DPP: Treasure-Trope

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

Hello hello my fangirl friends :) What an interesting week we have had so far. Yesterday we discussed our wacky ideas involving Pilots in OTHER stories, and there were some interesting suggestions, some awesome manips, some exciting fic reccomendations, and lively discussion besides.

And of course there was the obligatory Fassavoy gif hijack :P

Today is all about your favourite tropes. I know we had a trope based discussion on Monday, but this is slightly different. I've been going through my delicious bookmarks trying to get them into some kind of order, and I'm noticing certain trends.

So my question for you is this:

What are the tropes/categories if you're not clear on tropitude that will almost guarantee you will read a fic? What does an author need to put in the genre/notes section to make you clicky clicky without even really reading the summary? Tell me what your weaknesses are, and rec some of your favourites if you like.

For me, Academy!PIlots will always make me click. They're so young and so full of optimism and banter and sunshine, and I find I can't resist them. Also included in this is anything pre-mini, as I tend to bundle them in together.

I have many favourites when it comes to Academy Pilots, one of my all-time favourites is Laws of Gravity by brynnmck  And also A Brief History of Starbuck and Apollo by daphnaea . AND also, one I read recently The Spark by foophile which is a little bit different from your average academy fic, and also kinda hot.

There's also the Stealth!Snuggle, which always makes me suuuper happy. Favourites include Digging a Hole (Nothing Romantic About the Hours We Keep by bantha_fodder  and Trouble Sleeping by stars_like_dust  And the good thing about the Stealth!Snuggle is that it tends to come in the middle of fluffy fics, fics about pilots being lovely and adorable and generally hot. And that's nice for everyone :)

What about you guys? Favourite types of pilots fic? Recs for my personal favourites? Recs for each other's favourites? Have at it!

Conversely, what are your LEAST favourite tropes? What will automatically turn you off about a fic? And are there any exceptions.

For example, I don't really like the idea of Pilots as cylons, so I generally don't read that kind of thing. BUT there are two most excellent exceptions to this: Twelve by rheanna27 which is all mythology-y and sad and wonderful. And obviously Periapsis by rawles  which is just incredible.


Alright, enough from me, you go :)

Comments

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Hello shippers. Happy!NazKey joining the discussion. What does that mean?



I like happy making. I like AU's. I also love fix-its & "what-ifs." I love Crack!Fic, and past-lives & mythology are also great faves of mine. I love Secretly!Married Pilots and yes, I like Baby!Fic, but only if it's not way off (especially when it comes to Kara). I LOVE ME SOME PORNY GOODNESS! And Uninhibited!Lee.

Here are some of my choices:

MY ONE TRUE FIC OF ALL TIME (hands down, no competition here at all): The Irreplaceability of Things Lost (http://kag523.livejournal.com/65327.html) by my genius, fabulous, incomparable Brain!Twin kag523 who fixes EVERYTHING in this fic because she's a godsdamn Cylon

So here are some of my all time, oh-my-gods-I'm-down-in-the-dumps-and-I-need-a-fic-fix faves:

A Long Time Ago We Used to Be Friends (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2707222/1/A_Long_Time_Ago_We_Used_To_Be_Friends) by roofie over on ff.net. BEST. MARRIAGE PROPOSAL. EVER. (yes, it's very AU and she doesn't have their voices down perfectly, but it's fun and fluffy)

Academy Pilots Series (http://taragel.livejournal.com/69923.html> Academy Pilots) by the fabulous taragel because she kicks everyone's ass when it comes to pilot banter and hot sexy times. Go read it. Now.

Cinderella - A Frakked Up Fairytale (http://innibis.livejournal.com/44626.html#cutid1) by innibis It's AU, it's Best!Friend!Pilots. It's fun. It's cracky. It's porny. It's awesome.

The Absolutely Positively (sort of) True Story of … (http://widget285.livejournal.com/311007.html) by widget285 which is one of the funniest, soda-out-of-your-nose laugh out loud Crack!Fics of all time. Basic premise: Starbuck & Apollo find some bad fanfic written about them.

Amateur (http://fahye-fic.livejournal.com/30990.html) by fahye because it does a beautiful job of looking at our pilots through Sam's eyes. It's poetic.

Changes (http://pi-pieces.livejournal.com/7675.html#cutid1) by ez_as_pi. It's "what-if" scenario and yes, there are babies, so be warned.

This one is angsty, but it's gorgeous, so I'm going to rec it any way: Borrowed Time (http://workerbee73.livejournal.com/8197.html) by workerbee73

Awesome post finale fic: Risk & Reward (http://tamsibling.livejournal.com/19985.html#cutid1) by tamsibling

One of my favorite past lives fics: Five Histories & One Present (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/10716.html) by the incomparable rachelindeed

This one gets a little wonky at the end, but I really like the use of mythology: State of Delusion (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3425834/1/State_of_Delusion)

WARNING: this one might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it happens to be one of my favorite fics. Super graphic (and some say even a little dubcon - though I don't agree) so … approach with caution: Portraits of a Marriage (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4422001/1/Portraits_of_a_Marriage) by uberscribbler

I have tons more, but in the interest of space, I'll let it go at that. And in the meantime, since you asked for it nicely, here's some Fassy spammage:

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[mserrada.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Uber's Portraits... wasn't he suppose to get back to them after his month-long writing sabbatical thingy? We's needs some more Portraits!!

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

He's working on it :-) Believe me, he gets "nudged" almost on a daily basis ;-)

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

Sooo much shiny new stuff to read :D Also, Fassbender has kind of scarily amazing teeth...and is beautiful :)

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

He's a SHARK bb!!!!

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[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

So totally a shark! Now I feel like I need to see him sing and dance to Mack the Knife...

[amaliak.livejournal.com]

with another Fassy comment!!

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I love you Naz. I know you were kind of joking around with the comment about me, but I'm actually in tears. (HAPPY ONES I promise... but choked up). You seriously are THE BEST!

I need to get out to Cali. #Fact.

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[nazkey.livejournal.com]

What do you mean I was joking around? I WAS NOT JOKING AROUND!!!! You are IN FACT, my my genius, fabulous, incomparable Brain!Twin who also has Cylon blood somewhere



So there!

&hearts

[kag523.livejournal.com]

*LAUGHING MADLY*

Oh Naz... you make me grin!

[kl-shipper1.livejournal.com]

Seconding your love of Irreplaceability, it's also one of my favorites. Karin really gave us a believable fix to the problems many of us had with canon by adding the Inception universe to BSG. I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it because it is simply an amazing story.