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! )

I've had a few random fics collecting here for a while, and finally got enough for a post. I still have one more batch of lgbtfest reviews, but I haven't finished reading all the stories yet.

Five Ways Ronon Dex Kisses a Team Member by minnow1212 3/5
( Enjoyable. )

Good Kid Gone Missing by gemmi999 2/5
1100 words. John walks in on Rodney in women's clothes.
( I was really hoping this would be better, but... )

Our Dust Allows by tenshinya 3/5
1600 words. Ronon tries to connect with people on Atlantis.
( Interesting. )

Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind by telesilla 3/5
1500 words. John's amazingly macho, all things considered.
( Loved the details. )

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! )

Fiery by rhap_chan 2/5
1300 words. Ron runs into Ginny at a gay bar.
( I was hoping for better with this prompt. )

Binary Doesn't Really Cut It by glinda_penguin 2/5
1300 words. People just don't seem to get that Remus can like both men and women.
( Ddoesn't do much to expand on the prompt. )

Creating the Chasm by spikespetslayer 3/5
1600 words. Petunia couldn't accept the feelings inside her and Lily couldn't make them go away.
( Enjoyable, though the writing could use some work. )

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. )

What Is Essential by layangabi 2/5
Superman Returns. 2500 words. Lois and Richard want Clark to move in with them, but he's worried about what people will say.
( Enjoyable, but needs editing. )

Teaching It to Dance by wolfshark 2/5
Stargate: Atlantis. 3400 words. John is surprised that Rodney is even further in the closet than he is.
( Lots of unnatural-sounding dialogue and over-telling. )

Plain Sight by cho_malfoy 2/5
Supernatural. 3200 words. Ellen enlists Sam and Dean's help on a job and fails to mention where the job takes place.
( Should've tried to do the prompt without a case. )

Don't Do as You Wish, Do as I Ask by liseuse 3/5
Harry Potter. 3100 words. Pansy struggles to balance her mother's desires with her own.
( Enjoyable. )

Kind Words by molly_commas 2/5
Harry Potter. 1600 words. Regulus doesn't want to be gay.
( Overly tell-y and has some POV glitches. )

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... )

Chemistry, Romance, and the Alchemy Thereof by neotoma 2/5
X-Men. 6300 words. Hank McCoy has two problems - everyone knows, and yet everyone doesn't.
( Couldn't get behind the plotline. )

The Only Option by aworldinside 2/5
Stargate: Atlantis. 1100 words. John knew Lorne understood.
( Bad. )

This is a Public Announcement (And You're the Only One Who Knows) by jjtaylor 3/5
Panic at the Disco. 4800 words. Brendon thinks coming out doesn't make any sense, because you can't just do it once.
( Doesn't fit the prompt at all, but a good story. )

After the Flood, All the Colors Came Out by minkhollow 2/5
Discworld. 6200 words. In the present (just post-Going Postal), Imp returns to Llamedos to catch up with a childhood friend; in the past (ending up a few months post-Hogfather), he comes to terms with certain personal inclinations he couldn't have dealt with if he hadn't left in the first place.
( Cute, but really not Pratchetty. )

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. )