Getting near the end! Soon I will actually be reading and reviewing stuff other than SGA again. XD

Day 23: Sleight of Hand

Like Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat by curia_regis 2/5
5300 words. When they discover alien ships heading towards Atlantis, Rodney has yet another brilliant plan to save them. Unfortunately, this plan goes horribly wrong.
( Another one without an ending... )

Imagine Whirled Peas by flyakate 2/5
1300 words. In which there are failed magic tricks, peanut butter and naps. Or, John and Rodney, Supportive Uncles and Master Babysitters.
( Cute. )

Day 24: Open Season

Good Hunting by skinscript 3/5
8700 words. Atlantis sends teams to compete in the once in a generation Pegasus fighting competition Shaur'Atan. Once there, it's open season and everyone gets more than they bargained for.
( Neat idea, though the ending was rushed. )

Daytime Drama by hyperfocused 1/5
9500 words. Will hero pilot John Sheppard accept the offer to start a new life as soap opera hunk Shep Johnson? Will "Atlantis!" wunderkind Rodney McKay (Rod Ingram/Meredith Ingram/series co-writer) finally win his first Zeddy? Will they find love, on-screen or off? Tune in past the cut to find out.
( Ridiculous and offensive. )

Day 21: Fish Out of Water

Grace, Too by perspi 3/5
1400 words. "One dance, and then we'll talk cease-fire," John promises, using his free hand to carefully slide Rodney's glasses off and fold them into his shirt pocket. "You'll be home in an hour."
( Probably would have given it a four or five if not for the ending. )

Day 22: Coup de Grâce

The Dread and Fear of Kings by valderys 2/5
8400 words. They were used to odd happenings and sudden danger, even on Atlantis itself. A woman's voice calling John to come away? That wasn't even a blip on the scanner - until John began to listen to it.
( Was interesting at first, but took a sharp left turn into Not My Thing. )

Twice Blessed by chellefic 3/5
10,800 words. Even when things are peaceful, John can't seem to keep from doing dangerous things.
( I wasn't totally happy with the ending, but overall it was pretty good. )

Day 19: Creature Comforts

Technical Perspective: A Civilised Discourse in Interior Design by pennyplainknits 2/5
13,800 words. Interior Designers AU, based very loosely on the Doris Day movie Pillow Talk. John Sheppard is a reclusive new designer, who invents an alter ego in order to get close to sarcastic but genius designer Rodney McKay, of Athos Partners. But what is truth, and what is a lie? And what will Rodney do when he finds out?
( Cute, but reminded me how much I hate the romance novel/romcom formula. )

Bargaining by elementalv 1/5
3000 words. "Broken. Dick."
( Not nearly as interesting as the summary makes it sound. )

Day 20: Writing on the Wall

Late for the Arrival by deltacephei 2/5
8200 words. It was no secret that people weren't Rodney's strong suit. This was probably the reason why he hadn't caught on before. The proverbial clue bus had rolled by four times before realization finally hit him like an expertly delivered kick to the head.
( Cute enough if you like this type of story. )

Day 17: Line in the Sand

Saving Sheppard by ldyanne 1/5
10,200 words. Rodney was eight the first time he met Death.
( Way too much woobie!Rodney for me. )

Day 18: Down to Earth

Like Gravity (It Doesn't Matter if You Believe in It) by pogrebin 4/5 Recommended
5000 words. What's left after the war is over; a series of snapshots in a life.
( Feels very real. )

Grounded by kassrachel 2/5
6500 words. "Good news," John said, apparently ignoring his question. "Atlantis is returning to Pegasus!"
( Enjoyable. )

Day 15: Paper Tiger

Something to Remember You By by hestia_lacey 3/5
17,000 words. In 1942, John Sheppard meets Rodney McKay.
( Enjoyable. )

Walking Backwards by wintercreek 2/5
9300 words. Rodney's getting everything he always thought he wanted. But what if he already had it and didn't know?
( Resolved way too easily. )

Day 16: Fool's Paradise

Fly Away by badwolf36 2/5
8300 words. Rodney has his perfect life with John on a sabbatical away from Atlantis. And a few nightmares were just the rewards of actually surviving to retirement age in the Pegasus Galaxy. Nothing to worry about at all.
( Neat idea, but the writing is just not up to the job. )

He Makes a Solitude and Calls It Peace by villainy 2/5
10,200 words. "I always thought the Vulcans had a point."
( Interesting idea, but it felt like it wrapped up too quickly. )

There are no reviews for Day 14 because both teams were art, so I'm including Day 13 with this one.

