Reciprocal Joy

and Kass rec'd a nice marauder fic: Beyond the Veil. Not really Lupin/Sirius -- I mean it is, but the point of the story is Harry working with Lupin, and barely, with Snape to bring Sirius back. I liked it more than most marauder fic. Long, with a good ending.

Someone rec'd Heatwave, my first S/H story. God I love that fic. As I said in my lj, this is the fic that made me a MM fan, not just a trek fan who'd fallen into k/s.

5/26

A Time for All Things Kinda sweet happy ending fic -- Harry goes to Snape after graduation, but Snape says he's still too young; Snape makes him wait years before they get together. Again, extra points for Snape staying a bastard.

The Medean Curse: A Romantic Comedy This one is adorable. Harry's an Auror, been cursed and goes to Snape for the long, difficult cure. In exchange, Snape wants Harry to set him up with Lupin, who he's liked ever since school. Everything's going well until Harry realizes he wants Snape for himself. Long, happy.

Unnatural You'll never read this, no matter what I say about it, since Harry is a hermaphrodite, and ends up pregnant by Snape. It has some cool world creation, though -- it turns out that hermaphrodites have important magical implications. Not enough Harry/Snape interaction, but a nice ending.

Clipped Wings H/S post apocalyptic -- muggles have found out about wizards and enslaved and/or removed their magical abilities. Snape is being sold and Harry (who managed to lay low) decides to buy him. It starts slow, emotionally, but it has an interesting take on Dudley, and a good ending.

5/24

Still reading Harry/Snape

No Place Like is fun -- Harry, Ron, Hermoine and Snape get transported to Kansas -- and Hermione, at least, has read her Frank Baum. Good first time H/S stuff, good Kansas stuff; I liked it much more than I expected to.

A Fracture of the Mind's Eye Harry slips back and forth between two realities -- happily partnered to Remus, Voltmort dead; sex slave to Malfoy's, Voltmort won. I wanted to like it more than I did.

Choosing Loyalties Cool idea -- right before Hagrid shows up to take Harry to Hogwarts, Death Eaters grab him, leaving Peter Pettigrew in his place -- but only adequately written.

5/20

I'm going to start listing HP stories with arranged marriages, cuz they crack me up and work for me, all at the same time.

My Man Friday. Ridiculous title, OOT story, but written directly to my kinks. By enahma They're forced to marry after V almost managed to bond to Harry; This is the straightest Harry of all time; he takes years to get comfortable with gay sex. Nicely wounded and damaged Snape too -- if only it were better written.

A Convenient Marriage is fun, but dumb (Diana Williams). Lucius has the legal power to force Harry to marry him unless someone else gets there first -- Sirius begs Snape. (Bad sex to begin with.)

The Courtship of Harry Potter also Diana Williams. Not *quite* marriage -- but formal erastes rites, in which Harry has to let himself be pursued by the DADA teacher, and Snape.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place Again, Sirius must beg Snape to marry Harry. Horrible story: takes forever to set up concept and barely even makes sense at times. Despite cliches, has a relatively good deflowerment scene <g>.

Bound Ron accidentally bonds them permanently. Horrifyingly OTT, endless wish fulfillment -- Harry finally has someone who truly understands him; no one understands how perfect Snape is...

A Life More Ordinary by Lexin Wow, is this frustrating. So much good, and yet... Dumbledore convinces Harry and Snape that they are fated to have 'the protector', so they must marry (without possibility of divorce) and have a child. Snape is emotionally damaged from his previous 'relationship' with Voldmort, and it takes years for their marriage to become a true relationship. I'm willing to put up with mpreg because I love the emotional throughline, but despite the fact it's 140K, the actual plot is very sketchy and confusing.

Shattered Badfic. Harry is going through his parent's papers and finds that he was betrothed to Snape at birth. Badbadbadbadbad.

TheYoungHusband More horriblefic. Snape marries the sweet young Harry at twelve, smitten at first glance. Horrifyingly bad.

