Supernatural and Torchwood Recs

[fairyd123]

Supernatural

Speaking in Tongues by maygra

Sam/Dean

Part of the Reaper verse this is a wonderfully angsty story told from Sam's POV.

If God Compel by impertinence

Sam/Dean

Powerful coda to Hunted - the last line is a killer.

Virgin Sacrifice by rushlight75

Sam/Dean

In many ways this is cliche fic (Sam and Dean have to sleep with each other in order to break a Mayan spell which has bought forth murderous shadow demons) but it is so strongly characterised that its very easy to overlook the slightly hackneyed plot device. A very strong debut in the SPN fandom.

Torchwood

Wide Open Space by rivier

Gen

Really strong post Cyberwoman tale told from Ianto's pov. The author really sells Ianto's distress and disorientated mental state following Lisa's death - his calmly telling Jack that he should kill him in the bathroom as it would be easier to clean up is like a kick to the gut.

Jack is Back by clarity_lore

Jack/Ianto

Seven unrelated drabbles detailing Jack's return to Torchwood following the events of End of Days. 1 and III are gut wrenching, II is quite disturbing (and I would love to see it in a longer fic) and V is just plain silly. Something for everyone!

Comments

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs, hon!

[fairyd123.livejournal.com]

Glad you're enjoying them!

[astrothsknot.livejournal.com]

Got right into torchwood, haven't you!

[fairyd123.livejournal.com]

I think I've almost reached saturation point where Wincest is concerned. As much as I like it a lot of the fic lately seems to be pretty samey (either immense angst or not at all realistic schmoop)and I feel like I'm getting a little bit jaded by it.

I do like Torchwood (mostly because the characterisation on screen was so dismal its a fun world for the fic writers to play in and try and make sense of the inconsistencies)but I think you'll find I've now pretty much recced ALL the decent Torchwood fic out there right now! It seems to be a fairly young fandom (people only seem to have been inspired to write when the show started picking up towards the end)and there are only about 6/7 writers worth reading of which the best is probably Misslucyjane who seems to have a real grasp on the Jack/Ianto relationship.