RECS? PLZ?

[mijan]

I feel like crap.  I'm in a fair bit of agonizing, nauseating pain discomfort.  The fever is down for now, but who knows how long that will last.  Everything aches.

And I want fanfiction.  I want schadenfreude.  I want to take pleasure in the misery of a fictional character, or the co-misery.  Whatever.  I want my characters suffering.  Please let them be fixed and healthy by the end, for I do not believe I could handle death!fic in my current state of mind, but please give me fics where my favorite characters are going through physical hell.  Injuries, illnesses, alien STD's... whatever.  One-shots are okay, but medium-length to longish fics would be amazing.

I've gone hunting through Delicious bookmarks.  I've gone through recs lists.  I've read some, but I'm not finding enough.  Please rec me your favorite fics that involve one or more of my favorite characters suffering more than I am now.

HALP???

Comments

[emiliglia.livejournal.com]

Have you read classics_geek's Kirk/McCoy stories? There's three of them finished, all multipart, and all create a larger story arc.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, of course I have! She's my beta reader, I've done some beta-type feedback for her, and she's one of my most awesome buddies that I've met thus far in the ST fandom. Oh yes, the Fingerprints arc is quite good, quite addictive, quite angsty. I love her writing style, and if I hadn't just re-read them recently, I'd be all over that in a heartbeat.

It's an awesome suggestion though!

And yes, I'm still poking through your recs list, too.

♥

[liamgolucky.livejournal.com]

GO SLEEP!

[mijan.livejournal.com]

NOT SLEEPY.

And honestly, my stomach hurts too much for me to get comfortable right now.

[mga1999.livejournal.com]

I don't have a rec, but if you want to read a section or two of my Epic Evil Fic of Doom that is unfinished/unedited/no grammar/medically wrong where I make Jim sick and later try to kill him in a shuttle crash you are welcome to it. I have to finish my Anthology fic first though that is due in, oh in a few hours. *face palm*

[mijan.livejournal.com]

That might be an awesome read, actually. Just what I'm looking for!

(Oh, be warned... I'm working on a fic right now - a sequel to AAtKM - that involved a shuttlecraft crash, so... when I finally post it, please don't think I stole your idea!)

Can you e-mail me the fic?
faisons (at) gmail (dot) com

[dazi-li.livejournal.com]

I have no recs, but Rocky Horror is on right now on Fuse. Watching Tim Curry in a garter belt always cheers me up. :D

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh hun, sadly, I'm not in the mood for RHPS at all right now. But it was a good thought. <3

[queen-bellatrix.livejournal.com]

Hi:

I don't know if you read HP at all, but I recently read an angsty H/D that might fit the bill *g*

I don't know if you're familiar with frayach work; she's a relatively new author to me, but she's been in fandom for quite a while. Anyhow, she has a new fic called Nobody's Ever Died Of A Broken Heart (http://frayach.livejournal.com/26457.html#cutid1)

The fic is one of the most honestly wrencing portrayals of grief I've ever seen; when it begins, Draco has died, although the death scene is certainly not focused on extensively. It follows Harry through his journey to come to some sort of terms with the tragedy and rebuild a semblance of his life. It's the best thing I've read in ages! Hopefully, you'll feel better soon.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Hey there - I was in the HP fandom (writing and reading) long before I was in the Star Trek fandom. H/D shipper, too. I know frayach, and I've read some of her stuff. She's good, but I really don't want a death-fic right now, even the mourning. Just... not what I can handle at the moment.

But thank you - I'll keep the bookmark for another time. :)

[igntethestars.livejournal.com]

Ack! I have no fic recommendations (not right off the bat. I'll check my bookmarks when I get home), but I'm sending "feel good" vibes in your direction! Is this from the same issues earlier, or a whole new sickness?

Edited to note a stupid moment: Actually, when you said "I want sick!", the first thing that came to my mind was "I KNOW A GREAT ONE, IT'S CALLED PERSPECTIVES BY -- . . oh. wait."

