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Ok, I've been putting off and putting off updating my rec journal because of all the backlog I have. Therefore any and all incoming recs for the next month are gonna be be pretty random. Gomen ^^

Today's topic will be Buffy the Vampire Slayer, focus on Spander fics, since they're my OTP. Most of these won't be new to the die-hard fans of the fandom, so sorry for that.

Nessuno by riani1 (complete, Spander, AU)
Through the Looking Glass by kimberly_a (series, complete, slash, Spander, post-series)
S2!AR by reremouse (series, complete, slash, Spander, post-series)
Wilderness by reremouse (series, complete, Spander, post-series)
Xanpet by Seige (series, WIP, slash, BDSM, Spander, post-series)
Dogs of War by tabaqui (complete, Spander, AU)
Credence by tabaqui (series, WIP, Spander, some Xander/Oz, AU)
( Details under the Cut )

WIP Updates will be posted when I have them a little more organized.

Okay, this is where everyone is allowed to go eew, and wonder why I'm reading, let alone recommending some of the things that I do. Yep, this is where I unveil the Finding Nemo slash! If you were a member of the HP fandom in 2003, you probably already heard about these two fic by cimorene and Amanunensis, but if not, please give the idea a chance before you go running for the hills.

An Interlude On Mount Wannahockaloogie by amanuensis1 (oneshot, Nemo/Gill) Nemo and Gill have a chat after Nemo fails to lodge the pebble into the filter on the first try. Told from Nemo's point of view, I really like how amanuensis1 gets into Nemo's head and shares with us hus frustration and his fear about his upcoming gifting to the Dentist's niece. For Nemo, his failure is both a death sentence and a reaffirmation of his handicap. He goes to Gill for comfort. Wonderful writing, the author rerally has her Disney characters down, and I loved Gill's conflict.

what it feels like by cimorene111 (oneshot, slash for underage!fish sex) Inspired by An Interlude On Mount Wannahockaloogie, this fic takes place post-movie. Gill and company have finally gotten out of the tank and have caught up with Nemo and his family at the Reef. My favorite of the two, cimorene does a great job with the storytelling, conveying how Nemo has changed from the fish he used to be brilliantly. cimorene also does what very few authors can do well, conveyed fish!sex. It doesn't even squick me that much, it's more cute than anything sorid. Another definite recommendation.

WiP Update
Grey part 22 by treneka (HnG, beware the het!Hikaru and Touya *gasp*)
Waking Up 8/9 by camisha (BtVS, X/S)
Morning, part 3 of the wonder!verse by camisha (BtVS, X/S)
Hold Me. Thrill Me. Kiss Me. Kill Me. 21/? by amejisuto (BtVS, X/S)
Brothers. Part 2, chapter 3 by kalikamaxwell (FMA, post-series, EdxHeiderich)
Lullaby 4 by herohunter (SV, clex, futurefic)
The Obligatory 'Draco is a Veela' story part 4 by mahaliem (HP, Draco-centric, comedy) friends-locked
Moving Forward part 9 and Moving Forward part 10 & epilogue by trinityhelix (PoT, InuixKai, InuixYanagi) complete! Now you have no excuse
myDec 06 scrap by lazulisong (DNAngel, incomplete)

A Temporal Progression by Ju cee orangensaft (oneshot, shounen-ai, Ogata Ashiwara)
Not Just A River In Egypt by Ju cee orangensaft (oneshot, yaoi, AkiHika)
Of Hair and Obsessions by Ju cee orangensaft (oneshot, shounen-ai, AkiHika)
One is One is One by nopejr (ficlet, gen, Hikaru, Akira) originally recced by issen4
Hikaru no Golf by nopejr (oneshot, gen, Hikaru, Akira, Kuwabara) also stolen from issen4
Connections 1/2, 2/2, and Payment: "Connections" side story by lady_addiction (series, complete, crossover with XXXHolic)
The Losers Circle and the The Losers Circle: Crack version by flonnebonne (oneshot, shounen-ai)
( Longer reviews under here )

WiP Update
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 20/? by amejisuto (BtVS, Spike/Xander)
Visiting Hours pt 11/? by rageprufrock (SV, Conner)
Draco Malfoy/(eminem) part 6 by _peapod (HP/RPS: Draco Malfoy/(eminem))

Some of you might have already read these, but what the heck. Also, does anyone know a good site/journal for keeping up with the Smallville livejournal fandom? I already read goss' recs and visit the TWOP forums.

