Because I haven't been reading much fic lately, I decided to go through the bits and bobs I had collected in my "reviews" file and see if I had enough for some posts.

So...ages ago I was determined to read some Zim fic and see if anything wasn't dreck. Unfortunately most of the fandom is on FFN, which I hate trolling through even more than I hate LJ comms. I managed to find ten fics that didn't sound completely horrible, so I delicioused them, but now I find I just really don't want to go back to them. I know I'm probably not going to find anything good because even the ones I bookmarked barely sounded passable and I just don't feel like it. So here are two I read back when I first bookmarked them, and two from last year's Yuletide.

Gir and the Jehovah's Witnesses by Rabbit's Paw 2/5
600 words. When Zim goes to skool Gir gets a couple of visitors!
( Not horrible, but the funny lines were all just quotes from the show. )

A Guilty Pleasure by The Dramatic Monarch 2/5
1200 words. After a long and tiresome day, Zim and GIR indulge in a guilty pleasure.
( Again, not horrible, but not good, either. )

One Week by cadetdru 4/5 Recommended
2200 words. Dib has to write a journal about his week as homework; of course it's all about Zim.
( Zim fic that doesn't suck ass! Woohoo! )

A Small Story by basingstoke 3/5
1100 words. The Tallest discover coffee and use it to stunt others' growth.
( Also pretty funny! )

Just a handful of short fics here. I really have not been reading a lot of fic lately. I need something to suck me back in...

Untitled by lunabee34 3/5
300 words. Most of Eldon Thompson's left cheekbone is ground into Jo's low ponytail.
( Enjoyable. )

Wind from the North-North-West by tabaqui 5/5 Recommended
300 words. Megan scrubbed the towel through her hair - looked at the girl in the mirror. New girl - pretty girl. Girl who was going places, doing things - not running away, just....
( Oh, oh, oh, love. )

Lazarus Falling by rivkat 3/5
1300 words. Castiel smiled, dimpled and guileless. Dean wished he hadn't. "I am commanded to make you fit for what is to come."
( Interesting, though not as much so as I'd hoped. )

Family Resemblance by fryadvocate 3/5
1400 words. Dean's first three years of life.
( The summary talks about Dean, but this is really a story about Mary (incorporating the new info from S4). )

I haven't been reading much fanfic lately thanks to all the manga I've been reading (plus I have one fic that I'm just sort of stuck on), so these have been building up over the last month or so.

If You Want to Kiss the Sky by siegeofangels 3/5
8400 words. The military has rules, and John knows he has to play by them to get what he wants.
( Interesting, thought-provoking idea, but I'm not sure how much I actually enjoyed the story itself. )

Push Until It Holds by zillah975 5/5 Recommended
53,000 words. Ronon has known all his life that the three pillars of victory are honor, loyalty, and unity. He's been a member of Sheppard's team for two years when the team to which he owes his first loyalty finds him again, during a time when Ronon must question whether his loyalty to Atlantis is returned. Torn, he chooses the team he believes needs him the most, but the price is more than just the home he's come to love, and the reward may be betrayal and death, or worse.
( The John/Ronon fic I've been waiting for! )

At the Company Picnic by busaikko 3/5
600 words. Jeannie finds herself standing with Kavanagh at the company picnic buffet.
(  Short Jeannie-POV sequel to A Hundred Happy Things, written for mcsmooch, which should tell you all you need to know. )

Missing/Inaction by crysothemis 3/5
3500 words. Ronon's not good at waiting, but he does have some other skills.
( Guh. Hot. )

Untitled by zillah975 3/5
500 words. But some days Teyla's hair just won't stay pulled back, and it flies in her face and clings to her sweat, gets in her eyes. Ronon is the only one who takes advantage of it.
( Enjoyable. )

We Are, for Some Reason, All the Time, Bleeding by busaikko 5/5 Recommended
2200 words. John/Rodney. Lines are crossed, but not the right ones.
( Completely fucked up and awesome. )

All right, I had a request to do some spn_j2_bigbang stuff. I read three and didn't get any recs and by then I really wanted something shorter, so I read a couple of old ones I had tagged on delicious for ages (I really like being able to reverse sort). And wow, the one rec I did find is one of those rare stories I'd rate higher than a 5+ if I could. So awesome.

