Haven Reviews: Search results
118 fanfic reviews found matching your criteria
Bella Temple
Uncommon Methods (or how Don Ho saved the world)
Fandom: Alias
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Something goes wrong on a mission, and Weiss finds himself in a . . . unique position.
Review: This has a really great Weiss voice. His description of what is happening and the asides are funny and make it a lot more interesting. Weiss saves the world in the end but in an excellently funny way.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: We Invented the Remix...Redux
Yahtzee
Jack Bristow at the Edge of Reason
Fandom: Alias, Bridget Jones (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 10-08-2004
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: In which a vital Rambaldi manuscript makes its way into the possession of of a London publisher, one 'Miss Bridget Jones.' (JB/BJ, sort of)
Review: Yes it really is an Alias/Bridget Jones crossover, as narrated by Bridget herself in her diary. When she ends up with a Rambaldi manuscript she meets up with Jack, and later Sydney, Bristow. And being Bridget, obssesses over Jack and is jealous of Sydney. It's funny, it doesn't seem unlikely to happen in either universe and all the characters are in all character.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yahtzee's New Fiction
Yahtzee
Them Mean Ol', Low-Down, Lando Calrissian Blues
Fandom: Angel, Smallville, West Wing, X-Files (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, parody
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 18-04-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Crossover Parody! 'Okay, on the off chance that I've misheard you, that perhaps there is a merciful God and my cold medication is just creating auditory hallucinations, let me repeat -- You're saying that Crackpots Day is only a cover for the clandestine supernatural and paranormal activities of the government?'
Review: Really the only reason to read this is because it's damn funny. Spit out coke on your monitor-style funny. I challenge anyone to read this and not laugh out loud at some point.
Slightly more seriously, this a cross-over that actually works. Yes, the characterisations are parodied a little, but they fit with the tone of this fic and just make it funny. And it's surprising how little parody needs to be done with some of them. The dialogue is superb and Yahtzee has an eye for the ridiculous in all these fandoms (and let's face it, there are some ridiculous elements to some of these fandoms). If you need a giggle and have any familiarity with two or more of these shows, then read this.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yahtzee's New Fiction
Carla
Love is a Seasonal Thing
Fandom: Ann Brashares - Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Bridget/Lena
Themes: Drama, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-01-2009
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Without the pants, they are a Sisterhood still, and Lena is falling in love.
Review: It's a sweet, lovely fic about falling out of love and into love. The writer doesn't bash any of the established relationships despite Bridget's relationships in the book and the characterisations work.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
Calle Dybedahl
Splinters of the Past
Fandom: Babylon 5
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Talia/Susan
Themes: Action/adventure, drama, ER, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-09-2008
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Ten years after Ivonova left Babylon 5, she finds herself heading an expedition into former Vorlon space.
Review: This was written for the femslash08 ficathon and is one of the many gems to come out of it. Really good Susan/Talia fic is hard to find and post-series fic is even harder. Calle captures the voices just perfectly and creates a story that is both true to them and thoroughly new. I loved the hope in the story and the blunt, to the point Susan that we have come to love. At a decent length, it's the kind of fic that you can get your teeth into and enjoy.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: CyberPoMo
bothrd
lighting the fuse might result in a bang
Fandom: Bend It Like Beckham
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jess/Jules
Themes: Angst, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-01-2009
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: 'The worst part is, my mum knew before I did,' Jules huffed. 'How tragic is that?'
Review: This is a short, lovely fic that just feels right for them. It's hard not to read into Jess and Jules' relationship and this one does it perfectly, giving us a bit of romance without forgetting the friendship that is the basis for the entire film. Great characterisation and warmth make this a beautiful Yuletide pressie.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
Tigerlady
California Dreaming
Fandom: Bend It Like Beckham
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jess/Jules
Themes: Angst, first time
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 15-04-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Sometimes the hardest part of growing up is figuring out what you want.
Review: This is a sweet fic, which is almost a given with Jess and Jules at the heart, and written in a way that understands both characters. They both feel in character as they struggle with their feelings and Tigerlady even tackles the Joe issue in a way that makes sense.
A lovely, gentle fic.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Tigerlady's Twisted Thoughts
julad
The Pragmatist
Fandom: Blakes 7
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Most of the people in the rebellion had a bitter reason for it: a father killed, a sister taken away, or a home demolished or liberty denied. Jenna had no such trauma. Her family was respectable, her status impeccable, her freedoms generous by Federation standards.
Review: I wouldn't have said Jenna was my favourite Blakes 7 character, but this story made me find her interesting. The trouble with the series was that she never had that much to do, so this gives her a lot more backstory and you can understand from it why she's the way she is.
It's written in an interesting way, with tales from her life before the series starts intercut with her opinions on the Liberator crew. It gives us a new view of them and of her too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
Nicola Mody
Vila's Emails
Fandom: Blakes 7
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Episode tag or fix (All of them), humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-03-2006
Length: 2-10 chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: Vila's Emails, as sent to his mother and the rest of the crew.
Review: There's one of these for each season. They describe the plot of each episode from Vila's point of view and other stuff that happened on the Liberator in between. Which is always funny. Vila's mother is always thinking he's dead at the bottom of a cliff, he taunts Servalan and the crew argue. By email.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Breaking Orbit
Una McCormack
Five Days
Fandom: Blakes 7
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Episode tag or fix (Rumours of Death)
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 14-04-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Waiting for Shrinker, the crew contemplates the nature of revenge.
Review: This is essentially what the crew did during the five days Avon was tortured in Rumours of Death. Each day is written from a different point of view as they all get to grips with what Avon is doing, what they think of it, and what they would do in his position. Although the characters do things in it that surprise each other they're still definitely in character. The story also particularly highlights the relationships between Avon and the rest of the crew and how they view him.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Aquitar Files
Van Donovan
The Way Forward
Fandom: Blakes 7
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Episode tag or fix (Blake), vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Sometimes the way forward is to go back.Sometimes the way forward is to go back.
Review: This is a really interesting PGP showing the complicated relationship between Avon and Vila. It's a typical Blakes 7 story in that it's both happy and sad at the same time. Both Avon and Vila get what they want, but whether it's what they need is something else.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
Zelda
Chef-Watch
Fandom: Blakes 7, Iron Chef (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-03-2006
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Imagine 'Deathwatch' redone as a TV cookery competition, with a large dollop of humour. If your imagination isn't up to it, read the story!
Review: The plot is like Death-Watch, but ridiculous. And involves cooking. Often a funny story requires taking the characters out of character, but that isn't really the case here. A few of their characteristics have been stretched but not by much. Quite what this says about the Liberator crew, I don't know.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Blake's 7 Library
Marian de Haan
A Dismal Performance - B7 in The Weakest Link
Fandom: Blakes 7, The Weakest Link (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-03-2006
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: One year prior to The Way Back, the human crews of Liberator and Scorpio contest against each other on the Federation's longest running general knowledge quiz
Review: This story is written in script format but that works for this fic because it makes it easier to read the questions and answers as coming thick and fast. Some of the questions relate to actual episodes, which makes them quite interesting. The perfomance of each of them, and the questions they get wrong or right are interesting insights into their characters. The best part of the whole thing though, is what happens after the show, which of course I can't reveal here.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Blake's 7 Library
Kirayoshi
Beside Myself
Fandom: Buffy
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Buffy/Willow
Themes: Drama, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 01-08-2002
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: What if the Toth demon in 'The Replacement' had hit Buffy instead of Xander?
Review: I haven't seen 'The Replacement' (I've only read the transcripts and have to wait until the TV stations in England show it) but this is a great take on a great episode. The two halves of Buffy, Slayer and Buffy, are used well here and it's a shame the show has never investigated this side of her. So it's not surprising that re-writing the episode has worked so well, and the Buffy/Willow overtones that were worked in don't jar at all. Kirayoshi kept in many of the funniest lines (a wise choice) and I barely even noticed the changes. If only all episode re-writes were this well-executed...
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Pink Rabbit Consortium
Perri Smith
techsupport@demon.com
Fandom: Buffy, Angel (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 18-04-2004
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: The residents of Sunnydale and L.A. join forces to defeat evil... and tackle Cordelia's dry cleaning.
