Some f/f recs

I thought I'd share some things I've enjoyed lately.

1) [Fic] Don't Speak Against the Sun by zeffyamethyst - Original fic - OFC/OFC - 22K
Summary: adversus solem ne loquitor.

Sometimes it's not about winning, but how you play. Other times it's about doing whatever it takes to come out on top. Like, literally on top because Sarah enjoys holding Tish down.

This is such an enjoyable story, and is filled with lovely things that I adore - fuck buddies to more, misunderstandings, obliviousness, secret pining, team feels, women being awesome at things, and more. It's based on a fictional sport, which made for great world building. The characters have particularly well written dialogue and zeffyamethyst makes the obliviousness and misunderstandings believable. I have read this story at least 3 times, and I highly recommend it.

2) [Podfic] Serious read by exmanhater, written by Toft - Legally Blonde - Vivian Kensington/Elle Woods - 55min.
Summary: Elle's always noticed women. Elle, Enid, and Vivian, lovers and friends in law school, learning how to be who they are.

Legally Blonde \o/ It's a really well written story and it's brilliantly read. exmanhater gets Elle's tone down pat and made for a really fun listen. Elle is such an interesting character to me, she has so many layers and I loved how this podfic reflected that.

3) [Fic] I can tell that we are gonna be friends by dollsome - Bomb Girls - Kate Andrews/Betty McRae - 1701 words
Summary: Betty’s new chemistry lab partner is named Kate Andrews. She’s new at Victory High School, with uncontrollable red curls and eyes that remind Betty of a squirrel from a Disney movie. (Is there a Disney movie with a squirrel in it? It’s been awhile since Betty checked.)

High School AU \o/ These girls are so cute, and this story gives them nice things :) Milkshakes \o/ Cuteness \o/ I wish I was more coherent about this, but oh well, just read it. They are going to have a 'friend adventure' *star eyes*

4) [Podfic] It's Going Down (I'm Yelling Tinder) read by exmanhater, written by hapakitsune - Hockey RPF - Hilary Knight/Amanda Kessel - 19min
Summary:Hilary finds Amanda on Tinder.

Hockey girls being awesome and cute \o/ *swoon* exmanhater does a great job of capturing Hilary's energy and Amanda's vulnerability. This story is a really fun one and the performance elevates it to the level of: FAVOURITE for me. It's sweet and sexy and an A+ listening choice.

5) [Fic] No One Thinks About Eternity by impertinence - Hockey RPF - Amanda Kessel/Hilary Knight - 43K
Summary:It's the Griner signing that starts everything, really, propelling Amanda into the NHL; but for Amanda, the thing with Hilary starts a few years before.

Hockey ladies being awesome! This story imagines Amanda Kessel playing in the professional league of the NHL - there is great attention to detail, which I appreciated. Amanda is a well developed character, with ambition and strength, but also vulnerabilities. The romantic sub plot, is very much a sub plot, but it is fun and also very hot.

I would love some more f/f recs, both fannish and not <3

Vent post

Hi! This is me venting, please don't read if you are easily annoyed by (what you may think are) wrong opinions.

On tumblr somewhere a post came up about voting for Dean/Cas in a 'favourite television couple' competition, and I clicked through because I like voting in things and it turned out that they were up against Bo/Lauren and I despaired. People trying to get me to vote for Dean/Cas over a Canon Queer Lady couple make me so mad.

I went through my history for this post to find the actual link and now I feel even worse because Dean/Cas won.

I've been in Supernatural, I get that they're awesome, but it just feels like this represents EVERYTHING that can make me uncomfortable in fandom. Ignore the LEGIT example of awesome queerness in favour of queer baiting (I haven't watched SPN in years, but this is the sense I've always gotten from the official show stuff). Ignore the TWO badass female characters in favour of these male ones. In general, this culture has really been getting to me lately. Like, yes, I enjoy my dude slash, I really do, but I don't want it at the expense of the really awesome female characters. I want BOTH! I want brilliant, tropey, sexy f/f to be as frequent as the m/m.

On that note, here are a few f/f recs - which are in a different post so that people can get the recs without the bitchy commentary.

For reference, this is Bo/Lauren: