Unfit for Society Recs

DCU

Could End Up A Story by girl_wonder
Chloe Sullivan gets sent to Gotham to do a puff piece on Bruce Wayne and ends up breaking a story about Lex Luthor. Gritty and smart. I love this fearless, bitter Chloe a lot. (AU)

Empty Places by ficbyzee
Ridiculously hot story in which Tim and Kon have sex in the Batcave.

Five Times Batman Got It Wrong by irrelevant
Lovely, understated story of Batman not quite getting it, and also Superman's (totally requited) crush on him. Aw, Batman, just give in to the inevitable. It's less painful and more fun that way.

Minute of Angle by hradzka
Jim Gordon, remaking his family. Jim Gordon wanted his brother's wife, once.

It was years ago and he moved away and she's dead now but he remembers the way her hair shone red against her bridal white that day when he was fresh back from the service in his uniform. She smiled at him, and kissed his cheek, and he was lost.

He lost more, later: his brother, a friend, a hometown he can't visit or even think of without feeling sadness and a deeper shame. He gained something else when Roger and Thelma died, the night Roger drove drunk into the path of an oncoming semi.

He's wanted his daughter in his life for fourteen years.

She calls him "Uncle Jim."

Jim's thankful for what he has. *sniffle*

On the third day... by basingstoke
"Come on," Clark said.

"Fetch me another setting, would you, dear?" Ma said.

"I can't stay," Batman said.

"Sure, Ma!" Clark got Batman a mug, plate, and silver, and Ma poured the coffee and served everyone up a piece of apple pie for breakfast.

Clark and J'onn sat down. Batman lurked.

The perfect coda to "Comfort and Joy." Batman shows up at the farm, and even he can't resist Ma and Pa Kent. ♥

Scare Crows, Not Crispus by Satchelfoot
I really enjoyed this bit of squadroom banter - Cris Allen tells Renee Montoya about his first case with the MCU. Oh, heart.

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Crossovers

Grey's Anatomy/Sports Night
Dry, With a Twist by fox1013
Addison Montgomery meets Dan Rydell in a bar. Witty conversation overlays loneliness. I love how they can't quite connect. Lovely.

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Good Omens/Harry Potter
Once More With Feeling by xylodemon
Absolutely AWESOME HP/GO crossover. Heaven and Hell suit up for round two of the apocalypse, and this time, Hell's got a wily plan. Aziraphale and Crowley team up with Harry Potter to thwart it. Dead on characterization, deft handling of the xover, heaps of fun.

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Angel/Supernatural
Unhappy the Land That Has No Heroes by alizarin_nyc
Dean's out of his depth, Angel can't resist a new mission, and Faith's still trying to make a place for herself. Hotness ensues. I really like the desperation and melancholy threading through this.

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Supernatural/Smallville
All Circles Warming Up by k.
"That wasn't a demon. That was something else. Do you really believe in demons?" "You don't? You were after a green glowing blob thing but somehow demons makes me the crazy one." Dean and Chloe meet, snark, and have hot sex. Mmm...tasty.

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Supernatural/Scooby-Doo
Dewey Decimal and Other Mysteries of Note by minim_calibre
Butch lesbian!Dean/Velma from Scooby-Doo. No, seriously. And it *works*.

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Gilmore Girls

Five Things That Never Happened To Lorelai Victoria Gilmore by fairy_tale_echo
Five very different, very possible outcomes for Lorelai and Rory.

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Sandman

Small Fish by FayJay
Beautifully bittersweet, sad and yet hopeful fic in which Dream (v.Daniel) visits Death, and Death thinks about how he isn’t Morpheus, but he’s still Dream. Lovely and poignant.

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Smallville

The Milk and Cookies War by Punk
Sweet, funny, playful and flirty fic in which Lex tries really hard (for some unknown reason) to resist Clark’s wiles.

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Buffy

Not Fade Away (Key of Life Remix) by Lar
Harsh, bittersweet Dawn/Faith with a really good Dawn voice. I liked it a lot.

