DDP: Guilty Pleasure

[jeebs83.livejournal.com]

I'm not having the best of weeks so I thought we'd talk about something that normally cheers me up. Love it or hate it, everyone seems to have an option about...


BABYFIC!

When it's done right (sometimes even if it's done wrong), there's no denying there's some great fic out there to read. What is your opinion on it? Is it a love/love, or love/hate? So let me have your best recommendations.

Here's my list:

Unexpected Consequences by CrysWimmer on ff.net.
Now, this probably isn't the best written fic out there, but it was one of the first fics I read where Kara and Lee had a child. I still like to go back for a re-read every now and then.

Fic by njborba
'All Is Not Loss'
'The Long Way Home'
'Wing and a Prayer'
Fic Master List Here

Insanity Underrated by amidala_thrace
In case you're living under a rock, this fic is still a WIP but there's usually a chapter or two a week. One of the best representations I've seen of Kara and Lee having a child together.

Without by ez_as_pi
This is one of my all-time favorite fics. Stop what you're doing and go read. I can't wait for her to post the sequel.

Lies I Not Need To Tell by ez_as_pi
Sort-of AU - What if the move to New Caprica took and everyone settled down. Now what happens when Kara wants a child and Sam can't have any because of his time spent on Caprica. Who does she turn to?

Also, does anyone have any good recommendations where either Kacey ends up staying with Kara or is really her daughter? I really don't see enough of those fics anywhere!


Kacey and Kara thank you for your time.

Comments

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

It's funny, but my first reaction when I see "baby!fic" is to think, meh. But then I see the recommendations and think, oh yeah, I loved that one...

Done right, I'm in (Insanity Underrated, especially, because it isn't a story about them having a baby so much as a story in which they have one). I'm still on the fence about stories that are just the arc of they frak, she gets pregnant, they figure stuff out and become a family. When I first joined the fandom, the number of stories I read that turned out to be baby!fic was a bit surprising because my vision of Kara was as a soldier/pilot and motherhood (or at the very least pregnancy strips that all away.

I'll admit, there are good stories to be told in that space. When she gets grounded and has to cope with nothing to do, then sleep deprivation with a newborn, and working to get back on CAP. I get it. And I'll read just about anything (especially if the rating is Mature ;) ) about my pilots.

[cattm.livejournal.com]

It's funny, but my first reaction when I see "baby!fic" is to think, meh. But then I see the recommendations and think, oh yeah, I loved that one...

I'm so with you on this one. I guess I'm a convert now. : )