Top 5 HL Fics that....

[evildrem]

Following my rec of the juicy jamwired's Softly Away. The beauteous belly dancing beeej asked for the other fics that made up my top 5. So without further ado:

Top 5 HL Fics That Make Me Cry/Hurt/Go Eeek!

1. One Thousand by amand_r:- The first time I read this fic it made me dry retch. That's how powerful it is. Even on a re-read it retains the power to shock and has the compelling qualities of a multiple car wreck. True. Macabre. Genius.

2. Softly Away:- Agonising and beautiful.

3. The Book of Lost Days By Taselby:- This fic will gouge your heart out with a blunt spoon. You can taste the almost happiness! Argh!

4. Glass Bells by tritorella:- I hate children. This fic made me weep buckets. I still haven't entirely forgiven the author. *wry grin*

5 Something Borrowed, Something Blue by Gillian Leeds:- This made me cry and go Eeek!. I think its the one fic that has had the most profound effect on how I *see* Methos.

I chose the above fics because they are one shots which are complete in themselves. I have read other fics, which I have had strong reactions to but they tend to be part of a series, which needs to be read in it's entirety to get the full effect. I'm thinking here in particular of Kite by my darling lastrega or And In The Morning by the horrifically talented hafital or ye-gods-the-pain Storm Front by the magnificent maygra which is the end chapter of her truly 'classic' Shield Brothers Arc. There are many more of course and no doubt in a few hours I'm going to want to add to this as I remember them but it will do for now.

So, what's your Top 5?

Comments

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reminder. I hadn't remembered who wrote "One Thousand" and "And in the Morning."

Is the Gillian Leeds story on a password-protected site?

[dorothy1901]

Is the Gillian Leeds story on a password-protected site?

The direct link works for me. You can also find the story at Seventh Dimension.

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

I get a "forbidden" message, on two different browers. Eh.
I'll track it down on 7th D; thanks.

[dorothy1901]

I completely agree with you about "One Thousand" and "The Book of Lost Days."

Taselby's Conjugal Visits makes me cry every time I read it. Sylvia Volk's Millennium, Kat Allison's The Parting Glass and Barb G's Disappointment all hit me hard.

On a quasi-related note: I'm disappointed that Connor's death in Endgame wasn't more affecting. If it had been a scene in a well-written fan fiction by a writer like MacNair, I'd probably cry my heart out. As it was, the strongest emotion evoked by that movie was irritation.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

So, OF COURSE, the first thing I do at 8:30 in the morning is read "One Thousand".

Waaaaaaaaaaaah...

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

::spooky voice::

Reeeeeeeeead myyyyyyyyyy fic!

Re:

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

I diiiiiiiid, and I criiiiiiiiiiied like a mooooooooootherfucker.

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[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Thaaaaaaaaas right! Take it!

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

There are maybe a half-dozen poor dead, dying Joe stories that are twistingly sad and well written. Jay Tryfanstone's "Waiting for Joe" was the most recent, and very affecting. Kat Allison's "Last Set Before Closing" and the story that won the judge's first for the BTE contest also come to mind.

I don't know, otherwise. I'm not fond of tear-jerkers; they make me angry, most of the time.

But...but...damn it all!!! Jamwired should KNOW better...

[(Anonymous)]

Than to forget to put something like MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH in here!! I was Sooooooooo NOT in the mood to read "Softly Away" but how was I to know it was the wrong story for my mood today?!?!?!!! arrrrrrgggggggg
Now I'm bawling my eyes out, hiding in my office!

shitfireassholebutt........I need a drink.

However...I love all your rec's and it was a very well written story.