Fanfic Friday weekly post for 9/13/2019

[shy_magpie]

Hello Everybody! Its time to share your recs for the week! I'll swing by later to try to convert you to the RQG fandom share my own, but I wanted to put up the post for you guys even if I'm not ready.

Comments

[sylvaine]

I've not read a lot at all this week, and the best of the lot is a Russian fic I read via Google translate... I think so, anyway, since I have absolutely no insight into the quality of the prose. ^^;;; If you read Russian, though, and know a bit about Skyrim, and like dragons, you might enjoy this 50k of dragon transformations, dragon politics, intrigue, and rather soft (b)romance. I can't in good conscience recommend reading it via a translate tool even though that's what I spent most of today on xD

Other than that, I really only read two short things worth recommending this week:

*uck (175 words) by misbegotten
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Fluff, Tumblr Prompt, Ducks, Podfic Available
Summary: St. James' Park is still and quiet. Mostly quiet. Apart from the angel and demon snogging on the park bench.

This is really cute and the title already just made me grin delightedly.

SICK AND TIRED (of ur shit) (1,537 words) by fascinationex
Fandom: The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One), Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Generation One
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Skywarp & Starscream & Thundercracker, Megatron/Starscream
Characters: Starscream (Transformers), Megatron (Transformers), Decepticons (Transformers), Thundercracker (Transformers), Skywarp (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Starscream is an intolerable patient, Sick Character, tfw your own trine leaves you on read, Silly, One Shot, Prompt Fic
Series: Part 5 of transformers fics by fascinationex
Summary: Starscream contracts a mild virus. Nobody is sympathetic. This is very unfair.

Is it an unfair bias that I prompted this? Maybe, but I find 1.5k of someone being VERY WHINY and EXTREMELY UNREASONABLE about being sick hilarious and entirely too relatable. Who knew that being an asshole to people would make them be unsympathetic when you need help? XD

[satsuma]

That good omens fic looks excellent!!!

[tozka]

That Good Omens fic was TOO CUTE. Thanks so much for the rec!

Sherlock, good omens, and Podfic

[alessnox]

I am a religious listener to podfic. This week I listened to all of the daily fics by Podfixx (Formerly locked in Johnlock) and I can recommend them all.
Some of them are...

[Podfic] Undercurrents by Podfixx for entanglednow
Fandoms:Sherlock (TV)
Sherlock gets off to John pretending to be dead while simulating a crime scene.

[Podfic] By the Rivers of Babylon by Podfixx for verdant_fire
Fandoms:Sherlock (TV)
An Angsty Sherlock AU where Sherlock goes off to Serbia thinking he will die and leave John forever.

[Podfic] How to Save a Life by Podfixx for Leloi
Fandoms:Sherlock (TV)
Stanford doesn’t introduce them, but Suicidal John meets homeless Sherlock when he tries to hire a prostitute and gets him instead.

And I read...
Private Rituals by justacookieofacumberbatch (buffyholic)
Fandoms:Sherlock (TV)
Let’s just say dog tags turn Sherlock on.

And I read one Good Omens crackfic. It is a crossover between Good Omens and the game Plants vs Zombies.
Lawn of the Dead by Aisene
Absolutely stupid! I loved it! I kept singing, “There are Zombies on my Lawn” hours for afterward.

Re: Sherlock, good omens, and Podfic

[shy_magpie]

Ooh podfic! Thanks for sharing! there seems to be a problem with the links, so I hope you don't mind:

[Podfic] Undercurrents (0 words) by Podfixx
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Potentially Disturbing Themes, crime scene fetish, Pseudo-Necrophilia, Podfic, Podfic Length: 20-30 Minutes, Soundcloud, English Accent
Summary:

"There, that's it, perfect, shut your eyes and don't move - and don't speak."

[Podfic] By the Rivers of Babylon (0 words) by Podfixx
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s03e03 His Last Vow, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Pining, Longing, Reunions, Exile, Declarations Of Love, First Kiss, Pining Sherlock, sherlock POV, Podfic, Podfic Length: 20-30 Minutes, Soundcloud, English Accent
Summary:

Sherlock goes back to Serbia, and endures exile, boredom/torture, and a certain chemical defect, for the sake of one person and three improbable words.

[Podfic] How to Save a Life (0 words) by Podfixx
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mike Stamford, Mycroft Holmes
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Prostitution, Suicidal Thoughts, Depression, First Meetings, Sherlock Is a Virgin, Hurt/Comfort, Triggers, Drugs, homlessness, sex for favours, Suicidal John, Podfic, Podfic Length: 20-30 Minutes, Soundcloud, English Accent
Summary:

The early morning sunlight weakly filtered through the window as John Watson sat at his desk. The former Army Captain and surgeon cleaned his gun. In his heart he knew it would be the last time. Today was his last day. There was nothing left for a surgeon with a tremor. Years of schooling wasted, shattered by a single sniper bullet.

Private Rituals (4377 words) by justacookieofacumberbatch
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Masturbation, Anal Sex, Light BDSM, Military Kink
Summary:

Sherlock has a very specific masturbation ritual, but what would John think of it?

