#if anyone else asks for recs

[casscainmainly]

Hi! I've loved reading your thoughts on Cass and other overlooked characters on this blog, it's really opened my eyes and made me want to explore canon more (sadly until recently I was solely into fanon)

I've seen you talk about Steph a lot, and you seem like one of the best people to ask about her. See, I've only ever seen shallow portrayals of her in fanon, and when I've tried looking into canon, I get...mixed portrayals at best. Especially when it comes to her dynamic with Bruce or Tim. And I'll admit I got put off by it.

But since you've already made me excited to learn more about Cass, I figured if you like Steph too, she must have more to her than what I've stumbled onto. So if it's not too much trouble, could you recommend some comics/stories to help someone trying to lose the fanon goggles get to know (and hopefully adore) her?

Hi!! I'm so glad you're diving into comics, it's a wild ride but honestly a lot of fun <333. And Steph is definitely a character with incredible amounts of depth to her. For a full reading list, check out @bitimdrake's reading order (it stops at the New 52 which is a company-wide reboot, for post-N52 stories check out this page and then this one).

Steph's portrayals are often marred by misogyny both in and out of text. Her relationship with Bruce can be off-putting, and sometimes her treatment will be absolutely infuriating. However, all of this makes her super interesting to me - she's a character who refuses to give up, whose tenacity is so strong it even defies real life mandates to erase and belittle her! If you stick with her, you will come out with a character who's so much more than anyone ever thought she'd be.

I'm not a Steph expert by any means, so I'd recommend asking Steph-centric blogs like @a-bad-case-of-the-stephs (whose metas are incredible) because you might get better recommendations from them! But for Steph stories I've personally enjoyed, they are:

Batman: Huntress/Spoiler - Blunt Trauma: After an earthquake, Steph teams up with Huntress to take down some bad guys. This one issue undoes a lot of fanon - it dives into Steph's outlook on life, moral beliefs, and her relationship with her father. Highly recommend!

Batgirl (2000) #26, 28: In Cass' Batgirl run, Steph features as a prominent side character and their relationship is one of my absolute favourites. #26 is a Steph-centric issue where she fills in for Cass, and explores her insecurities in a really fascinating way. #28 is also a Steph highlight, showcasing her perseverance and why Cass is so impressed with her.

Solo (2004) #10: Not sure if it's in-continuity, but Damion Scott (Cass' co-creator) has a super fun story in here about Robin!Steph and Cass. Just really adorable and fun, and one of the best encapsulations of the Steph-Cass dynamic.

Batgirl (2009): Jumping over to Steph's Batgirl run, it does hit better if you've read Robin '93 but honestly it's good either way. Steph has so much personality in this run, it's incredibly fun and shows her humour, resilience, and heart, as well as some of her flaws. Really really worth reading!

Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batgirl: A Bruce-Steph story that may require some context, but it's probably the best Bruce and Steph reconciliation we'll ever get. Very interesting insights into how Bruce and Steph see each other, as well as a really iconic slap.

A general rec for Steph is Robin (1993), which is important for her Spoiler and Robin days (I assume this is the run you've tried though). Detective Comics (2016) is not really the best Steph portrayal, but it's far from the worst and has a really nice one panel about Robin!Steph.

I hope this helps!! Steph is an amazing character who deserves a lot more from both fandom and DC, so any interest in her is greatly appreciated :))).

[bloodibambiidoll]

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[hotvintagepoll]

Finally watched The Duke is Tops and Laurence Criner oh my god. Best conman with a traveling musical comedy show and a pet kitty cat I have ever seen. When he got ditched at the end I was like "if they don't do something to resolve this and just leave him to starve abandoned by his swindling partner I am seriously going to flip a desk" (it was ok though!! all was well!!!)

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

I love The Duke Is Tops and Laurence Criner is the main reason why. He's so much fun! He's having so much fun! I love a good conman character and he's having the BEST time.

You can watch The Duke is Tops for free on Youtube.