Review: The story is all told by e-mail - complete with appropriate e-mail addresses for all the characters. What makes it so good is the unusual way the story is told - yet it's still just as exciting, and complete with funny asides.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Angel Annex
Nomad
Donna the Vampire Slayer
Fandom: Buffy, West Wing (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Josh/Donna
Themes: Drama, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 11-05-2004
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: After Buffy's death in 'The Gift' and the end of The West Wing season two, Donna is called to be the next Slayer.
Review: Nomad does perfect Aaron Sorkin - the plot is interesting, the characters are all in character and it's all very much like a West Wing episode. Except for the vampire slaying part. Most of the plot revolves around Donna learning to be a vampire slayer (with Josh getting in the way) and them trying not to let the rest of the staff find out. Which does tend to mean they get into some very interesting situations.
There are two sequels to this - I dare anyone who reads the first chapter of DtVS not to work their way through all of them.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Nomad's Realm: Donna the Vampire Slayer
Selenay
Crisis of Faith
Fandom: Chalet School
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Margot had always been so certain about the future when her plans were years away, but living it is much harder.
Review: When I came to the end of the Chalet School series I thought Margot's decision as to her career was a very sudden, and odd, one. There was never an explanation as to why she chose that path for her future. So it was good to read something that did explain it and it made sense for her too. I also liked the glimpses of the futures of all the triplets - I can just imagine that's what happened to them all after the books ended.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
Steph
Three Ways They Didn't Find Out
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Themes: ER, humor, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Three ways the other CSIs didn't find out about Nick and Greg. Though Greg may not be in this fic a lot, the whole thing is about him, so I think it applies.
Review: This fic has a lovely, gentle writing style that still packs something when you read. Steph captures Nick and Greg surprisingly well, raising a smile sometimes and at other times feeling for them. I like 'Five Things' type fics because they give you several alternatives to an idea and Steph has written three good twists on the idea. She gives you just enough to get a flavour for the set-up without overdoing things.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Steph's Quality Used Fics and Recs!
viggygirl
Mistletoe Mojo
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Sara/Sofia
Themes: Seasonal
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 23-12-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: A little magic under a familiar holiday decoration.
Review: This is a sweet, festive fic that made me smile. There is some lovely characterisation - particularly from Greg - and just the right dash of fun to the story.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Femslash Advent Calendar 2007
Aria
Terminus
Fandom: Diane Duane - Young Wizards series
Rating: PG
Type: Slash-het mixed
Pairing: Tom/Carl, Kit/Nita
Themes: Action/adventure, drama
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-01-2009
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: The snake, eating its own tail; the wayside boundary stone: by what measureless markers should Life be understood?
Review: One of the major things that I liked about this fic was the way that the relationships parallel each other without being re-enactments. It's a great look at Nita's relationship with Kit, which doesn't follow the usual paths of a male/female relationship in books and the writer doesn't try to make it into something else in her fic.
Tom and Carl are great characters and they are just right in this fic. You can read their relationship as either romantic or platonic from the books and I've often wondered whether that is deliberate. This fic gives some lovely insight into how they might have met and reads between the lines without changing either character.
This is also a plotty fic and it feels like it could be an extra few chapters in one of the book. It's a fic that just works.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
AstroGirl
Old Soldiers
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Episode tag or fix (World War Three, The Christmas Invasion, Army of Ghosts)
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 15-04-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: What the UNIT family was doing during some of the major events from the new series.
Review: This is the Brigadier's story mostly, and he's great in it. He might be older, but he's still doing the same old stuff and the characterisation of him in this is excellent. It's interesting to see how his way of doing things differs from what we see the characters in the new series do. The last line's particularly good too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: unit_family: Old Soldiers
bibliophile1887
Put Away Childish Things
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Steven/Dodo
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 07-09-2007
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: After stumbling into the TARDIS, Dodo realizes that the Doctor and Steven Taylor need her. Although not in the same way. And she's intent on convincing Steven of that. A sickeningly sweet and touching story.
Review: Dodo is intent on making Steven realise his feelings for her match hers for him. You can see how they get closer in the segments of the story connected directly with the episodes. The last scene is quite sad and hopeful. Because it's written from Dodo's point of view you can't quite tell from Steven's actions what he feels, so I like that it's ambiguous - we only know as much as Dodo knows at any point.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Camilla Sandman
Today's Not Over Yet
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-09-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Tomorrow, the world is ending, and today, he is happy.
Review: This is the Eighth Doctor and the Time War and is so sad. There are humourous moments in it when the Doctor mucks about with famous people in history but somehow they just make it sadder with the knowledge of what he is about to do and how much it's going to hurt.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Doyle
As Ordinary Things Often Do
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Rose/Benton, Martha/Harry
Themes: AU, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 07-10-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Benton and Harry need a TARDIS. Rose and Martha have one.
Review: It's an interesting AU where you get to see Rose living her life after the Doctor leaves her in the parallel world. It's interesting to see her with Martha and them being good friends. And Benton and Harry are so gentlemanly. All four of them are quite funny together. And then there's the Brigadier at the end, with Rose and Martha's friend.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - doyle_sb4: As Ordinary Things Often Do
eponymous_rose
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, drama, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: A year is a complicated thing, beginnings and endings and lives and deaths stretching on and on into infinity. Travelling through time has a tendency to complicate matters still further.
Review: This is four short stories that are all different but all fit together. They're also all slightly differently themed. Autumn has an ending that leaves a lump in your throat and then to counteract it winter has the Doctor and Romana with one of their usual arguments. It's easy to tell there's a lot more going on than what's said in these.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
hhertzof
Out of Time
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: After Dreamland Sarah wakes up in a world not her own, to discover that her life has become a battleground in the Time War.
Review: This has a really complicated plot of alternate timelines and terrible consequences of the Time War. I liked the glimpses into the different possible futures Sarah could have had.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: hhertzof
hooly4slad
Welcome Aboard
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 03-07-2005
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: What passed between the Doctor and Jack the first night they spent together aboard the TARDIS?
Review: 'Read this because it's one of the few Doctor Who fics that haven't made me cringe' possibly isn't the best recommendation, until you realise how rare it is for me to read Doctor Who fic and just how bad some of the things that I've been venturing into have been. This is really a very good fic.
It's set immediately after Captain Jack joins the TARDIS crew. I've noticed that Captain Jack, one of my favourite characters, seems to be a difficult one for fanfic authors to get a decent handle on. He too often descends into caricature - the author of this fic gets him just right and conveys the beginnings of a friendship with the Doctor beautifully. It had the same kind of tone as the episodes and provides a nice tag to the episode, filling in details that the show writers brushed over.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: doctorslashjack: Welcome Aboard
Kesomon
In Which Ace and Hex Done Sex
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-08-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Title says it all.
Review: It's too short to say much about, except that the title doesn't necessarily say anything. The ending made me laugh.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Kiara Sayre
Occupation
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 15-04-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: After certain events in Cardiff, UNIT takes over Torchwood III.
Review: The UNIT people are so cool interacting with the Torchwood people. Ace is beautifully grown up in this, happily being in charge of explosives. It's obvious who the new doctor is just from the description of how he acts. The only trouble with this story is that I'd love to see it for real.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: unit_family: Occupation
KickAir 8P~
Five Things That Didn’t Happen.....
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Five unrelated AU ficlets. I just wrote 'em to get 'em out of my head while I was working on something else. Some angst, some joy, some humor, and some OMG-I-can't-believe-she-wrote-that!
Review: I'm always a sucker for a good Five Things fic, so this was a good read. It's primarily the 9th and 10th Doctors, but KickAir incorporates elements from original and new series without difficulty. You don't strictly need to have watched the original series, but a couple of the Things will have more resonance if you're familiar with it. KickAir comes up with some interesting potential AUs, the first one probably being my least favourite and I thoroughly enjoyed the rest. The second has echoes of an 'Age of Steel' question that I've been discussing with friends lately and it's always good to see Sarah-Jane return.
If you're looking for decent Doctor Who fic and enjoy Five Things fics, you'll probably find at least a couple of Things that you really enjoy here.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: KickAir 8P~: Five Things That Didn’t Happen.....
Meredith
Now You See Her
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 07-09-2007
Length: 10+ chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: On a routine visit to a perfectly harmless planet, Rose is kidnapped and the Doctor discovers a massive government conspiracy. Well, every planet has its dirty laundry...
