Entries tagged with l'engleverse

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Current Music: For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her - Simon & Garfunkel

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softer than the rain

Abbott Elementary

The Marriage Plot by

SuburbanSun
When the teachers of Abbott start a betting pool around when Gregory and Janine will get engaged, can the two of them turn the tables? This is super cute and feels like it could be part of an episode!

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Avatar: the Last Airbender

Some Truths by

SpaceWall
In which Katara meets a strange boy in the Northern Water Tribe, is successful in both waterbending and emotional vulnerability, and saves the day with the power of sheer stubbornness. Meanwhile, Zuko makes a friend. His second one, if you count Yue. AU where Zuko spent most of his exile with the Northern Water Tribe, so he's already there when the Gaang shows up. I enjoyed this story!

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L'Engleverse

charles wallace murry vs the middle school time loop by

TheBigCat
"Meg, I miss you terribly," he says into the phone receiver.

"Charles Wallace," she replies, "of course I miss you too, but shouldn't you be in class?" This is a fantastic look at Charles Wallace as he puzzles his way through a miserable middle school day over and over again. Like a missing piece of canon! <333

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Current Music: my body's aching and my time is at hand

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the plans they made put an end to you

Arm of the Starfish

Boom by

innie
JOSHUA LIVES! AU where Adam has a crush on Joshua (as well he should) instead of Kali and it changes everything. <333

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The Belgariad/Malloreon

Queen of Wolves by

inlovewithnight
At the Battle of Vo Mimbre, Polgara bows her head to Kal Torak and becomes his bride.

This changes everything, and nothing, as the game between the Necessities goes on. Wow. Just. Wow. This is a spectacular AU that absolutely nail's Polgara's voice and characterization. Brilliant.

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Calvin & Hobbes

the stuff dreams are made of (are someone else's nightmares) by

Elemental
Susie rescues Calvin from faerie. <3

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Devil's Cub

The Lady and the Libertine by

lilybeth84
Mary and Dominic have one more set of confessions to make. This is lovely.

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If you want me, let me know

The Chronicles of Prydain

Eilonwy Wanderer by

Edonohana
Taran Wanderer was always my favorite of the Prydain books, but I was always sad Eilonwy didn't get her own journey of self-discovery. This story is that journey and it's lovely. *happy sigh*

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Harry Potter

Our Blood, Still Young by

templeg
It's nearly the last day of fifth year, and Sirius really isn't looking forward to the summer. Sirius and Remus bumble their way into a relationship. <3

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L'Engleverse

Start over at the wires, use lions! use thunder! by

lotesse
Two lovely stories about the Murrys - first, Alex Murry's return to his wife, and second, Meg and Calvin in the wake of the changes wrought by Charles Wallace in A Swiftly Tilting Planet.

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Current Music: Feed the Tree - Belly

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i know all this and more

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

His Safe Place (Fight Your Secret War: Xander's Remix) by

M_Scott_Eiland
Cordy makes Xander feel safe. Aw, I liked them so much as a couple. <3

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Community

Momentum by

thingswithwings
Really warm and lovely Troy/Abed/Annie.

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DCU

The Sweet Serenity of Books (the Sequestered Nooks Remix) by

Framlingem
Five books people gave Barbara Gordon. This is lovely, and a nice twist on the original 5 books Barbara Gordon put on hold at the library by

runespoor.

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The Hunger Games

the ghost between your hands and mouth by

lookinglassgirl
Peeta only comes at dawn, just at the break when the sheen of the sky is barely lifted from darkness.

Katniss is awake, of course, up in her room. She sleeps with her door open nowadays.

(She doesn't sleep at all.)

She listens to his movements downstairs, the step of his bad leg twice as hard against the wood. She listens without saying a word. Lovely post-Mockingjay story focusing on Katniss's slow healing process.

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The Time Quartet/Dr. Who

The Girl From The North Country (The One Companion Who Wasn't Remix) by

krabapple
Really lovely story of Meg and the way the Doctor weaves in and out of her life, because of course he does. I mean, I'm not familiar with Doctor Who, but this makes perfect sense to me from Meg's POV.

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Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: To the Bone - Thea Gilmore

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i am drinking up and i am going home

Little Women

Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful by

Snacky
Little Women in SPAAAAAAAAAAACE! No, really, and not as a parody. Works amazingly well to translate the March family story to a futuristic setting, with a perfect Beth voice.

On Tops of Mountains by

Maidenjedi
Jo considered her captor. "If I wrote this scene, the heroine would be forced to kiss the villian in order to escape."

Laurie shrugged. "If you wrote this scene, the heroine would kiss the villian only to discover he was, in the end, her hero."

"Not likely, if I were true to the tale playing out here."