Day 11: Leave of Absence

Wake by my_scheherazade 2/5
14,000 words. "Oh the blood and the treasure, and then losing it all. The time that we wasted, and the place where we fall. Will we wake in the morning and know what it was for, up in our bedroom, after the war?" -- The Beginning After the End by Stars
( Not as good as I'd hoped it would be. )

Day 12: Balance of Power

Epiphanies Aren't Just For Ancients (and Other Hard Learned Lessons) by reddwarfer and djin7 2/5
14,500 words. John Sheppard knows that sometimes, the quickest way to end a war is to lose it. But if he has to go down, he's taking Rodney with him.
( Decent story, but not really my thing. )

(Murphy's) Laws of War by mirasol 1/5
2100 words. It is a bad thing to run out of airspeed, altitude and ideas all at the same time.
( Bland. )

Day 13: Feet of Clay

Sticks and Stones (May Break My Bones But Words Will Never Hurt Me) by emeraldsword 2/5
4200 words. "Are we going to crawl in there, assuming I can even fit through that gap, to get our faces chewed off by rodents with space-rabies?"
( Could have been good with some editing. )

The Weakness See by mamadeb 1/5
3400 words. For once, no one was attacking them.
( Laughably OOC. )

Oh right, I was posting these... XD

Day 9: Call of the Wild

Storm Front by lavvyan 3/5
3400 words. "What, so I'm going to end up a vegetable in some hospital bed while my mind goes frolicking among the waves, is that it?"
( Interesting, but I felt like it was retreading the same ground as canon. )

Romance Not Included by danceswithgary 2/5
19,800 words. There's one important thing to remember about islands; the only way to guarantee you'll find what you're looking for is to bring it with you.
( Fairly cute, but had some icky misogyny and pacing problems. )

Day 10: Point of No Return

Shine Like the Sun by busaikko 4/5 Recommended
7200 words. Detective John Sheppard knew Ava Dixon was trouble as soon as she walked into his office looking for her brother.
( Awesome AU. )

Those Three Words by argosy 3/5
5700 words. John has something he wants to say, but it won't be easy.
( Cute, though not really my thing. )

Day 7: Knock on Wood

Rise Above the Rest by soleta 2/5
3700 words. When they lost Atlantis, he'd never thought they'd pay so dearly.
( Wait, stories need endings? )

7-9-13 by pollitt 2/5
1900 words. Rodney finds his faith.
( Peace doesn't have to mean dull... )

Day 8: House of Cards

Five Things That Were in the Cards, Or, How Love Saved the Pegasus Galaxy by eccentricweft 2/5
3100 words. John wondered if there was a card for "miraculously turn gay and fall in love with your best friend."
( Took a sudden turn for bad at the end. )

Day 5: Dead Letter

The Color of His Heartbeat by sonadorita 2/5
6300 words. After a tragic explosion, Rodney is caught between believing in alien tales and doubting his own sanity.
( Okay story, clunky prose. )

Day 6: Around the Clock

The Ethical Life by sabinelagrande 4/5 Recommended
5900 words. Rodney's system is already perfect, but it could be better.
( Really cute WWII AU. )

Pulled Out from Inside by altyronsmaker 1/5
15,400 words. While exploring an uninhabited planet for future recreational use, John's team gets kidnapped, and he must fight his way to the outpost beyond the Ancient City to take back the team that was stolen.
( Really contrived and pointless. )

Day 3: A House Divided

War Games by kisahawklin 2/5
2000 words. Sheppard needed Rodney for his plan to work. Convincing Rodney was the hardest part of the plan.
( I didn't really get the point. )

A Heart Needs a Home by shrift 2/5
5500 words. Sometimes when a door closes, a closet opens.
( Feels like I've read it a million times. )

Day 4: Skin and Bone

The Ones You Leave Behind by taste_is_sweet 5/5 Recommended
30,000 words. "I love you," Rodney said. "You can't die anymore."
( Daaaaaaaamn. It's like a super creepy giant robo anime. )

That Will Break You by mz_bstone 2/5
8500 words. Life can break your bones. It can also stitch you back together.
( Interesting idea, but really needed to be fleshed out. )

Well, I still haven't finished reading everything for Match, but I figured now that the names have been revealed, I can start posting the reviews for what I have read.

