LINKDING

<blockquote>“Do you remember, Sam, how Bilbo used to start the holiday at Bag End?” Inexplicably Jewish hobbits talk about celebrating Pesach, and of course someone has to sing Chad Gadya.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Then why don't you stop shirriffing?" Sam says to me, and so I did, though it's easier in the telling than it is in the doing. I shouldn't have needed another body telling me what's up and what's down in the Shire, right you are. But you take one small step after another, till you wake up one Wintring morn in a damp Shirriff-house with your back stiff and your head bleared, and it's not the life you used to know no more. That's how it went with me and most other lads in our troop, none of us meaning no harm. But all this while we stuck to muttering amongst ourselves about lack of ale and vittles and such, instead of looking where the real damage lay. It didn't fit in our heads that our duties might be aught else than what we'd been learned to do as our job.</blockquote>

<blockquote>En route to Weathertop, Aragorn tries to ease Sam's distrust of him. It doesn't go quite as planned.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Through the spite of the spirits or plain rotten chance, a door that would have been better left untouched has opened. On the other hand, with Fire and Earth as one's allies, sometimes escaping is the easy part. Even the Dragon-King's temple floods.</blockquote> ➤ great worldbuilding work, a well-handled crossover, a compelling threat, fun characterizations and character interactions. I also appreciated the way the language barrier was handled. Thoroughly engaging story, well done. Could do without the stealth crossovers in the minor background characters though, and I was baffled by how everyone called Daniel "Danny"

<blockquote>If you lived next door to the Winchester family in 1993, would you call Child Protective Services?</blockquote>

<blockquote>Here is a fic in which Sam, Natasha, and Bucky bake Steve a birthday cake</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sam and Vala. In Vegas.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The screen blipped and the person reappeared, now clutching a large Ragdoll cat who was purring even as the human muffled another scream in it's fur. "Omigod. Omigod. I'm calm. I'm calm. GUYS. So you remember how I said I hoped you'd send in reaction vids to the hairstyle tutorials? I think Captain America just sent me one, oh my fucking God." They squeezed the cat tightly enough that it let out a mildly protesting squeak. "OH GOD, Roadkill, I'm so sorry, Mommy's so excited right now." They let go of the cat and it sort of flowed into a puddle between them and the camera. "Okay. Okay. Roll video." Sam paused the video long enough to break out the ginger ale and vodka.</blockquote> ➤ Oh my god this is a thing of beauty and wonder and delight forever

<blockquote>"The army offered you wings, Stark offered you a spot on his payroll." Natasha thumbs the join of the cardboard sleeve on her cup. "You've declined. I wondered why." "I have a job to do here," Sam says. He pushes off the floor with one foot, rocking his chair back against the wall. "Pretty important one, actually."</blockquote>

<blockquote>SHIELD goes down. Pepper Potts deals with the aftermath.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Teal'c/Sam friendship (maybe some pre-het here) fic that is... weird. It explores some religious themes that I've had on my mind concerning Teal'c for quite a while. </blockquote>

<blockquote>Teal'c shares his trade secrets with Sam.</blockquote> ➤ or: on doing make-up ➤ also at https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1510190/1/Morning-Rituals

➤ does what it says on the tin!

<blockquote>Everyone says the same thing when they see the TARDIS for the first time. Well. Ish.</blockquote>

➤ Decades before HCL, Sam Tyler meets Art Bergmann in a bar, and Sam wants to do just one thing that will actually turn out to help.

➤ I, uh, don't remember...but it was good

<blockquote>Dean's birth certificate is for 'Deanna Winchester,' same as their grandmother. Bonus points for John learning to raise Dean as a boy.</blockquote>

➤ Sam Carter and the Doctor meet at a scientific conference, and talk nerdy to each other about time travel. It is excellent.

➤ Sam and Dean in Narnia. Lovely and peaceful. Narnia gives them what they need.

➤ Sam and Dean confront Crowley for the Colt. Adorable and awesomesauce.

➤ Sam finding himself after the events of the movie, learning how to move on.

➤ Teyla accidentally sells her teammates for a ranch. Funny and awesome.

➤ Sam tries to figure out how to save Dean from hell using the book Life of Jonathan Strange, amazing depiction of everything

➤ Sam is bitter at Rodney over the Teal'c thing and wants to make him understand, and Rodney-from-the-future gets dragged into Rodney's body

<blockquote>"And that's really what it says." "Well, I took a liberty with 'bluebell.' The direct gloss is 'blue cups.' But I think I've captured original rhythm and intent." He set the page down. "Why did you have me translating poetry?" "Oh, I don't know. Maybe because it was in a text file marked 'Introduction to Basic Physical Chemistry.'" It was all Rodney could do not to start screaming and throwing things. </blockquote> ➤ Rodney and Sam talking science

<blockquote>Sam thinks up a more fitting punishment for McKay after '48 Hours.'</blockquote> ➤ Mensaverse.