Fic rec - Graduation Day

Title: Graduation Day

Author: phollie

Fandom: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Rating: PG

Pairing: Shinji/Kaworu, Madoka/Homura

Warnings: some discussion of self-harm, canon-typical angst

Other notes: people bonding over terrible situations, time loop/time travel, spoilers for both series,

Length: 6k

Summary: Two time-travelers meet at the in-between of two different worlds, but their purpose is forever the same - to make their precious person happy. 

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Originally crossposted on tumblr and pillowfort on 09/06/18

Fic Rec - Maybe

Title: Maybe

Author: TGP

Fandom: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Rating: PG-13 (with an R-rated sequel)

Pairing: Kaworu/Shinji, Shinji/others

Warnings: character death (it’s a reincarnation fic), some body horror, suicidal thoughts

Other notes: reincarnation, alternate universe, post-canon, post-apocalypse

Length: 20k, plus sequels

Summary: Tabris is the angel of free will. He thinks maybe it's time to use it.

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I was pretty proud of the sidebar on my fic recs tumblr, so I'm gonna try and replicate it here.

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Length: 0-10k, 10-20k, 20-50k, 50-100k, 100-500k, 500k+

Rating: G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17

Site: Archive of Our Own (AO3), Dreamwidth (DW), Livejournal (LJ), Other

Pairing: Gen / no romance, Slash / Yaoi / BL, Femslash / Yuri, Het / Straight, Bisexual, Threesome / Moresome / Multi / Polyamory

Category: Fanfiction, Fanart, Meta / Essay, Rec List, Reference / Resource

Completion: Complete, WIP / in progress, Abandoned / unfinished / unknown Sequels / Series

Other tags of interest: (updated as recs are added)
angst, AU, Character study, Crack, Genderswap, Hurt/Comfort, Slow burn,

Themed rec lists
BDSM, Social Media, Incredibly tense fics, Female PoV fics, Epistolary fics, Holiday fics, Case fics

Fandom: (updated as recs are added)
Alien
Avengers (Captain America, Thor)
From Eroica With Love
Gundam Wing
Death Note
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Due South
Hannibal (tv)
Hetalia
Jeeves and Wooster
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Leverage
My Hero Academia
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Phoenix Wright / Gyakuten Saiban
Revolutionary Girl Utena
The Invisible Man (SciFi)
The Sentinel
Sherlock (BBC)
Sherlock Holmes (classic)
Spiderman
Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, reboot)
Supernatural
Teen Wolf
Tokyo Babylon
Tsubasa Chronicles
Voltron: Legendary Defenders
Welcome to Night Vale
X/1999
xxxHolic
X-Men
Yami no Matsuei / Descendants of Darkness
Yuri!!! on Ice

Fic Rec - On the Courting Rituals of Angels

Title: On the Courting Rituals of Angels

Author: lady_daedalus

Fandom: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: Shinji/Kaworu

Warnings: some homophobic language

Other notes: alternate universe, high school, get together

Length: 7k, plus sequels

Summary: In which the reader may observe the Angel Tabris in his efforts to attract a sad boyfriend that he can turn into a happy boyfriend. Put on your David Attenborough pants and marvel at this rite of nature.

Or: An Alternate Qniverse in which Shinji learns his lesson, everything is Kawoshin, and nothing hurts.

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Originally crossposted on tumblr and pillowfort on 09/23/18

Tool for saving fics

An excellent fic-saving resource someone recommended to me recently:

http://ficsave.xyz/

I can say it works for both fanfiction.net and adult-fanfiction.org, which are sites that were really difficult to archive from before. AFF is a bit laggier. Haven't tried any other sites yet.

Fic Rec - Quiet Spaces

Title: Quiet Spaces

Author: WritingEmi

Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition

Rating: R

Pairing: past Dorian/Felix, Iron Bull/Male Adaar, Iron Bull/Male Adaar/Dorian

Warnings: character death, spousal death, grieving, mentions of suicidal thoughts, use of safewords during sex, explicit sex (gay)

Other notes: dating, polyamory, slow burn, modern day au

Length: 90k, plus ongoing sequel

Summary: Dorian is trying to get back into dating, but his hopes and plans are derailed as he finds himself drawn in by a wonderful Qunari couple that he meets, Adaar and the Iron Bull.

