Rec Monday. The round-up
If you remember I was asking for recs. These were stories you thought were great examples of how you saw each guy, and also group.
I said I'd gather those links up, and I have. If people gave reasons why they loved the story I left it in, otherwise, there's just a link.
If you do read and enjoy, please let the authors know.
If you see any mistakes, let me know. Also, this isn't a set thing. If you ever think of a story that you think is excellent, come and let me know and I'll add it. This way popsoundboard will have an always current page of recs.
Last thing, thank you for everyone that gave recs. You're all stars.
Chris
Don't Fall Through The Stars by synecdochic
Parodic by lovelypoet
The Long Run by wearemany
Many-Roomed Houses of Wood by Sandy
Cold-Hearted by jae_w
Heart of Stone, Eyes of Tree synecdochic
Mercy by bettyp
The Wednesday Thing by rhyssj
Two Straight Guys in Wisconsin by rhyssj
Ido by rhyssj
Subterfuge by liew
Whisper by Jae has Chris in the early days in Germany, tired and tense and a little bit of a bastard, trying to hold the guys together and teach the young ones how to grow up while still being afraid himself.
Birdhouse in Your Soul by Allecto shows snapshots of the relationship between Chris and a post-rehab AJ.
Promise Never, Promise Forever by mickeym
Kevin
The Centre by lucylooo
Shoop shoop by Allecto is probably an odd choice, because Kevin spends a lot of it as a woman, but I really, really like this story.
Favorite by Chaos and Raven lets Kevin have a sense of humor and hot sex with Lance. Win/win.
Something More by Kaethe shows how AJ becomes aware of Kevin.
Someday We'll Stop Confessing by bubbleforest
JC
Chance by arsenicjade
Procrastinate by zoicite
Kiss the Cook by apetslife
Caramel and Cream by ?
Bitchy Barista by fluffontop
JC's Diary by fluffontop
The Haircuts by K8
Poptarts in Atlantis by flambea
Might Brite Bright
Be Able to Stop by Helenish
by Allen Sama
in the heart, a little house by silveryscrape
Family by Slim and Without Me
Polish pierson
Disarm by jae_w
Layover by arsenicjade
Solo by synecdochic
Freely Given by Helen
Tilt by Topaz
Straight in a Gay Gay World by Eddie and Allecto
Howie
And Everything After by zoicite
O Bla Dee, O Bla Da by arsenicjade
Change My Everyday by arsenicjade
Joey
My Big Gay Disney Courtship by llamabitchyo
The Magic Bean Ducks
The Kebaberry by Ephemera
Lance's Girlfriend by Jae
watch k8
rebound CJ
the man/the legend Jawamonkey
kiss Jae
tough mama Sandy
canción de la lluvia Mi
Brian
Fixed Zoicite -- AMAZING description of Brian's humor, I love it
Eyes to Grow Old Zoicite -- Always, always one of my favorites
Come On Darlin' - Enoughoflove -- really sensual Brian, which no one hardly ever attempts but it's so totally believable
Scar Tissue - jericho1
Ask -- Lucy
Return -- Lucy
Someone Else's Other People -- Zoicite
Scarf fic Bubbleforest
Good Morning Bubbleforest
The Days Bubbleforest
Marked Bubbleforest
Bottoms Up Bubbleforest
Deep Greens and Blues - -Bubbleforest -- (AJ/Brian/Howie): Easily one of my favorite Backstreet fics. Her Brian here is SUPERB
Mind The Gap -- Zoicite
The First Time -- Zoicite
AJ
Just Breathe and Stay by justhitstatic
Love and Other Miscommunications by pierson
A Hell of a Yarn by sarahq
Practise These Principles In All Our Affairs by nopseud
Down So Long by zoicite
The Closet by zoicite
Circa by zoicite
Working Definition by etsu_88
Edging Towards Enough by arsenicjade
They Say Home Is... by arsenicjade
The Model by Heidi
Touchable by jain
Hair by jain
Matters of Style by jain
Used by cjmarlowe
Expertise Trick Strings Splinter and Clean by lucylooo
Glitter by lucylooo
Second by lucylooo
Bottle Blond by lucylooo
Bus Stop by lucylooo
Rule Number One by lucylooo
Bohemian Rhapsody by nopseud
Too Sexy by Slim
The Girl Can Drink by jericho1
robins_song by bubbleforest is just GENIUS. hilarious, with the most perfect aj ever.