Their Bond Fuglyfic. For complex and unlikely reasons, they must marry and conceive a child, all within a day. Severus -- brutalized as a child and teen as the consort of Voldemort -- must 'be the girl' and be impregnated and bear the child, despite his PTSD. Has the germ of a cool story, but it's clearly written by a child and a moron.

The Mirror of Etamlous Horrifically bad. Dumbledore finds that Harry will be more powerful if he finds and bonds with his soulmate. The next day, Fudge mentions they found an old mirror that magically shows a person's soulmate. Of course Harry and Snape find they are each other's, and they're both, immediately pleased.

La Vita Nova by Titti -- only two star badfic. One of those where Slytherins are so much cooler and nicer and smarter than anyone else, and Snape is so much cooler and nicer and... Anyway, they were betrothed when Harry was a child, married when Harry was 19, and start taking the marriage seriously only after Harry almost falls apart. Dumb, and annoying, with extra stupid points for Harry becoming a rent boy for a while.

Devil will Drag You Under Harry needs to be married to get into Hogwarts (yeah, so likely), so Snape ends up married to him within a day of meeting him. Interesting premise, because it cuts off 5+ years of enmity between them, like a big reset button on their whole relationship. Of course, you then end up with a much nicer Snape. Chan-nish, but it's always Harry's idea to push things further. Very sweet.

The Wizard's Bond Harry starts having disturbing m/m sex dreams, only to find out that he's secretly bonded to Snape, and the bond is a sexual one. Some cool universe bits. (And some interesting fiddles with fanon -- Snape delibrately makes himself look sallow, greasy, etc., in the hopes that their bond won't develop 'that' way.) Longish.

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not a 'marriage' per se:

Sanguis-Vinculum Harry and Snape are accidentally blood-bound together.

"It means that you're going to share..."

Harry felt the panic rising in him again, and he tramped it down as best he could, but the idea of sharing anything personal with Snape made him want to throw up. He'd been there and done that, and really, he'd rather not do it again. "What?"

"Everything, Mr. Potter." Snape's tone should have been sneering, should have held the usual hatred and it didn't. "Quite literally, everything that you are, everything that you will become, every emotion you have."

They use the phrase 'good as married' in the story, but the bond doesn't, per-se, have a sexual component.

Loving Potions both Snape and Harry are ensnarled in the same Love Potion, and become domestic partners. Not great, but Severus never becomes goopy, which wins it an extra star.

In Turn Around, Harry replaces Snape's Dark Mark with his own mark. It really reads like part 1 of a longer story, and it's not great anyway -- but I really liked the idea (and was fascinated by Snape's willingness to convert his loyalty (of sorts) to Harry. Another idea I'd love to see a better writer run with. (her email is alihotsy@gimmefic.net and I ought to write her)

Hall of the Mountain Kings Harry becomes Snape's heir, then lover. Good, long, and I liked the idea of rock magic.

Slytherin Bond Harry does a spell to find and bind his true love -- expects Cho, gets Snape. Not well written, but I loved how Snape was almost all for it -- immediately thinking through all of the pluses and minuses for himself.

Unnamed Telanu WIP Fab idea, but really only a few scenes: Snape and Harry are dosed with a love potion and both beg Dumbledore not to fix the spell. Once D insists, the fix doesn't work, but they both pretend (even to each other) that it did - they both think they're alone in their love. Yummy, if sketchy.

A Good Match Harry accidentally does a spell that finds and binds him to his soul mate. Long, but WIP, and untouched for over a year (and one of those stories where reading the author's notes and getting to know her a little makes you like the story less), but extra points for nicely cranky Snape.

5/18

Found a new HP writer named Aucta Sinistra, and read three lovely long H/S stories by her: Scratch, Beech Hall , and Quid Pro Quo (which may be my fav.). QPQ is strangely like another recent Snarry where Harry's been cursed and comes back to ask Snape to save him -- in that one (name?) Snape's payment is to get Harry to get Lupin to go out with him; in this one, there's no real payment.

