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I want the Onternet, thanks. Unlimited.

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Not quite the game!

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No, I know. Especially since the Onternet is not a thing.

I don't know how to choose.

On three separate occaisions, I have paged through all of the Ao3's B/D stories to find the ones I had a yen to reread. I suppose that is a desert island kind of list, though some of them are guilty pleasures. So I chose from them.

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Lol - it is hard to choose... I guess I have an advantage now in having read stories so many times that the ones I keep coming back to are really obvious... but even now I want to add others to the list when I think of them again... Paper Flowers! Knife-edge! The Cook and the Warehouseman! More! More! More! *g*

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No particular order, or rather, depending on what got caught in my memory most recently:

1. JoJo "Running on the Rails"
2. Haloterant, "Carapace"
3. Heliophile, "Picture This"
4. AngelCI5, "The End of the Path"
5. PFL, "Ties"

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I read Ties by PFL two days ago, and it wasn't my first time. It's a brilliant story to re-read again and again.

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It is!

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Ooh, I don't recognise the title of that Jojo story - do you have link?!

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I don't have a direct link, but it's in Ao3. I bet you've read it. Bodie, driving, is looking idly through the racing lists and odds when he's not watching Doyle skimming round the storefronts. Anson is trying to be funny in the back seat. When Doyle comes back, he and Bodie communicate through the horses' names. Anson never gets it.

When I first read Pros fanfic, then watched episodes. I kept waiting for the ones when Anson turned out to be an annoying unfunny crud. I wonder how he got such a terrible reputation in fanfic.

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Hey, spoilers! for those of us fishbrains who've forgotten it and could look forward to reading it again!

Apparently I have read it, cos I left kudos, but I don't remember it at all, never mind the title.

I agree though, Anson doesn't seem at all in character. I think of him as fairly laconic in the eps we see him. Except for when he's being shirty with Cowley. *g* I always think of him as very much a good guy too - he was the one looking out for them in Backtrack (even if he was also snitty with the lads - who started it, to be fair! - earlier on!)

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macklingirl.livejournal.com

Running on the Rails (https://Running on the Rails) by JoJo. You must be logged in to read it, it is locked.

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Almost impossible to boil it down to 5 and some stories were favourites years ago but might not be today but I'll give it a go if I can cheat:

Sebastian's Wonderful Tonight, Et in Italia Ego, Down to the Waterline, Perfect Day.
Helen Raven's Heat-Trace
Holden's Forever True
Your Love in the Guise of Friendship (if that's the one where Doyle says 'you gave me the moon') and On this day in history.
Courtney Gray's Night Moves.

And *then* you've got stories with favourite introductions, favourite 'catch in your throat' moments, etc., etc.,

Forgot to add Maclean's Choosing and Redemption.

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gilda-elise.livejournal.com

Just about anything by MacLean!

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I agree and there are authors I'd forgotten (let alone stories) where I've loved *all* of their stories.

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It's a horrid question - though fun thinking back to the stories! *g*

Anything by Kate Maclean and Helen Raven and Sebastian and most things by HG and M F Glasgow and Rhiannon, and... and... Oh, and The Gift of the Moggy, and so many of The Hag's stories! And... and... and...!

Oh, and god, Forever True! How ever did I miss that off my list?!

(And aw, how cool that you like LitGoF! *g*)

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I just read LitGoF again this morning.

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I've just realised (and I keep doing this) that I've confused Love in the Guise of Friendship with your Discovered Out of Context! I love both but I particularly love this scene/golden moment:

Physical contact's supposed to be good for..."
"What about kissing me? Was that just physical contact too?" It was strange, seeing it all together like this, a single solid line to this moment that was so clear, so pure and clear that he couldn't imagine ever having not known. "And that time when
the roof fell in... you brought me a torch?"
Bodie's lips twisted in a half-smile at that.
"No..." He remembered. "You brought me the moon."

You brought me the moon..... just perfect!

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Oh, that makes more sense actually! I must admit to not remembering my own line in Love, and having a wee search. The moon does come up, so I thought I might just be missing it (I only looked quickly) - but I remember the moon in Context! *vbg* Thank you for making me remember and smile!

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..... and it's interesting to see that we've all got such different choices.

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It sure is!

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It's not much like the eps, is it, where we tend to cluster around a few consistent favourites.

Fun to see what people like though!