Review: This fic is both humorous and adventurous at the same time. It's the writing style and the sense of how ridiculous the Doctor can sometimes be that lends it the humour and a great plot that reads almost like an episode that provides the adventure. Meredith captures the Ninth Doctor and his idiosyncrasies just right and I love her comments on how other people see him. It's satisfying, fun, well-written and a good afternoon's occupation so go ahead and read it right now.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Netgirl
This Sporting Life
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Sarah Jane thought that she had quite enough troubles already, what with the bright purple man-eating aliens living in the Thames. Then the Doctor turned up with a new face, an inexplicably northern accent and a sex crazed American in tow.
Review: I love Jack in this being Jack and flirting with everything in sight, most particularly Sarah. K-9's great in this too, stunning people and wanting to be walked. The Doctor is definitely recognisably the Ninth Doctor in this. The purple aliens are a really cool idea too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Archive at the End of the Universe: Netgirl
nostalgia
Catalyst
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-09-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: 'So in 1982, the Doctor becomes, for a week, a chemistry teacher.'
Review: This is an excellent combination of young Ace and the Tenth Doctor, where he proves to be an interesting chemistry teacher and she is certainly an interesting student. The great thing about this is it makes perfect sense given what we know about the two of them. In amongst the slightly humourous aspects, there's a nice contrast of the Doctor spending time with a friend he hasn't seen for a while.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
orbythesea
Substitute
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sarah Jane/Harry
Themes: Angst, romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-08-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Harry never saw himself falling for a woman who was incapable of loving him back.
Review: This is set when Sarah first comes back to Earth after the Doctor leaves her in Aberdeen. It's sweet and angsty and in character for both Sarah and Harry. But mostly it's something I can entirely see happening. Which only makes it more sad.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
orbythesea
Andromeda
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sarah/Harry
Themes: Angst, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: 'It's not that she wants him to leave, not exactly. It's just that she's afraid he'll stay.'
Review: If Sarah and Harry have any sort of relationship beyond friends then this is how it must be. It's so beautifully written and the tense that it's in really pulls you into the story along for the ride with the characters. It's utterly heartbreaking, both on its own and because it's so true to who the characters are.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Rain
Ghost in the Machine
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, drama
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 13-05-2007
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: Rose is lost in time. Cue a rollercoaster ride of comedy, tragedy, misunderstandings, miracles and faces from the past.
Review: The summary doesn't do justice to this fic. It's a more serious fic than it sounds, occasionally funny but also moving. The ideas in it are fascinating and Rain describes it all in a way that makes it alive in your head. It's a long, solidly-written story that will keep you absorbed to the end.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Raven
After Ever Happily
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: There are no monsters on Gallifrey. Nothing chases children through their dreams, no ghosts, no bogeymen, no bears on the pavement cracks.
Review: This story is so beautifully written that I knew I'd be reccing it within two paragraphs. It's about the Doctor, in his many re-incarnations, and fairy stories. It's also about the people he loves. It's a series of short vignettes that tie together and make a greater whole. The images are vivid and the writing has just the right touch of calm dreaminess. Beautiful.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: loneraven: After Ever Happily
rickmaniac101
Not One Line
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/River Song
Themes: AU, drama, episode tag or fix (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead S4), romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-09-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The Doctor and River always begin things at the end. This is their life.
Review: This is a fic that I read because it sounded interesting but I didn't think that I would actually review it. A Doctor/River fic published within a few days of the episode? Why would I want to do that?
The thing is that this is a great fic. It plays around with the idea of a non-linear life to explain so much about the Doctor and River. It keeps both of them in character and extrapolates what they might be like at various stages of their life in a way that's completely believable. Time travel stories are inevitably difficult to construct because the core story-line has to be kept in mind while taking snapshots from it and mixing them up. So to have a story written this well that makes sense and leaves you genuinely caring for everyone is a treat.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Sangga
Deshabille
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Ninth Doctor/Rose
Themes: Romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Her mum always told her to dress for the occasion. It just takes Rose a while to figure out what the occasion is.
Review: Short, lovely and says a lot with a few words. Rather like this review.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: sangga: Deshabille
Seanan
The Terminus of Prayer
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama, episode tag or fix (Parting of the Ways, S1)
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Snapshots taken as the center fails to hold; Doctor, Rose, Jack, not so much slashy as...well, sad, I suppose. Spoilers through 'The Parting of the Ways'. Can be considered a companion piece to 'Look Upon This Sky', which has spoilers through 'Rose'.
Review: I'm recommending this because it's absolutely beautifully written. It was recommended to me as one of the best Nine and Rose 'beginning to end' stories and it lives up to that. Seanan has a lovely writing style and she's got under the skin of the characters. This feels like them, adds insights and makes you want to rewatch Parting of the Ways to find all the nuances she picked up on.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: cadhla: The Terminus of Prayer
Weimlady
Silver and GOld
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, angst, H/C
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 2-10 chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: Post Runaway Bride/pre-Smith & Jones/pre-Sarah Jane Adventures story. The Tenth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith meet again a few months after School Reunion. Special guest appearance of another old friend from Classic days.
Review: The Doctor is interestingly alien in this, as the things he goes through are almost human, but not quite. I like the small hints we see of the life that Sarah has and what she gets up to. I especially like the relationships between the characters - they're layered so that they're not really one thing or another, but fit the characters well.
Mostly, this is just really well written - it pulled me in and I couldn't put it down. The best part is that there's a (longer) sequel and another sequel to that that has just started being put up at the time of writing.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Paranoidangel
Sarah Jane of the Chalet School
Fandom: Doctor Who, Chalet School (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sarah/Harry
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 30-07-2008
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: AU. In the 1930s in Austria, Sarah Jane Smith comes to the Chalet School to teach while looking for a journalism job, and Harry Sullivan takes a job at the nearby Sanatorium. They meet and fall in love, but with these two it's never going to be that simple.
Review: Usually I have a rule that I don't rec people that I've had anything to do with beta-ing or people that I might be a bit biased about. PA is my partner in crime on the reviews so she should definitely fall into this category.
The problem is that this is an excellent fic. She makes the cross-over - possibly the least likely I'd heard of - work and she does it in a completely different way from hhertzof's DW/CS cross-over. The relationship between Sarah and Harry feels just right for them. There are enough details and background for people not familiar with Chalet School to understand it but you can definitely see that this is a DW AU as well. It fits into the CS canon and PA gives the Doctor Who regulars motivations and ideas that slot in perfectly without losing the core of those characters. Read this as a great, addictive novel and enjoy.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
nopejr
Ten Synonyms for Sensational (The Dragon/TARDIS Overdub)
Fandom: Doctor Who, Harry Potter (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-04-2010
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The Doctor pouted. Draco wasn't impressed.
Review: It's so funny. It's written in the style of a children's book (complete with pictures) and tells the story of Draco's travels with the Doctor. Except Draco's not your ordinary companion and it's interesting to see his reactions to everything and what the Doctor tries to impress him. My favourite bits are the asides that explain the Doctor's pout more thoroughly and more amusingly.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - Remix Redux VII: Ten Synonyms for Sensational (The Dragon/TARDIS Overdub)
Raven
Shelter From The Storm
Fandom: Doctor Who, Harry Potter (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Remus
Themes: Angst, drama, H/C
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 19-05-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The first time for him is not the first time for the Doctor.
Review: The reason I initially clicked into this was because Raven used that first line as her summary and it intrigued me so much. The idea of a Doctor Who/Harry Potter cross-over seemed odd, the pairing didn't really catch me, but that first sentence did.
I'm pleased to report that the rest of the fic lives up to that first sentence. The beauty of time travel is that things aren't necessarily linear and that's something Raven plays with well. The writing is what really makes this fic work because it does appear on the surface to be an odd combination of fandoms and pairings. Raven writes it so well though, with a deft touch for the deeper ideas that she only hints at, that you can be persuaded that this really does work. She also has a great feel for the characters and what they're doing, which makes this a great combination.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: loneraven: Shelter From The Storm
Kesomon
Five Times Methos Met the Doctor
Fandom: Doctor Who, Highlander (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama, humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: And one time that has yet to occur. When a man bound to the slow path is the oldest of humankind, it's only natural he should run into a man who can travel anywhere, anywhen. A crossover of Highlander and Doctor Who, with a smidge of Torchwood and a dash of AU.
