emergency recs, please?
Oct. 26th, 2017 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kindkitMy job is making me literally sick with rage and frustration right now. I could really use recs for long (like, novel-length or more) fanfics or for escapist TV. For fanfics I'd really like m/m slash, strong characterization, decent writing, and a happy ending. I don't care if I know the fandom so long as I can make sense of the story without canon knowledge. For TV, I'd like either canon m/m or lots of m/m subtext (the pairing as a plausible endgame would be nice), and preferably but not necessarily a genre story like sff or mystery. No rape scenes, nothing too depressing.
Sorry if that's an obnoxious list of requirements, but I am running very low on cope and I don't watch to watch anything that will make me feel worse.
All recs greatly appreciated. ETA: Please don't hesitate to self-rec if you've written something that fits the bill.
And I'm not looking for advice. I'm doing what practical things I can to make the situation better, and that's not what I need at the moment.
Sorry if that's an obnoxious list of requirements, but I am running very low on cope and I don't watch to watch anything that will make me feel worse.
All recs greatly appreciated. ETA: Please don't hesitate to self-rec if you've written something that fits the bill.
And I'm not looking for advice. I'm doing what practical things I can to make the situation better, and that's not what I need at the moment.
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Date: 2017-10-26 07:54 pm (UTC)The Old Bad Songs (20849 words) by fengirl88
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Maurice (1987)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/Lestrade (Inspector), Lestrade (Inspector)/Maurice Hall
Additional Tags: Mystery, Romance, Angst, Crossover, E.M. Forster - Freeform, Crossover Pairing, Queer History
Series: Part 1 of The Old Bad Songs and other stories
Summary:
Lestrade becomes enmeshed in a blackmail case he is working and has to turn to Sherlock for help.
And there's a series of short fics exploring the endgame relationship, too.
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Date: 2017-10-26 08:30 pm (UTC)https://king-touchy.dreamwidth.org/70019.html
Actually, that people just popped up to offer stuff was ... nice. Fandom can be pretty damn awesome.
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Date: 2017-10-26 09:31 pm (UTC)Hope you don't mind me reccing this one of mine. It's a bit short, but there's a happy ending; and Canon is (I hazard) moderately well-known.
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Date: 2017-10-27 01:35 am (UTC)I don't know how you feel about
- Technical Support is a slow burn John/Harold AU, where Harold is still working at IFT.
- Employment Benefits - starts out Harold/Shaw but shortly becomes Harold/John and a good mystery.
Rivers of London, in which my tastes apparently run to the ridiculous:
- A very silly but very capable GBBO AU:
Four and Twenty Love Birds
- Gen but cute and silly crossover:
Rivers of Ankh-Morpork
One self-rec:
My Sentinel/Guide POI fic is tagged Root/Shaw but it's 50% Harold/John, don't know if that's suitable or not? But it's long!:
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Sending you all the hugs.
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Date: 2017-10-27 03:15 am (UTC)Straight Boy Pain (18257 words) by Glenmore
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mrs Hudson, Greg Lestrade, The Camden Garroter, Some Original Characters
Additional Tags: Pain, Romance, Birds, Coming Out
Summary:
Sherlock is in pain. Billy Kinkaid, the Camden garroter and best man Sherlock knows, diagnoses it. Ademar Silver, a male prostitute in south London, attempts to treat it. Lestrade, kindly Detective Inspector of New Scotland Yard, doesn’t notice it. Eventually, John Watson, healer and registered medical doctor, cures it.
And a beautician called Penny paints Sherlock’s toenails.
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Date: 2017-10-27 07:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-10-28 02:53 am (UTC)(~1M words at the moment (3 complete stories, one in progress))
Fandom: Supernatural
Relationships: Dean Winchester/Castiel
An AU that ends up being really hopeful, despite the setting. I really like Seperis’ writing and worldbuilding. The first chapter was somewhat confusing on initial read through, but by chapter 5 of Map of the World I was hooked on the story.
I think it makes sense without canon knowledge? (my knowledge of the seasons it’s building off of was vague to nonexistent when I started reading it)
There’s a FAQ page with more info here
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Date: 2017-11-04 07:17 pm (UTC)Chapters: 14/14
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom/Ginny Weasley
Summary:
Seven years out from the war, Harry learns the hard truth of old history: it’s never quite as far behind you as you thought.
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Date: 2017-11-04 07:19 pm (UTC)Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: The Professionals
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: William Bodie/Ray Doyle
Characters: William Bodie, Ray Doyle
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Ancient Rome, Alternate Universe - Prostitute, First Time, Alternate Universe - Historical, Slavery, Additional Warnings Apply, Alternate Universe - Ancient Greece & Rome
Summary:
The year is 74. A lonely Roman soldier on leave in Pompeii meets a Celt at a brothel. Together they each learn that the other is not what they expected.