| Manon le Squee ( @ 2004-09-15 22:29:00 |
| Current mood: | tardy |
| Current music: | "The Dove's Return" |
| Entry tags: | cyteen, good omens, harry potter, hhgttg, les mis, mythology |
This has taken entirely too long, I know, and I know there was more stuff I wanted to include, but it has escaped me for the moment. :(
Les Misérables
The Shadow by Soujin Prouvaire
An AU, and a thing of beauty and a joy forever. The tale of Samuel Enjolras, who, after the death of his adored older brother, begins to build a new life for himself; it's simply written, with the delicate detailing that Soujin does so well.
He learnt Dimitri's handwriting by tracing it over and over with his pen, until he had mastered it. Of course it wasn't perfect. Samuel had never been perfect. He didn't mind.
Scar Tissue, by Sandrine
(R) Okay, so it's Montparnasse/Marius. But this is one of those stories that redeems your faith in cracked-out pairings from hell. It's dark and wrong and weird, and lovely. I could wish it took more account of Cosette, but other than that it's very well done.
"You think I'm crazy," the boy says afterwards. It's the first time he said something other than 'more' and 'please' and 'yes'.
Harry Potter
hot ice and wondrous strange snow, by victoria p.
In which Sirius is sick as the proverbial dog (sorry), and that's only half his trouble. A lovely little vignette, with angst! and friendship! and cuddling! that captures quite nicely the misery of being a teenager, laboring under the awareness of your own mortal stupidity. :)
Sanare Lupum, by Soujin Prouvaire
I could sum this up in two words, namely So and Cute, but in the interests of being helpful to the public, I won't. Instead I'll suggest that if you're fond of MWPP, and you think Peter always gets much too short shrift in fic, and you appreciate little British boys being written as little British boys rather than anything else, and you're a sucker for warm fuzzies -- read this.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Childhood Dreams, by Daegaer
Arthur, Ford, an acquaintance, and far too much alcohol. Confessions, aspirations, and peculiar looks. Hysterically funny and oddly touching, much as the books were.
"I wanted to make a name for myself, one that people could actually pronounce."
Mythology
Unnatural Daughters, by Thamiris
Mythfic is about the only thing Thamiris writes that I can follow, which is entirely my loss, I suspect. She does it wonderfully, in a lyrical but unpretentious way. This one is short, concerning Iphigenia at Aulis, and is Ouch.
Crossovers
Psychological Demons, by Daegaer
Good Omens/Cyteen. "The hell?" I hear you say. Yes, me too. I'm not much of a crossover girl, but it figures that if anyone could write one this weird and still make my heart hurt, it would be Daegaer. Grant is doubtful; Crowley is diligent; the rest follows inevitably. Oh, and implied canon m/m, if it matters. (You'll have to forgive me; I'm having trouble saying much about it beyond "omigod omigod omigod".)