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recent bookmarks from fancakePerson of Interest: why don't we get together and call ourselves an institute by leupagus2023-10-21T15:38:01+00:00
https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/2232024.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: This is a cute, fun little fic! I especially like the outsider POVs on Harold and John's relationship since they really do think the two of them are just office workers. It's got a very sweet ending too.]]>reccer:reeby10 creator:leupagus fandom:person.of.interest theme:undercover length:01.000-5.000.words pairing:harold.finch/john.reesehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:a6e48867ed4d/Person of Interest: A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement, by Toft2020-12-14T16:28:01+00:00
https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1846251.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: Harold Finch is the kind of character who overthinks things to their ultimate death. I suppose it comes from being not very typical in the brainpan, being left on his own too much in his childhood, and getting all his schooling on human interaction from books. I really wouldn't know anything about it.
In any event, Toft is very skilled in writing from this particular unreliable perspective in such a way that you positively ache for Harold and John's characters despite the scenes of very hot and awkward sex they engage in on their broken road to happiness, even as these two clams save the world on a daily basis. This story is a total delight.
Major plus points for Toft's handling of Harold's disabilities, which are present in his thoughts as roadblocks and causes of chronic pain but don't stand in the way of him having said hot sex because he has been living with accommodating his limitations for a while. I like that his disabilities aren't ignored but also aren't treated as pitiable or, I dunno, woobie factors.]]>reccer:esteefee creator:toft fandom:person.of.interest length:10.000-20.000.words pairing:harold.finch/john.reese theme:amnesia theme:disability theme:bdsmhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:0d90170be134/Person of Interest: Technical Support by astolat2020-06-03T17:46:10+00:00
https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1773728.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: A fork-in-the-road fic on TWO counts! John's fork diverts from episode 1, and Harold's from pre-series. You don't need to have seen the series to enjoy the fic. For me, I liked Harold having to deal with stupid office politics stuff and John being super competent at security-guarding.]]>reccer:tozka creator:astolat.(shalott) fandom:person.of.interest length:10.000-20.000.words theme:au theme:au:fork.in.the.road pairing:harold.finch/john.reesehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:04fa41a136ab/Person of Interest: Hamartia (the hero's fatal flaw) by astolat2019-08-12T18:38:12+00:00
https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1717116.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: The first fic that came to my mind for this round, this is an absolute delight of a fic in which John and Harold go on the run with a slightly older Leila (the toddler they canonicaly accidentaly aquired to protect her in that one episode) and it is a treasure of a forced curtain!fic and chosen familly under pressure and all the growing intimacy of pretending to be a couple for a case and all the emotional upheavals and self-sacrifce one can expect from John and Harold in such a situation. And plot of course, because this is Astolat.
An old favorite.]]>reccer:jainas creator:astolat.(shalott) fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese length:10.000-20.000.words theme:kidfic:accidental.baby.acquisition theme:families.of.choice theme:fake.marriage theme:friends.to.lovers theme:undercover.as.a.couple character:leila.smith character:bear.(person.of.interest)https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:34c4d5156a92/Person of Interest: Losing Control by Neery2019-08-07T21:33:55+00:00
https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1713860.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: The sex pollen (or in this case non-consensual drug use, to fit the fandom) is not the main event of the story, but rather the trigger, and this in a lovely case fic and get-together, very in-character for both of them as they would rather eat their feelings that talk about whatever happened. ^^ ]]>reccer:jainas creator:neery fandom:person.of.interest theme:sex.pollen theme:casefic length:05.000-10.000.words pairing:harold.finch/john.reesehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:03aa3a7464fa/Person of Interest: Five Times Shaw and Finch Weren't On the Same Page (...) by Dien2019-01-12T09:55:49+00:00
https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1635875.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: A very fun fic. I enjoyed Shaw's point of view a lot, her banter with Harold and riling up of Reese, her unemotional takes on the situations and how it stays very in character even when the fic flirt a bit with crack, but also the evolution of the bonds between the three of them through the five times.. I'm not 100% sold on some bits of characterization, but the fic is fun and well worth the read!]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/sameen.shaw pairing:harold.finch/john.reese character:harold.finch character:sameen.shaw length:05.000-10.000.words creator:dien theme:(five).things theme:competence theme:humor reccer:jainashttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:eac43e68a79a/Person of interest: By Your Name by Hagar & JinkyO2018-10-10T13:19:14+00:00
https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1612528.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: This is an incredible experimental fanfic that was meant for a podfic. Sure, you can read it, but the audio take it to a new level, as the story is told through the Machine logs and is a mix of voices recording, but also digitaly generated readings that fit incredibly well with the themes of the show, and makes clear that the "narrator" is indeed the Machine. The build-up is clever and thoughtfull, and layered, and it is a must-read/ must-listen type of story. ]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:(gen).no.pairing character:harold.finch character:nathan.ingram character:john.reese character:jessica.arndt character:grace.hendricks character:the.machine.(person.of.interest) length:01.000-5.000.words creator:hagar creator:jinkyo non-fic.recs:podfic theme:backstory theme:robots.androids&ai theme:unconventional.format&style reccer:jainas length:15-30.minuteshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:eab991a56fcc/Person of Interest: Hamartia (the hero's fatal flaw) by astolat2018-04-05T12:11:39+00:00
