of pirate ships and pioneers and bob dylan

Angel

Dead End Detour (Wrong Turning Remix) by hereticalvision
Faith finds some peace in prison, and then she learns that Buffy's dead. Achingly lovely. She'd been so caught up in thinking about her own impending death that she hadn't really though about how B's death affected her. Faith had idolised her once, after all. Wanted to be her so bad she'd crawled right up inside her skin. Would have fucked Buffy herself given half a chance and maybe that would have been enough. But knives and boyfriends and anger all got in the way and Faith didn't think about her much these days except for maybe wishing they could've been real friends.

It wasn't Buffy she wanted to be like, not anymore.

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Crossovers

Angel/Batman Begins

Gotham (The Just When You Think You're Out Remix) by Medie
The thing about Gotham City is the part where it's Gotham City. LA made sense; demons downtown, humans uptown, and a whole seedy underbelly that made the whole thing work. Gotham makes some hell dimensions he's seen look downright respectable.

After NFA, Gunn ends up in the Gotham City DA's office. Batman gets turned into an actual bat, despite not believing in magic, and Gunn's assistant may not be human. Just another day at the office, then. I found this hilariously entertaining.

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Dark Angel

New World Order (In Us We Trust Jamcore Breakdown) by ranalore
Remix of my OC drabble. Max redefines normal to suit what she has. Original Cindy's by her side. *heart*

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The Belgariad

gratia gratium parit by lalaietha
This is beautiful and heartbreaking and hopeful all at once, and I love the way it adds depth and meaning that was missing in the books, and shows how Relg and Taiba got to where they ended up in a way that makes sense. Really wonderful. "I am guilty of many sins," he says. "Not all of them are that easy to wave away, even for you." The last words are unkind, and he knows it, but Taiba lets them pass.

"I think UL will forgive you," she says. It takes him a moment to recognize this note in her voice as wistfulness. "He loved you enough to tell you to stop before you did anything that couldn't be fixed, after all."

She glanced at Relg, and said, "What?" defensive again.

"I . . .had not thought of it that way," he says, a little helplessly. Taiba sighs.

"No," she says. "You wouldn't."

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a little something to make me sweeter

Thor

All the Reasons I Gave by Rawles
Spare, achy Sif/Loki.

Bound by medie
sweet, hot Thor/Jane in which Thor is bound by his promise and his hammer.

It's Electrifying by waketosleep
This is adorable. Darcy flirts with Hawkeye. Hawkeye flirts back. Also, Darcy/taser=OTP. I love that fandom takes one ten second cameo and already there's fic.

Paper Planes & Playground Games by Memlu
Sif, growing up and wanting to be a warrior, and the way she falls in love with Loki. Sharp and awkward and true.

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you should've left the light on

The Good Wife

Till The Water Runs Clear by mardia
Sharp, sad and hopeful look at Alicia in the near future.

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Hanna

she's got you high (and you don't even know yet) by Viorica8957
Short, lovely story of Hanna learning to negotiate the outside world while trying to court Sophie.

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Veronica Mars

There is No Relativity (The Fright Fest Remix) by kristin
Wallace and Veronica watch horror movies and discuss what genre their lives are. This is both heartbreaking and hopeful. I hope Wallace can be the best friend that Lilly couldn't be. Veronica needs him. And the original story: Our lives will not flash before our eyes by andchimeras

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you blew away my storm and strife

White Collar

The Bond Forger by zoicite
Hot, funny and sweet Diana/Lauren. Neal really is a master bond forger! *g* And I would totally watch the Diana/Lauren & Jones show.

Clint Eastwood's Best Move by OnYourMark
Peter catches Neal trying to learn how to fight via movies, so he steps in to teach him. Utterly hilarious.

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so we jumped up on the table and shouted anarchy

The Middleman

Rapidly Acquiring the Familiar by justasmattering
Lovely, melancholy, slowly-unfolding Wendy/Middleman in the wake of the Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse.

the surprising paternal return by corellianjedi
Oh, my heart. Wendy finally learns what happened to her father. This is so amazingly perfect.

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it's ringing in my head

Star Trek (2009)

On the Windy Side of Care by thistlerose
Kirk and McCoy are friends with benefits, but maybe they could be something more. Oh, man, pining!Kirk. Who knew?

Rocket Science (Earth Girls Aren't Easy Remix) by igrockspock
Absolutely adorable story in which Sulu and Gaila plot to help get Chekov laid. Sulu & Chekov are adorable BFFs and Gaila is a BAMF.

Stars in My Pocket by Penknife
Lovely, achy look at Jim slowly falling for Bones, more a character study than a romance. Starfleet is full of people who are trying to be perfect. He and Bones are just trying not to fuck things up as badly as they have thus far.

On the bright side, Jim figures that can't actually be too hard.

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we got the bottle you got the cup

Firefly

Five Sharp Points [The Healing Remix] by Sour_Idealist
River deals with her fear of needles. Really lovely. And the original: If I Could Will You Whole by spiralleds, in which Simon and Inara discuss a possible curriculum for River.

