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Raging Fic Recs GOAT

Give up on your dreams and die ... about writing a fic that tops this one. An AU about life in a backwater Virginia town in the 90s that has over 37k Hits and 10k Kudos, 1994 by Vee is the Greatest of All Time. Everything about this story rings authentic, from the music the kids listen to, to the language they use, all the way down to the shitty cars they drive and the fast food they eat.

I love how the characterizations, even in a modern, realistic setting, are spot on with Eren being an earnest loser, Mikasa being mature beyond her years, and Armin being the glue holding them all together. Even Jean is recognizable as a smarmy jock/rich kid with a good heart. It's like the characters from the manga took off their ODM gear and put on super wide jeans and flannels to time travel straight into an episode of My So-Called Life. But only if My So-Called Life had drag shows, gay sex, and hot closeted Vice Principal Erwin Smith.

But the most appealing character in this fic is Levi - as always, he's the tragic underdog that survives and finds purpose. This author digs deep into Levi's backstory, his choices, and his regrets and motivations and it is sublime. Levi's story with Erwin has that star-crossed pathos that makes SnK so compelling, and hell yes, the sexy times are scorching. The real surprise here is the subtle Eruri to Ereri shift, shaped by the funny, sweet dialogue in the scenes Levi and Eren share. Don't get it twisted - Eren's awkwardness and glaring social missteps fuel many plot arcs, but we get to watch in real time as Levi processes Eren barging in on his shitty life. This fic is equal parts cringe and perfection, which is an accurate way to sum up the high school experience. Go on, read 1994 and try to convince me otherwise.

P.S. If anyone knows if Vee is still writing and publishing, please DM me because I am now a fan for life.

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@bi-vibess

Please check out my seventh fic for NSFW Eruri Week 2021!!

Day 7 - Body Worship (Parent AU with Erwin&Levi and Jean as their teenage son)

Inspired by @cloudysunice’s comic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cloudysunice/status/1413418335258120200?s=21

“Perfect” - jlbird2497

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34174312

@nsfweruriweek2021

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hey! is there some sort of large collection of eruri fics? I’m new to the fandom :)

Yep.  AO3!  Once you’ve filtered out other ship tags, there are over 6,000 Eruri fics on AO3, and you can find them here: Levi Ackerman / Erwin Smith (filtered). 

You can also follow @ao3feed-erwinlevi here on tumblr which is an automatic feed of all fics tagged Levi Ackerman / Erwin Smith on AO3.  Be warned though this is an unfiltered feed, so you will get a lot of other ships turning up in the feed too.

And if you want recs, I’ve got some tagged on my blog here: fic rec. 

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Raging Fic Recs

Hey brats, I decided it was high time to organize my favorite AOT fics into categories so I can find them easily - kind of like how Levi probably organizes his cravats. First up:

Top 25 of All Time (in alphabetical order):

Ace by Karumen

Ackerman’s Tea Shop by crinklefries

Again by Cherry

Corps-a-Corps by onthearrow

HMS Maria by Anteros

I Will Return Once More by Kanthia

Irascible by bigasstrees, rivai-lution

Listening by LunaticRay

Listing by 35g

lovely by dawnstruck

Natur geht von Lehre by Meaka

Policy of Truth by Azurehue22

Sing Vote by 35g, Misaya

Slippery When Wet by AJSbarcea

Striking Deals by Saurynn

Sugar by imawawlock

The Companion by everythingsshiny

The Laws of Survival by pasiphile

The Means by calacreda

The Program by TheRealHero

Things Fall Apart by Origin_Of_Symmetry

Touche de Désir by Shipping Eruri, TheHeartofStories

Under Duress by ClarissaNotFound, Mercury_Rising

What Lies Unseen by aelandair

Wild-Type by merkase

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1/2 Lost, would you mind sharing how you find fics to read? Was it through social media? Were they already mutuals you've read and enjoyed before? I don't have any sm, so I'm really intentional about browsing the eruri tag once a week or so and make sure to go back a few pages. It's not the most efficient, but it's what I've always done since stumbling upon fic several years ago, and I sort of like combing through the tag and uncovering obscure gems.

2/2 I'm curious as an avid reader and sporadic writer what other people's process is for navigating the vast amounts of fic out there. Sometimes I see a new fic that's still on the first page and has already amassed over a thousand hits and I wonder if they're incredible at self-promo? Sometimes I mourn all of the lovely fics that I'll never have the chance to read due to missed opportunities and being buried in the tag. Anyways, I'd love to hear your thoughts<3

Thank you for your ask Anon, it’s lovely to know that there are readers like you out there!  This is where I have to confess that I have never been a very prolific reader.  Most of the fic I read has either been recommended to me by friends, or has been written by people I know.  I’m very picky about what I read and I have a tendency to read the same fics and authors over and over again.  I tend not to dig through the tags on AO3 unless i’m looking for specific fics to answer a fic rec ask, but I do follow @ao3feed-erwinlevi here on tumblr, which automatically posts any fics that are tagged Levi Ackerman/Erwin Smith on AO3.  Usually if I see a fic that sounds intriguing, I’ll take a quick look at it, and if it catches my attention I’ll bookmark it to read later.  As a result I have hundreds of fics bookmarked on AO3, most of which I’ve never got round to reading.

All of which makes me absolutely the worst person to be doing fic recs.  I often think that it’s kind of ironic that I somehow ended up becoming a fic rec blog when I read so little.  I keep thinking that one of these days everyone is going to realise that I just keep reccing the same half a dozen stories over and over again.  It makes me a little sad that there are hundreds of fics out there that i’m never going to be able to rec, because I’ve never got round to reading them.  I don’t suppose I can persuade you to set up a fic rec blog can I Anon?!  This is a genuine suggestion, as it sounds like you’re much better read than I am!