#280k into a 300k fic

[mage]

I would like you to know, tumblr, that I wrote the outline for this scene roughly around the time that destiel went canon (in the Spanish dub). So, yes, that is, in part, why one of the five lines Camila speaks in untranslated Spanish in this fic is, well, that.

(from chapter 55 of 'whatever this is, it isn't love' on ao3)

[a-very-fond-farewell]

tried to take a day off from writing. still woke up at 5am. let’s write then 😈🔥

[wren-of-the-woods]

Hey! I was wondering if you'd be up for creating a master list of the longest and most intriguing Witcher fics you've read? 💘

Absolutely, my dear anon! I haven't read as many longfics as I'd like, quite honestly, but I've given it a shot. I believe these are all Geraskier, for no particular reason other than those are the ones I found.

As always, I would love it if anyone wants to contribute some of their favorites or their own fics to the notes. I'm always looking for new things to read!

100k+

Biting Snake Isn't Better Than Knife In Your Back and Winter Winds and Snowmelt by @damatris Rated M, 280k and 300k+ (WIP) These are two consecutive stories in a series. Summary for first story:

There was something ugly churning in Geralt's gut watching all those nobles flock around Jaskier. Fawning, complimenting, flirting. Jaskier should be thriving and preening from all the attention. Instead there was something uncomfortable and pinched in his expression, skillfully masked behind playful smiles and bright laughs. Geralt didn't want to contemplate why he, and only he, noticed the bard's wish to run.

Those songs we sung, those words we flung by persephonesprince Not Rated, 179k

After the mountain top, Jaskier keeps running into witchers. The other witchers of Kaer Morhen decide that if Geralt can't be nice to Jaskier, then they will have to take care of him themselves.

Defiance & Destiny by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels Rated T, 104k

When Geralt of Rivia returns to England after a prolonged absence, he and Jaskier, an aspiring bard, are forced to confront the pride and prejudice that flung them apart. Meanwhile, Lady Yennefer of Vengerberg is beginning to wonder if there is more to life than being handsome, clever, and rich.

60k+

I Follow the Path that You Choose by @flowercrown-bard Rated M, 75k

As winter creeps into the land Jaskier faces himself once again with the choice of whether or not he should ask Geralt to spend the winter months with him. There’s only one problem: As we all know, Jaskier isn’t very good at making sensible choices. Which is why you, dear reader, get to make the choices for him in this choose-your-own-adventure-fic. There’s no telling what the winter will bring for Jaskier and Geralt. Who knows, maybe you will read a tale of jealousy? Maybe one of curses and heartache? Maybe there will be drunken confessions or the danger of snowstorms? Maybe Jaskier will get to meet Geralt’s family or Geralt will get to meet Jaskier’s friends? I guess there’s only one way to find out.

Christmas Downhill by avengeful-bunny (brodeurbunny30) Rated T, 66k

Jaskier, a struggling musician on the outs with his wealthy, elitist family is invited to spend a very special Christmas at his childhood home...with his boyfriend that technically doesn't exist. Enter Geralt, a Law student and part-time ski instructor who happens to fit all the requirements to play fake boyfriend in front of the family, for a small fee. With the magic of the season in the air, will the plan go flawlessly, or will a case of the feelings cause it all to go downhill? Either way, it promises to be a Christmas to remember.

Give Me Nothing, Give Me You by @dls-ao33 Rated T, 62k

Ciri's kindergarten letter comes in the mail on a Tuesday. Geralt opens it, skims it, and frowns at the class his daughter has been assigned. Dandelions. Or: A modern AU with Dad!Geralt and Teacher!Jaskier.

50k+

The Bard and The Wolf by Arvari Rated M, 59k

When Jaskier's band, Dandelions, suddenly kicks him out, he accidentally finds himself a place in another one - Kaer Morhen, a band he'd always considered to be his rivals. And maybe, just maybe, they're not as bad as he'd thought. And maybe their frontman, who calls himself The White Wolf, isn't such an idiot after all...

