Day Nine

[alexisjane]

Day 9

In your own space, rec at least 3 fanworks you thought you wouldn't like (because they weren't your fandom or they pushed against your boundaries or you thought you just wouldn't be interested) but you ended up loving.

I had a very long list of absolutely-won't-go-there's when I arrived on LJ.
Bless.
I'm so far deepdown wallowing in the dirtybadwrong now it's hard to see back and remember what they were.

RPS was something I was totally going to stay away from until I saw a post quite early on from meus_venator saying that she was going to be taking down Storm's Eye and to read it before it went. I got total fic anxiety and persuaded myself that an AU didn't count anyhoo...so I read it...and it was just incredible. And the world didn't collapse in on itself so I figured RPS AU isn't such a big deal : ) I'm afraid if you want to read the story, you'll have to buy it! as it's in the process of being published. I can't wait til it is so I can read it again!
And since king_wizard's When You Touch Me I Die J2AU is definitely on the menu.

The knotting thing bemused me from the beginning. Didn't get it. Not sure I still do but after reading kinkyheels' To See The View From Your Knees it's not so scary anymore. I don't even know why I read the first part of this but it was just riveting. And everytime she posts one, I can't figure out why I read it but I have to! The characters are just so fab (and Jared is soo evil!) and the whole dog thing is just weird but the story is so good!
And now having dipped my toe in the whole A/O/B universe with idontwant_candy's Don't Make Me Chase You my squick list has got a whole lot shorter.

The thing at the top of my definitely-not list was underage. And it still is but it seems that beautiful writing trumps pretty much everything.
I don't remember how I got to bewaretheides15 and Hard-Won inches but I did and it is just a stellar piece of writing and it should squick the hell out of me but it doesn't probably because it's about the gradual changing intimacy between the boys and the deep love and trust that engenders.
And that amulet. Can't look at the amulet in the same way ever again. Definitely a one-off though coz, well just no.

I'm somewhat amused that the big no-no I still haven't faced is Het of all things.
What's that about?
Maybe this year...*gags*...Maybe not x