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Thanks, sweetie. *hugs* The same old issues are still hanging around, but they seem to have been joined by a new set of issues. Basically, yeah, feeling like crap.

And... that's really amusing. *grins* Good to know my stuff comes to mind for people to rec! It's a huge compliment. The biggest compliment, really, to be recced. ♥

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

I read two stories today that I quite liked:

This one (which is a nice, rather bittersweet between-scenes story) and this one (which is smutty). Jim/Bones, naturally.

*goes digging through backlog*

Unspoken by d8rkmessngr is kind of painful in places (it's been a while since I read it, but I recall a torture scene, and some miscellaneous injuries) but it ends well. Also, it's longish.

If I think of anything else I'll let you know. *hug* But I hope you'll be feeling better long before then.

[liamgolucky.livejournal.com]

sorry to cut in, but would you also count deja vu? or to intense and not really on par?

[pororoca.livejournal.com]

I've got quite a number of ST fics tagged on [my delicious] (http://delicious.com/pororoca/startrek), so hopefully there's something there you haven't read before.

Hope this helps and feel better soon!

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thanks! I'm hunting through them now. :)

[going-boldly.livejournal.com]

I do not have any fics to rec. I do however, have a picture of the pants worn by the Azerbaijian team. If nothing else, you are not currently wearing those pants.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

Yes, regardless of anything else that might be horrible and miserable, I am not wearing those pants, so that's one positive things today. *grins*

Thanks for that. :)

[nightshadow-t2.livejournal.com]

Due South:
http://www.squidge.org/dsa/archive/3/busted.html --Ray is shot in the line of duty. As soon as physically possible he returns to Fraser and its there he heals.
http://www.squidge.org/dsa/archive/3/tapestry.html --The sequel.

Pics:
RayK (in black shirt) & Fraser (in red uniform): http://www.mrks.org/~bone/includes/crys-layers-cover.jpg

RayV, Fraser, and Dief (half-wolf): http://i2.digiguide.com/up/0802/12182-DueSouth-1195213145923.jpg



Star Trek K/S (I'm pretty sure you've read every Kirk/McCoy I've managed to dig up.)

http://www.ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=1084&warning=1 –Spock from TOS plays matchmaker between Kirk and Spock in the nu-verse.

http://www.ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=955 –After his rebirth Spock has still not remembered the most important thing. It’s time he does.

http://www.ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=1537 –A Tarsus IV story. Kirk visits the planet that shaped him and Spock follows. Together they revisit the past and find their place in the present and the future.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5516209/1/Divergence --One of the Narada members escaped and is messing up the already messed up timeline so the Enterprise and her crew must go to their own past and set it right.

http://ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=893 --Sad, sad, but happy in that Kirk and Spock get together. They were held by slavers and both are damaged in a multitude of ways, though they recover to the best of their abilities and they still manage to carve out a life for themselves together. It's a whole series of fics.

http://ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=1209 --Spock is blinded and recovering on earth (haven't read this yet).

http://ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=1014 --It's a sweet h/c.

http://ksarchive.com/viewseries.php?seriesid=18 --An unrequited mental bond causes pain in this one.

http://ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=626&warning=1 --This is really interesting. And it involves a virus amongst other things.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Okay, I've seen a few of these, and the rest I'm slowly going through. Thank you!

[red-estelle.livejournal.com]

hope you feel better soon. one of my favourites so far is eneiryu's 'we are who we were never supposed to be' (http://eneiryu.livejournal.com/3390.html).

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that was an awesome rec. So very good. I'm not sure I liked the way she did dialogue with no quotes (stylistic preference), but I liked the story. :D

Thank you for the rec!

Not Trek

[popefelix.livejournal.com]

But really good, none the less.

Thousand Shinji, Neon Genesis Evangelion / Warhammer 40K.

