Some New Fic Recommendations

Hello!

I come bearing some tasty new things to read!

If you haven’t started reading Chicpea’s new story Birds of a Feather , I would highly recommend it. I am betaing the story for her and it is an amazing read. It is an AU tale with canon characters. Sookie is a telepath introduced earlier to the world of supernaturals thanks to Mr. C and Fintan. She works as an anthropologist at Splendide antiques. Eric is very much his vampire self and there are plenty of mysteries and intrigue to keep you guessing.

Also if you haven’t read her first story, “Flight of the Bumblebee,”  I would recommend that as well. It’s AH and a well developed and well rounded story. It’s complete.

The lovely Aoifnez (who wrote Viking vs. Vampire) has also started a new story entitled Dead Worthless. She and I have had long chats about this story  It is AH as well, with Sookie as a criminology student working on her thesis project and Eric a death row convict she wants to interview. I am very excited for where the story is going.

If you are looking for something a little lighter, Jan of Arc has two stories going on that are both worth the read. The more recently updated is Electric Limbo , another AH story where two of Bon Temps families (Stackhouses and Bellefleurs) have to team up to keep their businesses alive. The gang’s all there and if you’re all about the nerd lingo like I am, this story will have you laughing many times over.

Jan of Arc also has her AU story Jumping the Void to which I am patiently awaiting an update (hint hint, Jan) where Sookie and Claude find themselves sucked through a fairy portal and into alternate universe/dimensions of Bon Temps. Lots of action, lots of intrigue. I am eagerly awaiting a Buffy style universe

If you are looking for more of a Drama/Romance type of story, ChanelAddict’s War At Heart may be up your alley. Taking place between the Scottish Highlands and London during the events of WWI, the story has a bit of charm that leaves you waiting for more.

 

The post on Freyda will probably be posted either tonight or tomorrow. There’s also a few more memes in the meme gallery/drop down menu.

Happy Reading!

On Holland, The Two-Faced, and Fangs That Are Not So Zen

This post was a long time coming. I had forgotten what a horrible month May is. For undergraduates it is usually one week designated as “hell week.” In my current graduate program, it’s more like hell month.

Finally, after completing my second read of Deadlocked am I ready to make a few points on the book. There is so much, it’s hard to decide where to even start.

I loved this book, for many reasons. It was nice to see closure in the fairy story line. Though I will miss Dermot. I have been loosely following other forums and reviews and can’t really say I’m overly surprised by much of what I’ve been reading. Though some of the logic to excuse a certain vampire’s behavior makes me want to reach through my computer screen and slap the stupid out.

One of the most salient features for me was the mix of dark humor and deep sadness visible in Sookie. Sookie has always had some humorous narration but with all the events that have been thrown at her, particularly within the last six months big changes are visible in that narration. Lots of people are complaining about some of these changes.

“They aren’t funny anymore.”

“CH is so OOC.”

Comments like those above make me think. First, Sookie suffered torture – for hours. That’s not something you just bounce back from. There are a lot of comments about Sookie having to grow up, or she should grow up – well she has, she’s far from the innocent person she was early in series. She asks questions and gets things moving. She isn’t the same person she was at the beginning of the series. The Sookie of Deadlocked is someone more rough around the edges, a bit more world-weary and a hell of a lot more ready to preemptively strike.

And Eric, of course has clear changes as well. Many yearn for the Eric of yester-book because, well – I’m not really sure. That Eric was a pretty cold guy. And not in the not-quite-room-temperature way. Sure, he was funny and most of his jokes revolved around getting into Sookie’s pants but that’s like expecting Howard Wolowitz to continue making stupid sex jokes after he already got himself a girlfriend in Bernadette. (Non-Big Bang Theory watchers can watch these for references.) There is so much more to his layered character than what we saw in those earlier books. All of that stuff that made him interesting, it’s still there. It hasn’t gone anywhere but it can’t be expected to be present all the time. Not with the shit storm of events that have transpired, especially since the takeover. His livelihood as a vampire (and undead life in general) have been on the brink more times than I could probably list off the top of my head. And finally at least, he is sharing that frustration, at least in part, with Sookie.  And the two of them are close enough to read each other’s faces. That’s a big thing that doesn’t seem too well picked up by readers. She can read his expressions easily. She knows when he’s frustrated, jealous, dismissive, evasive, worried…all without him having to say a word. So it’s pretty clear that he’s far more open with his emotions around her and that she has been around him long enough to recognize these minute facial changes.