Don't bubbleforest
This little gem bubbleforest
Cookie Batter Crazy bubbleforest
It's Like a Fucking Metaphor: Or Why AJ Hates Wedding Cake by duoshinigami
Lance
Sex Sells by Slim and Without Me
Just Push Play by Slim and Without Me
Like Riding A Bike (Or Falling In Love) by etsu_88
Slave to Love by Nix
hooker universe by etsu_88
graduation by arsenicjade
letters to prague by phaballa
healer by kikiduck
Boyfriend by Matthew Haldeman-Time
From Russia with Love by Velma and aMuse
Green Scales Fell Like Rain by withdiamonds
Only One Kind of Love by Genee Li
The Baffled King by SarahQ
Justin
Or What They Feel is Love because I just read this and Justin is so fucking adorable in it. *hearts*)
Your Life is Now Because the Justin Loses His Memory fic is the one I use to draw people into popslash and it works every damn time.
Nobodys Fault But My Own It's just. SO GOOD. I have no words for how much I wish this were real.
Not Based on a True Story There's so much meta and Justin is so perfectly *Justin*.
Closeout *hearts* Sufer Justin is love.
Famous People You Can Live Through: Famous People You Can Live Through: // CLONE JUSTIN FTW.
Deja Voodoo// Ugh, this Justin is so amazingly written.
This Is Not the Love Scene by Synecdochic
Have You Seen Me Lately? by Synecdochic
woo by eponymous
ripple by eponymous
hackery au by eponymous
A Little Less Conversation by phaballa
Nick
Diurnal // This is like, my ultimate Nick. It is the Nick I base all other Nick's on.
on a beech tree, rudely carved 'nc loved me // Another perfect Nick, and yet completely different.
Narrative // Oh man. I could so see this happening.
The Haircuts // Because yes!
Birthday (Love Made Real) // Because Nick and Paris really were the perfect couple.
Now or Never by Slim and Without Me
someday we'll stop confessing by bubbleforest
look for the angles by bubbleforest
bounty hunter au by nevah
can't buy me love by nevah
flight dynamics by marythefan
mousetraps and the moon by bossymarmalade
h-o-r-s by alexandriabrown
And the Card Attached Would Say by phaballa
Punctae by zoicite
Safe by CJ
An Old Family Recipe by Katie
And the Painted Ponies Go Up and Down by Allecto
Living by Matthew Haldeman-Time
Unpretty From Nick's POV, showing how he struggles with the public perception of him and his real self, how he doesn't feel even the other BSB guys really know him, and explains where at least some of those tatoos came from.
Group
Why Do Birds Sing So Gay by Torch. Everyone from BSB and Nsync, and endlessly funny, too.
Between Corners by Calico. From JC's POV: a summit meeting between Nsync, forced to ask for a favor, and Backstreet, during early days in Germany. Chris and AJ provide the bitter angry sarcasm, JC and Kevin are unwillingly attracted, and Justin and Nick are definitely attracted.
The Earl of Rothinghamtonfordshire by Jae. Nick is goaded into writing a romance novel ("I'm not sure fifteen pages is really -- ") that stars everyone around him, including Chris Kirkpatrick. The first BSB group meeting after they read it had me in hysterics.
i know it when I see it - the pornutopia by nopseud, Lance-centric GSF with visiting Backstreet, Kelly, Britney and Cameron, an epic tale of love and porn, but mostly love. I heart this story like strawberries heart chocolate.
Living by Matthew Haldeman-Time
White Knight by Betty Plotnick is a short piece set in the immediate aftermath of a fistfight between Justin and Eminem on the TRL set. Lance is semi-hysterical, JC and Joey are soothing, Chris is pissed off, and Justin is Justin.
Remember by Jae. The day after Justin's 21st birthday party the guys take great pleasure in telling him about ALL the embarrassing things he did the night before... none of which he remembers. Very, very funny.
Five by Topaz. A wonderful reunion story, full of lovely relationship moments, even with the occasional squabbles. And a truly hysterically funny drunken conversation between Justin and JC.
Buoyancy by Merry. The first half occurs during Lance's space training in Texas, when JC comes to visit. The second occurs after he doesn't go into space. I LOVE the conversations between the guys in this, and the palpable love between them.
