Toughest rec list ever

[danceswithgary]

I need to read something extremely cheerful now that I've posted the Darkness recs. I could deal with them on a one-by-one basis as I was dumping them on the list, but I was bawling when it came time to alphabetize them as I remembered the sheer beauty of the words that ripped my heart out.

What does it say about this fandom that it was the longest list so far? And I'm sure I'll add more.

What does that say about *me* that I have so many collected?

I'm hoping the humor list beats it out. *blink*

Comments

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

i hope so, too. i like funny. but i've probably read many of the wrenching ones and felt hurt by them. it's harder, actually, to suspend disbelief for a happy ending than for a sad one, since that's the way canon goes.

[danceswithgary]

You're right, we 'know' the way it turns out in the end and we're trying to change that with the cheerfuls and happy ever afters, but it is hard sometimes. *hug*

[rakshanda.livejournal.com]

Thank you for putting these recs lists together. I am looking forward to the humor list!

Some good ones:
If I Were King of the Forest
http://www.smallville.slashdom.net/archive/19/ifi.html

The Els of Krypton
http://ultimate_ninja.tripod.com/beyond_the_pale/the_els_of_krypton.htm

Frantic:
http://seperis.illuminatedtext.com/smallville/frantic.html

[danceswithgary]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll make sure I re-read them. :-D

D'oh

[rakshanda.livejournal.com]

D'oh! I forgot the sequel to The Els of Krypton

The Farmer in Jor-El:
http://ultimate_ninja.tripod.com/beyond_the_pale/the_farmer_in_Jor-El.htm

[cinderella81.livejournal.com]

I hope humor beats it out too!!

Here's one that is sweet and schmoopy and cracky and funny ... written by me and arianstarr ... it's here (http://cinderella81.livejournal.com/122378.html")

[danceswithgary]

Thanks, I'll take a look at it for the humor or sweet lists.

I need to stay away from the lists until the weekend and get something written. I've been so bad. *hangs head in shame*

[zhylosa.livejournal.com]

Humor should beat it out, at least I hope. Also, I am trying to make a recs list not on lj, though I think that I could make the lists all on my own I am also working for existing lists. I want to credit those who have done the work, so how would you like to be credited?

[danceswithgary]

You can just point to the master list at:

http://danceswithgary.livejournal.com/45809.html

that'll be fine.

Have fun building your lists, I know I've been enjoying myself!

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

Well, I have only written one humor piece of all the whopping four things I've posted...

*shameful blush*

But, Laundry Emergency doesn't try to be anything more than it is: just fluffy silliness and Clark in his boxers.

What else can you ask for for lighthearted fun?

http://dm-wyatt.livejournal.com/14202.html

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

What I meant to say was that I hope this cheers you up...

*facepalm*

It's just silly...

[danceswithgary]

Hee, I already have that one on the list. :-D

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

Really? It wasn't really Clex until I edited it recently and added the bit at the end about the luthor mansion being next...

I love your rec lists so thanks for including it.

*blush*

[danceswithgary]

Oops, I should have looked closer while I was at home, I probably mixed it up with another laundry story - I'll have to make sure.

Anyway, as soon as you finish Subject, it's going up in the 'What an Ordeal'. *nudge*

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

Laundry Emergency is Clexy now, so read the update and see what you think.

As far as Subject is concerned:

Hee...

Yeah, well. It's close to being done and if any story deserves to go on your "What an Ordeal" list, that one does...

*grins and winks*

Poor Clark.

[danceswithgary]

OK, I did have it mixed up with another story, but since it fits the criteria of making me laugh out loud (Lex goes commando - hee), it's going on the list. *giggle*

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

Thanks...

*grins*

Yeah, I didn't have the clex in there to begin with. I think it really lacked without it, even a really short story like that can get a lift with some Clex.

*winks*

[epeters.livejournal.com]

What does that say about *me* that I have so many collected?

It says that you are AMAZING to have taken the time to put these lists together.
I'm enjoying them everyday although I'm completely overwhelmed with the amount of reading I have to do.
Thank you so very much!!

[danceswithgary]

Thanks for the nice words, it's really just me taking the time to organise the chaos on my hard drive - you reap the benfits. :-D

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

HUGS!

I don't think that it says anything bad about you or the fandom that there is so many sad fic out there. (After all, sad fic many times leads to comfort fic.) I think a lot of people find it easier to write dark stuff. Plus there's the whole idea that writing dark fic makes you more of a 'real' writer. At least that seems to be the case in my other fandoms.

This may be coz I'm new to the fandom, but I find Smallville fic a LOT less depressing than my other fandoms. Stuff might be dark, but there is also a lot of humor in it. It might be one liners, but it makes the writing work.

I really love your lists. They're showing me so many different writers that I never would have found myself.

I know this fic made it on another list, but I ADORE it. Two days later, I was still snickering over parts of it. The descriptions are just so vivid and funny. My coworkers thought I'd had finally gone crazy. So it's my suggestion for the humor fic list. Fetish

http://seperis.illuminatedtext.com/smallville/fetish.html

[danceswithgary]

I think the dark makes me appreciate the sweeter fics more. I know I can write angst, and I have a tiny deathfic out there, but I'm not sure I could reach down far enough to write something that didn't ultimately have Clark and Lex together at the end.

'Fetish' is one of my favorites and it's on the humor list. Thanks for suggesting it, I would have hated to miss it! :-D