Yay! Springflinging Rec Post!

[amberdreams]

I haven't finished reading/checking out all the spnspringflings but here's a few recs from what I've seen so far.

Tongue Twister - I have to lead with my gift, of course, which was just wonderfully lighthearted and fun, and full of Winchesters being brothers. I mean, what more could a girl want from an artwork?

The Redhead, the Raven Girl and the Boy - simply magical. A cynical, grieving Jensen finds healing in an unexpected place. The language of this one is beautiful. Nothing convoluted or fancy, but so descriptive and atmospheric. I admit, I wallowed in it, just a little.

The Amber of this Moment - such an insightful and heartbreaking look at Jack trying to fix everything and finding that sometimes, fixing isn't what is needed to make things right. Sometimes the struggle is necessary...

Glory Days - everything I could wish for as an ending for our boys. Sam closes up the bunker and armed with a special spell, drives out to find his Dean. Beautifully written and heartachingly good.

Art - The First Snowfall of the Year. An artist who is instantly recognisable, even without the usual gloriously saturated palette. Bloodied and battered Winchesters with smiles on their faces. Perfect.

(A)Stray - a simply fab J2, with fresh-faced college boy Jared and older, cynical Jensen who is utterly lost from the very first moment, even if he doesn't know it. So well done and in so few words.

upon the breathless starlit air - lyrical and poignant, Sam and Dean at the end of the world. It's one of those short fics that you wish was longer but is actually perfect the way it is.

Lead me to your door - dammit, this one made me sniffle. Nothing terrible happens in it apart from wasted opportunities for love. A really sweet and kind of heartbreaking J2 AU.

Can You Hear Me - this one's another J2 but with a difference - Jared's a character in a computer game, while Jensen's a lonely school kid, struggling with being bullied and being gay. Clever, creepy and romantic all at once.

Comments

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you for the list! I can vouch for The Amber of This Moment; I think that's the only one of this bunch I've read so far. (Unless you count the one I wrote ... *sneaky eyes*)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

So...have I recced yours yet?

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

I really appreciate recs! I can't bring myself to read fics without a summary, but with a rec, now I can!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It's surprising how much we rely on summaries, isn't it!

[septembers-coda.livejournal.com]

It's a shame, because I hate writing them! That was one of the best things about this challenge was not having to! :-D

Thanks for the recs! As I don't read RPF or Sam/Dean, I can't read that much springfling... some of these recs are making me want to unbend on RPF, though. :-D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'm not keen on writing summaries either, but I suppose they have their uses..! LOL

[septembers-coda.livejournal.com]

OMG, because of your rec, I read "The Redhead, the Raven Girl, and the Boy" and HOLY CRAP, i'm so glad I did! Beautiful writing. I have a suspicion about the author; we'll see if it turns out to be right-- I don't know if this person writes RPF or did springfling; I haven't seen them on LJ in awhile. It's probably someone I don't know....

Anyway, GREAT rec. :-D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

That one is top of my list so far - so, so lovely. I'm glad you gave it a go! I have a couple of guesses as to who it might be, but I'm usually wrong!

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs! I've read/admired most of these and can agree that they're great. I'll make sure to check the others, too.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I think a couple I went to because you'd recced them anyway! :D

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

I'm happy to know that I brought you to a story or two that you ended up loving yourself. <3

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

Also, I couldn't do this before the reveals, but thank you so much for reccing my fic! It means a lot to me that you liked it so much. <3

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I love it when the flings I loved were by folk on my flist! It’s a lovely serendipity:D

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for these recs!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I was actually organised this year and made a note as I went along!

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

Yay for recs!!! I'm still playing catch up, but I'll be doing a rec list too, so this will help me to narrow down my ever growing list as there's a lot these on mine too :)

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I am SO behind on commenting!

[meus_venator]

Thanks for the recs. I always love these kind of lists : )

[be-my-precious.livejournal.com]

I have to go over and read them! (A)Stray was my gift and I LOVED it!

[ashtraythief.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the recs, there are some truly lovely pieces there!