#queer as folk fic rec

[winderlylandchime]

I need ALL of you’re britin recs! 🥹

Oh hello, hello, hello lovely anon. Buckle up for my list of Britin recs. I’ll try to be organized…

Some of my favorite canon-divergent fics are:

Catalepsis by @lostcol - Canon divergent in S3 and follows how Brian and Justin may have reunited in a different way. Lots of delicious hurt/comfort.

The One Where Justin Loses His Hearing by LaVieEnRose - Canon divergent sometime in S5 (before the break up) and follows Brian and Justin as Justin navigates losing his hearing. Before you balk at the 800K+ word count (yes), remember that it’s a series. There are a few story arcs but generally the fics do not end on cliff-hangers and you can pace yourself. The first 26 fics (all of which start with The One Where) are the original series and I would start there. I tend to like my fics rated E and the T ratings initially put me off of this series. If you’re like me, give it a chance anyway. LVER is an incredible writer (she’s published IRL) and there’s a reason this is a modern classic.

Homecoming this is part of the TOWJLHH series but is also published as a stand-alone fic. It’s two chapters exploring how else Brian and Justin may have reunited in S3. You don’t need familiarity with the rest of the series to enjoy this.

Glowing Rooms by OhMyJetsabel - Canon divergent in S1. Brian gets the job in NYC and Justin gets bashed at prom anyway.

If You Needed Me by Myrna (halfway down the page, non-AO3 link) - Canon divergent after S2. Told in four parts: Ethan, Michael, Brian, Justin. An alternate version of Brian and Justin getting back together and Justin has a brain tumor. This is classic, classic, classic QAF fanfiction.

Some of my favorite gap-filler fics are:

A Real Fucking Legacy by @evermoresx - Gap filler for 2x07 when Justin wants to go without condoms. Brian’s POV.

Counting Dollars by Ipoiledi - Gap filler for between S3 and S4 when Brian has lost everything but the loft to defeat Stockwell.

Wrist by LaVieEnRose - Gap filler for 2x14 when Justin narrowly escapes Sapperstein’s party.

We’d Still Worship this Love - Not strictly gap-filler but definitely canon-compliant, set sometime during the first half of S2. Michael’s POV. (Orphan account)

Some of my favorite post-canon fics are:

The Love Song of Brian A. Kinney by Ipoiledi - Brian’s POV when Justin asks to take a break from phone sex.

Only Time by Xie - Alternating POV and it’s written so perfectly it’s canon to me now.

I have all my QAF bookmarks in this collection. Some of them are locked to AO3 registered users and I didn’t include them in this list for that reason since I don’t know if you have an AO3 account.

And all the QAF fics I’ve written are here.

Thanks for this ask anon!

[cozyrosykay]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤

Ahhh thank you! Babs is the best and my favorite Bobs Burgers writer. Every fic encapsulates the humor and feel of the show ❤️

Ok first up is And Then I Met You because it was the first fic I ever finished and got the courage to publish. Fandom: Queer as Folk, pairing HunterxOFC

Up next is Midnight Meetings. Fandom: Teen Wolf, pairing Sterek

Next is Still Faces and I got the idea after I went to a conference on fostering and the trauma that children often endure when they don’t get the love and nurturing that they need. And I read about the still faced experiment. Fandom: AFTG, main character Riko and his mom.

Number 4 is actually a collection of one shots for my faves Renee/Jean, I love them so much ❤️ Fandom: AFTG, pairing is of course Jeanee

And finally What Happens in Vegas, this one was just really fun to write and I do hope to go back and add to that AU. Fandom: Teen Wolf, pairing Sterek

[sophsun1]

Soph, do you know any good post 513 britin fics? After the election, I need some escapism!! Please and thank you!!

hey anon!

courtesy of the wonderful @winderlylandchime here is a list of some fics below for you to enjoy:

[lostcol]

queer as folk rec list (#1)

Wooooo finally, sorry it took so long @bethespark ​ ♥

(This is also... inspiration for @eusuntgratie , but no pressure, we’re all well aware of your completely normal and sedate decent into hockey rpf that has consumed your soul and fic life.)

This will be the first post of a few; when I was going through my QAF bookmarks I came across way too many fics I want to rec. No real theme to these, there’s a variety of topics/themes/vibes.

