2013's Self Pimping Rec List!

[capitu]

It's been a few years since marguerite_26 made the Self Pimping Rec List and I've been dying to know what authors & artists consider Fandom New Favourites from their point of view.

So, with marguerite_26's permission I want to invite you to the 2013's Self Pimping Rec List!


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THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR SHYNESS! Tuck it away, pimp yourself, and come to tell us what is your best work, which story/art are you most proud of and which one you consider fan's favourite.

All pairings and genres are welcome!

…What was that? You have other fandoms that you write for? Perfect! Don't let the banner fool you. ALL fandoms are welcome here! Feel free to fill this with all the fandoms you write for!

This is your comment template:
<b>Fandom:</b> <b>Pairing (s):</b> <b>Most Popular:</b> <b>Warnings:</b> <b>Personal Favourite:</b> <b>Pairing (s):</b> <b>Warnings:</b>

And Have Fun, fun ~fun! ♥ ♥ ♥


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[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

*mwah*

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

Ha. Ty, friend. *sits on your foot like happy!Linus*

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

Thanks, bb! :D

Yes, that one will always be one of my favs as well, if only because of how damn fun it was to write...

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

I *do* remember that fangirl/friend thing! As glad as I am for the former, I <3 you so hard that the latter most warms my heart!

Hee! Ugly Duckling and Tooth Fairy were the MOST fun to write. Sometimes I like to write poetic melancholy and other times I really just want to giggle like mad while rolling around in stupid puns and feathers. Keeps it interesting for me and you never know what you're going to get! Thanks for your support, friend!

[iwao.livejournal.com]

OMG! That's one of my favourites ever! I remember reading it all in one night with lots of wine, and the laughter! I laughed so much I almost had an accident! I know I sent you at least one mail per chapter. Soooo good! I'm keeping it! :D

Here via a long series of clicks. :)

[yyzeff.livejournal.com]

*wave* I love self-rec/self-pimp memes, because I like to know what writers prefer, among their own works.

Fandom: Star Trek AOS (aka Star Trek Reboot)

Most Popular: The End of Silence (http://archiveofourown.org/works/843191)
Pairing(s): Spock & Kirk, McCoy & Kirk, Riley & Kirk (all friendship)
Warnings: Language

Although another Trek piece I did has more hits, Silence has the most recs and reblogs, and the most random mentions, so I'm pretty sure it's actually the most popular. I put this down to it being about Tarsus IV.

Personal Favourite: Beneath the Enormous Sky (http://archiveofourown.org/works/859839)
Pairing (s): Blink-and-you'll-miss-it Jim/Gaila, Kirk & Uhura friendship
Warnings: None (straight up Gen adventure)

Beneath feels like the most solid piece I've done, and also it's Kirk & Uhura BFFs, which I cannot get enough of, reading or writing.

Now I have to go read everything! It's okay, I didn't need to get any work done today...

[capitu]

*smoochsmooch*

Re: Here via a long series of clicks. :)

[capitu]

*waves like woah*

Thank you for coming and sharing your stories!

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (all canons)
Pairing (s): Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Most Popular: The Adventure of the Spare Detective (http://archiveofourown.org/works/446646)
Warnings: None
Personal Favourite: This Dance of Plastic Circumstance (http://archiveofourown.org/works/552344)
Warnings: None

Fandom: Hawaii 5 O
Pairing (s): Steve/Danno
Most Popular: One Foot on the Third Rail (and One on a Banana Peel) (http://archiveofourown.org/works/371318)
Warnings: Spiders shakin’ maracas
Personal Favourite: Hūnā (http://archiveofourown.org/works/613175)
Warnings: Mobbing

[capitu]

Weeelcome! More fandoms! Gods, it makes me want to get a side-fandom myself. :D

Thank you for being part of this! <3

[nobunakira.livejournal.com]

I hope I'm not too late for this:

Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing (s): Harry/Draco
Most Popular: Harry-Draco-Harry again (http://hd-smoochfest.livejournal.com/110905.html)
Warnings: Non-con?
Personal Favourite: Butterfly lover (http://hp-owned.livejournal.com/20975.html)
Pairing (s): Harry/Draco
Warnings: Horror, gore, not finished

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

A couple of people on my f'list rec'ed this highly.