So it seems to me like readers want them to change, to communicate more, to grow up and deal with their issues, but when they do…suddenly, it’s wrong and the characters aren’t liked anymore…

What just happened?

Lots of comments made again on Sookie needing to ask questions and communication needs to be better. Well, that’s a two-way street. You can ask all the questions you want but when the other person refuses to answer, that doesn’t really help anyone. And Sookie does ask questions. She wants answers and tries to get them any way she can.

“So – why are you here?” (pg. 20) – Niall doesn’t answer.

“Do you think they had another reason?” (pg. 23) – Niall doesn’t answer.

“And because of this situation you referred to, you can’t tell me who did.”

Silence. (pg. 115) – Mustapha doesn’t answer.

“You tell me what’s going on, and then I’ll know what to be careful of.” (pg. 116) – Again Mustapha doesn’t answer.

“Tell me who killed that girl!” (pg. 117) – Still, Mustapha doesn’t answer.

“So you already know this secret agenda, and  you’re not telling me.”

“We’ll talk about it later.” (pg. 124) – Eric, heap big communicator, that he is.

Throughout most of this book I wanted to slap Eric on his big blond head for NOT talking to Sookie. About anything. And then I read things about the two of them not communicating to each other. Really?

“If only there were some way to prevent this,” Eric said. “But I don’t know of any way, and I can’t tear  you away from your life.”…

But he didn’t say anything else.

He was waiting for me to speak.

The apprehension was so strong in me that I felt my eyebrows knit together in a question. “What?” I asked. “What?” I couldn’t imagine where he wanted me to go in this terrible conversation. (pg. 290)

Someone please tell me where Sookie is not communicating.

So one of the things that had me surprised was the end result of Jannalynn being the one to actually kill Kym Rowe. It surprised me not because it was implausible or unlikely or even that she wouldn’t do it, because she’s totally capable of doing it. No, it surprised because it was a considerably stupid move on her part, one that if it failed – and there were just so many pieces to it that it could fail, it would most certainly lead to her death. This was something I mentioned in an earlier post when speculating. It was just such a bad thing for her to do, in the sense that if anyone found out, she’d be one dead bitch. The vampires would go after her for attempting to sabotage their sheriff, the Weres loyal to Alcide may not have sided with her (and Mustapha may well have challenged her anyway if Warren died) and if she had succeeded in killing or hurting Sookie, she would have lost Sam. But in a sense, there is a certain reality to the plan she concocted (more on Claude later). Most criminals are not very intelligent. Movies would have us believe otherwise – that every crime is full of intricate scheming and evil geniuses. Real criminals are hardly so interesting. And motives are usually much simpler. Really, Jannalynn’s motives were quite simple – jealousy, greed and power. The convoluted plotting was really all the result of Claude and his fairy machinations. We saw how Jannalynn plans – she tried to get Sookie out to Mimosa Lake alone. Big scheme there…unless you’re Alcide who has the worst blinders on when it comes to women. Good god, he’s dumb.

The Claude thing did throw me for a loop, only because CH has been so back and forth with him. Most of the time he is kind of ambivalent and of course, he’s always selfish. But he’s got moments where he’s relatively okay and almost has the semblance of a personality going on. I had my suspicions about him once Sookie recognized Kym’s blood was laced with fairy blood. No fae were missing from Hooligans. It’s obviously not from an elf or demon. None of the fae have anything against the Sheriff. In actuality, none of them even know him, except Bellanos and he’s already cleared since it’s not elf blood. And also there was never even an inkling of Bellanos caring about vampire stuff. The only two that do know Eric and have any possible vested interest are Claude and Dermot. In this instance I really felt for Sookie. She was the one betrayed. Again. It amazes me that this woman trusts ANYONE anymore. At all.

