What do you call yours?

[tinturtle]

I have a folder on my computer (and backed up in several other places) in which I keep my collection of all-time favorite fanfics. No doubt I am not the only one, although those who encountered most of their favorites in zines may not have such a thing. At any rate, I would expect archives such as this to be common enough to have a widely used and understood name, yet I've never come across it. So, if you have one, what do you call it? If not, what do you think they should be called? I, for one, would like to be able to say, "This story is going into my _____!" and have people know what I mean.

Prosfic Bingo - Lads doing other jobs

[tinturtle]

To fill one of the two last bingo squares, I decided to look for a fic in which the Lads are doing other jobs. For extra fun, I also decided that I would try to find at least one of them doing a job that was as different as possible from that of a CI5 agent, without removing them from their own country and time period.

The story I settled on is Lifelike by JoJo (3065 words, member-locked on AO3). Doyle is the young policeman of his backstory, who attends an evening class in life drawing. You can probably guess Bodie's role.

This fic was pleasant, though I don't think I'll find it especially memorable. I did enjoy Doyle's thoughts on his job and co-workers, and there was a bit at the end that I liked a lot. JoJo labeled this as an AU, but I wouldn't say that there is anything that strongly contradicts canon. (There is a minor conflict with the Lads’ brief exchange about life drawing in Old Dog with New Tricks.)

(While looking for a story to fill the square, I also found Tailor-Made by Helen Raven, a strange and spooky tale in which Bodie does a very different job indeed. Apparently it was Helen Raven's first ever fanfic. I don't think I'd have had the guts to begin with this, but I am not Helen Raven.)