Without Ceremony (46K), sequel to: Beech Hall
Relations 102K Nice, but a bit same-old, and a rather anticlimatic ending. I would describe it as chickensoup slash.
The Kiss (21K) Sweet
Cell Biology (33K) Not a fav

5/13

Read a bunch today, and didn't think at all about writing any of them down. Then Anna rec'd a few Spike stories, and I must copy them here for safe keeping:

Freaking by entrenous88
Never-Ever Land by shrift
Closeted (+ several more chapters) by kimberly_a
Three's a Crowd by camisha
Knowing Style by paperk8

Then H/S: Nightwatchers, by a friend of Res's.

5/12

Wow, I just finished the longest H/S story of all time. I lost patience with it a bunch of times, but somehow kept reading. It's called A Bit of All Right by I Got Tired of Waiting. (Cute psued, sorta). Happy ending, much miscommunication, and Kass just rec'd it on Quaffle.

Wow, it's been a looooooong while.

5/11

Someone was rec'cing H/S on Quaffle this morning, so I'm banking them:"A Bit of All Right," by I Got Tired Of Waiting. It can be found here: http://inkstain.slashcity.net/isf/archive/23/abit.html "The Paradox of Existence," a time travel story by Dragon Light (http://dragonlight.slashcity.org/) is another such story, but the author is re-editing it, so it's not available on the web right. I think she posted it as a WIP on the snapeslash or SnapeXHarry lists, so you might try those archives in the meantime. Finally, "A Three Potions Problem," by DementorDelta also sort of fits the bill. You can find the first part here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/dementordelta/27921.html

3/9 Anna sent me a Spike/Xander called Dark Horse a while ago. It's this great setup for emotional kink at least, but no real payoff. Dark forces have won, Spike buys a nearly broken Xander thinking he'll get his own back, but then doesn't really know what do to with him. Well-written, sad, good, but no payoff.

2/25 I've been sick 3 weeks today. That's enough of an excuse to be behind in my entire life, right? (Please?) I took yesterday off and called you in the afternoon, but just as it went to vmail, I started coughing so I just hung up.

2/20 How can it have been 16 days since I last updated? Jesus god, where does my life go? I'm just pissing it away, you know? On the other hand, I've lost 3 pounds since Monday, so everything's good, really.

Found a fairly good SN/WW cross called Echoes; Casey and Donna are flirty/Josh and Danny are together. it's not the sharpest, wittiest thing in the world, but it's long, and not terribly characterized, and I liked it.

HP: Fairly cute Remus/Sirus homage to Buffy's love spell Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, and another cute maurader era one: Concerning Flying Lessons, Snuffboxes, and One Hundred Galleons. And I think you rec'd If You're Breathing (Harry/Neville) by Sandy Justine to me, but I want to make sure I can find it later.

2/4 Wow, I'm two weeks into this diet/exercise thing, and it's starting to feel sorta normal. I lifted a bunch of weights this morning, did aerobics for 45 minutes, and didn't feel like death at any time.

I know you've been reading a lot of HP (and I've started to again, too), so I'm pasting in these recs from cathexys:

Cimorene and Wax Jism's Thing, Kel's Nobody Ever Said It Was Easy, Penknife's Ephemeris, Lexin's He Said It that Knew it Best, Helene's Beyond the Veil, and Wax Jism's Second of our Reign (in minor role). Also, there are quite a few really good Snape/Lupin out there after OotP, who deal with Remus/Sirius (Juxian Tang's Lukewarm series, for example).Invisible to See (NC17) by FayJay h/d Seven Things That Never Happened at Hogwarts on Valentine's Day, or Maybe They Did (R) (Remus/Sirius, James/Lily) by Rageprufrock, and A Season in Hell, by Cassandra Claire, of whom I have mixed opinions.