The moments when I didn’t ache at least a little for what Sookie was going through in this book were few and far between. There is a lot Sookie puts up with when it comes to Eric and what she accepts from him and for me, it was great to see her getting pissed off. Sookie with a short fuse makes me happy. Why? Because it means she’s less likely to take shit from people. Gone are the days where she blows off stinging remarks from Eric, from humans like Bud or Weres like Alcide.  Here is the Sookie that can’t be bothered to spare many feelings but her own. And I think, finally, it’s about time.

Next post: Freyda and the Cluviel Dor.

New Memes

The first two memes are up here  and here. Please enjoy them. They are for fun. And I amused myself making them. Feel free to comment or leave suggestions for future ones.

New Page

Hello again…

I swear I am not dead. I’m just really busy. Between writing the draft of my thesis, my other course work and working 25+ hours a week my time is covered. Although apparently that’s not a good enough reason not to bring folded socks into the bedroom and put them away. Or do things like making time to explain how windows 7 works to my mother. Or explaining how flash drives work. And that you really can just plug in a wireless mouse these days without having to install any software first.

So yeah, fanfic writing isn’t high on the list these days, unfortunately. Although per my usual procrastination flowchart it was time to make a new post! So I’ve decided to amuse myself by making some funny memes about SVM, True Blood and Fanfic. I have a few already and also take requests from anyone who has a particularly amusing idea they’d like me to make into a meme for them. They’ll all be posted under the Memes Heading in the top right. There is one there now so feel free to have a look.

Rapey-Rapey, Samey-Samey

I took a bit of an impromptu step away from fanfic recently. Whenever I look through the list of recently updated or new fics and give a bit a read through I keep thinking I’ve just wasted some more of my time.

Not that that is always a bad thing – I’ m really great at time wasting. And the time just goes by so fast. Except of course, when I’m at the gym and the hour of cardio work I do can’t go by fast enough. (I secretly think time works backwards during these hours.)

I said back in January that I would be pushing forth a slew of updates to get TMOP finished and move Dead Rising along. That didn’t happen. It’s one thing to say you’re going to do it but another to actually feel up to writing, which I haven’t. I haven’t felt the desire to write much lately or do much of anything creative which has put a nice  dent in finishing the story which I would like to do.

I feel like I should make a confession on that regard, which is in my own life, I have for some time now been dealing with severe depression. It’s something I am working on but it does impact my creativity in a major way.

It stymied some in my enjoyment of fanfic when I was new to the SVM community and had a nice time perusing most of the fics in the fandom. But now, as I watch and look for interesting fics to read most of what I see is the perpetuation of specific themes revolving around Sookie’s complete and utter submission to Eric in every form imaginable.

Even if she doesn’t want it, that’s ok, because she will eventually.

Yawn.

The coercive nature of these fics – that if Eric just keeps pursuing he will wear Sookie down and she will submit to him, or, if she doesn’t then he’ll take her by force (but she’ll like it!) is tossed around as ok because it’s Eric and he’s hot.

I mean just look at that yummyness:

I started watch True Blood well before I picked up the Sookie books so it’s hard for me not to see Alex’s face as Eric’s face. But that’s ok. And that’s also where my comparison of the two end.

Now I wonder if the prevalence of this “let’s rape Sookie until she’s fine with it” theme is all ok with writers because the person who is doing the raping is HAWT.  Somehow, if the guy doing the raping looked more like, I don’t know, Dennis Rader (The BTK Killer) people might not be as quick to jump on the HAWT bandwagon.

I also feel like Alex’s body itself isn’t all that scary. It’s certainly lovely to look at but it doesn’t have the intimidating factor (aside from the height) that Sookie so aptly describes in the books.

This is closer to how I imagine Eric’s body (minus the war paint – and younger, obviously since Eric was turned in his 20′s). Look at that hair!