A Little Human Contact by Quallian42 Rated T, 58k

Geralt has now been officially divorced for longer than he has been married. Eskel and Lambert celebrate by buying him a session with a professional cuddler named Jaskier. Sometimes a little human contact can change everything

Silver and Copper by @heronfem Rated M, 56k

Geralt is just supposed to pass through the quiet Lettenhove area. He's not anticipating being begged by its people to help save their viscount from a curse that keeps him from daylight. Lord Jaskier, they call him, and he's likely dying. Or- Jaskier is kept from becoming a bard. Geralt finds him anyway.

For the Asking by @gremble Rated T, 53k

In which Geralt of Rivia, the White Wolf, Conqueror of the North, would really prefer not to be receiving handsome young men as tribute.

40k+

Once & Future by spqr Rated M, 49k

Jaskier tilts his head, neck crunching at the strange angle, and kisses the King’s stone frown. The statue—who is now not so much a statue as a man—gasps into his mouth.

Geralt of Rivia and the Jewel of Cintra by DancingLassie Rated T, 47k

The Son, the Wife, the Mistress, the Tutor or the Mysterious Elf? With monsters now extinct, witchers had to find other lines of work. Unfortunately for Private Detective Geralt of Rivia, he owed Sigismund Dijkstra a favour and the Head of the Redanian secret service was cashing in. There had been a high profile murder and he needed someone to go and discreetly sort it out.

Negotiate with a Mare by @theheirofashandfirendfire Rated M, 44k

When he gets back, two bowls of stew and a jug of wine balanced precariously in his hands courtesy of a grateful mother, Geralt is exactly where he left him. He’s fast asleep, chest slowly rising and falling beneath the blanket still draped over him. Roach glances over and nickers at him softly. “You and me, girl, we’ve got a hell of a job on our hands,” Jaskier whispers to her. “Don’t you worry, though. I’ll stick around for a bit. Help you out.” Roach flicks an ear at him, and then goes back to her hay. Jaskier heaves a sigh. “Sometimes I feel so unappreciated.”

The Fix is Inn by f-ing-ruthless-baz (firb) Rated M, 43k

When Geralt inherits his uncle’s old cottage house, Kaer Morhen, he has to figure out what to do with it. It’s run-down and falling apart, and he doesn’t know if fixing it up will be worth the money he’ll get when he inevitably sells the place—and Ciri doesn’t want him to sell it at all. But he knows sometimes you have to let things go. Meanwhile, Jaskier is struggling to write his next album, and the label is breathing down his neck about it. His manager, Yennefer, thinks it would be good for him to get away for a while. Away from all the distractions of the city, so he can focus on his music. And her ex’s uncle used to have a cottage in the middle of nowhere… Sometimes holding on and letting go are but two sides of the same coin.

[zerokogane]

I need to scream about certain fics so here are some of my favorite persona 5 fanfics (be warned most of these of not all are going to be shuake and ongoing)

Pt 2 https://zerokogane.tumblr.com/post/652917516478349312/lappel-du-vide-xov-persona-5-archive-of-our

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26995579

Ongoing, shuake, rated M, 300k+

Description:

What do you mean?” Ryuji tilted his head.

“It’s called Just Die. It reduces the SP needed for Insta kill skills like Mudoon or 'Please Die for Me' to zero.”

Ryuji and Ann blinked and blinked again trying to figure out what Morgana is trying to say. He watched as the gears churn in their head and they come to an epiphany, their faces growing horrified at the implications.

“Wait, you are saying. Joker can insta-kill literally everything in this palace. WITHOUT using SP at all?!” Ryuji clarified in astonishment because there is no way there isn’t a catch to this. “Without repercussion?!”

“Yes. That is exactly what I’m saying.”

Or the NG+ au where Akira knows more than he lets on, the Phantom Thieves start to suspect one of their own, and Akechi is in for a wild ride.