ALL FICS ARE BRITIN/BRIAN X JUSTIN <3

The One Where Justin Loses His Hearing by LaVieEnRose

Series summary: AU after Season 4. The year Justin turns 23, he and Brian get the news that over the next year he's going to gradually lose all of his hearing. The series tracks the next years of their life as they manage their new reality, after-effects of the bashing, their eventual move to New York, and their ever-evolving relationship. Told in first-person chapters from their points of view and some outsiders, with some angst, a lot of hurt/comfort, and loads of humor. Never any big relationship drama, always disability-positive, and no one ever takes themselves too seriously. This isn't a WIP, per se, because all the stories are their own complete thing. It's just a collection of stories in a universe, so it's not going to have some definite end.

Absolutely my #1 rec. Listen, I know you’re going to open it and go holy shit this girl’s insane; it’s a series of one shots set in a universe, currently at 157 one shots and over 800,000 words. But because it’s a series of self-contained one shots, there’s no need to read it all, rush through, whatever. It’s amazing and so so worth it. Just check out the first fic, trust me. Most fics are M, some T, one or two E.

A Queer as Folk Halloween by Brynneth

Rated E, 4K, canon compliant

Summary:  A Halloween costume party, Brian and Justin style. Which of them will win the bet to decide what costumes they will wear?

This is possibly the first fic I read involving subspace. Funny and hot.

Sunshine is a Fucking Dick by Frayach

Rated M, 4K, canon compliant

Summary: Hurt/Comfort? Hurt/Comfort's bullshit.

Brian has cancer and the only way he’ll accept his Sunshine’s help is if he’s a dick about it. This is so good, I’ve reread it a bunch of times.

Contacts by LaVieEnRose

Rated G, 800 words, canon compliant

Summary: Over the years, they saved each other under different names.

What it says on the tin. How and why they’ve saved each other under different names in their phones over the years. Very cool character/relationship insight.

Fatherhood by PrettyTheWorld and TrueIllusion 

Rated M and E, 94K, 5 one shots (so far), post-series

Series summary: A series of one shots that focus on Brian's relationship with teenage Gus.

Really good series set post-series, Justin and Brian are living in NYC and Brian’s son Gus, who was 5 when the show ended, is a teenager living in Canada with his moms. Brian sometimes struggles to navigate parenting a teen, but he’s grown a lot and is determined to have a good relationship with his son, unlike his father’s relationship with him. On the softer side, some super sweet moments, some angst, some humor. 

[wildlydone]

Top Tier Britin Fic

A character study of Brian from his Guardian Angel's perspective (AKA Vic Grassi). This is honestly the best representation of Brian I have ever read. This fic runs through Brian's childhood, canon events, and after Justin leaves for New York as they try to maintain a long distance situationship. But Brian is in need of an emotional intervention when he starts spiraling and what better way to knock some sense into him than Vic punking him?

10/10 fav Britin fic absolutely 💯

(such emotion, such angst with comfort, excellent character study, so beautiful)

[atlasshrugd]

Hi there. I found your big QAF fic rec list on a random search the other day and I was hoping you might be able to help me find a fic? I saw it on another rec list on an author website and the link doesn't work anymore. And the author has made their live journal friends only and I don't have an LJ account. Anyways, it's called "In Between Days" by rachel anton or sparkledark, that's the LJ account name. Thank you in advance!

You have come to the right place! Honestly, I didn't have high hopes on finding this one as the only link has expired (being from 2005), but I FOUND IT on the wayback machine, where it had been captured once in 2008.

Here is the link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20081019123727/http://hometown.aol.com/ranton1013/inbetweendays.html

I'm putting it on my list! Hope you enjoy it! :)

[ficwriterhub]

(and I'd do it again)

by @winderlylandchime

Summary: “It’s…Justin,” Emmet’s southern drawl hides behind his efforts to keep his voice calm.

“No shit, Honeycutt,” Brian pushes on the guy’s shoulder, pushing him out of the loft, throwing his clothes after him. “I didn’t think you called me up at midnight to chit chat about place settings for your next soiree.”

Canon divergence after Brian and Justin break up in Season Five. I thought maybe something other than a bomb could bring them back together.

