"Brittany and Santana are like the North Star; you're always going back to each other." - Naya Rivera
A collection of Brittana-themed one shots, some canon compliant-ish, some in AUs, showing Santana and Brittany’s love for each other in every universe.
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The Best Thing That's Ever Been Mine
After her breakup with Brittany, Santana is lonely and struggling to cope with life in the big city. The last thing Santana expects is for Brittany to show up at her door and tell her she’s pregnant with their baby.
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Snow Angel
Santana and her little sister Rachel are rich, spoiled college girls who go to a ski resort during their winter vacation. The siblings aren’t all that athletic but Santana is determined to show off her skills and fails spectacularly. Meeting flirty, super hot ski instructor Brittany makes everything a lot better for her. (Discontinued/On Hiatus)
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A Walking Study In Demonology
Years after the tragic death of their father, Santana asks Rachel to join her on a mission to save their missing mother before it’s too late. Despite being from a family of hunters, Santana can’t seem to resist the allure of a seductive blonde, blue-eyed enchantress called Brittany along the way. Inspired by Supernatural.
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Wildfire
Santana, a firebender and the Crown Princess of the Fire Nation falls in love with ditzy, eccentric airbender Brittany of all people, much to the surprise of the nation. Brittana ATLA AU
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My Love’s Like The Warmth of the Sun (One Shot Anthology)
Part I: Brittany gets a terrible sunburn during a Glee Club field trip to the beach and it's up to Santana to take care of her. Back in their hotel room, the two can't seem to keep their hands off of each other anyway. A collection of summer-themed Brittana one-shots.
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Completed Fics
My Name Is No (You Need to Let It Go)
Santana is an egotistical celebrity who instantly falls head over heels in love with Brittany and tries anything to get her attention but the coy blonde keeps playing hard to get. Can she make Brittany fall for her too?
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That Don't Impress Me Much
Brittany is tired of being taken advantage of by selfish, egotistical jerks, so she makes a plan with her friend Tina that she can make some idiot fall for her and then ditch them after she has had her fun. Her plans backfire when she’s swept off her feet by arrogant yet surprisingly sweet celebrity Santana Lopez. (Companion piece to My Name is No, told through Brittany's POV)
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The Ghost in You
Brittany begins flirting with a lonely, mischievous ghost she meets through her Ouija board. Brittana AU Halloween Fic
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Are You My Other Mom?/Single Mom!Brittany AU
Brittany’s a single mom with a six year old son who can’t stand any of his mommy’s boyfriends and girlfriends. Now that she’s dating “mommy stealing” Santana, he’s determined to drive her away but Santana has other ideas.
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Tell Her About It
A confused and heartbroken teenaged Santana gets love life advice from an unlikely source on Valentine's Day. Pre-Season 1 Brittana
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My Future Wife
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Brittany, a naïve and innocent girl from the 1980s with a secret time machine in her garage embarks on a quest to find her perfect husband or wife from the future. In modern times, she meets a cynical Santana Lopez who comes from the wrong side of the tracks and doesn't believe true love exists.
Can these two opposites attract? A.k.a. the Glee Meets “Blast From The Past” AU that absolutely no one asked for.
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Grumpy Cat
Brittany is a waitress at an old-fashioned diner and Santana is the grouchiest guest they’ve ever had. Even though everyone warns her away from the bad-tempered woman, the blonde is determined to make Santana smile, if it’s the last thing she does.
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Breaking Girl Code (Two Shot)
Girl Code Rule #1: Don’t fall for your best friend’s sibling. Too bad Brittany has already broken it.
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Rachel and Santana are sisters but they couldn’t be more opposite in personality. Much to the preppy good girl’s confusion, Rachel’s cheerleader best friend Brittany has a huge crush on the brunette’s badass older sister and will stop at nothing to get her attention.