Lawn of the Dead (3392 words) by Aisene
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Plants vs Zombies
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Uriel (Good Omens), Raphael (Good Omens), Pestilence (Good Omens), Houseplants (Good Omens), Zombies - Character
Additional Tags: Pure Crack, the crossover no one wanted, Don't ever humour Uriel, No one remembers what happened at the end of the last thing we did
Series: Part 4 of Manchester Lost
Summary:

Sequel to Paradise Thwarted (nine years later!). Crowley is bored again. He really should know better by now. (Or, the crossover no one wanted or asked for).

[elasticella]

Steve Rogers is a Time Travelling Asshole, Purple (2948 words) by K_Popsicle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
Characters: Peggy Carter, Steve Rogers, Howard Stark
Additional Tags: Relationship Horror, Grief/Mourning, Non-Linear Narrative, Hurt No Comfort, lying, Deception, Time Travel, Canon Compliant, IMO
Summary: Peggy thinks Steve is dead, until he shows up at her door a year after the war ends.
the post-canon creepfest i didn't realize i absolutely Needed

rhymes Of worlds that I contrived (3232 words) by clytemnestras
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Community (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Troy Barnes/Annie Edison/Abed Nadir
Characters: Troy Barnes, Abed Nadir, Annie Edison
Additional Tags: Polyamory
Summary: the costume doesn't make the man
from the nostalgia ficathon, 10/10 gives nostalgic feels and is so very very in character

no shame (2310 words) by poiregourmande
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Buzzfeed Unsolved (Web Series)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shane Madej/Garrett Werner, Shane Madej/Garrett Werner/Kelsey Darragh
Characters: Shane Madej, Garrett Werner, Kelsey Darragh
Additional Tags: flustered shane, Cabin Fic, Road Trips, Fluff
Summary: A bad idea, is what this is.
Anything better than spending a week in a cabin in close quarters with Garrett, the object of his embarrassingly intense crush, and Kelsey, an enabler of the first order.
the am i doing this right ot3 \o/ em keeps dragging me back into buzzfeed feels, her writing is so fun

[shy_magpie]

Nice variety of fandoms and moods, thanks for the recs!

Mostly good omens & one clone wars fic for varieties sake :D

[satsuma]

ugh so TWICE last week I lost all my browser tabs, and a bunch of awesome kinkmeme fills I was saving along with. This might be good in that otherwise I would've had a MUCH harder time narrowing my recs down to one post?

alive (2020 words) by ravens_rising
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: CC-2224 | Cody/CT-7567 | Rex
Summary:

A series of moments between Rex and Cody.

Aziraphale, angel markings by various Anons
Fandom: Good Omens
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley
Prompt:

Some of the angels have gold markings on their faces. Aziraphale's are bold, dramatic, and ornate, somewhere on his body. (Covering his back? Around his thighs?) I want to know all about Aziraphale's, and someone else seeing them.

a collection both cute and cracky fills


Gen or Aziraphale/Crowley, holy warrior Aziraphale by various anons
Fandom: Good Omens
Rating: T
Warnings: cannon typical violence
Relationships: gen
Prompt:

I'm losing my entire mind because I just learned according to Neilman himself Aziraphale "fought in the war against the Revolting Angels – the 'Glorious Revolution' that Dagon refers to" and I am gonna need literally ANYTHING to do with this concept. Crowley finding out years later when Hell mentions it? Aziraphale having had this memory wiped by God because he couldn't deal with it, but Crowley remembers him? The archangels reminding him that he used to be mighty and smite the wicked, just like he did In The Beginning?

The completed fill, Holy Holy Holy is sad AF and there's the beginnings of a longer fill downthread as well (currently 2/?)


Outsider POV, staff at their regular hangouts ship Aziraphale and Crowley by various anons
Fandom: Good Omens
Rating: PG< br />Warnings: none
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley
Prompt:

Maybe it's the ice cream vendors in the park, or the waiters at the Ritz, or shop-owners on the same street as Aziraphale's bookshop who always see Crowley coming in to visit.

Whoever this group of people are, they've become invested in this bizarre couple and low-key ship them.

This could be fun in the format of a group chat conversation (regular 'ooh I've spotted them, wonder what they're up to today!') or a narrative where someone watches them get-together slowly over time. Totally down for however you want to write it!

Basically give me Ineffable Husbands fans within canon, haha. I love outsider POV fic because these two must look so interesting without context and I love exploring that.

A full fill and a 1/? both of which are super cute? go read em

Re: Mostly good omens & one clone wars fic for varieties sake :D

[sylvaine]

Oh man, that last one especially looks great!

Re: Mostly good omens & one clone wars fic for varieties sake :D

[satsuma]

Thanks! I hope you enjoy it :D

[suncani]

Slightly late but here's my selection. Two you may have read already as 1 was recced by fancake and the other on twitter but just in case here they are, as I really enjoyed them.