And another set from daraq:

And man, crack_van is getting ahead of me! Scary. Anyway, I'm banking a Starsky and Hutch series I don't remember reading: Parking, Pavlov's Response, and Playing It to the Edge, by Lilith

1/29

Yummy, yummy popslash: not too late. Okay not perfect: I love the setup, wish the middle was a little more sketched out, and dig the happy ending. But I think you'd like it, and I'm being vague not to give away the gimmick.

And wow, that Olijah thing you rec'd? Hot. I loved the slowness, and the backwardness of it.

1/26

I'm finally feeling awake and aware again -- after a full week of recovery. It's nice to have myself back. I spent the day reading.

Sad and quick and sweet SG: Wash Away (rec'd on DHD). And wow, long and slashy and good SG! Loki's Curse -- Jack fears that deep down, Daniel doesn't really remember him, or remember the important pieces that made their friendship true, and the author takes some real time to work it around. Yum. Then read Destina's and Kay's new SG -- good, but not worth tracking down their URLs unless you really want them.

Hey, you might like this -- recasting au where the NSync guys are in the Nikita universe: JC is Michael, Lance is the blond innocent. Looks pretty good.

1/23

Gah, what a week it's been. Honestly, my brain still feels mixed up; I'm borderline sleepy and confused most of the time -- but I try not to mention it at home; I think Brie was more upset by the whole thing than I was, and I don't want to worry her.

After avoiding it for weeks, I finally read shallot's Master and Commander set of 5 things that didn't happen: Invasion, listening, All The Wonder, consolation and the world turned upside down and they're really good! She has continued to improve.

I didn't read many of the "while we dream of yuletide pleasure" stories this year, but Sanj wrote a Neville one that I loved: If You're Breathing.

1/16

Thanks for calling today, sweetie. I'm still sad and a bit ick'd, frankly. You've been so strong about Calvin, and all of the your deaths in your family, honey. I'm in awe.

1/15

Rivkat has started a Lex with amnesia, in the future, and so far it's all good, but it's a WIP.

PopSlash -- Thankfully someone mentioned The Show today, since it's the loveliest AU in awhile, and I forgot to write it down when I read it. All five of them are players on a minor league team, hoping to make it to the majors. Seriously, I think you would like this -- JC/Chris, if that helps <G>.

1/14

Started 20/20. Am speechless

1/13

It's xover month in popslash, so I'm I'm guessing, you're going to get more than your share of silly xovers you won't read...

Fangirl, by Jem. Lance/Dom Silly but cute, all from Dom's pov.

Mr. Fabulous, by Betty Plotnick. Lance/Wade Wade's the viewpoint character, which is cool, because he has this great outsider view on the whole band... Stands alone, but it's part of Betty's long series.

Buf: ONCE IN A LIFETIME: Eldorado, part 1, by Mustang Sally. Only the first part is out, and man, she's in no hurry. This was 15 chapters, just to get Xander set up in a new town, and a new life...and finally have Spike and Faith show up. I liked it -- it's a page turner -- but it's like Dickens in its big lazy shamelessness.

Sandy the older has a popslash AU that's more au than most. Justin's a DA, Lance and Joey are bounty hunters, JC and Chris are criminals -- and Justin and Chris used to go out. Complicated but fun: Four Ties

1/3/2004

Just reread Herc: The Many Deaths of Iolaus, and found Bed and Breakfast, both by Therienne. I would have sworn I'd rec'd The Many Deaths before, but I don't see it here.

SeSa -- after reading many of them, these were the best:
Mercy by this is the one I mailed you -- definitely my favorite, but I really like trickyfish, so maybe that's it.
Trial (by Grease and Rubber) by Calico. (lambs)
Thirteen Hours from New York to Rome by ChrisJ. (timbertrick)
ManDate by Deidre. silly but sexy JC-Justin au
No Comment by Giddy. Trickyfish!
Pillow Talk by Haley. (trickyfish)
The Plain Truth by Liz. (Lance/Nikc
What I did on my Summer Vacation by Slimslash. Chris/Nick.
I Only Eat Things That are Already Dead by Rhys. (timbertrick)
Stick Around, very sweet JC-Chris
Becoming, great JC
Crowd JC/Justin/Nick -- not quite a threesome, but hot.