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1767610

Series 6/7 completed, no ships, ratings vary per part. 700k+(all 7 parts)

Discerption or first part in series :Forewarned

When Akira Kurusu is ten years old, his parents die in an accident.

One year later, he comes to Inaba. He doesn't expect to find family there, and he doesn't expect to find a hidden world of monsters inside the TV.

He finds both.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21227510

Shuake, ongoing, rated T, 300k+

Discerption:

In the Present...

...Akira and Goro are the famed Detective Princes of Tokyo! They've solved countless crimes and brought justice across the city, gaining allies and confidants wherever they've roamed! As election season approaches in the distance, and ominous warnings are whispered into their ears, will they be able to weather the storm to come?

In the Past...

...two young boys, abandoned by society and family alike, find each other. Will they be able to handle everything else they find, in the years to come?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23989186

No ships, ongoing, rated T, crossover with bnha(sorta ? jokers in their universe but he doesn’t know why ) 280k+

Discerption:

“Foolish mortals!” Yaldabaoth’s shadow fell over them like a death shroud, “The sin of rebelling against a god is severe. As punishment, I banish you to other worlds unknown!”

Something changed in the air, like the snap charge of electricity after a thunder strike. No, this was more than that. The world shifted and changed and contorted, the weave of fate was unnaturally pulled by the God Of Control, creating fractals in the flow of time and space.

Joker’s teammates gasped as bizarre, otherworldly doors came into existence.

One, a pair of silver doors with alien markings, cracked open just a hair to reveal a large, terrifying eye. Another, a glowing paper door that would be at home in any vintage Japanese mansion. The third, a grand golden gate decorated with eyes and horned demons, bubbling black sludge dripped from its maw like tar. The final one was a fluctuating cloud of purple and black mist.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27656152

Shuake, ongoing, rated T, 250k+

Discerption:

From a young age, Akechi Goro was forced to accept that life is not fair. When the world is full of injustice and seems determined to throw that in your face at every chance it gets, what are you supposed to do? Sometimes you just need to tear the whole damn system down.

Meanwhile, Kurusu Akira just wants his friend back. He never meant to become a delinquent, much less the leader of the Phantom Thieves, but he supposes he’s never been very good at staying out of other people’s business.

(A soulmate au where writing gets transferred to each other’s skin. As a result, they become long-distance friends… until Akechi lets his jealousy and anger get the better of him, that is.)

( if you turned off by soulmate au’s trust me it’s good and it’s not as big part of the story as you would think, or not used in the “normal” way....idk your just gonna have to trust me one this one if the story sounds interesting cause it’s really good rant over)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26781733

Ongoing, shuake, rated M, 300k+

Discerption:

"Love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose against statistically long odds."

In which Goro Akechi joins the team during Kaneshiro's palace arc instead of Makoto.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30827231

Ongoing, will be polythieves but we don’t know the specifics yet, rated M, 29k+

Discerption:

Yaldabaoth had been told of the Mythical Trickster. He had laid out the plans for his game expertly, all the pieces and threads in place, ready to pull the Trickster into the trial that would determine humanity's fate.

His plan, however, did not account for what he actually received: Twin Tricksters.

No matter... surely, this would not lead the game too astray. Would it?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19818682

Ongoing, no ships with Akira but there is ann/shiho, rated M, 44+k

Discerption:

When Suou Akira is arrested for a crime he didn't do and sent to Tokyo for probation, all he wants to do is live as quietly as possible and return to his family in Sumaru City. Of course, things don't work out the way he wants them to.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31362848

One-shot completed, shuake, rated T, 7k+

Desertion:

'Akechi takes back his initial thought about this being an absolute pleasure to watch as the man, who was only a few mere feet away from Akira, whips his hand and flinging the freshly brewed two hundred and five-degree boiling hot coffee straight into Akira’s face.

Directly hitting Akira’s Glassless bare face.'

