This is true, this is real, this is Straight Edge

So it seems like guardian_kink ended up being the GOTG kink meme with some staying power, and HOLY SHIT, someone filled my prompt. It's called Unnatural Hungers, and go read, it's so good. It's about Ronan being very Blue Kree when it comes to his attraction to Gamora and Nebula.

Plus: I have never thought of Batista as cute, but this pic of him and a teeny baby raccoon is just adorables.

Heartlines by Tangerine (A03)
Marvel (X-Factor), Monet St. Croix/Theresa Cassidy. Woooooow. This is really well-done, the sort of story I wish would be canon, because it's so compelling and satisfying. M is the focus for much of the fic, and she's complex, prickly, coming to terms with the depth of her emotions for Terry, and all-around a well-characterized person.



One of my favorite things about WWE fandom is the MVs. Wrasslin in general has a long ways to go re: representation of women, but the fans' worship of the Divas as goddesses is impassioned and sincere. This is a fantastic MV about the Divas from what is arguably their greatest era, 2000-2004, with bonus points for focusing more on their actions and interpersonal conflicts than romantic storylines. They're not just romantic props, they are warrior goddesses.

Delicate in Every Way but One by spibsy (A03)
WWE fandom, Bray Wyatt/Dean Ambrose. The author takes what could be a crack pairing and plays it straight, and it's actually good. She also nails Bray Wyatt's speech patterns -- you can almost hear his dialogue being spoken in his voice. Besides, who can resist the thought of a magical realism romance fic between Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt, of all people?

Fear my Comedian header bitches! I snagged it from the talented ashlibrooke.

Also, a few prompts from the Watchmen Kink Meme at watchmenkink that DESPERATELY need to be fulfilled for reasons of lulz or hot pr0no, or both:

X-over: Ozymandias/Lex Luthor- fucking while rolling around on money.

Jon/The Grand Canyon

For when you need a really big hole

And one that WAS done: Comedian/Squid: Eddie psyching himself up to do what must be done. That thing ain't gonna rape itself!(Though it totally could.)

Also, HOLY SHIT I actually wrote two ficlets, one for the Watchmen Kink Meme and another for the ASOIAF Kink Meme. Both are het. What is the world coming to? I will add them here soon.

I know I'm not the world's greatest feedback giver; that's partly because sometimes I just like something for what it is, and saying 'good job!' sounds silly, and other times because I have difficulty talking one-on-one with people, even friends, even through the internet. But I've been dwelling on some of my favorite fics, which happen to be written by people on my flist, and I thought maybe if I did it like a rec, it'd be easier telling other people why I liked your fic than it is telling you I liked your fic.

And I don't really consider this sucking up, because I'm not much of a bullshitter and to be honest, if I thought your writing sucked or was only so-so, I probably wouldn't have friended you in the first place. Obviously, this doesn't apply to my non-fannish friends, of whom there's like five.

So we'll start with redcandle17. She writes ASOIAF fanfic, one of the few non-comics fandoms I'm into, and surprise surprise, one of the tiniest. What can I say, I like being in small fandoms. It makes me feel elitist. Anyway, she writes a lot of great Sandor/Sansa fic, but my favorite SanSan fic is actually You Get What You Want (It's Not Enough). The split between Sansa and Sandor's viewpoints is just perfect -- Sansa is just naive enough, and Sandor's just cynical enough. Also, I love it when sex isn't portrayed as all soft light and gasping. There's something about realistically portrayed sex (especially a first time. Especially a first time with a virgin) that's way hotter than any sanitary fantasy.

On the slash side, I think If the Walls of White Sword Tower Could Talk is just fantastic. We've actually got three hot pairings -- Jaime/Arthur Dayne, Arthur/Oberyn, AND Oberyn/Jaime, and god, what more could you ask for -- and there's this humorous side to it that's rare as a blue rose in ASOIAFic.

Just about everything ASOIAF Red writes is pretty awesome, but I want to point out two stories really quick -- For Warmth and Fool, because they're Theon-centric, and I think Theon must be one of the hardest characters to write well. He's such a nasty little punk, and Jon can be boring, but amazingly Red can write BOTH of them in "For Warmth" and it's fantastic, which is a hell of a lot harder feat that writing, say, a Dorne orgy fic. So there you go. Go read Red's stuff and write her lots of juicy feedback and then write her the ASOIAF pairing fic of her choice to make her happy, because she deserves it. Peace out.