can I get y’all to recommend me ur fave fics?
like it can literally be any media type any fandom just tell me ur faves like the ones that truly have your heart I wanna read All Of Them
can I get y’all to recommend me ur fave fics?
like it can literally be any media type any fandom just tell me ur faves like the ones that truly have your heart I wanna read All Of Them
this https://littlecatk.dreamwidth.org/7293.html- is my masterpost of fic recs. in there are a lot of short little fluffy and sometimes funny bits because thats how I roll, there is world building and interesting concepts I love them all, but following here is a shorter list (1 fic per fandom (20 together)) (and damn for some that was very very hard!) fics that truely have my heart: (sorted by word count, shortest first) (tumblr fucks up formating every time so sorry)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3385943
Title: As Above, So Below by sharklion Fandom: Yu Gi Oh GX Character/Pairing: Jim Crocodile Cook, Axel Brodie Jim Crocodile Cook/Axel Brodie Word Count: 525 Warnings: implied character death Summary: Prompt: Last kiss, Jim/O'Brien. Crossover with 5Ds but no appearance of 5Ds characters. “It takes them a good fifteen years, before the punishment for their good deeds catches up with them.” Why I Rec This Fic: Axel and Jim are my fav thing we get introduced to in S3, they are both very interesting characters and admirable brave souls. This had me choking up, I love characters putting duty first, finding and fighting for a cause, i love couples who respect eachothers choices and strenghts and a bit of tragedy and suddenly I want all kind of stories about them in that world.(And the line: „Walls go up, travel gets hard.“ gets extra bang! With Trump and his politics.)
The city of Neo-Domino is a microcosm of the world— or maybe, the other way around: it happens one place, it happens everywhere. Walls go up, travel gets hard. The world gets hard— gap cleaved between the rich and poor gets cemented in rules, border checks.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/941324/chapters/1835582
Title: well nobody made this war of mine by DeadPrince Fandom: Pacific Rim Character/Pairing: Mako Mori, Chuck Hansen, Tendo Choi, Wei Tang Clan, Sasha Kaidanovsky, Aleksis Kaidanovsky, Raleigh Becket, Hermann Gottlieb, Stacker Pentecost Word Count: 708 Warnings: internalized transphobia, misgendering and transphobia Summary: “snapshots about life, and gender” Why I Rec This Fic: There are many different ways to do gender, and i love fanwork exploring that (my fav part is Mako)
it was supposed to be a victory, these shoes gleaming red, they looked oh so beautiful, and the little cute buckles that she had stared at for days, her face pressed on the glass,
https://archiveofourown.org/works/242932
Title: Bad Day by Lisse Fandom: Avatar the last Airbender Character/Pairing: OC, mention of canon characters Word count: 1112 Summary: AU, Future Fic “The war went badly.“ And “His old man wears an Earth Kingdom name like a shirt that doesn’t fit.” Why I Rec This Fic: I love repetition as story telling structure, I love legacy and found families. Also this fic is just super cool and interesting – don´t let the OC main character turn you away from this exploration of the atla world its really great.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16584272
Title: I Still Believe In Summer Days by Katherine Fandom: The Aristocats (1970) Character/Pairing: Duchess, Adelaide Bonfamille, Duchess & Adelaide Bonfamille, Word Count: 1163 Summary: It is no light thing, to choose a father. Why I Rec This Fic: The most tender writing on (a cat) growing up.
http://bttf-slash.livejournal.com/32983.html
Title: Hopscotch by Two-Headed Boy Fandom: Back to the future Character/Pairing: Lorrain, George Mcfly, Lorrain/George Mcfly Summary: Lorrain would like to kiss George again. Word count: 1211 Why I Rec This Fic: I love Lorrain and have found no other fic that has her characterication down like this (or even fic that is focused on her at all), and of cause i am weak for the soft (if slightly nsfw) exploration of sexuality and gender. Its a hopeful fic, about people finding their true self and that makes me happy.
