lgbtfest recommendations

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Words To Live By by nahco3, Iron Man Movieverse, Tony Stark/James "Rhodey" Rhodes - http://nahco3.livejournal.com/101611.html

In which Rhodey is awesome, and copes with Don't Ask, Don't Tell and Tony Stark at the same time. And in which Tony is spot on just the right side of insufferable.

Confessions by alicamel, Babylon 5, Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters - http://community.livejournal.com/lgbtfest/54311.html

This takes the closetting issue and gives it a whole 'nother spin, because the problem really isn't that they're women - the most awesome thing being that that barely gets a mention - the problem is that Susan isn't a telepath and Talia is. It feels real, and Babylon 5 flavoured.

A Series of Conversations on an Awkward Subject by lorannah, Temeraire, No pairings, the main character is Emily Roland - http://community.livejournal.com/lgbtfest/55115.html

First, a note, I know nothing of this fandom. But there are dragons. And a not quite British navy of the 1800s, and I'm a total sucker for both. The world is wonderfully sketched and the characters are interesting, and there are awesome dragons (and terrifyingly competent mothers).

And the World Changed Hereafter by liseuse, Brideshead Revisited, Cordelia - http://community.livejournal.com/lgbtfest/59064.html

It captures Cordelia so well, her kindness, her religiousness and her cheerful nature. And it's all so possible. Possibly the most wonderfully warm fic from this years lot, it's all hope and possibility despite everything.

The Rules by gileonnen, Discworld Novels, two OCs and a couple of recognisable wizard. http://community.livejournal.com/lgbtfest/59239.html

A very recognisable world too, the writer really catches that rambling, amused, observant thing Terry Pratchett has going, and the wizards are suitably themselves, with all that entails.

Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace: The Gay Issue by smilesawakeyou, Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace, misc. pairings. http://smilesawakeyou.livejournal.com/143429.htm

Since, as far as I know, the only other person on my f-list who knows of Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace is opera142, I feel a warning is in order. Unless you have been previously inducted, this may make very little sense. She gets the pompousness of Merenghi and his determined belief that he's writing the best, darkest, most wonderful TV programme ever, while making it clear, that no, it's Darkplace as usual. It's a little gem of a fic.

The L Word by sophinisba, Harry Potter, Luna (various other characters and also Luna/Padme) http://sophinisba.livejournal.com/221626.html

One of the warnings is for frivolous wordplay, and that's why I'm recommending it. It's 10 connected drabbles all alliterating on a letter, about Luna and how she views her life and love. It's wonderfully well done.

As You Will by baffledking, Twelfth Night, Cesario (Cesario/Orsino, and Viola/Orsino) http://baffledking.livejournal.com/403986.html?view=1792274

I love the writing in this, and it could quite easily fit into the atmosphere of the end of the play.

Lomendánar (Little Love for the Things of My Love) by vulgarweed, Lord of the Rings, Ents http://community.livejournal.com/lgbtfest/86034.html?view=1445906

Yes, it's Ents in love. And it's so perfectly Entish. I want to hug this fic and never let it go.