Unfit for Society Recs

Vids

Astaire & Rogers

Body Talks by Dessie
Super fun Fred & Ginger vid.

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Birds of Prey

Call Me by absternr
Really fun Babs/Dinah vid. #otp: call me barbara

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The Expanse

Fighter by runawaynun
Chrisjen and Bobbie: queen and lionheart. <3

A Place Called Home by runawaynun
The Roci as home, the crew as family, and the connections they make to others. <3

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Killjoys

Confident by eruthros
Highly enjoyable vid about FANCY LEE. <333

Home by eruthros
Joyful vid about Pree and the Royale being heart and home to everyone in Old Town.

Hope On Fire by AurumCalendula
This is a wonderful character vid for Zeph.

Queens by thingswithwings
Absolutely stunning Aneela/Delle Seyah Kendry vid to an amazingly apt song.

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One Day at a Time

Clean Light by CherryIce
Don't quit before the miracle happens. This captures all the love and joy of the show. <333 #i'm not crying it's just raining on my face

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Pushing Daisies

You Might Think by sisabet
This is an adorable Ned/Chuck vid.

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The West Wing

That Don't Impress Me Much by hexenmeister
CJ is not impressed. <333

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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!

Master and Commander (movieverse)
Like Distance, Like Time by Nifra Idril
Hollom finds his courage.

I love how each line is heavy with the weight Hollom is carrying - the weight that he's too old to be where he still is, that Warley died when it should have been him, that he's coming to believe the men's superstitions, and that he finally finds the strength to act and it buoys him up against the load he carries, even as it sinks him down into the sea.

Lovely.

Sounding by hossgal
All beta bias aside, this is a wonderful bit of character exploration that feels as if it could be slotted right into the movie. Aubrey's dreams take him somewhere he'd never go in daylight, and hossgal gets his character *down*. The use of language is lovely and sensual; we drown with Jack as he sinks beneath the surface.

Three Ways to End an Acquaintance by Shalott
Lovely fic, examining three possible outcomes of a duel between Aubrey and Maturin.

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Alias
In Step by Nestra
Hot like a hot thing - second person UST between Syd and Vaughn that just burns. ::fans self:: did it get hot in here or what?

Lord of the Rings
Orturmoriwen by Twinkledru
Ah. In Middle-Earth, long before even the first Alliance of Men and Elves against Sauron, there was one who fought the darkness. And this is her story.

(this inspired my own The Naming of Names, which puts a slayer down in Earthsea. But I'm not reccing myself. I'm just saying, Orturmoriwen is a good, inspirational story. You might find yourself thinking of Slayers in Unusual Places after reading it.)

Minority Report
Now by Thuvia Ptarth
Written for the defining moments challenge, Thuvia takes us inside the mind of Agatha Lively from Minority Report and does it in a way you'll never forget.

X-Men
Dancing Cranes by Pollyanna
Beautiful, understated, graceful slice of life vignette that captures Logan and Xavier in a quiet moment of remembrance. Plus, the scarf.

The Glass King by Unanon
Put the master of metal in a plastic cage and watch how he reacts. Incisive, shivery goodness that gets right inside Magneto's head.