Hit me, baby, one more time!

[timepiececlock]

Ok, anime fans. I know there's a few of you out there, because you answered my earlier journal posts.

Of those of you that exist, step forward all those who've seen Cowboy Bebop!

And now the very skimpy number of you, give me fic recs. Hit me with good, long, epic Bebop fic that I may ingest without shame. Faye/Spike slant being preferable.

C'mon... pretty please?

Comments

Re: Some recs...not exactly what you're looking for but good reads no less

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Well, the sad truth is Shaka that A LOT of the Bebop fic out there, especially at ff.net and in particular the Spike/Faye stuff, basically sucks ass. It's mostly written by 14 yrs olds who lack in basic writing skills and write song fics and really reaching A/U's where Spike miraculously comes back to life (cuz it's the only way he and Faye will ever be together you see) that pledge Spike and Fayes eternal love.

::giggle:: I'm rather liking the ones where he doesn't actually die in the first place. But yeah, I can tell.

I have my standard ff.net fic-finding method:

I use the list filters 'romance'/'wordcount'/character or whatever, and then I scroll through until I find a first few decent or good stories. Then I look at those author's favorites lists and profiles. Which leads to more favorites lists. And about 8/10 times, most of what other people bother to mark as "favorite" is worth reading.

And then, if I get stuck because they don't list their fvorites, I leave a review for one of the better stories I've found, and flatter the writer then ask them for recs. Most people are happy to rec stuff to you, especially if you review and then ask their opinion.