Attention Whore Day

[pressdbtwnpages.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't be a week at no_takebacks without some sort of recs list. It also wouldn't be a week here without a getting-to-know-you game. This week, we're going to combine the two!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: In the comments rec your favorite fanworks (fics/vids/graphics/meta essays, whatever!) MADE (or betaed/inspired/nicely commented on) BY YOU!

Then go check out your fellow shippers creations (and leave comments)!

Simple as that!

Comments

[pressdbtwnpages.livejournal.com]

For my self-recs, I'm picking four BSG fics that I've written that I feel were under-appreciated (/I didn't crosspost so no one SAW them).

Against the Skin (http://incendiarywits.livejournal.com/68015.html) - Lee/Kara - A rainy hike on Kobol leads to some realizations.

Near Perfect (http://incendiarywits.livejournal.com/68850.html) - Kara gen - If Kara could do just one near perfect thing, she’d be happy. - Post-finale fic.

Stars and Scars (http://incendiarywits.livejournal.com/71259.html) - Kara. Nine. - “New Caprica?” The man looks around, horror in his voice. “This is New Caprica?” - BSG/Doctor Who crossover.

The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage (http://incendiarywits.livejournal.com/68323.html#cutid1) - Dee - Life after the Fall as seen through Dee's eyes.

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

I think I've only read one of these - thanks for the recs!

[wicked-sassy.livejournal.com]

I've betaed a few fics that turned out really well, so here they are. I'm so pleased to work with such fabulous writers.

Shuffling (http://letterstonorah.livejournal.com/6041.html) by letterstonorah: Lee/Kara, Bill, Laura; NC-17; makes me happy to read this.

Watching You Without Me (http://apodixis.livejournal.com/tag/kara%2Flee) by apodixis: Kara/Lee; NC-17 (parts 1+2), PG (parts 3+4) [I betaed parts 3 & 4, but think the whole thing is great].

Also, I didn't beta letterstonorah's multi-part fic "Wire Hanger," but it's a great read: link to her Kara/Lee tag (http://letterstonorah.livejournal.com/tag/kara%2Flee)

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

Excellent recs. Still haven't read Wire Hanger, but I am still catching up from months ago. It's on my list.

[apodixis.livejournal.com]

Awww thank you for the rec!

I would like to second (and third and fourth) anything by letterstonorah!

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

If I had to pick one of my stories (I mean, I'm an attention whore, but let's be reasonable), Seeping Blackness (http://leeadama-daily.livejournal.com/231390.html) is one of my favs. It's super dark and probably triggery (allusions to suicide for starters) and is a (hopefully) better version of Lee during the Pegasus arc than the fat!Lee we were given.

Also, I made this NSFW video:

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

I love that fic. It is one of my favorite Dark!Lee fics. I picture it so clearly in my head, even now!

Also, haven't watched that vid in a long time and I love the lack of angst. Just happy, sexy pilots. THE VERY BEST KIND! <3

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

Thanks, bb! I only just realized I paired the angstiest of angst with the happiest of happy pilots... Sometimes, I watch that vid and pretend they got a happy ending. :)

[wicked-sassy.livejournal.com]

Great video!

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Sometimes, I need upbeat pilots. :)

[duchessduchie.livejournal.com]

Great video! It's really hard to find angst free video for these two! 

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I saw a need and I filled it. Hee!

[deborah-judge.livejournal.com]

I'll go with things I inspired...there's been a sudden interest in cracky, porny, AU Kara/Lee//Leoben, or Kara/Lee/Sam/Leoben, yes all at once. Here (http://kag523.livejournal.com/235937.html)'s one by kag523, here's (http://kag523.livejournal.com/209170.html) another, and here (http://rirenec.livejournal.com/77596.html)'s one by rirenec. ::whistles::

rirenec also has a lovely serious post-finale Kara/Lee/Leoben WIP going, Vernal Equinox (http://rirenec.livejournal.com/67723.html).

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I'll go with things I inspired...there's been a sudden interest in cracky, porny, AU Kara/Lee//Leoben, or Kara/Lee/Sam/Leoben, yes all at once. Here's one by [info]kag523, here's another

(http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad159/kag523/Gifs/?action=view&current=83-OMGglee.gif)

Ha ha! I feel like I woke up to discover a drunken half-naked photo of myself doing belly shots with a second rate actor has suddenly hit facebook. LOL

KIDDING OF COURSE!

