5 X 5

Surveyish, just for fun.

Top five underrated popslash authors
1. Bartleby
2. Gwen
3. Hetre Z.
4. Kris Dow
5. Mary Borsellino

Five authors whom everyone absolutely has to read--and already does (aka, the more pointless part of this exercise)
1. Amber
2. Betty Plotnick
3. Calico
4. Jae
5. Lesa Soja

Best five LiveJournals
1. apetslife
2. eponymous
3. libertyginger
4. popfantastic
5. thebitchtrolls
Incidentally, all of these authors might easily have fit into one of the above categories. But I don't double up in surveys, because I'm obsessive like that.

Favorite five popslash stories
1. Five Years by Dale
2. Bitter and Smiling by Julad
3. A Familiar Feeling by Matthew Haldeman-Time
4. Refraction by Silvia Kundera
5. Tomboy by Wax Jism

Five best popslash stories
1. Cigarettes and Alcohol by Cappuccino (only nominally related, but I simply couldn't choose between them)
2. Break by Jane St. Clair
3. You Can Read In Whatever You're Needing To by Kel
4. By a Thread by Lizzie Mills
5. In the Faces of Men and Women I See God by Rachel

+ 5

Addendum to this survey, because the lack of BSB representation on my list was weighing on my conscience.

Five best Backstreet Boys slash stories
1. Edging Toward Enough by Arsenic
2. Four Nights in Amsterdam by Chris J
3. Martyr by Jericho
4. Healthy Enough by Nyn
5. Procrastination by Zoicite