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Each of these categories has literally hundreds of fic I could rec, so I am literally just … mentioning the one that comes up first in my head, not trying to decide which one is the best.
1. A fic that lives in my brain rent-free:Meatball Surgery Shouldn’t be Green (the series is 245k words) by PrairieDawn
Fandom: MASH (TV), Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: B. J. Hunnicutt/Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, James T. Kirk/Spock
Characters: James T. Kirk, Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Spock (Star Trek), Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, B. J. Hunnicutt, Radar O'Reilly, Sherman Potter, Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, Kellye (MASH), Frank Burns, Maxwell Klinger, Colonel Flagg
Additional Tags: Crossover, Medical Trauma, War is hell, Time Travel is Also Hell, Canon Divergent AU, Married!Spirk, Meatball Surgery, episodic, Long Live Feedback Comment Project, Uses elements of Eric Flint’s Assiti ‘verse., Period-Typical Homophobia, Fisticuffs
Radar, Hawkeye, and Beej rescue three stranded travelers who are almost, but not quite in the Navy. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy find themselves trapped in the Korean War.
2. A fic that is not posted on AO3.
Donna Maria Theresa del Fuego Sagrado de Cristo y Santiago and Capitan Protestant-son-of-a-whore
All two dozen of Sharpe’s remaining men were currently clustered around him, offering less than helpful advice.
“If it’s not harnessed immediately, it will become feral,” Isiah Tongue informed them all.
This is from a Kink Meme (comment fic fest) on Dreamwidth. You have to read down through the comments to get all the pieces, but it is worth it. This is a crossover between the Sharpe series and Temeraire, and it is hilarious.
3. A fic that is less than 5,000 words.
Lois Lane’s Number One Fan Tim Drake (2576 words) by Chiyana
Fandom: DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Superman (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tim Drake & Lois Lane, Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent/Lois Lane
Characters: Tim Drake (DCU), Lois Lane, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne
Additional Tags: Humor
Summary:
Bruce is missing - as Bruce Wayne - and somewhere in Metropolis. Tim knows Bruce said to tell Clark Kent in case something like this happens, but why would you go to Clark Kent for help when Lois Lane is right there?
4. A fic that is over 50,000 words.
the other side of infinity (84282 words) by tielan
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Nick Fury & Maria Hill, Maria Hill & Sam Wilson & Bucky Barnes & Wanda Maximoff, Maria Hill & Jane Foster, Peter Quill & Groot & Mantis & Drax, James “Bucky” Barnes & Steve Rogers, James “Rhodey” Rhodes & Tony Stark, Nick Fury & T'Challa, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Maria Hill & Sam Wilson
Characters: Maria Hill, Nick Fury, T'Challa, Sam Wilson (Marvel), James “Bucky” Barnes, Peter Parker, Stephen Strange, Jane Foster (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Hela (Marvel), Groot (Marvel), Mantis (Marvel), Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, James “Rhodey” Rhodes, Carol Danvers, Hulk (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Thor (Marvel), Ayo (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Chewie | Goose (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Not Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Compliant, Post-Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie), action-adventure, Canon-Typical Violence, Infinity Gems, Infinity Gauntlet, Sacrifice, Fan theories, Avengers: Infinity War Fix-It, Eventual Happy Ending, infinity war fix-it, this really is my endgame, Trope: Against All Odds, Infinity (Marvel), Canon Divergence - Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Infinity Stone Soul World (Marvel), Soul Gem (Marvel)
Summary:
On the other side of the moment, those turned to dust may no longer be 'alive’, but they’re damn well not helpless.
This is the story of how they saved themselves.
5. A gen fic (no pairings).
Work-Life Balance (6662 words) by Philomytha
Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Peter Grant (Rivers of London), Thomas Nightingale
Additional Tags: casefic
Summary:
The breach of the peace began in the traditional English woodland at Kew Gardens at a quarter to four in the afternoon on the first of May when the morris side 'Queens of May’ struck up a dance called Princess Royal and invited the crowd of bewildered tourists to join in.
