"Classics" search/Newbie recommendations?

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

Hello all!

I'm rather new to QAF fanfiction and eager to read lots of stories.  That being said, I don't really know where to start!  

So if anyone has any "Must read!"/Classic/newbie recommendations to get the ball rolling, I would be so grateful!  As far as pairings go, I really like Brian/Justin, however I'm open to other possibilities as well.  (Although please no extreme rape fics or hardcore bdsm, etc.)  

Thank you very much!!!

(If this type of post breaks any rules or this question has already been asked a lot, please tell me and I'll delete this straight away. thanks)

EDIT:  Thanks to everyone for the recommendations!!  I have plenty enough for now.  If you really want to send me more recs, you can send me a private message, but I think I have enough for now to keep me quite busy :] Thanks again.

Comments

[sodoesrachael.livejournal.com]

Check the tags, there are all sorts of yummy things there. :) But to get you started:

http://community.livejournal.com/getithere/tag/recs:%20personal%20rec%20lists

The tag list for all the previous requests like yours. :)

Also try amelialourdes' rec list:

http://amelialourdes.livejournal.com/321795.html

and part two: http://amelialourdes.livejournal.com/347122.html

If you come across anything by Myrna, READ IT. That's my rec to you: Myrna. Everything she's ever written is amazing, most notably her tumor!fic. You'll find it. ;)

Happy reading!! :D

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

thank you so much!! I can't wait to read it all!

[edom56.livejournal.com]

This is my rec list:

http://delicious.com/Edom56/Brian%2FJustin

Everything is marked so you can see if there is something in it you don't want to read :)

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

Oooo, thank you!! This looks wonderful!

[shopinchickcas.livejournal.com]

Here are some of my favs... some of them may not necessarily be considered "classics" but I they're fics I read over and over and still never tire of reading:

Inescapable by Suzvoy (http://www.suzvoy.com/qaf/inescapable.html): Brian and Justin don't meet until the bombing in 510 where Justin saves Mikey

After the End (http://qafvault.com/514.htm) by bloodyrose82: Post 513. Justin lives in NY and comes home for Debs birthday party. Extremely angsty. Second person POV. Excellent writing. Keeps in character 100% of the time and in the same style as the show (with prologues and epilogues in each chapter like Mikey's intros in some episodes)

Truth in Advertising (http://scoobygang8.livejournal.com/tag/truth%20in%20advertising) by scoobygang8: B/J meet when Justin gets an internship at Kinnetik. They start out their friendship with a sort of prank war which is totally hilarious

Subject to Change (http://soundczech.livejournal.com/59991.html) by soundczech: AU where Brian moved to NY in season 1. It's 5 years later and he and Justin haven't spoken in 3 years when they run into each other at a club and become close friends.

Something More by branknewloser87 AKA Carly (http://www.mags-nificent.com/MSW/CF/SM.htm): HS AU (My favorite kind of AU!) where B/J have been best friends since they were kids. They're now fuck buddies and Justin is in love with Brian who has no idea.

Kondo (http://ryosato.livejournal.com/768378.html) by inner_justin and ryosato: Justin returns to Pittsburgh 10 years after he left for NY. He returns after Debbie dies and he sees Brian and a 15 year old Gus at Debbie's grave.
Alternates chapters between Brian's and Justin's POV. Also, don't miss all the sequels... the most recent one is a WIP that is pretty regularly updated (or at least was last time I checked... I have a bad habit of falling behind on WIPs so it's been awhile since I checked)

That should keep you going for a while, but if you need more HERE (http://delicious.com/shopinchickcas/QaF:Complete) is a link to my QaF bookmarks

Enjoy :)

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

THANKS!!!! this is awesome!!

[kiddoditto.livejournal.com]

just recomended this to a friend.
i think this two are classics, both are from the same author

if you needed me
http://www.queereyes.net/iynm_01.html

growing up kinney
http://www.queereyes.net/guk_01.html

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

thank you very much, I can't wait to get readingg!

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Anything by Myrna is a classic, because they're all over 5 years old.

And damned good.

[highd.livejournal.com]

I would give almost anything for her to finish TOWJIWAGABI.

[gander123.livejournal.com]

Me too, so wish it had been finished.

