turnonmyheels: (Recs:  turn)
2008-12-30 09:28 am

Multi-fandom Recs: Dune, GG, Rome, RPF, SCC, SV, TPB

Dune

Conclusion of the Imperial Planetologist Liet Kines in life and death.

Contradictions. The scientist among the savages, save that the savages were his mother and brothers and wife and daughter, his people. (And also the people his father used, dispassionately, in his great Project, in the terraforming of an entire world.)

(The people he himself continued to use.)


This Harbour We have Never Known Chani character study

The sand slides through her fingers, and she watches the grains return, become indistinguishable against the backdrop of the desert. She is a desert creature, and she bites back her tears.


Gossip Girl

Vid


Into the Groove by Keewick. Blair Waldorf. There are a lot of vids on this page and all of them are awesome, but the Blair vid is divine.

Rome

Hereditas Damnosa NC-17 Octavian/Antony, Octavian/Maecenas

The problem with Maecenas is that he is both observant and insightful, and that you've told him too much. It seemed reasonable at the time. He would sit, silently listening, as you spoke of things you'd never spoke of before. Things you didn't even entirely understand yet, that had started coming together in your mind as your sister held you, and your mother walked away with her lover. Her lover who still had your blood on his knuckles.

RPF

Ed Westwick is Not a Repair Man

And because Ed is not the type to whisper catty things behind other people's backs when their faces are right there, the first thing he says to him is, "Amazingly lifelike. Where's the string I pull to make you talk?"

Chace doesn't get offended, he just smiles an even, bright, pretty smile and says, "You don't know the half of it, dude. I've got molded plastic BVDs where my dick should be."

Ed quickly realizes he may have miscalculated.


Sarah Connor Chronicles

For the Asking

"She will continue to try to separate us. That is a threat-"

"-to my security, I know, I know." John sighs. "How can she do that when we know about her now? It's not like she could take you down if she got loose." Cameron turns her stare back on John.

"You sometimes have unrealistic expectations of my abilities.


Smallville

Vid


I Kissed a Girl by [livejournal.com profile] bop_radar. One of the most fun vids of the year.

The Princess Bride

A Storybook Story What happens next. Complete with grandpa and rhyming!
turnonmyheels: (Recs:  B)
2008-12-29 01:50 pm

Multi-fandom Recs: 300, TBC, Crossover, Dexter, HP, Rome, Tribute Vid, Chocolate Tart, YG

I can't believe I nearly let December get away without recs. What was I thinking? Some Yuletide recs, but not all. I've barely begun my Yuletide reading.

300

Lessons NC-17, speechless from the hotness.

The Breakfast Club

The Tender Things That We Were Working On Brian/Bender. Future fic, a reunion invitation comes in the mail. Completely and utterly satisfying.

Crossover
Friday Night Lights/Sarah Connor Chronicles


The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret by [livejournal.com profile] devilc Characters: Derek Reese, Tim Riggins, Landry Clarke, Matt Saracen. Derek POV. Left me with chillbumps that wouldn't go away.

Dexter

A Motherfucking Roly-poly Chubby-cheeked Shit Machine Debra Morgan, Rita Morgan, Dexter Morgan.

Oh, what the hell. At the very least, Dexter was bound to do something goofy she could hold over him for the rest of his life. "Can I swear?" she grinned.

Rita hesitated, then smiled back. "I'm kind of counting on it."

"Deal."


Fan Tribute Vid

An a Capella tribute to John Waters.


Harry Potter

Beautiful by [livejournal.com profile] shocfix Ron/Hermione, PG-13 and perfectly perfect in its perfection.

Recipe - Chocolate Ganache Tart

I made this for Christmas dinner. It took way longer than 15 minutes, why do these things always lie about length of prep time?

Game plan: The tart can be made up to 2 days ahead. Store covered in the refrigerator.

The cherry-vodka sauce can be made up to 4 days ahead. Refrigerate in an airtight container until ready to use.

cut for recipe )

Rome

Sic Semper Tyrannis Brutus, Brutus/Antony, Antony/various. *phenomenal*

You do know that Caesar has spoken Latin all his life?" Brutus asked, reading. "I mean only that you probably won't be able to cow him into submission with your mastery of syntax alone, much as you enjoy trying."

"Oh, very droll."

"Is it not the purpose of language to communicate clearly?" Winding Cicero up was inexcusably entertaining. He prickled so easily, a blustery hedgehog of a man, delightful in his insecurity.


Young Guns

Tally All Antecedents Doc and his various relationships.

Billy smiles back just a little. Still wild, still free, but heavier now, weighted down by his own inevitability. Words ring through Doc's head, a million stanzas learned and lost over the years coming back to him. Doc was no poet. But he was a hell of a verse.
turnonmyheels: (GG Blair/Serena #1 kiss)
2008-09-26 08:27 am

Multi-fandom recs: CWRPS, GG, GWtW, HP, TW

Not a lot of recs. I looked back yesterday and realized that my weekly recs slowly changed to bi-weekly and then spaced out further to once a month. I almost didn't rec today but I've made recs at least once a month going on a few years now and didn't want to break my streak.

CWRPS

The harder you come, the further you fall by [livejournal.com profile] moosesal NC-17 Sophia Bush/Chad Michael Murray, guest appearance by Jared Padalecki. Warning: Het? Pegging, ass-to-mouth, dirtytalk. Oh wait, some of us don't think of those as warnings ... *g* Sal says Possibly the dirtiest thing I've ever written. I'm kinda proud of that.

She should be.

Gossip Girl

Judge Not by [livejournal.com profile] bigboobedcanuck NC-17 but at its heart it's Chuck/Eric friendship.

Perfectly Chuck. And Eric. But most especially perfect Chuck

Gone With the Wind

No Gentlemen by [livejournal.com profile] solvent90 Adult. Rhett Butler/Ashley Wilkes. \o/\o/\o/ *seriously*

Harry Potter

Three Heroes by [livejournal.com profile] nishizono R Severus Snape/Draco Malfoy. *perfect*

"I always thought your hands would be cold," Draco whispered, bowing his head. The back of his neck was dotted with fine white hairs that shone like strands of glass in the lamplight. And Severus understood, for the first time in his life, what it felt like to be utterly seduced.

Torchwood

Acquaint Me With Your Fuck-Ups by [livejournal.com profile] paperclipbitch PG-13 Ianto, Suzie & everyone else [Jack/Suzie, Owen/Suzie, Ianto/Lisa, slight Jack/Ianto]. Suzie schemes to get Ianto hired.

This is the closest to a perfect Suzie voice that I have read. The character insights are spot-on, the fic is dark like Torchwood should always be, and absurd like Torchwood always is.




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