due South Recs Redux

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So when I said we would visit new planets, I forgot that first I had these other recs to post. Which are all set on Earth, mostly, maybe, although there is a House that defies physics and a brief argument between Thatcher and God.

There are no geese, but if you find that sort of thing interesting (and you should, because it's AWESOME) you must go read [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s Don't Drink, Don't Smoke (What Do You Do), a dS/Hot Fuzz crossover. It features Ray's lost passport, an angry swan, and a Fraser who is officially if temporarily dead after a slight misunderstanding with the Canadian High Commission.


( In which this does not count as a rec, even though I strongly suggest that you go read this story right this minute. )


Ahem. And now I have a few other suggestions. If you're looking for something to read. (Hey, we're fans. When are we NOT looking for things to read?

First person to comment with "when we're busy writing for NaNoWriMo" gets a very strongly worded rant about the importance of balancing one's life and taking time to do other things, so don't start with me. This is my year, people, and the fact that I'm already behind is meaningless.)


1. Homicide: Life on the Streets.

I had (okay, have) the biggest crush on Tim Bayliss. He's smart, he's sensitive, he's trying very, very hard to be zen. He screws up, he gets pissed, he tries again. He wants things he can't have, and eventually he breaks a little bit. Okay, a lot.

It's a fantastic show, and if you haven't seen it, you should. There's a full series box set (The perfect gift for the fangrrl who has everything? Television on DVD!), and a movie, and a metric fuckton of crossover episodes with Law & Order.

Not convinced? Really?

Here, have a fic in which Bayliss finally meets the right guy, thanks to Fraser and Ray and with no help at all from Francesca.

(FWIW, Bayliss is wrong about the 401, because the Beltway traffic would eat that road for breakfast and then have the 404 as a midmorning snack. I'll take the 404 during rush hour over the Beltway on a Sunday afternoon anytime.)


Unionville, by umbo. R, F/K, Bayliss/Smithbauer. And the sequel ficlet, Compassion. Bayliss/Smithbauer, R.


( In which there is a mugging, and then a robbery, and then a car theft. And then Tim Bayliss goes to a wedding and meets a former hockey player. )


2. House of Leaves.

It would seem that I have an affinity for things that are bigger on the inside. Or for evil disguised as something wholesome. Or possibly both at the same time, with an added dash of meddling ghosts.

All of that aside, this is the clearest example that I can imagine for the argument that crossovers, when done well, are somehow better than either fandom on its own. Because this fic gains so much from the book that it is based in, all of the twists and characters and related stories and complications, and it becomes richer than the book because of the layered history that I (and many of you) have with the main characters. If there were one story that I would love to see turned into an entire universe of things written by all the fannish authors I love best, it would be this.


The Fraser Record (Excerpts), by custardpringle. F/K-ish, R.


( In which there is a House. )


3. Monty Python.

Yep. You read that right. Think of it as a cracktastic chaser for the unsettling experimentalism of the previous rec.

It turns out that Ray was right, after all. It was a quest for the Holy Grill. Also, there is never a Kmart's around when you need one.


Monty Python and the Holy Grill, by snowee. Gen, G-ish.


( In which there is SPAM. Spam, spam, spam, spam... )



Dear Mods,

May I make one more post? Pretty please? I promise it contains no Sentinel badfic. It's just that I have three four more stories to rec, and if I put them in this post it'll look all off-balance and stuff. Plus it wouldn't be fair to make any of the remaining recs follow Monty Python. The authors might get smited or something. I don't want to be responsible for people being smitten. Er. Smited.


♥,

Omphale