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FANDOM: DC Comics
FIC LINK: Empty Graves
AUTHOR LINK:

unpretty
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen. Some violence.
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 6,539, complete.
MAIN CHARACTERS: Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Clark Kent

FIC SUMMARY: Time travelers who plan to kill Superman never account for Martha Kent in their plans. She may not be the World's Finest, but she's a mother with a shotgun, and all told that might be scarier.

RECCER'S NOTES: A brilliant story about Martha Kent protecting her son from time travelling villains. Strangely adorable despite all of the killing.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Gone Girl
FIC LINK: Pick in the Ice
AUTHOR LINK:

heartkeepingopenhouse
RATING/WARNING(S): M | implied/referenced suicide
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1421
MAIN CHARACTERS: Rhonda Boney, Amy Elliot Dunne

FIC SUMMARY: “Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is so chilling. I will admit I haven't read the book, I have only seen the movie, so I can't speak for the accuracy on characterisation beyond that, but the way this fic is told and set out to reveal exactly what's happened is nothing short of brilliant. Rhonda and Amy face off against each other and it's so understated and sharp and cold. I honestly thought I'd rec'd this one already, but the tags tell me I haven't, so go and read it now!

dirty_diana

FANDOM: The Flash with Arrow cameos
FIC LINK: Zero-Sum Game
AUTHOR LINK:

Rokesmith
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 67 000 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Barry Allen, Iris West, Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon, Joe West

FIC SUMMARY: Three months after the singularity, a wave of impossible robberies strikes Central City, and there is one obvious suspect: the Flash. But as Barry and his friends unite to track down the real culprit, they find themselves facing a dangerous new enemy in a pursuit that may cost them everything.

Post season 1.

RECCER'S NOTES: An epic, plotty imagining of what might have happened after the season one finale. If you spent the summer hoping Iris would finally get to be part of the gang, or wondering what DCU villains might make an appearance, this is the fic to scratch that itch. Plus: friendship and teamwork! So many feels.

dirty_diana

FANDOM: Life
FIC LINK: The Closest Exit May Be Behind You
AUTHOR LINK:

throughadoor
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 2400 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Charlie Crews, Dani Reese, Ted Earley, Rachel Seybolt

FIC SUMMARY: Ted tries to dispense parental advice when Rachel encounters the lurking existential dread of the college application process. There's a dead body on an airplane and Dani hates the FBI. And Charlie is probably going to buy UCLA a building.

RECCER'S NOTES: If you've ever wondered what Charlie and Dani and company might have gotten up to after the cancellation of Life? This is a surprisingly convincing answer to that question, full of adorable Charlie-isms.

sixbeforelunch

FANDOM: Elementary
FIC LINK: Out of Hand
AUTHOR LINK:

Eva
RATING/WARNING(S): G, no standard content warnings apply
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 461 words, complete
MAIN CHARACTERS: Marcus Bell, Joan Watson

FIC SUMMARY: Could have been a knife!

RECCER'S NOTES: This is a brilliant call back to a certain mid-season 1 episode, featuring Joan getting revenge and Marcus along for the ride. It's marked ship, but there's nothing here that can't be read as friendship.

thady

FANDOM: Torchwood
FIC LINK: Geek Gifts.
AUTHOR LINK:

adina_atl
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 7,750 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ianto Jones, Toshiko Sato, Jack Harkness

FIC SUMMARY: Tosh and Ianto bond over tech and their respective pasts. - Set first season.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Oh, I love Ianto and Tosh together. They just fit in a way the other characters on the show rarely do. I love how they interact here, bonding over their past and their relationship to Jack.

heliopausa

FANDOM: Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Jack and the Beanstalk
FIC LINK: Catherine's Fairytale
AUTHOR LINK: ryfkah
RATING/WARNING(S): Gen
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 1091 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Catherine Tilney
FIC SUMMARY: "Under what circumstances, then,” said Mrs. Tilney to herself, taking a seat upon the garden bench, “is one likely to encounter a giant bean-stalk?”