Into His Hand by drvsilla 3/5
50,500 words. JR Ackles is a professional bullrider at the top of his game. He's got one thing on his mind: winning the championship belt buckle and the right to call himself the best in the world. His unwavering dedication and focus is finally put to the test in the form of JT Padalecki, an up-and-coming rider new to the professional ranks, who has his sights set on winning the PBR finals - and Jensen. Cowboys ride and get by on grit and tough determination - the question facing Jensen is if they have to do it alone.
( Reads sort of like a modern day, happy ending Brokeback Mountain. Interesting look at cowboys, but it never really hooked me. )

The Learning Curve at Wakefield High by aynslee 2/5 - Didn't finish
22,200 words. When Jared accepts the job at Wakefield High, he expects the usual problems: lazy students, meddlesome parents, and an air conditioner that barely functions in the Texas heat. But he doesn't expect his biggest problem, which comes in the form of his new boss - Principal Jensen Ackles.
( I love school AUs in theory, whether they're about students or teachers, but in practice they're often not my thing, so while I was hopeful when I bookmarked this, I'm not terribly surprised that I didn't end up finishing it. )

Receiver by dotfic 3/5
21,700 words. In the wake of the events of "Fresh Blood," Sam and Dean find a hunt: a family whose youngest child has a monster in his closet. The Winchesters know exactly how to deal with monsters, but this hunt is a little too familiar. Sam starts to unravel while Dean's show falters.
( Felt like it could be an episode...but one of those episodes I don't like quite as much. Too much emphasis on family/brothers and too little on horror. )

Skinning Schrodinger's Cat by lyra_wing 3/5
3500 words. Sam travels back in time to try and fix things.
( This is one of those rare fics that actually reads *better* after further canon, rather than getting jossed. )

My Mother Was a Tailor by traveller 5/5 Recommended
2800 words. She checks her lips in the bronze mirror, makes sure the red is even and not bleeding out at the edges; she makes a pout and gets a blurry kiss reflected back. She dabs a little perfume on the beauty mark on her cheekbone, wets her hands with the pitcher and smoothes her hair.
( Wow, this is so very, very cool. Love the writing, the atmosphere, the ambiguity. Should absolutely be read without spoilers. )

Day 6: Weakest Link

All the Pharaoh's Men by ladyamarra 2/5
7900 words. Rodney is captured and put to work building some sort of pyramid.
( Rodney-centric gen, wtf!? That aside, the writing is okay, but the plot didn't really interest me. )

Fault Lines by moonlettuce 2/5
18,700 words. When John Sheppard was thirty-nine, the Wraith made him a Runner.
( Not as promising as the summary made it sound, due to a mix of technical problems and being too romantic. )

Day 7: Zero Tolerance

Never Going Home by bluflamingo 2/5
10,900 words. John believes in miracles, in last minute saves, in the impossible. He's lived all of them. He also believes in small, random things that kill people; in the end you don't see coming, in the impossible-in-a-bad-way.
( Started off interesting enough, but ended up being sappy and not my thing. )

Unpredictable by emeraldsword 2/5
9800 words. In which Rodney keeps getting everyone arrested, Zelenka has cake-related schemes, Teyla has a saying and John has choices to make...
( Misspelt names = off to a bad start... )

Day 8: Quid Pro Quo

A Moment's Consideration by monanotlisa 2/5 - Did not finish
9300 words. Rodney is a lawyer John hires to sort out the family business.
( Show, don't tell. Please, please stop with the telling! I wanted to keep reading this because I was actually curious about the story, but so. much. telling. )

