Fanfic recs

@artistformerlyknownasdave scedasticity recently started a continuation of their 0k series, if you haven’t read that. It’s one of my favorite homestuck series. Also you’ve probably read The Golden Age by elanorpam, but in the off chance you haven’t, I highly recommend that as well. Those are the only two homestuck fics im currently following.

 

(excited hand flaps)

behold, a good complete Deadly Premonition longfic

It's essentially an AU, where some major and minor details are changed from canon, and it explores themes of abuse i think better than the original game does.

Scenario B

Edit: i was almost put off in the first chapter because it starts like its gonna be a rehash of canon, but the author starts showing some neat interpretations of the first section before long. (i left my comments as "Colin" bc i cant find my login rn)

Edit: heads up for what the author refers to as "nothing worse than what happens in canon" (paraphrased) which includes detailed descriptions of dead bodies, ditto for murder, attempted sexual assault, suicide baiting (for lack of a better term)

 

Hey here’s a good deltarune fic: the way the corner cuts your lips by feralphoenix

 

Some of my favorite Venom (2018) fics I've found thus far
Muckraker! Eddie doing some good old-fashioned aggressive journalism, fills in the time between the explosion and the last scene in the movie very nicely. Bonus bc you can very much tell this person is familiar with techbro culture (canon-typical violence, bigoted language, complete)
Free From Fire Eddie gets himself in trouble with the mob, decides he needs to separate himself from Venom for both of their safety. Doesn't work too good. (canon-typical violence, not technically complete but there's one chapter left and I think it comes out tomorrow)

also, requesting recs if anyone has any for Netflix Castlevania because I need it

 

Yessss love those two, needs moar kudos. ^x^

 

Are there any more Kingdom Hearts recs to be had? I've not read much since I realised tiny-mes favourites were all grimdark clusterfucks of dubcon at best, but I really really want me some Axel/Lea feels. Other favourite characters are ienzo/Zexion, Riku, Kairi, and the Wayfinder Trio (especially Aqua and Terra). Some angst is fine, but I'd vastly prefer happy or at least neutral endings.

Thanks in advance!

 

I think I've already recced most of my favorites either here or maybe in the KH thread, but here are a couple I read more recently that are both among my favorites:

Garbage AU by Perosha. Not actually garbage at all. When she learns what her son's been getting up to, Sora's mom decides to move to Radiant Garden to help him out in any way she can, except instead of meeting Sora's friends the first people she runs into are the former apprentices still holed up in Ansem's old castle.

When Waiting Isn't Good Enough by resonance_and_d. Kairi wakes up in Radiant Garden after the events of Kingdom Hearts 1 instead of Destiny Islands.

 

@vuatson Any more SoRiKai or other ot3/more fic recs for Kingdom Hearts? I am always on the lookout for good ones.

 

@vuatson Thank you for your recs! I read all of the garbage AU in one sitting, and its instantly going in my bookmarks tab!

 

@PotteryWalrus hell yeah! I’m rereading it too actually, I saw it in my bookmarks and remembered how good it is. According to the author it may be a deadfic but I’m hoping that kh3 will rekindle her writing spirit or something

@Briar i think most of my recs are already stuck somewhere in this thread, but I’ll go thru my bookmarks after work and see if I can find anything else!

 

@vuatson any chance you'd just link your ao3 bookmarks? I love looking through other people's and it seems like you have good taste :)

 

@Briar @PotteryWalrus so I meant to just grab a few more recs but then I accidentally went through All of my bookmarks and compiled this list. Whoops? You can absolutely look through my bookmarks yourself too though if you want! I'm flattered you think I have good taste :D

Spoiler: reclist

This doesn't include most of my Top Favorites, it's just some good stuff I haven't linked before.

To Stand The Test Of Time by mischievousart and natcat5. "They say your kids grow up without you noticing, but you're pretty sure this isn't what they meant. (A look at the destiny trio, then and now, through the eyes of their parents.)" Not explicitly shippy, but focused on the trio.

all the very best of us by sunsmasher. "It's Sora, after all. He's always fine." Sorikai, another "the kids try to readjust to life on the islands and also Sora has PTSD" fic since that is my Favorite genre. I'd also recommend sunsmasher's KH fics in general, though they've only written a few.

