You know, when I started this, I thought it was going to be mainly Les Mis recs, because that's what I'm mainly into. But of late, I'm not finding nearly as much reccable stuff there as I am in other odd fandoms.

So. First I should mention Uncertainty, by Mage O'Dell. The writing style is a bit wobbly ("it's a good style, only it wobbles"), but overall this is a wonderful, understated piece. Courfeyrac is nervous about the planned insurrection, so he confides in Prouvaire. The key thing, for me, is that he's nervous, not convinced of failure; I've always been bugged by Clairvoyant!Suicidal!Amis who, in fic, apparently know that they are going to fail and die, but go off to the barricades anyway. Mage O'Dell's Courfey suffers reasonable doubt, and therefore I sympathize with him.

And now, an oldie but goodie. Ladies and germs, I present Lieutenant Arh, by Ruel, for my money the best piece of weirdness in Miz fandom. An alien soldier recounts his memories of a long-dead hero, exiled to a backwater planet for a crime he never committed... still with me? It's not a flawless story; the plot devices aren't particularly cleverly disguised; but the originality of the whole thing and the tragicomic feel -- it's so silly, and yet poor Arh! -- more than make up for any shortcomings.

Onwards and outwards. I've been writing Phanfic lately, but having qualms about reading it because of the astounding piles of "Erik-is-a-God Raoul-is-a-fuckwit Christine-is-a-ninny who-will-pay-for-her-Awful-Mistake" dreck. And then there's Mademoiselle Meg, who shares my affection for the maligned Monsieur de Chagny, and who wrote Masquerade. It's a vignette written from the Phantom's viewpoint, some time in the future. What makes it stand out for me is that this Phantom has, at long last, outgrown his self-absorption and become a genuninely caring, moderately sane human being -- which he wasn't to begin with. It's sweet and touching and very well done.

Imposter, by Augustus, is comforting proof that I am not the only person who finds Martin Guerre the Slashiest Thing Ever. :) In this, short and not at all sweet, Guillaume details exactly how he knows that it isn't Martin Guerre. Augustus clearly has an evil, twisted mind, and how can I not appreciate that?

Last but not least, it's Good Omens fic again. Falling, by Daegaer, is a series of three drabbles that send shivers down my spine. GO is a very silly book, and I love it that way, but it makes it all the more impressive when the angstier side of the characters is brought out like this. What's it about? Just what it says. :)