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OMG so many excellent stories this year. I'm about halfway through my list of bookmarks from my first pass through the quicksearch list. 2000+ stories is a LOT! Hopefully I'll get M-Z done tomorrow.

Fandoms: 1602, The Adventures of Priscilla, Babysitters Club, Arthur Ransome - Swallows and Amazons, Batman Begins, The Breakfast Club, CS Lewis - Narnia, The Dark Crystal, Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide, Elfquest, Empire Records, Fairy Tales, Fight Club, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex, Greatest American Hero, Hook, Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel series, Joan Vinge - Psion, Kingdom of Loathing, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables, Lost Boys (movie)

1602
Renaissance Portraits - PG13, a variety of 1602 versions of well-known mutants.
Something Like the Sun - PG13, Scotius and Werner.
Solace - PG13, more Scotius and Werner.

The Adventures of Priscilla
A Fine Romance - PG13, the trip back to Sydney

Babysitters Club
Abby's Hanukkah Tales - PG13, and yes, this has been rec'd all over the place but it is awesome and thus totally deserves it. Abby tells all about the femslashtasticness going on in Stonybrook.

Arthur Ransome - Swallows and Amazons
A Swallow and an Amazon Ashore - PG13, one of my gifts! Nancy and John on a ramble.
Once More With Feeling - G, a stocking stuffer for me! A telegram and Nancy and John. Very sweet.
One Captain and One Admiral - G, nice gen fic about having to stay home when the boys go to war.
Tea and Biscuits - G, touching and sweet and sad fic about the mothers of the Swallows and the Amazons. I was sobbing by the end. Long but worth every line.

Batman Begins
Learning to Fall - Batman Begins - PG
Learning to Fall - PG, good look into Bruce's head.

The Breakfast Club
The Geek Dowsn't Get the Girl - Breakfast Club - PG13
The Geek Doesn't Get the Girl - PG13, one of my pet peeves about the movie made right in the end for Brian and Andy.

C.S. Lewis - Narnia
Bittersweet - G, Edmund-centric missing-Narnia fic.
Nor Love So Sweet - PG, Lucy/Rillian in a very separated and lovely way.
Not Gods, But Demons - G, Jadis background, very cold.
Outliving the Universe - PG, Susan grows up alone. Sad in places but not at the end.

The Dark Crystal
Prophets Don't Know Everything - G, Jen and Kira in the world after the healing of the Crystal.

Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide
His Girl - PG, Trillian reflects on being Zaphod's girl.

ElfQuest
The Heart's Fears - PG, Ember and her boys dealing with being three (plus references to other trios). Perfect for my current ElfQuest mood.

Empire Records
One Two Many - PG13, Gina and Berko on the road with lots of talk about the Empire.

Fairy Tales
Three Months After Happily Ever after - G, Cinderella is Alone, so she cleans.
Swan's Wing - PG, quiet and introspective.
Forget Me Not - G, creepy retelling of the Dancing Princesses (there are a few for this story and they are all excellent variations).
After Silence - PG13, very dark combo of the Dancing Princesses and, I believe, Pied Piper stories.
If You Ask Me - PG, no one listens to the servants. More's the pity.
What the Pea Proved - G, excellent combination of the Princess and the Pea and Rapunzel.
Dancing in the Moonlight - G, sweet, as opposed to creepy, Dancing Princesses retelling.
Anything For Family - PG, creepy Dancing Princesses story but in a darkly humorous way.
Nor Flesh Nor Fowl - G, quiet and regretful Wild Swans retelling.

Fight Club
Boom - PG, Marla drabble.

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Stop All the Clocks - PG, post-funeral friendly comfort between Charles and Matthew. I cried at this one too.

Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex
Cyberbird: Cuckoo Flies the Nest - PG, possible background for Motoko - eerily in character.
A Visit to the Park - G, Batou eats lunch with the Tachokomas.
Tachikoma Nights - PG13, the Tachikomas discuss what love is - absolutely hilarious and more so if read aloud in squeaky Tachikoma voice.

Greatest American Hero
Life Piled on Life - PG, Bill Maxwell in retirement.

Hook
Tomorrow - G, why Peter didn't return and why Wendy grew up, staying sympathetic to them both.

Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel series
This Second Struggle - PG13, quiet introspective piece for Alcuin and Anafiel.
Ink Stains - R, more introspection on Anafiel's part than Alcuin wants when they're in bed.
The First Precept - G, Hyacinthe thinks on the concept of love and his brief meeting of Alcuin. This is truly beautiful but I'm biased as Hyacinthe and Alcuin are my two favorites.

Joan Vinge - Psion
Cats of Quarro - PG, very in-character Cat helping out with two psions.

Kingdom of Loathing
A Day on Noob Mountain - PG, fun adventure with Toot Oriole.
Bob Atari: Muad'Dib, Kumkwat Haagendasz, and Gnomish Knob Goblin - PG, taking the Dune refs in the game and making them a story = awesome.
Fear the La Vega of Loathing - PG, fantastic story told as a bedtime story, including asterisks read aloud and more meta than you can shake a spooky stick at.

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Now We Are Two - PG, Zelda and Midna miss each other.
Shards of Truth - G, Midna's motivations.
Old Horizons - G, Midna misses the daylight sometimes.

L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables
Secrets - PG, sweet Gilbert-courting-Anne fic.

Lost Boys (movie)
Blood Brothers - R, hot and full of vampirey goodness. Or badness. Your choice.
Say What Now - PG, drabblish bit of haunting.
Cleanup - G, funny and creepy in just the right doses.