Miscellany

[beer_good_foamy]

1. Just got caught up with s3 of New Doctor Who and while I wouldn't say I'm completely sold on it yet, it does have a lot of great things about it (RTD's scripts not always being one of them, but...) So if anyone has any fic or similar stuff that I just *have* to read, I'd appreciate a rec! (Also, I need a dalek icon. Daleks > Everything Else In The Universe Ever.)

ETA: Thanks stormwreath for the icon!

2. A couple of Buffyverse recs, since I don't rec nearly enough stuff:

• Of All the Wonders That I Yet Have Heard by girlpire (Angel/Darla, R). Fantastic take on what might have happened post-"Lullaby."
  
• frogfarm finished Big Country (Faith/Willow, R). Post-"Chosen" (slightly AU, see pairing), but the past just never lets Faith go...
  
• I'll Have What She's Having by spuffyduds is a Twin Peaks crossover! (Faith/Audrey, PG13). (And I do have my own take on the pairing, which will be appearing shortly.
  
• Come Into My Parlor by bookishwench (Tara/?, PG13). Excellent pre-canon look at Tara (as is frogfarm's One Summer, My Far Horizon, though that one heads off-canon into very believable Faith/Tara).
  
• And finally, Buffybot's Big Adventure! by Alex Wert sees the return to the Buffyverse of one of my favourite humour ficcers. This is a WIP taking place post-"Bargaining", but so far he always finishes his stories and they usually end up hilarious. (Buffybot/Various, R)
  
• Also, I put some recs up at buffyversetop5: Faith/Buffy, list-type fics, drabbles, episode rewrites, season 8.

3. Finally, a couple of icons I've made on a whim and never posted here.

Comments

[elisi]

Sorry to jump into every thread in the whole post...

So far I'm not really much for the shipping aspect of the show (well, there's Doctor/Master, which IMO makes more sense than Ten/Rose...) I suppose so far I'm a bit screwed, pairing-wise;
I'm the same actually. (And the DW fandom is scary crazy when it comes to shipping. They have companion wars going back 40 odd years, and it's just getting worse now. I stay far, far away!) Anyway, I *like* Ten/Rose a lot, and 'Doomsday' invariably has me in tears, but I'm not a shipper. Actually I remember when 'The Girl in the Fireplace' first aired, because half my flist discovered that they'd become rabid shippers (much to their worry) - they *didn't* like Reinette one tiny little bit ("Who's that cheap tarte locking lips with Rose's Doctor, eh?") Personally I adored the ep, and was delighted that The Doctor got to 'dance'! *g*

Anyway, re fic then there's doctor_who_gen. No idea what the quality of the writing is, but at least you'll avoid the ships! :)

Oh and I have a vid rec: Our Lord and Master, a tribute to the Master. Uses lots of Classic material and the most fabulous song. And the ending kills me every time! :)

ETA: Actually, I'm an avid Master/Lucy shipper (*so* screwed up!) and Master/Doctor of course, which is even more screwed up and impossible. But I like that. :)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Huh. I loved everything about TGitF, including "I just snogged Madame de Pompadour!" That's the whole problem with Who shipping in a nutshell, isn't it? He goes off to save the world, and they die too soon.

I'll check that stuff out when I get home, thanks!

[elisi]

Huh. I loved everything about TGitF, including "I just snogged Madame de Pompadour!"
Oh me too. Brilliant, brilliant episode. What I'm talking about can best be illustrated in this post! :)

That's the whole problem with Who shipping in a nutshell, isn't it? He goes off to save the world, and they die too soon.
Oh absolutely! I've got half-finished meta sat on a folder somewhere analysing it!

And I love this icon.