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elspethdixon) wrote2010-03-08 09:21 pm
elspethdixon) wrote2010-03-08 09:21 pm
Return of the son of the bride of meme sheepery, part II
Speaking of that WiP meme that's been going around.
We only have one WiP at the moment, so here's several paragraphs from it:
“I wish to offer my aid against one of your enemies,” she said, smiling faintly as if she thought that there were even the slightest chance of either Don or Thor believing her. “In return, I ask for your assistance in reclaiming what is mine.”
Behind Loki, some of the businessmen were creeping silently toward the door. One woman had slipped off her high heeled shoes and clutched them in one hand, walking in her stocking feet to keep from making any noise. If they could keep Loki distracted for a few minutes longer, they would have significantly fewer potential hostages to worry about.
Don raised his eyebrows, not bothering to hide his skepticism. “Pretending for a second that I believe you, which enemy?”
“The Elder God, the embodiment of entropy.” Loki waved a dismissive hand, her long nails glinting like talons. “Chthon. Have you any other enemy intent upon stealing one of my possessions?”
“You mean the spear?” Damn it, he was not actually having a conversation with Loki. With new, disconcertingly attractive Loki and her vulpine smile and bottle-glass-green eyes that were the only part of Thor’s step-brother’s face that he could still recognize in her. “You’ve been content to let it stay where it was for the past two thousand years. Why do you care what happens to it?”
“Because it’s mine.” The temperature in the room dropped perceptibly as she snarled the words, and behind him, Don could hear the faint hum of Tony’s repulsor gauntlets powering up.
We should probably be finished with it some time around, oh, July?
And since presenting a single fic snippet isn't really in the spirit of the meme, recs for my top three favorite fics not from cap-ironman (because I'm assuming a lot of my flist has seen everything on the comm) that are currently WiP:
Between the Brushstrokes, by Etherati (http://etherati.livejournal.com/tag/slash). Okay, you have to go searching back through her journal for all fifteen parts of it, but it's *worth it* people. I've recced Etherati's Z!verse before (that would be the zombie!Rorschach fic I've flailed about both here and on sequentialcrack), and BtB is every bit as good. If there was ever a fandom for the dystopic future AU fic, Watchmen is that fandom. And this is that fic. It's up there with quietprofanity's The Gilded Cage on my mental list of most awesome Watchmen fics that go AU from the GN's ending. (Gilded Cage, just FYI for those of you who haven't read it, is not a happy fic. BtB is, or at least, it's happy by Watchmen standards).
Embers.
Wonderful Zuko and Iroh-centric A:tLA AU that branches off partway through season two. Some of the worldbuilding details about firebending and how fire nation loyalties work are now part of my personal headcanon. This fic is literally novel-length, clocking in at over 400 pages in MS word thus far *loves*
The Captive Prince
Awesome original slash fic with vividly detailed worldbuidling and nicely twisty political plot. In most authors' hands, I'd call this a guilty pleasure (seeing as it contains copious amounts of pretty clothing and boys in chains), but freece is such a good writer that I'll subtract the adjective and just call it a pleasure.
We only have one WiP at the moment, so here's several paragraphs from it:
“I wish to offer my aid against one of your enemies,” she said, smiling faintly as if she thought that there were even the slightest chance of either Don or Thor believing her. “In return, I ask for your assistance in reclaiming what is mine.”
Behind Loki, some of the businessmen were creeping silently toward the door. One woman had slipped off her high heeled shoes and clutched them in one hand, walking in her stocking feet to keep from making any noise. If they could keep Loki distracted for a few minutes longer, they would have significantly fewer potential hostages to worry about.
Don raised his eyebrows, not bothering to hide his skepticism. “Pretending for a second that I believe you, which enemy?”
“The Elder God, the embodiment of entropy.” Loki waved a dismissive hand, her long nails glinting like talons. “Chthon. Have you any other enemy intent upon stealing one of my possessions?”
“You mean the spear?” Damn it, he was not actually having a conversation with Loki. With new, disconcertingly attractive Loki and her vulpine smile and bottle-glass-green eyes that were the only part of Thor’s step-brother’s face that he could still recognize in her. “You’ve been content to let it stay where it was for the past two thousand years. Why do you care what happens to it?”
“Because it’s mine.” The temperature in the room dropped perceptibly as she snarled the words, and behind him, Don could hear the faint hum of Tony’s repulsor gauntlets powering up.
We should probably be finished with it some time around, oh, July?
And since presenting a single fic snippet isn't really in the spirit of the meme, recs for my top three favorite fics not from cap-ironman (because I'm assuming a lot of my flist has seen everything on the comm) that are currently WiP:
Between the Brushstrokes, by Etherati (http://etherati.livejournal.com/tag/slash). Okay, you have to go searching back through her journal for all fifteen parts of it, but it's *worth it* people. I've recced Etherati's Z!verse before (that would be the zombie!Rorschach fic I've flailed about both here and on sequentialcrack), and BtB is every bit as good. If there was ever a fandom for the dystopic future AU fic, Watchmen is that fandom. And this is that fic. It's up there with quietprofanity's The Gilded Cage on my mental list of most awesome Watchmen fics that go AU from the GN's ending. (Gilded Cage, just FYI for those of you who haven't read it, is not a happy fic. BtB is, or at least, it's happy by Watchmen standards).
Embers.
Wonderful Zuko and Iroh-centric A:tLA AU that branches off partway through season two. Some of the worldbuilding details about firebending and how fire nation loyalties work are now part of my personal headcanon. This fic is literally novel-length, clocking in at over 400 pages in MS word thus far *loves*
The Captive Prince
Awesome original slash fic with vividly detailed worldbuidling and nicely twisty political plot. In most authors' hands, I'd call this a guilty pleasure (seeing as it contains copious amounts of pretty clothing and boys in chains), but freece is such a good writer that I'll subtract the adjective and just call it a pleasure.