halfamoon | Feb. 2nd, 2011

Feb. 2nd, 2011

non-island.livejournal.com

Title: "Not So Good as Rest"
Fandom: Merlin (BBC)
Characters/Pairing: Morgana, gen
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers through s3 finale; brief references to canonical character deaths.
Summary & Notes: Morgana, waking from dreams. Written for the Awesome Ladies Ficathon; beta by

lady_ragnell.

Here, on the Archive of Our Own. (Feedback, if you'd like to give it, is welcome here as well as there.)

fly-to-dawn.livejournal.com

A small picspam with commentary to celebrate the awesome ladies of Primeval. Not dial-up friendly.

( ... )

harriet-spy.livejournal.com

My latest fannish love is Sherlock, but I will be the first to admit--and lament--that the show is one big boys' club. With that in mind, I recommend two fics that address the particularly execrable depiction of Molly Hooper, the meek pathologist treated with disdain by Sherlock and the show alike.

rosa_acicularis, The Anatomist: This is a completely brilliant and gleefully savage rewriting of Molly within the canon as we have seen it. It turns everything on its head, so that her scenes, which were excruciating to watch, suddenly become almost satisfying. Rarely have I seen a female character so thoroughly reclaimed by fandom. And it's an absorbing and chilling story in its own right. (This is, technically, a WIP, but even if the last part is never posted, what already exists stands well on its own.)

introductory, that thing you love: And...coming from the other direction entirely, this hilarious little fic has Molly finding love in the arms of the Old Spice Guy. No, I swear, it's actually funny, and not just the mechanical "wackiness" that one so often finds under the label "crack."

"Anything is possible when your man is me and not a sociopathic, homosexual private detective," said Isaiah, grinning widely.

*

I'd love to see recs for other stories that recoup the ladies of Sherlock. It's a seriously uphill battle!

annerbhp.livejournal.com

Title: Le Fantôme
Author: Annerb
Fandom: Last of the Mohicans
Summary: As Magua’s captive, Alice learns the importance of walking with the dead.
Length: 2000 words
Categorization: AU, angst, drama
Rating/Warning: Older teens, violence, murder, character deaths

zinke.livejournal.com

Title: Fighting Back in Three (or More) Dimensions
Author: Zinke
Rating: PG for language.
Characters: That would be telling. *g*
Warnings: Total, complete and utter crack with a generous side order of mockage.
Spoilers: Big one for Battlestar Galactica if you haven’t seen the whole series yet. If you’ve ever seen an episode of Sanctuary and/or Leverage, you’ll be fine.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Just borrowing for a bit of shameless mocking. No infringement intended.

Author’s Notes: A while back, this flow chart made the rounds on the internet. Needless to say, I was not very impressed with what the chart had to say. Turns out, a whole bunch of other people I know weren’t all that happy with it, either. *g*

( "So we’re in agreement; this thing is absolute dren. The question is: what are we going to do about it?" )

igrockspock.livejournal.com

Title: More Important Than the Stars
Rating: PG
Characters: Joanna McCoy, Jocelyn McCoy
Summary: Dreading her mother's second marriage, a young Joanna hatches a secret plot to visit her father on the Enterprise
Notes: for

halfamoon
Word Count: 2700

Joanna is fifteen when she hatches a secret plot to visit her father on the Enterprise while her mother is on her honeymoon.

izzyfics.livejournal.com

the orchard walls are high and hard to climb by

aragons (Rosaline Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, PG-13)
in which we hear Rosaline's side of the story (for the awesome ladies ficathon 2010)

take aim by

rawles (Riza Hawkeye, Fullmetal Alchemist, R)
in which Riza's backstory is developed and it's as awesome as she is

american girls by

impertinence (Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, G)
in which Buffy remembers (for the awesome ladies ficathon 2010)

ghost world by

alixnoorchis (Mac, Veronica Mars, R)
in which Mac makes an unexpected friendship with Dick Casablancas

run into the bright lights by

ever_obsessed (Janice Rand, Star Trek Reboot, PG-13)
in which we hear Janice's backstory, including an early-made friendship with Jim Kirk

elle-white.livejournal.com

Around middle of last year, I wrote about characters I loved for a meme. And the first one I did was a rather long meta about one of my favourite fictional ladies, Rue from Princess Tutu, a character I feel is often underappreciated in fandom. I talk about how unique and beautiful her character arc was to me and I thought I would share it here.