However I AM a little doubtful that any purist K/L shippers will enjoy either of those. *snorts* The are ALL angst (and smut). LOL

P.S. You rock my world, D! *still giggling*

[deborah-judge.livejournal.com]

And which actor would that be, hm? ::wants pictures::

But seriously, the stories were lovely, despite being angsty and NC-17.

[kag523.livejournal.com]

Which actor...? I'll leave THAT to your imagination. Hee!

P.S. Did you ever see CKR in the (small) role of "Dodd" in Memento?

[rirenec.livejournal.com]

Oh, I just found this, lol ::blushes:: Ah, Leoben. He gets into everywhere. And Kag's ones, are, well, WOW!

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

I'll say that I'm super proud of Through Violence with Love (http://sci-fi-shipper.livejournal.com/79669.html), but I think lots of people have read it already.

Two older fics that some of the new flister's might have missed were super fun to write and deliciously sexy, IMO. ;)

Frak or Fight (http://bsg-kink.livejournal.com/242103.html), NC-17
Under the Table (http://community.livejournal.com/bsg_kink/240250.html), NC-17

In general, my Fic Index "Author's Recommendations (http://sci-fi-shipper.livejournal.com/85431.html#cutid2)" are my favorite fics.

As for recs, I inspired a BSG/Community crossover by pennyante and I absolutely love it. So damn funny and very in character! <3 Theory of Cognitive Estrangement (http://pennyante.livejournal.com/5125.html)

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I love all of your fics. I suspect there isn't a single one I HAVEN'T read. *grins* So um... when's the next one coming? ;)

[workerbee73.livejournal.com]

OMG she wrote the Community fic????-- KICKASS!!!!

[embolalia.livejournal.com]

A few of mine...

Acts of Daring (http://embolalia.livejournal.com/5849.html) (Kara/Lee, NC-17, 3 chapters) After Hand of God, celebrations lead to more

Fighting It (http://embolalia.livejournal.com/21864.html) (Kara/Lee, R) New Caprica AU: what if Sam overheard them on the beach?


Shards (http://pilots-presents.livejournal.com/21537.html) (Kara/Lee, R for themes) Lee reacts after Kara's death in Maelstrom.

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I love all of these. They are gorgeous! :)

[embolalia.livejournal.com]

Thanks <3

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

Well since I'm a newbie with only four drabbles and a one vid I'll just post them all.

Whom the Gods Would Destroy (http://palis-delon.livejournal.com/527.html) - Unfinished Business

Love Ridden (http://day-by-drabble.livejournal.com/206092.html) - Gen Season 1

A Man Walks Down the Street in a Hat Like That (http://day-by-drabble.livejournal.com/190126.html) - pre-series

Resolved (http://day-by-drabble.livejournal.com/189879.html) - Between 33 and Water.

[duchessduchie.livejournal.com]

The video is amazing! I never thought that these two could be vid to Christmas songs but you have done it perfectly!

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

I'm not very good at this, but...

This is older but I've always been proud of Live (http://kdbleu.livejournal.com/11437.html#cutid1) (NC-17) and its continuation Real (http://kdbleu.livejournal.com/11564.html) (PG-13).

Rhythms (http://kdbleu.livejournal.com/19489.html#cutid1) (also NC-17) is some arty porn featuring alpha!Lee.

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

Though I haven't been ficcing much lately, I was once a fairly prolific author back in the day...Anyway, here are my favorites (although, if you ask me tomorrow, I might pick totally different ones):

1. Say Anything At All (http://shah-of-blah.livejournal.com/21934.html) (Kara, mostly gen, references to K/Z, K/S, and K/L)
2. The Disappearing Ground (http://shah-of-blah.livejournal.com/24451.html) (my finale AU)
3. Portraits (http://shah-of-blah.livejournal.com/30531.html) (my non-AU post-finale fic that's All About Kara)
4. The Breath Between (http://shah-of-blah.livejournal.com/50709.html) (my rewrite of season 4)

