The Turtle Jourtle

I had a root canal today. Woo!



It's 2014. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is American Sniper. New terms coined include: aro, Black Lives Matter, hard pass, land acknowledgement, manspreading, on fleek, and Zoom.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. had its 50th anniversary in 2014, and celebrations included the MFU Mini Bang, from which I drew several of the fics I read for the year. I read five fics in all: four Man from U.N.C.L.E. and one Professionals.

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It's 2012, and people are talking a variety of nonsense about the Mayan calendar. Psy is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is The Avengers. New terms coined include: escape room, generative AI, hot take, JOMO, and reaction GIF.

For 2012, I read five works: three Professionals fics, one Battlestar Galactica x A-Team crossover, and one Man from U.N.C.L.E. x Doctor Who crossover.
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The virtual Bistocon took place this weekend. At previous Bistocons, the rec panels have often been dominated by older zine-era fics, classics of Pros fandom. This year, for a change, the con com asked people to recommend fics published in 2010 and later. I don't feel that newer fics have been underrepresented among my recs, particularly. Yet, having made the effort to identify all the Pros fics in my Beloved Collection that were published in 2010 or later, then winnow those down to relatively few titles, it was inevitable that I'd make a post about it.

I shared some of these during the rec panel, but not most of them. I sorted them into a few different categories for easy reference, as seen below.

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Enjoy!

I'm not feeling much enthusiasm for writing up fics today. It's been at least a month since I read the first one for this round, though, and I neglected to take any notes this time. I feel I should get something down while I still remember my reactions. The results may be sketchier than usual.



It's 2009, not a good year for me. Lady Gaga is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is Avatar. New terms coined include: alt-right, body-shame, cryptocurrency, dox, gig economy, jegging, and makerspace.

For the year 2009, I read five fics: one Man from U.N.C.L.E. fic, one Harry Potter x Sherlock Holmes crossover, and three Professionals fics.

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My mental health has been bad this week...which means it's time for another rec post. Playing with my Beloved Collection of favorite fics always makes me feel better.

These recs will have no particular structure or theme. I'm just going to root around and see what strikes a chord in me this evening. I'm not going to try to avoid overlap with past posts, either, because at this point I can't remember which fics I've already brought up. I'm turning over a new leaf.

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Today I have two years' worth of write-ups to share. I've been reading quite a bit lately, but between one thing and another, I haven't been able to post. Fortunately, I recently had the bright idea to write notes about each fic as I finish it, rather than trying to write them all up from memory later. (Don't ask me why I didn't think of this until now, because I don't know.)



It's 2007. Rihanna is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is Spider-Man 3. New terms coined include: Bechdel test, colony collapse disorder, coworking, crowdfunding, hashtag, Latinx, listicle, mic drop, tweetstorm, and yeet.

For 2007, I read five fics: three Professionals, one Sherlock Holmes, and one Man from U.N.C.L.E..

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Now it's 2008. Coldplay is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is The Dark Knight. New terms coined include: adorbs, Bitcoin, fatberg, ghost pepper, infinity scarf, mansplain, Me Too, photobomb, and unfollow.

I read five fics for 2008: two Professionals, two Sherlock Holmes, and one based on the movie But I'm a Cheerleader.

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During the second 10 rounds of my Lifetime Fic Bingo game, 1996 to 2005, I read 56 fics. Of those, the five that I would most recommend today are:

The Assassin's Daughter by Lacey McBain (laceymcbain) (The Professionals; slash; 16,769 words)
Remember Me by Gil Hale (The Professionals; gen; 25,630 words)
To Live in Interesting Times by Taliesin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; slash; 19,657 words)
The Uncertainty Principle by C. W. Walker (st_crispins) (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; gen; 20,145 words)
Verity by kerravonsen (The Sentinel x The Matrix; gen; 35,486 words)

(Above: Green Day performs music for the decade 1996-2005.)

All recommended fics:

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(Looks like I forgot to post this here when I first put it up on LJ. Oops.)



It's 2004, and I am graduating from high school. Usher is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is Shrek 2. New terms coined include: aromantic, chonky, Dreamer, FOMO, life hack, paywall, podcast, sharing economy, social media, and waterboarding.

For 2004, I read five fics, each from a different fandom. I read: one Professionals fic, one A-Team fic, one Man from U.N.C.L.E. fic, one Sentinel fic, and one Harry Potter fic.

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It's 2002. Eminem is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is Spider-Man. New terms coined include: airplane mode, burkini, emerald ash borer, goji berry, parkour, reggaeton, selfie, thumb drive, TL;DR, and vlog.

For 2002 I read (you guessed it) five fics: one Man from U.N.C.L.E., one Sherlock Holmes, two Professionals, and one Sentinel x The Matrix crossover.

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It's the year 2000, and pedants are making sure everyone knows that the new millennium will not start until next year. *NSYNC is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is How the Grinch Stole Christmas. New terms coined include: abandonware, climate change denial, downvote, faux-hawk, geochaching, google, grain bowl, speed dating, sudoku, and TiVo.

It's been a long time since my last Lifetime Fic Bingo post, both because I've been busy with other things and because I read more than usual this time. For the year 2000, I read two Professionals fics, one Sentinel fic, one Sentinel crossover with the works of H. P. Lovecraft, and one Man from U.N.C.L.E. fic. I also read three fics from 1999 as background for their sequels published in 2000, for a total of eight fics altogether. Let's hope I can remember them all well enough to write them up.
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