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Hrr, so. I had this last batch of lgbtfest fics from last year that I never read. XD And now the fest is running again, so I figured I'd better get these out of the way first before I start on the new ones. ^_^;;

Four Years Later by ria_oaks 2/5
Supernatural. 4800 words. Retelling of the pilot, but the reason Sam left home was because he's gay.
( Needs editing. )

The Braid by pandore27 2/5
Star Wars. 5400 words. Dormé loves Amidala. Amidala loves politics. That's the problem.
( Not really my style, but not horrible. )

Fantastica by pandore27 2/5
Star Wars. 2200 words. Everything feels the same, and yet everything's changed.
( I'm not sure why this is even labelled fanfic... )

A Remote Aspect by lilfluffykitten 2/5
Dracula. 1600 words. Jonathan finds his enforced loneliness leads him to some uncomfortable realisations.
( Fits the tone of the novel well, but I just wasn't feeling it. )

Marching Orders by bwinter 3/5
Discworld. 2900 words. Polly's next war, and Maladicta.
( Cute, though I think I would probably have enjoyed it more if I could actually remember much from Monstrous Regiment... )

How Stephen Colbert Proved Jon Stewart Is a Lady by sarken 4/5 Recommended
Colbert Report. 4900 words. Stephen is a straight man. Stephen is attracted to Jon. Therefore, it logically follows that Jon must be a woman.
( Hilarious. )

I just finished watching another episode of this whilst on the exercise bike, so I figured now was a good time to read these fics. And they were all really good! Unexpected surprise!

Career Permutations with Bret & Jemaine by wysiwygot 4/5 Recommended
Flight of the Conchords. 2600 words. Bret and Jemaine decide to be try being something other than struggling musicians, so Murray helps them find new careers.
( Hilarious. )

Doggy Dos and Doggy Don'ts by Mardy 3/5
Flight of the Conchords. 2100 words. Bret and Jemaine get stuck watching Mel's dogs.
( Great ending. )

Lust of the Conchords by Yochan 5/5 Recommended
Flight of the Conchords. 1100 words. Murray shows Bret and Jemaine how to use the internet, where they end up finding (BAD, natch) slash written by Mel.
( My favorite of the lot. )

A Curious Conchords Contest by wysiwygot 4/5 Recommended
Flight of the Conchords. 1400 words. Bret and Jemaine try to determine who's the better boyfriend, and then who would make a better homosexual.
( Read more... )

Today's challenge for Fandom Appreciation thingy was to rec five challenge fics. I figured since I still had a zillion Yuletide fics bookmarked, this would be a good way to whittle down that list. Well. Instead of just going alphabetically by fandom as I have been with these, I hunted around for the fandoms that seemed most likely to have something I really like (i.e. not the fandoms I'm not so much with the remembering canon on). Still, it took a lot longer than I'd have liked, but I did manage to find three fives and two fours, so I'm counting those all as recs. :p At least nothing was really horrible this time. I think the rest were all just threes.

I Am Propelled By Fear and Not the Righteous by viennawaits 3/5
eXistenZ. 1100 words. ( Neat. Definitely felt like the film. )

Worth a Try by partly 3/5
Nancy Drew. 1500 words. ( Enjoyable Bess and George piece. )

Jane Narf by Parhelion 5/5 Recommended
Animaniacs. 6900 words. ( Pinky and the Brain do Jane Eyre. Fucking brilliant. )

Victory from Defeat by _tallian_ 3/5
Shaun of the Dead. 1000 words. ( Funny Ed & Shaun, post-film. )

Night of the Apple Schnapps by empy 3/5
Shaun of the Dead. 1500 words. ( Funny flashback scene with Ed, Shaun, and Pete. )

Five Things Maggie Simpson Never Said by soundingsea 4/5 Recommended
The Simpsons. 2700 words. ( Fun collection of Simpsons future AUs. )

Green-Eyed Homer by haku_kaen 5/5 Recommended
The Simpsons. 4500 words. ( Absolutely spot on Homer & Lisa story. A must-read. )

See no Evil by klmorgan 4/5 Recommended
The Village. 5200 words. ( Fits very well with canon. )

Looking on to Spring by marginalia 3/5
The Secret Garden. 1400 words. ( A nice canon-ish piece. )

Secret Lives of the Cast of Galaxy Quest by darthfox 4/5 Recommended
Galaxy Quest. 2600 words. ( Very funny. )

Belief (800 words) and Repudiation (2500 words) by makesmewannadie 4/5 Recommended
Battlestar Galactica. Kara is lost. Leoben finds her.
( Very fucked up = yay. )

Slouching, Forever by flambeau 5/5 Recommended
Good Omens. 900 words. Lower Tadfield doesn't change much.
( Excellent. )

Uncanny Valley by harriet_spy 3/5
Stargate: Atlantis. 3400 words. "Real isn't how you are made. It's a thing that happens to you."
( Good, but too unsubtly meta. )

Life Begins by kissing_athelas Did not finish - 2/5
LotRiPS. Novel. Dom/Lij uni AU.
( Really liked it but for a couple of issues that kept me from being able to finish. )