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[tirsynni]

Small RL update: things are improving but don’t expect to see much of me until January. I’ll provide more of an update then. In the meantime, expect actual fic updates soon. I’ve taken some of my self-care time to organize them, as well as organize a priority list. As always, if you interested in a commission or just have questions about a fic, poke me. I uninstalled all of my social media apps and have no plans to reinstall them for the rest of the month (and no plans to reinstall some of them), so reaching out to me via email or BMC/Ko-Fi would probably get you the quickest response... or replying to this, as I receive email notifications of replies.

Now onto the real reason for the post. I haven’t even been reading fics much lately (things have been too crazy and stressful), but one of my goals is to read fics and get better at commenting. SO! Please enjoy this short list of recs, several of which I need to catch up on and all of which I need to leave a comment on.

All of these recs are for Resident Evil. Here soon I plan on delving into Legend of Zelda again to help energize my LoZ bunnies, and when I do, I’ll make another list.

Piers/Leon:

call me (tell me what you feel) by fonulyn

Author description: “Yeah, I’d like that,” Piers said, voice low. He’d sounded a little distracted already, but Leon had chalked it up to him being tired too, as they’d both had kind of a rough week. Yet now that he paid attention to it, there was no mistaking the way Piers was breathing more heavily than usual, even as he tried to sound as steady as he could.

And that was all it took for Leon’s brain to finally connect the dots.

“...are you touching yourself?“ he asked, a bit disbelieving, a bit amused, a lot intrigued. And way too loudly, considering that now it wasn’t only that one woman giving him annoyed looks but like three other passengers too.--

Or the one wherein Leon is stuck at the airport. At least he gets a nice phone call with Piers.

My Notes: This is a fic I don’t hear much about but it is so sweet and fluffy and hot. A nice, stress-free, smutty, playful read.

And its sequel!

thank you for picking up by BeesKnees/ @kneesofthebee

Author Description: Leon finally gets a ride home from the airport so that he can ride Piers at home.

My Notes: Author tagged it as “that good domestic shit” and I agreed. Very satisfying read in more ways than one. <3

There, unfortunately, aren’t many Nivannedy writers, so definitely check out their works. @fonulyn has written most of them for the fandom, with a special shout out for her self-indulgent series. @kneesofthebee also wrote the awesome if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones, which is one of the rare fics touching on the events of Raccoon City and people reacting to it in the present.

The ship needs more love, so please check it out and don’t forget to comment! (Seriously, please, please always comment. A big goal of mine over the holidays is to catch up on fics and comment and reread favorites and make sure I commented on them and/or leave an additional comment on them. If you’re the type to not comment, please check out the above link. If you still don’t feel the need to comment, let me know so I can recognize you for the entitled person you are and make sure not to interact with you. Thank you.)

I’ve done a more thorough list here! These are just the fics which caught my attention now.

Krauser/Leon

guess who's back (Krauser's back) back again (aka post-RE6 reunions) by fonulyn/ @fonulyn

My Notes: Krauser survives RE4 and reunites post-RE6 with Leon... who isn’t necessarily the happiest to see him. There’s angst and porn and blood (because it’s Metaltango), and I love this series because it has Krauser being rough and tough without going overboard and deals with the aftermath of RE6 and the emotional/moral issues of the pairing. The porn is also hot.

can't help but follow in spite of going insane by fonulyn/ @fonulyn

Author’s Description: “Consider it done?” A sudden voice cut in, and Leon saw Krauser freeze immediately. Then Krauser did the unthinkable and turned on his heels, exposing his back to Leon. Not that Leon was going to do anything about it right now. He’d rather take in the new player who had just entered the field. Saddler stood on the ledge where Krauser had earlier taunted Leon with his mutating arm, looking down at them. Or, looking at Krauser, specifically. He looked… disappointed? “That is what you told me, soldier, is it not?”

Krauser squeezed his right hand into a fist, his shoulders tensing. It was as if every single molecule of his being was trembling with how he was holding himself back, and Leon could’ve sworn he could hear Krauser’s teeth gritting from where he stood. He did not say a word, but he didn’t need to, as Saddler went on. “Then why is our American friend still breathing?”

Or the one wherein Krauser takes too long to kill Leon and Saddler intervenes.

My Notes: Another one by fon because I’m going down my bookmarks for this one. This is how I wish that scene ended. I’ll forever feel cheated that we lost Krauser and like to imagine this version instead.

Between Ruins by Grimmy88

Author’s Description: A request for helpfulmango on tumblr - Metaltango with a/b/o dynamics set within the Krauser boss fight in Resident Evil 4. Involves dubious consent.

Krauser is envious, spiteful, and completely enraptured with Leon from their first mission together to the events in Spain. Leon is an omega unlike any other-- not submissive but obstinate, cocky, and independent. Krauser wants him as much as he'd wanted power and strength, and now that he has the dominant plagas strain inside him, he's going to claim him.

My Notes: I’ve recced this before and I’ve said this before, but while I’m not a big fan of ABO, I love how this author wrote these two. It contains some of the things I love about this ship -- that they’re both badasses and their ability to be rough and badasses with each other. -- and these things are hard to find in this pairing. Too often it’s just rapefic or dramatically reducing the badassery so important with these two.

I previously did some fic recs on this ship here! This is a rare ship which needs more love so definitely check them out!

