Unfit for Society Recs

The Amazing Spider-Man

Maggie Fitzgerald and the Saltwater Drip by antistar_e
An absolutely fantastic 80k word AU of The Amazing Spider-Man where Gwen is the one who gets bit by a spider and becomes Spider-Man. I cried my way through this much as I cried my way through the movie (which, as you know, Bob, I did several times), because it absolutely gets the most important things about Spider-Man as a hero, and it actually considers women and people of color and other populations who aren't straight, white men. Which makes it sound preachy or agenda-driven, but it's not. It's just brilliant about understanding the differences that would occur because Gwen is the one under the mask, and also lets her have a heroic origin without fridging anyone. And the relationships are brilliantly drawn, too - not just Gwen and Peter, but Flash and MJ and Miles all make appearances. I draw a million sparkly hearts around this story. Highly, highly recommended. *happy sigh* (It does need another beta pass, and someone to do some NYC-picking, but eh, I was too enthralled to let it bother me much.)

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DCU

war is never cheap dear by irnan
The blonde behind him says, "You know, if the point of this operation is to get close to Venetia Flynn you are really gonna have to work on your flirting. Also just your people skills in general! Which are distinctly rusty. Not that I don't get it, because mine were too. You know, when I came back."

Jason stops short.

"Personally, I think we oughta start a club," she adds. And when he still doesn't move: "Hey. You don't get to ignore me, Robin."

OK, that cuts kinda deep. He turns, sighing. She's standing on the bottom step so they're almost of a height. She's wary of him, but he's pretty sure that underneath she thinks it's funny as hell that she's caught him out like this. She's wearing sleeves and long pants just like he is: they hide the scars. The shape of her face, her stance; her knuckles, scarred over as unattractively as his own. Jason and the Batgirls, who are likely to understand him best. Oh my heart. Too bad canon never seemed interested, because these relationships are fascinating, and this story gets them spot-on.

while you see it your way by irnan
"This Nick Gage that Jim mentioned the other day," said Father. "Who is he?"

It was a completely superfluous question. Damian was sitting on the sideboard behind Father's chair and had a full and unobstructed view of Father's computer screen: he was already hacking the GCPD files and reading up on Detective Nicholas Gage.

"I understand he and Miss Barbara have – stepped out, as the expression goes," said Pennyworth. "He's on the force. Miss Stephanie has worked with him a time or two."

"Hmmph," said Father, sounding disgruntled. (Not that Father had ever, in Damian's limited experience of him, sounded particularly… gruntled. Was that a word? On second thoughts, Damian suspected not.) "So he's an inferior knockoff."

"Inferior knockoff of what?" said Damian.

"Of Dick," said Father, and shut the computer with a sharp gesture. Damian tries his hand at matchmaking. Oh, honey.

you're not right but you're not wrong (we're just singing from a different song) by irnan
SO MANY BATFAMILY FEELS. *sob* Jason starts taking his place amongst the Robins and the Batgirls.

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Crossovers

Harry Potter/Avengers

Rise and Join a New Order by igrockspock
Natasha Romanov is the Dark Lord's best assassin...until she's sent to kill the best fighter of the Order of the Phoenix, Clint Barton. Cool Avengers/HP fusion where Natasha gets recruited to the side of the good guys in a slightly different way.

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M*A*S*H

well-behaved women seldom make history by Raven
Right from the very beginning, she resolved to make the best of it. And having resolved to make the best of it, she made the best of cockroaches in the shower and scratching noises inside her tent; she made the best of Hawkeye Pierce and his Groucho Marx impersonations and his frightening disregard for everything and everyone; she made some clear-eyed decisions, her first night in camp, about herself and what she wanted and where she wanted to be, and made the best of Frank Burns. Five times Margaret Houlihan was really proud of herself. This is wonderful. <333

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Rivers of London

Pest Control by Philomytha
Enjoyable case fic set between Rivers of London and Moon over Soho.

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