As a lover of fanfiction and a writer myself (sometimes), I’m attempting to do some good by recommending fics that I’ve deemed well-written. I hear they’re hard to come by in this fandom (a.k.a stop wading through the pages of FFN and look for people’s recs. That’s what I’ve started doing).
There’s no pairing bias, character bias, sexuality bias, etc for this recommendation list. There’s a bit of everything that I’ve read that’s just… wonderful.
I have been tagged for both WIP Wednesday and Six Sentence Sunday as of late by @martsonmars,@you-remind-me-of-the-babe,@cutestkilla, and @ileadacharmedlife. However, moving houses has left very little time for me to sit down and properly write anything. Instead, I humbly present Fic Rec Tuesday.
Why Tuesday? A friend of mine in high school (who’s now one of my longest-time mutuals here) famously hated Tuesdays. So much so that whenever I’d remind my friend that it was Tuesday, they would declare loudly, “I HATE TUESDAYS!” Their reason was that Tuesday feels like a second Monday, wisdom which I have carried forward with me to today.
In that spirit, and in the spirit of brightening up your week (by the way, how are we feeling about the banner? too much sunshine? too hard to read?), here are some fics that I recommend for your reading pleasure:
The Mirrors That Hold Usby@artsyunderstudy. (Explicit, 6/8 chapters) Currently the highlight of my Fridays. If you, like me, hesitate when you see the Major Character Death archive warning, set that hesitation to the side. This is one of the best angst fics I have read in a long time, with an intriguing mystery to boot. I know this is one that I will read time and time again.
5 Days, 5 Nights, All Inclusive by RooBadley. (Teen, complete) Post-canon by 10-12 years. Simon has to run that Magickal Singles Tour of Britain that Penny mentions in Carry On. Baz is on said tour. You can probably imagine how this goes (very poorly, then very well). I laughed so hard reading this one.
Blood & Marble by tealbrigade (General, complete). AU. Baz is a art conservator working on a peculiar statue that’s part of a recently acquired collection. Almost like that statue is alive…Best word to describe this fic is poignant.
Shiverby@captain-araliasand@facewithoutheart. (Mature, complete) Eighth year of Watford. Simon and Baz end up stranded in a cave while on a class trip, and they have to search for alternate methods to keep warm. Very funny and, er, heartwarming.