Non-SeSa, but they made me way happy: Recreation (timbertrick), and (trickyfish) Nothing Better.

12/30

Gah, what a pointless week this has been. And worse, we haven't talked. (And FYI -- this is the first time I've remembered to upload since 12/-1, so everything since then is new to you.)

Telanu's blog has a long thread on "not necessarily best, but hottest" stories, and yeah. So here's a few of them: Not great, but hot, and it completely reminded me how much I loved Bobby Hobbes: Sharing the Madness. You'll never read this, since it's Benton, Ray, Francesca (and yes, I mean RayV) (and again, not great, but whew, hot), but here's the link anyway: Forbidden Fruit. And probably the hottest and sickest of them yet, 'Idle Hands' by Nimori, Harry/Snape chan.

12/22

SeSa! What the world calls Romance Very subtle, dark, Timbertrick, based on this quote: In love, one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others, that is what the world calls romance. The Middle Child -- JC is freaked out by the hiatus, and more than a little pissed at Justin, and Chris puts him back together. Nicely, though sparsely, put together. Good. I'm going to paste in a chunk of my fav SeSa's later, I promise. Mandate was a silly but fun one -- everyone's gay, and JC's trying to hook up. Plain Truth (Lance is pre-law; Nick is Amish <g>) was annoying, in that it was well written and enjoyable...and just ended. I hate that!

12/19

Altar Call Lance realizes that he wants Chris, and then torments himself for literally years before it all comes to a head. Better religious angst than some, and great group interaction. Rob these waters odd voyeurism story -- both Chris and Lance like to watch JC in the throes of creation, but it never goes further than that. undone weird religious au, where JC is "the vessel". Porcelain Chris stresses Lance out (babies! still in Florida). Delayed Re-entry when Lance comes back from space, it takes GSF to reconnect him to the group. Longish and sweet, Chris knows he's horrible at romance, so he tries to keep it cool with Nick What I Did On My Summer Vacation. Short but sweet, same pairing: Families of Choice, where Chris tries to help Aaron with his mom stuff. Out of Reach - baby!sync: Chris is surprised and bummedwhen he sees Joey pick up a girl...but he eventually gets lucky. Tethered: Chris tries to set Lance up with a booty call, but Nick has other plans.

12/10

My presentation is just two days away, so of course, I've read fic for 3 hours straight this morning. I can't even stand myself any more. On the other hand, some good stuff <g>

Manifest Destiny -- Joey is all kinds of closeted and fucked up, but Chris eventually straightens (or not) him out. talking to myself, or business men are serious, is good, but a tiny bit underwritten -- I wanted more, which I suppose is not a bad thing. Choey, and this Joey is cooler than most.

And a fab xover: Now or Never by Slim and Without Me. Long, hot, Lance/Nick, lots of canon details, flashbacks over the last 6 years...just yummy! (two sequel stories: Falling - Little Gold Rings) And, pointless but hot 3some smut: JC-J-Chris, Bonus1, Bonus2; A room our of own is by Sandy the Older, and it's sad, and a little oblique, but it's also cool; Chris would take either JC or Justin...and they both think about him, but step back -- at the end, he thinks, damnit I can outwait you. One last entertainingly titled one: The one where they all have sex in a hotel in houston GSF, but funny and good.

HP: Crucius by Dolores Crane -- H/Snape Harry drops out of Hogwarts but stays Snape's student. Longish, intense, excellent -- Snape is a little nicer than he should be, but not much; Harry is perfect. And I have to quote this bit:

Coercion is Underrated is unlikely as hell, but nice porn -- H/Draco/Snape. Dark Creatures is Snape/Remus, and it's so sad -- Remus taught at Hogwarts earlier, before the wolfsbane potion was perfected -- and they hurt each other. Snape is clearly at fault, but they both hurt...