Read it on Ao3!

[winderlylandchime]

If you like fics with your gifs, a real fucking legacy by @ivysunna is incredible and made me Feel Things™️ Go read it!

[allyricas]

I love gay Eddie and bisexual awakening Steve. It's solid and popular for a reason. It works, makes a lot of sense.

But...I also love flirty-cluelessly-queer Eddie and comfortable-with-his sexuality Steve.

Eddie does flirt. With everyone. It was pretty clear he was flirting with Chrissy. He was flirting with Steve. Calling him big boy and getting up in his personal space, being all cutesy.

So, imagine Eddie just casually flirting with Steve and it doesn't mean anything to him. He's just being Eddie. He isn't even aware that it's flirting. He really considers it teasing. The man is dramatic and silly. He loves to make a scene. So "teasing" people is fun for him.

Eddie who is a super senior running a DnD club for outcasts, loves Lord of the Rings, plays in a metal band. I think Eddie is always into some sort of hyperfixation to be trying to bang chicks or dudes.

There was totally a phase were he was obsessed with folk and old country music (Woody Guthrie much). There was the Jane Austen phase (It fits, c'mon). The time he tried to learn to crochet. His lasting phase with fantasy novels. His intense love of metal music. He knows a lot about music in general. Obscure shit. Oh, those handcuffs-definitely from his magic phase. Tell me, 12 year old Eddie didn't want to be a magician. He probably did card tricks, the whole deal.

Eddie would be the kind of guy who'd spout all sorts of random knowledge. He probably has one specific time period in history he could rant about for hours.

The man has raging ADHD (takes one to know one). He's a self-professed nerd and outcast. The only thing that might be considered "cool" is that he plays in his band. But even then, he's a total nerd about it.

Eddie is hot as hell. That is undeniable. But Eddie has been too damn busy being a fucking nerd to date or hook up. I think he's so focused on his interests, it could easily not have been on his radar. Same way he's failed senior year twice in a row despite being smart as hell. The shit they are trying to teach doesn't interest him and that makes Eddie fucking struggle.

He's bouncy and hyperactive. He probably has terrible tunnel vision when he gets into a book or movie or campaign. Dating has thus far not been interesting enough especially combined with how he's treated by the people in Hawkins.

So, yeah- he flirts and teases. He thinks it's harmless fun. With Chrissy, it was a way to make her feel safe and lighten the mood. With Steve, it's a way to disarm him. It's King Steve afterall. Why not play up the metalhead freak persona. Let him think he's weird.

It isn't until Steve starts flirting back and gives Eddie butterflies that Eddie realizes this is not heterosexual behavior. And he knows a lot about that because he was accidentally flagging for a whole goddamn year. Because he wanted to look metal as fuck and thought the bandana was badass.

Steve calls Eddie princess. Calls him pretty boy. Throws in a babe. Everytime Eddie refers to him as big boy or Stevie, Steve just smirks and comes up with a new pet name that wrecks Eddie (who has no idea what is fucking going on). Throw in the boys getting high together with no inhibitions and Steve actively trying to romance him and Eddie's in a full blown sexuality crisis.

best part: Steve thinks Eddie is gay because of the bandana that he wore all year. Add in all the flirting and then Steve's really putting the moves on totally clueless Eddie. And say what you want about Steve, but he has game. I can just imagine Eddie trying to frantically figure out why all of the sudden he wants to make out with Steve "the hair" Harrington and Steve's like...aren't you gay?

(if anyone knows of steddie fics anything like this, please rec them!)

[batmanschmatman]

Book Rec: Coming Out Under Fire, by Allan Bérubé

Occasionally I see some discourse on Tumblr from folks in the HBO War fandom or different historical/history adjacent fandoms about how there weren’t that many members of the queer community involved in WWII, and I’d really like to point them and everyone else with an interest in queer history to this wonderful book. Originally published in 1990, Coming Out Under Fire gets into all the different ways queer folks DID participate in the war. It’s from an American perspective, so if you’re looking for other Allied experiences, unfortunately there won’t be much here for you, but it’s exceptionally well researched, and crucially a lot of the content comes from interviews with surviving servicemembers. There’s also a documentary based on the book, which came out a few years later and includes video interviews with some of the folks included in the text.