Always Turned On by Juli is set during the hiatus. Chris convenes the guys in Atlantic City to celebrate his birthday in style. This involves the Lion Suite at the Trump Taj Mahal, dinner at the Hard Rock Café, a VIP casino where they play poker according to their own rules, jogging on the beach, the boardwalk ... and oh yeah, Lance's revenge plans against Chris involving karaoke. The interactions between the guys are so wonderful that they make me hope that somehow this really happens in real life.
Impossible to Ignore You by Vaudevilles. Lance comes out to the guys. And while the older members are completely supportive, Justin doesn't react well. And it's Justin's support that Lance wants the most. Funny and touching.
Things To Do in Orlando When You're Dead by No pSeud Attached and Torch. Very funny in an awful sort of way. JC and Justin briefly turn into zombies while the others try to fix things. ("JC was like a particularly perverse life-size sex toy. Some assembly required.") Told from Chris' point of view. ("In Chris's firm opinion, he himself was smarter than Justin, and possibly than JC, so maybe he could survive a zombie mouth on his dick. But he wouldn't risk being turned into a mindless shambling creature driven only by a desire for endless sex. With these two and Joey, the group was already over-stocked.")
Two Straight Guys in Wisconsin: The Amazing Adventures of Chris and His Cock by Rhys. The guys all head out for a winter vacation. In the midst of sledding and skating and all the traditional winter activities Chris and Lance, two formerly hetero guys, start experimenting and manage to fall in love. But it's also full of wonderful intra-group moments.
Just Like That by Ephemera Pop -- little vignettes all connected by strands of music, drawing the guys back together again.
Delayed Re-entry by Lily takes place after Lance's return from space, where there was a problem with the flight. Getting everyone past their fears takes some time away together, and eventually, yes, GSF.
Sugar by Foxmonkey
Change Partners by Foxmonkey
Favor Fire by Liz
Always True by Liz
Perfect by Georgina takes place on tour, with great interactions between the guys. Kristin, Leighanne and Baylee appear too.
Edging Toward Enough by Arsenic Jade is a lengthy story that features AJ and Howie, but is filled with wonderful moments from everyone in the group.
the wank league by JM because, oh howie! aj! brian! and they're not even the main characters!
I said I'd gather those links up, and I have. If people gave reasons why they loved the story I left it in, otherwise, there's just a link.
If you do read and enjoy, please let the authors know.
If you see any mistakes, let me know. Also, this isn't a set thing. If you ever think of a story that you think is excellent, come and let me know and I'll add it. This way popsoundboard will have an always current page of recs.
Last thing, thank you for everyone that gave recs. You're all stars.
Chris
Don't Fall Through The Stars by synecdochic
Parodic by lovelypoet
The Long Run by wearemany
Many-Roomed Houses of Wood by Sandy
Cold-Hearted by jae_w
Heart of Stone, Eyes of Tree synecdochic
Mercy by bettyp
The Wednesday Thing by rhyssj
Two Straight Guys in Wisconsin by rhyssj
Ido by rhyssj
Subterfuge by liew
Whisper by Jae has Chris in the early days in Germany, tired and tense and a little bit of a bastard, trying to hold the guys together and teach the young ones how to grow up while still being afraid himself.
Birdhouse in Your Soul by Allecto shows snapshots of the relationship between Chris and a post-rehab AJ.
Promise Never, Promise Forever by mickeym
Kevin
The Centre by lucylooo
Shoop shoop by Allecto is probably an odd choice, because Kevin spends a lot of it as a woman, but I really, really like this story.
Favorite by Chaos and Raven lets Kevin have a sense of humor and hot sex with Lance. Win/win.
Something More by Kaethe shows how AJ becomes aware of Kevin.
Someday We'll Stop Confessing by bubbleforest
JC
Chance by arsenicjade
Procrastinate by zoicite
Kiss the Cook by apetslife
Caramel and Cream by ?