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

You want classic, in character stories?

Here you go! (http://asylums.insanejournal.com/qaf_retread)

You don't have to have an Insane Journal account (but you should!!!) to read these. There was a mirror comm here on LJ, but it's not updated anymore. All of the must-read fic in fandom from way back to right now gets rec'd there. Start at the top and work your way through. If you come across any links that are broken, let me know, and I'll either get you an alternate link, or let Bunny (the mod) know so that she can fix it.

Enjoy! And welcome! Any questions about this comm or any fics, whatever, feel free to drop me a PM!

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

This is perfect, thanks so much!!

[yennifaire.livejournal.com]

just read everything on www.queereyes.net ))

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

hahah thanks!

clasic rec

[anyusa0030.livejournal.com]

i loved everything from this rec,try it ,it as some of the clashttp://freakish-ct.livejournal.com/85950.htmlic .

Re: clasic rec

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

thanks!!

Re: clasic rec

[shopinchickcas.livejournal.com]

your link is screwed up... you have to remove the "ic" at the end or we get to a page that says:
"Page Not Found
I'm sorry, you've reached a page that I cannot find. I'm really sorry about this. It's kind of embarassing. Here you are, the user, trying to get to a page on LiveJournal and I can't even serve it to you. What does that say about me? I'm just a webserver. My sole purpose in life is to serve you webpages and I can't even do that! I suck. Please don't be mad, I'll try harder. I promise! Who am I kidding? You're probably all like, "Man, LiveJournal's webserver sucks. It can't even get me where I want to go." I'm really sorry. Maybe it's my CPU...no that's ok...how bout my hard drives? Maybe. Where's my admin? I can't run self-diagnostics on myself. It's so boring in this datacenter. It's the same thing everyday. Oh man, I'm so lonely. I'm really sorry about rambling about myself, I'm selfish. I think I'm going to go cut my ethernet cables. I hope you get to the page you're looking for...goodbye cruel world!
-the webserver"

TOTALLY random LOL

Re: clasic rec

[shopinchickcas.livejournal.com]

Oh wait... it changes each time you click on it... this time I'm getting this:

"Page Not Found

Umm...you weren't supposed to see this.

Are you sure you typed in the URL correctly?

Um. Yeah. If you could get going that would be great. Frank needs some privacy." *and then a pic of a goat on a toilet reading the paper*

This could keep me entertained for hours LOL

Re: clasic rec

[anyusa0030.livejournal.com]

its corrected,check my next post

Re: clasic rec

[anyusa0030.livejournal.com]

http://freakish-ct.livejournal.com/85950.html

[ahoct117.livejournal.com]

Absolutely everything by Discothequey! I specifically suggest the Getting There Series. A bunch of her fics are WIP (But fabulous and she's super reliable about updates!) so just check her livejournal which is here... http://discothequey.livejournal.com/ and also check http://community.livejournal.com/bjfic/ for new chapters of her and many authors fics. And you can read discothequey's fics here... http://archiveofourown.org/users/discothequey/works

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! Normally I'm kind of leery of starting WIPs because I hate waiting. However if the author is reliable with the updates, I'll definitely give the story a go, so thanks for mentioning that :)

[ahoct117.livejournal.com]

She just had a baby which can obviously hinder things, but she would never ever leave a fic hanging! I also suggest netlagd/netfics Commuter Fight Stories. The sequel is a WIP but you can read it without it. To read her stories you have to friend her netfics account which is here.... http://netfics.livejournal.com/ Happy Reading!

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I have to do the mod-ly thing and ask you to update your post. Just edit it to state that you have lots of recs, and if you want more, say you'll take more. *g*

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads-up! I just edited it as per your request. :]

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Thank you, you did good!

And I just really caught your username, so I'll use my icon to show my appreciation. *g*

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

haha Thanks :) Love the icon!

[memphisgreen.livejournal.com]

This is one of the most hilarious stories of QAF Fanfic past:

One Ring To Rule Your Ass (http://www.valerielewis.net/bj/ring.html) by Valerie Lewis

[scarhead-ferret.livejournal.com]

thanks!!

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Just read everything that Valerie wrote. Trust me. Oh, and please to not be drinking anything, kthx. lol