Unfit for Society Recs

Good Omens

Be As You've Always Been by gyzym
In some ways, his entire relationship with Crowley is just a conversation that's been going on for six thousand years, one that's ranged over every topic and idea except those that they, by agreement, Didn't Talk About. And that's beautiful and it's brilliant, of course, but it's difficult, too; it means there are pockets of ground where past disagreements and slights and agonies are buried, ready to explode the minute either one of them steps wrong. Aziraphale thinks the average human, wonderful creatures though they are, would probably melt down into eternal hysterics after the first thousand years or so. Honestly, some days he feels like he might. Long, lovely read in which Aziraphale and Crowley do some thinking and talking after averting the apocalypse.

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Sandman

Misery Loves Company by icarus_chained
Over the course of his life, Hob has been more than well acquainted with despair. Comes with the territory, a bit. Not even immortals have infinite strength. It took some centuries, though, before he became acquainted with Despair. In the flesh, as it were. Is it strange to find a degree of comfort in the personification of abject misery? Probably. But there've been times when she's been there, and that made all the difference. Oh, lovely!

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Crossovers

Captain America/Wonder Woman

A Call to Arms by Anonymous
"A shady 'independent agent' who only makes contact with an MI6 agent who's been around since our dads were fighting over here, suddenly wants to meet you and only you, deep in German territory. And that doesn't make you suspicious, not at all?" Steve and Bucky meet with an agent who hasn't provided intel since WWI. She's not what Steve was expecting.

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Avengers/Sandman

Death and the Widow by lilacsigil
Death likes humans, but their lives are so short that she usually only gets to see them twice, and they don't remember one of those. Natasha is different. this is lovely.

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Crossovers

Middleman/DCAU

The Cooperative Cetacean Extrication by NocturnalRites
Wendy + the Middleman + BBatB Aquaman = OUTRAGEOUS!!!! This is so AMAZINGLY PERFECT AND HILARIOUS I CAN'T EVEN. ♥♥♥

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Firefly/Sandman

Concentrated Other by eustaciavye
"They are only objects," she told them. "This River is not the river that can flow and bend."

buT iN tiMe You MaY SEe thE plaN I haVe FOR yOu. unTIl THen YoU MUSt be PATienT. Short, sharp, perfect meeting between River and Delirium during her time at the Academy.

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The Losers/Jurassic Park

Mission: Dinosaur Adventures by pollyrepeat
"Oh no," said Jensen.

"Jensen, we need to... talk," said Clay, like the words pained him.

"We’ve noticed that you seem..." Aisha began.

"Please stop," said Jensen. "Please, please, stop."

"Your head is up your ass," she finished, matter-of-fact. The kind of matter-of-fact that meant Aisha was about wade into topics that made her deeply uncomfortable, like feelings. Shit. "Tell us why."

"Would you believe me if I said I didn’t know?"

"Sadly," said Clay, "yes." *dies and is dead* This is hilarious and perfect. The Losers v. dinosaurs, and Jensen's complete obliviousness to his own and Cougar's feelings. I laughed out loud many, many times and the story isn't even that long.

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Alexander the Great/Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Dear Aristotle by CrunchySalad
Hee! Bill and Ted land at Mieza when Hephaistion is there and he is most puzzled by them. Hilarious.


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Crossovers

The Losers/Supernatural

collision is such an ugly sound by oh_la_fraise
So what if John Winchester had a twin brother? Franklin Clay and his team discover hunting. Very fun crossover.

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Star Trek Reboot/West Wing

Election Days by raven
Wonderful Trek/West Wing crossover - CJ and Donna and the election of the President of the United Federation of planets. It's a ceremony for the media. It's always a ceremony for the media. CJ's actually gone outside for the occasion, though, which is something new after what feels like weeks and weeks living inside her office and sleeping under her desk. They're standing backstage, waiting for the fireworks to start. Above, there is the panoply of stellar light, asterisms of geostationary spacedocks with the familiar stars as backdrop.

Donna squeezes CJ's hand: doing okay?

CJ smiles and squeezes back.

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White Collar/Castle

Five Ways Crime Does Pay by celli
Adorable! Five quick crossovers where Beckett and Castle work with Burke and Caffrey. *happy sigh*

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Sandman/Pushing Daisies

Ten encounters with the Endless (and one that never happened) by minnow
Excellent series of encounters - Ned and Death, of course, but also Olive and Desire, Digby and Despair, and various other combinations. Lovely.

