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For eneri, who finally has time to read. :D

Recs
Avengers, The
Freezer Burn series by domarzione (gen)
A series of character-explorations which revolve around Natasha, Steve, and Bucky.

This explores in an epic way how the Winter Soldier movie might play out. :]

Run Like We're Awesome 'Verse by themonkeycabal (gen)
What if Tony was Darcy's dad?

Interesting premise and it's been done before but I think this one is quite well executed.

Second Fiddles by concertigrossi (Phil/OFC) (kudos to cyprinella)
A story about Phil and his cellist.

Interesting exploration.

Enjoy the reads. :D

( Recs: Avengers (6), The Good Wife (1), The Last of Us (1), Pitch Perfect (1) )
Listening to Alice Russell and wishing I could go to one of her US/EU live shows because her vocals are just *awesome*.

...the Femslash Semi-Anon Post is going on in girlgay...

*is distracted by pretty eye candy*

Reading
havocthecat discusses what she wants from femslash: characterization.

I thought I'd have time to write a few words for each fic but this will have to be a drive-by reclist instead as I was distracted by a reading marathon of Kingdom chapters. ^^; Hope you enjoy the reads.

( Recs: Avengers (10), Glee (5), Harry Potter (4) (warning: adult, not work-safe) )

( Works in Progress Recs: Avengers, Glee, Pitch Perfect (11) )

Curently Listening to a free download:

Since somniesperus will be taking down her website at the end of May, I've updated all of my links on the DWP Notables page to link to her works on AO3 (even the ones on Dreamwidth).

Please let me know on this post if there are other dead links to update and hopefully I'll be able to get to them before I have to travel again...

*goes back to hiatus*

Just finished watching Tetraninja's play through of Bioshock Infinite, and was impressed with the storyline. :DD Would totally recommend playing / watching if you're a sci-fi/fantasy fan. Another series I would recommend watching from Tetraninja is Catherine,a dating / puzzle game.

Currently listening to:

Reading
Rule 63 & #femslash february
Is genderswapping a male/male (or less commonly, a female/male) pairing in the spirit of the femslash february celebration? girlgay members chime in.

Shousetsu Bang*Bang Special Issues
For those who don't know, "Shousetsu Bang*Bang is a webzine for original gay fiction/boy's love oneshot stories." Anyway, the special issues in this webzine are focused on original yuri! :DD I've seen a couple of good stories rec'ed on pinboard. I thought I'd show some love, as I'm looking forward to the next issue next month, Tea for Two. (sign-up info)

Recs
10 Things I Hate About You
Priceless by impertinence (Kat/Missy, Bring It On x-over)
"Kat's looking forward to a calm second year at Sarah Lawrence. Her new roommate makes that less than easy."

Written for Yuletide! Hot, awkward, and cute in its fumblings, it also had some very smart writing...

Avengers, The
fighting fire with firewood by siria (Natasha/Clint)
"Natasha was not the kind of person to be curious."

This was an interesting character study.

James Bond
Untouchable by telanu (M/James Bond)
"Sometime between Quantum of Solace and Skyfall, Bond and M have been drugged with an aphrodisiac."

I'm not sure that this got on enough people's radars when it came out, but this ought to be showcased as a master class in how to maintain knife-edged tension in a scene. Don't be misled by its premise; I think my brain short circuited on how hot and awesomely written it was.

A couple of days ago I kind of stumbled upon http://fanfictionreviews2012.freeforums.org, a forum for fanfics reviews, while googling something related. What's awesome is that most of the fics highlighted in the 'Fiction' section are femslash, alt/uber, or f/f original fics. While it's a little light on the "review" end (usually the posts are story descriptions and a link to the story) it's become a nice curated listing of works across several archives.

The forum looks to be well-moderated (no spam, for one) and the fic rec section looks pretty active, with a post every few days, which is a plus. The fiction recs section has a lot of posts by Norsebard and Lori (not sure if this Lori is Lori L Lake?), whose names I recognize from updates on RAOB. Kudos to them and all the others for posting so often! :) Some of the stories are works that are quite familiar if you've been reading RAOB / xenafiction.net fics for a while, while others are new to me, which is exciting.

Posting alt/uber fic recs on LJ used to be leavethesky's domain, but she hasn't been posting very much recently, so if you are/were interested in that sort of thing you might want to check the forum out. :) It looks like there's also some DWP fic recs too.

To be quite honest, my own alt/uber fic recs tended to be responses to whatever theme leavethesky was writing about at the time, and the reason why I started the Notables list was so that I could keep track of what I had written to people about. lol The concept has evolved into more of a curated list, but my original section still remains quite limited and fragmentary. Hope you enjoy the reads! :)

Update: Seen in the forums - Free ebook: Photographs of Claudia by KG MacGregor - Apparently Bella Books is giving away this book for free for a limited time. Download Formats: PDF, mobi, and epub. Getting it was fairly hassle-less. You can sign in as guest and put anything in the customer form, and the code worked by making it free! :)

I liked it (I finished it in about 2 hours), though I think some of the concepts could be fleshed out a little more (I wanted more :D). Since it's put out in printed format, I understand limiting the page numbers to keep the cost of the book low, though. :)

Recommendations
The Avengers

I'm Gonna Be A Part Of It (Whether I Want To Or Not) by fringedweller (Darcy/Bruce)
"Relocated against her will to New York, Darcy Lewis has to juggle working as an admin monkey for SHIELD, covertly finishing her degree and falling in love. Only one of these things is easy, and it's not the one that she thinks it will be."

For those who don't remember, Darcy Lewis is the girl who majored in Political Science and was Jane Foster's assistant in Thor. She's the one who was hired because she was the only one who applied, and had her ipod taken by S.H.I.E.L.D. I don't know why there are so many fics dedicated to her and Bruce but this one was amusing and shows off the author's potential. It's not without it's problems (some of the ideas border on the ridiculous--and the author knows it), but I enjoyed it as the fun read it was meant to be.

Kick Off Your Sunday Shoes⁷ by leiascully (Natasha/Steve, WIP)
"Natasha thought it was a shame that Steve had never been dancing (among other things)."

This was a very cute read and would be good for those who like to read about dancing and shameless smut. *chuckles and sighs* I miss Anik La Chev's Small Steps. ^^;

love is for children and other lies by fahye (Natasha/Clint, Natasha/Maria)
"War is the child's emptiness, the surrender of identity, the transformation into a simple system: purpose goes in, action comes out. (Natalia Alianovna Romanova, and everything that she became.)"

A nicely thought out story.