Frantic, or, the Day There Were No Porkchops, part 2, and part 3 by seperis with epilogue by svmadelyn (complete, clex, futurefic, humor)
Everything Is Fine by Henry Jones Jr. sabershadowkat (oneshot, clex, written for CLFF 12th Wave challenge)
Smallville: Infinite Possibilities by Henry Jones Jr. sabershadowkat (WiP, episode based, clex, AU)
Bliss by siobhan_w (oneshot, clex)
Predictions by mistressace (oneshot, clex, futurefic, minor character death)
( Longer reviews under here )

WiP Update
Unfolding Fan 8/? by issen4 (HnG, futurefic, gen) and I promise to leave feedback next chapter *cowers*
Chasing a Shadow chapter 10: Strategies by cienna (HnG, AkiHika)
A Good Offense chapter 1 by JoIsBishMyoga, sequel to The Best Defense (YYH/HP)
The Absence of Unhappy chapter 2, sequel to Snape's Vocation and The Owl and the Puppydog by Gillian Middleton (HP, gen child!Harry)
Bandages 8/? by konitsu (FFVII/FVIII)

Made a new community, hikago_djs! Share the love and join!

Harry Potter and the Stone of Your Choice: Breadbox Edition, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Breadbox Edition, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Breadbox Edition by evadne_noel (oneshots, parodies, humor)
Older, Wiser, Sadder by astolat (oneshot, gen, slight pre-slash Harry/Snape)
Written by zionsstarfish (oneshot, gen, Draco, Harry)
Letters To A Young Gentleman by prillalar (oneshot, H/D)
The Ties That Bind by dovielr (oneshot, slash, Snape/Lupin, warnings for bestiality)
Dreamless Sleep by srichard(oneshot, slash, Snape/Lupin)
On Her Majesty's Wizarding Service. by nothingbutfic (oneshot, complete, possible sequel, parody, humor)
The Care Of Infants part 1 and part 2 by stellahobbit (complete, Slash, Harry/Severus)

( Longer reviews under the cut )

Yup, and no Works in Progress updates yet, maybe later if all goes well. I'm also going to see if I can start up a weird idea. My idea you ask? Well, since it seems like Hikago doujinshi are in the decline amongst bl scanlators, I thought I'd set up a community where people can put up their raw/scanned doujinshi and other Hikago fans can volunteer to translate, while others can edit the scans into brand new scanlated HnG DJs for the masses. Meanwhile other members could put up their previously scanlated DJs up like in yaoi_daily to share with everyone else. How's that sound? *crickets chirp* I'll probably be the only member for awhile.

Bwahaha half-assed entry for you all! I'm watching Sorority Boys right now, so I should try to type up something during commercials and stop "putting off" updating. Bleh. Well on a personal note, I saw Green Day on Saturday. It was a fun concert. The opening act, My Chemical Romance was ok, but the sound system drowned out all the vocals with too much bass. So...eh. By the time I got back after getting some dinner, I find out that a kid got beat up in the building, so I gossiped with the other RAs, and helped them go on rounds, so it was a four girl squad at two in the morning. I didn't go to sleep until 5 AM and then up and at'em for RA kickball at 12! I should really be asleep, but I wanted to watch this movie, but missed it while Simpsons and Family Guy was on. Now onto the fanfic links!

He loves him, she loves them A very well written Boston Globe article about BL and yaoi
DN page 60 is out!!! from We, the Fans. Go get it from their irc channel!

Fanfic/Fanart Links
The Veela Enigma chapter 29 by jennavere (HP, H/D)
Hold Me. Thrill Me. Kiss Me. Kill Me. 16/? by amejisuto (BtVS, Spike/Xander)
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea third in the Trouble!verse by camisha (BtVS, Spike/Xander)
Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen. And Watch Smallville. by svmadelyn and nifra_idril (SV)
GonxKillua 30_kisses submissions by sub_divided (HxH)
The Flooding Dark, The Evening Strange: Six by herongale (FMA, ScarxEd) *spoilers*
Jurisdiction, part of the Trial Arc latests installment of the alter_series by acdragonmaster and illustrated by hime1999 (FMA) *spoilers*
Female Sai part 4/? by Lady J (HnG)
Three Hikago ficlets by serene_anarchy (HnG, WayaxIsumi, KagaxTsutsui)
Drabble Meme part 1 by lazulisong (various)
Drabble Meme part 2 by lazulisong (various)
Drabble Meme part 3 by lazulisong (various)
Ryuk/apple drabble by vikki (DN)

Going to go finsish the movie now and then immerse myself in Sorority Boy/Michael Rosenbaum slash. Woohoo!

If you're looking for more recs, check out try_this_fic or volunteer yourself! I'll be recommending FFVII fics this month.

Yeah, so, this update was supposed to be posted a long time ago. RL and laziness got in the way. Plus I was being a horrible, horrible, fangirl and putting off reading Pru's Visiting Hours until tonight. What was wrong with me?

