Slashy Awards 145: Man Hands on Misery to Man

[thefourthvine]

Family has been on my mind a lot lately. Guess what that means? Family fan fiction, yup.

The One That Proves Conclusively That the DCU Is Where There's a Daddy Issue Under Every Rock, and Where Family Therapists Can Never, Ever Get Life Insurance. Reconcilable Differences, by Shalott, aka astolat. Fused and bastardized Smallville and DCU, Clark Kent/Lex

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[joannindiw]

I love your recs. Even with (primarly m/m reader here) having already read the first two recs (oh, my, god. I wish I could write like that), reading your take on it is just so much *fun*.

[thefourthvine]

*beams*

Thank you!

oh, my, god. I wish I could write like that

I hear you there. A-yup.

*nods in heartfelt agreement*

I've found more people I wished I could write like in fandom than in all my years of compulsively reading original fiction.

[brooklinegirl]

(psst, dira is dsudis, not dirasudis)

(YAY RECS)

[thefourthvine]

*smacks forehead*

Thank you! I've fixed it.

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[researchgrrrl]

You know, our mutual friends seperis and svmadelyn sent me around to friend you a few months back. I've been delighted to have done just that.

FWIW, I'd like to offer you this SPN story Night Moves as it's thus far been warmly received by folks who were just in the mood for something a litle different in SPN fic. (Mainly? Humor and het in one place.) Read or not as you have the time/interest; I've just come to appreciate the recs you make enough that I thought I'd pass along a little something for a change.

Lovely to make your virtual acquaintance. Cheers!
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[researchgrrrl]

And of course? That time, I left out the link. AWESOME.

It's been that kind of day. Jesus.

*staggers away before I do anything additionally spastic here by way of introduction*

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[thefourthvine]

Oh my god. You've had the day from hell. I sincerely hope you have now locked up those jeans somewhere very, very secure. Like, maybe in a lead-lined safe that requires three keys and a 19-digit code to get into. Because that's just...not something you want to leave lying around the house.

I think you win a prize for day-suckiness, in fact. I mean, unless anyone else on my friends list manages to accidentally set herself on fire or something. *eyes flist thoughtfully* And, really, if anyone was going to do that, it'd be me, so...I declare you WINNER!

*awards prize, including certificate suitable for framing*

(Lovely to make your virtual acquaintance, too. I must remember to thank svmadelyn and seperis. And thank you for the story link! Even if it was, um, difficult to post. And let me just repeat: oh my god, what a very special bad day you've had.)

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[researchgrrrl]

I just had a chance to scroll through and see that you're not a Wincester or SPN RPSer...we're well-met on that account. FWIW, Night Moves is also Mary Sue- and angst-free; it's more of a character study of Dean that just happens to have some cheerfully sweaty sexin' in it.

(As a newcomer to the fandom, I've actually found the latter more difficult to dodge than the former, which is why I'm happy to make my own contributions as gleefully insane as possible. Plus? Kind of plays into that whole "Write what you know" adage, as evinced by yesterday.)

Who the hell am I? An archaeologist with a weirdo specialization that makes me sound way smarter than I actually am, a long-time fangirl newly returned(like, as of February) to fandom, and a ferret mom. Research is my Zen, so I've been collecting links and hosting conversations for other writers and geekgrrrls on everything from alchemy to archaeometry to remote sensing. (The tag for all writing research-related entries is Neep.) There's even the occasional meta thrown in

[sinsense]

I seriously just love your recs. I know I've probably said it before -- I want to comment and say it every time you post, to be honest -- but it needs saying. These posts rule, and on bad days they are the highlight of my day. Thanks for them.

[thefourthvine]

*beams*

Thank you! And, seriously, feel free to say that each and every time. I will not complain at all. Nope nope nope.

These posts rule, and on bad days they are the highlight of my day.

This is why I post! Well, that, and also I suffer from this tragic disease where I feel a deep inner need to get everyone in the whole world to read the things I love. Seriously. You are talking to a dyed-in-the-wool reading proselytizer, here. So it's partly that. But also partly because people say it makes them happy.

And, um, speaking of bad days, you might want to go read about researchgrrrl's bad day, if you haven't already. She just linked me to it, and - wow. That is the kind of thing I might do, and I will think of it and feel better about myself the next time I go out with my shoes on the wrong feet.

[cranberryink]

Am I the only one who looks at the way John acts and compares it to what the writers seem to believe about him and thinks, those are not the same people?

Dude. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

[thefourthvine]

THANK GOD.

*clings to oasis of sanity in a world of dichotomous John*

...And now I feel I should write a story called Dichotomy. About John. And his - I don't know, bisexuality? Transgenderism? PIVOTAL IMPORTANCE IN THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL?

Ooo! It could be a Dark Is Rising crossover!

Hmmm. On the whole, probably better not.

But I'm very glad to know that you share my belief in the basic and fundamental weirdness of John.

[kbk]

I would read that.

You are so right about John. It's like... wait, you don't do Doctor Who, do you... oh! the way Richard Dean Anderson talks about Jack O'Neill as being stupid when he would have been killed long ago if that were the case. *nods*