#motorcity recs

[verycharismaticdragon]

Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "verycharismaticdragon "?

I'm not the best at remembering things past the hyperfix, so half of this will be SV, but I'll start at prev fandoms for variety.

Artificial Nocturne (Motorcity) - I've read this ages ago but I remember it rearranging my brain chemistry. And making me realize I had a scar kink.

An Abomination, Grand Cleric Elthina's Murderer and the Herald of Andraste walk into a Bar (Dragon Age) - it's probably abandoned but it's so good. Anders and Varric in this are so *incoherent gesturing*

intra-personal negotiation (Venom) - I don't understand why I didn't bookmark a single Venom fic even though I distinctly remember like 5 straight bangers, but thankfully I'm following this author at least ✊

deathbed (Qi Ye) - that time I was whining there were no first life JBY/ZZS fics and then! Anyway it's understandably melancholy it's also very pretty and exactly right as it should be.

the good rain knows when to fall (TYK) - you should be reading Bichen's entire discography fic collection I just remembered this one first. This one is lighthearted old foxes clowning! The author's angst and cannibalism are also top-notch 👌

Ok now to SVSSS.

Joyed to be Forlorn - THE binghe fic for me. inspired me to start digging into Luo Binghe's character in a way that resulted in Transmigrator Time Traveler, hopefully thats recommendation enough

continued - possibly THE best fic in scum villain fandom. the format alone... oh just read it, you'll see what I mean.

A Child Once - again, i could rec Tossawary's entire discography, but this one is my personal favorite. (if your fav character is SQH though, the one you want is pride is not the word I'm looking for. aka THE sqh fic.)

sweet tongues, sharp teeth - unfinished but raw enough to lodge itself in my brain despite that.

Tale Within A Tale - cute as fuck. made me kick my legs and giggle many times. ...and because once I started pulling up SV fics it was difficult to stop...

side effects (rated E) - part 2 in particular didnt have to go so hard for a fic where the premise is 'bingqiu with tentacles'

don't underestimate me (rated E) - "all for the sake of preserving biodiversity!" god shen yuan SO would be in this situation.

The Best Luo Binghe (rated E) - binggeyuan. shen yuan SO would be in this situation, take 2.

put me in, coach (rated M) - bingqiushang. so fucking funny okay i love it so much

from your knees (rated E) - bingjiu. they're so rancid in this one its perfect 🖤

...Damn, this really puts the difference between my non-hyperfix and hyperfix memory into perspective, huh 😅 i actually had to trim the sv list a bit 😅😅😅

Anyway, yeah, my username actually just references an rp session we had with friends quite a few years back. Where at a certain point my character was referenced as "a VERY charismatic dragon" after managing to turn the antagonist by impressing them (thanks to some VERY lucky dice rolls). And I was dissatisfied with my old username at the time, and thought it sounded funny and snappy enough, so - stars aligned and all that. I'm happy with it still! Probably because dragons are always cool ✌️

[eternalglitch]

Do you have any fic rec with the concept hero works for villain since you like it so much? Not just rottmnt

You bet I do! All of these had me glued to my phone until I finished all available content.

komorebi by Calamitatum - My Hero Academia || In Progress (Active) I don't keep up with actual My Hero Academia anymore, but some of the fanfics are still really good. This one is Shinsou going undercover as a villain in order to try and prove himself as a hero, but the effects of this are more serious than he had bargained for.

Bloom in Winter by e_va - My Hero Academia || Hiatus (Unlikely to finish) One of my favorite fanfics ever, this one was a huge inspiration to me. Izuku gets kidnapped when he was eight years old and was raised to be the ideal villain by his new boss, a criminal mastermind named Vicious. When he gets a new assignment to enroll in the hero school of his dreams to steal information to help kill the top hero, he struggles not to crack under the weight of his own heroic tendencies.

A Breach of Trust by Phantomrose96 - Mob Psycho 100 || In progress (Active) This is just a really great fanfic ngl, although it slightly strays from the exact premise you are looking for. Mob gets taken when he's young (maybe there's a pattern here) to be kept as spiritual energy food for Mogami. When Reigen Aratake, private investigator and failed psychic, stumbles onto a scared kid that doesn't know how old he is and is convinced he'll hurt whoever gets close to him with a magic barrier, Reigen tries to help the kid heal so he can one day go home. It's never as easy as that, however...

Live Free by SplickedyHat - Motorcity || Completed with a sequel This is probably the closest in vibe to my own writing, although I discovered it well after I had started lfls. A really fun ride, and the sequel feels more like a second season to Motorcity that ties everything off in a way that I really loved.

[tabslabs]

heyo, i asked around for recs for you and i got "Danny Phantom", "Code name kids next door perhaps" and "rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles possibly", depending on whether the 'part of a larger franchise' thing is a problem- supposedly you can get into rottmnt without much prior knowldge? also, "motorcity"

Gwin thank you so much these all have the vibe I’m looking for, unfortunately I’ve watched them all already 😔

[rollerskatinglizard]

The sequel I'm writing is not the one I expected, and it's moving very slowly, but I'm having fun!

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Rich has been in Motorcity for five days when Mike, folk hero and recently-freed co-leader of the Burners, walks into the hideout rec room and sits down on Rich’s lap.

“Hey,” he says, grinning.

“Um!” says Rich. “Hi?”

Rich is only in here because no one else is—not that he’s trying to avoid Mike, but since getting free, Mike’s been sticking to the other Burners like glue, and Rich does kind of want to avoid Julie and Texas. Julie Kane is terrifying, and Texas is annoying as hell because he refuses to give up on the idea that Rich and Julie are twins.