Good Neighbor Policy by lamardeuse 2/5
6900 words. His whole life, home had been something that happened to other people.
( Cute, pretty typical shippy stuff. Didn't grab me. )

Day 9: Drop in the Ocean

Tied Up Inside by gblvr 2/5
8000 words. Sometimes you just need to go away to figure out where you really belong.
( Neat idea, but I found myself wanting to know more about the alternate universe than the romance plot. )

One of These Things Is Not Like the Others by soleta 2/5
12,000 words. When the team is abducted on a routine mission, John is presented with more complications than anyone could have foreseen.
( Interesting idea and fairly enjoyable, but the slap-dash worldbuilding bugged me. )

Day 10: Eye for an Eye

Blink by lavvyan 5/5 Recommended
4900 words. I am going to tell you a story. About Dr. McKay and how he bought an eye from me, and how that one small act led to the strangest night in my entire life.
( Wow. So awesome! The kind of cyberpunk story you don't see very often in fandom. )

Illumination by burkesl17 1/5
9300 words. He screamed as his vision was filled with the sharp metal syringe and the pastor shouted in his head as the pain hit, "An eye for an eye, John Sheppard, an eye for an eye..."
( The summary sounds much cooler than the fic ends up being. Major punctuation problems and vaguely skeevy disability issues. )

BTW, I never thought to say this before, but I welcome discussion on these posts (in fact, I'd love it). So don't hesitate to comment.

Day 1: Thief in the Night

Perchance to Dream by blueraccoon 1/5
4800 words. John and Rodney find themselves mysteriously trapped on a different planet each time they fall asleep.
( Disappointing start for the Match. )

Mission: Improbable by sageness 2/5
7600 words. Mission Impossible AU.
( Surprisingly boring. )

Day 2: Pound of Flesh

Shadows Cast by Outward Things by wesleysgirl 2/5
9500 words. A mysterious disappearance on a planet they're visiting reminds Rodney of something from his own childhood.
( Interesting plot, but would have been better as gen. )

Little by Little to the Truth; or a Narrative of the Atlantis Expedition by telesilla 3/5
5700 words. It's 1904 and Lady Elizabeth Weir, Dowager Countess Menlow and Head of the Atlantis Expedition, is the widow of an English noble; Colonel John Patrick Sheppard, US Army Reserve, is a Spanish-American War veteran who's also piloted airships and tested aeroplanes and motorcars, and Doctor Meredith R. McKay, smartest man in two galaxies, is the inventor of the first Patented Completely Portable Personal Computing Machine. And yet, things are strangely familiar.
( Very neat setting. )

Day 3: Dead Ringer

Attention Paid by roaringmice 1/5 - Did not finish
8900 words. John comes back from a mission and he's not quite himself. Rodney thinks he knows what's going on, but he doesn't know the half of it.
( Epithets and telling and clunkiness, oh my. )

By Whirlwind Scattered by busaikko 5/5 Recommended
5700 words. On the seventeenth day after the jumper crashed, Rodney realized that the man he was stranded with was not John Sheppard.
( So awesome. )

Day 4: Eleventh Hour

Less to Say by flatlanddan 1/5
4900 words. This place is kinda weird. Not life sucking aliens weird, but still kinda weird.
( This is one huge plothole. )

Near Things by kassrachel 2/5
4500 words. After each of them narrowly avoids marrying someone, John and Rodney realise life is too short.
( Random bits of AU or unfamiliarity with canon? You be the judge. )

Day 5: One for the Road

Future Imperfect by ldyanne 2/5
2800 words. Sometimes saying goodbye is the hardest thing to do.
( More 'not my thing' than 'really badly written', but still not great. )

Tonight and the Rest of My Life by velocitygrass 2/5
14,900 words. Rodney is suddenly allergic to Atlantis and must return to Earth.
( The sex scene goes on forever! )

Today is the last day of the fest, so this is my second-to-last post for it. I still have five or six fics I need to get caught up on.

