Spider-Man recs?

[pauraque_bk]

I rented the first Spider-Man movie today. Alas, I didn't enjoy it as much as the sequel. The first half hour or so was pretty charming, but once they got into the meat of it, there wasn't a lot there. The effects just... didn't have that solidity and believability that was so impressive to me in the sequel. And you know, I like Willem Dafoe, but the Green Goblin is probably one of the most tedious and irritating super villains ever.

Which is a strange way to lead into this, but: If anyone has any Spider-Man recs, hit me. Any genre, so long as it's good. Feel free to pimp yourself... I know some of you have been writing, but damned if I can remember who. It's remarkable how completely you can ignore a fandom until it strikes your fancy.

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So, I was at the Mexican grocery waiting for my burrito, idly reading the bilingual signs on the meat counter, in Spanish and English. And one of them said this:

MENUDO / BEEF STOMACHS

...um. Is there something I don't know?

Comments

[alchemine.livejournal.com]

MENUDO / BEEF STOMACHS

Yep, menudo contains tripe, which is the lining of a cow's stomach. And also calves' feet.

It is one of the many reasons I'm a vegetarian. :)

[eponis.livejournal.com]

Riptide, by veuki, is possibly the only Spiderman fic I've read, but it's a fantastic one. Peter/Harry, NC-17.

[dancing-moon.livejournal.com]

I don't know any fic, but there's some good stuff on scans_daily All kind of comic scans, a lot of *cough* interesting Spider pics. And it's all canon!

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

MENUDO / BEEF STOMACHS

...um. Is there something I don't know?


Oh yeah. Menudo = Tripe Stew, which is why I never tried it, even though I lived in Las Cruces for 4 years and every restaurant in town served it, usually at $5 for all-you-can-eat.

"Menudo" seems to mean "tripe" itself in the local variant of Spanish. I've always seen "tripas" before, but California probably has a different mixes than New Mexico.

You might want to avoid anything labeled "lengua" too.

[pauraque]

So... how is it a good name for a boy-band, is my question?

[pauraque]

As I asked above... is it normal to name boy-bands after cow parts?

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[typicrobots.livejournal.com]

I wrote a Spider-man 2 genfic here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/winter_baby/49428.html). Silverlake (http://www.imjustsayin.net/silverlake/mediums10.html) is a multifandom mailing list that has a couple too. Hope that helps.

[pauraque]

Eeeeee! Thank you, anonymous benefactor, thank you!

[pauraque]

Mm, tasty characterization in that one. Thanks.

[pauraque]

Thanks, I'll go take a peek when I get a chance. (It's you, so I'm sure it's great!)

[typicrobots.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but meh, it's OK. I wrote it in about four hours, so it's not really my best work, but I can live with it. I think the ones at Silverlake are better done, even if some of them are about MJ (gaaaaah, no!). *g*