https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1568419.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: Look, I have a clear weakness for undercover in suburbia, it's true. This is a slow burn action-adventure with with a two year old and it's great.]]>fandom:person.of.interest length:10.000-20.000.words theme:fake.marriage theme:marriage theme:undercover.as.a.couple theme:pretend.couple theme:kidfic theme:kidfic:has/with.kids theme:mutual.pining theme:pining theme:cuddling.snuggling&bed-sharing reccer:an0ther_dreamer pairing:harold.finch/john.reese creator:astolat.(shalott)https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:0e784cd65d06/Person of Interest: Threads by KRyn2017-09-09T14:25:31+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1517811.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: Wonderful story, wonderful characterization, and 100% better plotwise than anything the show came up with about Samaritain hunting Team Machine. A Must-Read.]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese character:sameen.shaw character:root character:lionel.fusco character:samaritain character:the.machine length:20.000-40.000.words creator:kryn theme:competence theme:established.relationship theme:plotty.fic reccer:jainas theme:teamshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:211444624041/Person of Interest: Fealty, by Astolat2017-04-27T16:58:21+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1483092.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: One could argue that the whole of John's and Harold relationship is canonicaly built on John's loyakty kink : he wants to do good, he wants to be able to trust. And once he has found his purpose of helping the numbers his loyably to Harold is total and he would gladly die for him.
But when he is taken by Kara, he doesn't expect -or want- Harold to come after him.
I love the focus on the action at the begining of the fic, the worry and then all of Harold's quiet and formidable competence bent to only one goal: getting John back. The loyalty is underliyng all along, unspoken and just there... until it isn't any more, and they acknowledge it, and the fact that it goes both way.
]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese length:05.000-10.000.words theme:amnesty theme:loyalty.kink theme:bdsm theme:competence theme:first.time reccer:jainas creator:astolat.(shalott)https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:60bdcae39d44/Person of Interest - A Really Private Person, by Astolat2017-03-12T08:13:45+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1473679.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: A favorite that I reread from time to time. It's a wonderful AU, where the Machine predict a greater threat than ever expected, and Harold (and John) are forced out of the shadows in order to save the world. As always with Astolat's writting the plot is tight and John's voice is perfect. I also love how Harold is quietly ultracompetent once he decides to act, and the way John works around him to make it possible and keep him safe. The dynamics between them are great.]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese length:10.000-20.000.words theme:fandom.classics theme:au theme:au:fork.in.the.road theme:plotty.fic reccer:jainas creator:astolat.(shalott)https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:391c94145917/Person of Interest: The Dragster Wave, by Arasi2014-08-25T19:00:44+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1223967.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: You don't need to read Russian, or read the fic. While that may well enhance the experience, the vid recently burned through the non-Russian-speaking section of the fandom no problem. It's just a damn good vid. You don't even need to know anything about the fandom. It just works.
Additionally, though the creator rates it as T, I would like to note nothing shown is beyond - say - what would be acceptable in an episode of Power Rangers, which is s PG-rated show.]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese non-fic.recs:fanvid creator:arasi theme:apocalypse&dystopia theme:au theme:au:complete.au theme:au:complete.au:science.fiction theme:science.fiction reccer:hagar_972 theme:amnesty length:0-5.minuteshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:683132b2e996/Person of Interest: Love And Marriage by astolat2014-04-13T20:08:49+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/1063334.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: So in character you'll want to cry.]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese length:01.000-5.000.words theme:marriage theme:marriage.of.convenience reccer:jerakeen creator:astolat.(shalott)https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:26551d590660/Person of Interest: A disposition to be generous or helpful; goodwill by Astolat2013-10-03T06:34:10+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/925124.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: While Astolat shows us very clearly a Grace that Finch could not help but love, the core of the story is her skew and clear of each of the people she encounters: Root, who cannot threaten her; John, who calls out a vast pity and a fear for him; Finch, at whom she expects to be very angry for a very long time; and, briefly, The Machine:
He says, "I built a system — for the government, originally. A machine. It can — " He stops, and she has the sense that there's a story here, a story he's told before, often enough that it's the story his tongue wants to tell, but it's not the real story; and then he says abruptly, "It can think. It's — "
"Alive?" she says, wonderingly. He nods once, and now she does understand, of course. It's terrifying and a vast relief at the same time: she can forgive him.
