His smile falls off. He doesn't try to catch it.

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Drive by rec: Alone Together by buffyaddict_fic. Band of Brothers, gen, Tipper and Liebgott centric, 22,000 words. I was intrigued when I saw it on my flist, mostly because I LOVE Liebgott, and I was surprised to find an extremely well-written, moving, powerful portrait of two young men who build a connection only to have it snatched away by a mortar in Carentan. Tipper's point of view is delightful - essentially an original character, given he only has one scene in BoB, but I fell in love with him immediately. I especially adore his perspective on Joe's slightly manic nature. But as poignant as the first part is, the second part, where Lieb has to soldier on by himself, survive Bastogne and Landsberg... well. Let's just say it got me crying. There's only 2 parts (of 4) posted so far, but she has them written and they should be up in a couple days.

If you're a Band of Brothers fan, you want to read that. Just sayin'. :)

This story isn't helping my problem with being COMPLETELY HEAD OVER HEELS for Liebgott. He's vying for #1! Crazy, I know!

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[vertrauen.livejournal.com]

Ooh yay! *opens up new tab in BoB window*

Question: have you read the Spellcaster!AU on C_T?

IT IS SO GOOD YOU HAVE NO IDEA. It's the current source of my BoB fic squee!flail at the moment.

edit: I CAN'T SPELL ACRONYMS. FML. :(

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I haven't yet, but I've got that girl's whole fanfic archive open in a tab so I will get there, don't you worry! :D

You will LOVE this one, omg. It's got the best portrayal of the trauma of war I've seen yet, but most specifically the trauma for a Jewish man. It's really something else.

[buffyaddict13.livejournal.com]

er, sorry to butt in, but could you tell me what the spellcaster!au is? if it's about liebgott, i'm interested.

THANK YOU.

[vertrauen.livejournal.com]

As summarized by the author: Magic is real, and the world’s armies employ spellcasters whenever they can. Most refuse to fight, and end up in other jobs, depending on their abilities. Some become medics; some are engineers… and some become strategists. Lewis Nixon is the Intelligence Officer and Strategic Spellcaster for Easy Company.

The spellcaster!au is Winters/Nixon with Nix as it's main focus. It's set in the mini, so there is the chance to see Liebgott, but we don't follow him explicitly. Sorry. It's still a really good story, though. Thumbs up all around!

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I think telling her where she could find it would have been useful! Haha. (Niiiiix. I definitely need to read that series.)

[vertrauen.livejournal.com]

Oh, you hush. ;) I'd just woken up. Be thankful I was even coherent.

If both of you would like to find it, the latest part is HERE (http://community.livejournal.com/camp_toccoa/470970.html) with all previous chapters linked in the post.

And Anne? YOU SO NEED TO READ THIS. Dick is the goat to Nix's thoroughbred! *flails*

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.......that was a very disturbing sentence that I'm assuming makes SOME kind of sense in the context of the story. o.O

[vertrauen.livejournal.com]

Aye, indeed. And I quote:

“He’s coming to you straight out of OCS – a second looey by the name of Lewis Nixon. And if the name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s as thoroughbred as they come. His grandfather built the Navy.”

“And he’s high-strung?”

“He’s a damn spellcaster, Bob. You know the type – I don’t care what the manual we give the enlisted men says, spellcasters are unstable as hell. But I’ve seen this boy throw some amazing magic around. He’s grade-A, no mistake about it.”

“Thank you, I appreciate that, Sir,” said Sink. “And if he’s that good – hell, I can overlook a pet cat, if that’s what it takes to keep him sane.”

Taylor shook his head. “Not a cat. Or a goat. A person.”

Sink leaned in. “We’re not talking about a woman, are we, Sir? I can’t take a woman into combat just because she keeps my spellcaster calm, I don’t care how good the magic is.”

Taylor grinned. “No, not a woman. Another officer. It’s another lucky break for you, too, since apparently they only met at OCS.”

“His name?”

Taylor shook his head. “You’ll figure it out soon enough. But I don’t want to start you out with the idea that man’s only useful because he keeps Nixon calm. He’s a talented fellow; I would have sent him to you regardless. Keep that in mind when you figure out who he is.”

“I will, Sir,” said Sink.



All the more reason for you to READ THE STORY, ANNE. ;)

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Ahahaha OMG. Nixon can't go anywhere without his Winnnnters! That is SO PRESH. It's on my ASAP list for sure. :D

[vertrauen.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! *hi-five*

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It's written by profcricket and you have to ask her to friend you so you can see the locked spellcaster posts, but from what I hear it's worth it!

[insevens.livejournal.com]

My girlfriend loves Lieb. :D I'm a Lieb/Webb shipper myself. I think there's something intriguing about the whole well-educated/well-experienced juxtaposition of the two.

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LIEEEEEB. I also too think Lieb/Web (not Webb! That's another guy in Easy who dies at Foy :() is truly delightful in a rather angry clashy kind of way. I looove their conversation in the truckbed. "Seriously? I love to read!" OH LIEB. ♥

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

I've been reading this fic, and it's so fucking good, oh my god. her perspective on leibgott is just. heavenly.

but, man, leibgott has always vied for the top spot in my book, maybe because he's small and angry and jewish, but this fic just reminds me of why I watched the series straight through two times in a row and forced about three other people to watch it with me, haha. and now I want to watch it again.

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Yes, yes, exactly! It's everything else I wanted on Liebgott that the series didn't quite give us. It's just got all these extra little moments, and she gets inside his head so well. It's amazing.

The story definitely captures why BoB is so riveting! And it's also turned up to 11! I've been rewatching pretty much constantly for the last month, haha. My VLC playlist always has at least 3 or 4 BoB eps opened in the last couple days just so I could watch this moment or that. It's so goood!

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SO AMAZINGLY GOOD LIKE WHOA. It kind of blew my mind, especially because I went in totally blind and not knowing what to expect.

Lieeeeeb! Every time I watch I find more things to love about him. He is very small and angry and Jewish and I find all of these things delightful. I also really enjoy his pigtail-pulling with Webs, it's seriously adorable. The reason this fic gave for that - that Webs wasn't at Bastogne so Lieb could actually stand to be around him - was really interesting and changes how I view those episodes to some extent. But he just has so many different moments, from adorably cutting hair (which is trufax! Bill Guarnere talks about it in his book) to fighting with Guarnere on the ship to playing Pop The German after Alley gets hurt to telling Webster he "loves to read! Flash Gordon mostly" to seeing the camp and basically falling apart in front of our eyes, oh my god. ;____; He just has the most compelling arc and emotional journey and augh I love him BEYOND ALL REASON. This story just cemented that.

Um, I'll shut up now. :D (And you should totally watch it again!)

ETA: HAHAHA I totally forgot I had already replied to this comment. Well, now with extra Liebgott fangirling! :D

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

ahahahaha, whatever, I approve of all leibgott fangirling! he is fantastic and I love him. though I have trouble choosing between leib, roe, and toye as my favorites. they all have such interesting stories in them! if I ever wrote in this fandom it would totally be about one of the three of them. or all of the three of them. haha. I totally understand the leib/webs love, though I don't have much interest in it, myself. I'm interested in the conflicts in their relationship more than the overlap, I think. they have such great conflict, oh man. (all I want, seriously, is one long, plotty leib/roe fic. I KNOW IT MAKES NO SENSE. I still can't help my stupid rarepair impulses.)

and, dude, have you read to the end of that fic yet? because, oh man. I love it.

also, I am totally making a plan to rewatch, like, as we speak.

[buffyaddict13.livejournal.com]

babe, thank you so much for the wonderful rec. *glomp*