asylum of the furry hat

Well, now that apocalyptothon 2008 is here, I thought I'd rec some of the amazing stories I've read over the past 2 days.

Do I really need to warn about rampant death and destruction in every single story?

Danse Macabre by valderys - Torchwood (Ianto/Jack - NC-17)
This is a day in the life of Ianto Jones and takes place after season 2. I like the format of this story - how Ianto marks his day by the precise time of each task and objective. The format is also a tool showing Ianto's coping mechanism for the end of the world. The apocalypse is subtle at the beginning, and explained more at the end. It's a very slow moving piece, but well worth the read.

This is What Happened by whitetower - Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
Again, this is another story with a unique format. I really liked this one, especially the way the author captured Sarah's decision making process. This is a zombie apocalypse, and in true Terminator fashion, has the Connor's being general badasses like normal (no Derek, unfortunately). The Skynet storyline gets pulled into this as well, and though I think it just makes everything more complicated, it's interesting to read.

Migratory Birds by nekare - Supernatural/X-men movieverse
This is a story of two brothers, on different sides of a war. Sam and Dean fight, but for different reasons and for different sides. This is an AU of Supernatural, but works well with Sam and Dean's characterizations. I like how the two universes are crossed, and how the characters' interactions feel real.

My TiVO Gets Me by stellar_dust - The Daily Show/The Colbert Report (JS/SC - PG-13)
I don't usually read fanfic about either of these shows (with the exception of the Colbert/Harry Potter one that had me snorting water out my nose), but the first line of this caught my attention before I could delete it from my inbox:

To everyone's surprise, Our Robot Overlords did absolutely nothing to stifle the news.

It goes on from there, with a TiVO underground and a crying Anderson Cooper....and if you can ignore the small mentions of Jon/Steven slash, you'll probably enjoy this.

That's all for now. I still haven't gone through any of the Firefly fics yet, so there still may be some more. I also posted my own fic, a Burn Notice apocalypse. However, since I had trouble finishing it on time, I only posted the unbetaed version. When I get around to polishing it up some more, I'll post it here.

Enjoy!

Story behind these: I was trying to get myself writing again, and writing a wider array of fic than I have been previously. So, I went to my Canadian Oxford Dictionary, picked a word at random, copied down the definitions and wrote a small ficlet/drabble using each of the definitions as prompts.
My constraints: The definition must be reflected in the ficlet. No 'real' crossovers (spin-offs don't count). Each ficlet must be in a different fandom.
This is the result.

General disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. They belong to their respective creators, writers and production companies. I'm just playing with the characters for my own amusement.

My word: Fuel (noun)

1) material burned or used as a source of heat or power.

( Voyeur - Torchwood/Doctor Who - PG )


2) food as a source of energy.

( Date Night - NCIS - PG )


3) material used as a source of nuclear energy.

( Power - SGA - PG )

4) anything that sustains or inflames emotion or passion.

(Night - BtVS - NC-17) <-- put in separate entry because of rating.