12/9

Hey, I rec'd this in my LJ, but I never did add this one: Chloe tames the Beast. Completely funny -- I think that Randy, honestly, might like this.

So, while I was at your house (and I wish I was still there!) I read this hilarious Chris turned into a dog story by nopsued. Obviously, you're not going to read that (though I'll tell you, Merry did!), but I also went back and read everything she's ever written, all of which I liked, and most of which I think you'd like too. First, The Wedding Cake Theory, is an absolutely fabulous JC and Lance, from JC's carefully closeted perspective -- long and yummy. Don't Waste Your Money is Timbertrick, where slightly closeted Chris meets the irresistible object. Funny, long and hot. Things to do in Orlando when you're dead...is GFSish, and yes, JC is a zombie for most of the story. Disgusting, but funny (co-written with torch).

12/1 Good talking to you Sunday (though I'm still sorry I got you up, honey).

I'm not a huge D/s fan, but this is intense enough that I loved it. It's Lambs, though Chris has a big part: Please Master. You might read it and see if there’s a chance that Shannon might like it – there's no branding, but there are nice welts <g>

Here's a cute little tinsy JC/Tony story to get your in the mood for Thursday: Old Times

11/25 Okay, today is apparently Threesome Day: Tempting Fate Good, angsty, hot, post-Hogwarts Harry/Draco+Ron threesome. and The Answer is LoTRiPs: Dom/Orlando/Kiera -- pure p*rn, but good. And I never put it here, but I gave you a Word file; Rhys wrote a long threesome for Merry's Billy Joel challenge: Fool For Lesser Things.

Someone just rec'd Severus and the Crup, so I'm saving it for my ride home tonight...

11/24 Oh god, you're back, and I said I'd update -- AAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

On the other hand, I did just read a kinda cool story. Hard to know if you'll like it or not -- the theology might give you a headache, but I liked the relationships: Rake at the Gates of Hell. It's GFS-y, or at least, there's no one real pairing.

I hope your trip wasn't too heinous -- you didn't sound particularly enthused.

11/10 Horrible idea for a story, but I laughed plenty -- an mpreg Clerks story. Yeah, right, I hear you say, but...funny. And then a hilarious US QAF: Blissed.

Just found a note to myself at home, to add these stories -- apparently written in September:

embitca's In the Closet Justin and Marshall hide their relationship, even from each other, sometimes, and then JC shows up. Coolish, though generally I avoid Marshall stories.
This Time -- Chris/Lance, part of the Billy Joel Challenge -- sweet, long, good -- set a few years down the pike.
Promise made to be broken: Chris/Lance back in Germany, happy ending.
HP Obsession - Draco is obsessed by H's cock. Longish.
HP arsenic story, Origins of Myth Draco, Hermione, and pretty good.
Buf / MustangSally, Eldorado I--Once in a Lifetime Xander is making a new life after the end of S7, until Spike and Faith show up.

11/7 Fucked up strange day. They took the team to lunch and a movie, but I didn't go. Don't know why, really, except that it sounded like work, and I currently hate everyone I work with. Oh yeah, maybe that's why.

N: ONE HUNDRED STEPS TO THE PERFECT FORTIETH BIRTHDAY PARTY Very unusual and sweet JC/Chris

11/6 Julad rec'd Physics, Groceries, and the Homosexual Agenda. I don't know if you're reading QAF, but this is intermittantly brilliant. Double or Nothing is (wait for it), Lance/Fred/George (yes, from Harry Potter), but it's good. Trust me. Underglass is a bsb/nsync crossover au, so you'll never read it, but it was good, too. Diversion (also bsb/nsync)has the toughest, sexiest Brian ever, and the fact that he's mean to Justin makes it that much better. (All by Calico.)

