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[pyxxiestyxx]

Howdy! Five Lives was the first HDG fiction I'd read, just after reading the original, and its remained one of my favorites! I absolutely love 25 and Wistaria's dynamic. Wanted to stop by and show appreciation for you irrevocably altering my brain chemistry and see if you've got any personal recommendation hdg or otherwise.

Hi and hello!

Glad you are enjoying my story ^~^

I do have a few recommendations, but first I wanted to let ya know that the wiki has a page on Foundational Works, which has a list of....well, works that helped shape the setting into what it is today! Its not required reading, nor to you have to read (or even like!) all of them, but they are a place many readers (and almost all writers) start!

Okay, with that out of the way...

Some of my personal favorites, in no particular order:

Petals and Vines by EveningRespite was one of the first fics I read, and it really helped shape how I write affini. Also its one that doesn't get recommended super often, like the foundational works often do!

Cat and Mouse by sheepwave is one currently in progress, and has many of the same kinks + themes as Five Lives. There's a decent chance that if you like one, you'll like the other!

Thought I'd See You Again by Fluxom is a oneshot that delivers the balance of scarousal perfectly. And also taught me how fucking hot it is to be fed food. Plus the author is also the one that wrote Abscission, one of those afore-mentioned foundational works.

Laws of Motion by ArmigerRose is a bittersweet and fully complete story. If you like angst or hurt/comfort, you need to check out Armiger's words!

And hey, if you want to read more of my characters, you can always check out My Other Stories! They all interconnect with each other, so characters and things from one story will show up in others. In particular, Through the Looking Glass takes place 2 years prior and is about Alice and Miss Vee, while Guilty Pleasures takes place simultaneously as Five Lives, and is about David and Motzie. There isn't a specific reading order; all of them reference each other (don't worry about how) so no matter what, you're going to find cool references to all my fics in each!

So yeah, hope that helps c:

[pyxxiestyxx]

i kept seeing all these posts like “HDG is dangerously addictive for transfems” and thought “ehh how bad could it be”. then I read Guilty Pleasures as my first HDG fic and realized they were exactly right. congrats on pushing me down the rabbit hole.

Well, first of all:

Welcome to the HDG shared setting! The brainworms are very real, and good god they do not leave. But I also made a ton of new friends from it, so worth?

Secondly (shameless self-plug yadda yadda): If you liked Guilty Pleasures, you may be interested in some of my other fics. They all connect in some way with each other (for instance, Through the Looking Glass is about Alice, and Five Lives is about 25!)

But either way, I am happy to have you reading along with Motzie and David* :D

*name may be changing soon, don't worry about it :::)