#26 — Vanek! with a Jurco

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Fic Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Re: Fic Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

Has there been anything good in the last week or so? I feel like there's a bit of a drought but maybe I just missed something.

Re: Fic Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

Thought this was a bit long but still a quality read: http://archiveofourown.org/works/7513546

Re: Fic Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

Special on the Inside
http://archiveofourown.org/works/7516684

Totally annoyed by this one because Jamie gets zero repercussions for being a deliberate multiple cheater. Hell, he gets apologised to!

Re: Fic Discussion- puttin' on my shades (to cover up my eyes)

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7502469

Hockey RPF
Teen And Up Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Gen, M/M
Complete Work
18 Jul 2016
Tags

No Archive Warnings Apply[Taylor Hall & Mikey McLeod] [Taylor Hall/Adam Henrique] [Mikey McLeod/Nathan Bastian] [Taylor Hall] [Mikey McLeod] [Adam Henrique] [post trade] [Friendship] [Depression]
Summary

The kid - McLeod - sways against Taylor's shoulder. “I want to go home,” he says.

“What you want is a glass of water and two Advil,” Taylor says. “Trust me on this, kid.”

“Okay,” the kid says. He hiccups.

or,

Taylor H. Jersey.

I feel like electrumqueen is one of the few author's works I'll read no matter who or what the fic is about.

This fic was so super heavy on angst (and I appreciate it) and what felt like mutually assured destruction, with a touch of HFN for both Taylor and Mikey at their respective endings. It feels weird to say I enjoyed the fic because overall it's so depressing, but it felt very... real, in a sense. The perspectives all fit together and mirrored well.

My suggestion for reading this is to use the chaptered format, not Entire Work. The story is stylistically built around the chapters is how I'd describe it.

CW// for alcohol abuse/heavy to extreme alcohol use

Re: Fic Discussion - one foot in the golden life

[(Anonymous)]

Wow. This is the secret marriage fic of my dreams. I love it.

Re: Fic Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7523359

Matt is going to Hamilton. That's not so far. Like, an hour and a half on the GO bus. He'll be home for weekends.

I'm not normally one to get ripped out of stories by tiny mistakes and shit but. No, he won't be home for weekends because like 90% of OHL games take place either Friday/Saturday/Sunday???

Re: Fic Discussion - looking for a good story

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't read it, I just want to know why. Why this. Where is the audience for this?

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7541947

Re: Fic Discussion - #9: The Rescue

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7612198

"Sports culture is pretty toxic, you know."

Re: Fic Discussion - Heaven Help a Fool Who Falls in Love

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7613830

Have you ever been disappointed with a story so much you're willing to give up your first born child to make it better? TBH this one was tropey Sid/Geno and unrealistic but sometimes I don't mind that when it's well written, and I actually that the things they all did wrong came back to haunt them but it's just so badly written it makes me mad lol :(

Clunky dialogue, no firm grasp of characters, Geno worrying that his daughters might be sold off as sex slaves, THAT CRINGE SCENE IN THE END, etc. I'm so annoyed.

Re: Fic Discussion - an island entire of itself

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7218550
Daemon-having hockey players, written for S/G exchange in June but I only got to it this week. Summary, tags, and premise weren't inspiring, but I gave it a go and enjoyed it.
I liked
- References to penguins history while also including this year's team
- Writing style - not unique but a bit unusual for the pairing's fandom
- Just enough Greek mythology references to rule out coincidence
I didn't like
- Lumpy pacing and inconsistent tone, some awkward words
- Wanted to see more of the main relationship - sort of got why they liked each other, but reader left to suspend disbelief and fill in the blanks
- Geno having a bear. Always with the bear!!

Re: Fic Discussion I wanna fit inside you

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7699093

Crosbycest with tentacles AND oviposition? Christmas came early this year!

