Weekly post for 8/2/2019

[shy_magpie]

sorry this is late again! Extra sorry if this posts oddly, I am testing
emailing in the post so that I can schedule it ahead of time so you don't
have to wait on me remembering to start sharing with each other. Come on
over and share your weekly fanfic recs in the comments!

Comments

[suncani]

I think we've established a judgement-free zone here pretty well so no awkwardness needed :)

The last fic sounds interested, how well do you need to know either canon to enjoy?

[shy_magpie]

If you'd like, let me know and I can reread it with new fans in mind and get back to you tomorrow. Off the top of my head, it isn't spoilery and I'd say all you need to know about the Magnus Archives is that different primal fears have supernatural power, and that they have avatars that are lent some of that power in return for a mixture of worship and spread that fear, often by frightening people to death. This story takes the characters from Rusty Quill Gaming and makes them avatars of the fears in the Magnus universe. Zolf is a sailor in RQG so he represents fear of the Vast, things like the sea, space, falling from great heights etc. In RQG Sasha is a rogue so she worships/spreads fear of the dark and not knowing what lurks in it. Bertie is a fighter who only cares about fame and fortune so he becomes the fear of senseless slaughter. Hamid is a halfling with a knack for fire magic especially when angry so he becomes an avatar of the Lightless Flame, burning/destruction without creation or benefit.

It's more character than plotty and more show than tell. Like many fics it doesn't do a lot to introduce people so I guess it really depends on if you can enjoy going with the flow or if you like having more background on what makes the universe and characters tick.

[suncani]

Also, sorry it took me a while to reply. Thanks for the offer, I'll take my chances and if I'm confused I'm sure I'll muddle through :D

[shy_magpie]

No worries! I assumed you would have replied if you wanted me to read it urgently. Hope you enjoy it!

[satsuma]

Reporting back: I managed it with zero knowledge of rusty quill gaming and only secondhand knowledge of the magnus archives and was perfectly able to enjoy its found family fun

[shy_magpie]

glad to hear it!

[suncani]

Ooo excellent, going on the TBR pile then :D

[suncani]

I can't seem to settle to anything at the moment so I've been going through my bookmarks. Hence my selection this week is short.

Kindling (10281 words) by gleamingandwholeanddeadly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hannibal (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham & Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham & Abigail Hobbs, Abigail Hobbs & Hannibal Lecter
Characters: Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Alana Bloom, Abigail Hobbs, Jack Crawford, Franklyn Froideveaux
Additional Tags: Accidental Sex, accidentalsexhannigraham2k17, pretend dating trope, hannibal asks will to pretend to be his boyfriend for a thing, will agrees because he's got an unacknowledged crush, they are both terrible, Hannibal/Will - Freeform, Hannibal is a Cannibal, Hannibal Loves Will, Will Loves Hannibal, set within canon but with a LOT of wriggle room, Episode: s01e07 Sorbet, franklyn is a sweaty little weirdo, Sex, NSFW, Explicit Sex, m/m - Freeform, Gay Sex, Oral, Fingering, you name it, power bottom!Will, Will Graham wishes everyone would stop assuming he were heterosexual, accidentalhannigrahamsex2017, accidentalsex14
Summary:

“You should take a date to your fundraiser."
“Yes, perhaps you’re right. It would be improper to invite someone under false pretence, mind, and for my patient to understand, the evidence would need to be… compelling.”
“Perhaps an ex-girlfriend,” Will says, unsure why the thought makes him feel flat and remote.
“That would be incredibly inappropriate.”
“A friend then. Someone you can explain the problem to. You could take-”
“You,” Hannibal interjects.
The words belly-flop into silence. Will’s mouth opens, and then closes, and then opens again.

 

When Franklyn's advances of friendship become too much for even Hannibal to politely ignore, he enlists Will's help.

 

Written for the Accidental Sex challenge- the prompt was #AccidentalSex14: “Playing a prank on our friends to make them think we’re a couple and now we’re in bed together” sex.

my black eye casts no shadow (5126 words) by Queelez
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain Marvel (2019), Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Carol Danvers
Characters: Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Carol Danvers
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, ladies being awesome, Body Horror, (mild body horror - see notes), Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Non-Explicit Sex
Summary:

Carol Danvers and Brunnhilde get into a few fights. Some of them are even with other people. Set post-Captain Marvel and vaguely pre-Thor Ragnarok.

Enjoyed this, Carol and Brunnhilde feel very in character and how they talk about Maria is good too.