When they come to the hopscotch pattern, Lorraine follows it idly, hitching up her skirt and clumping through the familiar motions even in her nice pair of heels. When she reaches the end, she turns back, trying to find George; she is surprised to see him hopping over the squares the way that she had.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/687316
Title: i’m not your manic pixie dream girl by orphan_account Fandom: Peanuts Character/Pairing: Schroeder&Lucy van Pelt; Schroeder, Lucy van Pelt Word Count: 1315 Warnings: mentions/implications of sex Summary: “Lucy kisses him on a Tuesday, half-drunk on memories and scotch. Schroeder kisses her back. They go too far and it’s something close to a mistake, but neither of them can admit it even to themselves.“ Why I Rec This Fic: Lucy is awesome, she is angry and driven, and she will not let anyone else be the key to her own happiness – I love that for female characters. Also not something i can personal relate to (i always failed spectacular at everything) but gifted kids and the fear of failure – written beautiful.
“D’you miss it?” He follows her eyes to the piano, sitting dusty in the corner. He pulls away from her, sitting up and frowning down. Despite this, she seems nonplussed and merely runs a hand across the bed spread. “I think it broke your heart, y’know? You like to pretend it was some girl but the only way to get your heart broken is to love something.”
http://archiveofourown.org/works/677001/chapters/1239886
Title: Fifteen Kennings For “Woman”: A Sequence by nebroadwe Fandom: How to train your dragon Character/Pairing: Astrid, Astrid/Hiccup Word Count: 1500 - in 15 drabbles (100 words) Summary: “Being a girl on Berk means many things, as Astrid discovers by living through them.” Why I Rec This Fic: I love it when people bring in stuff they are knowledgeable and passionate about for their fanfiction, and this does, there are footnotes! "A kenning is a Norse poetic trope, a circumlocutory compound that describes a person, place or thing. They can be straightforward (like “ring-giver” for “king”) or complex, even riddling.“ Given this associations, the fic use free interpretations to show a fleshed out 3dimensional picture of a female character that I already love in canon but could always use more exploring.
Runner up lokabrenna by trell (qunlat)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1606769/chapters/3420665
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5942527
Title: Short Street to Kicklebury by notbecauseofvictories Fandom: Discworld – Guard series Character/Pairing: Sybil Ramkin/Samuel Vimes Sybil Ramkin, Samuel Vimes, Carrot Ironfoundersson, Havelock Vetinari Word Count: 1628 Warnings: homophobia Summary: AU, “There was an Understanding. The Understanding was: Her Grace, Lady Sybil Deidre Olgivanna Ramkin, had, on the twelfth of May, married Captain Samantha Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork Watch. It was a very lovely ceremony. There had been cake.”
“[…] but it turned out there were other girls in this city—and lads, too—who wanted their Understanding all the same. And they wanted it in writing.”
Runner up is Guided Meditation by AstroJunk https://archiveofourown.org/works/13680444/chapters/31424157
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12674643
Title: To Ring So Empty, or The Gradual Descent of Larsa Ferrinas Solidor in Ten Easy Steps by midnightdiddle (gooseberry) Fandom: Final Fantasy XII Character/Pairing: Larsa Ferrinas Solidor Gabranth, Basch fon Ronsenburg, Penelo Larsa/Penelo, Larsa&Basch fon Ronsenburg Word Count: 2598 Summary: “In which Larsa, as the last member of House Solidor, tries to be the child-emperor a grieving Archadia needs.” Why I Rec This Fic: This fic wrecked me when i first found it and it still wrecks me. The writing style is beautiful and the world feels very real.
“A city in the east has been attacked,” Larsa says. “Should you be Gabranth, I would that you take to the east, and with you, as many men as you see fit. If you are Basch, I would that you take to the skies, and with you, as many friends as you might have.”
http://archiveofourown.org/series/2499
Title: A Qu and Xyr Chocobo series by Quinara Fandom: Final Fantasy IX Character/Pairing: Quina, Bobby Corwen Word Count: Stroper Stew: 1,288 + Fish for the Blues: 1,581 Summary: “A Qu and xyr chocobo take on the world, one meal at a time.” Why I Rec This Fic: Its gen and fluffy, but its also Quina (and I love Quina to death) and use xe/xyr pronouns and all that is something i wished was more of in this fandom (and the last thing in any. The casual way of nonbinary character use)
“She gave me anklet when left Alexandria,” Quina explained. “Told me, good luck adventuring, Quina! You take this; I no need it anymore. Help you against monsters. But keep it as memory too – you ever lost or need help? I come fight for you; I bring Zidane; I cure you. I be Dagger you knew again.” Xe held the anklet tightly, bringing it to xyr tongue and tasting the memory of the castle, the banquets xe once cooked there. Mmm, gysahl pickles… -Fish for the Blues
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3927454/chapters/8796448
Title: The Highway Is for Gamblers by the_dala Fandom: Pirates of the Caribean Character/Pairing: Giselle, Scarlett, Giselle/Scarlett, Annemaria, Giselle/Anamaria, Cpt Jack Sparrow Word Count: 3048 Warnings: Sex, sex work, abuse, violence, strangulation, degrading language Summary: “Scarlett and Giselle carve out a life in Tortuga.“ Why I Rec This Fic: Female centric, female friendship and femslash! The smell of orange blossoms and people becoming their best and free selves (also slapping Cpt Jack Sparrow because he deserves it).