RECCER'S NOTES: This made me smile a lot! It ends just as it's beginning, but that leaves room for all sorts of fun speculation about what comes next!.

thady

FANDOM: Star Wars: Rebels/Star War Original Trilogy
FIC LINK: Hide Yourself for Me.
AUTHOR LINK:

musesfool |

musesfool
RATING/WARNING(S): G | none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ~ 2,200 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ahsoka Tano, Leia Organa

FIC SUMMARY: Ahsoka won't teach Leia to use the Force, but she can teach her to hide herself within it.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is a brilliant story featuring Ahsoka teaching Leia. Ahsoka is great here, and Leia too, very close to canon. And it makes so much sense. Awesome.

sixbeforelunch

FANDOM: Star Trek: TOS
FIC LINK: Every Good Villain
AUTHOR LINK:

igrockspock
RATING/WARNING(S): rated G, no warnings
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 2,283 words, complete
MAIN CHARACTERS: Valeris

FIC SUMMARY: Every good villain is the hero of her own story. On trial for the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon, Lieutenant Valeris tells hers.

RECCER'S NOTES: I have never before seen a story from the POV of Valeris. Set after the events of The Undiscovered Country, this is an interesting exploration of her motivations and her thoughts after the fallout of the movie.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Finding The Way Home.
AUTHOR LINK:

hiddenhibernian
RATING/WARNING(S): PG | none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-short | ~ 1,000 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Helga Hufflepuff; Justin Finch-Fletchley

FIC SUMMARY: Being a Hufflepuff means you have to do things the hard way. It has its advantages, however...

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is a really cool and interesting character study. And lovely.
I love especially Helga's characterization, and how her work endures thoughout the centuries. Really, I'd love to read more about Helga.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Orange is the New Black
FIC LINK: Sweet and Sour
AUTHOR LINK:

thelittlestbird
RATING/WARNING(S): Mature
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 3258
MAIN CHARACTERS: Cindy "Black Cindy" Hayes, Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren, Poussey Washington, Galina "Red" Reznikov, Piper Chapman, Janae Watson, Mei Chang, Ginsberg

FIC SUMMARY: Now that she's Jewish, what will Cindy do on Christmas?

RECCER'S NOTES:

Funny and heartfelt at once, with voices wonderfully true to canon. Cindy's conversion is one of my favourite storylines and this fic does justice to it absolutely perfectly.

redsnake05

FANDOM: Chronicles of Narnia
FIC LINK: White Lady of the Eastern Sea
AUTHOR LINK:

edenfalling
RATING/WARNING(S): G/no warnings apply
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 1722
MAIN CHARACTERS: Jadis, OFC

FIC SUMMARY: In the third year of her conquest, Jadis locked Aslan out of Narnia and plunged that country into endless winter. But there are other powers in the world, and not all of them are pleased at the sudden changes.

RECCER'S NOTES: I received this in the recent Narnia Fic Exchange. However, I'm not biased when recommending this. Jadis is fascinating: driven, violent, vindictive, and the way this fic looks at how she bent the magic of the land to her will is excellent.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Scooby Doo
FIC LINK: The Road This Far Can't Be Retraced
AUTHOR LINK:

silverpenlight
RATING/WARNING(S): R | violence, character death
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete | 3,500
MAIN CHARACTERS: Velma Dinkley, Scooby Doo, Daphne Blake, Fred Jones, Shaggy Rogers

FIC SUMMARY:

Velma saved them in the end. She knew she did, she wasn't shy about it. Her research gave them machetes, chainsaws and shotguns, garlic and holy water, silver bullets. She was the first one to take aim and squeeze off four shots, the last one taking the zombie right through the forehead and knocking him down hard before he could take a bite out of Fred's arm. She took the knife, the kitchen knife they'd found in Fred's apartment and the only one they had then, and she cut off the head and shot it one last time, spraying blood and brain across the asphalt of the road where they'd stopped for a bathroom break.

RECCER'S NOTES:

I don't even know what to say about this fic. It made me squirm (because it's violent and a bit gross) and also I teared up, and also it's SCOOBY DOO. Velma is forced to become a different person in an apocalyptic world, and it's just brilliant. The character building and the tension and fear is all so wonderful. I love darker spins on childhood classics, and this is one of my all time favourite examples.

thady

FANDOM: Stargate: Atlantis
FIC LINK: 5 ways to go crazy without trying.
AUTHOR LINK:

bratfarrar
RATING/WARNING(S): PG-13 | dark
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ficlet | ~ 590 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: team

FIC SUMMARY: see title.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Creepy and realistic, perhaps even more because it's easily imaginable. I could easily see this happening were SGA a darker show.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Tea and Whiskey.
AUTHOR LINK:

magickatfics
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 1,500 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Alistair Moody, Nymphadora Tonks

