*gives you all a hug!*

[schmerica]

I made a poll! It is not about porn. I know, I am surprised, too.

[Poll #1015434]


Here are some recs for you this fine July 4th! First, there is Price of Distance by nos4a2no9, which is a really lovely and evocative futurefic. It's loving and painful and honest, all at the same time, and it's poetic and descriptive in a way I would have thought would bore me (I have a short attention span) but which she makes work, absolutely beautifully.

Second rec is more general, because -- dude, you guys have all been reading arrow00, right? Her first dS story was posted in January, and the last six months have been totally productive. A new writer, writing in your favorite pairing, writing often, and writing really well? Seriously, is that not the most exciting thing in the world? I really admire how fresh the voice is in these stories; it feels like a new angle, a new version, and it adds an extra depth and characterization to the stories, even ones that are more or less PWPs.

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[pocketmouse]

When Duck hugs, it smells like paint and sawdust and sweat, and if he's going to hug it's because he wants to give the hug, and he knows why he's doing it. Fraser physically is built for good hugs, but he sometimes feels he's giving them for the comfort of others without being entirely comfortable giving the hug, and that can sometimes bleed through.

Superman's hugs are too quick, and without the emotional connection behind them, and he has to go off and save the world again, and he's not going to hug you over the little stuff that really makes you feel like shit, just the big obvious things like space aliens with lasers.