Fic Recommendations

A fic recommendation blog resource; I read over 1 million words of fanfic a month, currently going through the yoonmin tag.

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Notes:

I read a lot of fanfiction (I read a lot in general, I just also happen to read a lot of fanfiction). This blog was intended to be a place where I could actually write down some of my thoughts on individual works. Previously (as you can see in the pictures below) I have kept track of my reading on all pieces above 10k words in a Google Sheets document so that I can keep track of trends.

Right now I’m mostly reading BTS fanfiction, so by and large this will be a BTS fanfiction recommendation blog. But honestly I occasionally dip into other fandoms - The Untamed, KinnPorsche, James Bond, Magnificent Seven, etc. At this precise moment I’m digging through the Jikook tag chronologically, but I recently finished reading the Namgi tag so I’ll probably go back and pull some recommendations from that.

If you are the writer of a fic and you would like it removed from this list, please let me know. I’m happy to do so.

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Fic: fairytale

Author: ooka

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: OT7

Length: 35904

Rating : Teen

Recommendation: ooka is a master at their craft, and specifically as writing odd Taehyung with such poise and intrigue, a man with a deep inner life.

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Title: if we welcome the deluge

Author: Lecrit

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Kim Seokjin/Min Yoongi

Rating: Explicit

Length: 175441

Recommendation: I adore a good heist fic and this delivers. You don’t expect where this is going to begin - kind of in the middle - but it’s a great character study of a man trapped by circumstance and afraid to fight those circumstances until presented with a hope that is dashed. Just very interesting and clever.

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Fic: within the sound of silence

Author: Lecrit

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Min Yoongi/Kim Seokjin

Rating: Teen

Length: 61036

Rec: I love the world building here - mutants living among every one else with normal concerns like paying the rent while also trying to tune out all the sounds of strong telepathy.

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Fic: Murmuration

Author: fringecity

Fandom: BTS

Pairing(s): Kim Taehyung/Min Yoongi/Park Jimin

Rating: Explicit

Length: 167030

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Recommendation: Slightly spoiler-y but this is the text I sent my friend after staying up all night finishing this fic:

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Fic: one lucky man

Author: syubhyung

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Min Yoongi/Park Jimin

Rating: explicit

Length: 54,411

Recommendation: Again, I am absolutely weak for a reality TV fusion. In this case, Jimin is a wealthy man recovering from a bad case of being caught gay in public so he becomes a contestant on a Bachelor-like reality show. It’s a premise that’s been done before - but what works here specifically is the characterization of Jimin. He’s scared and uncomfortable, human in the way he doesn’t want to hurt people. His handler being confident gay Min Yoongi? A perfect romance.

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Fic: Banana Flower

Author: Juni_luna

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Kim Namjoon/Jeon Jungkook

Rating: Explicit

Length: 75,685

Recommendation: Divorced art curator Namjoon returns back to Korea and immediately falls into lust with autistic Jungkook. It’s a really interesting character dive, the kind of thing that is more than the sum of its parts.

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Fic: right people, wrong turn

Writer: Lecrit

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Min Yoongi/Kim Seokjin

Rating: Explicit

Length: 59,413

Recommendation: Love a premise that’s basically a romantic comedy - Yoongi and Seokjin have friends in common, but aren’t close. Yoongi is holding onto something from all the way back in college - but there’s a twist - they have to take a long road trip to Hoseok and Namjoon’s wedding. Together. No murderous hotels will stop them. The characterization here is great, it’s a lot of fun.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/68676266/chapters/177838606

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Fic: like marshmallows

Author: ohthistangent

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Kim Seokjin/Jeon Jungkook

Rating: Teen

Length: 23,172

Recommendation: Really adore this Howl’s Moving Castle adjacent fic that also isn’t Howl’s Moving Castle? Sweet, worth checking out.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60986275

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Fic: to matrimony in a moment

Author: stellataes

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Kim Seokjin/Jeon Jungkook

Rating: Explicit

Length: 47,545

Recommendation: I’m incredibly weak for reality show AU’s, and this loose adaptation of Married at First Sight with celebrity chef Kim Seokjin and tattoo artist Jeon Jungkook? Chef’s kiss.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49565728/chapters/125096737

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Fic: will anybody ever love me?

Author: jonghyunslisterine

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Min Yoongi/Park Jimin

Rating: Teen

Length: 16,799

Recommendation:

A hallmark movie of an AU with heart and depth - idol Jimin moves to his grandmothers house and gets healed through the power of a gay carpenter. As god intended.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65082049

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Fic: Right Place, Wrong Species

Author: NinjasWearSneakers

Fandom: BTS

Pairing; Kim Namjoon/Min Yoongi

Rating: T

Length: 7321

Recommendation: Namjoon keeps running into a very cute cat, and gets a cute coworker at the same time. Coincidence? Very cute, a nice bit of fluff to eat your dinner with.

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Fic: Caustic

Writer: deepslowpanic

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Kim Namjoon/Min Yoongi

Rating: Explicit

Length: 50,000

Recommendation: Cautionary closeted Kim Namjoon just wants to make it in the underground rap scene and he has a devastating rivalry with one of the most talented rappers in town: Min Yoongi. But what happens when Yoongi gets hurt and the person who is there to pick up the pieces is Namjoon?

Just excellently well written - tw for homophobia and some off screen (but depicted) gay bashing.

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Fic: the Rightish Reasons

Writer: AttilaTheHun

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Kim Seokjin/Min Yoongi

Rating: mature

Length: 87,667

Recommendation: I am particularly weak for reality show AU’s and this one - where in-need-of-rehab gay actor Kim Seokjin is wooed by a bunch of other gay men on a legally distinct gay Korean bachelor? Ideal. It’s so fun, especially if you know the tropes, and I love the way all the relationships build over the course of the fic.

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Fic: Get a Shift On

Author: seesawenthooz

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Kim Seokjin/Min Yoongi

Rating: Explicit

Length: 47201

Recommendation: A sweet kind of meet cute hybrid rom-com. Ymmv, of course, but I loved the way that everyone was written -especially the friendship between Yoongi - Namjoon - Jimin. This felt really great.

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Fic: endless numbered days

Author: macabre

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Kim Seokjin/Jeon Jungkook

Rating: Explicit

Length: 19372

Recommendation: I really love the character study of like, depressed and deeply closeted Kim Seokjin finding himself and a community. Lovingly done.

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Fic: not just a weapon

Author: ineedmygirl

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Min Yoongi/Park Jimin

Rating: Explicit

Length: 60, 521

Recommendation: Just a delight to read : popcorn blockbuster spy thriller about the one that got away, and the assassin who loves them.

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