6. A fic that does something cool with format or structure (epistolary, social media, 5 things, non-linear, etc.)
Blood over Latinum: Ferengi Economic Warfare Against the Dominion and its Consequences (6118 words) by EmperorNorton150
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ishka/Zek (Star Trek), Quark & Rom (Star Trek), Zek & Quark
Characters: Zek (Star Trek), Quark (Star Trek), Rom (Star Trek), Gowron (Star Trek), Martok (Star Trek), Dukat (Star Trek), Ishka (Star Trek), Ferengi Characters (Star Trek), Starfleet Characters (Star Trek), The Founders (Star Trek)
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Analysis, Historical Document, Dominion War (Star Trek), Ferengi Culture (Star Trek), War, Politics, Economics, Diplomacy, war is politics by other means, economics is war by other means, how the Ferengi (helped) win the Dominion War, and how that changed them forever
Series: Part 4 of Winning the Peace: The Alpha Quadrant after the Dominion War
Summary:
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/// SUBSPACE LINK INITIATED - UFP.EDU.287333.4 ///
/// DOWNLOAD: [Y/N] ///
SUMMARY: The Ferengi Alliance is one of the most important economic and financial powers in the Alpha Quadrant, and has played a major role in Galactic politics for centuries. Their role in the United Nations victory in the Dominion War (2373-2375), however, has long gone understudied and unnoticed off of Ferenginar. This is a mistake. Despite their minimal military contribution, the Ferengi played a major role in supporting, supplying, and funding the victorious coalition of Alpha and Beta Quadrant Powers, and in doing so, fundamentally transformed Ferengi society in ways that are still becoming apparent.
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7. A fic that uses a trope you love.
the natural sequel (7941 words) by rain_sleet_snow
Fandom: Persuasion - Jane Austen
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Anne Elliot/Frederick Wentworth, Charles Musgrove/Mary Musgrove, Charles Hayter/Henrietta Musgrove, Anne Elliot & Lady Russell, Anne Elliot & Elizabeth Elliot, Anne Elliot & Charles Musgrove, Anne Elliot & Mary Musgrove
Characters: Anne Elliot, Frederick Wentworth, Charles Musgrove, Mary Musgrove (Persuasion), Charles Hayter (Persuasion), Henrietta Musgrove, Lady Russell (Persuasion), Elizabeth Elliot, Lady Dalrymple (Persuasion), Miss Carteret (Persuasion), Nurse Rooke, Colonel Wallis (Persuasion), Mrs Wallis, William Elliot (Persuasion)
Additional Tags: POV Outsider, Gossip, Dysfunctional Family
Summary:
Five people who were surprised by Anne and Wentworth’s engagement, and one who wasn’t.
8. Recommend a fic with an interesting premise/concept.
after the storm (58664 words) by perennial
Fandom: Much Ado About Nothing (1993), SHAKESPEARE William - Works
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hero/Don John (Much Ado About Nothing), Beatrice/Don Pedro (Much Ado About Nothing)
Characters: Don John (Much Ado About Nothing), Hero (Much Ado About Nothing), Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing), Don Pedro (Much Ado About Nothing)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, rarepairs, Arranged Marriage, Heroine/Villain, Falling In Love, Yearning, based on the branagh cast, let’s talk about anger
Summary:
“My lord.” She swallows. “My father tells me I am to be your wife.”
“He honors me with your hand.”
“I thank you for the compliment, sir.” The words are stilted. “My heart, however, is already claimed. I am afraid I haven’t another to give.”
“I have no need of your heart, Lady Hero—only your hand.”
Claudio intends to marry Hero. Don John gets to her first.
9. Recommend a fic from a book fandom. (You do not have to know anything about Call of Duty to read this fic.)
Normal Men (43418 words) by Lisbetadair
Fandom: Call of Duty (Video Games), Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Peter Grant (Rivers of London), Simon “Ghost” Riley, Wallcroft (Call of Duty), MacMillan (Call of Duty)
Additional Tags: Genius loci (Rivers of London), royal military police - Freeform, Special Air Service, Herefordshire, River gods, Wye, river wye
Summary:
“The SAS are reporting a magical crime?”
PC Peter Grant is dragged back out of London into the wilds of the Herefordshire countryside to deal with a report of supernatural vandalism in Stirling Lines, the beating heart of 22 SAS Regiment. But supernatural vandalism is just the symptom, and within the blind patriotism and paranoia of the regimental high command is a much darker sickness, that flooding Wye intents to wash clean.
