#lanjevinson

[mickeym4ndy]

re your post about fics where mickey gets released from prison - what are your favorite fanfics like that?

Hi anon! Sorry I this is late I’ve had a crazy week, but here are some of my favs:

The New Year by LanJevinson - so so good. First fic is set over the months following Mickey’s release. It’s from the Gallagher’s perspective and deals with Ian adjusting to Mickey being out and everything that happened between them. (Somehow you get such a good understanding of Mickey even though none of it is from his POV). The sequel is set over the years following the events of the first fic with flashbacks to Mickey’s time in prison. Great characterisation and doesn’t sugarcoat what they went through and how it affected Mickey, but doesn’t villainize anyone either. Honestly I could talk about this fic all day.

broad-shouldered beasts by @biblionerd07 - so good. A fandom favourite for a reason. A set of long one shots set over the years following Mickey getting out of prison. Great characterisation and so so well written. The Svetlana-Mickey-Ian-Yevgeny family unit makes me🥰🥰. Such a great read.

In your love by @sgtmickeyslaughter - set after Mickey gets out of prison after like 2 years. SO good. Tattoo artist Mickey is my favourite thing. Also gives Mickey friends and a good support system which I love. There’s also unreal art to go along with it.

Rebuilding by Freespiritedone - set after Mickey gets out after like 6 years. Tbh, it’s probably not for everyone because it deals with some very very heavy subject matter (Mickey went through some terrible shit in prison) so heed the content warnings!! But if that’s what you��re into it’s really well written. The sequel isn’t finished but it’s still a great fic.

You can’t hurry love by crazynadine - actually set after s7 but it’s a similar vibe. Mickey gets acquitted while he’s in Mexico and moves back to Chicago. Again it gives Mickey friends and a support system which I love.

That’s all I can think of right now but if anyone has any recommendations on fics like this to add feel free! I’m always looking for new fics.

[gallavichthings]

Hi guys! I, @thevioletjones​, am back again as guest mod, because I wanted to be the one to talk to this week’s author, @lan-jev​ aka LanJevinson on AO3. She’s the writer of fandom classics, The New Year, and its sequel, Bird Set Free, as well as the equally bittersweet 1,000 Times. She also sometimes wrote more lighthearted fare like the Mickey Tries New Things series. She’s one of my fandom besties and we had fun reminiscing, so it's a loooong one. Enjoy!

VioletJones: Are you ready?

LanJevinson: Yep

Weirdly nervous lmao

VJ: lmao... why? It's just me

LJ: Idk man

VJ:  it's very much not a big deal... you'll be fine

First of all, why are you such an angsty bitch?

LJ: Lol

VJ: 😂💀I'm joking, but it's also a legitimate question. I just wanna know.

LJ: God, I have no idea. I just really love that feeling of reading (or writing) a fic that makes your heart break only to carefully pull it back together.

VJ: Obviously. That's your M.O. Lol

LJ: I have a hard time even reading fic without angst to be honest. It has to be a just-right fic in every other way

VJ: How do you balance the angst with the right amount of sweetness and resolution?

LJ: That’s a hard question. I think as the author we know our purpose and our characters and story so well that it can be difficult to make it satisfying for the reader in the end. I definitely haven’t hit it right for every reader! I’ve had comments expressing dissatisfaction with the resolution of my stories before. Primarily, I write for me—and if I’m satisfied with it, I write it that way.

VJ: I mean, at the end of the day, we have to execute our own vision. I've seen people modify their story based on what people tell them and you can always tell it would've been better had they stuck with the original plan.

That includes letting stories sprawl out without end and become repetitive as hell, imo. Lol

LJ: For sure. Not fun to read a fic that literally loses the plot midway through. Or writing a fic for the clout—because you know a/b/o is a trending trope, for example.

VJ: True. People who follow the trends get the hits.

Do you ever cater to what you think the audience wants, or are you always staunch about your inspiration and intention?

LJ: I have worried about the choices I made and if people would like it, but rarely enough to change the direction of a fic.

For every person that hates it, there’s going to be someone who likes it. And if not, I like it. Haha.

VJ: Lol. That's a good way to look at it. You know I get too caught up worrying about what people think, and I hate it so much.

LJ: I know. You’re so not alone in that though. I’m the anomaly.

VJ: Idk. Some people don't take it so seriously. You're lucky, though...

I feel like we know each other pretty much as well as two people who've never met in person can. Lol. What do you want the fandom at large to know about you?

LJ: I don’t know, I’m just really thankful to have stumbled into the fandom. It was my first time writing fic after a long break, my first time writing m/m fic, and in the case of The New Year in particular, my first time really letting my muse just take the reins. I’d written as a teenager, but was one of those people who assumed when my “life” began that I wouldn’t be into fanfic, but I am so glad to be wrong about that. In high school I dreamed of going to college for creative writing. I’ll probably never get around to writing original fiction, but writing fanfic has been so fulfilling.

VJ: When and what was your first time with fanfic and fandom?