One of Bérubé’s main points in his introduction – and for writing the book in the first place – is the American government, history textbooks, Hollywood, etc. is able to paint the WWII-era military as an almost entirely straight military force because many queer people who participated in the war effort were silenced during their lifetimes, and were unable or unwilling to reveal their true identities. Some of this was from societal pressure – the post war period saw a huge surge in homophobic rhetoric and persecution in the name of fighting Communism, not to mention the ever present heteronormative pressure to get married and have kids – but also because so many queer veterans died during the AIDS epidemic. Bérubé was inspired to preserve the voices of those who were still with us and shed a light on some of the folks we lost. (Note that this was also an intensely personal issue for Bérubé, who lost friends and his partner to AIDS and thus saw first hand how devastating this was to the community in terms of robbing us of our loved ones, friends, elders, and history itself.)

In the book, Bérubé makes the point over and over again that queer people were involved at basically every level in the American military during the war. There’s stories about guys lying when asked “Do you like girls?” during enlistment, lesbians in the Women’s Army Corps being brought to trial for fraternizing, drag shows in POW camps and in reserve, front line combat veterans discussing losing romantic partners to enemy fire or coming out to foxhole buddies, who were supportive allies rather than hateful. One of my favorite stories that’s always stuck out to me is a guy who came home and decided to come out to his elderly mother, who was fully accepting and supportive of her son’s sexuality. I see so many people speaking in absolutes that there’s NO WAY you could come out to your family and be accepted in the past, and while that was certainly true for so many people, it’s also not an absolute truth.

Please note I am NOT giving blanket permission to make assumptions about real-life people’s sexualities or identities, nor am I saying Band of Brothers fics where half the company is dating each other are historically accurate, but it’s really sad to see folks on here (unknowingly, hopefully) perpetuating the myth that there really weren’t that many queer folks in the military during WWII. We were there, we just couldn’t be out the way we might have liked to be. After the war, the Red Scare, societal pressure, and a literal epidemic silenced countless members of the community about their time in the service. There’s no way to know how many people who fought on Guadalcanal or worked at stateside bases or sorted mail in France were queer, but it’s a lot more than you were led to believe.

As a member of the community and a historian (brief resume: MA in Public History, BA in American History, have published stuff and created exhibits for dozens of museums), I just want to remind folks that we have always been here, and our lives weren’t always miserable and tragic when we came out to people or decided to live as authentically as we could get away with. It’s not completely historically inaccurate to write fic or original fiction where your queer characters can come out to their families and not be shunned, or live with their partners and not be immediately murdered. Being queer wasn’t invented at Stonewall.

[winderlylandchime]

Hello lovely,

🔁 ,🛳️ ,✨ for the fic asks, please. :))

Hello hello hello!

🔁

why is that so big? I love it! A fic I’ve reread several times is… well many of them. I love rereading fic. It’s such a comfort thing for me. But I’m going to shout out the Only Time series (QAF) because it is so pitch perfect and post canon so it has become canon to me.

🛳️

A fic that brought me aboard a new ship… well sometimes a girl slides into @eliooliver83 ‘s DMs and says, explain this hockey thing to me like I’m a child and she responds with a bunch of information and fic recommendations that are definitely not suitable for children and one of them is how to cherish your own shadow and now I’m still very confused by hockey and how the fandom works but I am very much aboard the tknp ship.

✨

A fic I wish I could read again for the first time. Oh. That is without a doubt Your Name Like a Boat (ofmd) which takes the trope of soulmate marks and turns it into the most delicious and beautiful story that… I just cannot. There is a bit of a twist at the end (which is why I wish I could read it for the first time) and it just took my heart and wrung it out in the very best way. I’ve reread it a bunch but the first time was a bit magical.

Asks from this Fic Rec Meme

[sunwarmed-ash]

since I'm reblogging qaf stuff haha get ready to cry

🔥Sinful Sunday🔥

So yeah a two month long move and covid has done a number on me :(

But I got some AWESOME stuff coming up soon! Can't wait to share it with you :) Thanks for the constant support!

In the meantime, from the archives of Rare Pair Hell here's The Ship That Never Was, and honestly, was probably for the best, Michael and Brian

Here's an alternate spin on a fan favorite scene.