Bitchy Barista by fluffontop
JC's Diary by fluffontop
The Haircuts by K8
Poptarts in Atlantis by flambea
Might Brite Bright
Be Able to Stop by Helenish
by Allen Sama
in the heart, a little house by silveryscrape
Family by Slim and Without Me
Polish pierson
Disarm by jae_w
Layover by arsenicjade
Solo by synecdochic
Freely Given by Helen
Tilt by Topaz
Straight in a Gay Gay World by Eddie and Allecto
Howie
And Everything After by zoicite
O Bla Dee, O Bla Da by arsenicjade
Change My Everyday by arsenicjade
Joey
My Big Gay Disney Courtship by llamabitchyo
The Magic Bean Ducks
The Kebaberry by Ephemera
Lance's Girlfriend by Jae
watch k8
rebound CJ
the man/the legend Jawamonkey
kiss Jae
tough mama Sandy
canción de la lluvia Mi
Brian
Fixed Zoicite -- AMAZING description of Brian's humor, I love it
Eyes to Grow Old Zoicite -- Always, always one of my favorites
Come On Darlin' - Enoughoflove -- really sensual Brian, which no one hardly ever attempts but it's so totally believable
Scar Tissue - jericho1
Ask -- Lucy
Return -- Lucy
Someone Else's Other People -- Zoicite
Scarf fic Bubbleforest
Good Morning Bubbleforest
The Days Bubbleforest
Marked Bubbleforest
Bottoms Up Bubbleforest
Deep Greens and Blues - -Bubbleforest -- (AJ/Brian/Howie): Easily one of my favorite Backstreet fics. Her Brian here is SUPERB
Mind The Gap -- Zoicite
The First Time -- Zoicite
AJ
Just Breathe and Stay by justhitstatic
Love and Other Miscommunications by pierson
A Hell of a Yarn by sarahq
Practise These Principles In All Our Affairs by nopseud
Down So Long by zoicite
The Closet by zoicite
Circa by zoicite
Working Definition by etsu_88
Edging Towards Enough by arsenicjade
They Say Home Is... by arsenicjade
The Model by Heidi
Touchable by jain
Hair by jain
Matters of Style by jain
Used by cjmarlowe
Expertise Trick Strings Splinter and Clean by lucylooo
Glitter by lucylooo
Second by lucylooo
Bottle Blond by lucylooo
Bus Stop by lucylooo
Rule Number One by lucylooo
Bohemian Rhapsody by nopseud
Too Sexy by Slim
The Girl Can Drink by jericho1
robins_song by bubbleforest is just GENIUS. hilarious, with the most perfect aj ever.
Don't bubbleforest
This little gem bubbleforest
Cookie Batter Crazy bubbleforest
It's Like a Fucking Metaphor: Or Why AJ Hates Wedding Cake by duoshinigami
Lance
Sex Sells by Slim and Without Me
Just Push Play by Slim and Without Me
Like Riding A Bike (Or Falling In Love) by etsu_88
Slave to Love by Nix
hooker universe by etsu_88
graduation by arsenicjade
letters to prague by phaballa
healer by kikiduck
Boyfriend by Matthew Haldeman-Time
From Russia with Love by Velma and aMuse
Green Scales Fell Like Rain by withdiamonds
Only One Kind of Love by Genee Li
The Baffled King by SarahQ
Justin
Or What They Feel is Love because I just read this and Justin is so fucking adorable in it. *hearts*)
Your Life is Now Because the Justin Loses His Memory fic is the one I use to draw people into popslash and it works every damn time.
Nobodys Fault But My Own It's just. SO GOOD. I have no words for how much I wish this were real.
Not Based on a True Story There's so much meta and Justin is so perfectly *Justin*.
Closeout *hearts* Sufer Justin is love.
Famous People You Can Live Through: Famous People You Can Live Through: // CLONE JUSTIN FTW.
Deja Voodoo// Ugh, this Justin is so amazingly written.
This Is Not the Love Scene by Synecdochic
Have You Seen Me Lately? by Synecdochic
woo by eponymous
ripple by eponymous
hackery au by eponymous
A Little Less Conversation by phaballa
Nick
Diurnal // This is like, my ultimate Nick. It is the Nick I base all other Nick's on.
on a beech tree, rudely carved 'nc loved me // Another perfect Nick, and yet completely different.
Narrative // Oh man. I could so see this happening.
The Haircuts // Because yes!
Birthday (Love Made Real) // Because Nick and Paris really were the perfect couple.
