#furuba fanfiction recommendation

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WIP Rec: Ayame/Hatori friends-to-lovers AU

I've always gotten the sense that for all of his apparent irritation, Hatori treasures Ayame, and could even develop romantic feelings for him, under the "right" circumstances; Ayame's charisma and larger-than-life personality seems like a great complement for the more grounded, contemplative Hatori.

Which is why i've been absolutely DEVOURING the WIP Cold Hands, Warm Heart by ao3 user AnimeliaRose. It's a friends-to-lovers AU that is currently at 6 chapters and just shy of 15K words.

It's SO well written (see an excerpt under the cut), and the premise is very compelling, in the sense that it's set in the Dom/sub universe.

For those unfamiliar, this universe is one where everyone has a secondary gender: Dominant, Submissive, or Neutral. As noted in the Chapter 6 endnotes: "Dominants have the base desire to exert control over Subs. Wants to punish/wants to praise/wants to protect/wants to be depended on." And for Subs, "Submissives have the base desire to be controlled by Doms. Wants to be punished/wants to be cared for/wants to be praised."

While the fic hasn't yet delved into how this universe will play into Hatori and Ayame's developing relationship (i.e. a future dynamic of Dom Hatori/sub Ayame), it's been doing a wonderful job of setting the overall tone for the story, and for introducing a genuine softness and mutual admiration between them. Below is one of my favorite parts, from Chapter 3. I think it's perfectly demonstrative of the chemistry between them:

‘Do you think I’m strange, Tori?’

‘What? Where is this coming from all of a sudden?’

‘Gure would never admit it, but…Akito has become his life’s purpose. You’re studying all hours of the day for your tests, but all I can think about is whether or not I would look good in this.’

Ayame showed him the page of his magazine, which showed a tall female model in a long red dress with huge sleeves and a thigh high slit.

‘I’m not studying for tests, this is a medical journal.’ Hatori said.

‘See! That is what I mean!’ Ayame moaned. ‘You already know you want to be a doctor, save lives. All I do is think about lace and velvet.’

‘I haven’t got much choice in the matter. Besides, last time I checked, aren’t there such things as fashion designers in the world?’ Hatori asked, arching his brow.

‘Mother would-’

‘Stop worrying about what your mother thinks. Or anyone else for that matter.’ Hatori pushed his head away, and Ayame lolled theatrically to the floor, his hair covering his face.

‘And for what it is worth, you are indeed the strangest person I have ever met. Although, I haven't met that many people.’

Ayama parted his hair like a curtain and pouted up at him. ‘Tooorrriiii, you’re so mean -’

‘But, that is why I like you.’ Hatori said.

‘You…like me?’

‘Of course I do, you fool.’ Hatori replied brusquely, not looking away from his book. ‘You’re my friend. I’ll like you enough for Akito and your mother. Don’t be sad about it anymore.’

He hesitated, then glanced down at him. Ayame was staring back up at him, his eyes glistening.

‘All right?’ He gave him the tiniest smile.

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In the spirit of Fruits Basket Mondays & showcasing some fabulous fan creators, I want to get my fic recommendation lists out this summer! Even though I know there are several favorites still missing from my recs, I think it would still be good to put them out asap (and maybe just put out a summary of new favorites from time to time?).

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Fanfiction Celebration 1: Thewinterose

Fanfiction Celebration (name in progress) is where I spotlight a fanfiction writer or fanfiction and break down why I love them. Because I usually just sort by Kudos, most of these will be well known within the fandom but for good reason.

My first recommendation is @thewinterose or “the Kyrou bitch” herself otherwise known as Taylor. If you haven’t already read her, Thewinterose’s writing embodies all the stables of a great fanfiction: on point characterization, vivid descriptions, and fun yet realistic dialogue. Moreover, her fics feel like “a home-cooked meal made for yourself and for your friends” Isource: @guiltyhipster). You can read her work on AO3 here.

Brief But Captivating Summary

Before even diving into the fic, I bask in her summaries. The summaries are short, which is beneficial when one scrolls through a mass of fanfics. They appear less daunting, and when I actually do set my eyes on them, I’m hooked.  

The Winterose’s summary structure effective.

Strong summaries can be classified into two categories: the synopsis and the sample and Thewinterose creates a beautiful hybrid. She inserts an engaging, poetic, or humorous line from the work itself, demonstrating her stellar writing, and then she interprets the situation with a brief but typically spicy line of summary. I love this because despite how one can discern the quality of the writing, the sample strategy can be limited in encapsulating the plot. However, Thewinterose compensates for this by clarifying what’s going on. Furthermore, even though she gives a clear impression of what the story is going to be like, her writing in the summary is the tip of the iceberg. The featured line isn’t the only snippet of strong writing. The entire work is like that and usually gets better.

In part 2, I will be discussing why I like her writing with reference to her two works “this is as easy as lovers go” and “must be love on the brain (that's got me feelin' this way”.

However, I want to assert that I am only scratching the surface of amazing writing out there. If I had all the time and energy, I would gush everyone although I also admit that I need to review more.