FIC SUMMARY: The day they met they had tea - the day their world changed, they had whisky.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Oh, this is such a great take on Tonks and Moody. I really love Tonks here. And I love how we see Moody through her eyes.

thady

FANDOM: Marvel Cinematic Universe
FIC LINK: Closing the Circuit.
AUTHOR LINK:

AlchemyAlice
RATING/WARNING(S): PG-13
WIP?/WORD COUNT: novelette | ~ 14,500 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: team, ensemble

FIC SUMMARY: SHIELD's down, Captain America's AWOL, and on the whole, things are kind of FUBAR. On the other hand, Tony might have some semblance of a plan.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This was a great and believable story, about team-building and beginning friendships. The characterization was spot-on for me, and the interactions between the characters build from this.

The plot is paced well, and I like how all the strands come together.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: If you can not take the first step.
AUTHOR LINK:

downjune
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 2,500 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood

FIC SUMMARY: Hermione and Luna practice the art of (mild) teenage rebellion.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is set during the fifth book, after Dumbledore leaves Hogwarts. I really wish we could have seen something like this in the book, even through Harry's eyes.

This such a nice moment between Hermione and Luna. I really like Hermione's pov, and how she sees Luna. Luna is so awesome here, a little eccentric but still down-to-earth. She isn't nearly as flighty as some author make her out to be.

This story stands perfectly well on its own, but I really love to read more about the two of them.

thady

FANDOM: Burn Notice
FIC LINK: Commercial Value.
AUTHOR LINK:

arsenicjade
RATING/WARNING(S): PG-13
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ficlet | ~ 920 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Fiona Glenanne

FIC SUMMARY: For all his practicality, his cleverness in getting them in and out of situations, Fiona wonders if Michael ever thinks about the fact that he’s never had his body put on display for the sake of culling information, thumbing ID, whatever.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Fiona is my favorite character in Burn Notice. This is a really neat little character study.
(And after reading it I really want her Natasha Romanov to meet up. How awesome would that be?)

thady

FANDOM: Stargate SG-1
FIC LINK: Sisters in Arms.
AUTHOR LINK:

dsudis
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | 984 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Sam Carter, Sha're

FIC SUMMARY: Sam thought Sha're, at least, must speak some English.

RECCER'S NOTES:

I love the description of Sam and her thoughts, and I love the interaction between her and Sha're. I would have loved to see something like this on the show. While being a reaction to the lack of women and interaction between them (on the show), this story is wonderful in its own right. It articulates some things that have been consciously and sub-consciously bothering me and I love it.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Bedside Manners.
AUTHOR LINK:

serpenscript | Fic-journal at IJ:

serpens_fic
RATING/WARNING(S): G | set partly during the seventh book
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 2,000 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Poppy Pomphrey, Minerva McGonagall, Luna Lovegood

FIC SUMMARY: Poppy Pomfrey liked to sing. It was a little known secret, because although she indulged in singing quite frequently she very rarely gave anyone the chance to hear her sing. To put it kindly, she was tone deaf; to put it bluntly was to say she sounded like a hippogriff caught in a harpy's nest.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is a wonderful character study of Poppy Pomphrey. I love the setting during the seventh book, love her friendships, and she is such an amazing character.

The Espresso Addict

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Entries tagged with female characters

dc comics: Empty Graves by unpretty

gone girl: pick in the ice, by heartkeepingopenhouse

The Flash: Zero-Sum Game by Rokesmith

Life: The Closest Door May Be Behind You by throughadoor

Elementary: Out of Hand by Eva

TW: Geek Gifts, by adina_atl.

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SW Rebels: Hide Yourself for Me, by victoria_p (musesfool).

Star Trek TOS: Every Good Villain

HP: Finding The Way Home, by hiddenhibernian.

oitnb: sweet and sour, by thelittlestbird

Narnia: White Lady of the Eastern Sea

scooby doo: the road this far can't be retraced, by silverpenlight

SGA: 5 ways to go crazy without trying, by bratfarrar.

HP: Tea and Whiskey, by magickatfics.

MCU: Closing the Circuit, by AlchemyAlice.

HP: If you can not take the first step, by downjune.

BN: Commercial Value, by arsenicjade.

SG-1: Sisters in Arms, by Dira Sudis.

HP: Bedside Manners, by Serpenscript.

The Espresso Addict