A list of the fic I come back to...
May. 27th, 2006 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caz963OK, so I lied before about going off to make a list of e-mail addresses. I got sidetracked having a clear out of my "memories", which then got me to thinking about something ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
skywaterblue said yesterday, which was basically that there's not much good WW fic out there at the moment.
She's not wrong. There is some very good stuff, but it's pretty thin on the ground, amongst the massive pile of other stuff which ranges from "average" to "utter crap". Anyone who knows me knows that one of my pet peeves is bad spelling, grammar etc. (shut up,ozzyols!*g*) which is enough to turn me off a fic immediately. Luckily, however, the good authors can all spell and punctuate! so that's never a problem!
Anyway, so I got to thinking about the stuff I return to - the stuff I read when there's nothing new fic-wise and I need a Josh & Donna fix; and bearing in mind that I'm in "list mode" at the moment, here's a list of the stuff I like to read. It's not in any particular order, and I'm not sayin' it's a list of the best fic ever (or even that it's comprehensive, 'cos it's not!) - just the stuff I come back to because it's fab.
So, without further ado -
A Van, a Car, a Plane and a Bus by Speranza - and whilst you're there, check out The Age of Aquarius, too.
All her Josh and Donna stuff is utterly fabulous - characterisation, dialogue (yes, and grammar!) is all spot on.
Blame it on the Casanova bydianora2
Again, all her stuff is excellent - check out the New York stories if you've never read them (and then pester her to write some more!)
In Silence and All We Are bysalr323. Her other stuff is great too - romantic, angsty, but she brings the funny and the snark, too. There's some more recent stuff at her LJ, (usually posted to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
josh_and_donna as well.)
Galatea by Pix. An oldie, but still fabulous, and the writing is amazing. There's not a lot of her stuff still around now - she stopped writing around the end of S2, I think, which is a shame. There's stuff around but you have to hunt for it. If you're a member of the Yahoo State of the Union list, there's some still there.
Bearing in mind what I said in my last post about the whole Beatrice & Benedick/Josh and Donna thing, if you like a good laugh (and don't mind mangled Shakespeare) then this is for you - Much Ado About Politix. I came across it by accident ages ago - its an oldie, so maybe some of you haven't seen it before. There's a sequel too, sending up A Midsummer Night's Dream but I can't find the link right now!
Burning Bridges, Burning Buildings by CazQ again, an oldie, but goodie!
Coffeeplease, known on LJ asakalettucehead made a list of her greatest hits the other day, and I'm not gonna argue with her (!) but if you only have time to read one or two, go for Josh's Holiday Carol; part 2 and part 3. OK, so it's a Christmas fic, but it's a fabulous pastiche of Dickens, and a nice tribute to John Spencer, who died shortly before she finished it.
And if you want some smut - here's Yana's Finesse which I love, and also, her bubblefic entry, The Bomb Drop was fab!
Andthestickywicket's An Occasion Worthy of Baked Goods, or The After Party - older stories, but no less hot for that!
So... there's a few things for you to be getting on with over half-term! Have fun!
skywaterblue said yesterday, which was basically that there's not much good WW fic out there at the moment.She's not wrong. There is some very good stuff, but it's pretty thin on the ground, amongst the massive pile of other stuff which ranges from "average" to "utter crap". Anyone who knows me knows that one of my pet peeves is bad spelling, grammar etc. (shut up,
ozzyols!*g*) which is enough to turn me off a fic immediately. Luckily, however, the good authors can all spell and punctuate! so that's never a problem!Anyway, so I got to thinking about the stuff I return to - the stuff I read when there's nothing new fic-wise and I need a Josh & Donna fix; and bearing in mind that I'm in "list mode" at the moment, here's a list of the stuff I like to read. It's not in any particular order, and I'm not sayin' it's a list of the best fic ever (or even that it's comprehensive, 'cos it's not!) - just the stuff I come back to because it's fab.
So, without further ado -
A Van, a Car, a Plane and a Bus by Speranza - and whilst you're there, check out The Age of Aquarius, too.
All her Josh and Donna stuff is utterly fabulous - characterisation, dialogue (yes, and grammar!) is all spot on.
Blame it on the Casanova by
dianora2Again, all her stuff is excellent - check out the New York stories if you've never read them (and then pester her to write some more!)
In Silence and All We Are by
salr323. Her other stuff is great too - romantic, angsty, but she brings the funny and the snark, too. There's some more recent stuff at her LJ, (usually posted to josh_and_donna as well.)Galatea by Pix. An oldie, but still fabulous, and the writing is amazing. There's not a lot of her stuff still around now - she stopped writing around the end of S2, I think, which is a shame. There's stuff around but you have to hunt for it. If you're a member of the Yahoo State of the Union list, there's some still there.
Bearing in mind what I said in my last post about the whole Beatrice & Benedick/Josh and Donna thing, if you like a good laugh (and don't mind mangled Shakespeare) then this is for you - Much Ado About Politix. I came across it by accident ages ago - its an oldie, so maybe some of you haven't seen it before. There's a sequel too, sending up A Midsummer Night's Dream but I can't find the link right now!
Burning Bridges, Burning Buildings by CazQ again, an oldie, but goodie!
Coffeeplease, known on LJ as
akalettucehead made a list of her greatest hits the other day, and I'm not gonna argue with her (!) but if you only have time to read one or two, go for Josh's Holiday Carol; part 2 and part 3. OK, so it's a Christmas fic, but it's a fabulous pastiche of Dickens, and a nice tribute to John Spencer, who died shortly before she finished it.And if you want some smut - here's Yana's Finesse which I love, and also, her bubblefic entry, The Bomb Drop was fab!
And
thestickywicket's An Occasion Worthy of Baked Goods, or The After Party - older stories, but no less hot for that!So... there's a few things for you to be getting on with over half-term! Have fun!