LJ: I started writing fan fiction before I even knew it had a name, predictably, for Harry Potter around age 12? I kept a plastic container full of notebooks under my bed and filled them with ideas. I’ve always been a purist—canon divergent was my jam even from the beginning. I even published a few of them on ffnet. I vividly remember paying money by the minute to go onto a computer at LAX during a family vacation to check my email to see if I had any comments! During my later teenage years I wrote and published Gone with the Wind fanfic. Despite writing fic, I didn’t know what a ‘fandom’ even was until I searched for Shameless fic on the good old ffnet, somehow hopped over to AO3, and then subsequently discovered tumblr some months later.

And fandoms are such a trip. It’s really cool to gather with people who love the same characters and books and shows as you, but also sort of all-encompassing? For a while it felt like my life revolved around the Shameless fandom and fic. It was almost a relief when canon failed me and I started to step back.

VJ: Yeah, girl. You all left me. I keep trying to get to the other side. Lmao. Soon!

When did you join the Gallavich/Shameless fandom?

LJ: I started writing The New Year in April 2016 after I finished watching season 5. It feels like so long ago. I know it was just on the cusp of the first exodus of the “OG” writers.

VJ: Yeah, you came in right before I did. What made you want to write for them so badly?

LJ: It was mainly the shock of the season 5 ending that did it. I started out watching as a fan of the show in general, and wasn’t even super invested in Gallavich until later. But Gallavich was really the perfect ship for me— so many opportunities to write and read nuggets that weren’t included in the show, since the viewers saw so little of their relationship.

VJ: Yeah, it's pretty crazy to think about how little total airtime they've had together over the course of the entire show.

For those who don't get the reference, please explain the origins of LanJevinson and why you chose it as a pen name.

LJ: Lan Jevinson is the code name Dwight gives to Michael’s boss, Jan Levinson, when she unexpectedly joins them at Casino Night in the warehouse on The Office. I just love a good Office-themed pseudonym! I really wanted to use the Warhol-esque portrait Jan has of herself up in her office in one of the later seasons as my profile picture on AO3, but I couldn’t find one, so I went with Prison Mike instead. It always makes me laugh when I see the little picture pop up next to my name when I comment on fics.

VJ: Lmao. I love that it has nothing to do with the actual fandom. So random.

Have you ever thought about writing a fic that has a sitcom feel to it like The Office?

LJ: I’m firmly in the dramedy category. I’ve thought about writing some elements related to The Office, like the workplace setting and the mutual pining of coworkers, but without a lot of the comedic elements, and not for Shameless certainly. I’m way too anxious in real life to be quick-witted. I’m better in writing, but it’d be far out of my comfort zone!

VJ: What was the most fun aspect of writing Gallavich for you?

LJ: I’ll be honest, at the beginning it was more of a compulsion than something ‘fun’. Not to sound too hokey, but The New Year just had to be written, it almost felt like an out of body experience. I had the most fun with my one shot pieces, and it’s definitely because I could be creative in ways that I’d missed, but was still able to tether myself to canon, to write for characters to whom the readers needed no introduction. Also I just really freaking love mutual pining!

VJ: It doesn't sound hokey. I think the reason most people are compelled to write fic for the first time is that they want to see an exact idea executed in a way they haven't been able to find in someone else's fic yet.

And you get to ride the high of a newfound inspiration.

LJ: Which of your fics were you most compelled to write would you say?

VJ: Definitely the first one. Backdrifting. It can happen with fics that come later, but I think there's something about the first idea and the way it becomes an obsession until you just start writing it.

LJ: I remember reading it and it felt so refreshing—you never avoid real-life things, like having other partners or past history, or not falling head over heels immediately. It’s not Backdrifting, but a different one of yours I remember commenting how so true to life the dialogue and relationship was. Like conversations I’d have in my own marriage.

VJ: Aw, thanks. Realism is something I appreciate in my fiction. Lmao. I do remember that you would sometimes try to dissuade me from writing stuff that you thought the fandom wouldn't go for, particularly in regards to Mickey. Like, I wrote Bad Date to prove you wrong that the premise wasn't perfect for them. Lollll... Did you ever hold back because of stuff going on in canon or the fandom? Ideas you thought wouldn't fly so you suppressed them?

LJ: Did I try to dissuade you from writing stuff?? Damn I’m a bad friend lol. The publishing of my Big Bang fic [1,000 Times] was really poorly timed although beyond my control. At the time the fandom was still recovering from the Mexico border goodbye (I think...), and I remember getting this long pleading comment from someone basically begging for me to give them a happy ending because the wounds were too raw from canon. I did agonize a bit about that before posting. And I worried a bit about giving Mickey a partner he loved and lost, as well as a second child in TNY. People still don’t understand my reasoning behind that one. It’s complicated but I don’t regret it, although I did worry how it would be received.

VJ: Yes, well, speaking of that whole mess, you also clowned me for how much I cried while reading your epic angst fest. I read both parts in full over like a long weekend or something, and I definitely got mad at you multiple times. Lol. And you called me a baby.