[shy_magpie]

I don't have much time to start a new TV series but Hannibal sounds like canon dark!fic, deliciously messed up. The second fic is going on my list, I've seen Captain Marvel/Valkyrie fics going around but been put off felt weird about it because much appears to erase or forget Maria. So thanks for noting talk about her!

[satsuma]

ooh will def be reading the Valkyrie/Carol fic, thanks for the rec!

[novembermond]

woohoo, Hannibal fic!

[satsuma]

Firstly neither fanfic nor a rec per se but I saw the Harry Potter comedy Puffs last weekend and found it delightfully endearing. The main takeaway of spending the weekend with a bunch of harry potter nerds though, was that everyone should be reading Survival is a Talent:

survival is a talent (295712 words) by ShanaStoryteller
Chapters: 18/?
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Summary:

In the middle of their second year, Draco and Harry discover they're soulmates and do their best to keep it a secret from everyone.

Their best isn't perfect.

~

“Are you trying to get killed, Potter?” Malfoy drawls, stalking forward. Quick as a serpent himself, he reaches out and grabs the snake just below the head. It thrashes in his grip, but is no longer able to bite anyone. “This is a poisonous snake, and I doubt anyone brought a bezoar with them.”

Harry glares. He opens his mouth, and feels the beginning the snake’s language pass his lips, and this isn’t what he wants, what’s the point of insulting Malfoy if he can’t understand him –

Malfoy’s eyes widen. He slaps his hand over Harry’s mouth, “Potter, what the hell–”

(unfinished)Seriously someday I'm gonna write fanfic about this fics side characters because literally all of them are fantastic


play the goddamn part (101488 words) by hardscrabble
Chapters: 8/8
Fandom: Inception (2010)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Ariadne & Arthur (Inception), Ariadne & Eames (Inception), Ariadne & Arthur & Eames (Inception), Arthur/Eames (Inception)
Series: Part 1 of little bird [ariadne who?-verse]
Summary:

One simple idea that changes everything: Ariadne, as Cobb sees her - the red-wearing maze designer and Cobb-unraveler - is almost too good to be true. That's because she isn't. True, that is; she's definitely, DEFINITELY good. When her thesis adviser Dr. Stephen Miles puts her in the way of a VERY interesting opportunity (for the low, low price of just one fake ID), Ari decides to go for it and winds up neck-deep in stuff she never knew existed.

When this is finished, she’s going to learn to wear a suit like Arthur, tell a lie like Eames, network like Yusuf, and pull perhaps two per cent of Saito’s annual income over her first five years post-doctorate. She's hung the rest of her life on this job, so she may as well get some off-resume skills out of it.

Dipped back into the inception fandom long enough to find this gem — very Ariadne focused, which is rare for this fandom and her friendship with Arthur and Eames is fantastic

Luminous (44252 words) by HopeofDawn
Chapters: 16/?
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

****

“70 …” 68 said slowly, taken off-guard. 70 wasn’t a brother normally inclined towards ghost-tales. “Ben isn’t real. He’s just a baby story--something the tubies like to pretend is real.”

70 shook his head, his face set in stubborn lines. “He might not be. No, listen--” he gave 74 a glare when it looked like his brother wanted to interrupt again. “I’ve heard the stories, and they’re always the same. The tubies all know what he looks like. They all know he’s a jetii, before anyone ever told them what a jetii was. You know how the longnecks keep batches of tubies separate. There’s no way any of us, or any of the older vod, could have told them about him. But it doesn’t matter. All the batches know about Ben.”

(unfinished)My obligatory monthly time-travel rec, though this one approaches it more obliquely than normal. Mostly just baby clonefeels?

And three ensemble fics for shy_magpie as I'd promised :D

So you better lay your money down (3485 words) by victoria_p
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Tony Stark & Avengers Team
Summary:

"Your robot plays tennis?" "No. That's the problem."

In which favors are traded extensively

soon recover (11241 words) by irnan
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Avengers Movies Universe, The Avengers (2012)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark, Rumiko Fujikawa/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Bruce Banner & Tony Stark
Summary:

Tony's got this. No, really.

Remember when MCU fics were all super lighthearted because nothing bad had happened yet? Wild. Anyway shenanigans from the team & co as they settle into being a team

exactly how this grace thing works (22710 words) by irnan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Batman (Comics), DCU - Comicverse
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, implied Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle, past Dick Grayson/Barbara Gordon
Summary:

Dick gets de-aged. You'd think this would be a routine thing.

Alright this one's actually got feelings — batfam fic from when Dick was batman so there's just like, Robins all over the place

[shy_magpie]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Batfam feelings, avengers team fics, and Tony shenanigans!