Day 1: Top of the World

Atmosphere by indy_go 2/5
2900 words. Nowhere else to go but up.
( Cute enough if you like fluff, but even then it's pretty bland. )

Day 2: Tilting at Windmills

Where the Brave Dare Not Go by telesilla 4/5 Recommended
18,000 words. John Sheppard has had over twenty years to come to grips with the fact that every four or five weeks, he turns into a mountain lion. Like most Were, he accepts that that's just the way it is, and so he's not particularly interested when he learns that researchers at the local university are trying to to develop drugs that will help Were control their cycles. Then he meets Dr. Rodney McKay, a brilliant but irascible biochemist with reasons of his own for spearheading the university's Were research and John suddenly finds himself struggling with more than just his attraction to McKay.
( I really enjoyed this, despite not being a fan of the werewolf genre. )

The Ingenious Dr. Rodney McKay of Atlantis by propinquitine 2/5
10,600 words. Who would have thought that defeating the Wraith was the least of Rodney's worries?
( Fairly well-written old-school-feeling slash. )

Temporary Vanity by sugargroupie 3/5
200 words. Teyla is not impressed with Earth's hair-straightening techniques.
( Cute, though I wish it had gone into a little more detail. )

Paraphiliac by sabinetzin 3/5
800 words. There are a lot of things that John wishes he could unlearn.
( Didn't quite live up to its promise. )

Strangers to Each Other by telesilla 3/5
900 words. As always, John is a man with a plan.
( Awkward sex. My favorite! )

John, When He's Gone by busaikko 5/5 Recommended
2200 words. He figures John won't know what his virginity would go for on eBay, so he names a price that makes John look at the door, and at the PlayStation, and at the bed.
( Creepy and disturbing and oh so awesome. )

What do you know, I've collected up enough random fandom stories for a review post.

The 40 mg Job by norah 3/5
Leverage. 3800 words. Parker takes the Second Act Rehabilitation Center therapist's advice seriously.
( Cute. )

Not Proper (Chinese Boxes Remix) by penknife 3/5
Peter Pan. 1800 words. In which Mr. Darling goes to Neverland looking for something he's lost.
( Good story and works well as a remix. )

Getting On and Getting Off: Or How Touya Akira Got His Groove Back by beleidigung 2/5
Hikaru no Go. 6100 words. Hikaru and Akira may be older, but neither is much wiser.
( Cute if you like this sort of story, I guess. )

Strictly Method by thingswithwings 5/5 Recommended
Sherlock Holmes. 8600 words. "When I agreed to share lodgings with you, I didn't realise that I would be sharing with twenty-odd others as well," I said. "Perhaps you should be paying additional rent."
( This is now my canon. )

Wow, some of these have been on my hard drive a really long time. D: But I finally have enough for a post!

If Love Is a Red Dress by norah 3/5
So You Think You Can Dance. 1600 words. Ivan really likes the way Travis looks in that dress.
( Cute & hot. )

Pretend There Is Nothing Outside This Room by helens78 3/5
Liam Neeson/Christian Bale. 9400 words. Liam hires Christian for the night, but when the night's over, he's interested in more than one night's work. Christian's never spent the night with someone who has this kind of money before, and money sometimes makes all the difference in the world...
( Not really my thing, but well-enough written that it's still enjoyable. If you like D/s training type stories, you'll probably like it a lot more. )

Sharp Left Turn by temve 3/5
Ewan McGregor/Liam Neeson. 2000 words. When Ewan's bike crashes on a deserted country lane on a dark and stormy night, he thinks his life is over. And, in a way, he's right. Technically speaking.
( This was actually hilarious. )

Hacker, Me? by temve 3/5
Ewan McGregor/Liam Neeson. 600 words. Pixels or not, Liam has the best view in the world.
( Enjoyable. )

So uh, apparently last year I never read any more remixes than the one that was written for me? D: Or at least not in HP, because this review has been sitting on my hard drive for over a year as I waited and waited to get back to reading remixes and never did. *sigh* But I did read a remix this year! And the fic it was based on. And had one other HP review sitting around. And four reviews makes a post! So.