Review: A Highlander/Doctor Who/Torchwood cross-over shouldn't work when just listed that way, but this one really does. I love the ideas in it and Kesomon has a style that blends the humour of the situation perfectly with the action. This isn't laugh out loud funny because the humour comes out of the relationships and, most of all, Methos' outlook on everything. If you're looking for a fun, entertaining fic with great characterisation then this is the one for you.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Dana A
Can't Stop The Turtle
Fandom: Firefly, Discworld (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Taking on a job commissioned by an orangutan may seem to veer from Mal's (admittedly abysmal) usual standards, but when it comes down to it, gold is gold, right?
Review: I never really though you'd could cross Discworld with anything, but it turns out I'm wrong. This is all from the Firefly crew's point of view, so it's really interesting to see the Discworld for the mad place it is, rather than the usual view of it you get from the books, where it seems quite sensible.
This is also as funny as you'd expect from Discworld, as Mal is rendered speechless more than once. And the Disc has a great new technology as well, which is very well named.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Fanfiction.Net: Dana A
Allemande
Defence Against the Dark Creature
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: AU, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 15-11-2004
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: After a long and fruitless job hunt, Remus finds himself as a teacher for lycanthropic children - and by helping them, is soon struggling with his own demons...
Review: This is, in a way, a perfect job for Lupin - teaching at a werewolf school. This story shows his love of teaching, so it's easy to be happy for him. But it's not all easy. Lupin had a charmed life in comparison to some of these children, and that's what really makes this story stand out - the OCs. The teachers and the children are so realistic and you can't help but hurt for them. The friendship between Sirius and Remus is a lovely close one as well. It is made AU by Order of the Phoenix but it would be nice to think this is what Lupin's life could be like after the books.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Sugar Quill: Allemande
Arabella
Not as a Last Resort
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Ron/Hermione
Themes: Romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 10-08-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Hermione and Ron, a snowstorm, and Hagrid's cabin. Takes place during fifth year.
Review: This is one of the few convincing Ron/Hermione at fifteen fics I've read. The charactersations of both are spot-on and the romance bits are believable for fifteen year olds as well. The author doesn't say this is true love - it's how they feel now. When, of course, they manage to get the words out. And only in dire necessity do they get that far. Of course, the Slytherins are convinced it's Harry that Hermione likes.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Sugar Quill: Arabella
Cricket
Man on the Moon
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-09-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: 12-year-old Sirius Black uncovers Remus Lupin's darkest secret... again.
Review: This is a story about how Sirius, James and Peter (but mainly Sirius, since it's written from his point of view) find out that Remus is a werewolf. Except that it's different from all of the other fics that are about the same thing. For a start, Remus isn't really their friend at this point. But there's a good reason for this. I can't really say much about the plot without giving it away. But it is a really good idea and it makes so much sense.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Azkaban's Lair
Dazzler
A Bloody Dream Come True
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny
Themes: AU, drama, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-09-2004
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Ron and Harry have always been jealous of each other's lives, but when a dueling accident gives them what they want, they find out it's a lot harder to be someone else than it looks!
Review: There is a small bit of Harry/Draco in here, and it has been made AU by Order of the Phoenix. The Fred and George bits in here seem a bit superfluous, but the main part of the story is Harry & Ron swapping bodies and there's nothign wrong with that.
It's interesting, how badly Harry and Ron are able to pretend to be each other and how it's the little things that give them away. And how they find out each others secrets. I liked it because it made me laugh and it made me think. It also made Harry and Ron think about how much they value things in their lives.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Rat Box
Fern
Cry With the Moon
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 15-11-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Harry's first flying session after Sirius's death brings unexpected grief, and Lupin must help him get through it.
Review: There's not all that much I can say about this story, being as it's short. It's angsty, in just the right amount. No-one cries in it, in fact it has happy moments, but it didn't half make me feel depressed.
It's also nice to see Harry and Remus trying to establish some sort of relationship between each other. They're both trying to get over Sirius's death in their own ways and the thing that finally gets them to talk to each other about it is not something either of them suspected. Or me for that matter, but it makes perfect sense.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Fern's Humongous Bighead Site
krabapple
The Evidence of Things Not Seen (The Substance of Things Hoped For Remix)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: James/Lily
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: A story of Lily's faith in all things.
Review: Normally I'd run for the hills for a story with religion in it. This one pulled me in, though. It's about Lily's feelings about the religion she has grown up with and the magic she has learnt, and trying to explain it all to James. There's also a lovely picture of James and Lily's relationship, and a sweet little baby Harry. It's a great look at Lily's life and what part religion has played in it, and it's subsequent effect therefore on James and Harry.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: We Invented the Remix...Redux
penknife
Breathe Out Anger
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Remus/OMC
Themes: Angst
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: After James and Lily's deaths, Remus wants answers. It would help if he knew the right questions.
Review: This story is slash in that it briefly has Remus with some other males, but apart from that it's gen.
It's more of a mood piece than a story with a plot, but then it has Remus's life meandering really, after what happens, so it all fits together well. It does make it hard to talk about the fic without revealing everything that happens in it.
It is beautifully sad though. The fic captures what Remus must be thinking (or not thinking) and feeling, and trying to work out how to get over it. I love the little notes he writes, which give so much insight into his character, even though they don't say much. Or perhaps it's because they don't say much.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Penknife to Paper
Penknife
Snowstorm (Softly Falling remix)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Sirius/Remus
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Everything looks different in the snow. Remus/Sirius, set in their seventh year at Hogwarts.
Review: This is very understated Sirius/Remus. It's obvious how they feel about each other from what they say and what they do. Except that they never do anything obvious. There's some Sirius being Sirius and the two of them wondering how their lives are going to change when they leave school.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: We Invented the Remix...Redux
Pirate Perian
Water's Edge (Suite for a Lost Generation)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Sirius/Remus
Themes: Angst, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: It's September of 1983, and Remus is back in Paris for the first time since before he graduated from Hogwarts. Amidst confrontations with tourists, pretty girls, and memories, a simple question from a Muggle child sets his world a little bit at ease.
Review: Remus does what looks like ordinary magic in Paris. It's very cool that he, of course, uses the Harry Potter universe magic to do it. But this is post-1981 and he and Sirius have been there before. So he tries not to remember that time, which makes for some nice angst and some happy memories that contrast nicely.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: We Invented the Remix...Redux
Sam Vimes
Registration
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: AU, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: When they get roped into waiting to register James' son for Hogwarts, Sirius and Remus have a long day's wait, and a small dilemma -- nobody's picked a name. Faturing the Patils, Finnegans, Longbottoms, Malfoys, and one Weasley as supporting cast.
Review: Whether this could be the way it happens or not is insignificant because this story is good. It mainly consists of a group of people, who are some of the parents of people in Harry's year at Hogwarts, queueing for hours, and finding ways to pass the time. And in the case of Sirius and Remus, insult each other and James, Peter and Lily. It's Sam Vimes's usual great characterisation, with a wonderfully funny ending.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: skyehawke dot com: Sam Vimes
AfterEver
Brotherly Love
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Elladan/Elrohir
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Elladan/Elrohir un-slash with a twist. The twin sons of Elrond are as close as can be... but when Elladan is willing to share more with others than Elrohir is willing to allow, jealousy, denial and a pillow fight commence, with a scantily clad Elrond cameo for good measure.
Review: Although I've said it's Elladan/Elrohir slash it's really a slash parody. There's not much I can say about it without giving away the plot. If you've read bad slash then this will seem familiar. At least, except for the ending. And it's funny on purpose.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Henneth Annûn: Brotherly Love
AfterEver
Last Hope
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 14-03-2004
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: After Arathorn's death, Gilraen takes young Aragorn to be fostered in Rivendell -- but adjusting to an elvish household proves to be no simple experience.
Review: This is the story of how Gilraen comes to Rivendell and what she does once there. I've not seen it done before, and certainly not done as well as this. It's all from Gilraen's POV so the elves seem alien - as elves would. Gilraen's feelings are real as does baby Aragorn.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Stories of Arda: Last Hope
Alawa
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Seasonal, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Somewhere in the wilds of Eriador a company of Rangers will not be home for Yule.
Review: This is a beautifully sweet Yule Rangers story. I can't say much about it without giving away the plot, but it's a nice look into the way the Rangers had to live, especially in the years closer to the events of The Lord of the Rings. It's sad when you see how they live and how many of them die. Yet there is hope there, when they celebrate Yule in their own way.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Henneth Annûn: Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Altariel
A Game of Chess
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Faramir/Eowyn
Themes: Angst, romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: Faramir, Éowyn after the fairy-tale wedding.