A Few Things Anya Knows (The Billy Pilgrim Remix) by Hepcat
First off, I’m so jealous of the clever Remix title. I wish I’d come up with it. *g* Secondly, what a gorgeous story of how Anya deals with change, with life, with love and with death. A celebration of life in the face of death, and yes, sometimes beautiful does mean red, wrinkled and squalling. I like the structure, the way the story, like Billy Pilgrim, is unstuck in time, moving back and forth between now, then, and later. Jossed by Chosen, of course, but still, a beautiful story of love and hope.

Keeping in Touch (the Two Times Two Remix) by Sängerin
Another post-series AU, this one positing Giles and Xander as the only survivors, it tracks Giles’ path through the new Watchers’ Council hierarchy and through him we follow Xander’s progress around the world, until they meet again. Understated, poignant and nicely in character.

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Buffy/Smallville

An Englishman In Smallville (The Legal Alien Extended Remix) by RivkaT
I almost didn’t rec this because of the dismissive and denigrating attitude toward Xander (sub-par? sub-normal? WTF? Even if the author thinks that, there’s no way Giles does), but it is a fun romp through two worlds that really don’t go together, except they sort of do, if pseudo-small-town weirdness is a measure. The Lex-Willow and Buffy-Clark interactions are priceless and I just love Lex taking it all in, accepting demons and witches with his usual curiosity and aplomb.

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Sports Night/Smallville
Networking by shrift
Danny! Danny and Lex! Utter snark and hotness all in one story, and it doesn’t ignore Clark or Casey or the difficulties of having a one night stand for men as in the public eye as Lex and Danny. And did I mention the hot? *is shallow*

A quote:
Lex's fingers closed around his wrist, hands warm and dry, and the tips of his fingers a little harder than Dan would have expected. He tugged Dan closer, and Dan had a moment to realize that Lex was left-handed before he began to write. The pen Lex used was an old-fashioned kind, dark ink spilling out of the sharp tip as it caught and scratched over his skin, staining it in bold loops. It was a weird thing to be turned-on by, the feel of being written on, someone's warm fingers snug around the bones of his wrist. The ink glistened on his skin. Lex bent over his forearm, pursed his lips, and blew a warm puff of air over the words until they dried.

*swoon*

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Sports Night
Somebody Who Outdrew You by circusgirl
So I asked why there wasn’t much good Dana/Casey out there, and callmesandy recced this gem to me, and oh my god. So good. So painful. So... in character. It should work, Dana thinks, but somehow, there’s always something not quite right, and but it’s really hard to let it go. Beautiful and real.

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Smallville
And Warrior Angel Makes Three by zahra
Lex steels himself for Superman’s costume with a sleeve of Oreos and some Warrior Angel comics. Snarky and sweet and Lex, through and through.

The Calm Before (The Modern Prometheus Remix) by Rana Eros
Another story on my list that somehow never made the transition to the actual page. Huh. Anyhow...

"It begins with a storm, your life and the weather." Come on! You know a story with a first line like that is going to be good. And this is – short, evocative, sexy – Lex and Clark reveal their secrets in an oblique conversation that says everything that needs saying, without a word to spare.

A Christmas Tale v. 2.0 by zahra
I apparently have a thing for Lex reading comics and eating Oreos, so it’s a really good thing zahra writes about it, and does it so very, very well. Lex is alone on Christmas Eve, and he’s pretty put out with Clark about it. But it all works out in the end.

Role Playing by Hope (rosenho)
A lovely, *true* Pete/Chloe fic that made me feel for Pete so much. Hope really gets inside his head, and oh, he'd be so good for Chloe, if she'd just give up on Clark.

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Smallville/Gilmore Girls
Smart Is Sexy by Amy
Paris Geller meets Chloe Sullivan. I asked for this, and boy, did Amy deliver. Paris doesn’t know why Chloe likes her, and when Chloe kisses her she gets so buzzed, although she could never tell whether it was from the caffeine, the alcohol, or the kiss. Love the smart, insecure, socially awkward journalist girls!