10. Recommend a fic that is more than 10 years old.
The Hero’s Journey; or: What Jasper Sitwell Did Last Summer (23940 words) by pagination
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Welcome to Night Vale, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Captain America (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jemma Simmons/Jasper Sitwell, pre-slash Phil Coulson/Clint Barton
Characters: Jasper Sitwell, The Glow Cloud, Cecil, Nick Fury, Clint Barton, Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Old Woman Josie, Erika (Welcome to Night Vale), Grant Ward, Alexander Pierce, Antoine Triplett, Jemma Simmons, Brock Rumlow, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: I Believe in Jasper Sitwell, Crack, Homophobic Language, Hydra
Summary:
The thing is, when an agent reaches clearance level five, it’s because they’re valuable, capable of something an exponentially diminishing few can offer in the ranks of SHIELD. Clint Barton, his personal issues notwithstanding, is unstoppable behind a scope. Jim Woo is an analyst and extractor par excellence. Melinda May has infiltrated half the presidential offices of Asia, and Phil Coulson has an instinct for the unusual that could be the basis of an entire TV show.
Jasper’s less certain what he brings to the party.
11. Recommend a fic you think is a hidden gem/deserves more reads.
Serendipity (25770 words) by Tamoline
Fandom: Dune - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Chani/Irulan Corrino
Characters: Irulan Corrino, Chani, Lady Jessica, Leto Atreides I
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, A certain amount of politicking, A certain amount of stabbing, Paul Atreides and the planet Dune will hardly be appearing in this fic
Summary:
Duke Leto survives his arrival on Arrakis, allies with the Fremen and forces a compromise with the Padishah Emperor.
Five years later, Irulan - still unmarried - is summoned from her near exile on Dune as Imperial Observer to testify before the High Council of the Landsraad. Naturally, not all is as it seems.
But the actions of the right woman in the right place at the right time can make all the difference.
12. Recommend a fic that formed or changed your opinion on something (characterization, backstory, relationship, etc.)
[Vid] Handlebars (16 words) by Flummery
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Tenth Doctor
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Video, Embedded Video, Vividcon, Character Study
Series: Part 11 of Flummery Vids
Summary:
I’m the Doctor. Look me up.
13. Recommend a fic you’ve re-read multiple times.
The Brighton Effect (74644 words) by Shem
Fandom: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Catherine Bennet/Other(s), Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Bennet/Charles Bingley
Series: Part 1 of The Effect
Summary:
Kitty’s chance to go to Brighton with Lydia may just change everyone’s fate
14. Recommend your favorite fic.
Aha. Ahahaha. Ahahahahaha. You expect me to narrow this down? Here are all my bookmarks on Pinboard and here are all my bookmarks on AO3. Have fun. (Everything is the same in those two places, except that Pinboard also has all the fic that isn’t on AO3 and AO3 only has the stuff that is on AO3.)
15. Any fic of your choice.
Back From the Future: Episode VI The Clone Wars (108728 words) by Ariel_Sojourner
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker & Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Satine Kryze, Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker & Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Happiness - Relationship
Characters: Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, Ahsoka Tano, CT-7567 | Rex, CT-27-5555 | Fives | ARC-5555, Hardcase (Star Wars), CT-5177 | Chatterbox, CT-6116 | Kix, CT-5597 | Jesse, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, Yoda (Star Wars), Barriss Offee, Satine Kryze, Quinlan Vos, Asajj Ventress, Sheev Palpatine, Dooku | Darth Tyranus, CC-2224 | Cody, 501st Legion (Star Wars), 212th Attack Battalion, 104th Battalion, 99 (Star Wars), Owen Lars, Beru Whitesun, Baby Luke and Leia - Character, Dogma (Star Wars), Bail Organa, Kitster Chanchani Banai
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Father-Son Relationship, Time Travel Fix-It, Crack Treated Seriously, Changing Tenses, Snippets, Gratuitous use of parentheses, Jedi Council Smackdown, Luke and Vader Save the Galaxy, Clone Wars, Firefly References, Lilo and Stitch is quoted, BAMF Luke Skywalker, Temporal Physics Are Ignored, The Clones Handle Mental Health Issues Better than the Jedi Order, Obi-Wan can’t cook, Anakin Skywalker Needs a Hug, and therapy, I blatantly steal what I want from the EU, Timelines are ignored, People who should be dead are alive, Force Sensitive Clones, Jedi Order Reform, Non-Linear Narrative, Post-Episode: s04e07 Darkness on Umbara, Noghri, Irrational Hatred of Sand, Tatooine Slave Culture, Slavery, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Series: Part 1 of In Which Series
Summary:
In which Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader travel back in time together to the Clone Wars era, have amazing adventures, and save the galaxy.
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