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5 Times Santana and Brittany Didn’t Have a Baby (And One Time They Actually Did) (Two Shot)
Ever since they were six, Brittany has always been planning their future babies but Santana isn’t entirely sure she’s ready to be a mom. Maybe she can be convinced otherwise…
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Put A Ring On It (One Shot, Canon Divergence)
What would happen if Santana had been honest about still having deep feelings for Brittany when the blonde moved on to a new boyfriend? A jealous Santana confronts Brittany and tells her how she really feels after her duel with Sam in the auditorium. An alternative take on 4x13 Diva.
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I Won’t Say I’m In Love (One Shot)
Santana refuses to ever admit she has feelings for Brittany... yet when the bubbly blonde goes on a date with someone else, Santana can't resist following her to "scope out" the competition and makes a total fool of herself when Brittany catches her.
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I’m Just The Villain (One Shot)
After Santana storms out when Rachel and the rest of the New Directions insult her, Brittany is the only one who goes to her. Santana is desperate to know if the girl hates her as much as everyone else seems to. Set during Silly Love Songs.
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Firestarter (Two Shot)
Santana has two secrets that no one in the world can find out about. One is the fact that she’s head over heels in love with her best friend. The other is that she has the superhuman ability to create fire from thin air.
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Exposure to a strange, red meteor rock gives Santana the ability to create fire and now it’s threatening to burn her up from the inside out unless she admits her true feelings for Brittany.
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Your Eyes Are Like Starlight Now (One Shot)
Brittany thinks they should go to the Glee Club's Christmas Eve party but grumpy Santana just wants to do Christmas in bed with her girlfriend instead. When Santana turns up the charm, the coy blonde can't resist her lover's seductive side.
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Be Your Teenage Dream Tonight (One Shot)
Brittany and Santana decide to do a duet together after all but on Santana’s terms with the song "Teenage Dream." Their performance doesn't go the way Santana expects. Set during Glee 2x04 Duets.
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Make Love, Not War (Two Shot, AU)
A scandal ensues on Mount Olympus when the least loved deity, Santana, goddess of war, is caught in flagrante delicto with Brittany the goddess of love, who’s married to Artie, god of blacksmiths. Brittana Greek Mythology AU
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The Kissing Disease (One Shot)
When Santana gets the flu, it's up to Brittany to play nurse and make sure she gets better. A sick Santana is a force to be reckoned with but the last thing the blonde girl expects is for her best friend to start confessing her secret love for her in her feverish state. Season 1 Era Brittana
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When A Black Cat Crosses Your Path (One Shot, AU)
Tina puts a hex on Santana and turns her into a cat. The only way to undo the spell and return to her human body is to find someone who loves her and love them in return before the full moon...but who could ever love the aggressive, beastly Santana?
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Supermom
Santana and her babies all come down with a cold at the same time and caring for sick, whiny Lopezes is no easy feat. Supermom Brittany to the rescue!
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Making Out in 7-Eleven (One Shot AU)
Santana has always had a huge crush on her childhood friend's older sister, Brittany but is too shy to admit it. A trip to the local convenience store somehow changes everything. Brittana AU
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Other Glee Fics/Other Ships
Nice Guys Finish First
Golden boy quarterback Finn just wants to run with the popular crowd and that means pulling pranks on Rachel Berry with his friends shouldn’t bother him, right? Except despite what everyone tells him, Finn can’t help but feel guilty. Getting stuck alone with a half naked Rachel Berry in the girls' locker room while trying to rescue her from a humiliating prank wasn’t part of his plan. Pre-Season 1 Finchel AU AO3 Link
Sweet Tooth
Finn is a pastry chef at Carole's Cupcakes who's just trying to make it through the Christmas season while Rachel is a Broadway star playing the lead role in Funny Girl. The two seem to have opposite lives but after an unexpected encounter at the cupcake shop, they discover that they have more in common than you'd think. Finchel AU AO3 Link
I’ll Keep You By My Side (With My Superhuman Might)
Rachel has a habit of getting herself into trouble... good thing her amber-eyed hero is always there to save her in the nick of time.