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I absolutely ADORE all of these. The Disappearing Ground makes me cry. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

P.S. I also loved your Kara / Sayid Lost-BSG cross. But I cannot recall the name. :)

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

Thanks K! The Kara/Sayid fic is called With the Tide. One of the few crossovers I've actually finished... (I have a lot of unfinished crossovers on the ol' hard drive)

[rirenec.livejournal.com]

Humm, my oldest one needs editing and linking properly, but here's the first parts if people would like to see: (This is the first chapter of 17 of a multi story arc - so far, six stories.) The Otherside (http://rirenec.livejournal.com/2108.html) (If you like this, the rest is at my journal but needs sorting, however the older version can be found at my ffn. page, same name.)

Or, total smut: Screaming for More (http://rirenec.livejournal.com/69213.html) and this one was at sci_fi_shipper's prompting \o/ Oh, another that people may not have read (it's short), Interlude (http://rirenec.livejournal.com/25742.html).

[kag523.livejournal.com]

Looking at these and thinking "why haven't I read these?!?" and then I realized BECAUSE THEY ARE KARA / LEE AND NOT KARA / LEOBEN. *giggles* Oops! ;)

[rirenec.livejournal.com]

Hee, well in the old days before I realised (coughs, D found my fics), I rarely got any readers for Leoben, so I started a massive arc with Kara, in a post cannon AU with Lee, Sam and Leoben as confidant. Then I joined LJ and found readers for all three. My OTC's are Kara and Leoben, but I love all the aspects of her with her boys. (I so need to sort my journal out, lol.)

[pennyante.livejournal.com]

I'm proudest of In The Whole World (http://pennyante.livejournal.com/792.html)'s last couple chapters of Act I (where the story is now--it's a WIP). It's my Lee-and-Kara-centered version of season 5 and also what my boyfriend thinks of as my second job.

I don't have too big a portfolio just yet. But there's also Keeping Watch" (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7623596/1/Keeping_Watch), a short, angsty drabble that I wrote to reset my head!canon for Kara and Lee's relationship. Like a quick shot of angst-spresso.

This thread! When I get home tonight my "Need to Read" BSG fic folder is going to get so, so rich. What a good rec day.

[kl-shipper1.livejournal.com]

I don't have too much to choose from, since I haven't written that much yet, but here are my recs:

This Is Not Goodbye (http://kl-shipper1.livejournal.com/5939.html), Kara/Lee, post-finale

Harmless (http://kl-shipper1.livejournal.com/2915.html), Kara/Lee, implied K/Z, A dare like this is never as harmless as it seems.

Descent (http://kl-shipper1.livejournal.com/1069.html), Kara/Lee, Maelstrom AU

Of All The People (http://kl-shipper1.livejournal.com/3272.html), Kara/Lee, 33-centric drabble

And one inspired by me:

The Last Word (http://kag523.livejournal.com/206344.html) by kag523, Kara/Lee, YCGHA reversal

[duchessduchie.livejournal.com]

I'm new to the fandom so this thread is great for me so I know what fics to read. There is nothing better then having the authors suggest which pieces of their work I should read. 

I've done a few videos for Kara and Lee and I have more in the works. I noticed that all the songs that seem to fit them were angsty so I put together a not so angsty video. They video was only supposed to be a couple of minutes long but it ended up being 9 minutes long. Lol. The idea/plot of the video is what if Kara hadn't married Sam. 

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

Wow, that would have been amazing.

Awesome video!

[duchessduchie.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Well, for me it's a bit odd in that I think my favorite of my own stories was written for a different fandom, and it's a character study, so I'm not sure anyone here would be interested. But if there are any Snape fans out there, particularly any ones who also like Sherlock Holmes, then you might enjoy Severe Reasoning (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/4435.html). It's special to me.

I think maybe my favorite BSG story of my own is A solitude of space (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/12607.html). Post-series, slight AU: When they reach Earth, the Colonials do not destroy their technology or abandon their fleet. After Kara's disappearance, Lee returns to the Galactica. He's not as alone there as he expected to be.

And the one people seemed to have enjoyed most is Kara & Lee: The Musical (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/6624.html). <3 <3 <3