Review: I'm not terribly keen on Éowyn, and wasn't even particularly interested in Faramir when I read this but I enjoyed it anyway, so it must be good. It's nice and angsty and goes to prove the path of true love never runs smoothly. I don't want to give away the plot at all, but it covers a fair bit of time, and has both Faramir and Éowyn's points of view.
All the characterisation is perfect. I don't know what it is in particular about the writing, except for all of it, but it's really easy to read and hard to put down. It's always good to find a long story like this, with another universe you can get lost in.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Fanfiction.Net: Altariel
Avon
Forgotten Memories
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-02-2004
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: The twins bring Aragorn to Rivendell following his father's death - Aragorn remembers.
Review: It's written in second person, which is unusual but it works. Avon writes good prose - there's no speech here but plenty of imagery and feelings. There's a theme running through the story of what happened to Aragorn and what he remembers and, almost more importantly, what he doesn't. The last line is particularly effective.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Stories of Arda: Forgotten Memories
Bodkin
Eärendil's Tale
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-03-2006
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: After Elrond's arrival in the Blessed Realm, he meets the parents he cannot remember. Eärendil and Elwing share their stories with the son they barely knew. From the Fall of Gondolin to the rise of Gil-Estel, Elrond learns more of the parents who abandoned him and his brother in the hope of bringing help to a world on the verge of destruction.
Review: The relationship between Elrond and his parents is portrayed beautifully - sweet but stilted, which is just how you would expect it to be. In between, Eärendil tells us what happens around the time of Sirion's destruction, which fills in the gaps in the Silmarillion. These stories are interesting but what I found more interesting was the descriptions of Elrond and his parents and their reactions to each other (and Celebrían).
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Stores of Arda: Eärendil's Tale
Dragon Confused
Elrond's Boys
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-02-2004
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: Some stories about Elladan and Elrohir's childhood in Rivendell, in specific one summer when they were nine years old.
Review: Elrond remembers events of his sons' childhood, which is bittersweet. In this story they are not perfect and it is easy to feel sympathy with both of them as they go through trials associated with being children. We get the POV of the children and the adults to it's easy for us to see what each are doing wrong (and right) but harder for the characters. When there are happy moments they all seem so much better for the hardships the characters experience getting to them. It is, in general, a fairly fluffy, happy story.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Scribbles
Elderberry Wine
Illumination
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Frodo/Sam
Themes: ER, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 18-04-2004
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Sam explains.
Review: This is a sad, mornful fic and it's very short, but it's beautiful nonetheless. It's a reflective piece that captures Sam's voice perfectly, letting you see through his eyes for a few minutes. With such a short fic there's very little to say, except that it's a piece I simply had to rec as soon as I read it.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: West of the Moon: Elderberry Wine
Gwynnyd
Not Without Hope
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 2-10 chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: Hiding a vulnerable princeling from enemy eyes and concealing his identity until he's grown are certainly the stuff of legends. But even if the legend is true, it probably does not tell the whole story. Would Gilraen have preferred to raise Aragorn as his father's son and not hidden his identity? Would Elrond expect Aragorn's mother to come with him to Rivendell, or would he believe it easier to hide the boy from Sauron's eye if she lived elsewhere? That they ended up together in Rivendell, and that Aragorn's identity was successfully concealed, is fact. But how?
Review: The best thing about this fic is the believable way Gwynnyd finds to explain how Aragorn could possibly be hidden at Rivendell. After reading this it's hard to imagine that this is not what actually happened.
Interspersed with this are lovely snapshots of Gilraen and Arathorn in happier times and Gilraen mourning his death. The characters are all in character. It's really hard to say too much about it without giving away the plot, suffice to say it all seems very real.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Henneth Annûn: Not Without Hope
Isis
Ash and Smoke (Retrospective Remix)
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-04-2010
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: This is the story of Denethor, last of the ruling Stewards of Gondor. You say you know this one already? Maybe you do, and maybe you don't.
Review: It's a really fascinating look at what Denethor did at the end of ROTK and why he did it. You can't help but look at the scenes in a different way after reading this. But the best thing about this is the voice of the narrator. It's an original character, but even though we never learn anything about her Isis gives enough character in what she says so that by the end we feel as if we know her - and trust what she's telling us too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: HieroglyFICS
Jane St Clair
Burrow
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Merry/Pippin
Themes: ER, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 18-04-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: hobbit love
Review: It's really just a series of vignettes about Merry, Pippin and life moments, but there's something gentle and caring about it without going over the edge into smarmy-sap. I can't really say much else because they're five very short pieces (so no over-arching plot) and that's probably the point. Short, drabbly vingettes like this are hard to do well, but Jane manages and produced a lovely, special piece.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Janefic
jessicaramage
The Spectre at the Feast
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 03-12-2004
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: A short story describing Elrond and Elros' final meeting in Númenor.
Review: This story is nice and horrible at the same time. It's nice to see Elrond and Elros together and enjoying each others company. But it's horrible because it doesn't happen easily and it's not hard to guess how it's going to end. It's a nice look at Elros's life in Númenor as well. jessicaramage also weaves in flashbacks of how they said goodbye in Middle-earth as well, which explains the situation the brothers are in, and it fits well with the plot in the present.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Henneth Annûn: The Spectre at the Feast
Kielle
Nine Men and a Little Lady
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: An insidious evil infiltrates the Fellowship. Her name...is Mary Sue! Told via the Fellowship's diaries, this should be shudderingly familiar if you love Tolkien and hate bad fic.
Review: This is a parody of all Tenth Walker Mary Sue fics. Suffice to say, it's very funny. Merry and Pippin are glad to be taken by orcs so they can be away from her, Legolas considers writing poetry and find a way of 'accidentally' killing her and Gandalf is forced to take drastic measures for the sake of the story.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Henneth Annûn: Nine Men And A Little Lady
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
A Dirty Job
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Frodo/Sam
Themes: First time, humor, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 17-02-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: In which the call of duty extends rather farther than Sam was prepared for.
Review: Now, I wasn't originally going to rec this. I read it, enjoyed it, closed it down and didn't immediately leap to rec it. But I have a rule that when I've read the same story four times in a fortnight, it's probably one that I should review because it's obviously stayed with me.
This is silly, sweet and incredibly funny. It gently mocks some of the LotR cliches while being very tender. I could see exactly what Lobelia was describing as I read and couldn't help laughing out loud at some of the wonderful lines and images she created. Unfortunately if I quoted any of my favourite lines it would completely give away the plot because this is quite short, so I won't. I will say that it left me grinning like a loon each time I read it and I know that it's going to be one of the fics I go back to read whenever I need a pick-me-up.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: West of the Moon: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
Razzle
The Cutest
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Aragorn/Legolas
Themes: Humor, parody
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 17-02-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Arwen's POV, but don't let that put you off. Set before the fellowship leaves. Just random, and I apologise for the lack of filth.
Review: There is really only one reason to read this - it is so damn funny! I was reminded of this fic during the SG-7 con because a friend was pimping it around. I mean that in a good way :-) I've been calling it 'the clueless Arwen' story, which probably tells you everything you need to know. It's just hilarious. Go. Read. Giggle yourself silly.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: razzleslash: The Cutest
Suzene Campos
The Last Elf Standing
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: This is a completely OOC story told in correspondences between Elrond and Thranduil starting with a small difference of opinion at the end of the Last Alliance and proceeding on through the destruction of the Ring. Do not read if you object to two Elves of noble standing being portrayed as petty, vicious bastards.
Review: This story is basically a series of letters exchanged between Elrond and Thranduil throughout the Third Age. Usually with the express intention of winding each other up. It might be OOC but it's still very funny. And anyway, who's to say that's not the reason Elrond made Legolas part of the Fellowship?
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Henneth Annûn: The Last Elf Standing
Wild Iris
The Groupie of Dol Guldur
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: OFC/Ringwraith
Themes: AU, humor, parody
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 14-03-2004
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: Úlairiel, maiden of Mirkwood, crashes the all-boys Ringwraith club. Parody, AU, contains disturbing romantic imagery and abuse of Fell Beasts.
Review: This is pretty much a parody of the usual Mary Sue story where the heroine is perfect and all the men fall in love with her. Well, the heroine in this one (Úlairiel) is indeed perfect, it's just that the man who falls in love with her is a Ringwraith.
Probably the best way to describe this is silly. It won't make you laugh out loud but it should certainly make you smile at the improbability of it all.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Henneth Annûn: The Groupie of Dol Guldur
Your Cruise Director
Emblematic
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Today, as ever, Aragorn will not feel like a King.