I also may want to make this series on underrated fics, so if you know any in the Furuba fandom message me, and I may cover it

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450 Followers: Meet The Writer

Hello there! We’re back with another Meet The Writer Q&A and it’s our pleasure to introduce a fellow Brazilian fanfic author for our ninth interview:

Blog: @julia-highstorms​ Name (or petname): Julia/Ju Birthday: July 9 Nationality: Brazilian 🇧🇷 Current residency: I'm one of the 12 million people living in São Paulo, Brazil Languages you speak: Brazilian Portuguese, English and a bit of Japanese Masterlist: Julia’s choices fanfiction masterlist

1. Is there a meaning behind your url name? Yes! For those who have been following me for a while, they already know that I used to change my URL according to the Choices character I was stanning at the time but it was a PAIN to fix all my fanfics links 😩 so I decided to finally create an unique URL that I wouldn't get tired of. So I mixed my two surnames together and it (basically) means Highstorms. I loved it 😌

2. When did you start playing Choices? What's the first book you played? 2017 I believe. TRR book 1 was about to debut. YEAH. It was the Freshman Book 1.

3. When did you decide to join Choices fandom? December 21 2017. ILITW was in its last chapters and I was obsessed with it. I wanted to talk about it with other people, but I didn't know anyone who also played Choices. So I found the fandom on Tumblr and decided to join. I miss all my friends I made back then and we all went nuts with ILITW finale together 😩 Good times

4. Go back to your archive and tell us what was your first post on your Choices blog was about. My first post was about how I loved ILITW and how everyone was fucked up sjddndossok also a lot of reblogs about MAKE NOAH AN LI 🗣️

5. How long have you been writing fanfiction? I started writing fanfictions in my senior year of high school, although I attempted to write my own stories when I was younger, around 12-13.

6. Share the first fanfic you wrote with us. Do you still like it or would you change anything about it? My first fanfic ever is about The Maine, it was my favorite band back then slfjdfodj but my first Choices fanfic is If Jane Was Here (ILITW told by Noah) Chapter 1. I AM SO PROUD OF IT. Of course, there are some things I would change. Like adding even more angst. Having finished writing it way sooner. But I'm super proud of it overall. My first (and so far only) Choices long series I've ever finished. Wow.

7. What are your favorite Choices books to write about? Definitely Open Heart just because of Bryce Lahela and Rei (my MC). OPH has become a mess, but I love Bryce too much. I loved the It Lives anthology too and enjoyed writing about. And I'm hyped for my upcoming Blades AU series!

8. What is your specialty as a fanfic writer? Oooh I guess it is rewriting certain scenes or events of the books or thinking about AUs. Since ILITW I have enjoyed doing this. Writing on another character's point of view of the events that have happened (the whole If Jane Was Here series, that is ILITW told by Noah's POV). Or adding some depth to a certain scene (did something like this with Julia, my ILB MC, and Tom's relationship. And with Rei and Bryce's). Or even rewriting the story to fit better with my MC's personality (Rei, OPH MC).

9. What aspect of your writing do you most enjoy to see praised? When people say they like my MC's, Rei (OPH MC) and Luxia (Blades MC). Before, whenever I played Choices, I didn't care much about the MCs because they're all generic (which makes sense because we're the ones playing it). They're always the happy go lucky friend that tries to fix everyone's problems and every LI is in love with them. Boooooring. Rei was my first MC that I created a whole non-canon personality to her, and that's why she's my baby 🥺 and when people commented that they felt represented by Rei, that she felt more realistic than PB's usual MC, well, that was my peak as a writer lol so they're basically OC's, with their own personalities and temperaments.

10. Do you participate in any writing events or challenges throughout the year? If so, what do you like about them? I do, but I wish I could participate more often! The prompts are what I like the most, because they give me ideas that I'd have never thought to write about before.

11. Are there any writers (published authors and/or fanfic writers) who influenced your writing? Meg Cabot was my favorite author growing up and I read some of Sophie Kinsella’s books too, so probably my love for adding a bit of comedy, silly little things in my fanfics came from them. I love Jane Austen too. And last but not least, my flair for angst definitely came from reading Fruits Basket, my favorite manga ever. There’s so much angst in Furuba dodksdishd Takaya Natsuki-sensei really enjoys it. I recommend reading her other manga series, Twinkle Stars, too.

12. What element of writing do you struggle with most? Actually writing lmao. You know, taking the plot out of my mind and typing it down on Google Docs. Writing is hard, takes too much time and I'm lazy 😩 I wish I could just transfer my ideas to a document and it's done. No need to write, no need to revise, etc. I love the final product, but I hate the process.

13. Do you have any abandoned WIPs? What made you abandon them? A BUNCH OAJDSKDKD 🤦 Either because my inspiration to write it has faded or because I don't want to spend my whole time writing.

14. You’re applying for the fanfic writer of the year award. What five fanfics do you put in your portfolio? Oooooh great question! I must put:

If Jane Was Here - Alternative ending (ILITW): this is the only finale I accept sorrynotsorry

Too Little Too Late - Jax x MC (Bloodbound): I wanted to feel hurt. People cried. I loved it sclkdsdjsops

The Loudest One - Bryce x F!MC (Open Heart): I wrote this one for CFWC Kinktober! And honestly, this is the best smut scene I have written. I’m quite proud about it.

Satisfied - Jax x Lily (Bloodbound): it was fun writing for my crack ship! My babies. And the first smut scene I have ever written. I’m glad it was with these two. I still can’t get over the fact that either one of them dies in BB’s finale. I cannot accept skfjdpd

Lullaby - Tyril x Elf!F!MC (Blades): don’t get me wrong, I love Tyril and his goth lordling mysterious elf boy personality and the first time he and MC made out was HOT but… I missed a bit of clousure before, you know? It felt a bit sudden to me, so I wrote a couple of fanfics showing their growing interest and attraction towards one another. This one is a light cute one and I really like it.

15. Do you create original content aside from fanfiction (original stories, art, etc)?  I sometimes draw some fanarts in which you can see by searching for #occasional drawings on my Tumblr.

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