Parasomnia by LanternJawedStudMuffin. "Set between Dream Drop Distance and KH3. Though a master of his own heart in waking life, in sleep Sora experiences the dreams of all those sharing it - including their nightmares. Riku had no idea until they started sharing a dorm in Yen Sid's tower." Not explicitly shippy, but it's sorikai focusing on soriku.

Said and Done by Gorsecloud. "After Axel finally comes clean and tells Roxas and Xion the truth, they are left with a single choice - to live or die, to fight fate or accept it. And the choice they make will affect more than they can possibly imagine. Now on the run from the Organization, and faced with Sora sleeping for another two years, they must face the consequences of their actions - including making new friends and allies, finding out and foiling the plans of enemies on multiple sides, and most importantly, fighting to protect the thing that matters most: each other." Unfinished and last updated in 2014, but I'm still reccing it because I'm so in love with the concept. (a friend of mine and I actually spent a while brainstorming a fic along similar lines when I first got into KH, hah)

Awkward by orphan account. "Sora, Riku, and Kairi take the next step in their relationship. They trip." NSFW, just what it sounds like. It's sweet :>

and the flames went higher by callunavulgari. "For years, you played knight to Sora’s prince. You watched him marry, you saw his and Kairi’s children grow, and you played at being a friend. Just a friend, because he already had Riku, and Sora would never be yours, not in the way that two insignificant specks in the very depths of his heart wear your name, branded there for the sake of love, friendship, and something soul deep." Akurokushi modern day reincarnation fic!! It's good!!!

Distopia by Edmondia_Dantes. "A tale of Mickey Mouse. An epic AR told in a not-so-epic way, in which absolutely no events from canon are changed." By one of the authors of the Beyond the Ocean Beach series, which I have recced before and will rec unto eternity. This one is a Mickey Mouse-centric fic about the backstory of the Timeless River. Also probably unfinished forever but it's really really good okay

Someone missing from this story by resonance_and_d. "While Sora sleeps, everyone's memories change to account for his absence. In one case, they fail to make sense without him. (Set between KH1 and KH2, with the ending during KH2)" Sorikai, rikai-focused.

I'd also rec the authors rarmaster and resonance_and_d in general, they've both written quite a bit of good KH fic


Oh and here are a couple from FFnet too


Light Underneath by VIII of XIII. "Roxas was just Sora's amnesiac younger brother. Axel was just the guy who came in through the bedroom window. Next life, American comic book style AU... no high school." I don't usually like KH fic with an AU setting because the canon setting is so appealing to me, but this is an exception. It's in my top 5 KH fics for sure.

There Wasn't by Tabitha Dornoc. "[oneshot, KHII] Some small part in his mind told him it should have been harder, really, to capture the heralded hero of the keyblade... Axel gets Roxas back the good old fashioned way." Axel turns Sora into a heartless to get Roxas back. Pretty dark.

Has A Silver Lining by ckret2. "Not all 'human' Nobodies, even if they are strong enough, make it into the Organization. Still, they all seem to meet with misfortune. Among the luckless, here's one of the most unlucky. [Oneshot][Pre CoM]"

Tears by ckret2. "After giving his life to help Sora, Axel is saved by a Soldier Heartless, his other half. With no other goal, Axel and Soldier search for Roxas with the help of several odd allies. But even if Axel finds Roxas, what good is it if he still can't feel?" I don't actually remember much about this one, but I remember loving it. Pretty sure it's unfinished though.

edit: forgot a tag WHOOPS

 

The link to your bookmarks doesn't seem to be working, @vuatson :(

 

Oh, I wonder if it’s because I grabbed the link from my own page while logged in... does it work now?

 

It does indeed, thanks! :D

 

TIL I LEARNED THAT LAYLAH QUEEN OF PORN DID KINGDOM HEARTS FIC AND IT WAS GLORIOUS :D

 

Do you need to be familiar with the dresden files to enjoy it?

 

Someone else recced said fic to me a while back, and while I was a little lost not knowing dresden files in the beginning, I muddled through after skimming a wiki article on the books. I'm used to just jumping into fandoms I'm not familiar with, though, so ymmv.