End of Year Fic Roundup

[ziparumpazoo]

Yeah, so no questionnaire this year - the list is far too short. Fringe gave me an ending that felt complete, and while I enjoyed The Americans, I felt in no way fannish about it. The rest of the year was spent reading books and trawling the old archives of closed-canon fandoms. RL didn't leave much in the tank this year, and the brain, she needed a rest.

So, without further ado, 2013's Fic Review - A Collection of Snippets, smut, and obscurity...

Worship - Fringe (R/Explicit), Peter's never considered himself a religious man. (Olivia/Peter)
Living Like There's Nothing Left to Lose - Fringe (Mature), Post episode 5.08, Olivia and Peter take a moment to breathe
All In - BSG (PG), Kara says, "Marry me, Lee" and the crowd around the table goes quiet. A rescued snippet that lost its ending somewhere...
Two Years Later (and Olivia's back in Mid-World) - Fringe (G), Timestamp prompt fill.
Down Passages We Did Not Take - Longmire (novel canon), Post A Serpent's Tooth, Walt's always been an expert when it comes to shouldering the blame.

Comments

[jae]

while I enjoyed The Americans, I felt in no way fannish about it

And you have NO IDEA how sad that makes me! :(

-J

[ziparumpazoo]

I think it's more a compliment to the show because it's so tightly written and performed that I didn't feel the need to explore it beyond the boundaries of the screen. I enjoy reading other people's thoughts on the show but it has a smart fandom, so it's more a case of learning from the meta and going away to think about it until the next ep. :)

[jae]

That's so not how it works for me, so I don't feel the "compliment to the show" aspect, you know? When I love characters, I want to know more about them. For me the big draw is usually interpreting their past and figuring out what made them who they are, but it could be their future too. And there are always things to explore between the lines, things that are hinted at on the show but never directly explained.

Sometimes I do that sort of thing through fic, and sometimes just through meta, but I want to do more of it with tightly and aptly told stories on the screen, not less.

-J