Signal Fire by mugglesrock18 2/5
1600 words. Luna likes Ginny. Ginny thinks she's just being weird.
( Cute, but could use some editing. )

The Company of Other Wizards by entrenous88 4/5 Recommended
6700 words. Bill agrees that he and Charlie will talk to Percy about whether Percy prefers the company of other wizards; Charlie has his own ideas about how he'll spend his holiday.
( Awesome. )

Time and Again by the_summoning_d 3/5
1300 words. Lee just wants to be a normal teenage boy, but it's not easy when his own body is betraying him.
( Enjoyable. )

Things Beyond Their Understanding by joeyjames 2/5
1000 words. Justin had thought that telling his friends would be easier than telling his parents. Now he wonders how he could have been so wrong.
( Not as good as I was hoping. )

The Memory Remains by messageredacted 2/5
Supernatural. 6400 words. Sam always wanted to have a normal life. Why is that so hard to come by?
( Just felt unbelievable to me. )

Foundations by st_aurafina 5/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 3800 words. A thousand years or more ago, the first stones are being laid at Hogwarts and Rowena is determined that there will be no secrets between the four wizards.
( Excellent. )

A Hundred Happy Things by busaikko 5/5 Recommended
Stargate: Atlantis. 30,000 words. Kaleb's long gone, Jeannie's got a career, Madison has problems, Rodney's got Inner Power!, and Sheppard...is pretty much the same.
( I wish I could give this higher than a 5! )

I wanted to get another batch of these read before the reveal, so I picked shorter ones. XD As it happened, two were bad choices and I didn't even end up finishing them, so it went faster than I'd anticipated.

"Did You Know I'm Naked Underneath This T-Shirt" and Other Great Hits 4/5 Recommended
8700 words. While students at St Brutus', Harry and Draco become friends and form a band.
( Really fun AU. )

Wheels of Fire (The Official Autobiography of Harry Potter) 2/5 Didn't finish
9500 words. Harry's been wanting to publish an autobiography for years; only problem is, he can't write for peanuts. Enter Draco Malfoy: broke, surly and the best ghost writer in the business.
( I really wanted to like this, but... )

Even When Things Change 1/5 Didn't finish
5300 words. Draco and Harry are forced to be civil when their sons become friends.
( Ow. The writing is actually painful. )

Still Life in Wood and Parchment 3/5
6500 words. Al and Scorpius find a bunch of letters their fathers exchanged.
( Enjoyable. )

True Blue by firedragon9 1/5
Fall Out Boy. 1300 words. Patrick isn't thrilled with cameras in his face, but he does like being able to hold Pete's hand in public, so he figures it's worth it.
( Oh man. Bad. )

Dorothy and Ozma in Oz by biichan 2/5
Wizard of Oz. 1300 words. Dorothy finds out that there are still ways in which her best friend can startle her.
( Doesn't really feel like a story. )

Immutability by miramiraficfic 3/5
Harry Potter. 1200 words. Miss Bones has a problem Minerva doesn't think she can solve. She's more right than she realizes.
( Enjoyable, though suffers a bit from the same problem as the one above. )

Like Any Other Night by rose71 2/5
Harry Potter. 2500 words. Remus has just come out. So why is everyone still talking about Quidditch?
( Cute, but clunky. )

Learn as You Go by marinarusalka 4/5 Recommended
Supernatural. 2300 words. John comes home to find Dean on the couch with a boy.
( Definitely believable. )

Closet (Looking Through You Remix) by helens78 4/5 Recommended
1900 words. Ronon and Teyla are beautiful together, and still Rodney doesn't want to be here.
( Very cool. )

Got It by wojelah 3/5
700 words. The deeper Rodney gets into the subject, the more he realizes that Sheppard isn't so much a spoken language as it is a completely nonverbal subset of communicative behaviors whose nonspeaker is likely to flee when faced with the prospect of actual conversation about certain topics.
( Enjoyable. )