Laurie feigned hurt. "You wouldn't know your hero if he was right in front of you, milady?"

She shook her head again, another pin flying loose. "I have no hero, for I am in need of none."

Laurie had to kiss her then. Her muffled surprise faded, and her hands went slack in his.

He broke the kiss first, and Jo's eyes remained closed. "Um...Teddy....we...."

Her face was soft, and he was surprised at himself, at her. It hadn't come of anything, he thought firmly, determined not to fall into romanticizing something Jo would likely rather forget. Teddy, we must not, was surely what came next. Oh, this is what I've always wanted for Jo and Laurie. Really lovely story of their romance. *sniffle*

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L'Engleverse

A Good Many Sparrows by

sundancekid
For as long as Poly could remember, Uncle Charles Wallace has been a mystery. He appeared occasionally, staying for a few weeks, and then disappearing again, maybe for years. Her parents wouldn't tell her where he went when he was gone, or when he'd be back, or where he lived, or what he did for a living. He wouldn't tell her any of those things either; he never told her how long he'd visit, he never promised he'd see her soon. This is a beautiful story I never realized I needed. Charles Wallace visits his family after Joshua dies, and Poly (and I) take solace in his presence. Oh my heart.

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Earthsea

Calling to the wind by

leaflitter
Really lovely look at Tenar and her daughters and granddaughter.

The Morning Wind Upon the Sea by

elle_dritch
'Was I always that something else?' Irian says with an urgency she did not anticipate within herself. 'Could it have ended differently? Do things ever change?'

Ged blinks. 'Some things,' he says slowly, 'are unchanging, I thought: the sea, the sun, the wind that moves the grass around us. And yet, the sea moved and Soléa was lost, the dry land is green once more, and the doors of Roke are open. And that, I am told, was your doing. Yes, Irian, I think things change, but we must husband that change along. Little use if we plant the seed and fail to tend to it.'

'And must I be the seed and the farmer too then?'

'Orm Irian, I am an old man on a farm that yields nothing but hard work and rebellious goats. It is not for me to tell you what you should do: a Dragon Lord is one whom dragons will speak with, not someone who can command dragons, eh? A pretty fix we'd be in if some fool tried to leash dragons.' Absolutely gorgeous story of Tehanu and Orm Irian coming back to Gont after some time on the other wind.

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Current Music: Bright As Yellow - Innocence Mission

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enter rooms with great joy shouts

The Middleman

The Bloodsucking Brownie Extermination by lessthanpie
"So, what's the big emergency?" / "Never mind that now, Dubbie. We have bigger fish to fry. Or should I say smaller fish? Of course, they're not actually fish at all. That would be weird." / "I think we've already bypassed 'weird' and well on our way into the land of confusion." Hee! Adorable little casefile with some good Middle-banter.

The Mirrorball Malefaction Misapprehension by gwyneth rhys
"This just frosts my flakes," he said. "Misappropriation of materials, mysterious men from Walla Walla, and cloak-wearing aliens do not provide a logical progression." / "Logic?" Wendy asked. "Hate to ask you this, Mr. Spock, but when has logic ever had anything to do with this job?" / "This is as serious as a sockful of scorpions, Dubbie, and if it's got something to do with the calendar change, we're covered in bites." Wendy and the Middleman tackle a case with a mysterious mirrorball on New Year's Eve. Reads just like an episode. *hearts*

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The Middleman/Murder She Wrote

The Hazarian Authorian Interference (Or how the Middleman was bookblocked) by Medie
Awesome and hilarious Middleman/Murder She Wrote crossover. Of course Jessica Fletcher knows about the Middleman. And of course he's a fan of hers. *hearts*

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The True Meaning of Smekday

While We Tell of Smekday Treasure by akamarykate
"There was once a Very Special Quackening Day episode of My Favorite Frenemy," J.Lo went on. "Garack'chin went to the shops and traded his Stickyfish paddle forto a pair of holographic glasses to give to Ha'barish. And Ha'barish went onto a different shop and traded his holographic movies to get a case forto hold Garack'chin's Stickyfish paddle. When they exchanged their gifts, all of Boov could feel that Garack'chin and Ha'barish were really--" And he made a sound like a chalkboard being scraped by a flock of ducks. / Or a gaggle of geese. / Oh, I thought, as if a light bulb had gone off. Oh. Absolutely fantastic epilogue to the book. ♥♥♥♥♥

Field Trip by pocky_slash
Absolutely wonderful story that takes place a few months after the end of the book.