The Quintessential Team Q (Antiphonal Intermezzo Remix) by melayneseahawk 5/5 Recommended
1500 words. Eric is fourteen when the first issue of Team Q comes out.
( AWESOME! )

The Universe is a Procession, With Measured and Beautiful Motion (Remix) by magnetic_pole 3/5
3500 words. Remus runs into Severus at a party. Things have changed since they saw each other last.
( After reading this and thinking it over for quite some time, I'm still unsure what I think about it. )

Points Where All Shadows Meet by osmalic 3/5
1800 words. At this point (and that point), Severus Snape thinks he can leave it all behind.
( Well-written, but the focus wasn't on what I was interested in. )

Cast a Long Shadow (We All Meet in the End) by edenfalling 5/5 Recommended
8500 words. Lily left empty places behind her.
( Excellent Petunia fic. )

Hmm, I'm tired of long fics. Time to take a break from Big Bang and read some Remix maybe.

I've Seen the Future, Brother (It Is Murder) by kroki_refur 4/5 Recommended
37,500 words. It’s May second, and tomorrow is the first day of the end of the world, but Dean doesn’t know that.
( Awesome. )

And God, I Know I'm One by newredshoes 1/5
20,000 words. So Sam is willing to let his younger brother find their missing dad all by himself, but when his fiancee Jessica disappears, he'll drop his position at a D.C. law firm and hit the road to hunt again? Fine. Whatever. Dean can deal with that, just like he can deal with the strange dreams and crippling headaches. The demons, though? That part he doesn't want to do alone.
( Nothing more than a 20,000 word partial summary of a promising AU. Why is there not a warning for THIS? )

One Big Bang and a couple others. All recs! Amazing.

As I Descend the Stair by busaikko 4/5 Recommended
5900 words. Life, as it flashes before the eyes: "I don't know how to be what anybody expects --" and Sam's hand draws a sharp head-to-toe line -- "but I was halfway to figuring out how to be me."
( Finally an SPN transfic that's not about Dean! )

Dead Soldiers: An Oral History of the End Times by fryadvocate 5/5 Recommended
43,400 words. Although much has been written about the sociological and theological importance of the "End Times War", there has been much less written about the individuals directly involved. Using interviews with primary sources, this paper seeks to examine how Dean and Sam Winchester, two criminals with a history of violence and petty theft, became commonly known as a prophet of the Lord and the Anti-Christ.
( How could you not want to read it with that summary? In a word: awesome. )

Accidents Will Happen by holli 4/5 Recommended
6400 words. Some Goth teenagers accidentally resurrect John Winchester. No, seriously.
( Hilarious. )

She Only Reveals What She Wants You to See by amadi 3/5
The West Wing. 1900 words. They've been together for two years. Now Donna's dropped a bombshell on Josh. What's next?
( Enjoyable, even not knowing the fandom. )

The Pattern of All the Process by raedbard 4/5 Recommended
The West Wing. 19,000 words. At the Emergency Room the doctor calls Huck your brother. Molly doesn't bother to correct him, neither does dad, not at first anyway, though she does wonder -- not for the first time -- why, with her short hair and dungarees, she never gets mistaken for a boy anymore.
( I liked the story, but not the writing style. )

Making Your Bed in the Prison of Your Mind by merle_p 3/5
Leverage. 3000 words. There are a lot of reasons why coming out is a bad idea.
( Interesting, but I couldn't really get into it. )

The Epiphany Job by shrift 5/5 Recommended
Leverage. 3600 words. When he rolled out of bed that afternoon, heated up some Philly Steak & Cheese Hot Pockets for breakfast, and then went to the office, Alec Hardison was not expecting to experience a paradigm shift.
( Oh man, this is so awesome. )

Bright as the Rain in the Palm of Your Hand by inlovewithnight 5/5 Recommended
8800 words. It's a package deal.
( Fics this long usually take me several days to read as I tend to wander away and do other stuff, but I read this all in one sitting. )