Whatever Happens Tomorrow (12072 words) by hellotailor
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars: Poe Dameron (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Poe Dameron/Finn
Characters: Poe Dameron, Finn (Star Wars), Leia Organa, Rose Tico, Rey (Star Wars), Temmin "Snap" Wexley, Jessika Pava, Sabé (Star Wars), Yané (Star Wars), Suralinda Javos
Additional Tags: Post-Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Planet Naboo (Star Wars), Survivor Guilt, Cooking, Pining, Crushes
Summary:

After the Battle of Crait, the survivors take refuge on Naboo. Poe needs time to figure out his new place in the Resistance - and how to handle his inconvenient crush on Finn.

‘Okay,’ said Finn, rubbing his hands together. ‘You know about, like, romance, right?'

‘Yes,’ Poe said firmly, because he was thirty-two years old, and compared to someone who’d been a Stormtrooper for most of his life, he did know about romance. Definitely.

I really like the insight we get in how Poe might deal with the aftermath of TLJ and while Finn is woven into the story, it's not just about his crush but everything else going on as well. It's a nice interlude

Robots Need Love Too (3261 words) by Toft
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: MythBusters RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman
Additional Tags: Kid Fic, Best Friends, Alternate Universe, Neurodiversity
Summary:

"Everybody, this is Adam," says Educator Kari. She's standing next to a skinny kid with red hair, who's still wearing the white and blue jumpsuit they give new people. He's also wearing a cape.

I know you're not meant to say this but well I generally don't like RPF, I tend to find it a bit creepy but this is sweet and takes inspiration from Jamie and Adam from rather than wholesale adoption.

By Slow Degrees (4840 words) by OzQueen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Mummy Series, The Mummy (1999)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Evy Carnahan O'Connell/Rick O'Connell
Characters: Evy Carnahan O'Connell, Rick O'Connell, Jonathan Carnahan
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Marriage Proposal, Proposal attempts keep being thwarted by circumstances, 5 Things
Summary:

Four times Rick O'Connell tried to ask Evelyn Carnahan to marry him (and one time he managed it with moderate success).

I'm always on the lookout for more good Evy/Rick. The dynamic is great but I do think it can be a little bit tricky to get right.

Selected Moments in Introductory Symbology (5685 words) by kaydeefalls
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lyra Belacqua/Will Parry, Lyra Belacqua/Original Character
Characters: Lyra Belacqua, Dame Hannah Relf, Serafina Pekkala, Master of Jordan College
Additional Tags: Coming of Age, Bisexuality, Boarding School, University, Original Character(s), Women Being Awesome, Female Friendship, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:

Lyra in Oxford after the Fall, relearning the alethiometer and discovering a life of her own.

[shy_magpie]

Nice variety of fandoms and feels. Don't worry about saying you don't not like RPF (frankly I never got into it myself) its only when people start saying liking something makes you evil or that anyone who likes it is wrong that you hit the rules. Nobody likes everything and having an opinion is fine as long as you don't yuck someone's yum. Also one of these days I am actually going to remember that I like Mummy fic and remember I can seek it out instead of just going "yes!" when someone links it honest. In the meantime please keep recing!

[suncani]

Tbh I hardly ever look for Mummy fics because there is some truly terrible stuff out there and are very disappointing. But when you find the good ones, they make it all worthwhile.... which I suppose is fanfic in a nutshell, but since its so small seems even more so.

[shy_magpie]

Well in that case I am even more happy for you to rec the good ones

[suncani]

Lol I'll try :D

[tozka]

I've been deep into Good Omens fanfic for, like, the last three months? Here's two recent reads that I enjoyed (and that need more love!):

It's a Beautiful Day (3887 words) by FinnsKeeper
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), The Bentley (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Post-Almost Apocalypse (Good Omens), Picnic, Love Confessions, Fluff
Series: Part 2 of Ineffable Husbands Bingo
Summary:

Crowley turns up at the bookshop three days after their victory lunch at the Ritz. He doesn’t say anything, just slithers through the door and leans against a column as Aziraphale hedges over price points with a stubborn customer.

“You free?”

“I am.” With a flick of his wrist, Aziraphale flips his Open sign to Closed and bolts the door. “What did you have in mind?”

“Thought we could go on that picnic.”

An angel and a demon go on a drive, share a meal, and finally confront the last of the secrets between them.

Ineffable Husbands Bingo Square Filled: Picnic

Observer Effect (8617 words) by Square Pudding
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, 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), Original Angel Character(s)
Additional Tags: POV Outsider, 2000 years of privacy invasion, Surveillance, Slow Burn, Shipper on Deck, Should be both book and TV canon compliant, Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Idiots in Love, Bad lipreading, Crowley and Aziraphale's free will rubbing off on others, The Regency chocolates scene, Reckless disregard for one's corporeal form, Historical book burning, first kiss (sort of), 6000 Years of Slow Burn (Good Omens), exchanging gifts, Bad Matchmaking, Epistolary
Series: Part 1 of Observer Effect
Summary:

Heaven dispatches a Grigori to monitor any "suspicious activity" between Aziraphale and a certain agent of Hell.

[shy_magpie]

Good omens outsider pov in epistolary format? You are far kinder than I deserve!

[tozka]

It's so funny and cute, and there's a sequel in the works as well!