Or, a modern Thedas fic where Dorian finds himself in the middle of a Qunari sandwich.

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Originally crossposted on tumblr and pillowfort on 09/30/18

Fic rec - Untangled

Title: Untangled

Author: emilyenrose

Fandom: Revolutionary Girl Utena

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: Utena/Anthy

Warnings: discussion of past abuse (including familial sexual abuse)

Other notes: femslash, post-canon, fix-it fic, amnesia, magic

Length: 7k

Summary: "Rapunzel is lost to you. You will never see her again." The king's son was beside himself with pain, and in his despair he leapt down from the tower. He escaped with his life, but the thorns into which he fell pierced his eyes.

Anthy searches the world for Utena Tenjou.

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Originally crossposted on tumblr and pillowfort on 10/04/18

Fic Rec - Conversations With a Cryptid

Title: Conversations with a Cryptid

Author: AMournfulHowlInTheNight

Fandom: My Hero Academia

Rating: PG-13 (maybe mild R for violence?)

Pairing: none; gen fic (background Midoriya’s parents, I guess?)

Warnings: canon-typical violence, off-screen torture and aftermath, injuries, kidnapping, psychological horror, discussion of child endangerment, mentioned child death, human experimentation, 

Other notes: mystery, family, imprisonment, gen fic, character study, world-building, social critique

Length: Long; 70k + ongoing sequels

Summary: The man was over a century old. There had to be more to it. In hindsight, it hadn’t been one of Izuku’s better ideas. 

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Originally cross-posted to tumblr and pillowfort on 10/09/18

 

Fic rec - History Has Its Eyes On You

Title: history has its eyes on you

Author: aloneintherain

Fandom: My Hero Academia

Rating: PG

Pairing: Midoriya/Todoroki, Bakugou/Kirishima, Jirou/Yaoyorozu

Warnings: discussion of school bullying, chronic illness and depression in later chapters

Other notes: future fic, school, family, social media

Length: 17k, plus sequels

Summary: Midoriya looked over the occupants of the room with butter soft eyes. “We should do this again. Seeing everyone in one place … it’s like we’re back in school again.” 

Todoroki said, “It feels like a family reunion.”

(Social media fic, counting down the five months to Class 1-A's ten year reunion.)

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Originally crossposted on tumblr and pillowfort on 10/15/18

Fic rec - Noel

Title: Noel

Author: TzviaAriella

Fandom: Death Note

Rating: PG-13 to light R (violence)

Pairing: none, gen

Warnings: serial murderer, death of a child, minor character death, violence, torture, discussion of rape, solitary confinement, discussion of ableism

Other notes: alternate universe, canon divergence, mystery, imprisonment

Length: 50k, plus sequels

Summary: Almost two years after the arrest of Kira, Near has finally succeeded L, but his reign hasn't gone unchallenged. Faced with an unsolvable string of murders threatening both his position and his life, the third L must seek help from an unlikely (and unlikable) source: his imprisoned predecessor, Light Yagami.

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Originally crossposted to tumblr and pillowfort on 10/21/18

 

Fic Rec - Black Rock Mountain

Title: Black Rock Mountain

Author: bokunojinsei

Fandom: Hannibal (tv)

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Hannibal/Will

Warnings: canon-typical violence, including serial murder, graphic violence, cannibalism, explicit sex (gay),

Other notes: alternate universe, a murderous meet-cute, relationship study

Length: 24k, plus sequel

Summary: Will is a hitchhiker with questionable hobbies. Hannibal is a man who has questionable motives. When Hannibal drives by Will who just so happens to need a ride, things quickly take a turn from the questionable to the downright depraved.