The Companion's Guide to Translation (The Extended Subtitles Remix) by krabapple 2/5
3400 words. How John Sheppard comes to speak his own language and how Rodney McKay comes to understand it.
( Very tell-y. )

Letter S by kassrachel 3/5
900 words. John never expected this for Christmas.
( Cute. )

Some Mother's Son by krabapple 4/5 Recommended
1700 words. John was like the incarnation of Anne's internal whirling.
( Good use of a remix to bring a jossed fic more in line with canon. )

Reality Organization (Chuang Chou's Dream Remix) 2/5
3100 words. John won't leave Rodney behind.
( First person was a bad choice... )

Turning Pirate by p0wdermonkey 3/5
Pirates of the Caribbean. 6700 words. Bill Turner had no luck with women, or perhaps it was that women had no luck with Bill Turner.
( Enjoyable. )

Being Liquid by rotaryphones 5/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 7900 words. When Teddy discovers a new way to be liquid, Victoire helps him to find stability.
( Complicated and interesting and just really well done. )

The Rumour Mill by such_heights 3/5
Harry Potter. 3000 words. Luna thinks people really do focus on the strangest things.
( Cute. )

Something New by lovetheboys 2/5
Supernatural. 800 words. Sam learns something new about his brother.
( Pretty bad. )

Lavender Suited Him by thalialunacy 3/5
Harry Potter. 1300 words. George thought he knew everything about Fred, until one day a Wizard hit on him, thinking he was Fred.
( Cute. )

Monday Kind of Guy by whatifisaidno 2/5
Harry Potter. 7700 words. In which Ron redefines, Charlie comes out, Hermione keeps her head, Neville's got it all together, George is the responsible one, Harry's a total mess and Dean's a dick.
( Er...okay. So not what I expected to read for this fest. )

I'll Find What I've Been Seeking by pforte 2/5
Harry Potter. 2100 words. Remus tries to make it work, to live his dream. But some things are just not meant to be.
( Good premise, not so good writing. )

Just the Normal Way Things Go by guad 2/5
Harry Potter. 1400 words. Harry and Hermione discover the wizarding world is even less tolerant than the Muggle world.
( Some good bits, but overall heavy-handed and OTT. )

Less Like Freedom Than You Might Assume by bluflamingo 4/5 Recommended
Stargate: Atlantis. 7400 words. Lorne gen. You don't always get to decide for yourself.
( Really good. )

My first batch of Remix reviews is SGA. Some of these I hadn't read the original beforehand, so I'm including reviews of those as well.

It's What You Don't See by telesilla 3/5
8200 words. Rodney McKay's been a loner for close to 400 years now, which is why it makes no sense when he falls hard for a Blood Bank worker named John Sheppard.
( Good, but didn't really grab me. )

It's What You Hear (The Five Senses Remix) 3/5
7700 words. After nearly 200 years as a loner, John Sheppard finds himself drawn to a blood bank worker named Rodney McKay.
( Interesting remix! )

Sheppard's Choice (Theory of the Male Gaze Remix) 5/5 Recommended
1500 words. Sheppard suddenly has a female body and Rodney can't stop looking.
( Not your typical genderfuck. )

Five People John Sheppard Didn't Expect to Miss, But Does (And One Person He Expected To Miss, But Doesn't Anymore: the Role Reversal Remix) 3/5
1400 words. What the title says.
( Good complement to the original. )

The John Sheppard Book Club by krabapple 3/5
2700 words. John and Rodney start their own two-person book club.
( Cute. )

Pegasus Literature 101 (Pass/Fail Remix) 3/5
3900 words. Atlantis reads the Great Books...of Pegasus.
( Really neat idea! )

Yes, another review post already. I am not reading everything at hd_worldcup, but rather just going through painless_j's reviews and picking out the ones that look interesting or like they'd be my thing. So far, so good.