She turns back just in time to see the straw-haired tart lay another on Jack, as she’s no doubt been itching to do since his last sweet words faded from her ears. They retreat to opposite ends of the town, though not without exchanging an almost-polite nod.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5812873
Title: Hearts and Their Consumption by setepenre_set Fandom: Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones Character/Pairing: Sophie Hatter, Howl Pendragon, Calcifer, Sophie Hatter/Howl Pendragon Summary: AU: “Wizard Howl eats hearts. This isn’t just a metaphor.” Word Count: 3058 Why I Rec This Fic: My favorite fic for this fandom so far: Its Calcifers pov and so brings interesting outside perspective (Howl and Sophies relationship is – there are lots of fic about them right after the end of the book, sweet marriage proposals and bickering but – I have a hard time getting into them as a couple, so I really like this look at them) and let the theme of this fic shine with the parallel of dependency/choice – in relationships. The writing style really creates a fairytale mood, and for me feels almost poetic.
Runner up is Four Castles Howl Built (& One He Had No Hand In) by Firerose https://archiveofourown.org/works/296626
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15758673
Title: getting out of here alive by words-writ-in-starlight (Gunmetal_Crown) Fandom: Hellboy, Constantine (2005) Character/Pairing: John Constantine, Hellboy John Constantine & Hellboy, Hellboy & Trevor Bruttenholm Summary: “John goes to find an old friend, after he gets word of a small disaster in Moscow that almost ended the world.” Word Count: 3060 Warnings: Christan Religious Imagery & Symbolism, canon character death, guilt Why I Rec This Fic: This is one of the fics that just made me cry, the first time around so much that I couldnt even write a comment (and the second time around too) – because my favorite relationship in Hellboy canon is the one between Hellboy and his father, Hellboys feeling about it all, really hit, and felt true to the source material. Hellboys humor is also nailed here. No knowledge of Constantine needed (said as I know nothing about it, and the author made me like the character and the relationship he has with Hellboy anyway).
“Lung cancer,” Hellboy said to the rosary in his fist. “All that shit he survived, Nazis and monsters and—goddamn, me, and he was gonna die from lung cancer. He never even smoked.” “Fuck,” John said with feeling. “I’m—fuck me, Red. I’m so sorry.”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11581746
Title: grim grinning ghosts by lyricalecho Fandom: Yu Gi Oh DM Character/Pairing: Kaiba Mokuba, Kaiba Seto, Mutou Yuugi, Bakura Ryou, Mai Valentine, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, Duke Devlin, Serenity Wheeler Word Count: 4650 Summary: “Sometimes trauma-induced Brain Problems mean you ruin what should be a perfectly enjoyable and regular experience, but sometimes your friends also all have trauma-induced Brain Problems, and they love and respect you anyway. (Sometimes you are 16-year-old Mokuba Kaiba, and your life is very, very weird.)” Why I Rec This Fic: “And then you round an unfamiliar corner, and that’s the point where you ruin Halloween.”-Is sadly such a unbelievable relatable thing for me, but there is also this really wonderful friendship in the group being brain-bad together and supportive. Super funny and emotional.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/8828/chapters/11294
Title: Wearing the Sod Gown by lotesse Fandom: Laputa: Castle in the sky Character/Pairing: Sheeta, Pazu, Dola Word Count: 4706 Warnings: the G*psy slur (a ship is named that way) Summary: “Sheeta wears Pazu’s patched castoffs and Dola’s fancy lendings, braiding her short hair down against the wind.“ Why I Rec This Fic: There are many wonderful things in this, it is all in Ghiblis soft tune that choice healing over destruction, rembering but moving forward, that allows female characters be characters (female friendship, having their own ways of thinking/living “feminity“) and kids grow at their own pace.