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Originally crossposted to tumblr and pillowfort 10/30/18

Fic rec - TKO

Title: TKO

Author: sidnihoudini

Fandom: Hannibal (tv)

Rating: R

Pairing: past Will/Molly, Will/Hannibal

Warnings: canon-typical violence (including cannibalism), spousal/partner betrayal, infidelity, alcoholism, non-graphic sex (het)

Other notes: post canon, outsider POV, all the female characters, vignettes, divorce

Length: 17k

Summary: Molly deals with the aftermath. 

    Frowning, Molly turns to retrieve two mugs from the cupboard. As she slides them from the cupboard she asks, “You think they’ll come back?”

    “It isn’t likely they’ve left,” Freddie explains, eyes trailing over Molly’s hands as she sets the mugs down and pours their coffee. “Jack Crawford is looking for them in Florence. Hannibal’s ex-psychiatrist turned up a week ago missing a leg. You tell me what continent they’re on.”

    The mug Molly is holding clatters against the counter top loudly, and coffee sloshes everywhere.

    “Excuse me?” Molly finds herself laughing, sharp voiced and flabbergasted.She turns again, enough to see Freddie, smirking and staring back at her from the kitchen table.

 

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Originally crossposted on tumblr and pillowfort on 11/04/18
 

Fic rec - Like a Lion

Title: Like a Lion

Author: p0rth0s

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Keith/Shiro

Warnings: PTSD, depression, explicit sex (gay)

Other notes: hurt/comfort, post-war

Length: 9k

Summary: “Where does it hurt?”

Keith doesn’t elaborate, and Shiro doesn’t ask him to. Just raises his prosthetic hand in a loose fist and lets it fall sluggishly on his own chest where he guesses his heart is hidden.

Two times. Here. It hurts here.

Keith doesn’t say anything. He doesn’t reach up to wipe the tears from his face. He props himself up on an elbow and leans down to first lay a dry kiss to Shiro's chest, and then lay his soft, heavy head. His ear pressed over Shiro’s plaintive heart where it slowly beats on through the night.

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Originally cross posted to tumblr and pillowfort on 11/09/18

Fic rec - The Fourth Estate

Title: The Fourth Estate

Author: Chronolith

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: NC-17

Pairing:Lance/Allura, Keith/James - more tbd

Warnings: violence, ptsd,  racism/species-ism, racially-motivated violence and terrorism - more tbd

Other notes: post-war, social media, military - more tbd

Length: 90k, WIP

Summary: The Fourth Estate: a segment of society that wields the soft but momentous power of public opinion despite its lack of formal recognition within the political system.

Or, the first thing that rebuilds itself after Sendak's defeat is the press. With the press comes social media. You know what you get when you have social media? Fandom. You get fandom.

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Originally crossposted on tumblr and pillowfort on 11/09/18
 

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Woke From Dreaming
Captain America, Steve/Bucky, 9k, PG-13

The Winter Soldier remembered little, one mission blurring into the next, like strange hallucinations that broke up his endless dreams.

He doesn't want that for Steve.

Steve doesn't deserve to wake up, confused, afraid, without knowing who he can trust or where he is or what he is. Not knowing what his own face looks like, or what the words tumbling out of his dry throat mean.

You Had a Way So Familiar
Teen Wolf, Derek/Stiles, 5k, NC-17, gift fic for LadyDrace

There are only a few inches to cross, but he feels like every motion is loud and clumsy. Great. Idiot. Can't even leave Derek alone to sleep. Why? Just because he feels like crap. For stupid reasons. Because he can't deal with one tiny little bad day and some grumpiness.

Fic rec - Ravenous

Title: Ravenous

Author: rageprufrock

Fandom: Hannibal (tv) / The Silence of the Lambs

Rating: R

Pairing: Hannibal/Will

Warnings: canon-typical violence, including serial murder, cannibalism, kidnapping, imprisonment, torture, depiction of an autopsy, sexism

Other notes: alternate universe, canon divergence, crossover (of sorts), prison, interviews, outside PoV

Length: 40k

Summary: Clarice Starling meets Hannibal Lecter armed with a copy of the Buffalo Bill file.

