awesome women recs post

[such_heights]

In the spirit of womenlovefest, I thought I'd host a little festival of recs. Some of the women we love have loads of stuff made for them, but not everyone knows where that is, and for other characters the goods are unfortunately few and far between.

How it works: you comment with an awesome lady you'd like some fanwork recs for, with details as appropriate. Other people comment with links. Squee for all!

Examples:

+ Amy Pond, fic or art set between the main action of the Eleventh Hour and the end of the episode. Gen preferred, though background Amy/Rory is fine.
+ Laura Roslin, icons and journal headers. No spoilers past s2, please.
+ Toph Bei Fong, any medium, any ship, with bonus points for femslash.

Put the character name in the subject of your comment. If someone's already commented with the character you had in mind, feel free to add your request beneath theirs in the thread.

I'll be in and out today, but will try and leave some recs for all the characters that I can! Feel free to include characters from fandoms I don't know, too, and hopefully other people can help you out.

Comments

Olivia Dunham, Fringe

[such_heights]

Anyone got any Olivia fic recs for me? Olivia, Altlivia, all the Olivias! Preferably not heavily Olivia/Peter, though background is okay, and any other het/femslash ships welcome.

Re: Olivia Dunham, Fringe

[chaila]

This may not be new to you, and it's Astrid POV (somehow I think you won't mind?), but I adore Olivia through Astrid's eyes in this, as well as everything else: when we've been here a thousand years.

Martha Jones, Doctor Who

[such_heights]

Rec me your favourite Martha fanworks! I'd be particularly interested to see anything that is set in s4 and beyond, and if anyone has anything with her interacting with Team Eleven, that would be amazing.

Re: Martha Jones, Doctor Who

[copracat]

The Almost Last of the Timelords Benevolent Society - an all too brief Martha/Romana story.

Kensi Blye, NCIS:LA

[eleanorjane]

Kensi from NCIS:LA - any genre. I kind of ship her with Deeks but I'm happy to read gen or other pairings, and crossover with the main NCIS series is fine too.

(HOW do I not have a Kensi icon?! *woe*)

Naomi Campbell, Skins

[fly_to_dawn]

I'd love to see anything that takes place after S4, whether involving Emily or not!

Gwen Cooper, Torchwood

[netgirl_y2k]

I would love some fic recs (gen, het, femslash, hit me with your best shot!) really just anything where the focus is on Gwen.

Re: Gwen Cooper, Torchwood

[such_heights]

pocky_slash has written loads of Gwen and Gwen+Ianto BFF things. A few examples include The Joy of Cooking, which is a Gwen-centric story about how Gwen totally cannot cook.

Club Wales is an epic Gwen and Ianto friendship story.

I also like lorannah's Job Requirements, which is about Gwen and Ianto foiling Andy's attempts to join Torchwood.

Freya, Merlin

[sophinisba]

Fic, podfic, or art. These days we get a lot of great Arthur/Merlin fics that feature strong appearances by Freya, but I'm looking for anything where she is part of the main pairing. In fic I'd especially love modern AUs in her POV.

Re: Freya, Merlin

[emei]

I just started reading Lady Ragnell's These Inconvenient Fireworks, 13 000 words of Freya/Gwaine modern AU. Have you read that one? Gwaine POV so far, but still awesome.

Jenny Shepard, NCIS

[used_songs]

I would love anything that's pre-series - Jenny as a badass agent in Europe, for example.

Cersei Lannister, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones

[chaila]

A shot in the dark, but you never know!

I always think there must be some good angry Cersei Lannister fic out there, but I'm not embedded enough in the fandom to find it. Any pairing or rating is great, but bonus points if she's really pissed at Jaime.

Re: Cersei Lannister, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones

[netgirl_y2k]

the joinery is a Cersei/Ned AU where Ned takes the throne instead of Robert, but mostly it is a really great character study of Cersei.

Kate Harper, The West Wing

[twtd]

Anything at all, really. I'll even taken ensemble fic if she's actually in the ensemble.

Re: Kate Harper, The West Wing

[chaila]

damelola wrote me THE BEST Kate & CJ fic. I'm biased obviously, but I think it's lovely: Connection.

This is CJ-centric, but has a very nice section with Kate: Everything's Green.

Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter

[coffeesuperhero]

Gen preferred, but anything, really. Anything at all!

Re: Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter

[liseuse]

Well, there is a whole plethora over at quinquatrus - which is devoted to Minerva. But, I especially recommend Air Heart, The Supervisor's Tale and Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon.

Abbey Bartlet, The West Wing

[coffeesuperhero]

Somewhere on the internet, someone must have written an Abbey epic, right? Where Jed/Abbey is probably there (because ♥) but really the story is all about her? Because she's awesome? Right? Yes? Somewhere? A girl can dream!

Kalinda Sharma, The Good Wife

[dharmavati]

I'd love anything gen or femslashy. Anything particularly about her relationship with Alicia would be amazing. :)

Re: Kalinda Sharma, The Good Wife

[softestbullet]

Kalindaaaa

Some of these aren't from Kalinda's POV, I hope that's ok!

