Sunday, January 20, 2019

From A to Z



From A To Z by rachel500
Tony/Pepper
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13790139?view_full_work=true#bookmark-form

Excellent story with some seriously amazing twists. When I first started the story I thought it was good but not really different from most time travel. But the deeper you go the more you are pulled in. It's not till near the end you realize just how much crap Tony has gone through in both timelines and the sacrifices he makes to ensure that this time they win. The scene in front of the committee where Steve is justifying his actions and they want Tony view on the Winter Soldier is just heart wrenching. He is trying so hard to be cool and unaffected but this time he has support, he has Pepper, he has people to tell him his reaction is normal and Steve was wrong. The author includes both versions of the timeline in each chapter you get A and Z. Even though time pushes many things to happen as before the changes in the people and their reactions thanks to Tony's intervention is just amazing. Strange was right he was the only one who could do this and he did one hell of a job.

The Scholar


The Scholar by Morena
Gen Merlin & Arthur

http://www.tthfanfic.org/wholestory.php?no=28215#chapter1

Very good story of Merlin while waiting for Arthur to be reborn gets involved in the Stargate Program as an old man. It just goes hilariously downhill from there. The story explores some of what happens although the timeline in SG1 is not really changed just added to. Then Merlin realizes that Arthur is ready to be born so before he leaves SGC He brings in a long mysterious package that when he unwraps it in the gateroom turns out to be a sword that he thrusts into the ground that rises around it until it becomes the Sword in the stone. Good writing, and as for the ending it was perfect especially the story of the dragon that lasts through generations. Not to take away from or make light of the author but this is the kind of refreshing story you need when you finish an intense, dark, or angsty story to help you recharge