Riptide 5/5 Recommended
19,200 words. Draco watches as the papers speculate about the demise of Harry and Ginny's marriage.
( Excellent, realistic story. )

Take a Sad Song (And Make It Better) 5/5 Recommended
45,400 words. The last thing Harry wants is to lose his kids.
( Hard to read, in a good way. )

Brother, Confessor; Lover, Redeemer 3/5
9800 words. Harry is running from his past, but it won't leave him alone. Can a string of anonymous confessions help him confront everything and move on?
( Wizarding Post Secret FTW! )

The Dinner Table by rotaryphones 4/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 3800 words. Al tries to figure out what it means to be gay both at home and at school.
( Felt very realistic. )

"Partners in Love and War: 10 Years as Aurors" by Lavender Brown by minisinoo 4/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 2700 words. Witch Weekly's lead story ten years after the fall of Voldemort.
( Really loved the magazine-article format. )

Hyena by lonelywalker 3/5
X-Men. 1700 words. Raven is not herself. Perhaps she never has been.
( A little confusing with the pronouns, but enjoyable. )

I'm not doing these by day, since not every day has fics in fandoms I know, but I'll probably make a post every four or five fics I read. So far not bad. :)

Those People: On the History of Wizarding Britain's Attitude Toward Sexuality by obfuscate3 4/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 2800 words. The Wizarding World's LGBT history in a few thousand pointed words, patched together from actual history, canon history, and wholecloth lies. Covers Dumbledore, the Founders, the International Warlock Convention, Francis Bacon, Dilys Derwent, Daisy Hookum, Mumbilius Collins, Phineas Black, and others.
( This could easily be done badly, but it wasn't. )

Walk Like a Man by mmoneurere 3/5
Harry Potter. 2000 words. When you've forgotten how to be yourself, sometimes it helps to try being someone else.
( Not great, but interesting. )

In Civilized Parts by penknife 4/5 Recommended
Pirates of the Caribbean. 3000 words. It wasn't that Jack grew up without any rules, but he's not sure he likes these.
( Very believable young Jack. )

Five Kinds of Bars by sanj 3/5
Supernatural. 2100 words. Sam and Dean never like the same kinds of places.
( Enjoyable. )

Phallocentric by mmmchelle 2/5
400 words. John and Rodney's sexuality has been warped by the Patriarchy.
( Funny meta. )

17.5: A Love Story by helenish 3/5
22,900 words. Rodney gets de-aged to twenty and has a crush on John.
( Enjoyable, but didn't like it as much as I expected to. )

No, Really by basingstoke 3/5
5000 words. The team is trapped in a cave and end up having sex.
( Good banter. )

Second Skin by toft_froggy 4/5 Recommended
11,200 words. In which John likes wearing women's clothes.
( Really good stuff. )

Universal Constants by alyse 4/5 Recommended
6800 words. In every base that Michael Bates has ever been stationed, there's always been a 'go to guy'.
( Good Bates voice. )

I read everything in fandoms I knew for the axial_tilt challenge on IJ. Got a couple recs, but nothing really excited me hugely.

Charing Cross is Not King's Cross by ktprincesswitch 2/5
Fall Out Boy/Harry Potter. 3300 words. Oun tour in London, Pete catches sight of someone who looks an awful lot like Hermione.
( Cute, but not that well-written. )

The Same Pillow by marginaliana 2/5
Fall Out Boy. 600 words. Patrick has learned to gauge Pete's state of mind by the words Pete gives him.
( I might like it more if I were more familiar with canon. )

Collection Day by daisy_chan 3/5
Death Note. 500 words. Just because Mello's side is always the losing one doesn't mean Matt is any less anxious to be back on it.
( Enjoyable. )

Amendment by libgirl 3/5
Harry Potter. 900 words. Draco takes stock after the final battle.
( Felt plausible. )