Review: This is a great snapshot of Aragorn during the quest, how he views the other members of the Fellowship, of his role in it, and his relationship with those around him. It's so short that it's hard to say too much about it without giving the whole plot away. It's written in a really unusual tense, which Your Cruise Director pulls off and it adds to the atmosphere and Aragorn's voice.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Your Cruise Director's Love Boat
Zimraphel
What Cannot Be Undone
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: When a grieving, angry Elladan and Elrohir return home with a sharp tongue and a grisly trophy of their orc-slaying, they cross paths with Glorfindel.
Review: It's quite a dark story because it deals with Elladan and Elrohir still being angry even though it's been eighty years since their mother sailed. Although the twins are not the nicest people in this story it's easy to see where they're coming from.In the end it's Glorfindel who has to tell them that what they're doing is wrong and the way he gets it through to them is very well done.
It's something of a different characterisation of the twins, and of Elrond, but it comes from the text and there's nothing to suggest that isn't how it was. In fact, it's probably likely that this is what happened.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Henneth Annûn: What Cannot Be Undone
Tigerlady
Four Ways They're Found Out (And One Way They're Not)
Fandom: NCIS
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: McGee/DiNozzo
Themes: ER, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-02-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The title pretty much says it all.
Review: It's a Five Things style fic and I love Five Things fic. It's also well-written and I could just *see* each character as I read it. This isn't a pairing that I would have thought of, yet Tigerlady makes it believable and real, leaving you with a nice happy grin at the end. Comfort food fic of the best kind.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Tigerlady's Twisted Thoughts
sheepfairy
The Unassuming Adventures of the Knitting Detective
Fandom: Pushing Daisies
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The only thing more important to Emerson Cod than his knitting is oxygen.
Review: This was an amusing look at Emerson how everyone else reacts to discovering his secret hobby. Everyone is perfectly in character and I can just see this happening in an episode.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
Sandy Herrold
Thinking Inside the Box
Fandom: Quantum Leap
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Sam's between a solution and the deep blue sea. Al is Al.
Review: This is easily the best Quantum Leap story I've ever read. It's just exactly like an episode, if a short one, but it has all the elements you find in the series. We get details of what's going on slowly, Sam attempts to work out how to solve the problem, and eventually finds a new solution. It really serves to highlight the friendship between Sam and Al.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
htbthomas
His Rant
Fandom: Scrubs
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Dr. Cox is having a REALLY bad day.
Review: This is perfect Dr Cox. This could be a scene from an episode that he narrates - even his thoughts are exactly what you can imagine him thinking. The rest of the characters all have their own lines, but they never feel shoehorned in: they all have something to say in their own way.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
toomuchplor
Super Fart
Fandom: Smallville
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 06-01-2005
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: So. Very. Sorry.
Review: I can't really say anything about this fic without giving it away - it's only 1k and it would be a bit like reviewing a drabble without repeating the whole thing. Suffice to say it's funny, will only take you two minutes to read and is well worth it.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Earth Boys Are Easy
zahra
Monopoly Logic
Fandom: Smallville
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Themes: Humor, romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 03-12-2004
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Snow, Christmas and schmaltz. Egads.
Review: Clark and Lex play Monopoly. But Lex, being Lex, doesn't quite want to play properly. It's about Clark and Lex and zahra has their characters down well, and uses them to create the humour. It's short, so I can't say much about it, but it is quite funny, and quite sweet at the same time.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Smallville Slash Archive
writeleft
the man at the end of the pier
Fandom: Spooks
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Harry realises, for the first time, that he is nowhere close to reading Tom Quinn.
Review: This is really interestingly done because although it's set earlier in the series it pulls in details from later on, which gives it more depth. It's a really interesting look at Harry and Tom and what makes them tick and what Harry thinks of Tom.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
Cori Lannam
Extraordinarily Resilient
Fandom: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan
Themes: AU, drama, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 10-08-2004
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: After Obi-Wan is knighted, a bout of separation anxiety leads Qui-Gon to wonder if some bonds are not meant to be broken -- whether he likes it or not.
Review: Pretty much the whole fic is about Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan trying to break their training bond and failing, leading to much angst on both parts. The answer is, of course, because there's something else going on, but this is just such a different way of getting together. What keeps you reading is wondering when they will realise how the other feels and therefore get themselves out of this mess.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Cori Lannam's Fan Fiction
Emily Glick
Certain Points of View
Fandom: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 01-07-2004
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are sent to help settle matters of civil war.
Review: This story has a bit of everything. There's the relationship between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, the intrigue of what's going on on the planet they've been sent to - which doesn't only involve civil war, there's also matters concerning the Jedi specifically. Emily Glick has really invented a whole culture that feels real and OCs who exist in it and interact with the Jedi.
It's long enough that along with the drama there's also a bit of angst, humour, action and mystery. The ending is not so much of an ending as a beginning and although it would have been nice to see more of this, it works perfectly and is just the right length so it doesn't feel boring, or the obstacles contrived.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Obi-Wan Kenobi Estrogen Brigade Fan Fiction Archive
FernWithy
Family Portrait
Fandom: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 03-12-2004
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: Obi-Wan and Anakin, along with Siri Tachi, are assigned to impersonate a family to investigate a crime on the world of Malkiri, where the Jedi are hated.
Review: This story hooked me in and I couldn't stop reading. It's set during the Jedi Quest series of books, which chronicle Anakin's time as Obi-Wan's padawan, but this story will make sense without having read them.
All three of the characters have issues to deal with during the course of their mission, which is an interesting mystery. FernWithy makes the world of Malkiri and the OCs seem real. Obi-Wan, Anakin and Siri are all perfectly characterised as well.
It's quite a sad story in a way because being in that family would probably help them, but they can't have it. It's nice to see what maybe could have been, had they not been Jedi, and yet at the same time struggle with their undercover aliases and personalities.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Force.Net's Fan Fiction Archive
Jaxmari
Blind Faith (The 'In Good Faith' Remix)
Fandom: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 14-04-2006
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Anakin Skywalker is a precocious eleven-year-old boy, full of opinions and beliefs about everything from his Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, to what might make him turn to the dark side. He listens to his heart, possessing a faith for that like he possesses for nothing else.
Review: There's some lovely Obi-Wan & Anakin relationship stuff in here (of the non-slash variety). Jaxmari paints a great picture of their ordinary lives: their opinions on heat and Obi-Wan's punishments are examples that stick in my mind.
After that set-up the story goes onto a lesson that Yoda gives and Obi-Wan participates in. There's lots of foreshadowing, given we know what's going to happen. Both Anakin and Obi-Wan have so much faith in Anakin's future as a Jedi.
What really got me about this was the way the characters fitted into the ones we know from the films and the books. Even though there's not been much with Anakin at this age, I can imagine that this is exactly how what happened.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: We Invented the Remix...Redux
Sheila
An Element of Blank
Fandom: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan
Themes: Angst, AU
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 01-07-2004
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Obi-Wan is trying to hide something from his Master, with some rather devastating consequences.
Review: When the author says in the warning at the top of this: 'A lighthearted romp, this is NOT' she's really not kidding. It's really quite horrible - although that is a compliment. If, like me, you like angst this fic won't disappoint. It might leave you depressed though, so be warned.
It's a denial-fic, so Qui-Gon is still alive, Obi-Wan is preparing for his knight's trials and Anakin is also Qui-Gon's padawan. Which is where some of the angst comes from on the part of Obi-Wan. To say where any of the rest comes from would be to give the plot away.
Basically, this story is impossible to put down. It's subtly done, so you have to keep reading to work out what is going on, and that's one of the things that keeps you reading.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Jedi Masters and Apprentices
beatrice_otter
The Grass is Always Greener (the Known Temptation Remix)
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: AU
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: No reality is perfect. No matter what it may look like on the outside.
Review: This story looks at an alternate universe that our Daniel goes to, but from the perspective of the people in that universe. Which is a really interesting way of looking at it. beatrice_otter gives us an interesting picture of what the SG-1 in that universe are like how the grass may or may not be greener on the other side.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - Remix Redux VI: The Grass is Always Greener
Blaze
P3X-595: Or What the Captain Didn't Wear
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Sam/Janet
Themes: First time, humor, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 17-07-2003
Length: 2-10 chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: Sam has an unfortunate (or fortunate, depending on your outlook) encounter with alcohol on P3X-595.