Rich was not expecting a surprise Mike visit, especially not a Mike straddling his lap and grinning at him like that. There’s a reckless edge to that grin that Rich has a bad feeling about.

“Hi!” Mike says cheerfully. “So, I think we should have sex.”

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Motorcity (Cartoon), After the Storm - Hannah Birchwood & Key Dyson & Raymond Roach Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mike Chilton/Chuck, Mike Chilton/Chuck/Rich Merrill Characters: Richard Merrill (After the Storm), Mike Chilton, Chuck (Motorcity) Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Sexual Slavery, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, induced amnesia, Explicit Consent, Non-consensual Medical Procedures, the techies are mostly decent, Deluxe is not, Rescue, Happy Ending, The PRT Remix, or: the Sad Bootyshorts Return!, Aphrodisiacs Series: Part 7 of Rich Merrill, Deluxe edition, Part 3 of PRT verse Summary: Instead of sending a crew of friendly ladies to entertain Rich and his fellow techs for the evening, KaneCo sent a time-bomb by the name of Mike Chilton. As dangerous as he looks, Chilton’s in bad shape, and Rich is the only guy brave–or stupid–enough to take on the responsibility of looking after him. Except for Chuck, which is even worse, because he’s recovering from a memory wipe, and Chilton’s gonna hurt him if he’s not careful.

If Rich has to sit in on their hot, touching… reunion to make sure they both stay okay, that’s just what he’ll have to do.

Final chapter! Rescues, driving cars through 40th floor windows, discussions of polyamory, and Chuck and Rich are in serious trouble!

[livelivefastfree]

100% need a masterpost of your fics cause you've been drawing them and I love everything. But recs would be appreciated too!!

ALRIGHTY THEN.  One……VERY large post of my fics and my Motorcity recs, coming up.  ^v^  50+ fics for y’all’s consumption.

Let’s start with my fics, because I know them better, haha.

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Save A Horse, Ride A Dragon

One of my fav fics I’ve done to date in any fandom.  Mike is a mercenary dragon trapped in the shape of a human, wandering the Michigan wastes in post-apocalyptic magical America, when he and his Burners get an offer from the mysterious Lord Vanquisher.  T+ at this point for suggestive moments and makeouts. Polyburners/Muckles.  Warnings for the Duke being The Worst, and for Mike being the DUMBEST oblivious thirst-lizard.

The Officer Present//Director Absent series (AKA Live Free and Welcome To The Kane Co Family)

A love letter to the Season 2 that never was, co-written by me and my twin sister toastyhat/HeatedHeadwear!  :D  Live Free chronicles the appearance of a new, menacing super-soldier in Motorcity, the shadowy machinations that led to his appearance and an overarching plan from Kane that could destroy Motorcity–once and for all!!!!!!  Welcome to the Kane Co Family starts shortly after the fallout from the first, with both cities struggling to come to terms with their new reality–but the world is changing and there are new threats on all sides, and if they thought their status quo changed in the first fic, BOY THEY’VE GOT A BIG STORM COMING!! >8Dc  Also Julie punches multiple people and generally kicks ass, it’s fabulousBoth fics are gen, they’re both rated T+ for violence, Evil Science, angst, etc.  Warnings for copious Deluxe worldbuilding, egregious amounts of backstory, a couple OCs I’ve been reliably informed are extremely fun, and chapter titles in the style of anime episode titles, because why not.  :D

Supersynesthesiac

Originally created solely to fill a prompt from a sexy prompt generator, this fic and the world it’s set in both spiralled wildly out of control, and a much more plot-heavy sequel is in the works.  Supersynesthesiac follows Mike Chilton, a vigilante superhero in Detroit Of The Future, as he finally meets his elusive, telepathic partner Blonde Thunder under the most dramatic circumstances possible.  Rated M for psychic makeouts, mind-melding and also there’s sex happening, probably.  It’s not nearly as lovingly described as the mind-meld porn going on in the foreground.  Polyburners is happening in the background, but this fic is basically entirely Muckles.  Warnings for Red being awful.

Rest In Pieces (Come Apart)

Mike is getting entirely out of control, and needs to burn off energy before he can get himself (and everybody else) in trouble again.  Fortunately his gang has a Plan.Rated M for sweet, loving and totally relentless polyburners gangbang.  Warnings for everybody being absolute dorks.  Also bondage and edging, if that’s not your thing. UoU

Werewolves Of Detroit

A series of vignettes exploring the world of Mike Chilton, rogue ex-commander werewolf, his vampire best friend, his highly unconventional pack, and the world they live in. EVERY section is illustrated and I’m very proud.Rated T+, mostly gen with mentions of Dutch/Tennie.  Warnings for Kane being a huge bigot, mentions of KaneCo-mandated surgery, and Texas being an asshole about vampires.   

Exposure Therapy 

Mike has a cool idea for a cool present for his cool boyfriend to totally cure Chuck’s fear of going fast in Mutt.  Rated M for dumb, fluffy smut and implied sex toys.  Warnings for unsafe driving practices.

Kiss And Tell

Somebody came into my askbox and suggested polyburners–but the rest of the city doesn’t know that’s their relationship, just that SOME configuration of Burners is together, and it seems to change CONSTANTLY.   Rated T+ for vaguely-implied possible sex at some point off-screen.  Warnings for nothing, this fic is a perfect warm fluffy representation of my poly-burner feelings and I love it.

Wreck

A little snapshot from an AU I’m not really planning to flesh out–I mostly wanted to capture a certain kind of bittersweet emotional conflict.  Chuck’s doing his best to keep his head down and live through college when a face he hasn’t seen since The Accident shows up at his door.  Vaguely Muckles-ish.  Rated T+ for reference to a nasty car accident and the aftermath, warnings for Kane being, just, Not A Good Dad.  

