A03 stories I covet
Nov. 7th, 2020 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
whitewriterWith all this trouble finding my old fanfics that I loved, (despite the joys of trawling the archives) you'd think I'd have learnt to archive my own reads for easy finding later on in life -- Albiet I didn't ever think I'd come back to fanfiction, seeing as I'm back here once I feel like there's a high chance there will be a third time. I read these in early October. Better late than never. I could have made my life easier also by having an AO3 acct and saving stuff I liked as I go... I'm doing this as I trawl through for these two:
All the choices we've made by Leiascully
Explained for me that huge gap between IWTB and S10/11 and mapped out (could have) happened in those 7 years. It's bittersweet but lovely. Slow burn. Addictive read. I don't think I got past the one about the Taurus, I don't think I realised there was a series within the series. The first two, Visitor and Resident are the main courses here, and the others are where Leiascully revisits the paradigm she created.
THIS ONE. FOUND IT.
Terra Firma series by Malibusunset
It's romance, AU and has delicious original characters.
It explains the original end of the series (S9/William) and then goes into a beautiful tangent of M and S's relationship for the next 20 years, right into their 60s (so its long... have I mentioned how much I like longfic? ... surely I have). Not all is smooth sailing and it gets so hauntingly beautiful when S returns to the lighthouse of the beginning of their relationship and 'discovers' herself ( and M's place in her life ) as she has a ?midlife? crisis of sorts. Almost achingly realistic, I enjoyed this massively.
Explained for me that huge gap between IWTB and S10/11 and mapped out (could have) happened in those 7 years. It's bittersweet but lovely. Slow burn. Addictive read. I don't think I got past the one about the Taurus, I don't think I realised there was a series within the series. The first two, Visitor and Resident are the main courses here, and the others are where Leiascully revisits the paradigm she created.
Score card:
Characterisation of canon characters: A
Characterisation of original characters: none
Story line: A-
Smut: B-
Overall writing: A
THIS ONE. FOUND IT.
It's romance, AU and has delicious original characters.
It explains the original end of the series (S9/William) and then goes into a beautiful tangent of M and S's relationship for the next 20 years, right into their 60s (so its long... have I mentioned how much I like longfic? ... surely I have). Not all is smooth sailing and it gets so hauntingly beautiful when S returns to the lighthouse of the beginning of their relationship and 'discovers' herself ( and M's place in her life ) as she has a ?midlife? crisis of sorts. Almost achingly realistic, I enjoyed this massively.
Score card:
Characterisation of canon characters: A
Characterisation of original characters: A
Story line: A
Smut: A
Overall writing: A