Re: Fic Discussion - Camouflage by Snickfic

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7739026

I thought it was great. Didn't someone post a while back about wanting outing fic that focused on the team's reactions? That was definitely a major thread in this.

Re: Fic Discussion-You and Me of the 10,000 Wars

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7732876/chapters/17626087

Fair warning, it's K/T. I don't read that pairing obv but I like sahiya's work, so when I see she has new fic I just read it for the writing and nothing else. Anyway, the writing was good. It helps if you just skip the PKane chapters (among everything else his career path is about as plausible as Ryan Lochte becoming the head of the UN), and pretend the fic is about Toews coming to terms with his life after hockey and making peace with it. Those parts are great. The sections with Sid are lovely and sad, and she's writing a separate fic about him in that verse, which is exciting.

She tends to load on the whole Toews grows an organic garden and cares about the environment thing tho, which can be annoying, ymmv: “No, I didn't check my email this morning. I thought we said we didn't want flowers.” They were wasteful, Jonny had always thought. He'd wanted a zero carbon footprint wedding, but his mother had told him in no uncertain terms that that wasn't going to happen unless he planned it himself. So he'd settled for trying to make it as waste-free as possible and making a sizable donation to his favorite environmental organization instead.

Anyway, this post is not an endorsement of K/T fic, I just wanted to say how I liked the parts I did, pls lets not let this devolve into a wank thread lol.

Re: Fic Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

I finally decided to read that Sid/Claude bodyswap WIP that keeps showing up in the tags. It was inoffensive enough until I got to the part where Sid only gives the cup to Daley because it's Claude in his body and he doesn't know to give it to poor Duper. Noped out of there so fast.

Re: Fic Discussion - ycmal

[(Anonymous)]

Stuff is actually moving forward, and I don't hate it? Robbie's narration is still cringe worthy bro spreak, though.

Re: Fic Discussion- Optimus Reim: The Panthers' Curse

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7840177

It's a little weird, but I like it. The way the curses hit each individual player is pretty funny. I'm enjoying Reimer as a curse breaking goalie and Lou with his bonds to every backup he plays with.

Re: Fic Discussion - cascades by haipollai

[(Anonymous)]

Nicky/Ovi, 7.5k, in which most people have magic, Ovi has more than usual, and Nicky has none.

I liked it! Nice characterizations. Nicky's unusually insecure for fic, but it makes sense in context: he's worried about Ovi discovering he doesn't have magic, and the fact that magic-havers don't like touching magic-have-nots. Ovi of course decides that everything about Nicky is the best thing ever.

Re: Fic Discussion - allez, viens

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7823410
Briere/Giroux. Just a head's up that this exists, since it's from Rare Pair Fest and its date didn't get updated. I thought it was pleasant, although I wanted the scenes to feel a little bit tighter.

Re: Fic Discussion - you can call me (anytime)

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7901224

Not that it actually matters, but wasn't there a fic posted last week with the exact same title?

Anyway, I thought this was cute. It was nice to see a new pairing in the tag.

Re: Fic Discussion - glass half-empty

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7919668

Yay, Sid/Claude longfic! I'm a few thousand words in, and it's good so far. Though I feel like I can tell it's a collab. I've never tried writing with another fandom friend. I'd worry about the differences in voice, and I just don't think I'd be able to relinquish control like that.

But, if they can pull it off, I will be Impressed.

Re: Fic Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

WTF is a mod party?? Google is not providing answers that make sense unless Austin Powers is popular again.

Re: Fic Discussion- kept just like we were, oflights

[(Anonymous)]

http://archiveofourown.org/works/7927297

ALSO KNOWN AS 24,000 WORDS OF SID/NATE

Re: Fic Discussion

[(Anonymous)]

Was it just me or was there a ton of fic posted in the last 24 hours? Not that I'm complaining!

Re: Fic Discussion- ALL CAPS

[(Anonymous)]

Aaand it's live! Just in time for my roadtrip up I-95!