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FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
FIC LINK: Sisters in Light
AUTHOR LINK:

LittleRaven
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 1120 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Kendra Young, Sineya

FIC SUMMARY: Life, death, and life again. Three looks at the Slayer.

RECCER'S NOTES: A wonderfully imaginative world building fic (I received as a part of the

worldbuildingex exchange), full of old myths explaining the origins of the Slayers. It's also a fascinating looks into Kendra's mind and the way analyzes and interacts with what she reads and learns about being a Slayer.

facethestrange

FANDOM: Star Trek: Voyager
FIC LINK: Access Records
AUTHOR LINK:

openended
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 1008 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Naomi Wildman, Seven of Nine, Kathryn Janeway, B'Elanna Torres

FIC SUMMARY: Holodeck Access Records (Weekly History) - Wildman, Naomi

RECCER'S NOTES: One of my favorite things about Naomi is that, even though she's a kid, she gets to do her own thing and explore everything she's interested in, even if it could be considered "too mature for her age". And this fic is full of this freedom of playing, learning, researching, creating, making friends, making mistakes... It's perfect. I'm also in awe of the Author's creativity when coming up with all the different holodeck programs. And it's one of the cutest fics I've ever read in my life (and I'm not saying it just because I got it as a gift at

space_swap). ♥

thady

FANDOM: HARRY POTTER
FIC LINK: The Daring Win.
AUTHOR LINK:

Lomonaaeren | on LJ:

lomonaaeren
RATING/WARNING(S): R | ( content notes )
WIP?/WORD COUNT: novel | ~ 106,000 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Dolores Umbridge, Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, assorted others

FIC SUMMARY: The year: 1987. The place: Muggle London. The situation: The Boy-Who-Lived is being treated horribly by his Muggle relatives. A young witch must take him in for the Ministry’s good and his.
The witch’s name: Dolores Umbridge.

RECCER'S NOTES: Please don't let the summary and the warnings deter you. It's much better than I expected.
While Dolores begins as despicable as we know her in the books, she learns to grow here in this story. I love her character development. While she starts out with manipulating Harry, she develops so much that I was surprised.
It's not always an easy story to read, but I was always eagerly anticipating another chapter.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Pawn to C3.
AUTHOR LINK:

realmer06
RATING/WARNING(S): none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 4,500 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Lily Luna Potter, Ron Weasley

FIC SUMMARY: Teaching Lily chess started as a way to keep her occupied and out of everyone’s hair. It grew into much more than that.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is a great look at the familial relationship between Ron and Lily Luna. Love how Ron is so Ron, but grown-up. Love how we see Lily Luna through his eyes. It's great to see her growing, and I'm glad she has Ron to mentor her.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Marvel Cinematic Universe/The Avengers
FIC LINK: A Glossary of the 21st Century
AUTHOR LINK:

kinky_kneazle
RATING/WARNING(S): T
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 17402
MAIN CHARACTERS: Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, Logan (X-Men), Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wade Wilson

FIC SUMMARY: Steve's sick of not understanding what's going on, and the team are not all that helpful, so he starts keeping an illustrated notebook for further research. With the help of wiki, google and Logan he starts to settle in and find his place in the twenty-first century.

RECCER'S NOTES:

I loved this -- it's not just a fic about Steve trying to adjust to the 21st century, it's a fic about Steve trying to adjust to the Avengers, and how he fits in with them. His relationships with Tony and Natasha are particularly well done, and the little glimpses of his backstory and time during the war are beautifully woven through Steve's efforts to establish himself in his current situation.

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.

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.

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.

dirty_diana

FANDOM: Star Trek TOS
FIC LINK: Expanding the Oecumene
AUTHOR LINK:

AAmuse
RATING/WARNING(S): none / K+
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 48 500 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Spock, Pike, Number One, OCs

FIC SUMMARY: The events taking place during Spock’s final year at Starfleet Academy continue to shape him into the person and officer he will become. A tale about friendship and adventure.

