Fics that make you cry?

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

I'm suddenly craving emotionally intense stories (though not death stories), probably to counteract the work stress, and was wondering what your favorite "catharsis" stories are.

Having just had a good cry while reading Helen Raven's Freezing (poor Bodie, and it's heart-wrenching to see Ray's struggle) , and feeling much better, it would be great to have a list of stories at hand!

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[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Heh! I was just about to rec Freezing *g*. Um . . . What else? Jigsaw Puzzle, maybe?

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Freezing *is* an intense emotional fic! :)
And yes, Jigsaw Puzzle! I always forget what exactly the story is about, until I reread it.
Thanks!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Oh dear... the letters at the beginning of Phoenix Rising by PR Zed...
To be true the whole story is heartbreaking.
Ray mourns so beautifully for Bodie! :-O

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

This may just be a story I have never read before, or not in a long time! :D
Thanks for the rec!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Be sure to have enough Tempos at hand if you read it...

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

It's lucky I brought some with me from Germany, then! :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ooh, good question... But not... Hmmn... Oh, Third Friday in October (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/2/thethird.html) is gorgeously intense... and Heat-trace (http://www.kelper.co.uk/helenraven/trace.html) is wonderful too... Well, any Helen Raven actually... and... Sebastian's Et In Italia Ego... That sort of thing?

Mod-ly point - is there a reason you've locked your post here? We do like to be open to everyone, if we can...

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs!
And I always lock my posts, for job related reasons.
If I unlock it, will only members be able to see it, or everyone?
I've actually been thinking of changing my name/email address for LJ, but haven't done it yet. Maybe I will this weekend, if only I could think of a new user name.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Well, if you unlocked it then it'd be a public post, and could be traced back as far as your lj - but if you've got your lj locked up, then no one would see anything there that they couldn't anyway (user info pages are always public anyway, afaik). But if they can't trace you via whatever's on show at your lj then they couldn't trace you in any other way if this was a public post, so... Hmmn - and you know, when I lj-search there are variations on your lj-name that presumably could be "you" too, to someone looking for a "siskiou" of some sort... I can't see anything that looks like identifiable contact details etc on show at your lj though, even though we're friended... I didn't realise you'd always posted locked-up to this comm before - of course you're publically visible whenever you comment, you know? But if it helps your confidence, the community is search-engine minimised too!

The reason we prefer unlocked posts is so that non-lj and internet-shy Pros fans can join in - that's why we allow anonymous comments too (though we hope people will identify themselves in some way, and generally they do!) It's just a bit more inclusive...

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Ah, no, I didn't quite take into account that comments are public, depending.
Am still a bit naive when it comes to these things.

And I don't actually know if I've always remembered to lock every post to every comm.
I definitely understand why you'd like them unlocked.

Will have to think on things for a bit. Unfortunately, changing usernames is not free, either.

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

"Catch a fallen star" is quite intense, I think and has Bodie at his very best, to my mind.
And Dancing in the Rain by Istia (which is now on the Archive of our Own)always, always brings a huge lump to my throat. There is also a prequel now which was written as a time-stamp. (It has a major character death but not one of the lads!) I'm sure the author was called something else when I first read it but can't think what it was! The White Cloth also by Istia is another powerful one, imho!
And I always find The Tangled Web tugs at me, though I must have read it a dozen times by now!
Snowman with a white coat by Castalia?
The Far Shore by Angelfish if you have access to Never Far Apart 1 and if it's your sort of thing? Tends to arouse strong and very differing opinions, of course!
Hmmm, may have to put one or two of these on my re-reading list myself!

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice long list, and I haven't read Tangled Web or Catch a Fallen Star in quite a while.
Snowman with a White Coat is a big favorite for me, too.

And Angelfish is definitely a heart breaker.
All those Years...

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

"Dancing in the Rain"... whoaahhh oh yes!

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

"Bodie's Letter" by Ellis Ward is a good cathartic story for me. Intense sadness, but it's mostly in the past, and the reconciliation is lovely.

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Sounds perfect! :)
Thanks!
I hope RL is going reasonably well for you!

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

M.Fae Glasgow: "Sunday Bloody Sunday". No major death story, and it is B/D, but it hurts so much to read it... an extreme intense story.
http://www.oblique-publications.net/archives/paeanii/8_sunday_ptopII.pdf

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Oh, I remember reading this one, and finding out that stories involving killings of children (however fictional) is something I can't handle.
Definitely an intense story!

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

"These Things Do Not Remember You" by Gwyneth Rhys is a total heartbreaker.

http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/4/thesethings.html

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Heartbreaker, times ten! Death stories are hard, especially well written ones!

[starlite876.livejournal.com]

"These Things Do Not Remember You" was the first PROS story that actually made me cry (I remember grabbing lots of tissues).

What about "Holding Back the Flood" by Lacey McBain (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/14/holdingback.html/)?

[asymphototropic.livejournal.com]

"A Bodie Carol" by Ancasta. There's a certain scene there that's a sob wrencher.

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
I know exactly what you mean!
This story is on my frequent re-read list. :)

[sludig.livejournal.com]

I don't remember the title, it's about star-wars and a sentence : 'the force was with us' ...if you remember the Title thank. Just write is sentence make me cry. Very strong!