Well, the current Rec thread was getting long in the tooth:
Long
Sabrina Online Self-insert whose value may be inflated in my head from "Early Fanfic Buzz":
Identity Crisis
http://www.ic-stories.com/Act-I/index.htm
Warning, fic is ten years old, and may include dated memes because of this.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Valles Wrote:Does it count as fic if it's original alternate history?
http://airships.paulgazis.com/001/FlyingCloud001.htm
I started reading that one myself a little bit ago. Victorian era hang-gliders, a chick that is a christian canibal, a witty and whimsical crew of British tars, an old Japanese engineer, and a mystery dirigible... what is there not to love?
http://www.tthfanfic.org/story.php?no=21613
see the world through the eyes of a potential slayer at the SGC... starts about the time of the "rain of fire" in
angel
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
Quote:Cobalt Greywalker wrote:
Probably not original, but certainly funny, Things Members of the TSAB are not allowed to do is available for your perusing pleasure.
And not only TSAB. I see references to Sailor Moon, Mahorama, and Disgea in there as well.
Oh, and I don't know why, but I can somehow see this happening:
Quote:31) The Infinity Library is not, and has never been, "Yuuno Scrya's House of Love."
31a) ...until yesterday! -LH
31b) Your days are numbered, Ferret Boy. -CH
31c) I'd just like to go on record as saying that this was not my idea. -YS
31d) You didn't seem to mind at the time. J -LH
31e) ...No comment. -YS
Heee...
Mass Effect 2 continues to amuse:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5802009/1/T ... arian_list
Quote:Garrus Vakarian once walked down a street shirtless. There were no survivors.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
www.fanfiction.net/s/5776350/6/A_Ghost_of_a_Chance
A Ghost of a Chance (Potter in Ravenclaw, Malfoy in Hufflepuff, Longbottom in Slytherin, manipulative Dumbledore, competent Snape)
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/H ... ationality
What if Petunia had married higher on the food chain and snagged herself a scientist? Rationalist!Harry enters the wizarding world armed with the lore passed down from Richard Feynman, the ideals of the Enlightenment, and a cursed scar...
Chapter 5... I haven't laughed that hard in months...
Oooohhh, SCIENCE!Potter. Now this looks interesting... Review to follow. (^_^)
EDIT: Okay, from the begining, I was completely unexpecting of the events in Chapter 5. THAT was completely and utterly cracktastic.
Going_Forward. It's a sequel to Going Native, a good BSG/Star Trek cross.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5758277/1/Johannas_Story
Johanna's Story
NCIS/Castle with a touch of Bones and Burn Notice... it's part 3 in a series of NCIS fics, but it can stand by itself as well
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
"The Middle Ground" has been recommended before, I believe - at least I've been reading it for a while, and I'm fairly certain I got the link from these forums. Quite good.
yup, I've been posting links in the update threads as I notice new chapters.
But it's good to see I'm not alone in the enjoyment of "The Middle Ground"
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
i wasn't sure where i picked it up, but i liked it so decided to share.... i've got a laundry list of fics (finished, abandoned and in-progress) that i follow at ff.net/~zed42 if anyone wants to trawl through
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
Ah, yes, that's an old one, from the 90s, but still good after all these years.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Not exactly new, but I might as well recommend a couple of fics which have been on my list for a while, and which I don't think I got from here.
First,
The Sharp Edge of Dreams and its sequel
Child of Fire. They're Labyrinth fics, and the first one looks fairly generic as such fics go, if in the better end of the quality range; fantasy romp, sidhe nobility, quasi-magical attraction, awakening magical power, various other less notable elements - nothing to really make it stand out. In the sequel, however, things fairly quickly start to become quite interesting.
Unfortunately updates are very slow indeed; IIRC there was something like a year and a half between the two most recent chapters, if not more, and it's been another two years plus since the last update. Still, there's quite a bit already written, and hope springs eternal.
Second,
The Golden Power, the single best Legend of Zelda fanfic I've ever run across. It's written as a continuation of "Twilight Princess", but it eventually ties in at least nearly every single previous Link/Zelda/Ganon/Triforce game in the series, and quite possibly most of the ones not yet written as well - and the original (or, at least, non-fanfic) elements are good enough that I don't want to try to describe them.
Unfortunately, again, updates are slow, although not on the scale of "Child of Fire"; it's something more like one chapter every three to six months, if memory serves, and we're due for another anytime in the next three months if that schedule holds.
A new fic, only three chapters so far, but it looks to have potential. The existing material is well-written, at least.
Potternator. To quote the author's own summary:
Quote:Skynet sent an avatar of itself back to change history. Its mission - terminate the "Savior of the Wizarding World" before he can threaten Skynet. Too bad it didn't know that when dealing with Harry Potter that nothing goes as it should.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.