#tmatbb

[hackedbyawriter]

4 whole masterpieces in one fandom (with probably way more that i need to read) no one is doing it like the FinnPoe ao3 tag (esp during post-TFA era, the fics were pure fucking gold)

[quolant]

i listened to the tmatbb podfic again and my heart is sad again but this fic is spectacular

[finns-poe]

hello!! just wondering if you've ever done a finnpoe fic rec? or have any favourites? it's missing finnpoe hours here.

THE number one best finnpoe fic out there is tell me about the big bang. You can read it here it's the fic I recommend to anyone who asks. If you go through my fic rec tagged there should be more recommendations there. But the main one being tmatbb 🤡 enjoy!

[aberfaeth]

top five fics (ever. for a fandom/pairing. by people you know. by strangers. whatever u want go crazy) ORRRR top five fob songs bc I know u and ilu and I wanna hear ur thoughts

hi sav. hope you know what you've unleashed here.

TOP FIVE FICS.....EVER

tell me about the big bang (star wars sequel trilogy, Finn/Poe, 37.8k.) i made my mom read this fic and that's not a bit i literally had her read this. and she isn't even a star wars fan. like she's seen tfa but she wasn't even that into it i just made her read this because it's one of humanity's greatest literary achievements and she still brings it up to me in conversation that's how much she enjoyed it. sorry this turned into more of tmatbb being one of my mom's top five fics but yknow. context. anyways i don't want to say too much about it because i don't want to spoil it for anyone who might check it out which Please Do That but suffice to say. it is a work of fucking art and i can only hope to someday write with half the talent nina varela possesses in her pinky finger

darling i'd wait for you, even if you didn't ask me to (the great pretender season 1, Laurent/Makoto, 11k.) swear to god this isn't me sucking up it is still the best gift i have ever received in my life. hey you reading this have you ever conceptualized a fic and went "boy i wish i could feed this into a machine and it would execute the idea perfectly in a way that managed to surprise and delight me as i read it" well you simply must get yourself a sav. because she will do that for you. anyways watch tgp season one literally just to read this fic.

Be Gay; Solve Crime (american vandal, Peter/Sam, 9.2k.) this fic has everything--outsider POV! perfectly in character banter! angie and michael who are real and canon to me! mr fernandez did you eat shit! gay lou carter! do your string thing man! MING, EVEN!!!!!! consider this a rotating spot for the work of my lovely lovely friends in the hanover high AV club, who have churned out some of the bangers of all fucking time which i talked about some of those in a top five ask four calendar years ago

Over & Through (dimension 20 fantasy high, gen, 62.7k.) also made my mom read this. she got the riz chapter first and said it gave her horrifying acid trip dreams. which is honestly so fair. if you are a dimension 20 fan and you haven't read this fic what are you doing. the form is inventive the prose is stunning the characterization is painfully sharp. if you've been watching neverafter going hey i wish this was actually horror READ THIS RIGHT NOW THE HORROR IS IMMACULATE

If You Could Let Me Inside Your Heart (leverage, ot3, 2.5k.) remains my favorite leverage fic of all time and also my favorite group character study. what a lovely premise and executed with such grace and perfect understanding of character and pacing like so much work is done for its length and GOD IS IT ALL GORGEOUS

okay haha onto the fall out boy--JUST KIDDING. I HOPE YOU HAD YOUR WEAPON READY TO TAKE ME OUT BECAUSE ONE TIME I SAID IF I EVER MADE A RECLIST WITHOUT I HATE TO LOOK INTO THOSE EYES AND SEE AN OUNCE OF PAIN YOU WOULD HAVE TO SHOOT ME BECAUSE I'D BE A POD PERSON. SO HERE'S ME DOING THAT, PLEASE READ IT, READ IT NOW. WHAT FANDOM OR PAIRING OR LENGTH? YOU GET TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU CLICK! THAT! LINK!

okay haha onto the fall out boy. so i earnestly did try to come up with my top five fob songs on my own. then i had a breakdown and filled out the whole damn fob song sorter yes all 500 battles. heres my top 25. note the repetition of numbers indicating my inability to make decisions

elaborations on the medal winners:

THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT: when this song came out i was thirteen years old (in middle school) (did not have my own itunes account) (did not have spotify) and as all songs do it was released at midnight (i was thirteen) (supposed to be asleep) (it was a school night) i hid under the covers with my ipod touch on the lowest brightness setting (supposed to be asleep on a school night) midnight arrived and i could not buy the song on itunes because then my parents would get an email about the purchase and know i had stayed up (i was supposed to be asleep) so i just listened to the 30 second preview on itunes for like an hour straight (i cried) (a lot)

THE (SHIPPED) GOLD STANDARD: me for real bc im literally no good at math

(COFFEE'S FOR CLOSERS): also in middle school i used to doodle song lyrics to keep myself focused during class and my history professor was taking a walk around the classroom and spotted my doodle of a little coffee cup with the lyrics "i will never believe in anything again" and went "aw why not," clearly concerned for my mental health and wellbeing. and despite that horribly traumatizing experience, coffee's for closers remains one of my favorite songs in the world. so thats proof that its really very good

OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS IN THE WORLD: you only hold me up like thiiiiis cause you don't know who i really aAAaaAAAaam

PAVLOVE: sorry its the quirky girl tendencies again. when will they put this on spotify so i can scream my little heart out to I WANT TO MAKE YOU AS LONELY AS MEEEE SO YOU CAN GET GET ADDICTED TO THIS YOU CAN GET GET ADDICTED TO THIS! anyways folie >

now, a disclaimer: this sorter is obviously older than two weeks and thus does not include the songs off SMFS. i feel like recency bias means i can't accurately fit them into the list but i will say that there is no universe in which hold me like a grudge doesn't make top fifteen

if you've reached the end of this post, thanks for going on this journey with me. i meant to be asleep an hour ago. but i did this instead. was it worth it. well whos to say. if you ended up reading IHTLITEASAOOP then yes it was.

[foundationaldecay]

i forgor to do my 2022 tmatbb reread so that’s how i’m going to spend this first night of 2023

[theoldgvard]

it’s 1am i have to be up by 6:30 im getting five hours sleep max but i read the entirety of tell me about the big bang and my life is so much fuller so i have no regrets

[codyoclock]

JUST FINISHED TELL ME ABOUT THE BIG BANG- IT HAS CHANGED ME. I AM A CHANGED MAN.

[hk33b]

i’ve never felt so many emotions all at once like i did when i first read this , my goodness.. ;>;

[xwingbling]

thinking bout if fatws was released back in 2015 nina varela would have made a sambucky fic on par with tmatbb and i would have inhaled it and tattooed it on my back like PLS

[nat-20s]

Me every time canon Star Wars is bad:

[sunshinesteves]

MY NAME IS FINN.

I AM A PERSON.

I LOVE.

I LOVE.

I LOVE.

[hackedbyawriter]

I think I’ll always associate Closer by the Chainsmokers ft Halsey with FinnPoe bc I have a very distinct memory of listening to it on repeat while reading ‘tell me about the big bang’

Basically I miss 2016 era FinnPoe fandom.

And now I may or may not be writing a small fic for them as homage to the song.

[dashiellqvverty]

tlj WISHES it understood finn this well

[finnstansonly]

i've read tell me about the big bang before! (different anon ftr) and yeah i don't think you're too off the mark about it. it's from finn's perspective and some of the sections did feel worth the read! the prose can be really pretty. but overall the characterization for finn never felt... 100% Right? i think it (like many fics) leaned too into the Sweet Finnamon Roll trend w/o incorporating his anger/complex feelings. canon finn has a Vibe and way of interacting w ppl that felt absent for me

yeah...like im pretty sure i have the pdf somewhere on my old computer but i just never got around to it and by the time i remembered it i was like...hmm i missed the train on this one. i might read it one day for like scientific curiosity but i already feel very disconnected from it so it’d be more of a study/analysis than anything

[aberfaeth]

hi are you able to tell me where i could read tell me about the big bang?? i can only find a podfic on ao3 and i don't really wanna do that lol

oh my gosh of course! the author deleted her works off ao3 when she got published for real (i NEED to read criers war) but you can download the pdf using this link:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7pi534u7aqxr55a/tell_me_about_the_big_bang.pdf/file

it is genuinely one of my favorite pieces of writing on earth!!!! lmk if you end up reading it 💛💛

[foundationaldecay]

wait it’s december it’s almost time for the annual tmatbb reread