Unfit for Society Recs

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.

A quote:
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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Happy Holidays!

Sandman
The Boy Who Gave Away His Birthday by Mary Borsellino
Lovely fic about a boy who falls in love with Dream.

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West Wing
As Chaste as Ice by Heather Jarman
Beautiful, sad story in which Josh contemplates Donna's betrayal, and comes to a decision about their relationship.

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