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

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the tip! I'll have to check that out. 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 would have liked to see Nine/Martha. Well, anything with Nine, really.

[boy-named-susie.livejournal.com]

Well if you are not big on the shipping aspect of the show, new DW fic is not for you because that's what the vast majority of it consists of, with a *large* portion of that being Ten/Rose. I have seen a couple of random Nine/Martha fics since you bring that up, and if I see them again, I'll let you know.

As for recs, most of what immediately springs to mind for me are old school set fics, and you haven't started watched the old stuff yet.

So, the most valuable thing I think I could tell you is to go and join calufrax. It's a brand new comm that just opened a few weeks ago, and its purpose is to rec fics that are on Teaspoon (the major DW fic site). Two or three people each week do recs, and everything I've read that's been recced over there has been *fantastic.* They rec old school and new school, and I'm sure you'll find something great to read over there.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Well if you are not big on the shipping aspect of the show, new DW fic is not for you because that's what the vast majority of it consists of, with a *large* portion of that being Ten/Rose.

That's what I've gathered too - then again, when I first started reading Buffy fic, it felt like a struggle to find anything that wasn't purely Spuffy or Spander. I figure the other stuff has to be out there. I'll check out calufrax, thanks!

[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.