[thekidsarentalright]

I think it was you who had people sending in fic recs a while ago? do you or anybody else have stardust era recs? I'd like to read some after tour ending

yeass it was me who had people asking for/sending fics recs a bit ago!! i def do have Plenty stardust era recs, here you go!: - cryptophasia by earlgraytea68 (4k) - bring the cow(boy) out and cock them guns by northernattitude (4.8k words) - i am thinking it must be love by beacollapsingstarwithme (1.5k) - backless black dress soaked to the skin by i_love_bingo_hat (11k) - when the party ends by intocooperstown (1.5k) - time is luck by fulltimeproblem (22.8k) - you are the song stuck in my head by dogboytrohman (2.8k) - two guys, one spotlight by earlgraytea68 (3.4k) - happily ever after (below the waist) by dogboytrohman (1.8k) - head scratches are for lovers by anonymous (900 words) - your heart is my only home (come closer) by wedontfightfair - better off as lovers (and not the other way around) by 27_royalteas

[rollercoasterwords]

hi!! i love your fics, esp. your femslash, and was wondering if you had any recs with similar vibes to them? i can never find good sapphic content in this fandom lol. no worries or pressure either way, just wanted to let you know that i love what u do :)

hi thank u i’m glad u like my fics <3 unfortunately i have not been reading much fanfiction lately so i’m afraid that most of what i rec would be stuff u can already find in my fic recs tag, but i’ll tag some of my fave writers who have written lesbian marauders fics! u could check out:

invisiblemuseum @theinvisiblemuseum

twisted_tales_told @twisted-tales-told

arakhnee @arakhnee

thebloatedfrog @thebloatedfrog

dykesiriusblack @dykefever

moonymoment @mayescapade

bizarrestars @starsworth

& u can also look thru my fic recs tag! there are definitely many other people in this fandom writing really great lesbian fics i promise lol

[babybirbb]

Just started watching suits recently and was wondering if you had any good fic recs, particularly AUs. The nature of the show really lends itself to Selkie fics imo but also I just love selkies

anon i need you to know that as soon as i saw your ask i immediately went scouring through the AU tag on ao3. i’m not gonna lie, i'm not usually an AU reader but i wanted to challenge myself to provide some recs as unbiasedly as possible.

at first observation, i noticed a lot of the AU fics were still in some way canon (divergent and adjacent)-- usually splitting off somewhere along the show or a situation where Mike or Harvey is still a lawyer, while the other was not. i will say i skipped over smut-based (omegaverse, bdsm) and lengthy fics (under 20k is nothing, anything more than 50k is pushing it for me) cause i just did not have the brainpower to even try to get through them :/

so of course the ones i ended up liking were mostly canon divergent/adjacent but i tried my best to get you something different. what i managed to dig up for you is under the cut and i really hope you like them anon (also fyi these are all pretty much marvey fics, hope that's okay!) <3 also thanks so much for the ask! i enjoyed this little scavenger hunt haha!

As the World Caves In by SupernaturalIdjit16 | Mature - Zombie Apocalypse, Warning for the usual triggers that come with zombie apocalypse. It’s not a complete work but it literally got updated today!

Here at the end of all things by tattooedsiren | Explicit - Apocalypse, Hurt/Comfort, Mike and Harvey protecting each other, Mike does shoot someone and goes a bit into the psychological aftermath, light smut towards the end

The Haunting of Penthouse B by Skara_Brae | Teen+ - Supernatural Elements, Happy ending, Mike’s a ghost…or is he?

Meet Me at Midnight by butdaddyilovehim | Teen+ - Superheroes/Superpowers, Protective Harvey, he's also Batman…need i say more?

Complications by LearnedFoot | Teen+ - Canon divergence, Fake/pretend relationship, Harvey decides not to hire Mike, instead asks for his help to spite Jessica, of course they end up falling in love

The Touch by FrivolousSuits | Teen+ - Magic, Angst, Soulmate inspired, it’s also from Donna’s pov which was super fun and interesting, as was the nature of the magic

TBR list:

Wear My Name by Lunarflare14 (Teen+) and whatever the question by tattooedsiren (Explicit) - These are both Fake/Pretend relationship AUs based/inspired by The Proposal movie! (a very good movie imo)

The Game by FrivolousSuits | Teen+ - It’s a Hunger Games AU so i am intrigued, just haven't gotten around to reading it yet

Ocean Dream by Blue_Five | Mature - i apologize for being unable to provide you with a selkie fic so the best i could do was the incomplete merperson au... i hope it's enjoyable...😅

[wooly-nooly]

Hi! Do you read Sleep Token fics? If so, can you rec some current ones you enjoy, please?

Hi!!! I do, and yes i would love to give my current fav fics some recognition :) LONG POST

Some of these are explicit, they’re all vessel/ii/iii/iv, and most of these (if not all) are incomplete as these are only the ones im currently reading.

If u want i can make a separate post with (complete) sleep token fics i have read and loved! (This lost is already alot)

Edit, said separate post- https://www.tumblr.com/wooly-nooly/753891811949510656/not-the-same-anon-but-would-love-to-know-your-fav

Some of these are by familiar faces(usernames but u get the idea) the moots are lovely writers :)

These are series-

Alot of the ones im reading right now are incomplete but theyre sooooo good

Also i just noticed one of them requires an account so in case it doesn’t work by link because of that and you do have an account, that one is- The Love You (Do) Want by Venice_1148

Edit: i added a fic also locked- i don’t want to dance, i want to be the music

Edit 2: added another fic- turning divine by swissieoo

[clearlydusty]

For drawing requests, how about post-game au Oumota?:o

I'm curious about what you think that could be, so no specifics from me!

No pressure ofc!!

Also I have a general question, did you ever watch Promare?

Oooh post game huh? Interesting ! Oumota is an interesting one, too! Fun fact : When I was younger I absolutely HATED Ouma, but now that I’m older and have a better understanding of his character , I don’t hate him anymore (Character development lmao) it would be nice to try something new, so ill def try an oumota post game au !! would you like to see multiple sketches of my interpretation them, or like a full drawing maybe ?

No I’ve never watched Promare (never heard of it either), I am interested in learning about what it is tho if you’d like to give me a summary on what it is 🩷 !

Thanks so much !!!

[oifaaa]

hi! I recently got into dc and I really like your characterization of the members and dynamic of the batfam - I was wondering if you had any fics to recommend based on that?

thank you!

Not really I've bookmarked a couple fics that are based off my Aus on my ao3 (you can find a link on my pinned post) but aside from that I don't really know any fics that have charaisations or dynamics similar to mine I kinda went off on my own a while back doesn't help that I've only read 1 batfam fic in the last 6 months (it was one of @dragonpyre you should go check out their fics tho they're good)

[insanitize]

Any objectum movie recs?

jumbo is legitimately the best objectum movie i have ever seen on account of it like actually being objectum and not just a movie generally liked by objectum. it's a romance between a girl and a ride at an amusement park she works at. her attraction to this ride is played 100% seriously and isn't treated comedically at all. the ride is sentient but does not interact with her in a way that is super analogous to human interaction which i really like because it emphasizes that her attraction to him isn't out of loneliness or a need to replace human interaction but out of just genuine love for what he is. it does everything i could possibly want from a movie tackling the subject.

there is a lot of focus on the conflict her attraction to the titular ride causes in her other relationships, particularly with her mother who doesn't understand, and there is a rival love interest (though to be fair the main character jeanne obviously does not like him at all), so if the normal sorts of romance drama aren't your thing it might not be for you. it's also nsfw as you might expect. she does fuck that thing (<EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD MOVE IF YOU ASK ME avoids cutesifying her or her sexuality which is especially important with her being implied to be autistic) so look out for that if you're not interested in that either.

honestly i just really adore it both as an objectum person and also as a viewer entirely separate from my own sexuality. i could do a frame by frame analysis of the thing and still not have said everything i want to say about it

also electric dreams but every objectum person alive has seen electric dreams

[tenspontaneite]

you mention you read a lot in a recent ask about your interests - do you have any particularly cherished favorites? rare gems? genres or tropes you enjoy?

The majority of what I read is fanfic, but if I recced fanfics I'd be here for years and frankly I cannot be bothered. I do have a lot of book recs too though. I'll just do a few of the main ones that come to mind rn.

Most recent fave: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir. Same author as The Martian, again with a storyline that I would describe more as PvE than PvP, which I personally really enjoy and can never find enough of. I only bought this book like a month ago but have already reread it three times. I want a hundred more books with the same kind of alien first contact and interaction and mutual problem solving that this book has. The premise: the sun has a space algae problem, and this is going to result in the death of everyone on Earth in a few decades if a solution isn't found. Also looking for a solution: at least one other alien species whose sun, similarly, has a space algae problem. To quote, "Astrophage on my star. Bad, bad, bad."

Overall fave author: M.C.A Hogarth. Most of their work is for an overarching universe called the Peltedverse, which comprises multiple series. These are extremely queer sci-fi series involving humans, aliens, and human engineered furry races. Dreamhealers is the best series to start with, but my favourite of the Peltedverse series is Prince's Game (warning: challenging content). There's also separate series like the Stone Moon trilogy (warning: challenging content), which I also adore but only recommend if you like things that rip out your heart and stamp on it. Overall Hogarth has probably been the biggest influence on my writing style in the last decade, and I love what they do with characters.

Last rec of the day: the Scholomance Trilogy, Naomi Novik. Novik is a pretty well known name in fandom for a lot of reasons, but I feel like fewer people are aware of this series than the Temeraire series. This book is about what if there was magic but being magical was so heinously dangerous due to all the things trying to eat you that people end up doing really fucked up things to survive and that's now the foundation of magical society, and also shoving all your kids into a hell school full of monsters is legitimately the best way of getting them to adulthood uneaten. I find Scholomance has a vibe which makes it unusually rereadable, so I have read it more times than I have most book series. All three are good books but mostly first and third imo, sometimes when I'm doing a full reread I skip some or most of the second one.