Dola liked for Sheeta to share her watch, at which time she would tell her somewhat more realistic tales of a free life, and run her gnarl-knuckled hands through Sheeta’s still-short hair.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/974653/chapters/1916815
Title: Poppies and Tea; or In Which Mary Poppins Makes Everything Better With No Magic Whatsoever, I don’t know what you are talking about at all, what magic? by phoenixflight Fandom: Mary Poppins - P. L. Travers Character/Pairing: Mary Poppins, Jane Banks, Michael Banks, Mr and Mrs Banks, Bert, Bert’s Ma Word Count: 7759 Warnings: War, reference to rape, dementia, - not as angst as that sounded now Summary: “It’s 1915: Jane is 13 and in love with the soldiers. Michael is 11 and in love with the war. Mrs. Banks is struggling to be both a mother and work in a munitions plant, and Mr Banks isn’t sure how he ended up cooking dinner.“ Why I Rec This Fic: I love the focus on female characters being awesome, i love the “magic“ that is hope, and kindness and working together,
[…] what do you want to do when you grow up?” Jane just barely stopped herself from saying, “I don’t know,” again, because she suspected it was a stupid “I don’t know.” Instead, she said after a moment’s thought, “I’m looking forward to finding out.”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14840553
Title: it’s a dark road (when you walk it alone) by dustofwarfare Fandom: Final Fantasy 15 Character/Pairing: Iris Amicitia/Aranea Highwind Aranea Highwind, Iris Amicitia, Gladiolus Amicitia, Cindy Aurum, Takka Word Count: 8257 Summary: "Aranea and Iris find common ground as daemon slayers in the World of Ruin, and Aranea learns maybe it’s okay to have someone to want to survive for.” Warning: Sex, Age difference (Iris is almost 21 at the first sexual encounter, Areana is 37) Why I Rec This Fic: Characters who are afraid to hope in fear to be dissapointed are my jam – and so are characters who are stubbornly hopeful – combine this two to a ship? I am very happy. The voices for them are great and I specialy love the respect/love the writer has for Iris kind of strengh (as I have seen lots of characters like her being mistreated by fandom).
“This –” she touches her fingers lightly to the burnished silver of Aranea’s lance. “This is what keeps us safe.” She reaches out and touches her fingers to Aranea’s armor, the spot above her heart. “This is what keeps us going.” It’s a pretty sentiment. Aranea wishes she could believe it. Maybe she does believe it. Maybe that’s why she’s so scared.
Runner up Benchstone, Waterstone, Whetstone by gooseberry (Warnings: Emotional Manipulation, purposeful child neglect, Politics, politically motivated codependence,) https://archiveofourown.org/works/14497836/chapters/33491826
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13041522/chapters/29830596
Title: Endless is the Good by escritoireazul Fandom: Lilo and Stich Character/Pairing: Nani Pelekai, Lilo Pelekai, Stitch, David Kawena, Cobra Bubbles Nani Pelekai&Lilo Pelekai Word Count: 8367 Summary: “Nani and Lilo grow up and together and apart.” Why I Rec This Fic: This fic is heartwarming and -breaking, its beautiful written and full of details, and i tear up just thinking of it.
Runner up Escape Velocity by miss_pryss https://archiveofourown.org/works/1096307/chapters/2206137
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4989253/chapters/11461066
Title: gathers no moss by bluewalk Fandom: One Piece Word count: 10754 Character/Pairing: Sanji, Gin, Strawhats, Red-Leg Zeff Summary: Future Fic (Ruffy is pirate king the strawhats seperated) Sanji (and Gin) growth and heal. Why I Rec This Fic: I love the writing style and the way it makes me want to see Sanji grow healthy, happy and all (Gin too but that is even in canon because i am weak). It made me cry a lot but its a story about growing and healing, and the love feels very warm. It is tagged with: #zeff’s story is the story of an immigrant parent and you cannot convince me otherwise - and thats why i read it no lie - totally worth it.
Then and now, Sanji had wanted to say, I would live the rest of my life for you. I would count out all my days like coins to place in your palm and still it would not be enough for what I’ve taken from you, for all the possibilities like universes without end that even together amount to less than your singular sacrifice. But if you ask, I would stay, I would stay, I would learn to want to stay. Zeff wouldn’t ask. Still looks at Sanji now like he is something unbelievable. Like Sanji is something good. Both times, Sanji had said, with sincerity enough to blister, but still only, “Thank you,” what else did he have to give, for every day since that first day, for letting me grow, for letting me go, for seeing the good in me worth every life-drop of All Blue.