11/5 Wow, it's been an entire month. I feel so guilty!

Ack -- I have no idea what happened here, but there are multiple lines just missing. Hopefully I didn't lose too much.

(with happy endings): Catfight (linked off of here) is horrific, but really good -- one of the Justin is cheating on Brit with Lance ones, but ouchy as hell. Outside is less ott, but still painful -- Brit loved JC, and then Justin -- and the entire time, they can only see each other. From the Billy Joel challenge: Synk did The Human Heart, Chris/Lance with a happy ending; Black Wren Road Chris/Joe (which is way too rare), and a non-scary Nick as a ghost.

Professor Kirkpatrick where AU prof Chris kicks annoying student Lance's ass. (Hmm, possibly Professor Laura would appreciate this?) Part 2 and Part 3. I loved them. From the HappyFic challenge (can't find the link, sorry) Giddy did an adorable Chris/Lance called Catch,

Buf: Did I mention all of Anna's Spike/Xander stories? Throwing Shapes (which I just mentioned in LJ) is absolutely hilarious and a characterization masterpiece. And the others aren't quite as funny, but they all end happily (I swear!) and are hot and yummy. Can't remember if I need to push this pairing or not...

And in different news, did I mention that they fired 12 people from our 42 people team today? Fucked up beyond my ability to say.

10/8 Anna just rec'd this adorable amnesia!Spike story -- cracked my shit up! Read, read, even though you're not really reading Buffy; it's just that cute. And hey, I don't supposed you're finding good Harry/Draco and not sharing...?

10/6 Man, we haven't talked in too long, already, girl! What is up with our busy little asses?

Banking: Anna just sent me a rec for a S/X series called New Boy that she says is fun.

10/1 I'm being terrible about writing stories down for some reason -- it comes and goes, I guess. There's a great story in this fandom called Break that kills me each time I read it. Here's a very good one by Jane St. Claire also called Break about Justin ending up in a psych ward, and just how different their lives are. (This and others from this cool rec list (for Justin month).)

9/30 Okay, I rarely read LoTRips, but this one's good: Ingenue -- it's Viggo/Elijah, and it just feels amazingly real. Mind you, I spend no time with eighteen/nineteen year-olds these days, so maybe I'm completely wrong -- feel free to tell me I'm wrong, based on your experience <g>.

It's a WIP, but a long one (16 chapters so far), A Lacking of Foresight, by Keelywolfe, who I remember with mild fondness from PM fandom. Merry's Chris Challenge -- largely good, and some stories still coming in. I made some into word files, and didn't save the links. Oh well. the same language by Tiffany Rawlings -- very sweet babylambs. Tiff's the one that did the really long Chris/Lance, set way after NSync was over -- you know, The Long Run? (And if you haven't read it, you must!)

9/29 Man, I don't remember the last time I took such a long break -- and a stupid one, since I didn't stop reading, and now I'll never be able to find any of those stories. I'm so glad you came to visit -- Randy just called me, you know? For a moment, we'd lost you!

keep pounding rhythm - I mailed you this one, just because interesting religious stuff in fanfic always makes me think of you. Justin/Brit (and Chris is married-ish to Lynn. Scary.) Three Dollar Bill is adorable Lance/Nick -- only flaw is its a little too short, and moves a little too fast. All that glitters - sad, short, sharp, JC leaves Justin, all JC's pov. Ooh, unfortunately WIPish, but good: At the Corner of Ink and Pierce - Justin's got a crush, and he wants to be just like Joey. Torch has a new JC/J: So you wanna be a rock star set basically after one of Justin's justified performances, when they're both amusingly toasted. spin is a day in the life of Justin's PR rep. Cool idea!

Very silly idea -- JC's a dancer, Justin's a Sk8ter Boi but it's kinda fun.

9/12 Rosenho rec'd a bunch of SV. She's usually reliable, but right now I don't want to read SV. But I know someday I will, so...