What kind of a woman finds that a reason to forgive a man for abandoning her?
The kind of woman who can pull two oblivious, fearful men into what looks to be a long, painful, but eventually healing relationship.]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:grace.hendricks/harold.finch/john.reese length:01.000-5.000.words theme:m/m/f.threesomes reccer:wordwitch creator:astolat.(shalott)https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:cf636f59c63b/Author rec: medie (multifandom)2013-09-22T08:34:11+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/916861.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: You may have noticed by now that I'm extremely polyfannish. I love fanfic, and although I tend to gravitate towards (and away from) certain fandoms, ultimately the quality of writing is much more important to me than what fandom it is. You may also notice that I love awesome women. medie is awesome and just what I like--lots of great fic in lots of fandoms, and lots of awesome women. Also, there can never be enough well-written genderswap in the world, and medie does that too. I've only recced a few of her fics here, but there are so many more great ones you should check out.]]>fandom:star.trek.reboot fandom:stargate.sg-1 fandom:supernatural fandom:stargate:atlantis fandom:heroes fandom:smallville fandom:alias fandom:teen.wolf fandom:dc.universe fandom:highlander fandom:once.upon.a.time fandom:sherlock.(bbc) fandom:buffy.the.vampire.slayer fandom:babylon.5 fandom:ncis fandom:doctor.who fandom:pretender fandom:losers fandom:x-files fandom:person.of.interest fandom:x-men.movies fandom:battlestar.galactica.(2003) fandom:angel.the.series fandom:terminator:the.sarah.connor.chronicles fandom:torchwood fandom:criminal.minds fandom:firefly fandom:dresden.files fandom:castle fandom:csi:new.york fandom:nancy.drew creator:medie theme:creator.recs reccer:beatrice_otterhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:05ad35d7d3f0/Person of Interest: Ring by Speranza2013-05-16T17:16:12+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/829986.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: Reese tries to ignore it but the machine is a meddling meddler. (Matchmaking, Person of Interest style. Adorable.)]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese length:01.000-5.000.words creator:speranza theme:courtship reccer:jerakeenhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:47f5d232afdb/Person of Interest: Damaged by KaticaLocke2012-12-16T13:08:03+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/675603.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: I'm going to start off by saying mind the warnings: this story includes torture and its aftermath (although the details can be skipped over without getting lost).
This story is just so excellent it's hard to describe. The main plot is compelling, Lionel is amazing, and if you're interested in the Machine and where its plot could go, it plays a huge part in this. If you like the show, and don't mind dark themes, you will love this fic.]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese length:80.000&more.words theme:novel-length.fic theme:hurt/comfort theme:amnesty reccer:khaiell creator:katicalockehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:94a3e47f8d9e/Person of Interest: Hell, High Water and Amnesia by Maekala2012-12-16T13:05:09+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/675493.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: This is exactly it says on the tin: John loses his memory and has to survive long enough to remember who he can trust. It has an excellent Reese POV, and lets us see who Reese is when most of him is stripped away.]]>fandom:person.of.interest pairing:harold.finch/john.reese theme:amnesia theme:amnesty reccer:khaiell creator:maekalahttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:3b84979061b1/Person of Interest: The Silenus Club by Speranza2012-10-13T23:47:55+00:00
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/556134.html
fancakeReccer's Notes: It's a classic Pretend Couple trope, Undercover In a Gay Bar! Though as you might expect, with Finch involved, this becomes Undercover In An Exclusive Secret Private Club. They have a case that takes them there, but by the end, much more is revealed than just a perpetrator. I love Reese's POV voice, determined and reaching out, eager as always to test his boundaries and find his place with Finch (not to mention a flash of his fierce and angry protectiveness); I love Finch's reactions, gentle and careful and startled. They're a damaged and secretive pair for whom a few muttered words say volumes, and this case gives them opportunities to get past a new layer of their self-protective shells.]]>fandom:person.of.interest length:01.000-5.000.words pairing:harold.finch/john.reese reccer:dorinda theme:pretend.couple creator:speranzahttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:fancake/b:4627beb552df/