Hi I'm new in the QAF fandom.. I just wanna let you know that I love your blog! Do you have a list of your favorite QAF fics?
Welcome! It’s so rare to find new QAF stans these days. I’m so glad you love my blog, thank you!
As for favourite fics, I’m glad you asked. Here come the recs.
Firstly, here is my holy grail of qaf fics ao3 collection. This is a good place to start.
Since QAF is quite an old fandom, a lot of the iconic fics have either been lost to the void of time or have been saved onto various random sites.
Luckily, as I was so desperate for good material, I scrounged through the web and managed to find archived copies of some of the best fics in history. I will rec my favorite ones - based on how well they are written, how in-character they are, and how much serotonin they give me.
BEST OF THE BEST
Homecoming by LaVieEnRose
The Tick Tick Boom by soundczech
Subject to Change by soundczech
The Importance of Being Brian by julad
Welcome to Heartbreak by KayCeeCruz
I’d Swim the Seas (Brian POV) and If You Needed Me (Justin POV) by Myrna (historical queen of QAF fics)
Thanksgiving by Myrna
For to Ease Your Pain by Myrna
Moving Forward by Myrna
leave yourself in tact (i will be coming back) by dontyouwaitup
Interval (Or, What Five Years Will Do to Brian Kinney) by dontyouwaitup
Glowing Rooms by ohmyjetsabel
The Love Song of Brian A. Kinney by ipoiledi
The Thing I Cannot Change by suzvoy
Love Spins Gold From Time by Severina
A Thousand Feet And Climbing by Rhiannonhero
You Stopped Waiting by Severus_divides_into_H
Sex in Seven Shades by Etharei
Variations on a Lover’s Morning by emynn
The Kind of Love You Never Recover From by bigboobedcanuck
Love is Not a Victory March [or, Five Lessons from the Life of Justin Taylor] by januaryale
Love of His Life by Julad (anything by this author)
Simple Lines by ragingpixie (anything by this author)
Revelations by ragingpixie
Divergence by ragingpixie
Love or Something Like It by ragingpixie
Principles by ragingpixie
Easy Out by ragingpixie
Stage by soundczech
Long Distance by soudnczech
Interlude by ragingpixie
Judas by mags-nificent
Concede by mags-nificent
With Interest by mags-nificent
Business Casual by not_yet_defined (s3 intern fics are like crack)
Ready by Juteux (AMAZING author! Such a hot fic)
Twenty-one by Juteux
Oh, Inverted World by burnitbackwards
A Hundred Visions And Revisions by burnitbackwards
L’allievo by burnitbackwards
Uncertain Hour by burnitbackwards
What About You Opens And Closes by burnitbackwards
To Know the Difference by burnitbackwards
A Necessary Fluid by burnitbackwards (Iconic author)
Raw by burnitbackwards
Beautiful for Now by Rachel Anton
How We Began (And How We Will End) by blacksatinrose (amazing author)
Slowly Unstitching by blacksatinrose
There Are No Fortunes To Be Told by blacksatinrose
Astronaut by blacksatinrose aka Ariel
Nothing As Good by Erin
that's great, it starts with an earthquake by obsessivetendencies
381 by bloodyrose82
514 by bloodyrose82
Comfortable by alphabet_magic
That’s Just What You Are by ragingpixie, burnitbackwards, f1renze
Susurrus by Etharei
Lachrymose by Bianca
At Times, Indeed, Almost Ridiculous by windtossed
Another Chapter by Xie (iconic author)
Paint You Out Of Sunlight by burkesl17
GREAT FICS
International Brian Kinney Day by eleveninches
Restraint by ragingpixie
And In Health by ragingpixie
A Tragedy In Three Parts by soundczech
Little Ditty by Myrna
'Cause It's You And Me by Etharei
At the Very Edge of Things by Etharei
Have A Nice Day by Etharei
The Copy Room by Etharei
How It's Gonna Be by Jenn
Sesto’s Aria by Jenn
Here If You Want by Erin aka throughthelens
Three Thousand Miles by ragingpixie
Love’s Tender Refrain by freakykat
Return by ragingpixie
In the Palm of His Hand by epicallytired
In Between Days by sparkledark
At Times, Indeed, Almost Ridiculous by windtossed
OTHER REC LISTS / AUTHOR LISTS
Downloads - many lost fics on here
Best Authors
Suzvoy Fic Index
JustVisiting Fix Index
Unfortunately, many other great fics on qafcaps.com have been lost due to the server expiring, so this is all I have. Hopefully, one day someone can retrieve them! Hope this list brightens your day :)
This might get me cancelled but I’m kind of done with the reaching and think-pieces of IWTV and its fandom specifically…like for your audience to have to literally analyse a scene from every angle, dissect a two-min conversation like it’s carrying Shakespearean levels of nuance, and attribute motives and personality traits on characters who simply don’t possess them - JUST to enjoy a show is getting slightly too far-flung and “copey” for my tastes. Like yes, the books exist and give you context, but also your personal preferences are extremely obvious and cloud your perception and form of analysis…like sometimes things can really be taken at face value in that the SHOW is trying to express something, but you are simply ignoring it in favor of your own interpretation…which is fine, but a little weird when a mass-psychosis seems to happen in which everyone has the same delusion…idk it’s just getting a little weird. Like IWTV has always encouraged this kind of fan-relationship due to its intense niche fanbase and also its nature of questioning memory/perception…but at what point does it stop being subtext and context clues and becomes pure mass delirium? I could just be a hater of annoying people but is there anyone out there who understands what I mean? Please don’t crucify me. Also I am mainly talking about IWTV TWT. Idk what goes on here.
The magic of childhood is that you were constantly encountering new things. The best way to feel that way again is to fill your life with new experiences.
The magic of childhood is that you were constantly encountering new things. The best way to feel that way again is to fill your life with new experiences.
I just realised that the guy who directed the iconic pilot episode of Queer as Folk was Russell Mulcahy — an Australian director who did music videos for Duran Duran and Elton John, and ALSO directed the camp classic Highlander! It all makes so much sense.
Just wanted to let you know I enjoy your work on AO3 - I was wondering are you going to update any of the kp ones anytime in the near future 😊 - I love reading your stories
Thanksss
Hey! Thank you so much for this sweet message. Yes, I plan to continue them, it’s just been on the back burner because of life haha. But I won’t abandon them! Thank you for reading my work 🫶 In the meantime you can reread them haha
For me, the heart and soul of Smallville is the doomed triad of Clark, Lex and Lana. I believe the reason why neither pairing worked (beyond the sadism of the writers) is because it was never supposed to be about Lana having to choose between Clark or Lex or about Clark and Lex fighting over her. The three of them were meant to stay together and balance each other out. They needed each other. Take one out of the equation, and the remaining two are bound to implode sooner or later. They were three fragments of the same cosmic ember who were torn apart from each other and robbed of the chance to reunite in a single flame.
I am willing to stake my life on the fact that Dan Howell has been soft launching the pharriage ever since the hard launch. He’s been bringing it up nonchalantly almost every episode in semi-acceptable contexts. Brb bout to buy 10 million shares of pharriage stock so I become a billionaire!
