football fandom is enormous

okay, I'm going to start a recs list for football. this fandom is huge and there's no way I can finish this in one night, but I'll make a good-faith effort. as long as I'm reading fic for this fandom (or any other that has a recs post), I'll keep updating the list, so... keep checking back, I guess? I'm also very happy to get suggestions for fic to read, and I'm still very new to this fandom, so if there's something you think I should check out, please let me know!

I feel like I should issue a disclaimer or something, even though I'm sure nobody cares, haha: I will read pretty much anything at least once, and I enjoy a lot of writing that I don't think is qualitatively very good. the stuff that I rec is fic that I both enjoy and think is good writing. the grammar, spelling and usage had damn well better be close to flawless. I'm more flexible on characterization, but if some dude is crying during sex and he has not just lost a close friend or family member and/or recently been tortured, I'm going to be looking at it sideways. I love cliche fic, wacky AUs and obsessive attention to canon with equal fervor, so long as the author is doing justice to whatever genre she's writing. just so you know what you're getting here.

on to the fic!

( the starter kit )

( back to basics )

( makes me go :D )

( David Villa is a lovable dicksmack )

( hurts so good )

( AUs! )

I'll be back with more, I'm sure.

UPDATED 7/25/10