Cut for length and major spoilers!

( The Raven Princess )

teand.livejournal.com

title: Who Laid to Rest
author: teand
rating: PG13 for language
category: gen or preslash depending which floats your boat
length: 4,046 words
summary: Mary Winchester and Ellen Harvelle meet in a graveyard on Christmas Eve. Two women with secrets, looking for someone to trust.

"He won't stay gone long." A woman’s voice, deeper than most, pointed out the obvious up in the darkness of the graveyard. "I’ve got your back, but I’d get the bastard lit up quick if I were you."

nancybrown.livejournal.com

Title: Meeting at Delphi
Author:

nancybrown
Fandoms: Torchwood / DCU
Characters: Tosh, Oracle
Rating: G
Summary: Ironically, the main reason they didn't meet sooner was they were both simply too good.
A/N: Written for

halfamoon

alexseanchai

Also for

100_prompts and

100_women, the Epic Supernatural Bechdel Fixit Project, Take Me For What I Am, with one Bechdel-passing ep tag for every episode from the Pilot to Free to Be and counting, for a total of eighty-five ficlets so far.

streussal.livejournal.com

Here are some Supernatural fanworks I enjoyed from 2010.

Fic
This Strange New World by

little_missmimi (Mary, Mary/John, 1000 words, She was raised to be a hunter, and this feels like a betrayal.)

The Fan by

tokenblkgirl (Becky, AU - Sam's on the football team. Becky's a huuuge fan.)

Restore from Saved Draft by

lassiterfics (Becky, Castiel, ~4300 words)

A Girl Who Sang the Blues by

erushi (Bela, 2236 words, In which the origins of one Bela Talbot are explored.)

Predictability by

slartibartfast (Jo, Bela, Jo has worn the ring since she was a kid. In college, while Jo is living an almost-ordinary life, a friendly stranger comes to her with drinks, and Jo realises too late what she wants.)

Vids
Roller by

zimshan (A tribute to the kickass women we were never allowed to keep.)

Cheap and Evil Girl by

turquoisetumult (Celebrating Bela Talbot.)

sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com

Title: Lucky Charm
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Author:

sabaceanbabe
Rating: PG
Word count: 550
Beta:

lyssie
Character: Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson
Summary: The rational side of her brain occasionally mocks her for it, but the superstitious side always points out that she is still alive, even after all that the fates (and the Cylons) have thrown her way.

Lucky Charm

kerkevik.livejournal.com

Hi,

I posted thsi on my lj back at the tail end of June, and thought that it might be of interest to the community here.

Meta Rec: Courtney Stoker on Feminist Geek - Posted by Amanda Hess at washingtoncitypaper.com
http://kerkevik.livejournal.com/13813.html

Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
Ray.

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Location: Blairgowrie Library
Current Music: F**kin' Perfect by P!nk

inner-v0ice.livejournal.com

Mongol is a 2007 film about the early life of Genghis Khan (Temudgin). It was shot in Mongolia, entirely in the Mongolian language, which alone is enough to qualify as insanely cool. However, what really steals the show for me is the awesome female characters: Temudgin's amazing wife Borte and his tough-as-nails mother Oelun.

( Picspam: The Women of 'Mongol' )

littledust.livejournal.com

Who doesn't love some good female character discussion? :D

A love letter to Rachel Berry of Glee fame, explaining what makes her my favorite character on the show.

Semi-organized thoughts on Black Swan, focused almost entirely on Nina's character.

sunclouds33.livejournal.com

( They Call Her the Jackal: Top 10 Reasons why CJ Cregg is Best TV Character Ever )

anenko.livejournal.com

Reeling from the disappointment of the lesbian Rambo movie, I went out in search of campy good fun with women kicking ass. With Vampire Warriors, I knew I'd found exactly what I'd been hoping for.

With that title, I hope you have some idea of what you're in for beneath the cut. There may be a few spoilers if, you know, you care about being spoiled for Vampire Warriors.

( Read more... )

senmut

Title: Named Memories
Fandom: Star Trek TOS Novels
Characters: Ael i-Mhiessan t'Rllaillieu
Rating: PG
Summary: Ael, in a possible future

Fic at the AO3