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Recommendations + a small story-centric update
It's been too long since I did this.
As some of you are aware, I'm a pretty big Maxie Jones fangirl. She's quite unlike any other female character I've ever been attracted to, in that she's basically a hot mess, but in an incredibly fascinating/interesting way. Her relationships are anything but simple, no matter if we're talking romantic, platonic, or familial. It's rare to run across someone who seems to understand Maxie well enough to really get her when writing, but this author seems to do just that.
Title: When Everything Goes Red (2010)
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sugarpromises
Universe: Canon
Genre: Introspection
Rating: T
Warning: N/A
Pairing: Maxie/Spinelli, Patrick/Robin
Word Length: 748
URL: http://sugarpromises.livejournal.com/145371.html
Author's Summary: The sight of her clinging to the ground is unsettling, but he doesn’t dare disturb her state. He’s seen what shock looks like on Maxie and worries that one wrong move could lead her there.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Maxie's relationship with her ill-fated 'non-husband' has been star-crossed from the first moment (they bonded over her sister's death, for goodness sake!), and its interesting that the person she's confiding in is Patrick Drake, womanizer extraordinaire and someone who sent her cousin's world spinning (and not always in a good way). Maxie bemoans her inability to make the right decisions, so what is this?
Title: Baby, You Can't See a Target or a Tragedy (2010)
Author:sugarpromises
Universe: Canon divergence
Genre: Drama
Rating: T
Warning: N/A
Pairing: Lucky/Maxie
Word Length: 611
URL: http://sugarpromises.livejournal.com/144474.html
Author's Summary: Tonight could be messy, but with Lucky Spencer, things always are.
Why I'm recommending this piece: I love the complicated mess that is Maxie's and Lucky's wayward relationship. They can never seem to quite untangle themselves all the way, or let each other go (plus there's a positive mention of my OTP here, even if it ends badly!)
There has been a ton of good stuff coming out of the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
babysitters100 community. This fandom might be small, but it is really turning out quality stuff =) I definitely recommend joining the comm if you're interested in BSC fiction at all, even if all you wanna do is read and comment on it.
I've also been on a tear for good Janine Kishi-centric fic, because it inspires my own muse. There's definitely some of that here as well...
Title: Braids (2010)
Author:joykilldrama
Universe: Canon divergence
Genre: Introspection
Rating: T
Warning: Character death
Pairing: N/A
Word Length: 526
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/babysitters100/8196.html
Author's Summary: Mary Anne always hated braids.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Its a really lovely rendered piece about Mary Anne, her father, and what her braids have meant to her throughout the years. It really displays the power of Mary Anne's sensitivity about a relationship fraught with complications throughout the years.
Title: Chocolate (2010)
Author:lizwiz_
Universe: Canon
Genre: General
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: N/A
Word Length: 949
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/babysitters100/10736.html
Author's Summary: (None - just a note about how this is an alternative scene from #8 Boy Crazy Stacey)
Why I'm recommending this piece: A pretty cool re-imagining of the end of #8 Boy Crazy Stacey, the main storyline of which is that Stacey falls pretty hard for a really cute but way older lifeguard and more or less makes a fool of herself over him. The piece is actually centric to sensitive triplet Byron Pike, with whom Stacey bonds during her mother's helper job with his family. It's a sweet piece about getting exactly what you want, even if you don't realize it beforehand =)
Title: Almost Brothers (2008)
Author:baseballchica03
Universe: Canon
Genre: General
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: Logan/Mary Anne
Word Length: 722
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4634726/1/
Author's Summary: Big brothers aren't always related by blood. Logan/MA, with Charlie and Sam. Set after #10 Logan Likes Mary Anne.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Because nobody writes Charlie Thomas better thanbaseballchica03, and I'm a sucker for overprotective-brother-figure-fic :P I can totally picture this happening, and I can totally picture the Thomas brothers viewing Mary Anne as just as much a little sister as Kristy, perhaps even moreso given her nature. A really cool little ficlet =)
Title: Presents (2009)
Author: thankyouturtle
Universe: Pre-canon
Genre: Family
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: N/A
Word Length: 759
URL: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15748
Author's Summary: A book is about the last thing Claudia wanted for her birthday.
Why I'm recommending this piece: This is a pretty awesome imagining of how Claudia came into possession of her most favorite book ever, LOL =) To say any more would be to give the piece away, but suffice to say, if you like Claudia, you'll like this story.
Title: Sharing the Kishi Sky (2008)
Author: tornyourdress
Universe: Post-canon
Genre: Family
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: N/A
Word Length: 2,001
URL: http://archiveofourown.org/works/37594
Author's Summary: Claudia's visit to see her sister in college isn't going as well as Janine had hoped, but then again, why is she surprised?
