I just finished a very good SPN/SGA crossover, What Happens in Vegas. It's pairings are (McKay/Sheppard) and (Dean/Castiel) and balances between both 'verses nicely, splitting the POV between John and Dean as the Atlantis team works with the Winchesters to save the Earth from a Wraith invasion.

No, I haven't abandoned CLex for McShep completely, although I've certainly been spending a great deal of time lately exploring Atlantis. As long as I can still find great stories like dm_wyatt's Superman For Sale to read and and enjoy, I'll definitely be sticking around. Unfortunately, I must admit it took me too long to finish re-reading it from the beginning and to let the author know how much I enjoyed it, so I'm doing it now.

In this futurefic, Lex Luthor has lucked into an opportunity to best his nemesis and he takes advantage of it. A magical binding spell leaves Clark at Lex's mercy, but things soon change. Although there's some torture Clark going on in the story, overall it's lighter than you might first think. The tug-of-war between Lex and Clark as they start to understand each other ranges from bitter to amusing and, most importantly for me, there's a happy ending for the boys I love.

This is a nice long read and one that I'll be revisiting in the future. It's definitely going in danceswithclex when I update. I hope you enjoy it too and, as always, please take the time to let the author know the writing is appreciated. It's the best way to ensure the fics will keep coming.

Here there be tentacle!pron - not mine but very purple

I don't think I've ever had one of my stories be quite so inspirational before. *grin*

I read so many great fics everyday and also have the wonderful opportunity to beta a few of them (sneak peeks - yay!). Not to play favorites, I'd like to point out two recent postings that I really enjoyed beta'ing:

Bending Near The Earth by bev_crusher1971 Clark saves an amnesiac Lex.

Inseparable by bagheera_san An entry for plnunn's doujinshi challenge, a sweeping tale of a hidden world and handcuffs. Great stuff!

I have three Basic accounts setup (danceswithclex ,sv_rectheclex, and rectheclex) and the rectheclex accounts point to danceswithclex.

I deliberately set the accounts as Basic so that a lapsed paid account would not degrade to a Plus account which is LJ's new default.

FYI, I chose Basic when I set them up and LJ still set them to Plus and I had to use Manage Account to downgrade them. Aggravating.

So, I've started copying the lists if you want to mosey on over and check out the setup. :-D

I just posted this plea at svroundtable and I'm repeating it here for any of my readers not following that community. Here's your chance, go for it! Don't make me name names. *grin*



Now that I've finished my month at svroundtable, I'm looking out there for someone to save me from enderwiggin24 who is hovering over me with a set of handcuffs and threatening to chain me to the table. I know there are a bunch of you out there dying to have your chance to voice your opinions, to stand up for your favorite stories, vids, artwork, artists, authors, themes not yet touched on. And there are people out there who are full of recs for Smallville pairings other than CLex. I'd love to see what other people like, I chased down a lot of my favorites from past posts here and am always looking for hidden gems.

You know you want to!

Just scoot on over the the sign-up post here and be my hero. All it takes is one post a week for the month (see user info for details), not the insanity that I just went through. Really!

Please, my unwritten stories are begging you! *puppy eyes*

I have to put this rec out because I have loved every one of this set of stories that balinesenoneko has put up in LJ. Even better, since they're f-locked, they're at SkyNeko. You will laugh, you'll smile, you'll go away happy. Just wonderful!

Oddly enough, I actually started reading Smallville fan fiction over a year before I saw my first episode.

( Some rambling on my life and SV and some recs )