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Originally crossposted to tumblr and pillowfort on 11/11/18

Fic rec - When the Devil Smiles Back

Title: When The Devil Smiles Back

Author: GoldenUsagi

Fandom: Hannibal (tv) / The Silence of the Lambs

Rating: R

Pairing: Hannibal/Will

Warnings: canon-typical violence, including serial murder, cannibalism, kidnapping, imprisonment, torture, depiction of an autopsy, sexism, non-consensual use of roofies/drugs

Other notes: alternate universe, canon divergence, crossover (of sorts), prison, interviews, detective work, outsider pov

Length: 26k, plus sequels

Summary: Four years after his escape, Hannibal Lecter is once again imprisoned at the hospital in Baltimore. He's the same as ever, except that he refuses to discuss Will Graham, who there hasn't been a trace of in years. When the Buffalo Bill killings start, FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview him, and Hannibal has his interest piqued. But it’s not for reasons anyone would suspect, and as usual, his motivations are all about Will. A remix of Silence of the Lambs, where Clarice finds herself occupied not only with catching Buffalo Bill, but with unraveling the mystery of what exactly happened to Will Graham. And Hannibal knows more than he’s letting on about both.

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Originally crossposted on tumblr and pillowfort on 11/18/18

 

Fic Rec - The Price

Title: The Price

Author: Ark

Fandom: Avengers: Infinity War

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Thor/Loki

Warnings: graphic sex (gay and het), canonical shape-shifting/species-shifting/gender-swapping, pseudo-incest (adopted siblings), canonical character death, familial character death,

Other notes: AU, canon divergence, post-movie, post-apocalypse, relationship study, character study, horses, time travel, female characters bonding, fix-it fic, marriage,

Length: 105k

Summary: “I did not come here to argue,” Loki says, his hands slipping down around Thor’s neck. “I came here to tell you that there is no world where I do not love you, Thor. There is no timeline where I do not choose you. There is no universe that will be wide enough to keep us apart.”

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Originally crossposted to tumblr and pillowfort on 11/21/18

Fic rec - A Fire and a Conflagration

Title:  A Fire and a Conflagration

Author: iodhadh

Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Dorian/Iron Bull

Warnings: explicit sex (gay), BDSM

Other notes: poetry, love letters, pining

Length: 16k

Summary: At first, the Iron Bull is just writing poetry to Dorian because it's a fun way to tease him — he gets all huffy when he's pretending he doesn't think the lowbrow stuff is funny, and besides, he started it by making it a Vint-versus-Qunari thing. It's only fair for Bull to needle him a bit.

At first, Dorian is only writing back to Bull because he can't let him win. The pride of Tevinter's literary tradition (not to mention his own dignity) is at stake here, and he will not be beaten at metaphor by someone who thinks cattle-related puns are an appropriate way to seduce someone.

And that's all it is. At first.

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Originall posted on tumblr and pillowfort on 11/27/18

 

Fic Rec - The Ashkaari From Par Vollen

Title: The Ashkaari from Par Vollen

Author: PeriPeriwinkle

Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition

Rating: PG

Pairing: gen, with background Dorian/Iron Bull

Warnings: some violence, body horror, enslavement

Other notes: original character, world-building, kid fic

Length: 6k

Summary: Imekari sometimes was ashamed of her horns; the other imekaris teased her and called her ox because of their unusual shape. But deep down she wanted to be proud of them, because her bearer's were wider and mightier, and he was proud of them for it.

Hissrad, his name was. Yes, she would be proud of them, just like he was, and she would grow big and strong and powerful to better serve the Qun.

Just like him.

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Fic rec - The Professional

Title: The Professional

Author: TruebornAlpha

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Shiro/Keith

Warnings: BDSM, consensual sex work, explicit sex (gay), outed to the media, angst

Other notes: AU, sex work, client/employee relationship, paparazzi, alternating PoV, romcom-ish

Length: 24k

Summary: Shiro is trapped in a life of expectations and responsibility. The black sheep of a prominent business empire, he struggles to come to terms with the tragedy that knocked his life off course. He starts looking for solace through unconventional means.