Anywayyyyy... I did plan on bringing it up, but you did first, so... What do you have to say to people who still think your treatment of Ian was harsh in The New Year series, and/or couldn't deal with your Mickey/OMC subplot?

LJ: I’ve never been one to shy away from con-crit if I think it’s deserved and written in good faith. As far as Mickey/OMC goes, I think that’s more of a personal preference thing. It’s unrealistic IMO to expect one or both of them to never hold strong feelings for another person while apart (though some may argue it’s less likely while in prison). As far as Ian goes, firstly I needed to come up with a rational explanation for the porch breakup in canon, which wasn’t easy. And then I had to further emotionally stunt him so he could leave Mickey to rot for eight years. From there he could only go up. It made sense at the time. Lol

Maybe I just wanted to punish him a little. It was a dark time for the Mickey Milkovich Deserves Better crew. Newer readers really can’t get into it. TNY series is one of those fics you ‘had to be there’ for.

VJ: Oh man, that's so true. I never was down for the Ian punishment though. You know this. But, me loving your writing despite all the pain it inflicts when I read it should be seen as a testament to your talent. Lmao. It hurts so good. I wouldn't sit through all that for just any writer.

Was there anything you ever struggled with when writing them?

LJ: Not them specifically, as far as their characterizations go (though I do find Mickey easier to write than Ian, generally), but I’ve never been great at fleshing out my stories with detail and descriptive emotions. I’ve tried not to write so bare bones, but I guess it doesn’t suit me.

VJ: You definitely have a clean and to-the-point style, unlike me. Lol. But yeah, it's what works for you, because that's your voice. Nothing wrong with that. I mean, obviously. You've gotten plenty of well-deserved compliments about your fics both here and in other fandoms.

Is Mickey being easier to write something that makes you prefer his POV, or do you enjoy writing Ian's POV too?

LJ: I like writing both, but Mickey is more fun to write because he’s funnier, more insecure, all around a bit more layered than Ian (IMO). Not that Ian isn’t interesting—he definitely is. But Ian’s harder to read. Maybe it’s partly the way the actors play their roles, too.

VJ: Do you think Ian being more of a blank canvas makes him easier to project onto? I think we've talked about relating more to Ian in some obvious ways, even though there's also emotionally relatable things about Mickey too.

LJ: Yeah, I think that could definitely be part of it! Writing Ian isn’t nearly as much of an escape as writing Mickey is, and I totally get why you and other authors like to keep Ian’s bipolar out of fics. I channeled myself into Ian in the last non-drabble piece I ever wrote for Gallavich. It was cathartic though!

VJ: What other Shameless characters do you enjoy, both on the show and in fics?

LJ: The first few seasons of the show were so good. I loved Lip and Fiona. I got told often that I must hate Lip based on how I write him 🤷‍♀️ but just cuz I write him as a bit of an asshole doesn’t mean I dislike him as a character! I loved writing Carl the most of all the Gallaghers, though. He’s got such a flat affect on the show, it was really fun to build on that and just make him this irreverent, unfiltered grownup with a big heart.

VJ: Lip and Fiona were the only other characters I really cared about in the early show seasons as well. Never cared about reading or writing the other siblings much, tbh. How do you feel about the Milkovich siblings? I like writing Mandy. Although I acknowledge fic Mandy can be a lot different than canon Mandy sometimes. But she's yet another character that canon did dirty, so I'm ok with giving her a better life and closer relationship to Mickey.

LJ: I do love writing Mandy. I have complicated feelings about canon Mandy that are too difficult to put into words. I wrote something pre-canon about Mandy really early into fandom just because, and I still love it even though it only has like 100 total hits, LOL. As for the other siblings, they make decent background characters but I never really invested in them. We’re not even sure who’s a cousin and who’s a brother! I’ve read some awesome fics that incorporate Iggy in fun ways, though.

VJ: Same. I never understood the Iggy thing as more than a secondary comic relief type thing.

Angst aside, what types of fics do you prefer writing, both in terms of length and content (genres, tropes, et al)?

LJ: I always say when I estimate how long a fic is going to be in the planning stage, the reality will be less than half the length. My preference across fandoms is for multi-chapters, but I like a good short one-shot too. My biggest hang-up in terms of tropes is my attachment to canon. In every fandom I’ve read or written for, I vastly prefer canon and canon-divergent to AUs, and especially for Gallavich, even had a hard time reading AUs if they didn’t suit my standards. The characters still have to feel like themselves for me to get invested— otherwise they feel like stand-ins for original fiction. The 3 AUs I wrote for Gallavich, were still deeply rooted in canon. Two of the three I would actually count as pre-canon divergent. Canon aside, there’s got to be some element of smut, even if it’s not explicit (even though I find the act of writing the smut in itself pretty torturous). Mutual pining, miscommunication. It all leads back to angst, predictably.

VJ: Lol. Fuck canonnnnnnn... AUs forevaaaa!!! I know what you mean about preserving the characterization within the different universes though. That's important to me too.

Walk us through what your writing process looks like.