I wish I could include more for this pairing. @fonulyn helps keep the Nivannedy ship alive and active, but while this ship has some amazing art, outside of kink writing, Metaltango doesn’t get much attention and not much has recently happened in this ship. Woe.

Others

(Chreon) Shake This Frost Off of My Bones by AnchorsOutAtSea

Author’s Description: After the events of Resident Evil Village, Chris Redfield finds himself in possession of Rosemary Winters with no clue as to what his next move should be. Turning her over to the government could lead to her being treated more like bio warfare than a child, and hiding her whereabouts could cause a chain reaction of catastrophic events.

What Chris really needs is someone he can trust, especially once he realizes Umbrella is more involved than he initially thought. His sister Claire knows exactly who he can trust, special agent Leon S. Kennedy.

Unfortunately, Leon has no idea what he’s getting himself into.

My Notes: This and the first Nivannedy fic I listed is what inspired this post. It’s a WIP I got into and fell out of, not because of the fic, but just because RL kicked my ass and I pretty much stopped reading fic for a while. I need to catch up and leave some comments, but in the meantime, it’s an incredibly solid fic and well-written enough to almost make me forget how pissed i am that RE veered so dramatically away from everything in RE7 and RE8.... almost.

(Carlos/Leon) put the world down for a second, son by BeesKnees

Author’s Description: “I thought I'd give the fighting a try but then I realized that I'm good with people in a way that most of you aren't, and you lot never remember to take care of yourself. So, here I am. A friendly, charming face who can cook, do basic first aid, and am handy enough with a gun to keep the safe house safe, if you know what I mean.”

Leon gets sent to Carlos' safe house after Spain.

My Notes: An ultra-rare pairing and one of my comfort reads. It’s one of the first I found in the fandom and is definitely on my list to see if I commented on it. If I did, it’s one of my go-to comfort fics, so it would be worth a second comment. I love the combination of badass + exhausted Leon in this fic and how it shows that yep, he’s no longer the rookie he was in RE2, and he is comfortable enough to show it.

(Wesker/Leon) More Sinned Against than Sinning by Androdamos

Author’s Description: Fascinated by his potential viral immunity following his infection in Spain, a resurrected Albert Wesker abducts Leon S. Kennedy to his laboratory for experimentation purposes. He doesn't expect Leon to be a charming and formidable sparring partner who lacks the coyness of most of his captives.

When Wesker learns of Chris and Leon's relationship he quickly develops feelings of jealously he doesn't quite understand. He has the resources so he might as well kidnap Chris too and sort it all out. His façade of control slips and the limits of his strength are tested when Leon realizes that his captor is just as much a captive as he is.

My Notes: Another WIP I started following and then fell out of due to RL winning its war on me. Not normally a pairing I enjoy, because people tend to twist one or both of the characters to make the ship work, but I enjoyed this writer’s take and how the characters still remained forces to be reckoned with. I haven’t caught up with the last few chapters but hope to do so soon.

This is a short, absolutely not comprehensive rec list based on me reminding myself to take some time to read/reread/catch up with some fics and make sure to comment. 

My plans changed (quite dramatically) for the next two weeks, so I have far more time than originally planned. Hopefully I can both get caught up on fics/comment-writing and updating my own fics.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[l-a-l-o-u]

sending your friends terrible tumblr posts is a love language

[yuri-puppies]

comic translated by laikabu original post inspiration

[pansy-placebo]

Have any of you ever heard of the hummingbird moths we get in Britain?

So, I thought I saw a hummingbird last year. It was much bigger than a bug could be, I thought, and it hovered around flowers and looked like it had feathers.

I got pretty close but it was never still enough to see clearly. Then, when I told my parents they said "oh! it was probably a moth!" and I was baffled for a long time. Like, how could a moth look like and act so much like a hummingbird?

Until I googled "hummingbirds in the UK" and this fucker comes up:

Everyone, meet the hummingbird hawk-moth; one of the weirdest and coolest cases of convergent evolution on this planet.

This is the kinda thing I'd see in fiction and go "oooh cool, bug hummingbird! Wish we had those on earth!" But we do. We really do have them on earth!! Isn't that nuts?!?!?

[nooby-banana]

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Evening Silence by Boris Groh

[hoshizoralone]

reflection

[bajaja-blast]

you dislike Luke Castellan because he disagreed with an oppressive government system and actually took action to change the abusive ways him and his peers have been forced to follow for millennia.

I dislike Luke Castellan because in the Titans Curse he manipulated Annabeth, who he raised as his little sister, into holding up the sky, the FUCKING sky, for over 20 hours and had the audacity to walk away as though he was completely apathetic towards it while she begged and pleaded with him to help her.

we are not the same.

[honeypleasejustkillme]

i thought i was at my lowest but holy shit it gets lower

[girlboyburger]

alright tumblr, here's your homegrown cowgirl C:{

what do you think of her?

[ursiday]

You're an angel, I'm a dog

[stealingpotatoes]

disney needs to stop making 'serious' shows and give us the coruscant guard buddy cop show we all need

(commission info // tip jar!)

[yoggybloggy]

[war-forged-storms]

Tboy puppy but he’s old dog coded so he just lays at your feet and randomly lets out a big sigh. Sometimes he begs but if you don’t give in quick enough he just walks away. He’ll ignore you pulling on his collar to finish what he was doing before doing what you want. His knees crack when he gets on all fours.

[sluug-juice]

Some haha funny doodles I did