#sinistercacophony

[iliadicjasontodd]

Do you have any Jason AO3 fic recommendations? Or just DC AO3 fic recommendations in general?

Hello! Hi, yes I do.

So, of course, anything by yutro @boyfridged, first of all, such as paint it over, black out days, & leave no trace, but genuinely all of their work is incredible. They understand Jason on a fundamental level- though to say he understands only Jason that deeply would do him and his writing which is so, so skilled, a disservice :))

the clay steals the clay by zipadeea is beautiful.

I'm sure you're familiar with it, but PLUTO. by orpheusaki @damianbugs is, imo, a classic. It recalls some of the feeling of some of the best parts of Countdown for me, for obvious reasons.

all of ceramicheart's (who I'm not certain would want me linking his tumblr blog!) work also- in particular redshift, but all of that series and, like I said, I love all of her work. ultimate Kyle Rayner understander & beautiful writer.

What the Living Do, Anonymous, is one of my favourite fics, esp as someone trying to give Jason Cotard's Delusion at every possible occasion.

last word WISDOM better get some even too late by Esmenet is one of my favourite fics point-blank. the Anne Carson of it all...

Get Used to Dying, by papered_king is one I always associate with the above, stylistically also! Love the meta of this, love theatre as horror.

a second darkness by vlnlr @batphobique. This absolutely blew me away, and the script format was, personally, a major bonus. I will probably be reading this over and over again.

mushrooms at sunrise by bleepbloopskoodlebop & Amble On (and your friends will surely find you) by Nightsrk both feature Jason dealing with schizophrenia, and I am very, very fond of both.

the Emergency Line series by crucifixinhell

i am what i am by luuma.

dirt by sunspikes. It's horror to me.

Time Loop fic! Ad Infinitum; Modified by familiarities (twistsandturns)

The Cold Like Coming Home by cabezas_de_vaca.

Smashing Tail Lights by CunningCrow @redactedcrow. I have read this about 5 times. I am still (very patiently) waiting for part two. It was, I think, the fic I read directly after reading Lost Days for the first time.

Apollo by sparkypants. the horror of never letting go!!! the horror of bruce wayne specifically never letting anything go!!!

Incomplete, but which came first (the robin or the grave) by figofswords @figofswords. Two years on I'm still hoping for more but it's very good as is as well!

do you listen to the girl in red, white, and blue? by ThatSpicySeaFlapFlap. Stephanie Brown girl of all time Stephanie Brown

Trapped by lurkinglurkerwholurks. I must have read it about 15 times whenever I'm feeling anxious. Because something is wrong with me.

Song of the Insensible by Jade_green.

The Whale by chucklesbuckles if you want some very terrifying Jason, & Get Joker by them (featuring maybe one of the only Harley Quinn depictions in a fanfic I've found compelling, not that I know her well) also!

Your reflection, your bitter deception & dust in my mind by KangaRou.

Bloodstains Won't Make It Matter by skylarkblue.

This is orphaned, but The Last Laugh.

Enough by Lunette3002.

Batman Kills the Joker by DragonflyxParodies & Palimpsest by cabezas_de_vaca both take interesting metatextual approaches to killing that stupid clown.

You're No Hero to this Story, Just Another Wretched Pawn by EventualToast. The way this is written is so genuinely unmooring and perturbing; it feels very authentically like derealisation and the true experience of profound horror despite most of that being magic.

To My Brother by a_silly_gander, I’d feel less like St. Sebastian if you’d stop searching for another arrow by worthy_willow, i know (do you know?) by cuephrase, imperfections can be nice by mikkal, Where You Perfectly Stand by cherrysour, what's in your head? by sinistercacophany @sinistercacophony (also has very good aftg fics, as an andrew enjoyer I come back to their work often), . I am at heart just sentimental about Dick & Jason.

the prophetic spring by yellow_caballero @yellowocaballero. I need you to understand I barely ever approve of Reverse Robin AUs. It's a thing. I talked about it extensively. I don't even care about or actively dislike a lot of the characters this au focuses on but it doesn't even matter here, seeing as I've been a fan of this author's writing for ages. So much tragicomedy. If you, or anyone reading this ask happen to be a fan of TMA do yourselves a favour and go read their TMA work also.

Late Night Langoustining by whaleofatime. I rarely read fluff but I'm very fond of this one.