LJ: Firstly, I sit on an idea for at least a week. Maybe longer. Thinking about various story plots in the shower, during work, etc, as we all probably do. When I finally open a doc it’s a jumbled mess of random lines and plot points. After that, I make myself write out a basic outline. And from there I start filling in things as they come to me, moving things around as needed. I’m not much of a multiple-drafts person, and if the words aren’t flowing the way I want them to right away, I get pretty frustrated. I also write 95% of my stories on my phone— I have a very nice laptop that only comes out when I have a large chunk of time to myself (very rare) or if I’m ready to edit. I’m a terrible editor, too. Bad autocorrects in particular are my nemesis, which is what I get for phone writing. Time permitting, I’m either going to write almost an entire chapter or one shot in 1-2 sittings, or I’m going to struggle to write three sentences over a month period. It all depends on how the muse is feeling. I’m big on not pushing myself to write when I’m not feeling it. Basically, I’m a hot mess and it’s remarkable I’ve managed to publish anything at all!

VJ: I was aghast when you told me you wrote everything on your phone. That's crazy pants to me. I did enjoy betaing for you though. You're very accepting of my edits and comments.

How much research do you typically do?

LJ: Generally, very little. Sometimes I’ll get a wild hair and NEED to know the specific street coordinates of the L train. I try to ask myself if not knowing the exact detail will pull a reader from the story. I do get jealous of fics where the author clearly has drawn from real-life experience as a barista/lawyer/world traveler. My life experience doesn’t give me much inspiration.

VJ: Interesting. Your stuff never comes off as unresearched or inauthentic. I bet you're more inspired by your own life and knowledge than you think.

LJ: I don’t know. I’ve been extremely blessed to know very little trauma or heartbreak, aside from my own struggles with depression and anxiety, which isn’t altogether uncommon. It’s probably why I’m such a canon hoe tbh. No good AUs rattling around in here.

VJ: Lol. You always talk about being all about canon, but I think you lie. You've always read and liked AUs. 😂

LJ: I do like reading AUs definitely! (Not so much writing them). It just takes me a while in each fandom. I start out with canon and canon divergent, then when I exhaust those I move onto the AUs.

And then I find myself enjoying them. Especially in its heyday, the Shameless fandom was/is blessed with many excellent authors.

VJ: Yeah, so you ease into different types of fanfic, but you never rejected AUs that I could tell.

What's your favorite Gallavich fic that you’ve written and why?

LJ: I like them all for different reasons, but I go back to The New Year series, specifically The New Year itself, the most often. Like we talked about before, there’s no love quite like your first love. It helped me make deeper connections with other fans in ways I was not anticipating. And while it might not be my best work (across fandoms) it remains the one I’m the most personally proud of.

VJ: It's a great fic! Even if a part of me hates it, because it makes me cry all the tears in my well reserve. Lmao

I'm gonna do a re-read soon. Even though I said I'd never read it again. 💀

What are some of your favorite fics and/or writers in the fandom?

LJ: This is such a difficult question because a) it’s been so long since I’ve really read Shameless fic, b) I have a really terrible memory for both fics and authors, it’s a character flaw, and c) I am the world’s worst bookmarker.

I will say that Avalonia’s fic, The Russian, is an absolute diamond that no one has read. Boomer OGs include segs, romanticalgirl, magneticdice (I unconsciously compare every other grim reaper AU I read to theirs [Company Man]). Gen X OGs: you of course, grumblesandmumbles, loftec. Millennials: biblionerd07. This is a terrible analogy.

VJ: Lol. Thank you for mentioning Biblionerd, because I forgot to mention them in mine, and Broad-Shouldered Beasts is definitely one of my picks for best written series in the fandom.

And thanks for the shout-out, babes. 💕

What are your favorite tropes as a reader?

LJ: I love miscommunication, mutual pining, enemies to lovers, friends with benefits turns into love. I’m a sucker for supernatural elements. I once told a friend from a different fandom how I found friends to lovers to be unrealistic, and she asked me how many people I knew who had fallen for someone they hated, and I was like... touché.

VJ: Lmao. I've done both IRL sorta, tbh.

How about fic pet peeves?

LJ: The first one is both obvious and a little subjective, but poor characterization will nope me out of a fic right away. Daddy kink, age difference (even if both adults), and mpreg are also not for me. Also, very specifically, fics in which the characters play Never Have I Ever or Truth or Dare.

VJ: Lmfaooooo

No party games for you? Is it too cheap a trope, you think?

LJ: Just a little too cliche maybe? Idk. Just a weird pet peeve.

VJ: Ok, let's talk about the show a little bit. What is your favorite season and episode of Shameless?

LJ: You are making me dive deep into the vault here. We already talked about how the first few seasons were the best in general. The Thanksgiving scene with Monica, with Fiona and Ian holding one another. Fiona going to prison. Lip’s freak outs every time he inevitably had to put family in front of his dreams. JAW is so great. Specifically with Gallavich, I loved Ian running to Mickey’s house for comfort and the look Mickey gives him, telling him they’ll meet at work. The scene where Mickey gets out of juvie and catches Ian behind the bleachers. The entirety of season 5 (except the ending).