Slightly more intimidating.  And deathly pale.  Look at how pale that arm is in this Dexter poster:

And that is how pale Eric is.

And people notice. They think it’s weird. He’s strange – or sick. It’s obvious to everyone who isn’t a fangbanger that there is something different – and he doesn’t fit in. It’s not Sookie who need’s accepting into Eric’s world. It’s the other way around.

I know I’d be scared if an Eric who looked like that came to my house and threatened to torture me.

I’ve gotten a bit off track here. The real reason for my posting was to bring up from the majority of the rapey-rapey, samey-samey fics the ones that aren’t that.

The one’s where Sookie is actually treated like a respectable human being and Eric isn’t a testosterone-fueled vampire who can’t control himself  around anything.

Here are a couple of fics that I’ve been enjoying recently:

In A Bottle by esquilo-negligenciadas

This story, based in part on “The Most Interesting Man In The World” advertisements  features an honest to god mystery. Something is going down with the synthetic blood in Shreveport and it’s up to Sookie and Pam to figure out what! As if Eric doing arm curls in the middle of Fangtasia isn’t enough to read this story then the mystery of who is vying for Area 5 had better be!

The Long Road Home by Noto94

This story is in my favorites list and has recently been updated after a long hiatus. Sookie moves to Shreveport where she meets neighbor Eric and attends LSU. She also has a mysterious stalker that won’t leave her alone. And Sophie-Anne is there too the woman who can’t take no for an answer. (I know, that’s usually Eric’s role!)

Surprisingly, I have found two worth wild fics in the True Blood fandom. (Quite a feat, let me tell you.)

Topsy Turvey by nanstanine

This story features a vampire Sookie and a human, telepathic Eric. It’s a Sookie who takes what she wants, no holds barred.

Bullshit Ban by Bambieyes1234

Bambieyes’ here takes on a little wish fulfillment and manages to do with Sookie what Alan Ball refuses to – have her be intelligent. Book Sookie is smarter than anyone gives her credit for. Least of all Alan Ball.

So for those looking for a reprieve from the rapey-rapey, samey-samey variety, I hope you enjoy my suggestions.

I try to look for fics that need a little more attention (sorry Moxie, I love My Private Eye but you don’t need my pimping you  or Thyra’s “Sookie The Shieldmaiden”).

New Update: The Meaning of Protection

Chapter 21 is up and you can read it here!

I realized a few days late that I’ve been a member of the SVM fanfiction community for an entire year already. Wow. Time does move quickly, or it seems to anyway. I’ve poured through hundreds, easily 1000 fics since joining this community, probably more. That is a crazy amount of reading.

There are plenty of thoughts and themes and interesting patterns that I’ve noticed continually popping up in this community. But really, what a year. I’ve engaged with some very nice ladies since joining.

You’re all really great.

A full post on a year in this community is yet to come. But for now, enjoy Chapter 21.

New: The Meaning of Protection

Finally…there is an update! And you can read it here!

Though I’m sad to say it’s a really, really short update. Sorry. Normally I average anywhere between 4000-6000 words a chapter so this is really quite short. But on the flip side I felt it was an organic way to end the chapter so I can pick up right away with the next arc of the story.

Also I’m posting this about 2 minutes to midnight EST and I feel the need to lay on some guilt and ask for reviews for my birthday. If not for TMOP then, I still would love to hear what people have to say about “The Dead Don’t Talk,” as it’s on the agenda to continue!

Oh Those Fairies Be Crazy…On Deadlocked, Chapter 2

So I guess the big thing a lot of people are taking from the teasing release of Deadlocked, Chapter 2 is the return of Niall. I know already a lot of people have written on the subject but I haven’t read any of it, wanting to keep my opinion unbiased for now. Also I was rather distracted with finals and then Christmas.

With Niall here and us getting chapter 2 it’s a fairly safe bet there’s a whole lot going down in chapter 1. At least, that’s what I’m hoping. When Penguin released that excerpt from chapter 3 of Dead Reckoning last year, we missed the nice big fight between Pam and Eric and all of Pam’s insinuations that Eric is a shitty husband. I suspect no less intrigue for chapter 1 of Deadlocked. 