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American Gods

do zla boga by kangeiko
So why, astute readers may wonder, do some older gods survive? Why are they, too, not forgotten in the wind, lost to newer gods with deeper thorns and larger armies at their back? / If I tell you it is good deeds and miracles, you will know that I am lying. Sharp, creepy story well in keeping with the tone of the book.

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The Graveyard Book

Tipping The Balance by Laliandra
“So, it was a dark and stormy night in Prague,” Eli intoned. Silas frowned and said, “Yes, it was, actually.” “Wow, you two really did grow up together,” Jojo said with a snicker and Bod and Silas exchanged the puzzled glance of the pop culturally illiterate. While I don't really buy the pairing, this is a lovely story of Bod growing up outside the graveyard, and Silas coming in and out of his life, still. Really captures the feel of the book, and the ending is perfect.

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Sandman

Schizophasia by Imricita (whatimages)
She tried to make friends with a fairy tale once. It was about a princess who was a cat with emerald eyes; but under the force of Delirium's two coloured gaze, it started to fracture and warp, and soon it wasn't about anything at all. The emerald-eyed cat chases Delirium's fish throughout her realm, and no one remembers her name. Only Delirium remembers it; Delirium remembers everything. Destiny has read much, but Delirium was once Delight, and she forgets nothing. Absolutely dazzling story of the drive to create and the toll it extracts. Paul wants to write a poem. Delirium wants a friend. A bargain is struck. Brilliant.

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Lucifer

And End With A Song - by Sullen Siren
"But things will be different." / "They always are. Or they appear to be. The change itself is a constant enough to make it invalidating. Change is constant, and thus nothing really changes," Lucifer said. / Her lips pursed. "You're kind of full of crap, sometimes." / "We can't all be omniscient." / "No, but you're closer than most." Lovely, in character story where Lucifer tells Elaine about Michael. *sniffle*

Copulative Dissonance by Vulgarweed
Short, sharp vignettes featuring Lucifer and Mazikeen, with fantastic characterization and humor.

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Narnia

Queen of Morning by Sister Coyote
Lovely, lyrical look at Susan. "King Peter's courage and King Edmund's wisdom and Queen Lucy's boldness I would have," Reepicheep said, "but for a keen eye and a graceful hand, I could find no better, my archer queen."

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Sandman

The Taste of Desire by curry_fish
Desire does not want. Really sharp look at Desire, making it almost sympathetic, yet still retaining that razor edge that makes it so dangerous.

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Gilmore Girls

Something Borrowed, Something Blue by amidalashari
Luke and Lorelai give it another whirl. I really like how this story captures the anxiety underlying Lorelai's quick and witty banter.

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Pushing Daisies

Dark Things by Nina
"Chuck, I don't know if I can keep myself from touching you." Lovely, atmospheric, bittersweet.

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Sandman

Sleep for Grief by Thuvia Ptarth
There's a building ahead of you, its windows smashed and its roof burning, and you know that it's a library, and that there's nothing you can do to save it. An older story (I thought I'd recced it already), powerful and heartbreaking.

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Discworld

Beginnings by Wasuremono
Death, awaiting Susan's birth, and feeling a little asea. Charming.

The Birthday of Eternity by Panjianlien
Death's in a little bit of a pickle, so he goes to Nanny Ogg for help. Adorably hilarious.

Home for the Holidays by googlebrat
Mort and Ysabell bring Susan to spend Hogswatch with her grandfather, who is a little lonely on the holiday. Starts out charming and funny and takes a turn for the achy at the end.

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Discworld/Sandman

He Kindly Stopped For Me by serenissima
DEATH and Death meet and fall in love. Lovely and heartwarming and sweetly, wryly funny.

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Sandman

Sunlight Through Birch Leaves by corialis
Lovely, sharp, poignant and evocative. Kaleidoscopic. Glimpses of dreams and memories that add up to a moving story. Really captures the feel of canon, I think.

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Crossovers

Sandman/Pirates of the Caribbean
"If thou be'st born to strange sights..." by pandarus
Captain Jack Sparrow + Delirium, in an open boat on the ocean. And then Jack lands on an island, and meets another familiar face. Really enjoyable.