Fic:
Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Kalinda gen with a side of Kalinda/OFC)
Many A Thing You Know You'd Like To Tell Her (Alicia/Kalinda)
Finds a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade (Alicia/Kalinda)
for the prompt: Owen tries to fix them (Alicia/Kalinda)
for the prompt: rules (Alicia/Kalinda)
In the Deep (Alicia/Kalinda)
Could Be (Kalinda/Lana)
You have not yet learned to crawl (Alicia/Kalinda)
Everything Changes, Everything Ends (Kalinda/Donna)
Dreaming Gives One Such Bad Luck (Kalinda/Lana)
Buckingham Fountain in June (Alicia/Kalinda)
i want to become acutely aware of all i've taken for granted (Kalinda/Lana)

Fanmix:
If Bridges Fall You'll Fall Too (Alicia/Kalinda)

Beverly Crusher, TNG

[ladymercury_10]

The fandom is so old I don't know where to look. Gen preferred, but any recs would be welcome. Fic, vids, icons--anything really, except I don't have time to read long multi-chapter fics.

Patty Chase, Angela Chase - My So-Called Life

[liseuse]

I have no idea where to begin looking for this fandom, but I feel the need to read fics about these two. Either separately, or together. For extra bonus points, and virtual cupcakes, future!fic stuff where they have heart-to-hearts.

Moira MacTaggert, XMFC-verse

[pocky_slash]

I'd prefer gen or femslash, or even plotty fic with other ships where she features heavily, but isn't the main character.

Re: Moira MacTaggert, XMFC-verse

[(Anonymous)]

Here, Have some:

Moria/Emma:
The Persistance of Memory by st_aurafina
http://archiveofourown.org/works/291854

i've laced up both my boots by aphrodite_mine
http://archiveofourown.org/works/261191

Sam Carter, SGA era

[pocky_slash]

I know there's a lot of Sam stuff from SG-1, but I'd like to see stuff where she's on Atlantis. Gen, femslash, het, I don't care.

Re: Sam Carter, SGA era

[(Anonymous)]

Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants by Tipper
http://megtipper.tripod.com/giants.htm
[gen]

Diana Barrigan, White Collar

[pocky_slash]

ALL THE FIC PLEASE. ALL OF IT. (well, all the gen and femslash at least.)

Re: Diana Barrigan, White Collar

[rabid_bookwyrm]

Safety Meeting (Diana/Christie, Jones, background Peter/El/Neil)

Emily Prentiss, Criminal Minds

[makai]

Genfic that incorporates what we found out about her history in S6.

Morgan/Prentiss OKAY because show apparently considered doing that.

Cindy 'Mac' MacKenzie, Veronica Mars

[coffeesuperhero]

ANYTHING. ALL THE FIC. Gen is great, femslash is great (esp. Veronica/Mac, secret VM ship of my heart).

Azula, Avatar: the Last Airbender

[lizbee]

Fic or vids, any point in the series, any pairing.

Re: Azula, Avatar: the Last Airbender

[eleanorjane]

Three Azula recs for you:

* Of the Fruit (and not the Flower) by recessional, and the companion piece Mother and Daughter.

* 水火 by trascendenza.

All three are post-series, about Azula's life and recovery, afterwards. It's been a while since I've read them, but I have strong memories of all three being awesome.

ladies of Doctor Who

[sophinisba]

I'm looking for fairly short fic (preferably between 2000 and 5,000 words or so, for a podfic project) focused on a non-sexual relationship (friendship, enmity, complicated work relationship...) between two women. Martha-and-Rose would probably be my first choice, Martha-and-Donna would also be awesome, but I'm interested in all the women of new Who, as well as Torchwood seasons 1-3.

Re: ladies of Doctor Who

[rabid_bookwyrm]

Lovely Branches (Amelia Pond and the Bad Wolf)

Tami Taylor, Friday Night Lights

[mammothluv]

Any and all Tami Taylor, please. Gen is awesome paired with, well anybody, is awesome too. I just need more Tami in my life.

Re: Tami Taylor, Friday Night Lights

[chaila]

Number Line is a lovely Tami character study.

And in case you want vids too, Something Beautiful is a gorgeous Tami vid (and probably one of my favorite character vids ever). <3

Stephanie Brown, DC Comics

[mammothluv]

I would love any and all Stephanie especially gen or femslash. If there is any Steph/Babs, I will die of excitement.

Re: Stephanie Brown, DC Comics

[tamsin]

Are you interested in fan art as well or only fics?

Storm, X-men

[tamsin]

Rec me some Storm fan works please. Fic, art, meta etc. Gen and het are welcome, but I'd especially love femslash. Comic or movie verse are both fine.

Re: Storm, X-men

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know how to embed links so sorry for the ugly format, but here it goes:

What is Kept by C. Elisa
http://c-elisa.slashcity.org/what-is-kept.html
[Storm/Rogue]

Possession by C.Elisa
http://c-elisa.slashcity.org/possession.html
[this one i love with all my heart b/c this is the first time i've seen someone address Ororo's pagan origins and her religious beliefs. Really beautifully done. Storm/Yukio and Storm/Rogue.]

As for art, I mostly just hit up ororomunroe.tumblr, they have some seriously amazing art on there.

Ruby, Supernatural

[alexseanchai]

Anything at all that I did not write.

Re: Ruby, Supernatural

[cantarina]

You may have already seen it, but I can never rec The Ecstasy of the Rose enough.