Override 0

Not exactly an AU, more of a speculative fic about the Burners finding out that Chuck’s enhancements go a lot further than just the weapons systems in his arms.  A realization prompted, of course, by the Duke of Detroit’s thirst for drama.  T+, no pairings.  Warnings for, in the words of AO3′s tag system, “#Loss Of Limbs”, mind control via brain-hacking, and mentions of unethical scientific/surgical procedures.

So Real In The Dark

I challenged myself to write people pining for each other while simultaneously being in a relationship, and a sci-fi AU with an artificial amnesia hookup service turned out to be the solution.  Half a fic about boys being incredibly dumb, and half a fic about trauma, bigotry, coping mechanisms and communication, and how you can love somebody and know them incredibly well and still not really understand them.  Explicit, Muckles, background Dutch/Tennie and Claire/Julie.  Warnings for brief stranger danger, aphrodisiacs, more poor treatment of cyborgs, and emotional gut-punch.

 –Stuff I Post About That Isn’t Posted/Finished Yet–

Burnerswap

A universe where the Burners are grown-up villains, and the former villains of the canon series are our new teenage heroes.  They’re dysfunctional and weird, but they’re doing their best to protect the clean, orderly, shining city of Deluxe from the gangs and bots and nasty, climbing bots that Ms. Kane sends up from the city below.  UoU  Likely to be rated T+ if I ever post it. Not much in the way of pairings except Ms. Kane’s right and left-hand man are VERY married and VERY tragic because you know I gotta fit Muckles in there.  

–Collab Fic / Gift Fic–

Chilton 2.0 by me and LaughingStones

The Kane Co. super-soldier program needs a volunteer, and who better to be superhumanly enhanced than the rising star of the Security program, Commander Chilton?  He’d never betray Kane Co, or need to have his brain overridden!  There’s no way this project can possibly go wrong!  Rated M for some pretty fucked-up treatment of cyborgs, and also for sexy future reasons. Warnings for Mike getting really messed up physically, emotionally and psychologically by bad programming and free-will overrides, and also for dumb boys stumbling awkwardly through impromptu sex-ed together.  Muckles.

i’m not the same kid from your memory by roachpatrol and also I helped

Kane Co. captures Chuck and manages to do some nasty shit to his brain before the Burners come and re-capture him.  Chuck does NOT appreciate being held captive by Burner Scum.  Emotions!!! Angst!!!!!  …it’s rated T+ on AO3 but there’s sex so just, be aware of that.  UoU  Muckles!

Experiments In Cross-Species Makeouts by LaughingStones

This one is very hard to explain, because Jem and I like to bounce of each other’s AUs and fics and write derivative fics of fics–there’s an OC in the Live Free/Welcome To The Kane Co Family universe who has what is essentially a nasty brainy kismessisitude/hate-love relationship (not fully explored in the fic, but very fleshed out in my mind, haha) with Chuck.  And this is….those two, but with the races/species from Werewolves of Detroit.  So…supernatural AU Chuck/OC hate-sex.  M, obviously.  Warnings for vampires getting drunk on siren blood and Live Free/WttKCF spoilers.

Recalibration Nation by HeatedHeadwear

!!!! A fic for my picture of Chuck as the Duke’s cyborg bodyguard, because toasty is great.  A+ hurt/comfort and recovery and bittersweet life-goes-on vibe, aslkfjsadf I love it.  T+, no pairings, warnings for anxiety/panic attacks, ear trauma, violence, emotions.

Proper Disposal Of Project Materials by LaughingStones

A scene in Chilton 2.0 I didn’t get to write; Chuck is a Failed Project, and Kane Co. has no used for Failed Projects.  Fortunately, the techs he grew up working with have his back.  T+ for (yet again) unethical treatment of cyborgs.  

Making Friends The Superhero Way by LaughingStones

Set before Supersynesthesiac; Mike’s good at his superhero job, but sometimes everybody needs help.  In this case, help just happens to have cat ears.  Gen, rated G.  Warnings for trouble breathing and also Mike being a doofus.

The Space Shenanigans series by LaughingStones and roachpatrol 

Loosely related to/based on the Forget Me Not, but set much later.  I’m not sure FMN is going to be poly or not, but these fics are inspired-by, so they go in this section. :D  The various sexy shenanigans of space-captain Mike, cyborg Chuck and Julie the terrifying space princess.  M for sexy shenanigans.  Warnings for (acted/fake) dubcon for the benefit of an asshole, and…..just various sexual shenanigans, I would check the warnings on the fics, haha.  :D

–Aaaaaand some non-me recs!–

(((I’m going to have to speed through these a little bit more, but I love them also, this post is just getting VERY long)))

All Steamed Up by Gumbridge 

Gen, G: coffeeshop AU, technically. Chuck would REALLY like a new espresso machine, he has done the MATH, it’s GOOD BUSINESS, MIKE!!!!!

Artificial Nocturne by Icka M. Chif (mischif)

Gen, T+: Mike accidentally trespasses on the territory of a mysterious guy who calls himself “Hound”.  Mike immediately sets about pushing past the emotional barrier of standoffishness and the physical barrier of giant, repurposed KaneCo HOUNDbots, and ends up with two awesome new friends out of the deal.  (The “Chuck is a constantly-terrified badass with an army of bots” AU)

Atlas and Copernicus by charcoalmink

Gen, G: A piece about how Kane can think of Mike and Julie both as his children, but feel so completely different about them.  Hurts so good, ahhh ToT

Behind The Throne by intravenusann

Duke/No. 2, Explicit: Number 2 would never really leave.  But sometimes it’s nice to be reminded why she stays.  