Why I'm recommending this piece: An interesting look at the sisters post-canon, as they grow up and relate to each other in a different way. It plays pretty heavily on the idea of mutual jealousy, and really makes it work in a believable way - this is a wonderful sisterly piece.
Title: Elizabeth's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Dates (2010)
Author:mizzmarvel
Universe: Pre-canon
Genre: Romance
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: Elizabeth Thomas/Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Thomas/Richard Spier, Elizabeth Thomas/Watson Brewer
Word Length: 1,463
URL: http://archiveofourown.org/works/139716
Author's Summary: Kristy's mom hasn't had the greatest luck when it comes to dates.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Because its awesome to see someone take one of the adults of the series and flesh out their backstory. I adore the Thomas family, and this touches on a couple of different things for me - Kristy's aggressiveness, Charlie's protectiveness, even the forbidden Elizabeth/Richard ship :P And it's absolutely adorable, giving birth to the first romantic relationship we see in the series in a humorous and fun way. For an author best known for her slash of the clients, this is a welcome and refreshing bit of Yuletide fun =)
As always, you can check out my full recommendations list which is static at the top of my journal here. ETA: Wow, its actually gotten too big for one post! Here's part two.
As for the updates on my stories...well, I'm still rather in the middle of moving, so the muse has deserted me ~ at least for my ongoing projects. I've been feeling some very heavy and exciting things for the possible sequel to Stacy in Bloom, which is fun :) Its set in the future, so I'm puzzling over what sorts of jobs and problems I want to give the squeaky-clean Kids to bring them more in line with reality beyond the fantasy of the show :P
I'm also still working on my Charlie/Janine fic for the BSC fandom. It's about half finished, and I want to wait to post it until its done, just in case I have to go back and revise (since its the first long story I'm writing for said fandom).
As for my IY works ~ Fragments is one chapter away from completion, and *crosses fingers* will be done soon. Next on my list is picking up Fleeting again, since I know how that story ends as well, and its just a matter of finding the time to write it. After a year of being dormant, it seems Sesshoumaru is ready to wake up and speak to me again, LOL.
The first 'new' stories I'll probably post will be myfandom_stocking gifts. I'm looking forward to the reveal, because I stepped away from my established fandoms in a sorta big way for it. Those will be revealed at the end of the week, so stay tuned!
As some of you are aware, I'm a pretty big Maxie Jones fangirl. She's quite unlike any other female character I've ever been attracted to, in that she's basically a hot mess, but in an incredibly fascinating/interesting way. Her relationships are anything but simple, no matter if we're talking romantic, platonic, or familial. It's rare to run across someone who seems to understand Maxie well enough to really get her when writing, but this author seems to do just that.
Title: When Everything Goes Red (2010)
Author:
sugarpromisesUniverse: Canon
Genre: Introspection
Rating: T
Warning: N/A
Pairing: Maxie/Spinelli, Patrick/Robin
Word Length: 748
URL: http://sugarpromises.livejournal.com/145371.html
Author's Summary: The sight of her clinging to the ground is unsettling, but he doesn’t dare disturb her state. He’s seen what shock looks like on Maxie and worries that one wrong move could lead her there.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Maxie's relationship with her ill-fated 'non-husband' has been star-crossed from the first moment (they bonded over her sister's death, for goodness sake!), and its interesting that the person she's confiding in is Patrick Drake, womanizer extraordinaire and someone who sent her cousin's world spinning (and not always in a good way). Maxie bemoans her inability to make the right decisions, so what is this?
Title: Baby, You Can't See a Target or a Tragedy (2010)
Author:
sugarpromisesUniverse: Canon divergence
Genre: Drama
Rating: T
Warning: N/A
Pairing: Lucky/Maxie
Word Length: 611
URL: http://sugarpromises.livejournal.com/144474.html
Author's Summary: Tonight could be messy, but with Lucky Spencer, things always are.
Why I'm recommending this piece: I love the complicated mess that is Maxie's and Lucky's wayward relationship. They can never seem to quite untangle themselves all the way, or let each other go (plus there's a positive mention of my OTP here, even if it ends badly!)
There has been a ton of good stuff coming out of the
babysitters100 community. This fandom might be small, but it is really turning out quality stuff =) I definitely recommend joining the comm if you're interested in BSC fiction at all, even if all you wanna do is read and comment on it.I've also been on a tear for good Janine Kishi-centric fic, because it inspires my own muse. There's definitely some of that here as well...
