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| Star Trek 2009: The Unveiled Secret |
The Unveiled Secret by laurajv.
This a very well-written conversation between Sarek and Spock Prime. Age gives perspective, and Sarek has a very rare opportunity to gain some of that perspective on his son.
And, again, Spock Prime is awesome.
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| Posted on 24 Jun 2009 by Anria in the following categories: recs: tv/film, recs: star trek 2009. |
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| Star Trek 2009: How To Avoid Kicking Puppies and Other Valuable Lessons in Leadership |
How To Avoid Kicking Puppies and Other Valuable Lessons in Leadership by sparky77.
“That was stupid. I’m all for handling things on your own, but some things are too big and you need help handling them,” The Captain says and then frowns. “Did that sound dirty to you? It sounded a little dirty to me. I’m really bad at this.”
That quote sums up exactly what I love about this fic. It hits a perfectly irreverent tone while still demonstrating the methods Kirk uses to manage his crew on the Enterprise and why they work.
The end is awesome, too.
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| Posted on 24 Jun 2009 by Anria in the following categories: recs: tv/film, recs: star trek 2009. |
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| Star Trek 2009: And Cried Out His Name In Joy (Kirk/Spock Prime) |
And Cried Out His Name In Joy by pervyficgirl. (Kirk/Spock Prime)
I was not expecting to like this fic. I have a personal bias against fics depicting relationships where there is a maturity gap. Not so much an age gap - especially not when dealing with relationships between two people who aren't of the same species - but more a life stage gap, if that makes sense.
I really did like this fic, however. It highlighted the good part of Kirk's character, the part that's normally very well hidden behind rampant sexism and womanising - the genuinely altruistic side where altruism isn't done out of a sense of marytrdom, but because doing something to help is something attractive in and of itself. The fic itself has a wonderfully paced progression, building up to something that feels like an inevitability.
Plus Spock Prime is awesome.
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| Posted on 24 Jun 2009 by Anria in the following categories: recs: tv/film, recs: star trek 2009. |
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| Star Trek 2009: The Ups and Downs of You (Kirk/Spock) |
The Ups and Downs of You by raphaela667. (Kirk/Spock)
Deaging characters is a cliche in any fandom, even ones that are new enough not to have had a fic like this written before - and one thing nobody could define the Star Trek fandom as is "new". Regardless, they're good for giving you the warm fuzzies, and this one has the added bonus of a) having a sort-of plot and b) expanding on the relationships in the crew of the Enterprise.
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| Posted on 23 Jun 2009 by Anria in the following categories: recs: tv/film, recs: star trek 2009. |
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| An ancient tale may later words retell by 01100100. (Arthur/Gwen, Merlin) |
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There don't seem to be many Arthur/Gwen stories out there for the Merlin TV series fandom, probably because any chemistry Arthur and Gwen might have is barely noticeable under the chemistry of Arthur and Merlin or Arthur and Morgana. This story, however, makes a very beautiful, very believable Arthur/Gwen fic, and mixes in a good chunk of other Arthurian legend as well. Except for the parts it deliberately leaves out.
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| Posted on 13 Apr 2009 by Anria in the following categories: recs: tv/film, recs: merlin. |
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| Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! by Julad. (Clark/Lex) |
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Although this is a Clark/Lex fic, it's much more about Pete and about his friendship with Clark. Recced because it is very funny - the last bit killed me.
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| Posted on 14 Feb 2009 by Anria in the following categories: recs: tv/film, recs: smallville. |
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| Buried Treasure by entangled_now. (Merlin/Torchwood, sort of Arthur/Merlin and Jack/Merlin) |
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I'm reccing this mostly because it is silly and very fun. I don't know much of Torchwood canon, but I'm told that this fic could slot into it (in an AU way) quite easily. Plus there's Arthur and Merlin being, well, Arthur and Merlin. (The TV version, anyway - if you've not seen the Merlin TV show, this will make absolutely no sense.)
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| Posted on 14 Feb 2009 by Anria in the following categories: recs: tv/film, recs: crossovers, recs: merlin. |
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