Bittersweet by EnsignCelery

Gen, G: Sometimes they get stressed.  Sometimes you just gotta lie down and cuddle.

Chicken Soup For The Burner Soul by renquise

Gen, G: Mike’s immunity boosters start to wear off and he goes down like a tree.  Good old-fashioned soft sickfic hurt/comfort.

Constantinople And Timbuktu / By(zantine) Any Other Name by (orphan_account)

Mike/Chuck, G: oh my god, this fic is strange to explain but so fun?? Historical AU–Chuck’s an orphan who ended up a body-double for russian royalty in like 1500, until he ends up kind of ambiguously kidnapped by a Tatar horseman who doesn’t speak his language but has a really nice smile and a fun come-and-go family of other riders from other countries.  In the words of the author, “ [the Russian nomad!au] “

Degreaser by Gumbridge

Claire/Julie, T+: Claire can tolerate getting dirty down in Motorcity, but it has to be under the right circumstances. Julie provides those circumstances.

I Thought You Were Dead by Caligraphunky

Gen, G: Jacob thought all the androids he created for KaneCo were scrapped.  But here’s unit CHUCK, back again.

In The Lost Age Where The Jewels Hide by roachpatrol and LaughingStones

Chuck (Lord Vanquisher)/Mike (Smiling Dragon), Explicit:  The LARPing group plays WAY crazier games than Mike is used to, but he could really get used to in-character Never Have I Ever if it always ends with stuff like this.  WOW.  Sex is GREAT.

Loaded Up And Truckin’ by RaccoonDoom 

Gen, T+: Smokey And The Bandit AU–AKA Jacob has a truck and uses it to run illegal goods; Mike and Chuck run interference and keep the cops off his tail.  Trucker AU, heyyyy. :D

Love Free by Prim_the_Amazing 

Multi/Polyburners, G: KaneCo has the algorithms, the expertise, they determine the most perfect possible partner.  So what do you do when the person KaneCo chooses isn’t the person you wanted?

Never Quite Thought We Could Lose It All by LaughingStones

Mike/Chuck, Explicit: It’s not weird for a KaneCo tech to have a huge blank spot in their memory, but it is unusual for one of their childhood friends to show up at their cubicle dressed as a physical relief technician, looking stressed and desperate and acting like Chuck should know him.  Warning for implied/referenced noncon.

The Obligatory Fantasy AU series by LaughingStones 

Mike/Chuck, G/T: Chuck’s a Mage On A Mission, and he’s not going to be derailed by the fact that his bodyguard is definitely a dragon who definitely considers Chuck his beautiful, golden-haired treasure.

our guts can’t be reworked by roachpatrol

Mike/Julie, Chuck/Mike, T+: Mike finds out he’s bisexual in the most confusing possible way: BODY-SWITCHING.  

Pyrrhic Victory by Clementine

Mike/Chuck, G: I live for Mike and Chuck LARPing dramatic emotional scenes and being dumb, dorky boys and that’s what this is, and I LOVE it. 

Quiet by deanon

Mike/Chuck, Explicit:  Mike makes the mistake of wondering about Chuck and sex and being noisy, and get catapulted abruptly into terrible, flustered pining.

Quit or Retry by Caligraphunky

Gen, T+: a really short but really nicely done piece that slowly illuminates more and more of a single scene until you get the full picture.  fear. android Chuck.

Riding Shotgun by Oisiflaneur

Polyburners, T+: I’ve never smoked pot but I’m all for the Burners hanging around being chill and kissing and occasionally also Mike does shotguns and people make out.

rise if you’re sleeping (stay awake) by RaccoonDoom 

Gen, T+: Another cyborg fic, this time about Mike and Chuck and insomnia and nightmares.  Sweet hurt-comfort. UwU

Rule Number Eight by drown (teii) 

Chuck/Texas, Chuck->Mike, T+:  the fic that got me into Chuxas–starting with the aftermath of one-sided Chuck/Mike and chronicling Chuck’s descent into weird, Texas-related madness. 

Scars by corelton

Claire/Julie, G:  Julie’s line of work puts her in enough danger for her to actually have scars, like, old-fashioned scars from actual injuries.  Claire is fascinated by them.

searchlights in the parking lots of hell by roachpatrol

Gen, T+: I don’t know if it sounds like a compliment to say this is one of the most subtly, gorgeously horrifying fics I’ve ever read, but that’s basically how I feel.  Mike is a kid in a cyborg program, and he keeps ending up in sparring matches with the same kid, over and over again; it’s a different kind of unsettling every time.  There’s something about seeing a scenario that’s obviously intensely messed up, through the point of view of a character who thinks it’s normal and good.  It gives it a special, extra punch.  

Sex Level: Texas! by LaughingStones

Texas->Mike, Texas->Burners, Explicit: Texas has some totally cool and sexy thoughts–mostly about Mike.  WHAT?  It’s not like it's weird.   

Spend Life Fighting For Your Sanity by roachpatrol 

Dutch/Tennie, T+: Deluxe has no patience for rebel scum, free-thinkers or artists.  Unfortunately for Dutch’s continued health and well-being, he’s all of those things.  Even if he can’t really remember what he did.  AKA: Deluxe re-captures Dutch and comprehensively fucks him up, but SUCK IT you can’t take away the colors in his SOUL.  