Crisis of Faith by zaph 3/5
Harry Potter. 1100 words. Luna tries to comfort herself with thoughts of her favourite magical creatures while she's held captive.
( Not great, but enjoyable. )

Remus's Delicate Condition by caitirin 2/5
Harry Potter. 1900 words. Remus discloses a personal secret to Sirius who vows to help, once he's done being a prat first.
( Needed a canon beta... )

Winged Nike by wisdomeagle 4/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 600 words. Teddy/Victoire. They are, both, painted beauties.
( Really good. )

Even When You're Gone by glossing 4/5 Recommended
Hikaru no Go. 1400 words. The second morning of the Hokuto Cup, Mitsuko is nervous.
( Neat story about Hikaru's mom. )

Makka na Ito by dorrie6 3/5
Hikaru no Go. 2800 words. Hikaru's not sure how he feels about Touya playing Ko Yongha.
( Cute. )

Resolute by oneangrykate 3/5
Hikaru no Go. 1800 words. Hikaru's New Year's resolution is to be more of a friend to Touya.
( Also cute. )

We Could Make Beautiful Music Together - 18 (Glenview) by iphignia939 3/5
Fall Out Boy. 8500 words. Pete answers Patrick's personal ad on Craigslist and they hook up.
( Cute. )

Stereo Field by normalhumanbein 4/5 Recommended
Fall Out Boy. 10,000 words. Cyberpunk/dystopian future AU in which Pete and Patrick meet when Patrick accidentally kills Pete's girlfriend. And then they clone her.
( Cool idea. )

That Old Song We Heard When We Were Young by jocondite 5/5 Recommended
Panic at the Disco. 8500 words. "Yeah, Ryan." Ryan's hand slipped into Spencer's; his fingers were like ice. "We're good."
( Perfect. )

Taxonomy by almostnever 4/5 Recommended
LotRiPS. 2900 words. Ian is an eagle who catches snow marten!Elijah.
( Painfully cute and hilarious. )

This is the last of the sets I had saved up, so I suppose I'll start reading fic again. :) It's been a nice break, I have to say. I got a lot of manga read during the past month. I've been posting lots of SGA and HP reviews, so I'll try and read something different next, maybe SPN or bandom (if you have a preference, please feel free to comment!).

Understudy by spare_change 2/5
800 words. Ginny/Tom. Some people are born knowing everything; then later they start to forget.
( Too confusing and pretentious. )

Shadows in Light and Dark by envinyatar15 2/5
3000 words. Narcissa notes how Harry reminds her of her sisters.
( Clunky. )

Dreaming Through the Twilight by msmoocow 2/5
1900 words. Ariana; like a beautiful melody.
( I wanted to like this, but... )

Lullaby by blue_moony 2/5
4200 words. Lily doesn't want to be pregnant.
( Interesting, but the writing's a bit eh. )

Tiresias by bitterfig 2/5
Trelawney shook her head and took the photograph from Parvati's hand, squinting at it through her thick glasses. "It all seems so strange now but once I was Simon Trelawney. That foolish boy has grown into this foolish woman..."
( Interesting idea, but the writing wasn't great. )

Sheppard's Choice by cupidsbow 5/5 Recommended
1500 words. An Ancient device accidentally turns John into a woman. It's what he's always wanted.
( Really good! )

Progenitor by eponine_667 4/5 Recommended
3100 words. It's just a machine, like any hundreds of others the Ancients had left lying around, but John can't get it out of his mind.
( Also very cool & similar to the above. )

Women's Work by wickedwords 2/5
3300 words. Antarctica taught Miko that context was everything.
( Cute, but didn't really grab me. )

The Boys I Mean Are Not Refined by ladycat777 1/5
3700 words. A scientist is sexually harrassed, and Rodney and John "take care" of the guys responsible.
( Well-written, but virtually unreadable due to racial dynamics. )

Like Sands Through the Hourglass by thepouncer 3/5
2600 words. Elizabeth/Radek. Elizabeth isn’t the only one who needs a vacation.
( Cute. )