Silence is Easy by Cynique (oneshot, shounen-ai, AkiHika)
While You Were Away by issen4 (oneshot, gen, Hikaru, Akira)
Heat by thehoyden (oneshot, yaoi AkiHika)
Blossoming by thehoyden (oneshot, shounen-ai, AkiHika)
Precipitation by karabana (oneshot, slight AkiHika)
Conditioning by karabana (oneshot, shounen-ai, AkiHika)
Rumor Mill by harukami (onehsot, AkiHika, humor)
untitled Valentine's fic by hebiserpens (oneshot, yaoi, AkiHika)
Nigiri by hebiserpens (oneshot, AkiHika)
Mr. Dress Up by flonnebonne (oneshot, gen, humor)
( Longer reviews under here )

And after writing out these recs, I've realized that everyone has probably already read these fics and left feedback. I am a bad fangirl. *le sigh*

Fanfic Links
Visiting Hours pt 8/? by rageprufrock (SV, Conner, because damn it, he's more important than the pairing)
Powers: The Nature of Friendship (v. 2.0) by harukami (Slayers, XelxZel) who I never noticed wrote the original Friendship arc. huh.
The Flooding Dark, The Evening Strange: Three by herongale (FMA, ScarxEd) spoilerific!
Brothers part 2 1/? Brothers Part 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 by kalikamaxwell (FMA, Edxalter!Alphonse) spoilerific!
51 Snupin Challenges by demon_of_rice (HP, SnapexLupin) in the vein of amanuensis1's 53 Stories About Snape and Black
Hold Me. Thrill Me. Kiss Me. Kill Me. Spike/Xander 14/? by amejisuto (BtVS, Spike/Xander)
In From The Cold 26/26 by reremouse and camisha (BtVS, Xander/William, Xander/Spike) complete

Sigh. My recs are getting slowly, but surely up to date.

April 2005 Word A Day Drabbles: Death Note [Light, L] by kleos_fic (oneshot, Light, L, crack) Light's plan to kill L backfires. Funny stuff. The author has so many funny one liners and just out there situations. A must read.

Legalism by sub_divided (oneshot, Light) Aizawa and Matsuda ask Light about his opinion on a jury system. It's smart and intelligent and what I love about this fic is that sub_divided can illustrate beautifully Light's blind spots about himself.

deathnote100 Read all the drabbles at the community. They're great and thought provoking.
Mythology for the mythology challenge by firedraygon97
Childhood for the childhood challenge by firedraygon97
The Seer of Truth for the mythology challenge by shukuun
Their Favourite Pastime for the favorites challenge by okobi
Picking Favorites for the favorites challenge by julysixth

Art Recs
Koyar's Death Note Fancomics by koyar originally recced by aelice Hilarious stuff with nice artwork.
summer by impishimp cute piece with a half naked L.
Death Note art dump by hooli Multiple sketches. Lovely stuff.
Death Note X South Park: UPDATED by cooked_sashimi Death Note sprites, South Park style. So cute.

Sorry about the long post, and the next one will have the wip updates.

A not so secret pairing for me now: ScarxAl. I am so going to hell for liking these. Well at least I'm not going after EdxAl yet...

youkofujima's ScarxAl pics: White Day pics, more uke!Al, and more porn, which got me into the ScarxAl kick in the first place. not work-safe!
Solo Performance by sailormac (oneshot, yaoi, ScarxAl) Written for youkofujima's drabble challenge. Teh hotness.
Sayonara, Sensei... by jade_pen (oneshot, ScarxAl) I still have to read this *sigh*
Don’t Stand So Close to Me part 1 and part 2 by lukassa (complete, ScarxAl) aggressive!Al
Etude by kaitou_marina (oneshot, ScarxAl) A wonderful fic for when Al is in the gate. Very moving. Based on this pic. *spoilers*
Firebird by laylah_r (oneshot, ScarxAl) Lovely ScarxAl interaction and very steamy.

Linkage
alter_series has been updated! (FMA) *spoilers*
You Can Call Me Al 1-6 by scribblinlenore (SV)
Smallville: Infinite Possibilities Episode Seven - Resurgent by sabershadowkat (SV)
Human Behaviour 12/? by suzvoy (SV)

These hilarious posts by starbringer59 in customers_suck: The Guy Who Wanted Me To Kennel His RoboDog, RoboDog and the Owner of Doom, and RoboDog Sends Reinforcements

Hey everyone, getting off my lazy arse and getting some more recs out of the way.

82% by canis_m (oneshot, Chihiro/Haku)
A Heart that Cannot Understand by aishuu (oneshot, Chihiro/Haku)
Kompeitou Sky by Mandarin Huntress (oneshot, Chihiro/Haku)
Randomly - Haku 'fic by tokyofish (oneshot, gen, Haku)
A Well of Living Water by tiamatschild (ficlet, Chihiro/Haku)
Her Wishes by appalling_fool (oneshot, Chihiro/Haku)
( Longer reviews under here )

Linkage
Human Behaviour 11/? by suzvoy (SV)
The Plan 34/? by herohunter (SV)
Endless Moments part 5 by maboroshi_hime (FMA/HP)
Something Wicked This Way Comes part 9 by aishuu (DN)
In From the Cold 23/? by camisha (BtVS)

An interview with CLAMP about X pointed out to me by velvetpaws

- Green, who really needs to stop revisiting her old fandoms so much