February Festival - Day Nine
Feb. 11th, 2012 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brandywine28Day 9 - threesomes or moresomes!
There's been a lot of discussion amongst us reccers regarding Day Nine. The general consensus seems to be that stories like this require plot and context to help them transcend the ranks of Mere Sparkly Porn. And yet...while I agree with all that (and I do! I'm all about the context, I swear!), I never claimed to be a saint, so
Normally Kinky by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
quiet1fic (nsync GSF)
Yup, it's gonna be THAT kinda list. Seriously though, while this story may be wildly porntastic it's also a striking portrayal of group dynamics at play. I have a soft spot for this Justin, uncomfortably reticent and unsure of his place in his own band.
Team Spirit: pulling together by Lily
Is most of this story a flimsy pretext for lots and lots of group sex in a communal shower? Quite possibly. Do I care? Not when the result is a fun and inventive summer camp AU featuring Justin as a perky male cheerleader and Lance as a wonderfully sullen goth kid (with eyeliner!).
No Place Else by Rhys (Chris/Lance/JC)
Not even halfway through the month and I'm already failing myself. I've been trying my hardest not to rec the same author more than once, but I may have to rethink that policy. Chris and Lance are dating, and Lance decides that JC is going to be part of their relationship wether he likes it or not. I love the way Chris and JC both chafe against their designated roles, that they don't fall into the situation naturally and that they retain their prickly uncertainty even while Lance, as ever, remains smooth and confident about the whole thing.
The Royal We by Tiffany Rawlins (nsync GSF)
More like an increasingly twisted character study than anything else. The guys take turns fantasizing about each other. This is gorgeously written.
And while we're on this topic, the fabulousmickeym has recently decided to torture me by mentioning she's got a partially completed Chris/JC/Chris time travel story in her WIP files. It's likely that if this thing ever came to fruition it would melt my face off just by sheer dint of its' existence. Maybe a large-scale mass poking is in order?
There's been a lot of discussion amongst us reccers regarding Day Nine. The general consensus seems to be that stories like this require plot and context to help them transcend the ranks of Mere Sparkly Porn. And yet...while I agree with all that (and I do! I'm all about the context, I swear!), I never claimed to be a saint, so
Normally Kinky by
quiet1fic (nsync GSF)Yup, it's gonna be THAT kinda list. Seriously though, while this story may be wildly porntastic it's also a striking portrayal of group dynamics at play. I have a soft spot for this Justin, uncomfortably reticent and unsure of his place in his own band.
Team Spirit: pulling together by Lily
Is most of this story a flimsy pretext for lots and lots of group sex in a communal shower? Quite possibly. Do I care? Not when the result is a fun and inventive summer camp AU featuring Justin as a perky male cheerleader and Lance as a wonderfully sullen goth kid (with eyeliner!).
No Place Else by Rhys (Chris/Lance/JC)
Not even halfway through the month and I'm already failing myself. I've been trying my hardest not to rec the same author more than once, but I may have to rethink that policy. Chris and Lance are dating, and Lance decides that JC is going to be part of their relationship wether he likes it or not. I love the way Chris and JC both chafe against their designated roles, that they don't fall into the situation naturally and that they retain their prickly uncertainty even while Lance, as ever, remains smooth and confident about the whole thing.
The Royal We by Tiffany Rawlins (nsync GSF)
More like an increasingly twisted character study than anything else. The guys take turns fantasizing about each other. This is gorgeously written.
And while we're on this topic, the fabulous
mickeym has recently decided to torture me by mentioning she's got a partially completed Chris/JC/Chris time travel story in her WIP files. It's likely that if this thing ever came to fruition it would melt my face off just by sheer dint of its' existence. Maybe a large-scale mass poking is in order?![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2012-02-12 01:23 am (UTC)And you've read the Porn Saga of Doom, haven't you? *g*
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Date: 2012-02-12 11:43 pm (UTC)I have!! I'm saving it for another category, actually, which is just as well - this had the potential to be a neverending post. So many threesomes, so little time...
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Date: 2012-02-12 02:16 am (UTC)And now I have to ask - do you happen to know of any fics featuring Justin being involved with any of the guys, but in which he's a bit of an inexperienced brat and/or he's super insecure? *lol* I just realized that he's really quite similar and close enough to my own favourite muse, so I think I could manage to really sink my teeth into him in the bandom world if I find the right stories. Basically anything with him the way he was in this one.
I'd also be into him being unbearably bratty. Oh man, tell me there's a story or two of him being completely unbearable, and the rest of the band all gang rape him into submission?! I'd be very grateful. ;)
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Date: 2012-02-13 12:08 am (UTC)Hm. Neither Bratty Justin or Insecure Justin sound like too tall an order; I'm sure there are plenty of fics that fit both those descriptions. Let me think about it for a little while and I'll let you know what I come up with. :)
There are a bunch of other awesome folks doing these recs, actually. You might want to check out some of their recent posts, see if anything strikes a chord with you:
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Date: 2012-02-12 04:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-12 11:46 pm (UTC)