RECCER'S NOTES: A tale of Spock's first, dangerous trip on the Enterprise with mentor-to-be Captain Pike. Plotty character explorations are always great. However it is easy for an author who loves a character (as we all do) to fall into the trap of only exploring the positives, or of doing a little fannish revisionist history. This story of what Spock's Academy days might have looked like never loses sight of the fact that Spock of Vulcan, later saviour of the known world, could also be a bit of a rebellious brat.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: In Days to Come
AUTHOR LINK:

realmer06
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ~ 2,600 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom

FIC SUMMARY: Her first impression of this boy had, regrettably, been There’s one in every class, but Neville Longbottom had quickly defied Minerva McGonagall’s expectations.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This was a wonderful character study of both Minerva and Neville. Minerva is gerat as a teacher here, and I love how she cares for her students. She may not be sentimental, but she is still kind.

ozqueen

FANDOM: The Avengers
FIC LINK: Imprint
AUTHOR LINK:

hetrez
RATING/WARNING(S): G | none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 7619
MAIN CHARACTERS: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Nick Fuy, original characters

FIC SUMMARY:

"The next day, Steve and the other Avengers are just settling into a meeting on the flight deck when there's a muffled yell, and Alvarez falls out of the ceiling."

--

Or, Steve builds a training program, a team, and new life for himself.

RECCER'S NOTES:

I had to double check to make sure I hadn't rec'd this one here before! This is one of my favourite team/found family fics. It focuses on Steve training SHIELD recruits, teaching them skills and how to be part of a team, and it makes him focus on himself and his own team too. It's got just the right amount of sad/feels, and it's funny and sweet. All of the character voices are perfect.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Merrily on High
AUTHOR LINK:

miss_morland
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 2,500 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Neville Longbottom, Minerva McGonagall, various others

FIC SUMMARY: Neville takes part in a new (to him) tradition, discovers a new talent, and makes some new friends.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is a wonderful story of Neville growing after the war. Love his interactions with his follow collegues. Now that he is no longer a student, he is allowed to see more.
This is a really warm story, and I felt warm and hopeful and comfortable after I finished reading it.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Raven's Honour (at AO3: Raven's Honour)
AUTHOR LINK:

kellychambliss |

kellychambliss
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 10,800 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Minerva McGonagall, Rolanda Hooch, Pomona Sprout, OFC; assorted HP-Universe cameos

FIC SUMMARY: From the prompt: "In the 1920s, three close friends open a school for girls in the Scottish Highlands. Non-magical AU."

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is a wonderful charming story of friendship and growing up. I really love the OFC here, from whose point we see the other characters. They are all so very well thought up and fleshed out.

The tone is just right, and it fits so well the time and place.

thady

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: A Magic Beyond Everything We Do Here
AUTHOR LINK:

minervas_eule
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ~ 1,300 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Charity Burbage; Hogwarts' teachers

FIC SUMMARY: It is Charity's first Christmas Dinner as a young Professor with her colleagues and to her surprise her expertise is sought after.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is such a charming look at a character we know so very little about in canon. I love how the parallels between the magical and muggle world a drawn.

thady

FANDOM: due South
FIC LINK: TV Cops
AUTHOR LINK:

teaphile
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ~ 1,200 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ray Kowalski

FIC SUMMARY: A babble of questions boiled up out of the class, then, like all thirty-two of them were talking at once, even though Ray could see that at least one kid was asleep, head slumped against the window.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is a wonderful look at Ray and the way he sees being a cop.
This story balances the whimsy of due South with gritty realism.

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Entries tagged with teaching and learning

BtVS: Sisters in Light, by LittleRaven

Star Trek: Voyager: Access Records, by openended

Harry Potter: The Daring Win, by Lomonaaeren.

Harry Potter: Pawn to C3, by realmer06.

mcu: a glossary of the 21st century, by kinky_kneazle

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

HP: Finding The Way Home, by hiddenhibernian.

HP: Tea and Whiskey, by magickatfics.

Star Trek TOS: Expanding the Oecumene, by AAmuse

HP: In Days to Come, by realmer06.

the avengers: imprint, by hetrez

HP: Merrily on High, by miss_morland.

HP: Raven's Honour, by kellychambliss.

HP: A Magic Beyond Everything We Do Here, by minervas_eule.

due South: TV Cops, by teaphile.

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