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Smallville
Art of War (Art of Art logoRhythmic Mix) by zvi
A lovely Clexy fic that took a really sweet drabble by Livia Penn and worked it into something longer while keeping the same sweet pointedness about the differences between Luthors and Kents.

Gifts (Edge of Seventeen Remix) by Hope
I really like the original by Pearl-o, and this remix turns it around and gives Lex's POV, and does it with sharp, clear prose that I envy.

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Smallville
Expectations by Beth
The absolute hands-down, knee-slappingest, side-splittingest, pants-peeingest MPREG story ever. See Superman in a muumuu! Watch Lionel Luthor meet his match! Be Amazed when Toby finally freaks out. Plus, Sparky the Kent Goat makes a special, uncredited appearance.

This is the only way MPREG should ever be written, and really, after this, nothing more ever need be done on the subject.

The Lost Bizarre Ass Rituals of a Kryptonian Boy by Beth
This fic should be in the comedy Hall of Fame simply for the title. And the whisk. And Martha’s response to the whisk. Read and laugh, and send Bethy some love.

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Come and get 'em.

Smallville
Belief by Brighid
Gorgeous, low key future story, pondering the effects of Lionel's death on Lex

Burden by Jen K.
Very hot Clex story with a heartbroken Clark asking Lex to take his burdens from him.

Glitter by Hope
Smallville fandom is full of clubbing fics, but this one actually works for me. Or maybe it’s the kilt. There’s Lex in leather and a dance club that used to be a church ::coughLimelightcough:: and sweaty, sexy bodies writhing on a dance floor. Whew.

The Gloves by Kathe
Chloe ruminates on gloves and gifts. Subtle and sharp.

I Stopped Looking and Then Just Crashed by Kathe
Lex and Chloe as close friends, and then more. You know, I wish real life would happen like this, and I definitely wish we could see this on the show. Kathe does the best Chloe out there.

Reduced By One by Isilya
Clark dreams, and it’s hot. Isilya draws you in with evocative sensory descriptions without losing the dreamy feel.

And that's all for tonight, folks.

Go. Read. Send love.

~victoria

Whee!

First set of recs. It's been a while...

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Smallville

The Autumn People by Jenn
Chloe and Lex and everything that ever went wrong with them and Clark on a rainy night in Metropolis. Sharp, bitter, and extremely, sadly possible.

Brink Pink by Kathe
Post-Tempest Chloe vignette, in which Chloe deals with her feelings about Clark leaving her at the dance. Dead-on Chloe voice.

Drowning in Syrup by Pearl-O
Chloe learns the truth about coming home. Just pitch-perfect Chloe characterization.

A Good Year for the Corn by Beth
Jonathan protects his family in this chilling little ficlet. Why does Kent corn grow so well?

Immanence by Sarah T.
A beautiful, acid-etched portrait of regret, as Clark and Lex meet one more time, in Marrakech.

Immortality by Grail
Feel your heart break as Clark makes the only decision he thinks he can live with, and one that will haunt him forever. Simply stunning, an emotional wrecking ball.

Intellectual Discourse by Pearl-o
Clark and Lex discuss philosophy. Does personality really determine destiny?

Sky Blue by Tara LJC
Another "Chloe contemplates Kansas" story, and in this one, she comes to peace with both her hometown and her old high school sweetheart. Delicate and lovely.

Syzygy by Jenn
Clark and Lex discussing philosophy in the desert. Wonderful look at the future in a way that makes sense of both Smallville and Superman canon and cuts like a razor - no
pain until you think about it, and then it hurts so very much.

Vector by Hope
Sharp, bitter, achingly perfect Chloe/Lex story that shows exactly what these two could do to each other.

Watch It Fade by Pearl-o
Exquisite, wistful Clark/Lex vignette that captures the almost sacred nature of their friendship (confessor and confessee) as well as Lex's yearning for his lost mother.

Go. Read. Enjoy. Send Feedback!

And Happy Friday!

~victoria

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