VJ: Yeah, Jeremy and Emmy were always my favorite actors on the show along with Noel. Obvs, Bill Macy is great, but I just can't care about Frank 95% of the time.

Do you have a favorite Ian & Mickey scene, or is it something you mentioned above?

LJ: They’re all great for all sorts of reasons. It’s probably not a popular opinion, but I did love the earlier seasons when Mickey wasn’t quite ready to be out, but still clearly cared, was jealous, etc.

VJ: I mean, as sad and frustrating as that was, it was definitely dramatic gold. My main wish is that we had just gotten more screen time for them both.

LJ: Totally agree.

VJ: Which is actually a good segue for this... If you could go back and change one thing in canon, what would it be?

LJ: I’ve always wondered what would have happened if the back door had been locked the day Frank walked in on them. I’d also really have liked Mickey to not have gone to prison, or if he’d had to, not escaped from prison and gone to Mexico and then subsequently snitched on the cartel. That was dumb.

VJ: 😂Succinct.

Ok, the million dollar question... Do you think there's anything that could ever persuade you to write Gallavich again?

LJ: I’ll never say never, but unless I ever decide to binge the show again, I don’t think I could ever get in the headspace to write them again.

VJ: And I'm guessing you don't plan on rewatching the show after all the trauma it inflicted on us over the years? Lol

LJ: I have far too many tv shows on my to-watch list for that!

VJ: I figured. And it's understandable. But I had to ask! So now other people won't, hopefully.

Last question! Now that the show is over and done with, do you have any parting words for the fandom? Once more, with feeling.

LJ: My time in the Shameless fandom will forever be special to me. I made amazing connections and some real friends. I got to push myself creatively in ways I never thought I would do again, and it turns out I’ve got so much more left in the tank! It’s been truly unforgettable.

Thanks to everyone who’s read my works, sent me encouragement, food for thought, con-crit, cried and obsessed with me over these two dummies. Most importantly, so much love to every Gallavich and Shameless content creator who gave me hours and hours of entertainment and got me through some tough times personally. We are a small and mighty bunch. I hope we meet again in another fandom!

VJ: Awwww, I echo your sentiments. Thank you for being one of the people who gave us amazing fanworks. And on a personal level, I'm so glad we "met"!

LJ: Me too, so much!

VJ: END SCENE.

[loftec]

For the fic rec ask— 👍 and 📆 and ✨

Hello! <3 Let's see if I can do this:

👍🏽 A fic you bookmarked recently

The most recent shameless bookmark I've got saved is for The Interrupters by verily_i_say. It's a season 3 divergent fic published in 2014, but I first read it last year and saved it. It's truly wonderful, and I kind of miss the days of this type of fic. All the tiny little imaginings of what could've happened. Also, it's Fiona POV which I appreciate loads.

📆 A fic you’d re-read 10 years from now

Honestly Flyboy and the Gearhead haha, (by the_rat_wins! But you know that). Partly because I already reread it about once a year, but also because if the internet has collapsed in ten years I'll still have it printed and kept safe in my breast pocket, reading it under the stars in some post-apocalyptic camp somewhere, why did this become so dark so quickly?? I don't actually think the world is about to end. But what I'm saying is, if it does then at least I'm prepared in this one teeny tiny regard.

✨ A fic you wish you could read again for the first time

I'd say The New Year series by LanJevinson, that fic floored me when I first read it but I've never managed to read it again, because of how much it affected me. I imagine reading it again for the first time would be a lot easier, and would let me experience it in the same overwhelming way once more.

[belle-the-tortie]

Fanfics I'm loving right now

This will be an ongoing post I'll reblog and add what I'm loving.

Hope others will share their favs too and help me (and everyone) find awesome fanfics to read.

My current read is Bird Set Free by LanJevinson. 🐦

It's a sequel to another fanfic, you should read it first.

This one follows Ian and Mickey as they start their relationship again, and kinda jumps through time and their issues, Mickey's jail memories and their future.

Totally heart wrenching and beautiful, deserves a lot of love.

Many triggers in it though, so you should be aware before reading.

[thevioletjones]

17 and 20 *-*

17. Describe a fic that is still in the 'ideas’ stage.

Honestly, I don’t really have any. I recently wrote an outline for a fic for that prompt mashup meme thingie that’s about Crimean royal!Mickey and bodyguard!Ian coming together in a dangerously illicit romance, but I doubt I’ll ever actually write it. I had another one from a different earlier round of the same meme that was like a fake dating/green-eyed epiphany high school reunion fic that could be fun to write, but again, don’t think I ever will. Trying to just focus on my wips and not write anything new. We’ll see how that goes. Lol

20. Do you have a favorite fanfic or author? If so, tag them/post a link and share the love!

These are not by any means all of my faves, but I went through my bookmarks and selected some standouts that I’ve personally read two or more times...