Now or Never by Slim and Without Me
someday we'll stop confessing by bubbleforest
look for the angles by bubbleforest
bounty hunter au by nevah
can't buy me love by nevah
flight dynamics by marythefan
mousetraps and the moon by bossymarmalade
h-o-r-s by alexandriabrown
And the Card Attached Would Say by phaballa
Punctae by zoicite
Safe by CJ
An Old Family Recipe by Katie
And the Painted Ponies Go Up and Down by Allecto
Living by Matthew Haldeman-Time
Unpretty From Nick's POV, showing how he struggles with the public perception of him and his real self, how he doesn't feel even the other BSB guys really know him, and explains where at least some of those tatoos came from.
Group
Why Do Birds Sing So Gay by Torch. Everyone from BSB and Nsync, and endlessly funny, too.
Between Corners by Calico. From JC's POV: a summit meeting between Nsync, forced to ask for a favor, and Backstreet, during early days in Germany. Chris and AJ provide the bitter angry sarcasm, JC and Kevin are unwillingly attracted, and Justin and Nick are definitely attracted.
The Earl of Rothinghamtonfordshire by Jae. Nick is goaded into writing a romance novel ("I'm not sure fifteen pages is really -- ") that stars everyone around him, including Chris Kirkpatrick. The first BSB group meeting after they read it had me in hysterics.
i know it when I see it - the pornutopia by nopseud, Lance-centric GSF with visiting Backstreet, Kelly, Britney and Cameron, an epic tale of love and porn, but mostly love. I heart this story like strawberries heart chocolate.
Living by Matthew Haldeman-Time
White Knight by Betty Plotnick is a short piece set in the immediate aftermath of a fistfight between Justin and Eminem on the TRL set. Lance is semi-hysterical, JC and Joey are soothing, Chris is pissed off, and Justin is Justin.
Remember by Jae. The day after Justin's 21st birthday party the guys take great pleasure in telling him about ALL the embarrassing things he did the night before... none of which he remembers. Very, very funny.
Five by Topaz. A wonderful reunion story, full of lovely relationship moments, even with the occasional squabbles. And a truly hysterically funny drunken conversation between Justin and JC.
Buoyancy by Merry. The first half occurs during Lance's space training in Texas, when JC comes to visit. The second occurs after he doesn't go into space. I LOVE the conversations between the guys in this, and the palpable love between them.
Always Turned On by Juli is set during the hiatus. Chris convenes the guys in Atlantic City to celebrate his birthday in style. This involves the Lion Suite at the Trump Taj Mahal, dinner at the Hard Rock Café, a VIP casino where they play poker according to their own rules, jogging on the beach, the boardwalk ... and oh yeah, Lance's revenge plans against Chris involving karaoke. The interactions between the guys are so wonderful that they make me hope that somehow this really happens in real life.
Impossible to Ignore You by Vaudevilles. Lance comes out to the guys. And while the older members are completely supportive, Justin doesn't react well. And it's Justin's support that Lance wants the most. Funny and touching.
Things To Do in Orlando When You're Dead by No pSeud Attached and Torch. Very funny in an awful sort of way. JC and Justin briefly turn into zombies while the others try to fix things. ("JC was like a particularly perverse life-size sex toy. Some assembly required.") Told from Chris' point of view. ("In Chris's firm opinion, he himself was smarter than Justin, and possibly than JC, so maybe he could survive a zombie mouth on his dick. But he wouldn't risk being turned into a mindless shambling creature driven only by a desire for endless sex. With these two and Joey, the group was already over-stocked.")
Two Straight Guys in Wisconsin: The Amazing Adventures of Chris and His Cock by Rhys. The guys all head out for a winter vacation. In the midst of sledding and skating and all the traditional winter activities Chris and Lance, two formerly hetero guys, start experimenting and manage to fall in love. But it's also full of wonderful intra-group moments.
Just Like That by Ephemera Pop -- little vignettes all connected by strands of music, drawing the guys back together again.
Delayed Re-entry by Lily takes place after Lance's return from space, where there was a problem with the flight. Getting everyone past their fears takes some time away together, and eventually, yes, GSF.
Sugar by Foxmonkey
Change Partners by Foxmonkey
Favor Fire by Liz
Always True by Liz
Perfect by Georgina takes place on tour, with great interactions between the guys. Kristin, Leighanne and Baylee appear too.
Edging Toward Enough by Arsenic Jade is a lengthy story that features AJ and Howie, but is filled with wonderful moments from everyone in the group.
the wank league by JM because, oh howie! aj! brian! and they're not even the main characters!