First I’ll say that I just love how Sookie deals with Niall. Talk about the ultimate in expecting royal privilege and treatment. “I am the only living prince of Faery,” tells you just how much Niall thinks of himself – as it should be answer enough. Niall is a royal, he’s powerful and he’s ancient. That alone leaves him to expect people should not question his actions or his motivations and they should speak to him only in the most dignified ways – or so he expects. Of course, it’s not to say he hasn’t earned the right to expect that sort of  treatment, not from other fairies…you know, in Faery. In the human world, on the other hand, talking to a mostly human American, as Sookie calls herself who hasn’t barely been a part of her life, he hasn’t quite gotten there.

I can’t wait to find out how Sookie managed to convince Niall to reopen the portal to the human world. Or perhaps she didn’t have a choice. My first thought at seeing Claude there in her house was “Oh, no. Tell me she did not let him move back in.” But there is no indication that he did, in fact move back in.  The only thing known there, is that Claude assumed truthful knowledge from Murry, the bad fairy and all around talker-of-ways-to-kill-humans-instead-of-actually-killing-them.

So Niall didn’t actually curse Dermot, there is a reunion with tears and bowing and a brand new mystery to solve. Yay! If Murry, a water fae, said Niall cursed  Dermot, where could he have gotten that information? He already had ties to Brenadan so the most obvious answer would be from him. I doubt this will be of high priority in the mysteries to solve when it comes down to Sookie’s narration. Most of the fact finding will probably occur in Faery and as a result, off page. But Claude got his wish and now he gets to go back to Faery. How that will affect his relationship with Sookie, Dermot and the remaining Fae left behind remains to be seen.

The one line that gave me pause to think was this:

“Because of Niall’s questions about Claude and Me, Dermot’s request struck me as kind of weird. I just wasn’t in a fairy-loving mood, no matter how innocently he intended it. And truthfully, I wasn’t sure he meant we shouldn’t do more than sleep.”

This makes me think that either Niall is wondering about Claude’s agenda or if he’s wondering if there are possibilities for having yet another grandchild. The way it’s phrased makes me think he doesn’t approve of either. Niall knows Claude is selfish and would do something only if it would serve him or it was a direct command from Niall. There is no mention of whether Niall approves of Claude’s chosen sexuality but, Claude has already proven he can be quite fluid. With the dwindling number of female fairies, it’s hard to imagine what Niall would want from Claude. There’s a lot to speculate on there.

Now on to Dermot. I love how Sookie stands up to Niall for him. Despite Dermot’s age, in so many way’s he is like a child. When it comes to knowledge of the Fae and fighting, he most definitely shows his skill. But when it comes to his person, his state of mind and his feelings of belonging, Dermot is constantly shown as incredibly fragile. He cannot even stand up to Niall, who treats him like the red-headed step-child, so Sookie does it for him.  That’s just something I love about who Sookie is. No matter how badly treated she is and how much she’s willing to put up with from people treating her like crap, she’ll stand up for someone else when she see’s it happening to them.

I’m not going to address the breathing or kissing issue between Niall and Sookie and the breathing of the fairy scent. There’s already an excellent article about it HERE for anyone who wants to read it.

So Sookie doesn’t believe Dermot was in his right mind when he aligned himself with the water fae and when her parents died and I’m inclined to agree with her. There is nothing in Dead Reckoning to assume any malevolence from Dermot. If fact, I’d go as far as to say that CH has done something wonderful in creating a replacement Claudine. Someone who has no agenda or alliance other than to Sookie.

In Dead Reckoning, Sam says of Dermot

“He treats you like a Queen.”