Bon Apétit by romanticalgirl

Restoration by pink_ink

If You Love Me, Won’t You Let Me Know? by kissteethstainred

Barricade by devovisuasartes

1,000 Times by LanJevinson

The Way It Is by anomalously

Furlough by Loftec

Through the Dawn by spock

Broad-Shouldered Beasts by biblionerd07

Is There Somewhere by andchaos

Last Night’s Phrases, Still Writhing on My Floor by peggyolsen

Bus Ride to Nowhere by mickeysupset

Cut Ties with All the Lies by LoveLetter

Rookie Mistakes by delgay

The Hills; 1914 by inanatticinnovember

Silent as Sunlight by Pigzxo

This is the Road to Ruin by bricoleur10

Someone to Ride the River With by 09cityskylights

Wish You Were Here by grumblesandmumbles

Everybody Talks by lemonoclefox (deleted from AO3)

[gallavich-ficrec]

1,000 Times Author: LanJevinson Rating: Mature Status: Complete Summary: 1966. The year Mickey woke up, miraculously recovered from a bullet wound to the back of the head, with no memory of who he was, no one to claim him, and extraordinary abilities: super strength, indestructible, inability to age. After accidentally outing his abilities to the world, Mickey becomes a reluctant - and lonely - vigilante superhero, until a chance encounter in 2016 changes everything.

[teatimeallovertown]

👍🏽 A fic you bookmarked recently 😁

Evie! I am so so bad with bookmarking but the most recent bookmark was 1,000 Times by LanJevinson like a year ago.

I didnt technically bookmark it but I'm re-reading Cooperative Gameplay and that's on the first page if you sort by kudos so it's basically bookmarked 😂

[ao3feed-gallavich]

Guns Ain’t Garanimals

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2FROnEK

by LanJevinson

A short and sweet season two missing scene. Mickey and Ian and the cardboard cutouts.

Bite sized drabble! One shot!

Words: 902, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Shameless (US)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Ian Gallagher, Mickey Milkovich

Relationships: Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich

Additional Tags: season two, Missing Scene, Drabble, old work new post, one use of canon-typical racist slur

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[its-a-queer-thing]

Gallavich fics list

Soo I said that I wanna share my favorite (so far) Gallavich fics. I tried to choose them quickly but ended up with 55 opened AO3 pages at 3 am, reading some reeeally filthy smut…. but finally here I am :D These fics are listed in no particular order (except maybe first two) because they are all amazing. A few things at first: I read smut (don’t we all? ^^). There are almost none G-rated fics in my list. Some of them are pure smut but like…very good smut :D I also like a good slow burn, so prepare to suffer while reading.   And this is the list of MY favorites, I’m not telling these are the best in the fandom, there are so much more wonderful fics. Go find your favorite! ;D  (And I will be just extremely happy, if someone tells me their thoughts, opinions about those fics after reading, or suggests other works, or anything!) Ok enough blah blah.

Waiting on My Own Too Long Series by Ride4812  One More Night Something More This Time No More Lonely Nights This is my absolute favorite thing, after-prison future fic. This is just perfect. These three big fics deal with all the issues that could possibly happen, when you meet the love of your life after an 8 years break-up. What I love about it, that it’s all in character and realistic, not just “let’s hug\fuck and forget about everything“ thing. It deals with lack of trust after betrayal, bipolar thing, Yev, Gallaghers not liking Mickey, Yev growing up and asking questions and everything else. Nnnnice.

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Ian Gallagher by Shamelessquestions (KagekitsuneXXX) This is my second absolute favorite. I don’t usually like AUs… but this is so good! It’s not for nothing that this author wrote the first and the second (and the fourth :D) highest kudo-rated fics in the fandom (talking about AO3 only). This is so interesting to read, such a good quality of EVERYTHING, so surprisingly in character despite the AU! And I loved that we get to see all the Milkovich siblings in action. So many great new characters, everybody is soo charismatic. It’s like I’ve read an entire new series! I’m just really passionate about this fic sorry x)

Proof by pink_ink That’s my favorite “canon smut”, it shows all the offscreen relationship development and fills all the sex scene gaps till Frank’s invasion. That’s so canon you wanna cry when you read it. 

The New Year Series by LanJevinson The New Year Bird Set Free  A very nice after-prison future fic. 8 years are taken away from Mickey’s life. The second part explores what Mickey had to deal with in prison. There are many dark moments.

Friends by zankiefanatic

Gallavich deals with all the possible life problems that you can have from 5 to 50 years of age. The fic is not complete yet, maybe we will see them in their eighties :D

Mandy in the Middle by Shamelessquestions (KagekitsuneXXX)

I suggest to check out all the Domestic Bliss series by this author. 

“Look, he’s a really nice guy…” Pete warmed into presenting his case. Again, Mandy shut it down immediately. “He’s the absolute sweetest, but he will also crack open your chest, rip out your still beating heart and present it to my brother in some kind of weird form of foreplay. Seriously, do not go down this road, Pete.”

