there will be a fish

I recently managed to read a couple of therapy-related fics in short succession, and since fic featuring therapy is one of my favorite things, I thought I'd put together a recs post:

1. Eight Sessions (Due South, Fraser/Kowalski)
My very favorite of all my favorite therapy fics: after a bad on the job shooting, Ray and Fraser have to go to mandatory counseling sessions. And if anyone needs therapy more than Benton Fraser, or could possibly be worse at it, I would really like to see that. This is hilarious, heartbreaking, and heartwarming by turns. I'm sure most DS fans have already read this story, but it's always worth another read. ♥

2. Like Sailing and Home Runs (Sports Night, Dan/Casey)
Dan Rydell, and his therapy sessions following the end of the series. I just re-read this, and it's wonderful. It reads just like an episode of the show, and Dan's therapist Abby is brilliant, and the ins and outs of his sessions are complex and beautifully crafted.

3. Cartography By Touch (Stargate: Atlantis, McKay/Sheppard)
So, there's a reason that the Atlantis expedition has a psychologist on board. Sheppard is traumatized on an off-world mission, and slowly works through it. Great Heighmeyer, great dealing with the issues, great world-building stuff on Atlantis. (Watch the warnings, though.) There's also a Rodney-POV sequel/companion piece, History of Maps.

4. Therapy and Grapes (Life/In Treatment crossover, gen)
I was looking for In Treatment fic (of which there is very little) and found this in the process: Dani gets referred to Paul Weston for an assessment after the events of "Powerless", and he works his usual therapy magic. I kind of wanted a million more words of this, but it's quite good as it stands. Even if you've never seen In Treatment, it serves as a nice outsider-POV of Dani.

5. Abnormal Psychology (Bones/SGA crossover, gen)
This fic never fails to make me laugh. The concept? Lance Sweets becomes the new psychologist on Atlantis after Heightmeyer. AHAHAHAHAHA omg it's so good, you guys. Her Sweets-voice is genius, and if there is anyone who would mix worse with Sweets in a therapy session than John Sheppard.... HEE.

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6. untitled commentfic (Bones/Hawaii Five-0 crossover, gen)
This is sort of a follow-up to the previous rec, although it's really unrelated in anything but spirit. Because the only person worse than John Sheppard at therapy? Is Steve McGarrett. This, of course, does not stop Sweets.

- So I just realized that I never posted the results for the unguessed pairings in the quotations ship meme a couple of weeks ago. I've now updated the post with the answers -- no one guessed Miss Parker/Jarod (The Pretender), Josh Lyman/Donna Moss (The West Wing), Olivia Dunham/Peter Bishop (Fringe), Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), or Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams (Hawaii Five-0). For shame on the last one, people. The rest I kind of expected -- serves me right for being ridiculously multifannish. The pairings that were guessed were Brad Colbert/Nate Fick (Generation Kill), Bertie Wooster/Reginald Jeeves (Jeeves & Wooster), John Watson/Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes books), Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane (Lord Peter Wimsey series), and Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (Due South).

- I have started compulsively watching QI again. Why is Stephen Fry so awesome, seriously? I just want to be his friend, give him a hug, and sit around drinking tea and/or madeira while talking about obscure trivia. (SIGH why am I not Emma Thompson)

- Question: does anyone know where I might *ahem* look for video editing programs, with, say, an eye patch on, if you know what I mean? I've been really wanting to make some vids, but fuck if I'm going to do it with Windows Movie Maker again.

- In other, unrelated news, I can't stop listening to Janelle Monáe's song "Cold War". I'm not sure why. It's awesome. :)

Character meme from celli:

1. COMMENT WITH A MYSTERIOUS COMMENT OF YOUR CHOICE.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters and your thoughts on each.

( the letter D )

This is what happens when I start catching up on Hawaii Five-0, Castle, and Lie To Me all at the same time, and start thinking about how endearing all their prominent father-daughter relationships are.

( the qualifications )

[Poll #1677238]

Seriously, what is it about Hawaii Five-0? It makes my sister's brain take that "When I say 'Book 'em, Danno,' I mean it as a term of endearment" conversation and come up with this (and my current icon *points*). And then it makes my brain come up with this shit:

"I first returned to Honolulu on the trail of the killers of my father, and for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, I have remained, attached to the HPD as head of a gubernatorial taskforce."

I can also far too easily imagine them having conversations like these, or the "Come on, Fraser, just tell me the truth. Just say, I'm going to endanger your life, Ray, my friend, I'm going to endanger your life in a wildly bizarre way," or the "Do you find me attractive?" bit, or basically any of the vast majority of conversations that Fraser has with either Ray (except the ones about obeying the law, ha). Or the cross-dressing. And they already have the punching scene out of the way. And I would not put it past Steve to lick things, is all I'm saying, nor would I put it past Danny to exclaim loudly about said licking. (uh...WHOOPS LOL *is twelve*)

So basically:

Dear Due South Fans,

You will probably like Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams on Hawaii Five-0, even though their jokes are about pineapples and swimming rather than pemmican and dog-sledding. They also have Kono and Chin, so even though there are no ghosts or magical realism (aside from the fact that Steve hasn't managed to get himself killed yet), it's not like they're falling short.

I highly recommend watching this show! *thumbs up*

Love, Lindsey

P.S. If I took a poll of people who have liked both shows, I bet you would find some overlap. OH WAIT. I can take a poll! Here we go:

[Poll #1662487]

So I was looking at Alex O'Loughlin's IMDB profile, as you do, because Steve McGarrett, Hawaii Five-0, etc. Anyway, I had one of those amazing OH SHIT NO WAY HE WAS THAT AWESOME GUEST ACTOR moments (uh...I don't know if normal people have those, but I do).

See, do you guys remember Vincent, the serial killer in that utterly heartbreaking Criminal Minds ep "The Big Wheel" -- the OCD guy with the Buddy Holly glasses and the videotaping thing who made that odd clicking noise, with the little blind kid and the Ferris wheel scene at the end? I have always loved that character; it's one of those braintwisting CM episodes where you somehow wind up having enormous amounts of sympathy for that poor serial killer and cry at their death scene and all that. He was just so sad and likeable -- which I know doesn't change the fact that he was a serial killer, but the end of that episode always makes me cry.

ANYWAY, THAT WAS ALEX O'LOUGHLIN.

...I know, right? Go ahead, be amazed. I'll wait. :D

In all seriousness, though, my respect for him as an actor just went up about tenfold. Well played, sir.