#as expected many of my bookmarks were cnovels i'd read

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Favourite fics of 2024

A time to look back and see what I've read and liked last year. I have a feeling I was reading more cnovels than fic, but I guess I'll find out! These lists are always fun to compile as I have no memory of what I might find in my bookmarks.

ATLA:

Mountains and Badgermolehills by Glass_Onion

A truly darling gen fic with a great Zuko POV. An AU where he and Sokka meet in prison, and Sokka gets a front row seat to Zuko's... everything. Naturally, they go on the run together, and the plot spins from there. The whole thing is really lovely and heartwarming.

Percy Jackson:

Sweat, Tears, the Sea (WIP) by SaveTheMoon

I was really enjoying this AU where Percy knows he's the son of Poseidon and is hiding his water powers. I need to catch up on the latest chapters!

BTVS:

don't look much like a lover (doesn't mean I won't try) by SummerFrost

An AU where Buffy doesn't die on the tower, and she and Spike still get together but in a much healthier way. I enjoyed the domesticity and the coparenting.

Goodbye to Everything That I Knew by MyBarbaricYawp

When Buffy is overwhelmed in s6, a social worker threatens to take Dawn away, so Buffy comes up with a scheme to pretend that Spike is her boyfriend and they're a respectable nuclear family. That makes everything tons better.

MDZS:

The One-Body Problem by metisket

Absolutely stellar and hilarious. Lan Jingyi accidentally ends up with WWX in his head for like a year before the canon events.

Practical Mythology by metisket

A very fun take on time travel, a badass WWX, and very entertaining narration.

Rule Number One: Never get attached. by KizuKatana

You know those fic premises that sound completely bonkers but then somehow work? This is one of those. LWJ as a crime boss?? Also, it's omegaverse and LWJ fucks omegas on the regular. LWJ as a crime boss who fucks??? And yet! Somehow, the fic made me believe it. This was highly entertaining, and featured a highly competent A++ WWX, and their dynamic was super hot.

SVSSS:

FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: On My Time as a Student Under Shen Qingqiu by Margo_Kim

A very correct (and hilarious) take on modern LBH/SQQ. Everything in this fic is great, from LBH's obsession to the humour. (The same author also has a WIP I enjoyed, but need to catch up on: If You Don't Have Store-Bought Character Growth, Homemade is Fine)

Sanity in Tatters by scholomancefan

The Jinlan city plague is a wife plot: the sneezes of the infected tear their clothes off, and papapa is the only cure. Naturally, SQQ is infected, and his narration is very entertaining.

Oversharing is Caring by Prudabaga

A hilarious fic where SQQ is fed an inhibitions-lowering truth serum during his trial at the Hua Hua Palace. Many truths emerge!

Wish Received, Wish Granted! (WIP) by SchaBao

I thoroughly enjoyed this AU where OG!Bingge went back to the past after the extras. It's got a lovely lovely POV of his trauma and hope and growing love for SQQ. I hope it updates one day!

What Is Seen by CaveteDracones

An interestingly done reveal fic where Shen Yuan does not reveal his transmigrator identity, but the system is revealed in the form of a curse that had been put on Shen Jiu when he was younger. All kinds of truths come out and all is fixed!