Or the one where Akira deals with a nasty, entitled customer and Akechi is perpetually in denial.

(For Akeshuake Hurt Comfort Week, Day Three, prompt: Illness/Injury!)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30837995

One-shot completed, Shuake, rated T 21k

Discerption: Pretending is part of Goro's daily life, masks hiding his true intentions and feelings are things he uses very often.

However, the idea of lying about his relationship status never occurred to him.

Yet, now he is in a "relationship" with Leblanc's barista to trick his colleague and the therapist who doesn't know that they don't know each other.

And between medical appointments, dates, and his personal investigations, Goro must now manage the storm that is his emotions when it concerns Akira Kurusu.

Where is the line between pretended and true love after all?

or

A Fake dating couple therapy story where Goro and Akira use lame excuses to date.

[invisibleraven]

Was tagged by @merihn to do this ask game, but Tumblr is being a butt and won't let me reblog it, so here's my answers:

1. Favorite scene?

The chemistry scene from Edge of Great, hands down. Though that whole episode is my favourite one of the entire show.

2. Favorite character when you started the show?

Reggie! So I actually started watching the show because one of the Glee blogs I follow started reblogging gifs of JatP, and I recognized Jeremy in them. I am a big Adventure Time fan, so I figured I'd check this out, and latched onto him because he was familiar.

3. Favorite character now?

Still Reggie! I just adore my dumb ball of sunshine so much. He's so pretty, and talented, and I just wanna hug him. I mean, I love all the other characters too, but not of them captured my heart the way that Reggie fucking Peters did.

4. Favorite ship when you started the show?

I will admit, on my first viewing, when we got to the scene in Stand Tall where Julie and Luke are cupping each others faces, my brain was screaming "Now Kiss!" Of course, I think on second viewing, my brain was also screaming that after the aforementioned chemistry scene.

5. Favorite ship now?

After watching the show, I think I immediately went to AO3 in search of fanfic. I liked Luke with both Julie and Reggie, and I hate love triangles, so I wondered if there was any fics with all three of them together. Between Jay's stepping stones verse and the masterpiece that is there's a fire burning in my bones by @breakaway71 I was hooked. Rukebox/PeterPatterLina became my OT3, I jumped on that train and I never really looked back.

Of course, between you and Katie, I also hopped aboard the Rulie canoe, and I just ADORE them as well. Ruke/PeterPatter and PolyPhantoms are also enjoyable, but the other two are MY OT3/OTP.

6. Favorite song when you started the show?

It was a tie between Edge of Great and Bright. I just loved them both so much, they made me smile and even sometimes, very poorly sing along.

7. Favorite song now?

I think Bright has overtaken EoG, but just by a hair. And even if those are the songs I like best, I can admit that the best song of the series is Unsaid Emily. It won an Emmy for a reason y'all.

8. Month you first watched jatp?

February! I was super late to the party, and I have been obsessed ever since. My word count on AO3 has gone up ~280k, and I'm hoping to hit 300k+ by the end of the year! I had no idea when I started watching this show just how much I would come to love it or how much it would utterly take over my life.

9. Favorite thing about the fandom?

You guys! I don't think I have ever felt so supported, encouraged, bolstered and loved in a fandom. I consider my Rulie canoe crew some of my dearest friends, I love how we always help each other, support one another, and don't let the nonsense get us down.

Honestly, before JatP is was incredibly rare for me to get screamed at in the tags, or have my own work quoted back at me in the comments, two of the greatest things ever. I have loved how creatively inspired I have been in writing for this fandom, but it's my little cheerleader squad that really keeps me going. I love you all so damn much.

10. Favorite thing about the show as a whole?

Do I have to pick? I mean I love almost all the songs, the story is so sweet, the found family is superb, everyone is so pretty and talented, and I just think this show has become my favourite thing so quickly, and I have no regrets about that. I just wish we knew when/if we are getting more, because I need more of this show like I need air.

Tagging anyone who wants to play!