#also the little details such as the addictive superhuman chip

[bellaroles]

Completely blown away by the tech in Can ci pin. Never read a Sci-fi tech system like this before. So creative!

[inqorporeal]

Inq’s Fic Rec List

While I prepare to slaughter people in a couple weeks, here’s a list of fics I love and reread frequently, in no particular order. Click the cut, it’s long.

Tano and Kenobi by @fireflyfish

Details: Star Wars, time travel/canon divergence, Teen rating, in-progress

Summary: Ahsoka encounters an artifact that throws her back in time by 40 years

Review: It’s fucking adorable. It made me giggle and squee out loud on the public transit. 

Tokens of Affection by Shinku

Details: Labyrinth, romance, hurt/comfort, flower language, Teen rating, finished

Summary: One year later, Sarah sends Jareth a message.

Review: Tooth-rotting fluff, along with a dash of classic folklore and an incredible broadening of the Labyrinth’s world and history. Dark at times, the way all fairy tales are.

Masquerade by Harpalyce 

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence, mind control, Mature rating, unfinished

Summary: Something goes terribly wrong during the Battle of Endor; Luke is captured by the Emperor. Anakin Skywalker wakes up, free of his armour and the Emperor’s control.

Review: This one comes with a few trigger warnings for medical stuff, mind control and a considerable amount of angst. It’s wonderfully done though, and I hope someday the author is able to pick it up again.

Paradoxa by @nyelung

Details: Star Wars, time travel/canon divergence, multiple works, Explicit rating

Summary: Time travel. Time travel for everyone, and its subsequent effects.

Review: I’ll admit, I’ve barely scratched the surface here -- there’s a LOT of it. It’s incredibly enjoyable, though!

Double Agent Vader by @fialleril

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence, folklore, multiple works, Teen rating, in-progress

Summary: Darth Vader works undercover with the Rebellion and trains Leia

Review: This. This is delightful and satisfying, and I love how Fialleril has developed Tatooine slave culture around and through it.

a life of smoke and silvered glass by @ink-splotch

Details: Harry Potter, canon divergence, Teen rating, finished

Summary: Severus Snape listens when Lily Evans calls him out, and tries to do better

Review: I’m not crying, you’re crying

Epic Love by @lajulie24

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence AU, Teen rating, finished

Summary: TFA fixit fic

Review: I’m aware of what happened in TLJ, but I’ve elected to ignore it and just reread this again.

Live to Fight Another Day by @raemanzu & spica_tea

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence AU, PT fixit, Teen rating, in-progress

Summary: Distraught by the loss of Fives, Rex starts asking too many questions. The answers he receives only make things worse.

Review: Clone feels. All the clone feels. Trigger warnings are well marked.

Coffee, Black by black_ink_tide

Details: Dragon Age 2, coffee-shop/modern AU, Explicit rating, finished

Summary: Barista Garrett Hawke has an awful crush on a regular customer

Review: Where do I even start? This had me howling with laughter and kept me up far too late, too many nights in a row.

Of Queens, Knights, and Pawns by @chancecraz

Details: Star Wars, time travel/canon divergence, Teen rating, in-progress

Summary: Immediately following the events of TFA, Leia wakes up to find herself nineteen again and once more a prisoner on the Death Star

Review: I fucking love this. Especially all the family feels and Leia struggling to deal with how much she’s changed.

I Ettelëa mi Ettelë by @eshusplayground

Details: Lord of the Rings, modern mashup AU, M rating, finished

Summary: Instead of Valinor, Elrond wakes up in Detroit and scares the daylights our of thrift shop worker Nichelle.

Review: Couldn’t put it down. It puts an interesting sinister twist on things that’s delightful.

Under the Cover of Darkness by randomlyimagine

Details: Star Wars, time travel/canon divergence, Teen rating, in-progress

Summary: While on an undercover mission posing as Sith, Luke and Mara get thrown back in time

Review: I love it, and I love that, for once, it’s difficult for me to guess where things are going. 

Polaris by @bluemaskedkarma

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence AU, multiple works, E rating, in-progress

Summary: Dismissed from the Jedi as an initiate, Obi-Wan chose a new path

Review: Massively entertaining, with a shot of angst

Current of Fate by @feybarn

Details: Star Wars, time travel/canon divergence, multiple works, Teen rating, in-progress

Summary: Post-RotJ, Obi-Wan finds himself back in the past, and chooses a new future

Review: This one uses multiple works to tell the story alternately from Obi-Wan and Jango’s viewpoints. It’s incredibly sweet and focused on family and character development.

Silent enim leges inter arma by @sanerontheinside

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence AU, multiple works, Teen rating (for now), in-progress

Summary: Qui-Gon lives. So do other characters who possibly should not

Review: I am really looking forward to seeing where this is going.

Finding Home by @raininginadelaide

Details: Dragon Age 2, coffee-shop/London AU, E rating, finished

Summary: Hawke spends his days working for the London Mayor’s office and daydreaming about the cute barista at his regular pre-work coffee stop.

Review: The first fanfic I ever read, this initially charmed me because I’ve spent rather more time than is healthy in that particular part of London (for someone who has never lived there) and then I stuck around because the story is just so damned cute.

Re-Entry / Journey of the Whills by @deadcatwithaflamethrower

Details: Star Wars, time travel/canon divergence, multiple works, E rating, in-progress

Summary: Obi-Wan turns away from the celebration on Endor, and wakes up forty years in the past as a Padawan again. But he’s not the only one, and things only get stranger from there.

Review: This is an epic in the purest sense and the first Star Wars fic I ever read (which was waaaaay back in... 2016. Shush.) It’s also super well-written and addictive as fuck.

Sith Apprentice: Darth Venge by @tsaomengde

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence AU, multiple works, Mature rating, in-progress

Summary: Inspired by Re-Entry, Obi-Wan never became a Jedi, while Maul became Qui-Gon’s Padawan. 

Review: Another freakin epic, this time rewriting the Prequel-era canon. This one kept me up way too late because I didn’t want to wait to find out what happened next!

The Silver Answer by @enemyofme

Details: MCU, no powers AU, Teen rating, finished

Summary: “ Steve Rogers never got the serum. He doesn't have superhuman abilities. What he has is a paintbrush, some stage props, a stomach full of spite, and a Bucky Barnes. “

Review: The inflatable "Ghost Army” was a real thing, and I absolutely adore the idea that it inspired the legend of Captain America. Funny and sad by turns, well worth reading.

Tell Me No Tales by @reluctantcoppercrowds

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence AU, Teen rating, in-progress

Summary: Years after Order 66, the clones’ chips break down. Cody finds a new purpose in aiding the Rebellion in secret.

Review: Do you like clone feels? Have some clone feels. Oh, and survivors’ guilt, have some more of that, too. That reunion is gonna be so worth the wait.

Thicker Than Blood by @ladyananas

Details: Star Wars, canon divergence AU, Teen rating, in-progress

Summary: Jango survives the arena on Geonosis, thanks to a quick-thinking Boba. But now everyone thinks he’s a clone, and Boba’s gone missing. 

Review: Clone feels, but worse, because Jango begins to bond with them and doubt himself. Requires a little suspension of disbelief, but a lot of fun.

By the Still Waters by @emilyenrose

Details: Dragon Age 2/Inquisition, canon divergence but not necessarily, Mature rating, finished

Summary: Hawke was left in the Fade. Fenris is Not Happy about this and decides to Do Something.

Review: One of the most beautiful canon-compliant Inquisition-era fics, highly recommended.