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Bones fic recs, part 4
My to-rec folder was overflowing so, time for another one of these lists I like to do. There's everything from drabble to novel-length. Biased towards the Booth/Brennan end of the spectrum, but nothing overly shippy since my own tastes tend to be more on the gen side. Let me know if there're any broken links.
Profile by Micky Fine
"Brennan and Booth work with a profiler to catch a serial killer but when Brennan goes undercover, things get interesting. BB" 43,000 words
Satisfying, long casefile with a good dose of UST, a convincing plot, and great dialog.
Jewels by newbatgirl
"Everything about her screams practicality. Except her jewelry." Short.
Beautiful, quite original character study.
A Private Man by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ralkana
(Booth&Brennan gen) A delightfully subtle, restrained ficlet. The story is happening between the lines.
Five Things responses bynudaydreamer
"Five People Bones Has Never Met; Five Things Hodgins Lies About; Five Pop Culture References Everyone Would Be Surprised to Know Bones Actually Understands..." Ensemble.
Snippets, some hilarious, some insightful, all telling a lot about the characters.
Four Things She Can't Remember (And One She Can) bynudaydreamer Booth/Brennan
I don't think any other challenge has spawned nearly as many good fanfics as the "Five Things" challenge has.
Children of the Zodiac by Musik34 (if the link doesn't work try pasting it in: http://forums.fox.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=foxbones&msg=3020.1 )
This is a solid plotfic - always harder to find than shippy stories - with good characterization and evocative descriptions. Booth and Brennan end up in the snowy Rockies of Wyoming, and I got crystal clear images of the icy mountainside in my head - something I always appreciate in a story. Looks like the author came to fanfic a mere few months ago and when I got a look at her user info, I nearly fell off my chair seeing her age. Let's just say I don't think that many people can write this well this young, right out of the gate. The story could've benefited from a quick beta, but there're no major hickups; the plot is sound and the writing style decent.
[note: the maintainers of the fox board seem to have a weird prejudice against cussing so all the swear words look somewhat like this: sh!t, b*stard, etc... I took the time to do a search&replace before reading because, really, that'll yank me out of a story.]
Like I'd Shop At Hallmark bylostakasha
Booth/Hodgins is about the most unlikely slash pairing I can imagine for this show, mostly due to Booth's supreme straightness... but in this ficlet lostakasha makes it fly. I completely bought the scenario and the writing is just gorgeous.
Mirage byleni_ba
"B/B with some A/H in between. PG"
A quirky fic written from Angela's POV...and her bubbly personality shines through. It's about Booth/Brennan, at least that's what Angela thinks.
Introspection byralkana
Convincing and insightful take on Booth's character.
Drabbles byralkana
I'm usually more a fan of the long, plotty fic but Ralkana manages to say a whole lot in very few lines. Very economic, beautiful style.
Flashback bycrazywritinfool
I've been surprised from the start by how 'Bones' and AtS don't really cross over all that well. Mostly, I think, because to me Booth and Angel are completely different characters with only superficial similarities. But anyway, this is a crossover ficlet I found convincing and intriguing.
WeeBones comic #26
I love all of the weebones strips, but this one's got a special je ne sais... ah, you gotta read it for yourselves.
That's an even dozen; I'll save the rest for a later post.
Profile by Micky Fine
"Brennan and Booth work with a profiler to catch a serial killer but when Brennan goes undercover, things get interesting. BB" 43,000 words
Satisfying, long casefile with a good dose of UST, a convincing plot, and great dialog.
Jewels by newbatgirl
"Everything about her screams practicality. Except her jewelry." Short.
Beautiful, quite original character study.
A Private Man by
ralkana (Booth&Brennan gen) A delightfully subtle, restrained ficlet. The story is happening between the lines.
Five Things responses by
nudaydreamer"Five People Bones Has Never Met; Five Things Hodgins Lies About; Five Pop Culture References Everyone Would Be Surprised to Know Bones Actually Understands..." Ensemble.
Snippets, some hilarious, some insightful, all telling a lot about the characters.
Four Things She Can't Remember (And One She Can) by
nudaydreamer Booth/BrennanI don't think any other challenge has spawned nearly as many good fanfics as the "Five Things" challenge has.
Children of the Zodiac by Musik34 (if the link doesn't work try pasting it in: http://forums.fox.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=foxbones&msg=3020.1 )
This is a solid plotfic - always harder to find than shippy stories - with good characterization and evocative descriptions. Booth and Brennan end up in the snowy Rockies of Wyoming, and I got crystal clear images of the icy mountainside in my head - something I always appreciate in a story. Looks like the author came to fanfic a mere few months ago and when I got a look at her user info, I nearly fell off my chair seeing her age. Let's just say I don't think that many people can write this well this young, right out of the gate. The story could've benefited from a quick beta, but there're no major hickups; the plot is sound and the writing style decent.
[note: the maintainers of the fox board seem to have a weird prejudice against cussing so all the swear words look somewhat like this: sh!t, b*stard, etc... I took the time to do a search&replace before reading because, really, that'll yank me out of a story.]
Like I'd Shop At Hallmark by
lostakashaBooth/Hodgins is about the most unlikely slash pairing I can imagine for this show, mostly due to Booth's supreme straightness... but in this ficlet lostakasha makes it fly. I completely bought the scenario and the writing is just gorgeous.
Mirage by
leni_ba"B/B with some A/H in between. PG"
A quirky fic written from Angela's POV...and her bubbly personality shines through. It's about Booth/Brennan, at least that's what Angela thinks.
Introspection by
ralkanaConvincing and insightful take on Booth's character.
Drabbles by
ralkanaI'm usually more a fan of the long, plotty fic but Ralkana manages to say a whole lot in very few lines. Very economic, beautiful style.
Flashback by
crazywritinfoolI've been surprised from the start by how 'Bones' and AtS don't really cross over all that well. Mostly, I think, because to me Booth and Angel are completely different characters with only superficial similarities. But anyway, this is a crossover ficlet I found convincing and intriguing.
WeeBones comic #26
I love all of the weebones strips, but this one's got a special je ne sais... ah, you gotta read it for yourselves.
That's an even dozen; I'll save the rest for a later post.
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Heh, glad to hear. These are gathered together from all over the place. Mostly LJ and ffn though, and one from the Boneyard. I'm wondering if there're archives housing Bones fic that I'm missing. (If you know of more places to look, please share...)
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About exsisting archives - I'm afraid I only know ff.net and lj. Which is kinda sad... After my x-files obsession and it's available huge fiction archives, I felt really bummed out there were so little Bones. Especially since I'm picky and don't read everything! :p
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Thing is - making archive on my own doesn't seem that fun. So if you are interested to help out... *wink, wink*
Ah, tempted as I am, I was longtime archivist for the BetterBuffyFiction Archive (http://s8219.net/bbfarchive/) and while that was fun and rewarding and all that, it was also so much work that I vowed to duck in time the next time. *g*
Though I still have that vague idea in the back of my mind about creating an auto-archive for Bones... since I could basically take the BBFA's code that I modified myself, and with a few minor tweaks have a ready-made template within a few hours (sans graphics). But I'm thinking general archive, so we could find a lot of fic in one place. And I don't know if I'd ever get around to it anyway, time-wise.