I recced a shorter version - what became the first chapter - before. But yay, Salieri continued and expanded this dystopian cyberpunky idea to a novella, and, wow. Fraser’s a bot looking for the killers of the AI that created him, and Ray’s a cop looking for answers. It’s got great nods to canon, a cleverly imagined plot, and an ending that knocked my socks off.
Fraser and Kowalski gen or slash, as you see it, R for violence and theme, short story. This is a fusion with House of Leaves, which I have never read, but after reading the comments by people who have, I’m…not sure I want to. It’s a highly stylized horror story, told in fragments, with impeccable voice and great tension and pacing. I especially like the story lurking in the lacunae, what isn’t written making a negative space that tells as much as what is.
What happens after Starman, when Fraser and Ray have to share a room - and a bed. This is the setup for innumerable PWPs, and so it is here, but the adorable characterizations and impeccable dialogue (especially her Ray voice! Woo!) lift it out of PWP territory.
Lim’s vids push the boundaries of what I consider fanvids; they are technically brilliant, but because I am not a particularly sophisticated vid fan, they tend to go over my head. But I really like this one, set to “I Saved The World Today” by the Eurythmics, partly because of the very cool use of color and effects and stuff I don’t even know how to describe, and partly because it takes in everyone in Atlantis, from Caldwell to Kavanagh, sending the implicit message that everyone is an important part of the bigger team that is Earth’s presence in the Pegasus galaxy.
This is a remake of one of her earlier vids, and now contains spoilers through Tao of Rodney. I like the way she’s played with the colors, and the way the internal sync works - the movements to the beat are really cool. The message is a little mixed, as Rodney is not exactly strictly a scientist here, but it’s funny and makes me ♥ Rodney all over again.
Hornblower, Horatio/Archie, hankie warning, spoilery for the series. This is beautiful and sad. Waah.
Hornblower, completely gen and absolutely hilarious. To the Mortal Kombat theme song, and, hee! It goes on a little long - I would have cut a few repetitions - but the timing with the marching and cannonfire and especially the shouting is very clever.
Hornblower, Bush/Kennedy. I like this vid partly because I love the song, and partly because, GUH. Gorgeous men making eyes at each other.
This pastiche of the Twelve Days of Christmas was created for last year’s DSSS; I stumbled on it and promptly came down with a fit of the giggles.
I beta-read this story, so I know it started as slash, and in fact she labels it pre-slash - but if you don’t choose to see Ray/Ray as a possibility, I feel this reads perfectly well as that sort of intense gen that is about non-romantic relationships, with the same strong emotions as the relationships in canon. The Rays are trapped in a collapsed warehouse, and Vecchio’s severe injuries force Kowalski to come to grips with the depths of his concern for his partner. The non-chronological structure works really well, and the title is a perfect metaphor.
Written for the genre challenge, this is an absolutely fabulous take on Ladies’ Man (with a hint of Asylum, and a tiny bit of CotW) as a Dorothy Sayers pastiche - and Lord Peter Fraser is spot on. This AU posits that Kowalski was brought up on charges of killing Detective Botrelle, during the years that Fraser was partnered with Vecchio. The writing is gorgeous and the story unfolds beautifully.