tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096 goseaward goseaward 2026-04-10T00:19:34Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:151853 2026-04-08T16:23:14Z 2026-04-10T00:19:34Z public 0 Some fics I've been reading and enjoying lately! Mostly sourced from other people's recs, so many may be familiar. Less info than I usually like to put in a recs post, since I've been pretty busy, but hopefully still useful:<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/151853.html#cutid1">Around 20 recs in no particular order</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=151853" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:151620 2026-01-13T04:40:25Z 2026-01-13T04:40:25Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/151620.html#cutid1">Letter</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=151620" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:151473 2025-07-14T03:00:20Z 2025-07-14T03:06:52Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/151473.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=151473" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:151074 2025-01-07T06:45:58Z 2025-01-07T06:52:17Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/151074.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=151074" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:151015 2024-07-15T03:37:03Z 2024-07-15T03:37:03Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/151015.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=151015" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:150652 2024-01-13T05:47:56Z 2024-01-13T05:47:56Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/150652.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=150652" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:150452 2023-10-29T05:23:12Z 2023-10-29T05:23:12Z public 3 At ConFabCon last weekend, I ran a fun sort of game show panel: the Great Trope Showdown. I put together a seeded bracket of 16 tropes from AO3 and we debated and then voted on which were the best ones, pure knockout rounds all the way to a final. I had a request to detail the process of making the bracket, so here it is!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/150452.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=150452" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:150249 2023-10-21T05:02:30Z 2023-10-21T05:05:05Z public 0 Hi Yuletide writer! Happy to see you!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/150249.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=150249" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:149937 2023-09-04T03:40:42Z 2023-09-05T03:55:03Z public 0 Hello, FIAB creator! Thanks for checking out this letter--I was traveling for most of the signup period and barely made it home in time to get the bare minimum in. :) I last edited this letter Sept 4, 2023.<br /><br />I am open for treats.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/149937.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=149937" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:149671 2022-10-21T05:04:29Z 2022-10-23T05:03:46Z public 0 Hello Yuletide writer! Some more details behind the cut--<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/149671.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=149671" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:149344 2022-07-14T06:01:42Z 2022-07-14T06:01:42Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/149344.html#cutid1">Letter!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=149344" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:149024 2022-05-06T02:02:22Z 2022-05-06T02:02:22Z public 2 Spent some time crying about the song Why We Tell the Story again, so I thought it might be time to write up the essay about why I love Once on This Island quite so much. :)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/149024.html#cutid1">Spoilers herein, but I don't think it hurts the experience of the musical to know the plot!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=149024" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:148842 2022-01-22T07:20:12Z 2022-01-23T01:09:02Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/148842.html#cutid1">Letter!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=148842" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:148648 2021-10-22T03:19:09Z 2021-10-22T21:53:18Z public 0 Hi, Yuletide writer! As always, I'm so happy you're writing something for me this year!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/148648.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=148648" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:148399 2021-02-11T05:23:33Z 2021-02-11T05:23:33Z public 0 Hello, creator! Very excited to see more KJ Charles fanworks in the world. :)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/148399.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=148399" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:148077 2020-10-22T05:54:41Z 2020-10-30T04:40:24Z public 0 Hi, Yuletide writer! I'm so happy you're writing something for me this year!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/148077.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=148077" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:147777 2020-10-13T23:08:30Z 2020-10-13T23:08:30Z public 0 <a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/tag/favorite+fics">Favorite fics rec #9</a>. <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/series/395623">Lines on Palms</a>, by Fahye, Captive Prince, Damen/Laurent, 35k for the series.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/147777.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=147777" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:147566 2020-08-30T22:09:30Z 2020-08-30T22:09:44Z public 0 <a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/tag/favorite+fics">Favorite fics rec #8</a>. <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/3125234">Enough to Go By</a> by oliviacirce, One Direction, Liam/Louis, 59k.<br /><br />Some mention of death of family members behind the cut--not in the fic itself, but in the context of me as a reader returning to this fic 5+ years after it was written.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/147566.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=147566" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:147255 2020-08-11T01:20:36Z 2020-08-11T01:20:50Z public 0 <a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/tag/favorite+fics">Favorite fics rec #7</a>. <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/324584">the sensation of falling as you just hit sleep</a> (83k) and <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/346149">in deed accomplish our designs</a> (96k), by greywash, Sherlock, Sherlock/John.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/147255.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=147255" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:147176 2020-07-27T00:13:13Z 2020-07-27T00:13:44Z public 0 <a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/tag/favorite+fics">Favorite fics rec</a> #6. <a href="https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/195866">Tell me to stop</a>, by AirgiodSLV, Bandom, Brendon/Spencer, 29k.<br /><br />As always, I expect these to be more reminders than suggestions of fic you've never read, so there may be some mild plot spoilers below.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/147176.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=147176" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:146785 2020-06-04T01:15:39Z 2020-06-04T01:15:39Z public 0 About a month and a half ago, I did a thread of recs on Twitter in response to a rec bingo card, and since my twitter is locked & twitter search is terrible I figured I should save them for posterity. The original bingo card tweet is <a href="https://twitter.com/lightveils/status/1246968311977402368">here</a>.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/146785.html#cutid1">Recs ahoy...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />I'm noticing as I write this how many of these fics are about police officers, the military, or general crime-fighting. I'm probably not going to stop enjoying those canons but...it's something to pay attention to, I think.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=146785" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:146544 2020-05-30T08:26:59Z 2020-06-04T01:16:29Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/146544.html#cutid1">Dear author...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=146544" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:146211 2020-04-23T02:50:32Z 2020-04-23T02:50:32Z public 4 <a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/tag/favorite+fics">Favorite fics rec</a> #5. <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/1808485">Theft of Assets, Destruction of Property</a>, by helenish, HP, Neville/Draco, 23k.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/146211.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=146211" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:146069 2020-03-30T23:30:08Z 2020-03-30T23:30:08Z public 1 Fourth in <a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/tag/favorite+fics">my series of all-time recs: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/330890">needs must</a> by thatotherperv. Suits, Harvey/Mike, 99k.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/146069.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=146069" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:265096:145859 2020-03-08T23:53:31Z 2020-03-08T23:54:08Z public 1 Third in <a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/tag/favorite+fics">my series of recs of all-time favorite fics</a>, it's <a href="https://merlinkinkmeme.livejournal.com/12537.html">Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin</a> (anonymous author). Merlin, 25k.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://goseaward.dreamwidth.org/145859.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=goseaward&ditemid=145859" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments