#idk!!! im a sucker for bitter to sweet ships!

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Literally every time you introduce a new rarepair I’m like you’re so right queen!!! Like Marcus/Giannis and trae/John I wouldn’t have considered it but now I’m like it’s so obvious they’re perfect for each other!!! But gordon Hayward and terry rozier??? I’m not disagreeing I just truly know nothing about the hornets ahdklsksj 😭 PLEASE get more into it bc I love knowing about rarepairs that have absolutely no content about them ajdkslsldj <3

THE WAY I GOT U INTO MARCUS/GIANNIS OMG... THATS ALL I WANTED TO HEAR.. if there was only ONE rarepair of mine I wanted to take off, it was DEFINITELY marcus/giannis!! I feel like those 12 yr old Disney fangirls who photoshop two characters from completely different movies together in a bad amv video 😭 just completely from the brain with no explanation!! It's so hard writing for rarepairs tho because they're literally in two different states most of the time but IT'S OKAY! THEYRE BOTH LIKE. MILLIONARES MOST OF THE TIME SO. I can bullshit whatever surprise interactions between them as I want 👑

AS FOR TERRY AND GORDO... I LITERALLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE HORNETS EITHER EXCEPT??? THEM NOT BEING KNOWN FOR ANYTHING?? AJBCJS a moot of mine likes it and I have been 👁👁 Intrigued! But I'm still learning so I'm no expert on em BUT!! ILL DO MY BEST TO EXPLAIN MY LOGIC!!!

So like! They used to be teammates on the Celtics! I don't think they were like?? Besties besties but they knew each other! It was when kyrie was on the team and uhhh chemistry was ROUGH tho 😭 Terry was like FUCK this shit I want OUT and when he got traded to Hornets, he was actually like?? Happy?? Lmfao I wouldn't be but 😭 anyways yeah so he was like "I'm free from the chaotic Celtics past. I can now roam peacefully with the hornets" but then here comes Hayward! A figure LITERALLY from Terry's past coming back to haunt him, refusing to let him run free in peace 😭

There's not a lot of content about them but that's what rarepairs are made from! Stringing together two people based off IDEAS! and this idea is formed off two old teammates being reunited whether they wanted to be or not! Tense reluctant enemies at first slowly turning to professional associates to friends to lovers overtime! Probably eventually bonding over their Celtics experience despite Terry's stubbornness to put it behind him.

But yeah!!! It's about the way two guys who previously didn't want anything to do with each other (Terry more-so than gordo) eventually healed from fractured experiences by bonding on unlikely circumstances!!! And now they're besties on the hornets!!!!!! Buddycop duo 😭

Also yes 😭 john/trae is so good PLS I wanna write smthin for em so bad they're so stupid

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Would you do a Tyki/Allen reclist??

YES, i certainly WILL HAHA

if you know me then you know i love my tykillens 100% consensual and thats. That’s a bit tough, cause not many in the fandom seem to agree with me lol.  it’s a bit of a wasteland in ao3 not gonna lie but the tag there has recently been blessed, and I’ll dig out some old gold too

Honestly it’s uh. It’s probably gonna be easiest to organise this by authors and then I’ll like. Pick a couple of my favourites from each of them, and link a few randoms i like at the end. 

 Moonswing: I love the way this author writes them - the dialogue especially is quick, witty and so so fun, and the ideas they come up with are

Loves Company is the first poker pair fic i read that gave me hope for this ship. it’s so light and funny and good and went a long way to inspiring me to continue writing for the pair.Some Minor Issues looks like it’s only just been started and I honestly cant wait for more. Modern AU where Tyki is the son of a mob boss, the best trans Allen i’ve ever read (in a world of fem!allen i have finally found an oasis of casual and accurate representation). definitely excited to see where it goes, if it goes, idk if it’s gonna be continued or what but !!!!Reapers is another new one, and the title kinda says it all lol. Allen and Lavi are reapers working for the Earl, and Allen is designated Tyki’s personal servant ahahaha

hiat:Not gonna lie i haven’t actually read a LOT from this author, but what I have read has been exceptional

A Small Reprieve is wonderful, especially considering it’s the author’s first smut like. Damn. It’s sweet and a little bit sad, but this is Tykillen so what did u expect lmaoFondant and Fakery is so cute and sweet like omfg ahahaha it’s all the lighthearted Tykillen fluff i ever neededWorlds Apart is probably my favourite from them, but im not sure if it’s ongoing or if they’ve abandoned it? Another mob AU and i really really hope they continue it because !!!!! im in love with this fic ahahaha and want to see more

ArbitrarySpaces:oohhh boyyyy //rubs hands together

While You Sleep is somehow the only soulmates au (that i know of) and i love it?? its amazing and cute, where each Allen and Tyki sees through the other’s eyes in their dreams.Mr. Poker Face is super funny and lighthearted - i love the flow of dialogue, it’s so quick and witty and them I honestly yelled a lil when I saw it’d been updated with a second chapter.How to Build a Life Together depicts snapshots of Tyki and Allen, uh. Building a life together i guess lol. Each chapter is a different point in their relationship, starting from the point where Tyki gives Allen a rock (and not in the traditional sense. That comes later lmao).

rustandstardust:they’ve got some damn good shit i tell ya

it’s all a game is so ???? good ??? casino au where allen’s a tease and tyki’s a sucker, everything feels so lavish and indulgent and i love it!connection I haven’t… actually…. read. But! it’s on my agenda tonight tbh and I have high expectations lollove me like you mean it is also really good, like. I don’t know what else to say lmfao it’s just… good. 

CandyCrackpot:I am shocked and appalled by the fact I almost missed them because they’re like. Like. If there’s a holy trinity in this fandom then they’re god. just. Just straight up they’re a fucking god okay.

Gamble got me on the bottom!tyki hype train and i have yet to follow through - mostly because i’m intimidated by the quality of writing and characterisation that went into this 100% rly fukkin good would recommend.//squints// and uh that’s all for them??? but they have a HEAP of other fics for this fandom ((if ur looking for some soft papa mana and baby allen fluff then Smile is def the place to go))

Hurryup:every time i think about them my chest gets tight and my hands start shaking like ???? is this love ?????????????? fam help i think im dying honest to god

shutdown is… its, uh. I honestly can’t put it into words. It’s the best Tykillen fic I’ve ever read. It’s beautiful, subtle, quiet, so bitter and sweet, but somehow not bittersweet and i honestly. i dont know how to explain how that’s possible but it is and it’s perfect and i will scream from the top of mount fucking ararat about how good it is til the day i drop dead okay like. if you read only one fic from this list, let it be this one.idk why i thought they’d written more tykillen than that, probably because it was so fucking good and the characterisation was flawless, but for the life of me i can’t find any others for this ship by them so…??? but lots of link/allen if ur into that. i haven’t read them personally but if shutdown is any indication they’re gonna be lit like a talking bush.

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Chinchirinoda’s fic Worship gave me a hand kink. No kidding, it’s short and sweet and quiet and sad and lovely and one of my OG favourite Tykillen fics

I haven’t actually read Allen’s worst Struggle by slaying_dragons, or Night of Truce (new author on the block what up) but I have the tabs open and im prob gonna get to those tonight too lol

Let’s Do Something Wrong by kittybandit is a super cute collection of super short super sweet prompt-drabbles. Like condensed milk. Or a shot of straight cordial. Or cocaine. The yoga one is def my favourite, but they’re all amazing

autumntea is the kind of cruel where they’ll write 700-ish words and every single letter is perfect and amazing and makes u want MORE but then like. there isn’t. there isn’t more thERES NEVER MORE AND I WISH THERE WAS BC IT’S ALL SO GOOD. all of it. Every tykillen fic they wrote is a dicktease and i want MORE, DAMMIT

If you want crack (and for some reason Kingdom Hearts characters working in a casino ????), Sin City Dreamers by The_Button_Harlequin is lit the most well-written shitpost i’ve ever had the experience of reading, like. I lit couldn’t stop laughing while reading it it’s… No, i can’t explain it, you have to read it yourself to understand lmfao definitely worth it, I promise. i promise.

And, uh. I dont mean to toot my own horn (i totally do bruh look at my ego okay) but if you’d like a chef’s special then i recommend make it out alive for smut, and Pilate saith unto them, behold the man for ‘fluff’ (so far as fluff goes in my vocabulary) and Mutually Beneficial for Tyki’s big dumb crush.

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There you have it !!! that’s. That’s pretty much the entire consensual Tykillen tag right there. And it’s all good like idk how yall do it but ur fukkin masterminds okay im honestly in shock, still in shock actually after reading Hurryup’s fic last night like. fuck i wanna cry just thinking about it lmfao it’s so perfect and beautiful and sad like jesus fam let me breathe. 

I know you’re going to find something in here you love and if you don’t then im. i don’t know what to tell u man lol this is the best of the best so i hope u enjoy yourself