Runner up (honestly that was the hardest choice, I love both so much) triskelion by razbliuto (warnings: slavery; violence; disorderd eating; aftermath of traumatic expierinces, non explicit reference to non con; drowning; passive death wish) https://archiveofourown.org/works/12718638
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1643144
Title: The Storyteller by Beatrice_Otter Fandom: Big Fish (2003) Character/Pairing: Edward Bloom/Jenny Hill Edward Bloom, Jenny Hill, The Witch Additional Tags: Unreliable Narrator, rural life -Small Towns,Gossip, Infidelity Word Count: 13199 Summary: “The biggest fish in the river gets that way by not getting caught.” Jenny Hill tells her own story. Why I Rec This Fic: Fanfiction is there to here the stories that mainstream/canon doesnt want to tell and this does it so well, made me tear up a lot. Perfect mix of story telling, magic and „normal“ live.
“How’d you do that, Aunt Bertha?” Jenny had asked, fascinated. Wasn’t often she’d heard stories where girls got to do things that weren’t proper. In fact, this might be the first one. […] “You always were the best piano player in town. Of course you could make it as a teacher, if you really wanted to.” “I do, Momma,” Jenny said. “I do.” […] … where was she, in the story? The witch was her aunt, Jenny was the one who’d spent time alone with her and impressed the other schoolchildren, Jenny was the one who’d looked into the eye, Jenny was the one who’d been warned not to let herself get hooked. And Jenny had been completely replaced by Eddie.
Anonymous asked:
lines-and-edges answered:
This is a really good question and I’m going to pass it through because I don’t have the spoons for in-depth digging today but I don’t want it to just be buried in my inbox forever!
I’m pretty familiar with van der Kolk’s work, so I’m going to draw on material from the article in question, the DSM-5 conceptualization of PTSD he helped shape, and his 2015 book The Body Keeps the Score, because it has some good illustrative examples. I’ll also be focusing way more on antis instead of REGs, because I have way more experience with one than the other.
I’m resisting the anon’s insinuation that this concept being applicable to online discourse is a wholly negative thing, because although I believe antis do a ton of damage socially, i also think the only way to reach and talk to them is with a great deal of empathy that a lot of them are traumatized people trying to figure out how to heal.
This is a great contribution. If you don‘t mind, there’s some stuff I’d like to add:
Super excellent additions!
These are thoughts that can be hard to translate into direct action. I’ve tried and failed for the last two hours to add anything else to this post, but I can’t just boil it down into a few easy talking points for people to take away with them. It’s a really complicated problem; a lot more people are going to need to do the work of keeping themselves safe without trying to fix the overall problem; and while we’re not fighting these problems in the absolute best way, it’s really hard to say what the absolute best way is.
I think the one thing I would add to these excellent points (and they are all excellent) is to draw out and reemphasize and even elaborate a little bit on what @queeranarchism notes:
Being supportive/helping someone with PTSD/trauma-related issues heal is hard, complicated work.
And crucially, it is not necessarily any given person’s job to do that work.
Being semi-decent human beings, most people would like to do what they can to help people with trauma-related disorders, and speaking AS SOMEONE with a trauma-related disorder, that’s actually great, and speaks well of people!
I think it’s great to have a basic set of social politeness norms - like content notes! - that enable people to make decisions to protect themselves as much as they can. That’s great, and I think it speaks well of people in this community in general that this is a concern.
But it’s also not actually anyone’s job to Be The Support for a stranger dealing with trauma. Further, it’s probably totally inappropriate for you to try without invitation.
Nor is it actually appropriate for people to dump Fixing Their Trauma on strangers, however much good-will there is, which is part of the difficulty of this whole situation - that often, that is what people are doing.
And it is 100% NOT THE JOB of someone under attack to do trauma stewardship work for their attacker, ESPECIALLY not as a basic requirement to the abuse stopping.
The beatings will NOT continue until Beauty tames the Beast. The same way, as a therapist, I will not continue to work with anyone who physically assaults me, people under attack get to demand that the violence stops first, before they can sit down and talk in a more vulnerable way, if they ever choose to do that for someone who has hurt them.
It is NEVER okay to say, “I kept abusing you because you never empathized with me!”