Granted this is some nice foreshadowing into all the ways Eric doesn’t, and provides a nice teaser for the future issues with Oklahoma but it gives a little insight into how Dermot looks at Sookie. She cares for him and took him in when he was lost, creating, for him a very special view of Sookie. Additionally, Dermot says,

“Since Niall made sure I was put out of Faery…since I roamed around crazy for so long… I don’t feel part of the sky clan, and the water clan wouldn’t have me even though I allied with them. While I was cursed,” he added hastily. “But I’m not a human, and I don’t feel like one. I can’t really pass for a man for more than a few minutes. The other fae at Hooligans, the cluster of them…they’re only united by chance.” Dermot shook his golden head. Though his hair was longer than Jason’s shoulder length to cover up his ears, he’d never looked more like my brother. “I don’t feel like a fairy anymore. I feel…”

“Like a stranger in a strange land,” I said.

“Maybe so.”

- Dead Reckoning, pg. 213

In this passage, there’s a pretty clear indication that there’s no one he’s tied to. No one he owes anything to. In that, he has only Sookie. And in the way she looks after him for all his mental fragility, he can look after her from the bigger more immanent dangers.

I noticed a lot of talk about incest with the release of this chapter. There was a lot of talk about it in the last book too. God-forbid she finds her twice removed male 20 -something looking cousins attractive. Oh my god. Shout and scream and run for the hills. If that is the only thing people take from all this fairy stuff, those people need to have a think on their own sexual issues. First off, for the fairies, incest is no biggie. It’s actually pretty normal.

For all those people screaming about incest, well, I guess they over looked the whole Claudine and Colman were already related discussion in Dead And Gone. The two were “not so closely related,” according to Claudine, which means that they are, in fact, related. Otherwise, why say it at all. If Brenadan was going to blame anyone for the loss of magic among the fairies it should be his own people for all the incestuous breeding that seems to be happening. Incest was a common thing pretty much until about 100 years ago. It has been fairly taboo for immediate family but even today in many countries it is still legal to marry a first cousin. The royal families of Europe did it all the time. Every one of the remaining royal families in Europe are distantly related to each other because of this. The big reason for the taboo on incest is the result abnormalities that happen with it. Abnormalities like mental retardation. And infertility.

But then there aren’t so many female fairies anymore that they can afford to be picky.

But anyway, the incest question, with Sookie is so off the table. I wish people would get over it. There are so many more interesting things to talk about with the fairies that are not related to incest. You know, like how they eat flesh.

Now to my other new favorite character, Mustapha Khan. If ever there was a better replacement for Bobby, his name is Mustapha. Despite the roughness of their greeting, Mustapha is the type who catches on quick. And as a werewolf, that’s a good thing. As an added bonus it also means Sookie doesn’t have to hear everything that goes on in his head. I like that Mustapha for all his attitude has a sense of humor when relaying Eric’s message. There is no idolization of vampires with him, and with that comes a more balanced viewpoint.

I can’t pretend to understand Pam’s message from the context. Much like her outburst in Dead Reckoning, claiming what a wonderful husband Eric is and all her pointed looks at Sookie, we know it’s big but until there’s more info, we don’t know what, except it’s safe to say, with the penultimate book that the hard time will part of the homestretch of events.

Likewise, Eric “getting ready” could mean anything. The summary of the book says a body is dumped in front of his house. No idea yet if this happened in chapter 1 or not. Though it could also mean Eric’s getting rid of witnesses. Or maybe he’s fixing up Fangtasia to look especially befitting for a regal visitor. Who knows?

Though it’s safe to say neither of them have done much reconciliation since he bit her.

Now for Jannalynn, I read a few speculations where people are thinking she’s the one leaving the body in front of Eric’s house. I seriously doubt it. First off, that would be really fucking stupid. And while Jannalynn might be excellent in the technique of brute force, she’s no dummy. Charlaine Harris really has a nack for getting to the root female jealousy and malfeasance. I think we’re going to see here a similar situation to Debbie, just handled differently. Jannalynn is smarter than Debbie and she knows Sookie better and longer. But she’s also vindictive and very, very jealous. Maybe more so than Debbie. I’ll put good odds on her being dead by the end of the book. Damn that shifter, Sam. He’s really got shit taste in women.

So that’s about all I got for now. I might think of more. What are people’s thoughts on Chapter 2?

