September 2017

Fanfiction

As usual, only “good enough to be listed” newly-read fics are, well, listed, and not everything I’ve read during the month. Especially recommended fics are in bold.

• {SW} The Exchange. {58k words atow}

• {SW} Pay it Forward. {20k words atow}

• {SW} Righteous and sequels: The Framing of a Braid, Many Blood Sucking Creatures, Too Many Pirates. {2K + 3k + 4k + 18k words atow}

• {SW} Burnt Edges. {33k words}

• {SW} Lingering Doubt. {10k words}

• {Avatar} Touch and Go. {4k words}

• {Avatar} Cauterize. {13k words}

• {Avatar} The Compass Points North. {32k words}

• {Avatar} Toward The Rising Sun. {31k words atow}

• {SW} Cataclasm. {43k words atow}

• {SW} The Right Path. {5k words}

• {SW} Amid the Shadow.

  There really ought to be a rating in between ‘Teen and up’ and ‘Adult’. {33k words atow}

• {SW} Of marriage. {10k words atow}

• {SW} Lead Me From Fear To Love.

  This is an excellent fic, if very graphic given its premise and content. There is little that I dislike about it: most of that is the lack of proofreading consistent throughout. It’s not badly written, but there’s words missing, awkward wording, common typos, etc. The story is well-organised into arcs and subarcs and side-stories, with very good blending and threading so while you can see the different arcs, they don’t feel disjointed at all. The principles that the Jedi are orienting themselves towards is also a great boon to me, as it is exactly the kind of thing one group in my Dawnverse is going for, so it’s giving me both confirmation and ideas on how to write it. Heartily recommend, albeit with warnings for very graphic violence and abuse. {218k words atow}

• {SW} Master Kenobi. {1k words}

• {SW} Course Correction. {3k words atow}

• {SW} Offset. {65k words}

• {SW} Deadeye. {73k words atow}

• {SW} Where Shall We Three Meet Again?. {47k words atow}

• {SW} Everyone Deserves Someone Who Cares. {12k words atow}

• {SW} Champion of the Force. {18k words atow}

• {SW} Deviation. {48k words atow}

• {SW} I Didn’t Believe Them/When They Called You/A Hurricane Thunderclap. {32k words}

• {SW} these are the good old days and set this dance alight. {2k + 3k words atow}

• {SW} In a Lonely Place. My dear heart, it has fluttered off and gone upon the reading of this fic. {81k words}

• {SW} Kindling, Fuel, Smolder, Flare, Stoke, Furnace. {17k + 1k + 2k + 8k + 18k + 20k words}

• {HP/SW} rise like a phoenix in the desert winds. {39k words}

• {HP/SW} like a phoenix from the ashes. {9k words}

• {HP/SW} they say that life is full of second chances. {6k words}

• {SW} Against the odds. {31k words}

• {SW} On the Edge of the Devil’s Backbone.

  I’m running out of nice things to say about fics. Assume the details: it’s a great fic, well-written, good arcs, awesome concept, etc. What I found really interesting about it is the point of view of people under an authoritarian regime. There’s not much by people who enjoy serving under it, and not much by people who resist, although there’s a bit of both. No, what’s there most is people who believe they’re doing the right thing, for very good reasons, who are loyal to the regime, when they really really shouldn’t be. There’s people destroying themselves to survive, at any cost. It’s a story about shades of people operating in a shady world where no circumstance, no decision, is ever black and white, right or wrong, wholly good or wholly evil. It’s a convincing and chilling perspective, especially here, today. {282k words atow}

• {SW} A Million More Deaths. {3k words}

• {SW} What’s An Angel?. {5k words}

• {SW} who cares about your lonely heart. {28k words}

• {SW} Clarity. {74k words atow}

• {SW} ‘semantics’ series. {13k words}

• {SW} ‘once there was’ series. {54k words atow}

• {SW} Though I Never Dared Dream. {40k words atow}

• {SW} Livewire. {28k words}

• {SW} On Ebon Wings, Ere I Breathe.

  There are many good fanfictions, and many good books, but there are few great ones. This is one of them. Like many, it was written over a long time, refined and cultivated. It marries story, originality, and emotion in one big happy polyamorous family, and the climaxes are exhalting if terribly shaking. And of course, nothing is a coincidence, and everything is fucking poetry. A delight. {117k words}

• {SW} We’ve Been Here Before. {6k words}

• {SW} Five. {31k words atow}