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The Arm of the Starfish

Like a Beethoven Symphony by Amy
Oh, Joshua... I love this look at him just meeting everyone, and how he fits in without trying, but even he's bewildered by the family at first. I love that it's Sandy who introduces him to the family, but that he's also training with Charles Wallace, even if he doesn't know it. ♥♥♥

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Current Music: The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaels

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sew on patches to all you tear

Devil's Cub

The Prodigals by

pollymel
"I was thinking," she said calmly, "that I think that the part of our day that included you shooting the highwayman dead might well have been preferable to the part with our families having tea." Hee! Fits in perfectly with canon, and captures the humor of the book exactly, as well as Mary's common sense and Vidal's...temperamentalness. Wonderful.

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The Eugenides Trilogy

The Queen's Wedding Night by

cleo2584
Hopeful and heartbreaking in equal measures, this story feels exactly right for both Gen and Irene (and Attolia). Really well done. (You'll have to ignore the misspelling of Eugenides throughout.)

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Ladyhawke

Careful the Tale You Tell by Ames
Adorable what-happens-after-the-happily-ever-after story, with a perfect Phillipe voice.

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L'Engleverse

By the Waves We Left Behind by opheliarising
Quietly beautiful story of Sandy and Dennys after the flood. Faith and doubt and love and unicorns and brothers being brotherly, knowing each other the way only they can.

Make a Joyful Noise by

fox1013
It wasn't a perfect first kiss, but it was theirs. *sniffle* This is exactly what I wanted - a slightly awkward first kiss for Dave and Emily - it's perfectly in character and true to the emotional undercurrents of the moment. Oh, *heart*.

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L'Engleverse (yuletide recs set 3)

L’Engleverse
From Mathematics Further Off by Amy
Utterly wonderful look at Meg as she grows up - warm and tender and sharp and poignant and so very in character.

Heredity by Sanj
Calvin! *hearts* I always wondered about Calvin's response to the events of A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and this really fits in my head with how he'd be. I love seeing him with both the Murrys and the O'Keefes. Wonderful.

On Black Holes, Miracles, Singularities, and Nothingness. by another_juxtaposition
I always wished we got to see Charles Wallace as an adult, and in this story, we do, and he's wonderful - steady, calm, faithful, resolute, even when he has his own worries and doubts. And I love his relationship with Meg so much. Wonderful.

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L'Engleverse, Ocean's 11 + Lost

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler/The Young Unicorns
Marble into Music by Glossolalia
Brilliant, touching Emily Gregory/Claudia Kincaid fic, as told by Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Full of dry humor with love shining through beneath, this story perfectly captures both Claudia and Emily, and the pairing just makes so much *sense*. I’m amazed no one ever thought of it before. *loves*

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Lost/Ocean's 11
Men of Confidence by

fryadvocate
A very cool take on Sawyer's backstory, in which he works with a couple of cons named Rusty Ryan and Danny Ocean.

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Ocean's Eleven
Like There’s Nothing to Lose by

ethrosdemon
Excellent story about how Rusty and Danny became Rusty and Danny.

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Alias, Firefly, L'Engleverse, Lucifer, Sports Night

Alias

Have the Lambs Stopped Screaming? by Mala
Sark and Robin Dixon have a conversation on the way to the rendezvous in the episode "Taken. " Short, sharp, brilliant, with a kicker of a last line.

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Firefly

Harbor by Nifra Idril
I’m not a big believer in Mal/Simon, but Nif makes it work here. This story is short and hits you like a kick in the gut.

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L'Engleverse
If I hadn't already written Earthsea fanfic, and recced Narnia porn, I might fear hell for this. But I have, so I don't. *g*

Nine Moments in the Life of an Artist by Amy
Delicate fic where Polyhymnia O'Keefe meets Emily Gregory (the blind pianist of The Young Unicorns) and they hit it off. Just -- pitch-perfect characterizations and a first person narration that really works for me. It reads like L'Engle to me, if, you know, L'Engle were writing tasteful girlslash.

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Lucifer

Set Asunder by Nifra Idril
Lucifer fic! Lucifer/Michael, to be exact, before the world began, and they were the only two, equal, the force and means by which god created the universe. And they loved. And Nifra tells their story here. Beautiful. (and you should all follow her example and write more Lucifer fic.)

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SportsNight

Respice Finem by scrunchy
Absolutely awe-inspiring. Subtitled "Look to the end: 12 Latin Phrases That Aren't Quo Vadimus aka, Some Ways It Didn't End," Scrunchy dreams up twelve different ways SportsNight could have ended, but didn't, each one of them as true as the actual ending (truer in a couple cases, imo). All the main players are here, in various groups and combinations - some of these are sad ((Spero Melior made me sniffle) some are happy (Ecce Homo made me squee like a little fangirl), some are just *true* (Disjecta Membra feels *right*), and one is absolutely gut-wrenching (Pro Memoria gave me chills).

Go. Read. And praise Scrunchy with great praise, for her tang is top notch.

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