[satsuma]

I hope you enjoy them! If you enjoy the last two fics, the author has a lot more fics in both fandoms, and almost all of them have a good dosage of found family fluff :D

[shy_magpie]

Sweet!

[novembermond]

I'm still on the Good Omens trip:

if I am good to you, won't you be good to me (that's how easy this should be) (6673 words) by suzukiblu
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Light Dom/sub, scene negotiation, Oral Sex, Masturbation, Service Top, Praise Kink, Aftercare, Safe Sane and Consensual, References to Past Dubious Consent
Summary:

“There’s just something I’ve been thinking about for a few centuries,” Aziraphale says. “It’s not very proper, of course, but . . .”

Crowley grins, and leans towards him. Aziraphale having an “improper” idea sounds like the best time he can think of, frankly.

“Tell me all about it,” he says.

///
dominant Aziraphale yes please and thank you.
///

let me feel your heartbeat (grow faster, faster) (5043 words) by thehoyden
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Senpai Notice Me, Mutual Pining, 6000 Years of Slow Burn
Summary:

Aziraphale saw him sometimes in all-staff meetings, sitting toward the front but off to the side, lounging against a wall. Even then, he’d had style—wings tipped in gold and face painted with gold flakes in the pattern of the first constellation he designed. He was amazing, and eye-catching, and it was no exaggeration to say that he did not know Aziraphale even existed.

///
exactly what it says on the tin. I love it.
///

Birds of a Feather (3608 words) by idiopathicsmile
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Nesting, this may technically count as xeno but only in the slightest respect, rated T for brief transdimensional angel sex
Summary:

“Isn’t this nice?” says Aziraphale with badly feigned casualness the next time Crowley stops by for a late night drink.

Crowley is all set to reply, words lined up in his mouth waiting to go, when Aziraphale adds,

“I mean, all of the books and furniture and bottles of wine and things?”

 

 

Aziraphale nests. Crowley relearns some crucial facts about angelic courtship rituals.

///
Aziraphale and Crowley misunderstanding each other is my favorite trope in this fandom. Living for it. Also, nesting.
///

Come Fuck Me Hips (3471 words) by AgentStannerShipper
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Rough Sex, Dirty Talk, crowley just really wants to be fucked, PWP
Summary:

Crowley has had a fantasy about Aziraphale for centuries now. Too bad the angel would never take him up on it.

Except, as it turns out, he absolutely would.

///
Crowley just wants a good dicking, okay.
///

I regret nothing.

[shy_magpie]

Thanks for sharing! Dom Aziraphale and nesting fic are always appreciated

[satsuma]

Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat is a total fucking mood tbh

[shy_magpie]

I was asked by the author to take down my rec to one of these fics; the folowing is the reply I posted for this week sans said rec. (the author was great about it, don't worry)If I start with the Supernatural fic I was too chicken to post before then this isn't an all Rusty Quill Gaming edition, and the awkward of posting incest and the awkward of subjecting you all to my current fandom cancel out, right? So yeah, its Sam/Dean first time with sex magic, decent plot and the ending is heavy on the porn.

put your arms around me like a ring around the sun (15740 words) by topaz, t_fic, topaz119
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester/Original Female Character
Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Bobby Singer, Missouri Moseley, Original Female Character
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Sex Magic, Case Fic, First Time, Podfic Available
Summary:

"I dunno, man," Dean says, after Sam literally shakes him to get him to focus. "I don't feel bad, just… not there all the time. Like there's a hole or something and it's sucking me down into it."

They're a day-and-a-half drive from Bobby's; Sam makes it in a little over eight hours.

~redacted at author request, don't get cute, I swear to god~

and lets end on a non-porn rec just to remind myself I am not here just to trade smut. Rusty Quill Gaming characters as avatars of fear from The Magnus Archives, oddly sweet
face your fear (2182 words) by DrowningInStarlight
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rusty Quill Gaming (Podcast), The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan & Sasha Rackett & Zolf Smith
Characters: Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan, Zolf Smith, Sasha Rackett, Sir Bertrand "Bertie" MacGuffingham
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - The Magnus Archives, that's right baby! avatar au!, Team Bonding, Fluff, Happy Murder Family
Summary:

An assortment of insights into the lives of Hamid al-Tahan, avatar of the Desolation, Sasha Rackett, avatar of the Dark, Bertie MacGuffingham, avatar of the Slaughter, and their leader: Zolf Smith, avatar of the Vast.