Careful What You Wish For...

Fandom: Queer As Folk US

Ship: Main Michael/Brian, Established Brian/Justin and Ben/Michael

Tags: Episode divergence, unrequited love, complicated friendships, anal sex,

Summary:

Michael crossed his arms and shook his head. “So you were really never going to tell me?”

“It was years ago Michael. Who gives a shit? I don't care, he doesn't, so why do you?”

“Because he's my boyfriend, and you're my friend.”

“Somebody's jealous,” Brian smirked, folding his own arms in challenge. “But, are you jealous because I did it with him? Or because he did it with me?”

[sophsun1]

do u have any good qaf fic recs that takes place after the show ended. either bri going to nyc to see justin, or justin coming home

Hey anon!

These are some of my most favourite fics to read for britin in this qaf universe, I have tagged one story but please check out their story archive to see what else they've written. Some are continuing on from canon and some become AU. All these wonderfully talented writers capture their voices so, so well and for me it feels very realistic and true to how their story would continue. So I wish you well on your reading endeavour and make sure to give these amazing people lots of love in their comments because fic writing and all writing in general is such an art form and definitely not something I could do!

I would also suggest checking out the writers bookmarks where you can find other stories and fellow writers they love so you discover new stuff that way also.

I'm actually so behind in reading myself as I'm usually too busy giffing them I haven't had time to catch up, so I will be flooding their comments as soon as I can. I will tag some of the writers that I know are here on tumblr and if anyone else has any recs or wants to plug their own stories please do!

@ivysunna

@winderlylandchime

@lostcol

https://archiveofourown.org/users/orphan_account/pseuds/orphan_account

[goodomensafterdark]

Feature Fic Fursday

FFF - Feature Fic Fursday!

This is a special day of the week: fic recs Thursday (pronounced à la Française)!

Each week, we will browse the Good Omens After Dark official AO3 collection, choose a tag and promote the fics that are featured in it!

Have a tag idea for the next week? Comment it!

Have other fic recs, or your own fic would qualify for the tag? Reblog and throw in the link!

Tag of the week: in celebration of Pride Month just about to begin: Trans / Trans character / Trans Male Character / Aziraphale is "gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide"

Teach Me by NooRose93

Inspired by @gahellhimself-blog 's comic Teach Me

Rating: Explicit

Genres: Smut

Word count: 2,139 words

Chapter count: one-shot

Part 1 of the series Flash Bastards AU

Geminids - A Teach Me side story by NooRose93

Inspired by GaHell’s comic Teach Me

Comes with a podfic!

Rating: General Audiences

Genres: Children story

Word count: 4,171 words

Chapter count: one-shot

Part 2 of the series Flash Bastards AU

Summary: Loki and Crowley are there for each other through thick and thin. This is a story of how they met and became brothers.

Pride Month and Prejudice by TawnyOwl95

Comes with a podfic!

Rating: Explicit

Genres: smut

Word count: 29,839 words

Chapter count: 12 chapters (complete)

Summary: They say that you should never meet your celebrity crush. Especially when you know what an absolute bastard he is. So, of course, Anthony J. Crowley's participation in a queer adaptation of Pride and Prejudice for Pride Month has nothing to do with the involvement of A-lister A.Z. Fell. Crowley is only doing it so he has some gossip for his column. He didn't mean to get cast as Lizzy Bennet, he certainly didn't mean to be acting opposite Fell's Mr Darcy. And to make matters worse, Fell keeps staring at him...

That’s all, folks!!

[lostcol]

queer as folk fic rec list (#2)

Let’s gooooooooo 🤩

As with the previous list, all fics are Britin/Brian x Justin. 

Turn of the Wheel by Predec2

Rated E, 80K, historical au

Summary: Brian Kinney is a man of affluent means, wealthy beyond compare, and not wanting for any material thing. But he is emotionally empty. Will an unexpected visitor cause him to change? 