The Miseducation of Derek Hill by Shamelessquestions (KagekitsuneXXX)  A hilarious domestic future fic, jealousy issues.  

Boy In The Box by Mellow_Yellow An unexpected and sometimes really dark plot, AU. The Milkovich family centered.

Show Me, Baby by Ride4812  Not so lately finished AU with age difference (Ian is older here). That’s everything that young Mickey deserves…

Minute by pink_ink It’s not even explicit written but such a sexual small thing. I just love how this author always makes you almost physically feel written sentences.

Restoration by pink_ink Long slow burn AU by the same author as above. <3

Life, or Something by pink_ink   Long slow burn AU by the same author as above but dark.

Our Stubborn Love by TheWaywardBride  Great after-prison future fic. I like how differently Gallaghers react to Mickey’s return here, very in characters.

Is There Somewhere by andchaos Soulmate AU which I usually don’t like but this one is so good! This is just amazing how the author managed to make Ian mute (not a spoiler, it’s written in the description) but still a chatty puppy as he is. 

First Day of My Life by Ride4812  A post 7x11 fic. Mickey didn’t break out of prison, he’s an agent now, it was all a test. I’ve seen many people on Tumblr speculating about that. 

The Sex They Should Have Shown by Ride4812 Everything is in the name.

coup de foudre by Ride4812 I think this is the 7th fic by this author in my list. That should say something. Thank you, wonderful person!

Give Me Love by zankiefanatic Just a really nice and hot Artist\Model AU.

dried ink by orphan_account   A future after-prison fic. Sloooow burn. A lot of feels. So good!

On Ice by ElfyDwarf Ice-skating AU I didn’t know I needed. Many great original characters, great humor, really hot smut. Mickey deserves it so much!

The Casanova Catering Conflict by horror_business  Another great AU, a really hot slow burn. A lot of food descriptions, do not read while hungry ^^

Closer by ElfyDwarf  Do you like smut as much as I do? This is the smut of the smuts. I think I teared up a little bit while reading.

Good Vibrations by Lockmyheart  This is just wow. (smut).

I have to stop myself here or that will be A LOT. Please read and enjoy. 

I have not read most of these, but I am always more than willing to share recs! :3 Thank you for this list, darlin! I’m sure they are great! <3

[gallavichfanficlibrary]

The New Year

Author: LanJevinson

Rating: Mature

Status: Completed June 2016

Summary: The Gallaghers adjust to Mickey's abrupt return into their lives.

Tags: Post Season Six, Season Six Fix It, Slowburn, Mentions of Caleb, Yevgeny Milkovich

What I reall enjoyed about this fic is the ability for the author to work Ian’s canon actions, words, and thoughts from the show without immediately explaining them away. A lot of the time I see authors show how Ian’s mania and inner thoughts casted the breakup scene in a different light, and while Ian’s disorder does go into affect during this the story does not explain away how he acted during the scene. He treats Mickey exactly how he does in the show at the time, going as far as to barely emote during the first time someone mentions Mickey is out of prison. But he realizes throughout the story that he treated Mickey unfairly and really did love him all along. It’s honestly hard to explain how well this is wrote without experiencing it. Even the sequel series calls back to scenes or discriptions in this series I didn’t find significant until I was hit with an oh moment. Svetlana’s character is perfect and while none is wrote from her view, the author still manages to explain her reasoning for actions.

Read it here x

[mickeym4ndy]

I just wanna talk about Helene and Lip man but I'm lacking braincells

Instead I just wanna say I read a mexico fic where Mickey had a guy but it feels off, idk, him almost flirty like with Ian (bare with me this is a half assed thought), and I think he'd be way effing different in his treatment with another boy, even if he liked him, he'd never let him in the same way he let Ian in, and I'm dying for a well written fic on that. I still have my ideas on set but... I require extra braincells for this

Yea I agree I don’t think he’d be able to let anyone else in as easily. If he were to actually fall for someone else during that time period I think it’d have to be over a long period of time and he’d be probably really reluctant to have anything more than just sex initially (like no feelings). Maybe it’s a guy he “works” with in the cartel and they start as just sex and Mickey won’t let him in but they go through a lot of shit together bc working for a cartel is fucking hard and dangerous and Mickey does develop feelings for him. He wouldn’t ever love them as much as he loves Ian though.

Like he’d always end up back with Ian but I do love reading fics about the different ways that would happen and I tbh I’ve always just loved dynamic of when 2 people do have feelings for/ fall for other people over the years but ultimately never to the same extent they feel for each other matter how hard they want to move on. I eat up shows/films and fics like that.

The best portrayal I’ve read of something like this was in The New Year by LanJevinson (talking about this fic twice today lol). I don’t wanna spoil it for you but it’s a post s6 AU set when Mickey gets out of prison after 8 years. It’s very subtle and realistic it’s done really well. The sequel Bird Set Free is from Mickey’s POV (the first fic isn’t) and has flashbacks of his time in prison and it’s just really great. Sad but realistic, doesn’t sugar coat what happened between Mickey and Ian and how it affected them.