[susannah-wilde.livejournal.com]

Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing (s): Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Most Popular: Sacrifice (http://susannah-wilde.livejournal.com/10310.html)
Warnings: implied/past mpreg
Personal Favourite: This I Know Is True (http://susannah-wilde.livejournal.com/28266.html)
Pairing (s): Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Warnings: NC-17, post-war, semi-non-magic

[writcraft]

Fandom: Harry Potter

Most popular:
Harry/Draco: DRACO MALFOY'S DIARY (based on recs and comments)
Warnings: Infidelity (not between Harry/Draco)
Harry/Severus: FLOWERS FOR A GHOST (based on AO3 stats)
Warnings: Domestic violence, Bullying, Suicide (brief mention, not Harry or Severus), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Personal Favourite:
Harry/Draco: COLLAPSE AMONGST THE DYING STARS
Warnings: Angst, character death (not Harry or Draco), incarceration, heavily implied torture and non-con (off screen, not between Harry and Draco), time travel, AU after the Battle for Hogwarts
Harry/Severus: THE ATROCITY OF SUNSETS
Warnings: Angst, Major Character Death, Mental Illness, Suicide
Other: THIS BE THE VERSE (Lucius/Narcissa)
Warnings: Character Death, Torture, Mind Control, First War

WOW! That was hard. I don't think I have any stand out popular fics, so I just went on AO3 stats or comment count/recs. I wanted to include This Be the Verse as one of my personal favourites. It's one of the pieces I am most proud of, but it never did terribly well in terms of readership. It only has 77 hits on AO3 or something. It's interesting to see that a lot of people share the same experience, with their most favoured fics not being their most popular pieces.

Thanks for hosting this, lovely! <3

[capitu]

Never late!

I'm such a huge fan of your art! I just realised you did that wonderful video animation for the mpreg, which I loved, loved so much! <3 And both these favourites are also my favourites. :)

[capitu]

These are both so lovely. You know how much i love them. <3

[capitu]

Thank you for being part of this. I was rather hoping you would have time to come and play here, but I didn't want to push you out of your time off, though I was going to as soon as I knew you were back. :D But truth is, I was dying to know which one are your personal favourites. ^

Your most popular and your favourites are also my favourites. Though I have so many favourites among your fics I'd be very hard to pick: Of Dungeons and Dragons, I can't even begin to tell you how much I love that story!; In Dreams, for many, many reasons; Whispers in the Dark, I loved the plot and the twists; Sleeping Under the Stars, ohhh, where to even begin!

So many favourites indeed!

[geinahop]

Thank you. :)

[writcraft]

I was itching to get involved, but I wanted to finish my fics before launching in with a response. It's such a wonderful idea!

You are so kind and your reply made me so happy! <333 - I actually have another personal favourite H/D, but it's currently Anon so I couldn't include it here. Thanks so much for doing this, it really is lovely to have so many people reccing their fics and art. I have bookmarked this page so I can come back and work my way through those I haven't read.

[capitu]

Oh! Now I'm wondering if it's something I already read at a fest! :D (And I'm gonna miss the reveals at fest I'm thinking of...)

[writcraft]

Yep, you've read it! *Squishes*

I'm really looking forward to tucking in to some of these recs. Thanks again for doing this <3

[gingertart50.livejournal.com]

Fandom:Harry Potter
Pairing (s): Harry/Snape
Most Popular: The Fourth Deathly Hallow (http://asylums.insanejournal.com/snarry_games/255690.html)
Warnings: contains a distinct lack of overt sex, cross-over with the original, canon Sherlock Holmes
Personal Favourite: Harry Potter and the Erudite Wanker (http://asylums.insanejournal.com/snape_potter/956305.html)
Pairing (s): Harry/Snape
Warnings: NC-17 Chan,17 Contains gratuitous use of mythology. This fiction begins immediately after the Battle of Hogwarts, so Harry, although old enough to know better, is not old enough to flaunt his activities in Australia. Keep away from babies, children and impressionable pets. Contains profanity, irreverence and expletives. Handle with extreme care and dragon-hide gloves, particularly when grasping hawthorn bushes. Contents may settle. Beware of the wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.

And my 'other' pairing, also from Harry Potter Fandom -

Pairing (s): Snape/Hermione with a side of Snape/Hermione/Lucius
Most Popular: The Number Twelve House Elf Detective Agency (http://sshg-exchange.livejournal.com/240045.html)
Warnings: threesome (Snape/Lucius/Hermione), voyeurism, mild m/m pairing (Severus/Lucius), torture and attempted rape but nothing too graphic. Apart from the sex. That's a bit graphic.
Personal Favourite: Ye Gentlewizard's Guide to Courtshippe & Matrimonie (http://sshg-exchange.livejournal.com/331619.html)
Pairing (s): Snape/Hermione
Warnings: Excessive violence towards conjured canaries (unless you also need a warning for a sad lack of Fornyckation. Lucius wasn't particularly happy about that, either.)

[capitu]

I can't wait to know which one is yours!

And thank you so much for helping me to pimp this out. <3

[capitu]

Keep away from babies, children and impressionable pets.

lol! That's gonna gather the right crowd! :D

Awesome!

[writcraft]

I love your warnings! :D