Stage Directions by confusedrambler.

I mention sparingly but arkham!jason was my first foray into DC at all- and so naturally Ill Weeds Grow Apace by LananiA3O is something I've come back to, mostly for nostalgia nowadays. And trauma of course.

So if you want to absolutely ruin your entire day and possibly week and possibly several months, Of Broken, Blazing Wings by FrEShAVocaNoob. It absolutely wrecked me, I felt genuinely unwell after, but it was worth it.

Clearly Calm and Keeping Terrorised by Batbirdies & the Make a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul series by bacondoughnut are others I think everyone knows, but I thought I'd mention them anyway.

Anyway, I'm sure it shows that I've got a bit of one-track mind when it comes to characters I read fic about, but I hope this is a good collection for you. It took me two hours in one sitting but for some reason I can't write an essay for my master's degree? Fascinating.

[all-for-the-recs]

Chapters: 1/1 (COMPLETE)

Words: 11,216

Author's Summary:

Andrew knows how to get what he wants. He knows how to ask, how to indicate boundaries, and how to stab someone in the gut if they choose to ignore those boundaries. That’s really all he’s ever needed. He doesn’t let men touch him. He doesn’t let people get close enough to try.

Except Neil.

Except he wants Neil. In ways he’s never wanted anyone before. Never trusted anybody before.

NSFW!!! Please be aware of this. It's not overly explicit and is more of a character study than anything, but it is still smutty.

i love this fic, and have read it more than once. it's abt struggles with sexual dysfunction as a victim of child sexual assault, so it is very heavy in those themes as well, as most fics abt andrew's first times are about. it's so sweet and the author did an amazing job writing this.

go check out all of sinistercacophony's works tbh, they're all lit.

[i-did]

who are your go-to fic authors?

I tend to read a fic and if I like it I go through and read all of the authors other works in AFTG and bookmark my favorites, some are more or less in character than others, or depending on your interpretation of that character and how you feel they may act different in a different scenario, such as different interpretations of Neils sexuality.

My bookmarks have a decent amount of repeating authors such as: moonix, puddlejumper99, mostly_maudlin, profenity, agentcoop, sinistercacophony, flybbfly, badacts, and sunrise_and_death. I haven't re-read through them in a minute but am trying to go back and reread. I stopped reading AFTG fics for around 3 years now but started up again, sometimes I sort things from oldest to newest on AO3 too.

Id say my favorites where I feel the author really feels similarly about the characters as me and are my 100% go-to's are:

profenity, sinistercacophony, and sunrise_and_death.

They all still have their own unique way of writing and showing the characters, but the characters are definitely recognizable as the ones we see in the books, just in different scenarios. the characters are still just as complex and distinctly "fox".

if you want to read through my bookmarks, feel free, but at your own digression -- still read tags and warnings and if you don't like something I bookmarked to be honest I don't care, so don't bother telling me.

that being said: I'm down to discuss fics if you just want to be like "yeah this was interesting how this author did XYZ"

[luvbug724]

Do you have fic recs I trust your opinion on things. LOL

i’m SO GLAD you asked. hey :)

brief disclaimer: i gravitate more towards gen fics & character studies & i didnt realize fic rec lists were surprsingly difficult to make bc i dont bookmark ANYTHING so its shorter than i wanted it to be SORRY

everyone i love's in this place by earthworms - the upperclassmen visit when neil is a 5th year senior & he’s struggling, allison & neil, allison pov

the later parade by hourtohour - THE kevjean fic sorry i have to rec it all the time. kevjean coming back to each other in the pros post canon, ao3 user hourtohour please come back to ME

stripped down to our skeletons again by sinistercacophony- aaron and andrew during aaron’s trial. it’s a bad time but they’re trying & neil is always up to some shit

the struggles by cuterus24 - neil keeps showing up at aaron & katelyn's house when they're the only two monsters in south carolina because he's a) bored and b) the worst and c) family :)

travelers series by sunrise_and_death - canon-ish au where lots of things are the same but neil and andrew have a psychic connection

stay as long as you need by lolainslackss - canon soulmate au where u have a timer that countsdown to ur soulmate's death and andrew's soulmate can't be neil because there's no way neil is dying that soon if andrew has anything to do with it

[quidfree]

to the anons looking for todobaku fic recs! - ao3 authors curovogel & deplore have very solid fics (esp partial to the curovogel time loop fic) . oblivious by maisierita also has good characterization that avoids most of the pitfalls of general fanon tendencies . collateral damage by sinistercacophony is a p good bakugou fic that features tdbk. general warning that some of the fics recommended here are nsfw

thank you anon @ anons looking for fic recs come get y'all juice. i can def vouch for the time loop fic's characterisation. but yes nsfw. as for the others i don't remember if i read them!