Sprouts by renquise

Gen, G:  a fic about Dutch finding ROTH, and Dutch and Chuck becoming ROTH’s weird programmer dads.  ROTH is adorable and the characterization is great, A++ 

Test Drive by renquise 

Mike/Julie, Explicit: Julie and Mike have a fun adventure in pegging together. 

thursday’s child has far to go (and they go so very, very quickly) by thinkingCAPSLOCK

Gen, G:  Kane loses one child, but at least he still has the other.

Walls Twice As Strong by deanon

Mike/Chuck, T+:  in the words of the original summary: “When Mike and Chuck fight, everybody knows.“ 

We Are Golden by renquise

Polyburners, T+:  Mike kisses everybody, and it’s soft and good and makes my heart feel all happy. 

We Can’t Punch Good: A Love Story by heartsinhay

Dutch/Texas, T+: Texas is pretty sure Dutch has just gotten immune to Texas’s sweet Texas Moves, but that’s okay.  Texas has got more than one trick up his sleeve, and he knows what Dutch likes.  Probably

yellow highway lines (that you’re relying on to lead you home) by renquis

Gen, G:  A delicious exploration of the world that might exist outside the dome, and also THE BURNER ROADTRIP FIC YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.  The kids take a package from Rayon and go on the road, headed for San Fran come hell or nuclear superstorm.This is one of the first Motorcity fics I read, and It’s a big part of why I started making things for this fandom in the first place. :D  Very recommend, A++

[zephyr-mew]

twitter: @ZyxousMew

fandoms I'm currently love very much

✨Yakuza (mainly Infinite Wealth)✨ ❤️Ichiban❤️ 🩶Kiryu🩶 💛Zhao💛 🖤 Masato🖤 (!!untagged spoilers will be happening!!)

I have SO MANY FEELINGS-- • kiryuichi when • polycule when • dub defender, hearing people actually speak like local boys is wild (it actually feels like here!! ;w;) dub obispo my beloved

fave boys: (I've got love in my heart for most of the boys tbh)

ichi • kiryu • masato • zhao • daigo • ryoma • majima • akiyama • nishiki • yamai • tomi • adachi • shinada • kaito •

fave ships: (I ship most things ngl, this is by no means an exhaustive list)

kiryuichi • masadai • kiryuichitomi • kiryuichizhao • tomiyamai • nishikiryu • masaichi • ichizhaohan • minedai • kirinan • ebisawa • yamaichi • shinakitani • shinadai •

honestly anything yakuza has consumed my soul, so that's uh,, kinda it right now lmao

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faves of yore

📺 RTVS + Friends 📺

love all of them so much 💜

🌌 Arcana 💚Muriel💚❤️Julian❤️💜Asra💜

mash these boys together in every which way and I'll die happy 💜 also lucio/valerius fucks. unfortunately a simp for devil lucio

Jerma

jerma

Stanley Parable

ultra deluxe reignited my love for this :3 check out the demo, it's a completely separate thing from the main game + absolutely worth playing

Homestar Runner

a formative childhood experience + permanent vocabulary alterer

Jak and Daxter

Jak ✔️ Erol ✔️ Torn ✔️

Hotel Dusk + Last Window

thinkin bout Hyde... and Jeff... and Charles... and Louis... and Tony...

Dan Vs

official episodes are all free on youtube 👀 all my love for this fucked up little dude

Subeta

honestly the best avatar and pet site I've ever seen, hmu @ LyricZephyr for buddy gold account gifts :3 please they're just sitting there uselessly otherwise

Ace Attorney

Apollo best boy ❤️ haven't played anything past 5 tbh, they did my boy dirty and I needed a long break from the fandom

OFMD

izzy meow meow - particularly fond of steddyhands and rizzy

Hotline Miami

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other things that I have liked at some point under the cut

A Way Out

acab ✌️

Animal Crossing

Kicks is bae, he's the only one who didn't make a Big Fucking Deal of me trying on femme stuff as a guy back in New Leaf

Be My Princess

Roberto my love my life ❤️

Beginner's Guide

Bugsnax

these bitches gay, your honor

Cause of Death

iOS game that shut down in like 2010 ;_; I miss Mal. and Kai. Fun fact, I shipped Mal with Hyde from Hotel Dusk - mainly bc they're both detectives lol. nevermind the fact that they're in different time periods

Créme de la Créme

from Choice Of games - literally writing up a whole rec post for this, there's so many queer options it's great

Dem Salty Bois + Friends

Pat 💜 Wade 🐔 Gar 🐺 JP 🍍 special guest BreadHeroDan 🍞

Dragon Age Origins + 2 + Inquisition

tbh I haven't personally played much, but I watched a lot of my sibling's playthroughs. I've got a soft spot for a lot of these guys. god I wish I didn't have to draw/commission stuff myself to see more of my inquisitor/warden/hawke

Dream Daddy

Damien especially 💜

Fire Emblem Awakening + Fates

admittedly weak for takumi. and a lot of the boys tbh. maaaybe someday I'll play 3H

Gabriel Knight 3

why this. damn my weakness for shitty 90s games and a sassy bitch boy with chaotic bi vibes

Journey

Legend of Dragoon

The Longing

the scronkly bab ;w;

Markiplier

look

Metal Gear Solid 1-3

I haven't played myself, but I grew up watching my sibling play these a lot. Ocelot's stupid hand guns gesture and Raiden slipping on bird shit are forever burned into my brain.