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Years after his falling out with Lex and Lana, Clark is now a happy family man. When Clark and Lois' superpowered teenage son Finn gets close to Lex and Lana's sheltered daughter Rachel, their feuding parents want to keep the two apart. Finchel AU AO3 Link (Part I of Kryptonite Verse)
i wish people were more active and interacted more with the creators in the fandom. i wish people left comments under the fics and i wouldn't write into the void </3
if you like the fic, you can let the author know about it. it doesn't take long. and it keeps the fandom alive.
i wrote a chapter and it got minimal engagement, again. so my words are true once again. i honestly don't know what's wrong with maiko fandom and why people discard (specifically) modern au's so much. any other fandom would've just eaten it up and asked for more.
yes, my post-canon fics get more reaction but still, people commenting is so rare. even under my one-shot collection? and modern au's or au ideas in general are just so overlooked. no one supports fresh, unique ideas. it's all so frustrating. no wonder no one stays in the fandom for long.
it IS crazy how the charts have been absolutely devoid of actual rock music for like, well over a decade now. I can't even imagine a song like chop suey or smells like teen spirit on the mainstream charts these days. both those songs were top 10 radio hits in their day!! other genres like rap and country chart all the time still so why not rock. I feel like even something like sugar we're going down or say it aint so wouldn't appear on the charts these days and they're very easy listening, melodic, scream free rock songs
on a related note, music thats even slightly weird also never seems to chart nowadays. nine inch nails used to chart in the 90s!! what happened!!!!
this is a little rant, so feel free to scroll—but I’m tired. burnt out, even.
being a creative—whether you draw, edit, or write—should be about the art, right? the outlet. the joy. we all say, “it’s not about numbers.” and yet… when you pour your free time and your heart into something, hit post, and it flops? It hurts. It’s demotivating.
I could keep my edits and fics to myself! I don’t, because I love being on the other side too—watching your edits, reading your fics on repeat. If we all stop posting (because of people not engaging; indirectly making us wonder if we, and our work, suck!) fandom fades. and honestly, parts of it already has. community has been slipping into recycled, uncredited content and a lot of taking-things-for-granted.
Metrics do matter.
Tumblr has no algorithm. It’s not like Twitter or Instagram. the only way for a post to gain traction is by reblogging!
likes are nice!! but they don’t push a post. reblogs do!!
comments and asks keep people going. four minutes of your words can fuel hours of someone else’s creativity!!
If you want fandom to keep existing, please engage:
reblog the things you enjoy (add a tag or a thought if you can). so that others are able to enjoy the work as well!
leave a comment saying what you liked, it doesn’t have to be a whole paragraph—one sentence can be enough.
send asks and questions; start conversations, be engaged!!
credit creators and don’t repost without permission. (reblogging and reposting aren’t the same thing)
with the rise of AI, protecting human-made work matters more than ever. be loud for the people who make the things you love, or we will burn out.
Mai and Ty Lee are a pair of mean girls, even without Azula.
Azula, due to her trauma, using fear as a method of control for Mai and Ty Lee. There is an unspoken rule of, go against Azula, face the consequences. So they make Azula take the lead, make the plans but they enjoy doing it.
Like Azula destroying that kid's sandcastle, Ty Lee is grinning while Azula does it. The only reason Ty Lee didn't do it herself is because Azula is Queen Bee. Her and Mai loooooovvvveeee destroying Chan's house. Mai is a little bit of a sadist, happy to be part of Azula's squad to escape boredom. Ty Lee also agrees with Azula that the three of them should be worshipped. Ty Lee is cackling when her and Azula prank Mai and Zuko.
Don't tell me they were just pretending, ATLA is as subtle as a llama doing the Macarena in a tutu. That's not a criticism, it's just the truth. If they were just pretending to enjoy being bullies, we would know explicitly.
Mai and Ty Lee are a pair of mean girls and I LOVE it.
