Jan. 24th, 2014

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Title: On his Brother-in-Law's Secret Service
Author: [archiveofourown.org profile] EASchechter
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC), Torchwood, Man From U.N.C.L.E., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cabin Pressure, Doctor Who, Avengers, X-Men
Genre: massive multi-crossover, scifi
Length: Epic (302,329 Words)

Author's Summary:
1. When Sherlock disappears, John Watson has to use everything he's learned to find him before it is too late.
2. John's first day on his new job goes nothing at all as expected. But when a Holmes is involved, what else is new?
etc. (The summaries aren't very helpful but, to be fair, this series is very hard to explain - it's sort of scifi in the style of Torchwood, sort of superheros in the style of the Avengers, with lots more thrown in as each canon is woven into this massive fusion 'verse. Like I said, hard to explain, but definitely worth a try, at the least.)

Review:
The summaries aren't very helpful but, to be fair, this series is very hard to explain - it's sort of scifi in the style of Torchwood, sort of superheros in the style of the Avengers, with lots more thrown in as each canon is woven into this massive fusion 'verse. Like I said, hard to explain, but definitely worth a try, at the least. Besides the crazy amount of work involved in making so many storyverses work together, I also have to give credit for the characterizations in this fic. Even if you're not sure you want to commit to the whole 300k words, even if you only know half those fandoms, at least give this fic a chance.

On his Brother-in-Law's Secret Service (on AO3)

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Title: Must Love Quidditch
Author: [archiveofourown.org profile] dracosoftie
Fandom: Harry Potter
Genre: Romance, Post-Series (no Epilogue)
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Length: Very Long (103,473 Words)

Author's Summary:
Through a series of emails from an online dating site, Harry thinks he's found his perfect match. Will the bond they've forged survive after their identities are revealed?

Review:
Apparently, whenever the stores start filling up with Valentine's paraphernalia, I end up reading this kind of genre romance stories.  If you liked the series Reparations & Foundations that I rec'd here almost exactly a year ago, you'll like this fic a lot too - it's the same sort of style.

Must Love Quidditch (on AO3)
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I don't know if any of you are teachers or professors or otherwise forced to write exams regularly for your work but if so, this post might be helpful to you.  I've been wanting to learn to write LyX layout files for awhile now and my previous experience learning CSS and LaTeX suggests that jumping in with a practical problem to solve is the way I learn coding best so I've spent the last few days writing up a .layout file to make exam class work in LyX (software that's sort of halfway between a word processor and a LaTeX processor).  LyX's automatic numbering and formatting makes writing exams quick to do and it's handling of equations, linguistic symbols, and tables/graphs/figures is great since the program is based on LaTeX.  You can find the contents of that layout file: here.  Be sure to read the class documentation for all the options the class offers for headers, footers, printing answer keys and points tables, etc.
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Title: A Blessing
Author: [archiveofourown.org profile] Valyria 
Fandom: Supernatural
Genre: Romance, AU-Canon Divergence
Pairing: genderswap-Dean/Castiel
Length: Very Long (109,772 Words and counting)

Author's Summary:
In which Dean and Sam are turned into women by a witch's curse and even though he's kinda distracted what with the Apocalypse and all, Dean comes to a few awkward realizations about his feelings for Castiel.
Set in Season 5. Temporary Genderbend fic. Slow build destiel, not a pwp.

Review:
Very well-written.  Nice take on genderswap (which can really be terrible when done badly) - I particularly like the explanations for why it happens and the fact that it's a blessing, not a curse (though Dean might disagree) which is pleasantly non-offensive and also adds a believable reason that their ally the archangel can't just snap Sam and Dean back the way they were --- a curse, no problem, but a blessing isn't really something angels are designed to reverse so they stay female and plot happens.  Great slow-build romance.  Also a 'Gabriel joins Team Free Will to stop the Apocalypse' fic.  Good characterizations.

A Blessing (on AO3)

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