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Sandman/Supernatural
The World's a Small Child in the Dark by stele3
Dean's year, and he's got a list. Sam finds it, and is determined to help Dean check off all the items. There are some characterization things in here that didn't quite work for me, but overall I really enjoyed the story, and the cameo appearance by one of the Endless. (Wincest)

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Supernatural/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Overheated by teand
Dean meets Cordelia when her car overheats. Flirty banter ensues, and though no real secrets are revealed, both recognize something in the other that's familiar. Wonderfully done.

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Supernatural/The Crow
Through A Glass Darkly by azewewish
"Even the condemned lie to those they love." "Yeah, well, the point is, it's not okay." Sam and Dean in the wake of John's death, working a case. Sharp, difficult, heartbreaking crossover with "The Crow." Some minor grammatical nits but nothing to stop you from enjoying the story.

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Supernatural/Harry Potter
Of A Sort and A Rough Start by ignipes
In the first, Dean has a fairly epic conversation with the Sorting Hat, and in the second, he spends his first week at Hogwarts trying to escape. The merging of the two worlds is well-thought-out, and the characterizations are spot on.

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Lucifer
Happy Families by SullenSiren
I really like this. It's everything about the Lucifer-Elaine relationship I find interesting - how they're alike, how they're different, how they're not quite family but almost, and how she amuses and surprises even him. And I really like the musings on godhood.

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Sandman
An Awfully Deep Well by Laura JV
Absolutely love - lyrical piece that gets the essentials of each of the Endless in small sketches. I especially like the Delirium and Death sections.

The Taste of Honey by Edo no Hana
Oh wow. I ... I have no words. This starts as one thing - highly enjoyable, a day with Death and Dream, and they're so in character, and then it becomes something larger and deeper and more painful, and true. Amazing and beautiful.

reflection by vongroovy
Delirium and Delight. Oh, oh, Del... Oh, this breaks my heart and is so perfectly *right*. I can't even articulate how perfect and beautiful and achy and resigned this is, and how much I love it. Absolutely fabulous.

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Crossovers

Angel/Sandman
Ouroboros by selenak
Smart, engrossing crossover in which the Furies, via Lyta Hall, stalk Connor after Not Fade Away.

BtVS/HP
A New Watcher's First Lesson in Recruitment by r_becca
Dawn's in Salem for recruiting purposes. Things don't go quite as planned, but she meets Ron Weasley, and that's okay too. Eeee! Dawn/Ron.

Firefly/Sandman
Everybody Dies Alone by honorh
Mal has a conversation with Death in Serenity Valley. Lovely and in character.

Good Omens/HP
The Consequences of Bloody Manchester, or Why Summoning Demons Is a BAD Idea. by io_aenaria
Okay, this story had me at Mrs. Black's given name being Olympias. She conjures up Crowley for a bit of the old in-out and, well, there are unexpected consequences. Hee!

SportsNight/The Muppets
Five Muppets Isaac's Pretty Sure He Never Hired by Amy
*flails* Awesome, hilarious, brillant SportsNight/Muppets crossover that gets the characters' voices absolutely right. So much love for this story.

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The Brothers Grimm

Lucky He Doesn’t by seperis
Creepy and hot, this story cuts to the dark heart beating beneath fairytales and turns everything we seem to know about Jake and Will inside out in a completely believable, heartbreaking way.

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Pirates of the Caribbean/Sandman

Death and the Captain by Trinity Day
Captain Jack Sparrow has a conversation with Death while marooned on that island. Highly enjoyable.

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Sports Night

Beautiful Sorta by circusgirl
Dan/Dana! I know! Beautifully written and spot-on Danny voice.

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The thing about Dan, the thing that makes him either sexist or chivalrous, a gentleman or a cad, is that he can't stand to see a beautiful woman cry. She doesn't even have to be beautiful, really. Pretty, marginally attractive, homely, hideous, there is something about a woman that is bigger than magic, and there's not a lot Dan believes in, in the way of magic, but women are it. A woman crying means something is horribly wrong, and it hurts Dan's heart.

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Gilmore Girls

Five Things That Never Happened To Lorelai Victoria Gilmore by fairy_tale_echo
Five very different, very possible outcomes for Lorelai and Rory.

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Sandman

Small Fish by FayJay
Beautifully bittersweet, sad and yet hopeful fic in which Dream (v.Daniel) visits Death, and Death thinks about how he isn’t Morpheus, but he’s still Dream. Lovely and poignant.

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Smallville

The Milk and Cookies War by Punk
Sweet, funny, playful and flirty fic in which Lex tries really hard (for some unknown reason) to resist Clark’s wiles.