Re: Not Trek

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Thanks, man. :)

[elf]

Novel-length fic by slashpervert and aveeno_baby; apparently, they're really not happy unless the story begins with Harry being broken on a rack, and then undergoing tortures that make him want to return to the rack.

Slashpervert's masterlist of fic; Blind Beauty is very good. (So are the rest, but that's the one that comes to mind as a specific rec right now.)

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love slashpervert. She's awesome (in person and her fics). I'll go hunt around. She writes some amazingly intense stuff. :D

[cedarrapidsgirl.livejournal.com]

I don't have any recs, hun, I asked for some mahself on my last post, but to no avail. I've uber tired tonight after a 7 hour turnaround at work, got out of there at 2 am, had to be back at 9, so I'm kinda spacing....

anyway..

HUGS! Feel better! And that's an order!

[mijan.livejournal.com]

It's okay, hun. Thanks for trying. You get some rest. I'm trying to feel better. Seriously, I am. <3

Recs.

[fee-folay.livejournal.com]

I don't often pimp myself, but I just posted a short fic that might fit the bill. It is rather darker than my usual fare - but if you are looking for character abuse, it has it in droves. It's Trek (Kirk& Spock and other).

http://fee-folay.livejournal.com/10109.html

I also have a longer TOS h/c piece on my LJ.

Feel free to drop by... if reading about suffering characters will make you feel better, I am happy to offer my services. :)

P.S. I haven't forgotten my promise to read and comment on Al the King's Men. I've been dabbling in it all week and am almost done (which is actually why I dropped in and saw this post.) Will comment soon!

Re: Recs.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you! *clicks*

And seriously, I have no problem with people self-reccing. Honestly, I wish people with good fics would be MORE willing to self-promote. If you know your stuff is good, or it fits a genre that someone wants to read, don't hesitate to share! Do you have the link to the longer TOS h/c fic?

Oooh... I hope you've been enjoying the read. I can't wait to hear what you think of it. :)

[anruiukimi.livejournal.com]

Blast! You asked me a few weeks ago, and I was unable to provide then. I'm sorry! :( I like d8rkmessenger's stuff for the h/c, but you've already been recced to most of it already. :)

I will link you to silly fanart that is borderline rule 34 (not by me) instead in hopes of making you feel better. :D

http://annime1231.deviantart.com/art/Fuck-My-LIFE-152380333

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Alas, I don't have a DA account, so I can't see that. Also, what's rule 34?

[hopehavoc.livejournal.com]

Hey Mijan. It's Jen. I hope you feel better soon. Anastasiya says she has no fic but has a hug and copious amounts of honeyed tea.

I have a rec for you. I'm sure you've read it but just in case. It's a HP/Star Trek cross-over fic.

http://www.thequidditchpitch.org/viewstory.php?sid=7250

[hopehavoc.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that Anastasiya says that's her favorite icon and I happen to enjoy it very much as well.

[ngagoncalves.livejournal.com]

I hope you're already feeling better, but anyway, when I read your post I remembered this fic I was reading the other day called Love Like Ghosts (you've probably already read, but I enjoyed it so much that is worth repeating, I I think, LOL).

Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5240560/1/Love_Like_Ghosts

(Bones said, “Ya know that story? The one where Pike meets Kirk and there’s mentoring and bonding and they tiptoe through the tulips together into happily ever? Well, this ain’t it. Idiot.” Pike/Kirk, but mostly McCoy/Kirk.)

I recommended your fic "In Perfect Trust" for a friend and she, like me, loved it with passion. In fact, I just read "And All the King's Men", so, when I overcome the awesomness that is your story and stop drooling, I'll leave a comment = D

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Oh hun, I wish I was feeling better. I've been sick for ages. I've seen more doctors lately, it's been horrid. But we're making progress.

I've read Love Like Ghosts. Good rec! Maybe I'll re-read.

Thanks for reccing "In Perfect Trust." A rec is the highest compliment a fanfic writer can receive.

Oooh, you read AAtKM? I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it! :D