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It's really interesting. I do remember some stories and would like to re-read them, and a lot of stories I haven't read yet, but I want to. *sigh*

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:-) I have to think about all the good, impressive, sad, touching and brilliant stories to make up my mind. Thank you for this task *g*
You will get my choice, but I need time to think that through, thoroughly, of course.
Do you want a comment or a new post/entry?

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Hee - I can ask all the tricksy questions you might like, you're very welcome! *g*

Either comments or new posts are good - it's always nice to see extra Pros posts in my flist page... *g*

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gilda-elise.livejournal.com

Not necessarily in order.

1. The Return by Ellis Ward
2. Boyhood by Courtney Gray
3. A Different Game by DVS
4. The Cook and the Warehouseman by Helen Raven
5. The Small Rain by Nell Howell

And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

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It's quite a big iceberg really, isn't it!

Btw - did your autocorrect change Boyhole to Boyhood, or...? *vbg*

And oh, The Cook and the Warehouseman, that's so one of my favourites too...!

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gilda-elise.livejournal.com

Yeah, stupid autocorrect! And it won't let me change it now. :-(

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Ah, that's my fault cos I replied to you!

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heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com

This is an impossibly difficult question! There are too many I wouldn't want to be without!!!!!!! ... um, well, bearing in mind that this leaves out far too many gems and is not a definitive list by any means; maybe just what's uppermost in my mind at the moment ...
Of Tethered Goats and Tigers by Tarot
The End Is Where We Start From by pfl
On Guard by Gloria Lancaster
Boxing Day by The Hag
Sighting by halotolerant (and Tricks and Treats by Callisto, look it's on the same line so nobody will notice I put in an extra one)

no, it's no good - this leaves out reams of brilliant and dearly-loved fics, I can't stick with just five! (plus I want Suitable Gravity too)

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I know, it's an evil and virtually impossible question, isn't it...

I remember the sheer joy when

probodie recced Suitable Gravity, and

justacat put it up on the Circuit Archive that day. Such a gorgeous story!

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I have mixed feelings about using girlfriends etc as antagonists, but I love her dull new fiance.

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golden-bastet.livejournal.com

Of Tethered Goats and Tigers by Tarot

I'm late to this; but yep! That is my perennial favorite! :D

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firlefanzine.livejournal.com

I agree, it's nearly i m p o s s i b l e ! :-)

But these are the stories that come to my mind at first:

All in the Pelvis by Callisto (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/18/allin.html)
Mere Anarchy by Rebelcat (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/16/mereanarchy.html)
Hannah by BrendaK (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/1/hannah.html)
Time Out Past Tense by Pamela Rose (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/7/timeout.html)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by PR Zed (https://archiveofourown.org/works/3450779)

Forgotten...

Angels Unaware by Bardicvoice (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3625584/1/Angels_Unaware)
Long Shadows by NN West (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/6/longshadows.html)

*whistles innocently*

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I know, it's a truly evil question - but thinking about the stories is fun. *g*

I'd end up whistling and whistling and whistling if I let myself start... *g* So interesting to see people's choices though!

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If it were not evil, would so many of us have replied to it?

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*sigh deeply* only the top five - at this moment
Careful What you Wish For by Gwyneth Rhys
Forget That I Remember And Dream That I Forget by Pamela Rose
Psychic Dreams by Ankaree
Easy Prey by Jaicen5
Happy Endings by P.R.Zed

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Oh, well done - you got five! *g* And heeee for at this moment! I know I have an advantage having read and re-read stories for ages - but even so I keep wanting to add more when I remember how much I love them...!

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I love "Psychic Dreams" So! So! Much!

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If you like Ankaree's writing and Ties by PFL you might like Something More by Ankaree as I do.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7996222
It didn't make it on my list due to only 5000 words - but it would have been worth it.

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macklingirl.livejournal.com

Not necessarily in this order

Saints and Miracles (http://thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/4/saintsand.html) by Jack Reuben Darcy
Mere Anarchy (http://thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/16/mereanarchy.html) by Rebelcat
Whisper of a Killl (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/12/whisperof.html) Lois Welling (Ann Barrister)
The Tangled Web (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/4/thetangled.html) by Jack Reuben Darcy
Cat Tales (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/3/cattales.html) by Fanny Adams

The last one is because it is a very long story and I always wanted to re-read it, but never had the time. There are so much interesting stories out there.

And are we all on the same desert island? Because then we could trade zines. *g*

Edited Date: 2019-06-16 05:58 pm (UTC)

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