Review: I'm reccing another Blaze story :-) I seem to be on a roll here. So far, Blaze is the best author I've found for writing Sam/Janet stuff. This one has her gentle humour and beautiful characterisation, leaving me with a sappy grin on my face at the end that cheered me right up after a couple of encounters with bad fics.
This is set very early in the series and I absolutely adore her portrayal of Sam and Janet. Drunk on off-world alcohol is one of those fandom cliches that either works really well or doesn't work at all. This one is in the former catagory. Blaze is fairly deprecating about it, but I think it works just fine. Go, read and enjoy.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Blaze's Site of Ill-Repute
cheerful minion
Statements
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Sam/Janet
Themes: Angst, episode tag or fix (Urgo, S3), humor, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 17-07-2003
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Janet's determined to find out just what Urgo said about her.
Review: I've read several Jack/Daniel episode tags for Urgo but this is the first I've read for Sam/Janet and I just couldn't resist picking it up - I adore this episode :-) It's got a lovely gentle humour in it, a lot like the episode, with just enough angst to add some spice. The writer does a great job with Sam and Janet's characters, creating chemistry that is so often missing in Sam/Janet fics. Even Urgo's character is there, and he is only referenced! It's a wonderful piece and I knew I was going to rec it from the first sentence :-)
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Pink Rabbit Consortium
ELG
You Can Go Home Again
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, episode tag or fix (Double Jeopardy, S4)
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 17-02-2004
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Part of Scribe's 'Shower Series'. After 'Double Jeopardy', Jack needs all his team safe and together, but does Daniel want to remain a part of SG-1? (S4)
Review: I'm reccing this for the simple reason that it is beautifully written. ELG created a beautiful planet that I could see as she wrote and apparently did a fair bit of research into the Indus civilisation. More importantly, for an episode tag, this fills in gaps between Double Jeopardy and Exodus. It looks back on events in season four and even season two and examines and explains them. Double Jeopardy has always been ripe for episode tags and this is one is perfect.
Although this states that it is part of a series, it can be read perfectly easily as a stand-alone. Heck, that's how I read it :-)
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Bunnyfic
Jojo
Bright Ideas
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Themes: Humor, romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 10-08-2004
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: *Not* one of Jack's best ideas.
Review: This is funny. Jack gets a great idea for solving the UST between them. Which turns out to be an extraordinarily bad idea. Which we all know, but neither he nor Sam do. The funniest parts are Jack trying to explain his idea to Sam without using any words that would make it so much easier. Sam's thoughts about Jack are equally as funny, as she tries to deny to herself how much she fancies him.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: randomleavesdotcom
Lady Grey
Stars In His Eyes
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Themes: Angst, first time
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 19-09-2003
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Daniel's college roommate provides the necessary push to get Jack and Daniel together.
Review: I have been checking the Area 52 website for the past few days, waiting for this to go up so that I didn't forget to rec it.
Usually, having an original character act as a 'Yenta' just doesn't work for me, especially if the story is from their POV. Luckily I read some of the FB for this one and went back to find it - this is an amazing, powerful, beautiful piece. It's short but there's so much emotion in it that I couldn't get it out of my head. Due to the length I can't go into too much detail without spoiling it for you, but you shouldn't miss this. It's just beautiful.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Area 52
Salieri
Elvis Has Left The Building
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Themes: ER, humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 15-11-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: A Smorg story: a moose, moderately pervy bootlaces, Jaffa poetry, implied Swedish, spray cheese and gratuitous tok'ra.
Review: There is a sad lack of good humour in Stargate fanfic, so it's quite a treat to find a humour fic that is actually funny. This has got an eye for the ridiculous, a lovely tongue-in-cheek voice and some classic lines. The slash is more implied than on-screen - this fic is more about some slightly deranged situations, mental images and a moose called Elvis.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Outside The Box: Salieri's Fanfiction
Sally Reeve
Future Imperfect
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Themes: Angst, AU
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-03-2006
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: Carter and O'Neill live with the consequences of doing the right thing.
Review: This fic should be really cliched - it starts four years into the future with Sam married and Jack with someone else, they've not seen each other for that long, they're still in love, yadda, yadda. Except, somehow, it's not.
Perhaps it's because the characterisation's great: you can almost feel the tension between Sam and Jack. The original characters are well fleshed out.
Perhaps it's the plot: it twists this back and forth so you just can't tell who is going to end up with who.
The one bad thing in this is an OC at the end who seemed so cliched he overrode the rest of the story at that point. But it's only a small niggle in a long story.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Sally's Fan Fiction
Seanchaidh
Pie in the Sky
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama, humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 17-06-2003
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Imagined missing scene for 'Fallen' (season 7). What does a colonel do with an amnesiac archaeologist?
Review: We're all busily trying to write predictions for the upcoming episode 'Fallen', and this is one of my favourites of the ones I've seen. The humour and the warmth between the characters shine through. There's some wonderful dialogue that had me giggling and the characterisation was spot-on. In other words, I can't find anything wrong with it and many, many reasons to heartily recommend that you run over and read this. Beautiful.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Home of Seanchaidh
sideburns
The Gift
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Themes: Angst, romance, seasonal
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 14-03-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: A very special gift from a very special person.
Review: This is a Christmas fic, so this should tell you how far behind I am in my reading. But it's beautiful, brought a tear to my eye and I just couldn't resist reccing it because Christmas is too damn far away to wait.
The tone in this is both sad and hopeful at the same time. It's a Meridian-fix story, in a sense, and written in third person from Jack's POV. Sideburns manages to tell a touching, moving story that skates around the edge of sap without ever dipping a toe in. Read it now or come back to it at Christmas - it's beautiful.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Feisty Daniel Appreciation Society
The Blonde Sheep
Wolf in the Fold
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-02-2004
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: SG-1 gate to a planet full of sheep; what's a team to do?
Review: The Blonde Sheep does warn that it is 'full of sheep shots' which gives you some idea of what the story is like. However, as they mostly come from Jack they can be forgiven somewhat. Also, it's funny. It's a completely ridiculous plot with jokes in. The slash isn't that full-on either, so you can enjoy it whether you read slash or not.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Area 52
The Grrrl
Hope
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Themes: Angst, first time, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 26-05-2003
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Jack meets up with a de-ascended Daniel who can't remember much of anything. My version of how the reunion should play out.
Review: I loved this because it was such a beautiful and hopeful fic. Until we see the beginning of season 7 we have no idea how it's going to turn out, which is proving to be great from a fanfic POV. I know that TPTB aren't going to do things this way, but if they did it would be beautiful. Jack and Daniel have the spark they've always had and there is a real sense of caring between the entire team. Just lovely.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Area 52
Ximeria
The Hours in Between
Fandom: Stargate
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Themes: Angst, first time, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 19-09-2003
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: It's night and Jack's trying to get his thoughts into some kind of order.
Review: Reflective pieces are hard to do well because they depend so much on getting a character's 'voice' right. They also depend on keeping the reader's interest. This one succeeds beautifully. Ximeria has Jack's 'voice' just right and the quiet, thoughtful tone compliments the piece while still holding the attention. It's a short piece so I can't say much without giving away most of the content. So I'll just say that it's set after Daniel's return in S7 and needs to be read to understand why I say that it's beautiful.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Ximeria's Lair
busaikko
Pegasus Literature 101 (Pass/Fail Remix)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Atlantis reads the Great Books. . . of Pegasus.
Review: Everyone in Atlantis reads great works of Pegasus literature and discuss them. Even though we know nothing of the plot beyond what's in the story, just from what the characters say it's easy to work out what the basic plot is and what they're talking about. Some of the people aren't those you expect to read and some that you would expect, are. I love all the character's reactions to the books, and they are perfectly in character, even though none of them are doing anything we've seen before in canon.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - Remix Redux VI: Pegasus Literature 101
Claire
Unconditional Things
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 14-04-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: He was dating Rodney McKay, and no one had had the decency to tell him.
Review: This fic is something of a cliche in that it involves Rodney accidentally getting engaged to an alien woman in village on another world and getting out of it by pretending to be married to Sheppard. But that doesn't matter because it's played for laughs. The whole team get good lines but Sheppard and McKay get the best ones. Especially the foreplay one.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Claire's Lunar Lettuce Journal: Unconditional Things
Kate
A Perfect Fit
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, romance, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Includes: clothes stealage - and some mention of coffee - a non-established relationship - light and sickeningly fluffy.