Motorcity

lost before its time

My Little Pony

Braeburn 💛

Osomatsu-san

def a Karamatsu boy 💙

Oxboxtra

Persona 3/4/5/Q

tbh I've only fully finished 3s male mc route and q, the rest I've roughly half finished? I'm aware of 4s major spoiler, somehow never seen 5s I think - but honestly, I don't care about spoilers for this fandom. yusuke best boy

Portal

Professor Layton 1-6

Punch-Out Wii + Super

I don't know why I love these characters as much as I do, but hey

Return of the Obra Dinn

Sam & Max

alas I am not immune to Jergen the goth german vampire and his fucking doorknocker-ass nipple piercings

Sims 2 DS

I like Sims in general, but this particular weirdass game had a stranglehold on me for a hot minute

Smosh

Sorted Food

Stumpt

Tales Runner

Rough... Kai... Ocean... Maki... I forget what they changed their names to in the newest server, they're dumb and I'm not using them

TF2

trucks 👏 n 👏 vans // hmu for my decade-old playlist of sfms and music~

Wild Kratts

stg Chris looks like Apollo Justice, Martin looks like Chris Dan Vs, Zach looks like Dan Dan Vs... what is up with this

Witcher

I'm gay

Wolf Among Us

I just,, really like Bigby okay

~

for any youtube types, hmu for my most likely absurdly long playlists of them ✌️

[snowbat-does-other-shit]

This persons fics are just really important to me okay??? Like I don’t even care if you know what Motorcity is or its characters.

Do you like Romeo/Juliet style forbidden romances without the tragedy because at least one of the characters has a brain?? Fuck yeah you do! Go read it, and the other fic that’s connected.

Come join me in Jukebox hell. It’s warm and toasty down here.

Valentine’s oneshot for those reading She Lit a Fire. ☺️

[aceofshitposts]

1 and 6 and 14 please?

👍🏽 A fic you bookmarked recently

Oooh lemme see uhh Artificial Nocturne by mischif! I actually have loved this fic for years and years, I was HUGE into motorcity (and still am honestly) android!Chuck is one of my favourite tropes in the fandom! I recently went back and bookmarked this just so I'd have easy access haha

6. 😊 A fic that made you smile on a bad day

oh this is hard! on all levels except physical by @heybabybird is really really good and very funny. I just love Bruce hanging up on Jason because he's Losing His Shit plus I also adore werewolves so win win. Kii writes a lot of funny stuff though so I totally recommend reading all of it :)

14. 🤩 A fic that made you SLAM that “subscribe” button

OH BOY. I think I gotta say The Knight's Stray by @glaciya cuz when I was going through the jaytim tag on ao3 again a couple summers ago I was immediately like I need to read everything from this person. I know probably a few people will rec this one but hey! That's for a good reason!

[rapidhighway]

your tag reminded me how much i used to love motorcity. do you have any motorcity fanfic recs?

Damn, it's been such a long time since I've read motorcity fanfic. One name I remember is LaughingStones on ao3 but there were definitely other creators who wrote suuch good stuff

[rigbywolf]

This is just my about for mobile users lol

RJ 🖤 23 🖤 he/they 🖤 lesbian 🖤Mixed white irish/mestizo 🖤transmisogyny exempt 🖤Biology major 🖤 Hater of cars except for the ones in motorcity

I love cartoons. More specifically, I love Motorcity, Sym-bionic Titan, Ben 10, and Generator Rex. I have many opinions and none of them are good

Currently, I am the wretched God of Live and Let Die, a multi-part lengthy continuation of Motorcity, but I’m also the author of other things, including a sicknasty ice dancing Gwevin au . You can read a sum most of the things I’ve got on ao3 here

Q: IS THE CHUXAS THING IRONIC

A: KIND OF. MAYBE. I DON’T KNOW

you must donate at least five dollars to the move to higher ground project before you like twilight in front of me

Decolonize Palestine 🇵🇸

⚠DO NOT ASK ME FOR FIC RECS, I WILL FORGET EVERYTHING I’VE EVER READ ⚠

I like and follow from a different blog, Message me on discord meloncollie5704 to shriek at me

THAT’S IT GOODBYE

[eternalglitch]

Heya, I was checking on the fics recs that you gave a while ago and I noticed that people mostly asks you of rise fics, and once you said "but if anyone is ever interested in my “all time favorites / fics that read like a novel that leave an emotional impact regardless of fandom” I have lots of those. ^^". So... If you haven't rec those... Can you :D? (Sorry for the bad english btw)

I def can!! Note that these are all LONG fics for the most part, and I have most of them downloaded onto my phone to reread when I have time to burn.

Please read all the tags for these fics for any needed content warnings. I enjoy angst and dark themes (with happy endings though!)

Reluctant Hero by PAW_07 [Avatar the Last Airbender]

"It was an accident." That was what Zuko had said to his crew when he used an element he hadn't been meant to. Air. But... he wasn't the Avatar. The Avatar was supposed to be in the Earth Kingdom, hidden by its walls. That is unless the old Avatar had died long ago. AU-ish. glitch notes: If you want an ATLA AU where Zuko's life is even more cursed than it already is, buckle up, here it is! Aang is still around as well, although how that happened is very different. Still a WIP, updates rarely.

Ain't No Cure for the Cervitaur Blues by Utukki [Gravity Falls]

Languishing in prison after being thwarted in the Gravity Falls Mayoral Election, Gideon is angry and desperate. He wants power, he wants Mabel, and he’ll make a deal with Bill to get both. But when Dipper ruins both Gideon’s and Bill’s long-term plans, they make another deal together. Bill wants his Weirdmageddon. Gideon just wants Dipper to suffer. Inspired by Monster Falls AU.

glitch notes: vampire Gideon, cervitaur demi-god Dipper, it's a fun ride! Unfinished but they only had one chapter left to go and its not too badly left off.