Set in the late 1800s. Justin is homeless and crash lands in Brian’s life when Brian’s carriage nearly runs him over, so Brian is obliged to let Justin stay while he recovers. Snobbish, wealthy Brian slowly thaws to Sunshine’s charms. There’s also a sister (Molly) who’s rescued from the miserable life she was sent to on the orphan train, and an absolutely bitch of a housekeeper who gets exactly what she deserves. This is SO. GOOD, guys, seriously. If you’re at all into historical au’s, check it out.

Who’s Your Daddy? by Azile (WitnessMarks)

Rated E, 5K, sort of canon compliant?

Summary: Justin just wanted to try a night out at a different club. He didn't expect it to make him question his whole relationship with Brian.

Justin drags Brian to the local leather club one night, and Brian’s forced to say he’s Justin’s Daddy to get some asshole to leave his precious Sunshine alone. A slight identity/relationship crisis ensues for Justin when he starts to realize all the ways Brian does, actually, play a fatherly role in his life. This skews funny, not angsty, and it’s delightful. 

Brian’s Cocktails by Techgirl

Rated E, 3.4K (9 ficlets), canon compliant

Listen. This is crack. It’s also hysterical. It’s so dumb and I say that with the most affection possible. It’s short little ficlets told from the POV of Brian’s cock. If you’re looking for a laugh, for something silly, check this out.

Growing Up by LaVieEnRose

Rated T, 1.7K, canon compliant

Summary: Justin gets sick, Brian handles it like an adult, and everyone else is surprised. Set sometime in S4.

What it says on the tin. Short and sweet.

Drunken Love by Techgirl

Rated E, 3.8K (6 ficlets), more or less canon compliant

Summary:  Short, drunken glimpses into the world of Brian and Justin.

Once again, what it says on the tin; in each ficlet, one or both of them are drunk.

Another list will be coming! Probably whenever @munsonboy​ starts harassing me for it 😘 

If you read anything I rec and have feelings about it, I’d love to hear about it!

💖🧡💛💚💙💜

[1dcommunityficrecs]

New Category: Trans and Nonbinary Characters!

As of this post, we are currently in the midst of Trans Awareness Week, a period intended to celebrate trans and gender non-conforming individuals, educate people about their experiences (both positive and negative), and work for progress on issues affecting the trans community. This week is followed by the Transgender Day of Remembrance, commemorating those killed by transphobic violence. These events are particularly poignant right now, given the state of discourse and politics in many western countries.

In honour of my trans friends and family, I want this rec list to celebrate fics that feature characters who are trans and/or nonbinary -- submit your favourites here! Any fics with a trans or nonbinary character and with at least one member of One Direction are eligible for submission. The trans/nonbinary character does not have to be a member of One Direction (e.g. it could be a friend, partner, relative, fan, etc.) and they do not have to be a focal or POV character (though ideally they are more than a momentary presence). These stories also don't necessarily have to be about the trans/nonbinary experience (although they certainly can be); they also can be stories about living and loving and finding joy, while also happening to be trans.

For anyone unfamiliar with or wanting a refresher on these terms, transgender individuals are people whose gender identity does not match the gender that was decided for them at birth, based on their chromosomes or physical features. Nonbinary individuals can fall under the trans umbrella, and do not identify as fitting into the traditional gender binary of man and woman. They may identify as a mixture of man and woman, a different gender outside man and woman, or no gender at all (among other possibilities!). Trans and nonbinary people may choose to undergo medical transitions such as hormone replacement therapy, social transitions such changing their clothing or hair, legal transitions such as changing their legal name or ID gender marker -- or they may choose not to. There are also individuals who may present in ways that do not conform to gendered expectations, but without identifying as transgender (e.g. men who enjoy wearing dresses or makeup, but still identify as men, or women wearing short hair or suits).

The trans and nonbinary rec list will post on Sunday, December 1st, and submissions will remain open until it goes live.

And as a reminder to myself and any other cis allies -- standing up for your trans loved ones is more important than ever right now. There are a hundred ways to show that support, from donating to organizations supporting trans folks to calling your government representatives to advocate for trans-supportive policies to helping a friend fundraise for their gender affirming care to voting in every election (including primaries) to speaking out when you see or hear transphobia around you. I implore you to put in the work, and to remember that we are stronger united than divided. Queer people have existed for millennia, and we will continue to exist for millennia to come. They cannot silence us, cannot erase us, cannot destroy us. We will persist.