Review: This is a lovely sweet fic with a little humour in it. Weir ends up with Sheppard's (favourite) shirt, then, not unreasonably, just can't seem to give it back. There's a good balance in here between their personal and professional relationship and the sides of themselves that they show to each other.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: swficathon: A Perfect Fit
krabapple
Some Mother's Son (The A-Z Remix)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. ~Aristotle
Review: This is the story of John's family, told from his mother's point of view. There are lots of details in there about what the family was like and it's easy to see how they later ended up the way they did. The ending is just so terribly heartbreaking.
Warning: Click here to view warnings in a pop-up window
Archive: LJ - Remix Redux VI: Some Mother's Son
Kylie Lee
Temporary Engagement
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Weir/Zelenka, Sheppard/McKay
Themes: AU, humor, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 14-04-2006
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: The mousy secretary has to pretend to be engaged to the busy executive boss. You know, because that always happens.
Review: This was written as a response to the Harlequin challenge on sga_flashfic and I just couldn't resist reccing it. Anyone who has read a Harlequin book can guess what kind of fic the authors were challenged to write. Kylie being Kylie, though, she turned out a fic that hit every cliche, but is well written and completely absorbing. Weir/Zelenka isn't a pairing that I would usually pick up, yet here it works brilliantly.
The fic is absolutley AU, but everyone is in character and fits. There's a gentle humour in the ideas Kylie is using and it's written as a knowing tribute to the ridiculous cliches in these novels without turning into a parody.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Kylie Lee: Temporary Engagement
Salieri
Confront Your Fears
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 06-01-2005
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: A discussion in the gloaming.
Review: I read this and knew immediately that I had to recommend it. The thing that really caught me was Salieri's beautiful language - this piece has a lyrical quality that I don't often see in fanfiction. Her descriptions and choice of words evoke an atmosphere that's hard to describe.
This is also a fascinating look into a moment, revealing things about both characters that ties in perfectly with the people we watch on the screen. The only word that I can find to describe this fic is beautiful. It really is.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Thought, Quartered: Confront Your Fears
Salieri
Forgetting
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Teyla/Weir
Themes: Angst, romance, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: 'fenriss,' I said, 'give me an object and I'll give you a little Thing.' Fenriss said, 'purple post-its.' And I said, 'Huh.'
Review: The fic that resulted from this little challenge is just great. It's got some fantastic mental images ('external memory device' - a concept that makes more sense after reading this fic), good atmosphere, Salieri's beautiful word-usage and a great voice for the characters. If only all fiction could be of this quality.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Thought, Quartered: Forgetting
Santa
Mistletoe
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Themes: First time, romance, seasonal, song fic
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 23-12-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Ronon + mistletoe = silliness and kisses
Review: Written as part of the SGA Secret Santa, this is a fluffy, fun fic that takes advantage of the mistletoe cliche and enjoys every second of it. Rodney and John are present and correct, but it's Ronon who steals the fic as an unlikely Cupid. The author details on this review will be updated after the reveal. For now, just enjoy this little present from Santa the way that it was intended.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - sga_santa: Mistletoe
the_acrobat
Sunday Undies (a clipping from The Atlantis Star)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-05-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Laura Cadman knows sex...
Review: It's an incident in Atlantis from the point of view of Laura Cadman, done in the style of Sex and the City. Which makes the story really fun - there are all sorts of details in here about the city, Lindsay Novak, and Carson Beckett. The incident itself is interesting told from the point of view of someone not involved in it. The reactions of the women around are great.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - Remix Redux V: Sunday Undies
Vicki
The Unexpected
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sheppard/Weir
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: She may have learnt to expect the unexpected, but Elizabeth never would have expected this.
Review: As well as being funny, the relationship between Sheppard and Weir in this story is slightly suggestive of something more, while being exactly as it is in the series, as they wind each other up and try not to kill each other. Or get eaten by a killer llama, or fall out of a tree. Not all of which they entirely succeed in, although Elizabeth does show get restraint, as well as getting nearly all the best lines.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: swficathon: The Unexpected
Wendy Parkinson
Atlantis Online
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Themes: AU, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 19-05-2006
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: Continuation of the Danny Lurks series on Atlantis. Rodney has some interesting reading material on his laptop.
Review: This new series is a lot like the Danny Lurks series for Stargate, although you don't have to have read it to enjoy this one. In the first one McKay sets up mailing lists in Atlantis, one of which is for fan fiction. Various members of the mission join although all under pseudonyms. It's obvious to us who is who though, which makes the whole thing a lot funnier.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Wendy's Stargate Fan Fiction
Lydia
Cryptic
Fandom: The Avengers
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Steed is at a loss for words.
Emma speaks in tongues.
Review: This reads just like an episode. It has all the elements in it you expect from The Avengers - Emma Peel's brilliance, her bizarre projects, a slightly strange society and even an episode tag.
The main characters are perfectly in character and Steed and Peel's banter is spot-on: you can hear them saying the lines. The villains are just typical of The Avengers.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
M. P. Warren
Rough Magic
Fandom: The Avengers
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, AU, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: Two and a half years have gone by since Mrs. Emma Peel left John Steed to rejoin her pilot-husband, found alive in South America after being presumed dead for some time. Steed and Emma's successor, Tara King, have lately grown apart, and Steed is finding it increasingly difficult to feign any interest in what seem to him to be increasingly dull assignments. He finds himself on yet another such boring job when events take a wholly unexpected turn, and Mother tasks him with a problem that leads Steed reluctantly to Mrs. Peel and ultimately forces him to confront one of the most diabolical masterminds he has ever faced, as well as a side of himself he has tried to suppress for years.
Review: I had great difficulty in classifying this because it's a bit like the series itself - lots of innuendo but nothing for definite. And that's why I'm reviewing this, it reads like a long episode. It has all the usual Avengers elements of diabolical masterminds and Steed and women. But it also deals with Steed and Mrs Peel's relationship post-Forget Me Knot, which is beautifully angsty.
Note: This story is in pdf format.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Avengers E-Novels
Marcelo
A Funeral for Mrs Peel
Fandom: The Avengers
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Emma Peel's funeral, and after.
Review: It's written exactly in the style of an episode, even down to the tag. The description at the beginning is beautifully angsty and make it easy to tell what is going on without having to describe it exactly. The plot keeps you guessing, just as an episode does. The relationship between Steed and Mrs Peel is just like it is in the series - could go either way.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide
Avon
His Words
Fandom: The West Wing
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 09-12-2007
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: And on the days that followed, I listened to his words, I strained to understand him, I chased his thoughts like birds
-- 'Secret Journey', The Police
Review: I couldn't put it down I was utterly hooked. Avon has all the characters spot-on, even though this fic is set in the future. It's set at Toby's funeral, and weaved in through it are scenes of Toby's last days, so we can understand what Sam's going through, trying to understand what Toby wanted of him.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - Toby/Sam Ficathon: His Words
Mireille
And how tonight how we will turn in
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The members of Torchwood Three don't sleep much.
Review: This is one of those fics that's beautiful and kind of hits you in the stomach part way through. It's a series of vignettes for the characters and I can't say anything about the contents without spoiling it, but it's definitely one that needs to be read. Great writing, great ideas and great execution.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: mireille719: And how tonight we will turn in
Shaggy
Six Uses For a Stopwatch That Have Nothing To Do With Sex (And One That Does)
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Themes: Episode tag or fix (They Keep Killing Suzie, S1), humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: There's a lot you can do with a stopwatch.
Review: There have been a lot of post-'They Keep Killing Suzie' fics riffing off the stopwatch conversation, but this is one of the best. It's gently humorous, there's some great ideas on the usage of the stopwatch and it's not just focused on Jack and Ianto. It's not a dark, thoughtful fic - it's a light piece of fun that works really well.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: shaggydogstail: Six Uses For a Stopwatch That Have Nothing To Do With Sex (And One That Does)
stealthmuffin
Alone Time
Fandom: Vorkosign series
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Cordelia/Aral
Themes: Humor, romance, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: What's the best way to get Miles to leave a room?
Review: I do like Cordelia and Aral, they're not what you expect from a typical married couple. The way they behave in this you can see where Miles gets his deviousness from. You can see it from both their points of view too because although it's written from Cordelia's, but it's easy to empathise with Miles having to deal with the idea that his parents have sex.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Yuletide