Eden!verse by ImprobablyDreams900 [Good Omens]

When Crowley gets captured by angels and dragged up to Heaven, Aziraphale knows he has to rescue him—no matter the consequences.

glitch notes: This baby is 500k (5x longer than the original Good Omens!!) and I sat and consumed it nonstop in the course of 3 days. Contains an asexual main relationship, a ton of bible based world building, Alexander Hamilton and Houdini as important characters, and the story of how a demon and angel cause a revolution in between heaven and hell itself in their attempts to be together. Does not pull its punches in angst and MUAH beautifully done.

Death Need Not Apply by Saltoo [BNHA]

No one noticed when Izuku manifested his quirk. Not at first.

A week later and people began to take notice. After a statistically improbable week without a single death, people took notice. After deadly wounds were shrugged off like nothing, people took notice. Time passed and still no one could die. When the city of Musutafu became engulfed in the phenomenon dubbed 'The Zone', people were wary. No one could uncover what caused The Zone. It was an unknown, some claimed. It went against the laws of the world, some claimed. It was profitable, others claimed. Humans adapt. It's what they do. When faced with the bizarre, humanity adapts. The strange becomes mundane. The rest of the world looks on in horror. glitch notes: The world building in this one? AMAZING it haunts me to this day, I wish there was an original show about it. What DOES happen when there's an area of the world where immortality is suddenly the normal? In progress.

Bloom in Winter by e_va [BNHA]

Hisashi Midoriya is a member of one of the most notorious underground supervillain organizations, and Izuku is being forced to help them (even though, trust him, he'd really rather not). Too bad that they don't predict that Izuku's going to get adopted by half the faculty when they send him to spy on the prestigious hero academy.

glitch notes: One of the fics that really made me passionate about writing. Unfinished but man, I adore this one. Reluctant villain trope, incredible writing, I made a full fan animatic for this fic once and that should tell it all.

Yesterday Upon the Stair by PitViperofDoom [BNHA]

Midoriya Izuku has always been written off as weird. As if it's not bad enough to be the quirkless weakling, he has to be the weird quirkless weakling on top of it. But truthfully, the "weird" part is the only part that's accurate. He's determined not to be a weakling, and in spite of what it says on paper, he's not actually quirkless. Even before meeting All-Might and taking on the power of One For All, Izuku isn't quirkless. Not that anyone would believe it if he told them.

glitch notes: If you like BNHA, this one is the most read fic for a reason in that fandom.

Dauntless by Allora Gale [Code Geass]

Lelouch had been quite happy with his life. Sure they were living in obscurity, but he and Nunnally were safe. All of that changes however, when his identity is revealed and Lelouch is forced back into the fold of the Imperial family.

glitch notes: I watched season one of Code Geass a long time ago, and never finished or rewatched it. Honestly I prefer this fanfic over the show itself because it's just so interesting? Good stuff even if you don't know the show at all. Still ongoing.

A Breach of Trust by phantomrose96 [Mob Psycho 100]

This is a world in which Mob and Reigen’s paths have never crossed, in which 10-year-old Mob found psychic guidance in the form of the aging, retired tv personality Keiji Mogami, in which Reigen followed through on his plans to close the Spirits and Such Agency, in which a cruel twist of Mob’s powers forces him to confront how dangerous he really is. 10 year old Shigeo Kageyama has vanished, his trail instantly cold, and his case gathers dust in police archives as a kidnapping never solved. Four years pass before a chain of events causes his path to cross with that of the despondent, unfulfilled fake-psychic-turned-fake-investigator, Arataka Reigen. Reigen finds himself in over his head caring for an escaped victim of abuse who, for reasons unfathomable, has been taught to believe his very existence is a horrifically dangerous thing…

glitch notes: Every time this updates I drop everything and read it like a man possessed. Often times this is the case in this fanfic! Chrissy has the most amazing writing skills, I study her work all the time to be able to convey emotions like that. Ongoing right now.

Live Free by SplickedyHat [Motorcity]

Mike Chilton only came back to Motorcity a week ago, there to pick up the pieces left behind by the Genesis Pod, the echoes of a rallying cry still hanging in the air--"For Mike and Motorcity!" But now he's gone again, and without him the Burners' new challenges seem increasingly insurmountable; a new enemy--a second Red in Kane Co. colors, a war brewing between the Motorcity gangs, and one Burner secretly bearing unimaginable pressure from both sides of a double life. Something has to give

glitch notes: This fic is RIGHT up my alley and was another one I found and consumed swiftly without doing much else. This one is all of the tropes I love, and the sequel feels like a proper send off to the show that was cut short. Has great art every chapter. Worth watching the show just to read this lolol.

And that's it for now! I have more but I don't want this post to get TOO long. Hope you find a gem in here that you also enjoy!

[splickedylit]

hi! i'm in love with your amvs, and have fallen, once again, facefirst into motorcity. i was wondering if when you first started doing amvs, you had some sort of how-to that you followed? if not, would you be willing to share some advice for people who want to make amvs but are intimidated by how much they don't know about the process?

I’ve been sitting on this for a hot second because it’s kind of a process to explain, but I’d say my big priorities when I’m making an AMV are:

A song with words that I can match to my content.  There are a lot of videos out there that are STUNNING in terms of timing and effects and stuff, even though they either don’t have lyrics or don’t match them--but I personally am struck a LOT harder by videos where the words and images are somehow interrelated or add to each other, so if the words don’t mean something I don’t make it.  

finding beats and cutting clips to match them!  The program I use doesn’t really have effects to speak of, so I make do by fine-tuning my timing as sharply as I possibly can. Sometimes those beats are the rhythm of the song (ie percussion) and sometimes they’re in the lyrics!  I’m especially proud of my Motorcity video to Bottom Of The River--BOY that song has some crisp beats, it was so satisfying to make a video to.  