Not Paige, Please by amadi 5/5 Recommended
2500 words. It's hard enough being a part of the Walker family as it is. Much worse when you don't have an expected ally.
( Really feels like it could be an episode. )

Growing Up Paige by amadi 3/5
2500 words. Scenes from the life of a Walker family grandchild.
( Nice collection of vignettes in the same universe as the fic above. )

Between Two Rooms by romanticalgirl 4/5 Recommended
1300 words. When Kevin is outed, he goes to Saul, but doesn't find the support he'd hoped for.
( Feels like it could be canon. )

And Time Yet for a Hundred Indecisions by cinaed 2/5
1200 words. Saul was nineteen the first time he kissed another man. It felt as though the world was ending. Now, half a century later, Henry kisses him, and it feels less like disaster and more like rebirth.
( A little too tell-y for me. )

Bring Him Home by marea67 1/5
1900 words. What if your mother has a different opinion of what "home" is?
( Needs editing badly. )

I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by merle_p 4/5 Recommended
3300 words. Two mothers, two sons.
( Similar theme to the one above, but so much better. )

Black Soul Choir by busaikko 5/5 Recommended
Supernatural. 25,400 words. The Winchesters' dying thoughts on shaping your own destiny and making deals; in which Mary is a hunter, John is a father, Dean is a transsexual man, and Sam is pretty happy being Dean's B-side. Featuring 4 hunters, 3 deals with the devil, 2 brothers, 1 blessing, and 1 curse.
( This is just amazing. )

The Violet Hour by zooey_glass04 3/5
5500 words. In the bright glare of the overhead light it's impossible to ignore what he's been seeing all along: the broad, masculine shape of his sister's shoulders underneath the jacket.
( Better than the other one that used this prompt, but my like never quite became love. )

Three Shots Fired by jargonelle 2/5
3000 words. Jo tries to find her place in the hunting community.
( I wanted to like this more, because Jo! But alas. )

Bloody Knuckles by chasingtides 2/5
3800 words. Sam never figured a bar fight in Nowheresville, Tennessee would lead to learning so much about his brother - or the hunting community.
( Exactly the sort of thing I dread from this fest: the exposition-heavy coming-out story. )

Caught My Heart in the Middle of a Feeling by beckaandzac 4/5 Recommended
5900 words. Sam goes looking for new friends and finds something he never would have expected.
( Cute. )

First batch of lgbtfest fics for this year! So far only one that I really, really loved, but I (obviously) haven't read much yet, either.

What a Man's Gotta Do by sto_helit_lace 2/5
Dr. Horrible. 4600 words. Everyone's got villains they must face. Captain Hammer has never thought this particular villain was very cool at all.
( I don't know who this person is, but it's not Captain Hammer. )

Modern Love by penknife 5/5 Recommended
Discworld. 2900 words. It's amazing how the world rarely gets less complicated.
( Totally my personal canon now. )

Sacrifices by elementalv 3/5
Stargate: Atlantis. 2600 words. John has always been willing to pay the price for his career and to keep his people safe, but he's just found the one price he's not sure he can afford.
( Surprisingly good considering how clueless the prompt was. )

Turn the Page by messageredacted 3/5
Supernatural. 9000 words. Sam hasn't seen his sister in four years. A lot more has changed than he ever imagined.
( I would have liked this a lot more if it hadn't been wincest. )

Now You're a Man by cho_malfoy 3/5
Supernatural. 5300 words. Dean completed a journey in the body he was born with, but just because he's started a new journey doesn't mean he's likely to forget the last one.
( Enjoyable, but I wasn't really loving it. )

Untitled by telesilla 3/5
700 words. Ronon is a college professor. John is a vet going back to school.
( Cute. )

Take It by usomitai 2/5
43,700 words. When Atlantis goes out of control, John finds himself getting pulled into the chaos, taking Rodney with him.
( I like in theory that there was a story where alien tech made them do it (sort of) and it wasn't all happy roses, but in practice, I didn't really like the way it was executed. )

A Supermarket in California by taffetablue 2/5
7600 words. John owns a market in Berkeley and Rodney is a professor at UCB.
( Decently written, but it just reads like one long list of McShep cliches, which I suppose is great if you like that sort of thing. )

