Leonard Cohen song of the same name. I wrote this a while back, but with all the Joan of Arcadia love from last post, I figured I'd link to this one for posterity.

True Love Leaves No Traces

FIC: A Worn-Out Place (House, Lisa Cuddy)

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Title: A Worn-Out Place
Author: voleuse
Fandom: House
Character: Lisa Cuddy
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: A certain space -- however small -- should be left scarred by the grand and damaging parade.
Notes: S4, no spoilers

LINK: 339 words

Icons: Firefly - Inara, Kaylee, River, Zoe

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Hello! I thought I would share icons from my favorite shows. First up, Firefly...

~ please credit bheerfan in your userpics keywords
~ do not hotlink!
~ please do not alter; textless icons are not bases
~ comments make me happy :)

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fic recs: achieving personhood

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Two of my favorite fics about women and self-identity, from back when dinosaurs ruled the earth:

Thank You For Not Smoking by hth.
SUMMARY: Mulder has his Smoking Man, but what about Scully? We've come a long way, baby.... NC-17, Scully/f, X-Files/Pretender crossover.
This fic was something of a revelation for me back in the day, because while I'd always liked Scully on the show, I had never before seen her as truly, er, smoking hot. And what makes the fic hot for me, isn't just the hot, nicely edgy femme-sex it works its way to, it was the way it was *about* Dana Scully -- about who she was, would be, wanted to be. It's what the X-Files attempted to do later on with Scully and her sexuality and her need to be herself -- a person, not a placeholder for same defined by Mulder or the X-Files or her tragedies -- they did not do as good a job. In this story, Dana Scully became real to me in a way that outlasted the series itself. Miss Parker too, in a way, although my connection to the Pretender series was far more tenuous. Here is Scully working her way through the x-file of her current existence -- ekeing out her space in a world so completely filled by Mulder's vision, ego, neediness, actions, even his love -- that it's almost smothering. And of course, Mulder isn't the only one to lay claim to Scully's raison d'etre. This is an amazing fic -- rich and smokey and lush and female. It has stayed in my memory long after much of the series has faded away.

Anywhere But Here by sarah t.
Summary: Dawn takes a field trip and has educational fun
Another favorite story from fandoms past. The thing about Dawn Summers is that her very being is a great concrete metaphor for the search for identity and the need for self-definition. Sure, Dawn can be 'the Key', Buffy's sister, the Girl Who Lived, a bratty teen and metatextually, a wryly subversive twist on storytelling device -- but who *is* she? What can she be that is not defined by others? In this story, she finds a role model in the queer, amoral sorcerer Ethan Rayne. Their adventure together shows her not what to be, but how important it is to define yourself for yourself, in a world where others are all too willing to judge you by how well (or poorly) you fit their expectations.