pleaseeeee somebody distract me from this black hole of a book i'm reading.

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In honor of a laaaazy Sunday afternoon, I present you with four stories that make me happier than The Republic ever could (damn you, anyway, Polisci 2004):

Something Borrowed, Something Blue by chibi_care (The Office)
Post-Casino Night glee tinged with you know, reality, which separates it from pure escapism. Pretty prose, too!

Drunk by Punk Manueverability and Sabine (The West Wing)
Josh, Donna, CJ, Sam, and Ainsley at a bar, which, yes, is as fun as it sounds.

Roadtrip by Alcott (The X-Files)
This story should be the classic of classics, part of the primer all X-Files fans are supposed to read while diving into the fandom, because it's happy but not unrealistically so, mushy but in a classy sort of way, and quietly hysterical too. The fact that it's incredibly well-written is just the cherry on top.

Hotassery is Not Special Dispensation To Be an Ass by hackthis (Friday Night Lights
Perfectly characterized Tim and Landry conversations make me realize I need to read a lot more FNL fanfiction.

Comments

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I'd like to have a well fleshed-out recs list if I can, and I don't want to miss out on anything.
It's the missing out on things that worries me, I guess? I tend to use rec lists as a jumping point, and after I've fallen in love with whichever stories have been recc'd I tend to go back and try and read everything by that particular author. Which usually works out, it just occasionally gets tired.

This pacing yourself thing suddenly sounds so logical, though. I don't know why I didn't think of it before!

I KNOW. And lost!fic by Penumbra? I need to go cry in the corner now.
I keep meaning to go on a full on hunt for it. Futile but somehow satisfying?

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It's the missing out on things that worries me, I guess? I tend to use rec lists as a jumping point, and after I've fallen in love with whichever stories have been recc'd I tend to go back and try and read everything by that particular author. Which usually works out, it just occasionally gets tired.

Oh, I definitely understand that. I think I may just pace myself naturally, thanks to all the other stuff I have to distract me, I can never read fic for very long. The downside to this is that I haven't really had a chance to read much novel-length fic; I never have time!

I keep meaning to go on a full on hunt for it. Futile but somehow satisfying?

I really hope so! Someone MUST track it down sometime.

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I don't know, my very favorite stories are never really novel-length. Novel-length stories are good, sometimes, but oftentimes you're reading them for plot and suspense reasons more than purely excellent writing. There are exceptions, though of course!

This (http://www.b2g2.com/boards/board.cgi?action=read&id=1188976616&user=anwylyd) implies to me that Upsidaisium was never, in fact, even written.

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I don't know, my very favorite stories are never really novel-length. Novel-length stories are good, sometimes, but oftentimes you're reading them for plot and suspense reasons more than purely excellent writing. There are exceptions, though of course!

Oh, totally agreed. I think that's why I rarely read them -- I don't have the patience for them, because good plot isn't everything. Sure, it's a lot, but it can't carry a whole story, at least not for me.

This implies to me that Upsidaisium was never, in fact, even written.

*resumes weeping in the corner*

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I'm having a hard time deciding which is worse: lost fic or nonexistant (but teased at!) fic.