#fic recc please

[darkcademiasss]

The one where regulus black bares his soul to the black dog that joins him every night on the Astronomy tower

[coldfeeshes]

'it's just a hand that's holding mine

i love the idea that they'll find ways to be in e/o lives every universe... !! (+ i love the idea of nyc trip.. bodegas & dancing & summer...)'

crossposted, [twitter link]

reading 'in the hand' and 'intelligence' was really what dragged me into drawing again (specifically, drawing for drarry) bc i could NOT get the characterizations out of my head.... anyways my first fic-related fanart, more to come (?!)

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Merlin and Arthur but someone help me I can't get it out of my head:

A threat, Merlin is going to face it, Investigate, fight, yadyadayada... The only solution is to make a deal that, in exchange for keeping Camelot safe for another day, Merlin must give up all the memories of his most precious person.

Obviously after running out of memories of ☆Arthur☆ He doesn't understand the importance of returning to Camelot, why is he still there if Gaius has taught him almost everything he can, Even kilgharrah isn't there anymore. For some reason, moreover, he feels that he often causes the poor physician more problems that should be... And all this without mentioning that before he wanted to see the world, he wanted to explore, to know and who knows? He might even make a name for himself... At least that's what he dreamed of as a child.

Again, why is he still in Camelot?

THEN HE GOES. JUST LIKE THAT

The next day Arthur can't find Merlin anywhere and we all know how he gets. He searches for him, he stresses, he screams... But it is not until night comes and he speaks with Gaius that the old man breaks his facade and Arthur notices the concern, that something is not right. He presses and presses until Gaius finally admits that he hasn't seen Merlin since the previous evening, that Merlin didn't sleep there and that he didn't even know where Merlin had gone.

It is canon that Arthur would immediately lose the marbles. As prince regent he order a wanted party. Nothing can stop him because *the power of the script*

Weeks go by with no sign of Merlin. Search efforts are dwindling as there are other priorities These priorities include certain strange occurrences in border villages.Some of these strange occurrences include a group of knights who were defeated by an entity they failed to see or recognize when they went to pick up an accused sorcerer. In addition, in the town next to that one, an entire family suspected of magic disappeared.

The council agrees that action must be taken or the people will begin to see those signs of weakness when it comes to responding to the law, with a sick king and having faced a mini conquest (I don't remember the chronological order of certain events, apologies); They must make it clear that Camelot is still the same as always...

Then, by the power of the script, the prince argues until he is the one who is designated to command the patrol of knights who will go to the villages in question (for honor, to make the people see him as a prince who executes his own orders or whatever)

Between surveys in the villages, some talks with peasants, follow clues... GUESS WHO THEY FIND?

Merlin has been wandering here and there, posing as a herb seller (because that must be good for something), Coincidentally, he has not left that specific town where the suspicious events occurred (he is that stupidly confident)...

He seems to vaguely recognize the knights. One of them he met in a tavern, another fighting a griffin, another is the brother of someone he met who-knows-where; and the other... He can't remember where he knows him from. That makes him feel strangely dizzy, there is a pressure in his head and there are pits that he does not want to question himself.In all this, Arthur does not stop shouting a thousand and one things at him. How stupid he is, how careless he is, how much work he has put in the backlog while touring every tavern in Albion...

Then Merlin says the three words that put Arthur's world Heel over head:

«who are You?»

[afterthelambs]

On the topic of Shuake fairytale motifs, what about this concept:

Knight-turned-Phantom Thief Joker tries to save the prince, infiltrating the castle of the wicked King Shido. He evades the ferocious dragon guarding the tower only to find that Prince Akechi is missing. And then he learns the truth: the prince has been so twisted by his father that he transformed into the very dragon that the knight needs to slay.

Something about Fate™ trapping them into pre-determined fairytale roles. The knight needs to slay the dragon. The dragon needs to die. There's no way out of the story. So Prince-turned-Dragon Akechi rebels against the roles they've been assigned and destroys himself so Joker doesn't have to. Now the Kingdom can be saved but the Prince is lost forever

(or maybe they find the prince's body in the end and true love's kiss can save the day, happily ever after)

[bougiebutchbinch]

ugh that made me irrationally upset. gonna go read some fic to cool off. but yes, please do respect people's preferences on their own blogs.....

[crappe-my-dude]

Me, in the pits of a depressive episode: I’m gonna go browse the enemies to lovers tagged Jegulus fics on ao3. Maybe that’ll make me feel something.

[nightmareentertainment]

Curl up like a pill-bug, save me . Save me, pill bug. Save me.

Save me alenoah fic with a good rep of mental illness on the side and a nice dosage of friendship borne from the traumas of that insane reality TV show. Save me. Oh, fic with good new dynamics, save me

[alexsleftbicep]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Alex Claremont-Diaz & Original Character(s), Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor & Original Character(s), Alex Claremont-Diaz & Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor & Original Female Character(s) Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Original Female Character(s), Beatrice Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Original Characters Additional Tags: Father-Daughter Relationship, single dad henry, Alternate Universe - Office, Just a fun time, Fluff and Humor, No Angst, like at all, Falling In Love, don't take the office stuff too seriously btw, the closest i've ever been to working corporate is working at a radio station, so i definitely took some creative liberty, No thoughts just vibes Summary:

"Hello, Mr. Fox-Mountchristen's office. How may I help you?"

"Hello, can I speak to Mr. Fox-Mount-krishen, please?"

Alex blinked. After two weeks of hearing nothing but the voices of snooty men and frazzled secretaries calling in, the person on the other line now sounded decidedly neither snooty nor male nor in any way adult.