[rares-posts]

Ao3 wrapped 2022

Thank you @thepancakelady for the tag!!

Ao3 name: Rare_love

Works Published: 12

Total Word Count: 26,155

Hits: 13,424

Bookmarks: 216

Most Popular by Kudos: in not me: Intertwined (Not Me, Sean observes Black's changes after White returns to his life.) Overall: It's Different Now (Hirano To Kagiura, a kagihira established relationship one shot)

Most Hits: It's Different Now (Hirano To Kagiura, a kagihira established relationship one shot)

{I'm actually sad about the two stats above because I have better fics in not me than that one but I published it when the fandom was more active so that's why it's like this sigh.}

Longest: Oh, Death [4,984 words] (Not Me, SeanWhite. White is a death reaper who takes interest in Sean after his parents' death)

Shortest: Fright and Fluff (Not Me, SeanWhite, a short fluff drabble)

Most Comments: Glow (Not Me, seanwhite, White has Magic)

Fic that made me cry: I thought there was nothing but then I remembered I sobbed over the redemption arc in @magically-with-magic's you’ll find enchantment here (Not Me, SeanWhite)

Fic that made me smile: multiple answers because why not. @smyx's tokens of affection (SeanWhite + Black, humour), @arisprite's Better (SeanWhite SickFic fluff), finders keepers by sinistercacophony (White and Black brotherly banter and bonding.)

Gifts: received Lemon balm by smyx 💖 (E rated, SeanWhite smut)

Collaborations: none but I have had a discussion about a couple fics that I'd love to do someday with that friend.

Events participated in: Not Me Week, Kinktober 2022.

Most Underrated Fic: more people reading Oh, Death (Death reaper White) and Lustful Dandelion(E rated, Camboy Sean and White One shot) will make me happy.

Coming in 2023:

1 pre Canon toddblack fic

1 major character death fic :)

More AUs (I have so many)

Continuation of Lustful Dandelion

Posting Kinktober prompts from 2022 (Pickrome: somnophilia, role reversal, edgeplay) (Seanwhite: Exhibitionism, Yok: dubcon moresome)

2 one year of not me fics

Tagging some people who might be interested in doing this but feel free to do it or not if you come across this: @arisprite, @magically-with-magic, @theory-of-khaithird (@disaster-j), @springkitten, @non-binarypal7

[writingpuddle]

TV show tag game

Thanks for the tag @foxsoulcourt

design parameters: list 8 shows to let your followers get to know you better.

i dont watch much but here are a handful ive enjoyed in the past few years :)

star trek voyager

veronica mars (season one only)

ghosts (american or british version, both good)

leverage

prehistoric planet

american horror story

doctor who

the haunting of bly manor

tagging @habakos @luci-cunt @moonsandstarsaregay @bloody-wonder @heartfullkings @sinistercacophony @thebashfulpoet enjoy!

[appiarian]

💌 lockscreen and home-screen tag game! (tb @skzandnct ❤️‍🔥)

home screen: an art of 190614 yuta, commissiomed by and made for me, by my longtime friend kayla (@ taestykai on twt)

lock screen: ngl i just have the random setting and the flower selection on so it changes between like 20 different screens whenever i open my phone

tagging: @sinistercacophony @fadedaftermath @virtqiu @ghostlyquill @suhjpeg (and whoever else wants to do it, obviously)

[liaisun]

if you guys haven't read one more or one less, nobody's worried by sinistercacophony u are missing out in my humble opinion

It would be cool if some fics were to explore the possibility of Aaron and Tilda both having bipolar disorder. They have a history of addiction with depressant drugs (if i'm remembering right) which is often seen in bipolar people who are self medicating manic phases.

It is also a genetic disorder so it would make sense for them to have it, as Andrew does.

It could explain Tilda decision to first give both kids away but then in a spur of the moment go back for one.

