Three stories by Timmonsgray, aka monkeybarrel, all PG-13 and all in varying degrees of Kubota/Tokitoh. Timmonsgray's stories seem to fit into the world of the manga almost perfectly. Day to day events are muted, but there's this feeling of things building up to something. I think Kubota and Tokitoh live very much one day at a time and although their stated ( Read more... )

It's another bumper clearout of the 2004 recs folder!  All Saiyuki.

My feeling is if I don't do it now, like this, these things'll sit here for another year.  Sorry for the briefness and lack of detail, but I fear I'd be here all day otherwise:)

Transformation by MJJ, Gen, Sanzo and Hakkai - I love Sanzo's desperation in this.

Awakenings by ( Read more... )

Clearing out my '2004' recs folder in, erm, 2005.

Two Jeep stories:

Tea with the White Dragon by MJJ, G. I love the sense of dislocation in this and Hakkai's polite surprise at finding a Dragon King in his kitchen.
Hakkai's Gift by Edonohana, G -  what a huggable story.

Hakkai/Gojyo

Water for the Broken by Laylah, Hakkai/Gojyo, G - very nice, oddly ( Read more... )

I've been working my way through the Yuletide Treasure 2004 stories - here are some I''ve enjoyed so far, in a raggle-taggle mix of fandoms:

Wild Adapter: Tread of Nimble Feet by Foggynite, Kubota/Tokitoh, PG-13. This story is just wonderful - a tumble of thoughts and sensations, and it's very sexy too.

The Persian Boy Epitaph by Artaxastra, G ( Read more... )

Beginning 2005 as I left 2004, with a Saiyuki rec:

Gonou by MJJ, G. Does what it says on the tin. This tells the story of Gonou's trial and how and why he became Hakkai. What I like particularly about it are its wealth of detail and the way it expands very satisfyingly on the manga. We're never shown what happens during Gonou's trial in front of ( Read more... )

Happy Christmas everyone - I hope you all have a year full of good times, good people and, of course, good stories.

A Christmas Eve Saiyuki rec: Fearless by Eleanor K, aka emungere, PG 13 ( Read more... )

Sutras for the Dead by Maya.

I like the things that Maya says in this. It's a very short story, but it feels like it gets to the heart of Sanzo's attitude to life and to his companions.

Undertow by Maya, Tenpou/Konzen m/m sex ( Read more... )

Four Saiyuki recs. This fandom makes me feel like a kid in a sweetshop with its multiplicity of pairings and endless possibilities -- it's really very exciting! And that's before I've even got to the stories. The recs are Hakkai/Gojyo, Tenpou/Kenren and are all NC 17.

Into Bed by Trismegistus, or lebateleur,  Hakkai/Gojyo, explicit m/m sex ( Read more... )

Weiss Kreuz: Wired by Maya Tawi, Aya/Yohji, NC 17 ( Read more... )

Weiss Kreuz: V-day by Eleanor K, Crawford/Schuldig, NC17.

Favourite line: 'It looked like it'd been hosed down with blood and Pepto-Bismol.'Sort of a PWP, but, again with Eleanor K, she always gives it that something extra. I love the powerplay between Crawford and Schuldig in this and the way in which sex does not equal intimacy, or rather, they ( Read more... )