There are other fine-tuning things I’ve started to focus on more as I figure out my process; being judicious about using clips where somebody is visibly talking, making sure I don’t flash up my clips too quickly, trying to limit my own rampant tendency to use fade transitions--but honestly at the heart of pretty much any video that I love enough to favorite, there’s solid timing and meaningful lyrics. :D

Addendum: this is a lot easier on a good program, which can be kind of hard to find especially now that windows movie maker is a flaming pile of crap--that’s why I STILL have my sister’s ancient mac now that she’s moved away, because imovie has been my AMV software for actual decades lol.  I’m looking at Vegas Movie Maker as a possible replacement, but that’s not free and is pretty intimidating from my experience. I’m afraid I don’t have any super good program recs for newbie video makers--if my followers do, feel free to add on ofc!

[curlicuecal]

mike is a Good Boy

I love these lines ! Thank you for writing, you’re very talented!

Oh my GOD you did little COMICS, I LOVE THEM, I'M DYING!!!!

XD god, Mike sparkling hopefully at Chuck until he agrees to get at least partly naked, that's adorable. And the Very Srs Expression on I'm the helpfullest! RIDICULOUSLY cute!! Ahhh thank you so much, this made my day!

(These adorable dorks are from my incubus fic, Waves Hit My Head.)

[bronzenazareth-blog]

Today we announce the #NewAlbum “Season Of The Se7en” by Myself, and the incredible Recognize Ali Rec Ali Also, very proud to announce we teamed up with the highly respected Mello Music Group for this release. Happy to be a part of this label and of course to keep giving you all this GOOD music.... SEASON OF THE SE7EN drops April 16 via @mellomusicgroup Go catch the title track and PRE-ORDER today!!!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆 https://mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/.../season-of-the-se7en Be Blessed.  Dedicated to Kevlaar Seven #DoingitForYouKev #detroit #wutang #wisemen #mellomusicgroup #hiphop #Rap #bronzenazareth #gunrule #boombap #goldenera #lyrics #seasonoftheseven #detroitrap #Ghana #recognizeali #lordjessiah #Kingmagnetic #verbalkent  #SalutedaKidd #WillieTheKid #Tristate #NapoleonTheLegend #DJTMB #DJToneSpliff #DomPachino #ApolloBrown #motorcity #blackdayinjuly  (at Detroit, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLuaKsbL9DM/?igshid=1r1hfz1exazdf

[writerdragon]

Fic Writers Week: Day 3 - Small But Mighty

@ficwritersweek

Readers: Highlight underrated fics/writers - Do you know those fics that you think should’ve gotten more attention, those writers that you think more people should know? Time to bring them to the spotlight!

WOULD Y’ALL LIKE SOME FIC RECS? BC YOU’RE GETTING THEM. Here’s a bunch of stuff from my bookmarks that are 100 or less kudos and in lieu of more kudos I’m doing this instead.

Animorphs

i will help you swim by goinghost

Marco started the chat mighty morphin traumatized teenagers

Listen. Do you like well-written group chat fics? All the dialogue is absolute gold. I haven’t read any of the books in at like 7 years and this still hits me as in character.

Dishonored

old habits by @ironthoughts​

Valenti cracks first, falling to his knees with his arms stretched towards the farmhouse.

"It has a roof!" he cries, and everyone starts cheering.

An oldie but a goodie! Feat. the Whalers and that beautifully shitty vineyard I believe to be the true ending.

Final Fantasy XV

an arrangement of brilliant golden lights by @freosan​

With no living king, there is nowhere in Lucis for magic to settle. Instead it whispers through the streets, without even the force of a spring breeze, searching for an outlet. Somewhere to rest itself.

In which everyone is young gods. Super interesting premise so far, and definitely something I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes!

Moxy by @diana-egalla-montrier​

xXchocobabe83: the lyfe of a minimum-wage frogman is difficult ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I didn’t know I needed a Ben 10 AU in my life until now AND THIS DELIVERS GREATLY. If you were ever frustrated by how flippantly Ben treated all this alien stuff in the show, this is the fic for you.

Motorcity

Welcome To The Kane Co. Family by @livelivefastfree​

Notable section titles for this chapter: I KILLED A PLANT FROM THE INSIDE!!!! IT ATE ME AND I MURDERED IT!!!!!!!!!

If you’ve ever watched Motorcity and then went on AO3 looking forit, chances are you’ve found Live Free, the season 2 we’ve all been waiting for since cancellation in fic form (with gorgeous art each chapter). Now there’s a sequel to that fic. At the time of writing this post, the build-up is starting to pay off and WOULD YOU LIKE SOME WORDS TO PUNCH YOU IN THE TEETH AND STEAL YOUR WALLET? THEN HERE IT IS :D

also pls watch motorcity and commiserate with us over how it was cancelled

Persona 5

Smash Cut To Aftermath by @stuffandsundry​

“I told her to get potted pansies and peonies ‘cause they mean like, thoughtfulness or bravery or some shit— what? I watched a lot of J-dramas with my mom when I was a kid, you pick up on this kinda thing after like sixty episodes of Springtime of Our Days: Flower Shop Stories.”

In which Makoto schools an asshole and punches an arms dealer, but not at the same time. Very enjoyable oneshot told entirely through dialogue!

[arirashkae]

Current “To Watch” list:

Leverage Sense8 Critical Role Parks & Rec B99 Elementary Black Sails Heroes & Halfwits On The Spot Always Open

the DC tv shows (Supergirl, Arrow, Flash, Legends)

Stargate: Atlantis (& rewatch SG1)

Life is Strange

Great British Baking Show

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Black Sails

Motorcity

Achievement Hunter