#cffaw

Another hard one... All of you are so amazingly talented!!! But, there has to be a decision, though.

My personal winner in the favourite-author-category is.....

TerrusDacktellus, also known as @windsurfingthroughhell for amazing stories, that were so much fun to read and perfectly in character, like 'Cage of stars', 'Delphi high' or 'Perfume, clinging to your clothes', just to name some of them...

I'd be glad to read more!

*harrumphing* please feel encouraged 🙄I'm so curious about the outcome, especially in 'Cage the stars'!!! PLEASE :)

Okay, so since this entire week is basically a review/recommend fic week, I’ve decided to use this day for recommending Chanceverse fics featuring odd or uncommon pairings (because, like, everything is casskin) (understandably). As always, this is not an exhaustive list, just a highlight of my faves. So, here we go:

Lean on Me by Dryad13/ @cherrycoveredpythia

I’ll be honest, when I first heard that people were writing/wanting Fred/Tami fic I was like, what?? This pairing seemed wild even to me, the self-declared Queen of Trash and all around multi-shipping disaster. BUT @cherrycoveredpythia has such a way with pining and beautiful quiet moments and HUMOR that by the end of it I was slavering for more. Which, wow. That’s a testament to your skills, my friend.

The Wedding Date by IsleofSolitude/ @emberfaye

Listen. The more Radu/Gunther, the better. I’ve been trying not to include too many  WIPs during cffaw, just because I don’t want authors to feel undue pressure to finish or like they’re being called out or anything, but this one is too much fun to pass up.

The Next Great Adventure by @chibioniyuri

This was another instance where I felt like I didn’t really want to read about a pairing, but found out that I’m wrong and dumb. This was beautifully written, and so touching and bittersweet and emotional, excuse me while I weep forever.

Winner Takes All by @five-star-hellhole

The Next Great Adventure, by @chibioniyuri (AO3)

Her lips tilt in a frown and she stares at him. She suddenly looks much too serious for a four year old. He doesn't get a chance to make sure - she's had a few visions by now, and he doesn't want her to see what's going to happen. Not now. Not ever.

As much as I love Casskin fics, I also love works that fill in the Cassieverse. This poignant look at Roger Palmer and Artemis’s relationship--on the last day of their earthly lives--is a little jewel. 

Cassie/Mircea

tainted love / M. Manson

Sometimes I feel I've got to/Run away I've got to /Get away from the pain that you drive into the heart of me/ The love we share/ Seems to go nowhere/ And I've lost my light/For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

What about us / Pink

What about us?/ What about all the times you said you had the answers? /What about us?/What about all the broken happy ever afters? /What about us?/ What about all the plans that ended in disaster?/ What about love?/ What about trust? /What about us?

Ok, this is going to be a long one...sorry :) Some of the songs I picked because of the mood, not a special quote... parts of them fit more to TTS/ HTM. Pritkin/ Cassie / Casskin. I'll do a 2nd post (a shorter one, I promise) for Cassie/ Mircea.

Whataya want from me / Adam Lambert There might have been a time /I would give myself away / (Ooh) Once upon a time/I didn't give a damn /But now here we are /so what do you want from me

Just don't give up/ i'm workin' it out/ Please don't give in /I won't let you down /It messed me up, need a second to breathe/ Just keep coming around

Yeah, it's plain to see/ that baby you're beautiful/ and there's nothing wrong with you/ It's me ' I'm a freak/ but thanks for lovin' me /'Cause you're doing it perfectly

There might have been a time/ When I would let you step away/ I wouldn't even try but I think/ you could save my life.

You found me / Kelly Clarkson

Is this a dream?/ If it is/ Please don't wake me from this high/ I've become comfortably numb /until you opened up my eyes /To what it's like /When everything's right /I can't believe

You found me/ When no one else was lookin'/How did you know just where I would be? /Yeah, you broke through /All of my confusion/The ups and the downs/And you still didn't / I guess that you saw what nobody could see/You found me

So, here we are/That's pretty far/ When you think of where we've been/No going back/ I'm fading out/ All that has faded me within/ You're by my side/ Now everything's fine/ I can't believe

And I was hiding/ 'Til you came along/ And showed me where I belong

You broke through/All of my confusion /The ups and the downs/ And you still didn't leave /I guess that you saw what nobody could see/ The good and the bad/ And the things in between/ You found me

Bring me to life / Evanesence

How can you see into my eyes like open doors? /Leading you down, into my core/Where I've become so numb, without a soul/My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold/Until you find it there, and lead it, back, home

Wake me up inside/ Call my name and save me from the dark/ Bid my blood to run/ Before I come undone /Save me from the nothing I've become

Now that I know what I'm without/ You can't just leave me/ Breathe into me and make me real/ Bring me to life

Frozen inside, without your touch/ Without your love, darling/ Only you are my life/ Among the dead

I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems/Got to open my eyes to everything/ Don't let me die here/ Bring, me, to, life

Running blind / Godsmack

Can't find the answers/ I've been crawling on my knees/Looking for anything/ To keep me from drowning/ Promises have been turned to lies/ Can't even be honest inside/ Now I'm running backward/Watching my life wave me goodbye

Running blind/I'm running blind/ Somebody help me see I'm running blind

Serenity/ Godsmack

Tragic visions slowly stole my life/Tore away everything/ Cheating me out of my time/I'm the one who loves you/ No matter wrong or right/And every day I hold you/I hold you with my inner child/I need serenity

Nothing else matters / Metallica

Never opened myself this way/Life is ours, we live it our way/All these words I don't just say/And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you/Every day for us something new/ open mind for a different view/And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do/ Never cared for what they know/ But I know

So close, no matter how far/Couldn't be much more from the heart/ Forever trusting who we are/ And nothing else matters

And, last but not least: Ain't no mountain high enough /Marvin Gaye -the whole song!