idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all.

I love recommending stories. I love finding stories TO recommend. I love being so fucking excited about something that I just want everybody to see/read it RIGHT. THE FUCK. NOW.

1. Texas Forever by topaz119. I. Uh. Jesus, man. I don't know what to say about this story. This is the story of Tim Riggins, full stop. Friday Night Lights will eventually reveal his past and his present, but this is his future in all its Technicolor glory, and it revels in all his relationships -- Tyra, Billy, Smash, Jason, you name it. God, this is a fucking awesome story.

2. Simply a reflection of your own self by sinsense, which is Landry and Tim/Landry and also? Landry. Because well, is there anybody watching FNL who doesn't love Landry? Exactly. sinsense has this sense about Landry that just makes you go, "Oh, Landry." So, just read this and thank me later.

3. She Likes a Prizefight by somniesperus, which is The Devil Wears Prada movie-verse Miranda/Andy, and let me tell you, I had no idea how Telanu was going to make this work, but this story doesn't just work -- it fucking SINGS. The writing is stellar, and I was just so sad when it was over because there was no more to read.

4. Curtains Are Monogamous by sheldrake. This is anthropomorphic fic, and what that is, for anybody who doesn't know, is when you assign human characteristics to otherwise non-sentient or non-human objects. So there's a nice group of people who write Mac/PC fic or stories about spoons and forks. This story is about, uh, the curtains. Just read it. It was the last story I read last week and it totally gave me warm fuzzies.

5. People living in the_guesthouse, astolat made an Entourage video. Yes, I know. Try not to wet yourself. Six days until our show is back. Oh, Ari I've missed your filthy mouth. I know you nearly plotzed when George offered a $1,000,000 to the person who could prove he was out slandering David O Russell.

6. Some random chick named hackthis wrote Angela Petrelli with a healthy side-dose of Nathan/Peter, self-delusion, and mothering gone awry. What's Love Got to Do With It?. Heroes. Rated PG for one bad word and several mindfucks.


*Special thanks to musesfool and thefourthvine for having such brilliant rec sites for trawling and such awesome taste.

a) Dearest person who bought me mistletoe: Awwwww! Regards, me.

b) It occurred to me that readers of FNL fic may not be aware of the existence of be_perfect. It was originally created for FNL The Movie fic, but has had a resurrection with FNL The Show, so you know, ease on down the road there and join up to share in the FNL fic of all stripes. Yes, Virginia, that means het too.

c) There's nothing like showing up the party four days late and then being all, YO, wait up! This is my preliminary set of yuletide recs, but there shall be another after the New Year, because that's what happens when you're a pimp ;) Plus, you know, with all this material to sort through I won't be writing until, like, the day after the new FNL epsiode.

( 15 Stories, some stocking stuffers, 11 Fandoms. Please keep in mind that I still have about nine hundred stories to read so if you're all, BITCH, how did you not recommend my story! Maybe I just haven't gotten to it yet. Maybe if you think there's something I should read you should just tell me, huh? )


*And like I said above if you think there's something I might miss because I am but one set of eyes and that a fuckload of stories, then you know, TELL ME what to read!

And also, HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEAR!!! I'll see you on the flip side with Nathan and Jason and all that fucked up goodness that makes El Jay and fandom so damn great.