Keith is ready to offer his services for a price, and it doesn't hurt that Shiro looks so good on his knees.

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Fic rec - Five Times Somone Figured Out Heero Was A Girl

Title: Five Times Someone Figured Out Heero Was a Girl

Author: Asuka_Kureru

Fandom: Gundam Wing

Rating: PG

Pairing: Everyone has a crush on Heero pretty much

Warnings: um, some rude humor?

Other notes: au, genderswap, five times, crack

Length: 3k

Summary: "Relena was a polite, well-bred lady, and did not look at people's crotches. Even when they wore skintight spandex shorts that seemed painted on."

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Fic rec - Stardust and Rainbows

Title: Stardust and Rainbows

Author: hjbender

Fandom: Gundam Wing

Rating: main fic is PG-13, but the sequels go to NC-17

Pairing: Heero/Duo, Trowa/Quatra

Warnings: canon-typical violence, PTSD, discussion of a suicide attempt, discussion of past sexual abuse, discussion of force sterilization, discussion of past abusive relationships

Other notes: friendship, post-canon, relationship study, rebuilding relationships, family, hurt/comfort, unrequited love

Length: 6k, plus sequels. WIP

Summary: It's A.C. 200. Duo and Quatre reunite at a Preventers summit in L1, then commiserate (and more) on the couch at Duo's apartment.

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Originally posted on pillowfort on 12/17/18

 

Fandom meta

I Don't Want to F*** Him, I Want to BE Him

As a child, most of the fictional characters I related to were male. I spent my time imaging that I was Aladdin, Luke Skywalker, Ford Prefect, Batman, Boba Fett, and Billy the Blue Ranger. Part of this was a numbers game—there are far more male characters to look up to, especially if you’re into sci-fi and fantasy. Part of this was down to genderfluidity on my part, which I hadn’t really reconciled at that point in time. But the older I got, the more that relationship changed; suddenly I was told that I liked Obi-Wan Kenobi because I liked him. Because he was handsome and I was a girl, and having a poster with Ewan McGregor on your wall was a very specific tell in the late nineties and early aughts. It was deeply puzzling to me, because on the one hand, they weren’t wrong—Ewan McGregor was and remains a very attractive dude. But Obi-Wan Kenobi was precious to me for a completely different list of reasons. He was sarcastic, and he was a Jedi, and he was kind of a mess in a way that I found incredibly relatable. John Crichton from Farscape was another one. Yes, he was a gorgeous guy, and I noticed because people generally do notice those things. But John was also funny and responded to stress with nerdy pop culture references. He was smart, and he was a soppy romantic, and he was insanely adaptable. I wanted to be that, not marry it.

This one isn't directly about fanfiction, but it's still pretty relevant to fandom, and how we interact with fandom. 

Fandom meta

The Bodies of the Girls Who Made Me: Fanfic and the Modern World

Back to elementary school, where bit by bit, the number of girls who admitted to making up their own stories also dropped off. The rest of us, well. We learned that “I had an adventure…” made people laugh at you. We stopped writing about ourselves and started writing avatars, characters who could represent us in the stories without quite being us.

Only writing avatars also got us laughed at when people found out about it, got us accused of Mary Sue self-insert wish-fulfillment bullshit, as if half the stories on the shelves weren’t exactly that for those lucky few who matched The Default. We stopped making up original female characters. Many of us stopped making up characters at all.

If we used only existing characters as our avatars, we didn’t get laughed at as much. If we used only existing male characters—characters we had all been trained to view as The Default, capable of anything, not just of being The Sidekick or The Girl—well. Suddenly we could write ANYTHING WE WANTED. Suddenly we were GODS OF THE FICTIONAL WORLD, and we could finally start telling the stories the shows and books didn’t want to give us. Our stories were finally judged based on what they were, and not what people thought they knew about us, and them.

This is a good read.