So I read a lot of fan fiction and whilst there are some extraordinary, wonderful, incredibly talented writers out there - there are also writers who turn out the kind of stories that make you want to bleach your eyeballs after reading them. Lousy characterisation, unlikely scenarios, dreadful spelling and grammar - I've accidentally stumbled upon far too many stories like this for my own good. So after some (heavy) cajoling from a friend I've decided to set up a recs journal. Of course everyone has their own ideas about what makes good fan fiction but I'm hoping that this journal will at least be a good starting point for anyone seeking to avoid Mary Sues, Mpreg and other fanfic atrocities! Stories featured will mostly be from House (with the occasional story thrown in from other fandoms) with a bias towards slash and gen as I don't find the het couplings on the show especially compelling.On to the recs:Defensive Strategies by Milkshake Butterfly House House/Wilson slashMay as well start with one of the very best. This is a wonderful highly amusing story which has a despondent just divorced Wilson having a sexual identity crisis prompted by the unwanted attention of a very pushy original female character. House and Wilson are perfectly characterised throughout and their voices so true you can virtually hear Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard saying the lines as you read. It's also one of the very few House stories which makes me laugh out loud each time I read it - some of the lines are just wonderful. Defensive Strategies isn't without its faults - the original female character is inevitably grating. Granted she is meant to be more plot device than character but her bunny boiler behaviour gets tiresome very quickly. The story also has an entirely unnecessary coda which dilutes the strength of the rest of the story. Still this snarky, sexy story is pretty much House fanfiction at its very best.