Title: Braids (2010)
Author:
joykilldramaUniverse: Canon divergence
Genre: Introspection
Rating: T
Warning: Character death
Pairing: N/A
Word Length: 526
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/babysitters100/8196.html
Author's Summary: Mary Anne always hated braids.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Its a really lovely rendered piece about Mary Anne, her father, and what her braids have meant to her throughout the years. It really displays the power of Mary Anne's sensitivity about a relationship fraught with complications throughout the years.
Title: Chocolate (2010)
Author:
lizwiz_Universe: Canon
Genre: General
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: N/A
Word Length: 949
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/babysitters100/10736.html
Author's Summary: (None - just a note about how this is an alternative scene from #8 Boy Crazy Stacey)
Why I'm recommending this piece: A pretty cool re-imagining of the end of #8 Boy Crazy Stacey, the main storyline of which is that Stacey falls pretty hard for a really cute but way older lifeguard and more or less makes a fool of herself over him. The piece is actually centric to sensitive triplet Byron Pike, with whom Stacey bonds during her mother's helper job with his family. It's a sweet piece about getting exactly what you want, even if you don't realize it beforehand =)
Title: Almost Brothers (2008)
Author:
baseballchica03Universe: Canon
Genre: General
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: Logan/Mary Anne
Word Length: 722
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4634726/1/
Author's Summary: Big brothers aren't always related by blood. Logan/MA, with Charlie and Sam. Set after #10 Logan Likes Mary Anne.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Because nobody writes Charlie Thomas better than
baseballchica03, and I'm a sucker for overprotective-brother-figure-fic :P I can totally picture this happening, and I can totally picture the Thomas brothers viewing Mary Anne as just as much a little sister as Kristy, perhaps even moreso given her nature. A really cool little ficlet =)Title: Presents (2009)
Author: thankyouturtle
Universe: Pre-canon
Genre: Family
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: N/A
Word Length: 759
URL: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15748
Author's Summary: A book is about the last thing Claudia wanted for her birthday.
Why I'm recommending this piece: This is a pretty awesome imagining of how Claudia came into possession of her most favorite book ever, LOL =) To say any more would be to give the piece away, but suffice to say, if you like Claudia, you'll like this story.
Title: Sharing the Kishi Sky (2008)
Author: tornyourdress
Universe: Post-canon
Genre: Family
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: N/A
Word Length: 2,001
URL: http://archiveofourown.org/works/37594
Author's Summary: Claudia's visit to see her sister in college isn't going as well as Janine had hoped, but then again, why is she surprised?
Why I'm recommending this piece: An interesting look at the sisters post-canon, as they grow up and relate to each other in a different way. It plays pretty heavily on the idea of mutual jealousy, and really makes it work in a believable way - this is a wonderful sisterly piece.
Title: Elizabeth's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Dates (2010)
Author:
mizzmarvelUniverse: Pre-canon
Genre: Romance
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing: Elizabeth Thomas/Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Thomas/Richard Spier, Elizabeth Thomas/Watson Brewer
Word Length: 1,463
URL: http://archiveofourown.org/works/139716
Author's Summary: Kristy's mom hasn't had the greatest luck when it comes to dates.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Because its awesome to see someone take one of the adults of the series and flesh out their backstory. I adore the Thomas family, and this touches on a couple of different things for me - Kristy's aggressiveness, Charlie's protectiveness, even the forbidden Elizabeth/Richard ship :P And it's absolutely adorable, giving birth to the first romantic relationship we see in the series in a humorous and fun way. For an author best known for her slash of the clients, this is a welcome and refreshing bit of Yuletide fun =)
As always, you can check out my full recommendations list which is static at the top of my journal here. ETA: Wow, its actually gotten too big for one post! Here's part two.
As for the updates on my stories...well, I'm still rather in the middle of moving, so the muse has deserted me ~ at least for my ongoing projects. I've been feeling some very heavy and exciting things for the possible sequel to Stacy in Bloom, which is fun :) Its set in the future, so I'm puzzling over what sorts of jobs and problems I want to give the squeaky-clean Kids to bring them more in line with reality beyond the fantasy of the show :P
I'm also still working on my Charlie/Janine fic for the BSC fandom. It's about half finished, and I want to wait to post it until its done, just in case I have to go back and revise (since its the first long story I'm writing for said fandom).
As for my IY works ~ Fragments is one chapter away from completion, and *crosses fingers* will be done soon. Next on my list is picking up Fleeting again, since I know how that story ends as well, and its just a matter of finding the time to write it. After a year of being dormant, it seems Sesshoumaru is ready to wake up and speak to me again, LOL.
The first 'new' stories I'll probably post will be my
fandom_stocking gifts. I'm looking forward to the reveal, because I stepped away from my established fandoms in a sorta big way for it. Those will be revealed at the end of the week, so stay tuned!
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