#i wish rubia wasn't on a mental mimosa break

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Hi Jen, I just saw your rec for Star Wars fic, and it bothers me because there isn't any good larry fic lately. So many authors have left!!!! Is there anything you read lately that you love? Even your favorites are gone, it's so upsetting!

Oh, man, don’t despair!! Yes, two of my absolute faves have left this fandom (and let me just say, they left because people are fucking ASSHOLES), but they still write in other fandoms, I still get to bask in their beautiful words (and at least one of them would write in this fandom again on commission), but that aside, I truly do hate this notion that all the best have come and gone, especially with the sheer volume of material around the D, month in and month out. You just have to be willing to read new things, and you really have to support creators if you ever want them to give you free stuff on a semi-regular basis. Maybe I should make it a monthly feature, but here’s what I posted in January with my faves of late last year/early this year…and here’s what I’ve loved from the last few weeks (most of ‘em are hella short, too):

from a bandit to a baby, by @dykes4louis, T, 1.5k. “Tell me something,” Louis murmurs. (hima’s writing, HELP, but the fact that this is less than 2k, and still manages to pack in nonbinary harry, implied mpreg, so much yearn, n*ce)

Watermelon Sugar High, by @rosemarianthyme, E, 2.2k. Resting right between his legs, the long slice open and juicy and red and his fingers pressed just so, it looked to his wine-hazy brain like a cunt. Like it could be /his/ cunt. (my fave new author, getting into some genderplay)

her only hope is what she did she’ll soon forget, by jaerie, E, 2.2k. Harry is a single parent desperate to make ends meet and Louis is there to make it better (NOBODY is out serving lactation kink like Jaerie is; this one is supposed to have a sequel, I’m hopin’ and prayin’, angst city)

Strange Side Effects, by jaerie, E, 2.5k. Louis was drunk the first time he saw, but he couldn’t stop thinking about it. Had he just imagined Harry squeezing milk out of his nipples? (SEE THE FUCK ABOVE, only no angst)

Did you let him leave a necklace? (Yup), by @sadaveniren, E, 2.5k. Harry’s pearl necklace is a day collar. (the truest part of this fic? oli running sex-related errands)

Always Be Prepared, by @vondrostes, E, 2.6k. “I have a surprise for you,” Louis informed him. “To make up for not remembering your toys.” (the irony of anyone saying Terran won’t write larry fic when a) his mega larry fic is #9 on last year’s masterlist, b) second spring is RIGHT THERE, and c) one-offs like this one, commission him if you wanna see more!)

Hoist the Colours High, by @kerasines, M, 5.2k.  A Girl Direction Pirates of the Caribbean AU featuring Harry as Will Turner, Louis as Elizabeth Swann, swords, and my obsession with girls in men’s period clothing. (KIMMMMMMM, it’s so good, and if she wasn’t in the midst of writing in five other fandoms, sigh)

To Wear Your Love series, by @haztobegood, E, 5.9k. The pearl necklace was bolder, so pretty, and undeniably feminine. (the love i have for that pearl necklace being a collar, it knows no bounds)

Gentle Sin, by userkant, E, 7.5k. Louis discovers a few things about Harry. (if you’re really stuck in earlier-era fics, this one truly harkens back to those days, so encourage this author if you miss it!)

But When We Kiss…, by @indiaalphawhiskey, E, 8k. “Are you really going to let a…” he assessed Harry. “Twenty? Twenty year gap,” he confirmed. “Be the reason you get hypothermia?” (this fic is so fucking GOOD, jesus, I love silverfox Louis, and before you get all weird in my inbox about it, Harry’s 30, I would k word someone to see every single timestamp between chapters 1 and 2)

i cannot reach your heart, by HappyPrincess/ @pattern-pals, E, 10k. Harry flees like he always does, leaving a basket of fresh fruit and the prospect of his imminent heat. Somehow, Louis still ends up running after him. (LISTEN, nina has achieved national treasure status for me, PROTECT, and this fic, the angst, the entire series, christttttttttttttttttttt, it kills me in the best way, I hope they keep writing in this verse, but even if they don’t, swoon)

So, tl/dr, if you wanna see good fic, you gotta encourage fic authors and stop being a fic pillow princess, put some effort into it, and by effort, I’m talking bare minimum, give some kudos, give some comments, show some praise, do some reblogs, message them directly, DO SOMETHING, hand-wringing is useless, always. God, I gotta have some wine and calm down, lmao