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nos4a2no9.livejournal.com2008-07-28 07:52 pm
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Fandom Appreciation Day 2 - Three Older Story Recs
My three story recs for Day 2 of the Fandom Appreciation Challenge. The goal was to rec three stories that are at least six months old. Here's what I came up with:
Title: In Chicago the Weather is Warm
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estrella30
Pairing: F/K
Rating: PG
Length: ~2000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:
estrella30 is a terrific writer and she's penned a number of fandom classics, but I've always admired this story for its unique perspective on the events following "Call of the Wild." It's a rare Fraser-POV story (in second person, no less!) and we get four months of Fraser pining for Ray and finally deciding that a life half-lived isn't a life at all. I really like E's take on the issue of duty here, and what the North means to Fraser in that sense. It's an interesting story and a quick read. Give it a try if you haven't yet read it.
( A brief excerpt )
Title: Guns Don't Kill People
Author:qe2
Pairing: F/K
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~8,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:
As a veteran of the fandom,qe2 has a lot of terrific story credits to her name. I usually associate her stuff with smoking hot porn and great RayK character pieces, and so this story is a bit of a departure. It's a dark and complex look at Fraser's battle with depression, and the way in which Ray helps him get through it. "Guns" is a remarkably brave story, and Q does an excellent job of illustrating Fraser's emotional impulse to cut through numbness using sex and connection. The incendiary NC-17 scene halfway through left me pretty shaken: it's absolutely spot-on, in terms of Ray and Fraser's trust issues and their exploration of bondage, and the emotional details--anger, pain, tremulous hope, love, compassion--ring out clear as a bell. It's not exactly an easy story to read, but it's an amazing look at the F/K dynamic that also happens to be rich in psycho-sexual drama.
( A brief excerpt )
Title: even the dreadful martyrdom (a thousand times remembered)
Author:omphale23
Pairing: F/V
Rating: R
Length: 2,600 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:
This was an unlikely story foromphale23 to write. She'd signed up for my beloved Team Angst for last year's dS Match challenge, and I'd jokingly suggested she try writing Fraser/Vecchio (she had Vecchio issues). O took on the challenge and this beautiful, sensitive and lyrical piece was the result. The structure is extraordinary: O takes us through Ray's childhood and his present relationship with Fraser, and then, when things reach a climax, time move backwards again, into Fraser's childhood and his relationship with Ray. We see Fraser and Vecchio fall in love, find each other, and fall apart, and the way time and memory wears on each of them. Fraser finds a new strength to ask for more, to demand open, honest love, and we discover the reasons why Vecchio can't give him that. Each fragment reveals a new truth, a new, brilliant insight into these complex characters, and the both the beginning and the end of the story come as devastating blows that carry the result of devastating truth.
( A brief excerpt )
Title: In Chicago the Weather is Warm
Author:
estrella30Pairing: F/K
Rating: PG
Length: ~2000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:
estrella30 is a terrific writer and she's penned a number of fandom classics, but I've always admired this story for its unique perspective on the events following "Call of the Wild." It's a rare Fraser-POV story (in second person, no less!) and we get four months of Fraser pining for Ray and finally deciding that a life half-lived isn't a life at all. I really like E's take on the issue of duty here, and what the North means to Fraser in that sense. It's an interesting story and a quick read. Give it a try if you haven't yet read it. ( A brief excerpt )
Title: Guns Don't Kill People
Author:
qe2Pairing: F/K
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~8,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:
As a veteran of the fandom,
qe2 has a lot of terrific story credits to her name. I usually associate her stuff with smoking hot porn and great RayK character pieces, and so this story is a bit of a departure. It's a dark and complex look at Fraser's battle with depression, and the way in which Ray helps him get through it. "Guns" is a remarkably brave story, and Q does an excellent job of illustrating Fraser's emotional impulse to cut through numbness using sex and connection. The incendiary NC-17 scene halfway through left me pretty shaken: it's absolutely spot-on, in terms of Ray and Fraser's trust issues and their exploration of bondage, and the emotional details--anger, pain, tremulous hope, love, compassion--ring out clear as a bell. It's not exactly an easy story to read, but it's an amazing look at the F/K dynamic that also happens to be rich in psycho-sexual drama. ( A brief excerpt )
Title: even the dreadful martyrdom (a thousand times remembered)
Author:
omphale23Pairing: F/V
Rating: R
Length: 2,600 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:
This was an unlikely story for
omphale23 to write. She'd signed up for my beloved Team Angst for last year's dS Match challenge, and I'd jokingly suggested she try writing Fraser/Vecchio (she had Vecchio issues). O took on the challenge and this beautiful, sensitive and lyrical piece was the result. The structure is extraordinary: O takes us through Ray's childhood and his present relationship with Fraser, and then, when things reach a climax, time move backwards again, into Fraser's childhood and his relationship with Ray. We see Fraser and Vecchio fall in love, find each other, and fall apart, and the way time and memory wears on each of them. Fraser finds a new strength to ask for more, to demand open, honest love, and we discover the reasons why Vecchio can't give him that. Each fragment reveals a new truth, a new, brilliant insight into these complex characters, and the both the beginning and the end of the story come as devastating blows that carry the result of devastating truth.( A brief excerpt )
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