The Hotline by nixa_jane 1/5
4200 words. John/Rodney. They kept running these corny little phone sex infomercials that had seemed really pathetic and funny at one o'clock, and somehow had morphed into 'good idea' by three.
( OOC and exposition-heavy. )

Hrr, so. I had this last batch of lgbtfest fics from last year that I never read. XD And now the fest is running again, so I figured I'd better get these out of the way first before I start on the new ones. ^_^;;

Four Years Later by ria_oaks 2/5
Supernatural. 4800 words. Retelling of the pilot, but the reason Sam left home was because he's gay.
( Needs editing. )

The Braid by pandore27 2/5
Star Wars. 5400 words. Dormé loves Amidala. Amidala loves politics. That's the problem.
( Not really my style, but not horrible. )

Fantastica by pandore27 2/5
Star Wars. 2200 words. Everything feels the same, and yet everything's changed.
( I'm not sure why this is even labelled fanfic... )

A Remote Aspect by lilfluffykitten 2/5
Dracula. 1600 words. Jonathan finds his enforced loneliness leads him to some uncomfortable realisations.
( Fits the tone of the novel well, but I just wasn't feeling it. )

Marching Orders by bwinter 3/5
Discworld. 2900 words. Polly's next war, and Maladicta.
( Cute, though I think I would probably have enjoyed it more if I could actually remember much from Monstrous Regiment... )

How Stephen Colbert Proved Jon Stewart Is a Lady by sarken 4/5 Recommended
Colbert Report. 4900 words. Stephen is a straight man. Stephen is attracted to Jon. Therefore, it logically follows that Jon must be a woman.
( Hilarious. )

What's this, I actually have some reviews? I've been trying to read some fic every day, but one of them (which was SGA, so it's actually in another batch) was super long and ended up taking me weeks to read, so I still feel like I haven't read much fic. :p

Three Women Who Never Brushed Hermione's Hair by wisdomeagle 4/5 Recommended
300 words. Habits learned in youth can't be untangled.
( I can totally see this being canon. )

Platform Nine and Five-Sixteenths by mtfierce 3/5
1800 words. Luna always considered the lack of imagination in the wizarding world to be one of many reasons Thomas Riddle was able to do all he had done. (She hated the so-smug anagram he made. Not that anagrams weren't neat, just that self-proclaimed honors were, well, premature at best, and if he really wanted to get rid of his muggle name, wouldn't he just call himself something else that didn't include it?)
( Cute and very, very Luna. )

An Unequal Magic by lyras 3/5
11,000 words. When Petunia grudgingly offers Snape sanctuary, the pair discover that they have certain things in common.
( Well-written, but heavily jossed, which made me enjoy it less. )

Thirteen Months by argosy 2/5
6300 words. The Wizarding World has forgiven Snape, but Snape hasn't forgiven the Wizarding World. And gardening.
( I am just not the audience for this fic. Shippers might like it, though. )

Number Thirteen by Lemuel Cork 5/5 Recommended
Arsenic and Old Lace. 4800 words. Dr. Einstein and Jonathan Brewster on the run.
( So awesome! )

In Which Worlds Collide and Eeyore Investigates a Terrible Crime by flambeau 4/5 Recommended
Discworld/Winnie the Pooh. 5400 words. In which worlds collide. Also, Eeyore investigates a terrible crime, with some unexpected assistance.
( I don't usually like crossovers, but this is great. )

Miracle at 23 Meteor Street by soupytwist 3/5
Spaced. 400 words. Tim is not pleased at the idea of Kylie Minogue on Doctor Who.
( Cute little vignette. )

What Friends Are For by spamala97 2/5
Spaced. 2800 words. Tim doesn't know what he wants. Daisy tries to help.
( Wow, this was really horrible. )

It's Midnight and Daisy Steiner's Ex-Boyfriend is a Massive Wanker by smithereen 5/5 Recommended
Spaced. 1200 words. Daisy's just got dumped, but Tim is there to comfort her.
( Utterly perfect. )

Harry Potter and the Reluctant Fanboy by puritybrown 3/5
Spaced. 3400 words. Tim's been a fan before. He's determined not to get burned again.
( I really liked the beginning, but the rest not so much. )