GOOD FIC IS GOOD. AMAZING FIC IS FUCKING GODDAMN AMAZING.

[quigonejinn]

Two recs

The Medley of Élan Vital by sidhefaer.

Astounding goodness, people. Tony and the making of Jarvis. It's mostly dialogue, which tells you how good it is if I not only got all the way through it, but adored it and have read it over and over and over and over again. Plus, the characterization of Tony. Plus, the characterization. Plus, the writing. Spare and precise as something really, really spare and precise.

The next morning, Rhodey leaves, and Tony tells Jarvis all about hangovers.

Pools, part 1, by anvil_of_wrong.

I mean, I can't even. I supposedly had something to do with this in that I suggested the basic narrative structure to montana_crows about tracing Tony's life through various stages of fuck-upedry by doing a series of short bits about pools. This is the one about Tony being a kid and Obie and Howard and the family house in the Adirondacks. It starts out easy enough, right? But then anvil_of_wrong just takes it and runs and forges not just wrong out of it, but something so goddamn right in the sparest, most precise and insightful language you can ever possibly imagine and, as a bonus, there is anvil_of_wrong's trademark ability to mix in history geekery, so that as you're reading, your mind just boggles at how she can know these things and fit them together so well. Also, the characterization.

"Yeah, it's nice. Howard won it at Los Alamos or something. A bet with one of the guys."

As usual: WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS POST. GO READ.

Comments

[montana-crows.livejournal.com]

THERE IS NOTHING RIGHT ABOUT THIS. AT ALL.

[karabou.livejournal.com]

I really want you to join Band of Brothers fandom and either write something amazing, or find me some with your fic finding skillz. -____- I pine, I pine.

[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

I HAVE NO FIC FINDING SKILLS. I WAS POINTED TO BOTH OF THESE FIC, IN FACT, AND HAVE NOT WRITTEN ANYTHING IN AGES.

Sigh. I miss you, Miss karabou.

[dafnap.livejournal.com]

REMEMBER HOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DEARTH OF GOOD FIC?

BOY I LOVE BEING PROVEN WRONG.

Jesus. I can't deal with how good both of these are.

[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

Did you read wildes's writeup of Tony's Christmas? There was one section that made me squeal out loud. No, I cannot lie. There were many sections that made me squeal out loud, but there was one that, I think, you and I would both particularly thrill to.

Also, banging models on a balcony in full view of the Eiffel Tower, but then again, we thrill to so. many. things.

[pensive]

"familiarity breeds contempt"
OBADIAH IS THE SOURCE OF ALL WRONG IN ALL UNIVERSES

[ferricent.livejournal.com]

Gravity, Strong Force, Weak Force, Obie.

[pensive]

That particle accelerator in England? Yeah, it's going to destroy us all by slamming two Obadiahs at each other.

[tonpep1.livejournal.com]

both of these fics are made of win. Had already read them but figured it didn't hurt anything to read them again. thanks for the links.

The Medley of Élan Vital

[buckysam]

Heya, this is a long shot, but The Medley of Élan Vital was taken off LJ :( Do you maybe have it downloaded?