It was a little girl.

"Mr. Fox-Mountchristen's unfortunately in a meeting right now,” Alex began slowly, “but I could take a message?"

"Oh." The girl paused. "You're not Mr. Hunter."

 Alex starts a new job as Henry's new assistant. Henry's daughter keeps calling the office and leaving him messages.

[pearlypegs]

I know I’ve said this many times already but just in case some of you guys missed it, I’ll say it again.

If you guys ever stumble upon a Peter in Gotham fic where Wanda is the reason he ends up in Gotham AND is a consistent character throughout the fic, YOU BETTER SEND IT MY WAY! In other words, I want Peter and Wanda stirring up shit in Gotham and the bats going crazy over it.

Whether or not Wanda’s a villain or just messing with the multiverse for shits and giggles idgaf

(Bonus points if she acts motherly towards Peter)

Enough of Dr. Strange and infinity stones! Give me The Scarlet Witch!!!

This whole writing a fic after 4 years isn’t gonna last forever! You all better repay me with fic reccs istg! (Tho hits, kudos, and comments are plenty repayment)

And dw, I won’t leave this incomplete like I did to my Wattpad fics. I’m dragging my ass to that finish line by the end of this year!

[punkslovepoints]

Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

Steddie Heartstopper style for my 90's queer history fic "The A is for Ally" (18+ | 57k)

[midnightbrightside]

I can’t really be mad at people who write about Krissy about abusive or a degenerate in Krisnix and stuff, because I’m quite certain a lot of people who write this stuff see their own slimy abusive exes in Kristoph and are lo key coping and I ain’t bout to tell nobody how to cope with nothing

But I agree,

it’s good to have some variety in the space, because as much as I love to watch Nick suffer, it’s good to have some lighter stuff and who doesn’t love a good

“Divorce selfie”

oh yh idk if u saw i added to my tags (bc i realized i phrased myself poorly lol) that all the abuse fic is valid as hell and im ngl some of it is really good. kristoph makes for a great narrative tool if you really wanna fuck phoenix up. i have some sketches where kristoph kicks the shit out of him somewhere deep in my files... but i was mostly saying that it's nice to see krisnix being treated like a real ship instead of a vehicle for abuse sometimes, but that doesnt detract from the value those fics have!

[baldursgatesimp]

it is SO difficult to find a wyll-centered fic, damn dude

like i just want something where he’s not a secondary character. pleaseeee i love him

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Comment :

I was biting my nails the whole time, the intensity of Arthur's love and pain made my hair stand on end.

This type of dark is underrated in the fandom. Being as morally dark as both Arthur and Merlin can be when it comes to each other's safety it's surprising there aren't many fics with this pair falling into madness for each other

The correlation between past and present seemed very successful to me, the flashbacks appeared at just the right moments.

Is there a chance of a sequel? I would 100% read it.

Beautiful, thanks for writing it.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Merlin (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table & Merlin (Merlin) Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table (Merlin), Taliesin (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin) Additional Tags: Character Study, Parallel Universes, Dimension Travel, Dark Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Possessive Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Swords, Doppelganger, Flashbacks, Past Character Death, Angst Summary:

Nothing comes between Merlin and Arthur. Not even Arthur himself.

(Alternatively: A version of Arthur from a darker timeline makes his way into a different world, where things turned better than they did in his. And now, he will take the happy ending that destiny promised him then cruelly ripped away.)

[gaywarcriminals]

The worst part about not being on twitter is that no one is updating me on what Bingqiu fics are hot right now. I comb through literally every fic posted to the qijiu tag at least once a week, but I do not have the stamina to do that for Bingqiu too. I need someone to feed me reccs. I am a hungry hungry baby bird.

[lassostark]

Can somebody please recommend me a Ted Lasso fic where Ted gets angry? Like, proper furious, seething with rage? Cussing up a storm (in public and not in the bedroom *wink wink* 👀 ) to the point that the only way he could channel his anger is to either break down or physically hurt inanimate objects?

This man has the patience of a saint and I've read so many fics that depict him as keeping his cool or letting his frustration show, but he holds himself back. But I just... I need to read a fic where he gets so mad over something that it triggers him to absolutely Lose. His. Shit. Please, this is not a want, it's a need.

[rocksalt-and-pie]

anyway im looking for a book recommendation.

Genre: horror / dark fantasy

Specifically: there should be a Creature OR witchcraft OR at least a very convincing threat that looks like one of those things (but isn't) and that makes the characters question their sanity. Bonus points if it isn't your average vampire or werewolf but something more unique like a changeling or smth like that, something that you wouldn't necessarily expect or something entirely new

Vibe: scary as fuck, like actually horrifying. Not necessarily shocking or with a lot of gore and murder because that doesn't really bother me but like Dark Themes instead. (Example: Pet Sematary terrified me because of the portrayal of grief and how far you're willing to go to deal with it. I also loved the dragged out portrayal of guilt and dealing with the emotional consequences of your own actions in The Secret History)

Nitpicky stuff:

- I would prefer it to be set in the US (southern gothic vibes, urban decay, dark americana)

- should be set after at the earliest 1970ish (no historical fiction)

- would be great if it included themes of grief / generational and-or inherited trauma / incest / guilt / self-fulfilling prophecies / substance abuse / religion or religious trauma

- female protagonist is preferred but anything else wouldn’t be a deal breaker

- you know I like lgbt representation so that would be great but I take what I can get

- I do enjoy a well written plot twist it has to be said

- doesn't have to have a happy ending (just a good one) but I don't really like open endings