For Aaron it could most probably present as type 2 bipolar, with depressive episodes, some hypomania ones, or mixed. (Although type 1 and type 2 are somewhat distinct genetically so they should have the same type statistically. Sometimes, though, you never enter a manic episode so you only fall into the type 2 criteria)

But i see Tilda as really struggling with it. Which. Damn Andrew would hate that.

Obv he wouldn't know/have the words to express it especially now that tilda is dead, but he'd hate for this to be the one thing his bio mom left him.

[bitimdrake]

lmao 'some rando recognizes some six foot adult man in crime alley as Jason Todd, the famous billionaires dead kid, and not only does not get accused of being a money grubbing weirdo but is widely believed' is one of my least fave commonly perpetuated fanon tropes. like some stuff I can suspend my disbelief for but literally no one is looking for a dead child in an alive adult man, and even if they were jasons probably had his nose broken enough times post lazarus pit that I can't imagine his face would even be directly comparable

you guys, I swear there are so many things I am willing to suspend my disbelief for and have fun with, but good god is that limit tested.

Some rando would have no idea what Jason Todd looked like! Even if someone personally had met him and so knew what he looked like saw him , he is now a foot taller and hundred pounds more muscular and has an adult man face! Even if someone who knew him well and could see the resemblance in features saw him, jumping to "this must be a resurrected version of a guy who died three years ago" would be an insane conclusion to jump to if in a mundane situation!

And, like, yeah, if a random stranger showed up with that claim anyway, I believe the rational response is "oh and did you meet the lost princess Anastasia too?" and not "obviously you must be correct."

[all-for-the-recs]

Chapters: 1/1 (COMPLETE)

Words: 4,394

Author's Summary:

But Neil — oh Neil, useless as he is pretty, seems to have no idea that clothing can be anything other than another tool to make himself invisible. Andrew will just have to help him along, which is why he sends Nicky to dress him the first time they decide to bring Neil to Columbia. Neil is full of lies and paranoia, hiding under his drabness. Andrew intends to drag his true colors out.

basically a 5+1 character study about andrew minyard and the things he experienced during and after the main series, all told partially through clothing.

please read the warnings at the start of the chapter, this is obviously about canon events so there will be some mentions of those events (though they're not explicit) and andrew has a bad episode so, yeah. just be cautious but believe me when i say this is such a good fic ❤️

[olreid]

probably a well known answer but in house of leaves the protags are haunted by various things that are not people! (or are they?? hmm) mostly by a house tho.

lol or are they >:)

[catalinaflores]

tim drake

quite frankly i cant think of a reason TO date this man. my biggest red flag would be anyone having the option to date stephanie brown and not choosing it

[miniyrds]

do you have any neil hot takes

i have...surprisingly less neil takes than i do other characters lmao (it’s prob bc he’s basically me and im perfect <3)

to directly contradict you, neil is an introvert. as an introvert, i can attest to the random confidence in public and how tiring it is to be around people too much yet still wanting to see them

i think neil needs his alone time once he becomes captain a lot more than he ever did the past two years. he’s stretched very thin and every time he gets a moment, someone needs something else

as an introvert very few people make the Never Tired list. the list of people who you can be around even when your social battery is dead. obviously andrew is on this list. and so is, surprisingly, dan. everyone else neil needs a break from

(the only reason dan makes the list is because she gets it. they can vibe in silence with the occassional comment)

[nyctosaurid]

they’re opportunistic predators/scavengers and will actively hunt and kill anything small enough to swallow or easily rip apart, so snakes, frogs, birds, mice, etc. (largest thing my chickens killed and ate that i saw was a sparrow) They will bolt towards a falling leaf from across the yard because they think it might be a small animal, just like cats do.

 it’s just that they just don’t try to eat anything larger than a rat (they do chase things like cats or crows but that’s just territorial behavior), they don’t cannibalize each other (i believe the op heard that they tend to pick at injuries on other chickens and misinterpreted), they don’t skeletonize animals...

[writingpuddle]

WIP GAME

Rules: Post the names of all (or some of) the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descript or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

tagged by @anon-lemon like...a month and a half ago but i am finally a person again so here goes!

hamletriko

hs au pt 4

Mini andreil

palmetto high

The Space Between Worlds

warning signs

Witches

most of these are already posted because i have zero self control but here they are! tagging @sunrise-and-death @annawrites @sinistercacophony @fuzzballsheltiepants and anybody else who would like to do it :)