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Harry Potter
Astronomy by sloanesomething
Lovely and sad and hurtful picture of Sirius and Andromeda, ready to escape the Black family, and Bellatrix, who doesn't want things to change. All three are drawn wonderfully well in lovely, spare prose, and the last line is a kicker.

A Creature Void of Form by Ignipes
During GoF, Remus visits Sirius in the cave on Christmas. Sirius here is slightly less together than he is when we see him in GoF, but it makes sense that he's not keeping up appearance for Remus. I like the way the issues lying between them are handled, though nothing is resolved.

Doubt the Curve of the Earth by starstillwonder
Lovely post-prank Remus/Sirius fic.

Falling by Saiph
Wonderful story of Lily finally softening toward James. Couple minor grammatical errors don't detract from the fun banter and the breathless feeling of rapprochement turning into something warmer.

Just Waiting by mousapelli
Remus goes through the veil to bring Sirius back. Fabulous use of POV and just a really intriguing retrieval method.

Lights, Night and Otherwise by krabapple
The day of Harry's christening, Lily watches and thinks about her husband's friends, and the cracks are already showing in their relationships. Quiet, evocative, deeply felt, this story is lovely and sad.

One Is for You by phineasjones
Oh, man, this story hits so many of my bulletproof kinks in such a short space I can't even begin... Sirius sits in a diner and asks Remus to meet him, because he has something he wants to say. I love this fic so much. Hopeful, poignant, hot - everything I could want in a Remus/Sirius fic.

Out of the Bag by iibnf
Snape doesn't like Transfiguration, and McGonagall finds out why. Lovely.

Queer by switchknife
Sirius is not queer, if by "not queer" you mean, "lusting after Remus." It's all Remus's fault. Hilarious, hot and sweet.

Something In Between by dorrie6
Wistful story about Neville and his gran. She loves him, and maybe she hasn't always known how to show it, but he gets it now. Sigh.

Undone by librae
Omigod, so very hot. Either Sirius wants to prove he's more perverse than Remus, or he just wants Remus to feel better about his own perviness, or, most likely, a combination of the two. Either way, Sirius wanks while Remus watches. Mere words cannot convey the hotness here.

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Harry Potter/Sandman
Place We'd Never Leave by northatlantic
Snape meets Despair, per my request. It's not pretty, but oh god, the story itself is *gorgeous*. And the *ending*. I never thought I'd find myself feeling sorry for Despair, but Dre manages it. And Snape... *is shamed to admit a soft cry of "woobie" on his behalf almost forced itself past my trembling lips*

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Happy Thanksgiving!

~victoria

Edited to add yuletide author names

I’m separating out the yuletide recs because they don't have authors' names attached at the moment, but once I add them to the Unfit Recs pages, they’ll just be listed with the rest of the fandom recs, and I'll add the authors' names when they're revealed.

also, how are Jack/Will or Xander/Willow rare pairings? But what the hell do I know?

Yuletide recs, by fandom:

Bend It Like Beckham
Friendship and Love by Claire
Bend It Like Beckham should inspire fic, because who *didn't* think Jules was in love with Jess? Well, Jules isn't sure, herself, and there's that whole Joe thing in the way, but she's working through it, and this fic follows her thoughts

Homicide: Life on the Street
All Is Calm and All Is Bright by Seana Renay
Frank visits Tim in prison at Christmas time. Oh, the guilt, the conversation, the perfect Frankentim-ness of it all will break your heart.

Northern Exposure
Oy Magic by Smara
Northern Exposure fic! Whee! Joel and Chris and blowjobs around a fire at the full moon. Guh. And a really good Joel-voice, I thought, which was necessary to make me believe this, because me? I adored Fleischman/O'Connell in all its irritating push-me/pull-you glory. But Chris... mmm...

Pirates of the Caribbean
Out of His Depth by Gloria Mundi
Oddly, I haven't recced any PotC fic, mainly because I haven't read much of it, though I have a list of links. But I really enjoyed this, with Will getting the tour of Tortuga, and discovering that Jack's beautifully tanned skin lingers in his mind's eye. They go for an unexpected moonlight swim, and Will realizes what he wants. Lovely.

Sandman
Alike in Ignorance by Eleanor K.
Desire intrudes on Dream's meeting with Hob Gadling. Amazingly lovely, in character (and Dream/Desire is a hard sell), and hot, with lush prose and an aching sense of need and confusion. *g* Brilliant.


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