To Hang Yourself With by helens78 2/5
800 words. John/Rodney. Ronon/Rodney. The third-floor relay station still made Ronon's jaw hurt whenever he looked at it. There were times he wasn't sorry they'd both moved on.
( Felt phoned-in. )

Still not reading any new fic, but I've got plenty of reviews saved up on my hard drive to last me for a couple more weeks. :p

How Much Would You Say You Liked... by nixwilliams 3/5
Top Gear. 200 words. Richard has a present for James.
( Funny! )

Reunion Tour by prillalar 5/5 Recommended
Fall Out Boy/WaT. 400 words. Pete Wentz/Eiji Wentz. A tender tale of long lost love.
( Read this whether or not you know either canon, seriously. Funniest thing ever. )

Keep Dancing Through the Night by thingsyoumissed 3/5
Fall Out Boy/Panic! At the Disco. 1100 words. Pete and Ryan are doing their own thing, so Keltie and Ashlee entertain themselves.
( Very cute. )

Hold His Hand Sometimes by longtime_lurker 3/5
Panic! At the Disco. 1600 words. Ryan asks for her name. Keltie asks for his number. Both of them are thinking, "Cute. But too much eyeliner," and in the mirror, they've got the same color eyes.
( Cute! )

Staying Still by feelingcold 3/5
Fall Out Boy/Panic! At the Disco. 3400 words. Ryan draws on Ashlee. Pete gets a little jealous, maybe.
( Enjoyed it. )

Kick and Slide with Me by embroiderama 3/5
Jensen Ackles/Samantha Ferris. 3000 words. Jensen offers her a backrub and things go from there.
( Hot. )

Unnatural Attractions by gatewaygirl 2/5
5800 words. Harry likes dogs. Living with one might be tricky.
( Interesting idea, but not really my thing. )

The Interview by florahart 2/5
10,800 words. Talk show host Hermione must interview Children's Author Snape.
( Very good at first, but ultimately quite disappointing. )

Waterworld by rhoddlet 5/5 Recommended
1500 words. It is, as Ron has discovered, almost unmentionably nasty being in love with your best friend.
( Really good. )

The Unusual, Exceptional, and Statistically Remarkable Hermione Granger, Age 21 by magnetic_pole 3/5
3000 words. Hermione assesses her life on the morning of her twenty-first birthday.
( Definitely something I could see Hermione doing. )

Too Closed-Minded by codenamelily 2/5
4300 words. Luna's dad gives her a potion to make her believe in Crumple-Horned Snorcacks.
( Wow, bad. )

The Wisdom of the Years by akissinacrisis 3/5
300 words. Twenty-six years later, Hermione wonders if she made a mistake.
( Neat. )

A Beautiful Thing by wojelah 2/5
1100 words. Teyla avoids generalizations as a rule, because that way lies miscommunication and disaster, but she will allow herself this exception: a man reveals himself when he smiles in public; a woman, knowing she is observed, hides behind her grin.
( Well-written, but I would have liked it better without the gender generalisations. )

So Petals Moulder by shetiger 3/5
1900 words. Teyla remembers her first love.
( Almost a rec, but not quite. )

Midwinter Burning by rhymer23 3/5
3700 words. Teyla persuades her team to celebrate midwinter, and to find some hope in the darkness.
( Enjoyable. )

Regrets by friendshipper 3/5
3300 words. Teyla and John both have regrets in their pasts.
( Enjoyable. )

The Hitchhikers' Guide to I-70 by darkrosetiger 3/5
500 words. John/Ronon. While driving back home to LA, Ronon picks up a hitchhiker in Kansas.
( Yay, John/Ronon! )

Naked Dreams That Go Unsaid by telesilla 4/5 Recommended
700 words. Rodney gets de-aged to 16 and John's resistance only lasts so long.
( Could have been pure porn, but tackles some interesting issues. )