Kat Recs All The Fics - Day 2

[kat_lair]

American Idol

Brand New Shoes - Adam/Kris, AU. Ahh, 'pretending to be a couple' is totally one of my favourite fandom cliches and this is a delightful rendition of it. With shoe metaphors.

falling slowly (upwards spiral) - Adam/Kris, AU. Om nom, nom werewolves and control issues and mate bonds. Adam has problems controlling his wolf, Kris (who is perhaps too good at controlling his) is sent to help him with that. This is thoroughly enjoyable and pretty darn hot if you're into that kind of thing (yeah, I'm really into that kind of thing).

Insight - Adam/Kris. Adam gets telepathy as a side effect of some medications. Kris has some really interesting thoughts. Hot sex ensues.



Bandom

boys, boys, it's a sweet thing - Gerard/Mikey, AU in which they move to Australia in order to be able to be out as a couple. Told entirely in anonymous blog entries (which appeals to me greatly as I love epistolary fic). An interesting take on incest fic.



Hawaii Five-0

All the World is Waiting for the Sun - Danny/Steve. Steve keeps Danny and Grace company during a storm. Domestic and achingly sweet and heart-warming.

Danno Don't Surf - Danny/Steve. Steve has issues with Danny's wardrobe. And his hairgel. And, well, okay, he also has issues with Danny. About Danny. Whatever. The main thing is, they all get resolved. In a way that involves nakedness. :D This is entirely happy-making.

Lost at the Edge of the Sun - Danny/Steve. Hawaii is an expensive place to live, especially for a cop who's paying child support and a mortgage back in Jersey. A painful and realistic read about hard choices that having no money forces on people. Excellent, excellent fic that made me cry because of just how right it got everything.

Waltzing With The Open Sea - Danny/Steve. A gorgeous piece about learning to accept what is offered and to reach out for it. Oh Steve.



Psych

And Fresh Pineapple in the Morning - Gus/Shawn. Not only is there a criminal lack of fic for this pairing, but what there is tends to be very PG-rated. Don't get me wrong, I love the cuteness and the banter, but Shawn and Gus are also grown men so it is so very, very good to read a fic where they behave like it. This is fic takes a fandom trope (x made them do it - x being a crazy criminal and it being kissing in this case) and turns it into a gorgeous and hot exploration of 'mortal danger leads to sex'. The emotional impact is visceral and left me aching. Highly recced.



Sociology RPF

Many Forms of Resistance  - Gen, C. Wright Mills & Michel Foucault. Oh goddddd, seriously, my life is so complete right now. Mills and Foucault ride around on a motorcycle, fight zombies and discuss the social condition: "Is not the zombie an act of resistance against the anomie you describe? For the zombie is himself a proactive being, who goes out, joins collectively with others, and seeks to capture what he does not have--that is, the brain." *cries tears of joy and awe*

Comments

[desfinado.livejournal.com]

LOL that is, the brain

♥ thanks for sharing!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Isn't it glorious? :D

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

The last rec. The last rec. I haven't even read it, and already my life is complete!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

IKR! Just the fact that this fic exists makes everything 100 times better. I would like to petition for it to be compulsory reading for every Intro to Social Theory course.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I wish. It'd be delightful. It'd certainly kickstart a seminar. I have a friend who's crazy about Foucault and I've half a mind to show this to him. If only I knew how he felt about fanfic and zombie apocalypse...

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I feel Foucault would have approved of fanfic... an alternative to the dominant discourse and all that. You could always try to present the whole fanfic business to your friend as form or social resistance in itself...