[oldbutchdanielcraig]

hii what are some of ur fav roman gerri fics? i just finished night steals and i’m in desperate need of a new slow burn fic

ooh i don’t know how much these could be considered slow burn (i am the king of reading short one shots) but these are my absolute faves:

love is: by darlingdarling

probably sweeter than real life rg but i’m only human and also the characterization is SOOO good. post canon stuff but written pre s4

evacuation strategies for a yacht on fire by devourthemoon

truly a classic, fake but real marriage, s2 ish era which makes me so nostalgic, plus i appreciate the more detailed references to lower manhattan because i’m an insane person that way

show me what you’re good for by parhelion_shoreline

phone sex, crazy good dialogue, roman being feminized 😈

the true encounter by wellprince

nasty in a good way, does gay roman things with jeryd mencken 😈

also really anything by @threeguesses but i especially i was born to beg for you for a post s3 + s4 narrative and sweet you rock and sweet you roll for just inspiringly in character smut

[demelzathemer]

I've never been active in any fandoms, not really, but dbd is such a special thing I started writing posts and commenting on fics regularly, slowly changing from being a lonely lurker in the fandom space.

But now after the news, I feel even bigger need for community, I want to find my people, I want to participate. I'll follow all the blogs who are staying here and I'll keep commenting and interacting.

You can say hello in the notes if you feel the same. We can inspire and support each other to create our own content!

If you have any active/open discord servers, share the links, I know many people have the same longing for community. We can be that for each other!

[tojiscrack]

Recommend us some good jjk things u already read 🎀

say please 😐

unfortunately, i don’t read jjk fics… like, at all. i have two main reasons why:

i write them, sure, but i have this intense fear of reading jjk/reader fics (hypocritical, i know, but idc 🌝) simply ‘cause of the fact that i have these characters a certain way in my mind: VERY CANONICALLY-CENTRED.

when reading, i’d enjoy that with only a TOUCH of fanon, seeing as it’s usually romantic, reader-insert, love interest fics, and we’ve only ever actually seen two couples in jjk, and not even in depth — miwa and mechamaru + toji and mamaguro — therefore we can’t exactly say for certain what other characters would be like in a relationship and stuff: what we picture and write here is fanon.

but i did try a couple times. it just wasn’t for me, ig.

secondly, literally every gojo/reader story ever (i say gojo specifically cuz i’m only interested in reading about him and no one else 😭) has smut in it.

unpopular take, but i dislike smut. very much.

so essentially, i’m useless in this department.

p.s. that’s not to say that you yourself can’t read other fics and enjoy them the way they are. that’s great for you, and lovely for the author, but my personal opinion is that i just can’t, and that’s alr. i’ll silently move on and write my own :)

[allastoredeer]

Hello, I recommended ‘Day by Day, Week by Week’ and have returned with three things.

First of, how ya going?

Second, what did you think of the fic? Just curious.

Third, I’ve found another fic series that I think you might enjoy, it’s by oly_chic, the series is called switching control, it’s got a decent bit of top Al, but it’s more focused on communication and learning boundaries and finding a way to be healthier together.

Bye bye 👋

Hello!

To answer you're first question, I am...doing my best! Been having massive brain fog over the last week and I am confused about everything all the time.

Second, I thought the omegaverse world the author built was very creative and interesting! I don't think I've read another omegaverse that had so many different, uh, castes? Second genders? I don't know if they specificed that exact term for it, but it was interesting! I like how Alastor automatically switched between based on his emotions, it was cute <3 Also the part where Charlie was hugging Alastor, and he said "your dad is here," but Charlie thought he was talking about himself as her father figure and hugged him even tighter I fldjnsdlkjskldbvjhsbvflibvsip that scene hasn't left my brain since I read it, it was so cute and wholesome (and then hilarious when Charlie realized he meant "biological dad" LMAO)

Ah, I'm not much of a top!Al gal (in any form of the dynamic). I just don't get a lot of enjoyment out it, so I tend to avoid it. I do love Lucifer and Alastor focusing on communication and boundaries though 👉👉 god knows they probably need it.

[puck-luck]

Thank you for recommending their blogs. I will surely check them out. 🩷 I’ve been trying to find more hockey blogs to follow and new hockey fics to read.

i hope you enjoy! My favorite fic by Cappy is her Quinn x Reader x Trevor threesome and my favorite fic by Brynn is her Risqué Reflections fic with Luke.