Basically does a good job of letting both Ian and Mickey develop and grow outside each other but ultimately shows that neither of them have loved anyone else as much as they love each other and they never stopped loving each other

I know that’s vague but don’t wanna spoil it for anyone lol. When you read it I can say more about all this haha

Whenever you do wanna talk about Lip and Helene I’m all ears!!

[onlyfools-fall-foryou]

I keep whining about shameless and how sad it is and this shameless fic I read and how sad it was (it was the New Year series by LanJevinson on ao3 if anyone’s wondering) and my mom says 너 shameless 좀 끊어 haha lol no soz mom i can’t

[loftec]

do you have a fave fic in the shameless fandom?

Lots! I’m going to name a couple that I have read multiple times and consider some of my all time top faves (in the order of which I found first, going through my bookmarks):

Flyboy and the Gearhead by the_rat_wins

I’d Follow Your Love Down a Dead End Street by ZoePlacid

Make the Change by the_rat_wins

Familiar by MimiLaRue

The Halfway House (series) by MintSauce (especially Winter Wonder, and Ships in the Night).

The New Year by LanJevinson

Eighty-four by kissteethstainred

Mickey Mantle vs the T-Rex by ZoePlacid

I have some more thorough recs here and here, and here.

[thevioletjones]

Hiya I was wondering if you could recommend any completed canon compliant (up to the Mexican border) Gallavich future fics? And also just any completed Gallavich fic that you've enjoyed & would recommend reading? Thank you! 😊

Hi Anon,

I decided not to make anymore rec lists a while back, but I do still rec individual fics, especially if I feel like they are flying under the radar. Usually new releases, but sometimes fics I stumble upon and surprisingly never read in the past. 

Tagged Fic Recs on Tumblr (1)  ||  Tagged Fic Recs on Tumblr (2)

I really haven’t read many post-s7 set fics. I prefer AUs, and canon-divergences post-s5 or even earlier, like s3, and a few post 6x01. I still have some privately bookmarked post-s7′s that I haven’t gotten around to yet. Lol. I just hate what the writers did to them. I wrote one post-s7, which is Tag Team, and that’s the only one I plan on writing that is that canon-compliant, or deals with either marriage and/or parenting. 

Anyway, I have about 100 fics publicly bookmarked on AO3, and almost all of them are complete, and I’ve read the grand majority of them more than once, or intend to. So it’s basically a long-ass list of my favorites. I have definitely enjoyed others, and even re-read some that I didn’t save, but that’s usually due to too much angst, or just mistakenly believing I wouldn’t re-read, but I spot it in someone’s bookmarks or recs, and I go for it again anyway. Lol. So that’s the best bet if you wanna know what I think the best, or most entertaining fics are generally speaking. They’re all quality writing. I’m not very forgiving with bad grammar, spelling, diction, etc, or too much OOC-ness (there are times I will overlook lack of editing for an engaging story, though).

Bookmarks on AO3

If you want an amazing journey of angst and feels with an uplifting ending, set post 6x01, that’s not listed in my bookmarks, because I’m too sensitive to read it again, most likely:

The New Year (series) by LanJevinson

Enjoy! 💕

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nah man sorry this is america

[mickeym4ndy]

Weekly tag Wednesday Thursday ☘️

thank you to @sgtmickeyslaughter for tagging me!

how’s your day going? good! busy but got to chill in the evening. Had a coffee too late in the day & can’t sleep now though

are you okay? in the grand scheme of things, yea i’m good

what is your favourite shade of your favourite colour? sage green or like sea green

are you single? yep

are you happy about that? not sad about it or anything, but it’s been a while since my last relationship and I feel like I’ve healed from all that so if anything i’m bored of it now

what age do you feel in your brain? 21ish

do you feel like the good times are behind you or ahead of you? both I’d hope! have had some amazing times the last 2 years but hope there’s still a lot of good to come.

do you have a best friend? I have a few ❤️

did you have a childhood pet? a dog that we had for 16 years!

do you sing or whistle around the house? not really, sometimes sing when I’m in a good mood

do you light candles or incense? not really

are you busy Friday night? going back home for the first time in months & will probably end up in the pub

if you were a circus performer which act would you be in? probably the one that gets thrown in the air or something

what is your favourite outfit? short summer dress with a denim jacket and docs or trainers

what's the last thing you created? if edits count then this :)

what is your favourite fic or book of all time? oh god i have no idea, gallavich fic probably The New Year by LanJevinson. It’s an old fic now but i think it was one of the first gallavich fics I read and I go back & read it & the sequel a lot

what are you looking forward to? the days getting longer & the weather getting warmer! And st. Patrick’s weekend ☘️

what can put you immediately in a better mood? SUNSHINE & the ocean

do you like hugs? yea usually but not long ones

what is something you wish people understood about you? I barely understand myself so idk tbh, if we’re talking about on here, maybe that I’m really open & like talking to people

tagging @mickittotheman @milk-o-bitch @stocious @echosluvr @abetterdaaye if u want!