How She Shines by Framlingem
The fairytale of River Tam. Lovely. I wish we'd gotten to see more of her interaction with Wash. And the original: dTigeas a damhsa dom by mjules, in which she and Mal share a dance.

Wife Soup (The Best Served Hot Remix) by vnilla
The crew helps Zoe gather the ingredients for wife soup. Adorable.

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now even in this silence there's a thunder

The Eagle of the Ninth

Aedificāre by opalmatrix
Really lovely story of Marcus, Esca, and Cottia setting up their little farm after the end of the book.

No More Mine Than Yours by lolafeist
Cottia, as always, seemed to be able to read his mind. She strode right up to him, breasts pushed out, shoulders back in her warrior stance. "It's my right to see, if I want. There's no shame in what you do. What if I like it? I can like it, you know."

Marcus took a slow breath. "You're free to… enjoy… what you will," he said, cringing because nothing in his life had prepared him for Cottia and the types of conversations Cottia managed to edge him into all the time.

With Esca, things were silent. And maybe they said more, but they said it without words. Cottia had plenty of words, and many opinions, and slender convincing fingers and soft indulgent places and she entirely complicated everything. Fierce and hot Marcus/Esca/Cottia. Exactly how I like to imagine their life after the end of the book.

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i am still dreaming of your ghost

DCU

Adrift by [anonymous]
M'gann ends up on a pirate ship. She makes the best of it, as she always does. ♥M'gann♥ This is really lovely. "Where'd you get the clothes?" he asks.

"Er." Megan responds, and thinks that maybe this 'fit in' thing is harder than she thought. "I'm...handy with sewing?" she tries.

And she is, actually. It's been about a year and half since she learned how not to burn cookies. Cooking had gone so well that she'd had more time to branch out. And with the sheer amount of shirts Superboy went through in a week, sewing had seemed a great art to try. (animated YJ)

Business and Pleasure by LovelyZelda
Rough, hot, Bat/Cat. And the remix: Cats Will Play (Fight or Flight Remix) by Kernezelda, which has a less satisfactory outcome for both Bruce and Selina.

Court Etiquette (The Love Unmasks Us Remix) by Cinaed
Queen Hippolyta comes to Metropolis for Superman's memorial and has some interesting conversations, including one with Batman about his intentions towards her daughter. I enjoyed this a lot. (JLU animated)

don't Bogart the Bat logo, dude by irrelevant
Kon finds Tim wearing his boxers. Hotness and hilarity ensue.

Old and New by likeadeuce
Babs checks out the latest redhead to wear the Bat. This should totally have happened. Why isn't Kate Kane working with the BoP? I would read the hell out of that. And the remix, where Dinah and Babs discuss the encounter: The Mask You Met Me In (Laser Light Remix) by Teaotter.

Positive reinforcement by Ayries
Robin is down after the decision to make Aqualad the leader of the team. Batman actually helps him deal with it like an almost emotionally healthy person. Also, there is a hug. A hug! (animated YJ)

An Unexpected Visit by LovelyZelda
Superman interrupts a Bat/Cat tryst. He does not approve. Selina is annoyed. And the remix, from Clark's POV: Visitor Pass (After Hours Blues Remix) by Kernezelda.

You Gotta Be Careful With Those Older Men by white_knuckle
Adorable story inserting an appropriately aged Tim Drake into the animated Young Justice universe. Of course he stalks Robin and Superboy, despite being a kindergartner.

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most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids

Community

Citizens of Amity by thingswithwings
Utterly adorable story in which Troy hugs Abed a lot, and Abed doesn't mind. Really gets the characters right. Sometimes Troy makes decisions about Abed's hugs and instructs him about the people who could benefit from a hug, like Annie or Jeff, and then Abed hugs them and gives Troy a little wink and nod afterwards, like they were in on the hug together, like a travelling hug team. Also, a travelling hug team! ♥ Hugging should totally be a traveling team sport.

Introductory Drama by livrelibre
Perfect little (Troy/Annie/Abed) coda to the s2 finale.

shoot the Wendy bird by sparky77
"I don't need to be rescued," Annie complains. "I'm not a little girl."

"We thought you were going to punch him in the face and start a bar brawl," Troy explains.

"Yeah," Abed agrees. "We're too tired for that. Today has been pretty eventful."

"But another time a bar brawl might be kind of fun," Troy adds.

"Oh right," Annie says and slumps back down in her seat and stares at her half empty Corona. Sweet, achy, and slyly funny story of how Abed and Troy become Abed and Troy and Annie.

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underneath the armor there's another girl

Avatar: The Last Airbender

no returns or exchanges (the equilibration remix) by glass_icarus
Really sharp look at the relationship between Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee, with Zuko the wild card that can't quite be neutralized.

The Words Get in the Way by terajk
Toph and Smellerbee play pai sho and Smellerbee contemplates what peace means. Really lovely.

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