Hi there! Thank you again for your incredible work, I love your thoughts on Richonne. I am rewatching TWD now (season 3 rn) so when I see interactions between Rick and Michonne I just love to come back here and read your perspective about those scenes. I don't remember if you have answered it already (sorry if that's the case) but what are your favorite Richonne fanfictions and do you have other wip you are working on?
Hi! Thank you so much! 🙏🏽🩷 I’ve always wanted this blog to be a place where we can relive all the details of Richonne’s story together, so it really makes me happy to hear you're revisiting these posts during your rewatch. I like this question too because I’ve been super into reading Richonne fics this year. And I have been so impressed by the talented writers in the Richonne fandom. I equally enjoy the AU ones and the ones that take place in their post-apocalyptic world, and I love the way they capture Richonne's soulmatism. There’s a lot I’ve enjoyed, but here are 5 completed stories and writers that came to mind when thinking of some of my favorites:
1. Blank Slate by can08writer - I love it when there's a great concept, and then the writer just knocks the concept out of the park, and that was this story to me.
2. A Place to Call Home & The After by WorksbyThia - I think I've mentioned this writer before because the stories are so good, and I love getting to really sink into the world for an extended time. I legit choked up because of how invested I was in the characters crafted. And without spoiling it, there's a choice made surrounding an antagonist, and also an ending that was so well done that it made me wish the actual show had made those choices
3. Married at First Sight by love.devil.movies.baby - I’ve loved multiple fics from this writer, and especially the way this story in particular captures why Rick and Michonne are great leaders together
4. My One Wish by Richonne4Life - I read this one multiple times because I love the heartfelt interaction between two characters I've always longed to see interact
5. Masibe Happy, Sibemunye by Rblythe08 - I loved this writer's text message stories so much that it led me to their fics, and I enjoy each of those so much and their creative angle.
6. Right Where We're Supposed to Be by Tigerwalk - this writer has a way of vividly describing the characters' emotional journey so beautifully that I'll sometimes have to just pause and appreciate how perfectly worded a sentence is. I really like the community between the familiar TWD characters in this story, too.
And the list really could go on. It's cool too that some of the fics will feel so aligned with the way Richonne’s love was depicted in TOWL, and then I’ll look at the date some were posted, and many were written years before, and some before Richonne even became a couple. It just goes to show how much these writers understood how special Rick and Michonne’s love is.
As for me, I do have works in progress! I went from waiting to see if one fic idea would hit me to write, to now having 5 different stories I’m working on. So I’ve been living in 5 different worlds as I develop them lol. And similar to my approach with this blog, I try to make sure that if I start something, I finish it, so that's why it’s taken a bit longer to share, since I’m aiming to finish a whole story before posting it so that I can be sure it's completed. But one is nearly done, and I should be posting it soon. I don't know all the terminology yet, but the first one is going to be a little more rooted in the actual series, and the others are more of a story of their own. And then I still want to rank the top 10 best scenes of The Ones Who Live. I’ve been in the fic-writing world when I have free time, but I definitely want to go back to my roots, too, and do those breakdowns for TOWL’s Top 10 when time allows.
I'm just really grateful that Richonne has fed us so much that we can still be reveling in their story in 2026, and that there are still people writing excellent fics and meta about Richonne. Also, I wanted to say that I really appreciate all the supportive comments I’ve seen and the respectful disagreement, too. Because recently there have been several messages in my inbox and others with offensive language toward Michonne, and I don't know what the agenda is besides interaction and rage bait, but it won't be getting either here. I'm glad this continues to be a safe space for us to enjoy, celebrate, and share our thoughts, which certainly don’t always have to be in agreement but shouldn't be vitriolic. So thank you to you and everyone who's here in good faith and who has stuck with me and stuck with this blog. There is more to come. I'm working on it, and I hope that you'll enjoy it. 😊
