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leavetheskyI wanted to write a rec for this incredible BoP (TVverse) I just read, but there's so much other fantastic femslash going on (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
yuletide and Secret Slasha -- see femslash_today for masterlists) that it felt like it wasn't enough. In fact, that's a problem I have all the time -- it never feels like I'm reccing enough.
The reason I started this LJ was as a way to thank all of the wonderful writers who spent so much time and energy writing beautiful fic for me (and everyone else) to read. So I can't say thank you enough times. I know how difficult it is to write even the shortest drabble -- staying in voice, on character, not to mention the grammatical and cliche landmines to be avoided. Then there's the whole problem of canon. Srsly, this is some dangerous territory you writers navigate for us every time you write. So, yeah, thank you all for writing EVERYTHING you write. Even the het and boyslash. *g*
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Bad Grammar byphryneateleusis aka Phryne is novel-length BoP (TVverse) Barbara/Helena, NC-17 on ralst's P&P. This is not a fic for those who want a fluff or a quick read. This is a long, beautifully written, deeply engaging and moving character study that alternates between Helena and Barbara's POV over years. Despite the tight first person POV, this fic manages to be action-packed, giving us a behind-the-scenes look at some big events from canon and some straight from the writer's brilliant imagination. Seriously, there are very few writers in and out of fandom that can keep me on the edge of my seat (I've read pretty much every conceivable twist, people), but phryne managed it again and again. And underneath it all is a gripping and thoroughly believable love story. A while ago theholyinnocent asked for fics that replaced canon in the mind of the readers and this has to be one of those for me. These two women are absolutely real and the obstacles that stand in the way of their relationship aren't contrived, but feel like the organic expression of their own twisted and battered psyches. Phryne's Helena is a true predator, barely tamed by her unspoken love for Barbara who is damaged so far beyond the physical yet still manages to be a superhero. This is truly an incredible piece of writing that manages to keep its impeccable characterization and voice, not to mention my attention, over hundreds of pages. Brilliant!
yuletide and Secret Slasha -- see femslash_today for masterlists) that it felt like it wasn't enough. In fact, that's a problem I have all the time -- it never feels like I'm reccing enough. The reason I started this LJ was as a way to thank all of the wonderful writers who spent so much time and energy writing beautiful fic for me (and everyone else) to read. So I can't say thank you enough times. I know how difficult it is to write even the shortest drabble -- staying in voice, on character, not to mention the grammatical and cliche landmines to be avoided. Then there's the whole problem of canon. Srsly, this is some dangerous territory you writers navigate for us every time you write. So, yeah, thank you all for writing EVERYTHING you write. Even the het and boyslash. *g*
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bop_femslashBad Grammar by
phryneateleusis aka Phryne is novel-length BoP (TVverse) Barbara/Helena, NC-17 on ralst's P&P. This is not a fic for those who want a fluff or a quick read. This is a long, beautifully written, deeply engaging and moving character study that alternates between Helena and Barbara's POV over years. Despite the tight first person POV, this fic manages to be action-packed, giving us a behind-the-scenes look at some big events from canon and some straight from the writer's brilliant imagination. Seriously, there are very few writers in and out of fandom that can keep me on the edge of my seat (I've read pretty much every conceivable twist, people), but phryne managed it again and again. And underneath it all is a gripping and thoroughly believable love story. A while ago theholyinnocent asked for fics that replaced canon in the mind of the readers and this has to be one of those for me. These two women are absolutely real and the obstacles that stand in the way of their relationship aren't contrived, but feel like the organic expression of their own twisted and battered psyches. Phryne's Helena is a true predator, barely tamed by her unspoken love for Barbara who is damaged so far beyond the physical yet still manages to be a superhero. This is truly an incredible piece of writing that manages to keep its impeccable characterization and voice, not to mention my attention, over hundreds of pages. Brilliant!
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Date: 2006-12-27 07:21 am (UTC)- Alex
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Date: 2006-12-27 07:34 am (UTC)Of course! And thanks for steering me toward some great fic!
-Melissa
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Date: 2006-12-27 09:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-28 04:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-28 08:18 am (UTC)totally off topic, but have read a story with Sally and Angua from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett??? Because I am reading Thud at the moment, and there is enough slash to write about.
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Date: 2006-12-27 04:42 pm (UTC)I...saw that...er... Well what happened is that right after you commented on my LJ, a couple of folks emailed to say that you had recc-ed Grammar. Of course, I was all blithely yes-she-told-me.
Of course, what I hadn't realised was how lavish and generous you were with your praise. I'm very touched that you would take so much effort to avow your liking of my story. That you read and enjoyed it to some degree is all that I could have hoped. But this - is exceeding kind of you. I mean...it makes me want to read the story, and I wrote the blessed thing.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Phryne
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Date: 2006-12-27 10:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-28 11:44 pm (UTC)Phryne
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Date: 2006-12-30 03:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-30 03:24 pm (UTC)Whatever will mother say?
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Date: 2006-12-30 08:22 pm (UTC)