New Fic and Holiday Enjoyment

So I hope everyone had a good holiday, whether they celebrate Christmas or not. Maybe just a good time off from work.

So I participated in the Secret Santa Fic Exchange on ff.net that was hosted by Jan of Arc and BlakesBoogie. 44 authors in total participated and there were quite a few very well crafted one-shots. The person I was given was Pfloogs72, a fellow New Yorker.

The fic that I wrote, entitled “The Dead Don’t Talk” can be found here.

When I first started thinking about this particular fic, I envisioned Irish and Italian mob confrontations. The vampires, the way CH has written them create a very intricate crime organization. The only organization that really captured the violence remotely close to the vampires is the Vory (at least, to my knowledge), the Russian mafia.

The Vory have their hands in human trafficking, drug trafficking and of course, stolen goods. They are notoriously violent. There is also a large Russian population here in Brooklyn, particularly in the Brighton Beach/Bath Beach area, of which I am quite familiar. I would also add that Eric, at least Book Eric, the way I see him, could most definitely pass for Russian with his Nordic lineage,  fair eyes and hair. Blonde Italians are few and far between and while Sookie could pass for Irish, Eric would never blend as an Italian.

I purposely left a lot of details vague and up in the air because I did not want to give too many things away. I plan to continue this as a multi-chapter fic and I look at this as something like a epilogue. More or less, this it how things turn out -

but there’s a lot to say on how they got there.

Before I started writing this I thought I would never do an AH fic. I guess I have to eat my own words because you can never say never. But it also just goes to show that you can still keep the authenticity of the characters in a completely different setting.

I enjoy the wordpress functionality of comment discussion so if there are questions or comments or things people want to know about Russians or the language or Brooklyn or things I’m thinking about for the fic, feel free to ask!

Again, I hope people had a nice holiday, and have a good New Year!

I’ve been playing with my new KindleFire all weekend.

It’s Fic Pimping Time

As stated previously I said I would be posting on a semi-regular basis one fic that is new or recent or in need of some good attention. It could be of any variety – AH, AU, Canon, whatever. Role reversals, flip flops, it’s all game.

It also helps that I’m a bit sick right now and with finals looming this week I needed a bit of cheering up. So it was with that in mind that I delved into the recent pages of updates and new items in the SVM category and found:

The Whole Truth

This is the newest fic started just recently by RoseMac. I just love her stories. If anyone hasn’t read Home Sweet Dead or it’s squeal, I highly recommend them, along with her AH “Golden Gothic.”

RoseMac describes “The Whole Truth” as a political thriller with a supernatural twist. Without giving too much away, (and truthfully, there isn’t much to know yet), Sookie’s telepathy doesn’t work quite the way you might think. All the usual characters are there, it seems, though not all of them are in their usual form.

Set in New Hampshire, Sookie is the granddaughter of a respectable Senate politician, Mitchell Stackhouse. Is there fairy involvement? Time will tell. But the vampires certainly seem to have a desire to control things.

After all the AH’s I’ve recently been reading, this is a nice reprieve, getting back into why I love supernatural stories so much and enjoy the fanfic that keeps that element.

Previous fic recommendations:

The Guilded Cage by Jan of Arc
We Need To Talk by Elbly

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On an aside, CH has released Chapter 2 of Deadlocked. I’ve read it and, wow. I can’t wait until this comes out. The chapter is just full of all kinds of good stuff on the fairies. I also think it confirms my suspicions that Dermot seems to be the replacement protector for Claudine. So far, while Dermot would like to go back to fairy(maybe), he doesn’t bare ill will to Sookie and takes an active step in her protection. From my vantage point, he has little agenda other than knowing the truth behind why he was cursed. And unlike Claude, who would do anything so that he might pass between the worlds again, Dermot has no such desire, being a half-human outcast.

I’ll have a full post on this chapter and more once my finals are over. Probably on the 23rd of December or if not, right after Christmas.

Also don’t forget to vote if you haven’t on the poll for the next big character post.