KrakenAntlers' Recommendations

Fanfiction and Music Recommendations Current Schedule (CST): Wednesdays - Fanfic RecWeekends - Fanmix/Playlist Music Rec NOTE: If an author has a tumblr (or other) that I have not listed, please tell me! I want to make sure that 1) they get the praise and credit they deserve and 2) potential fans know where to find them! ***** linktr.ee/KrakenAntlers

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FIC REC: The Doctor Is In by Spoon888

Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types, The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One)

Title: The Doctor Is In

Author: Spoon888 | @doomspoon888

Main Character(s): Ratchet, Decepticon Ensemble, Megatron, Sideswipe, Soundwave, Starscream, Motormaster, Breakdown, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Constructicons, Combaticons, Stunticons, Sunstorm, Drift | Deadlock

Main Relationship(s): implied Megatron/Starscream, implied Drift | Deadlock/Ratchet

Rating: Mature

Status: COMPLETE

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Related: The Doctor Is In series

Summary:

Taken prisoner by Decepticons, Ratchet is prepared for the worst; Interrogation, torture, deactivation. What he didn't expect was getting roped into becoming the enemy faction's temporary physician.

Additional Tags: Implied Relationships, Crack Treated Seriously, Canon Typical Violence, Injuries, Medical Examinations, Implied Sticky

>> LINK to AO3 <<

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UPDATE - 8tracks Malware / Playlist Recs Hiatus

Playlist recs are going on hold for now. (The vast majority that I have backlogged link to 8tracks.)

This past week I was listening to 8tracks on my work computer and noticed that each g**gle search started redirecting to b*ng. This is apparently caused by malware and/or a browser hijacker. 

NOTE: I use Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin and this issue still occurred.

I didn’t realize it was 8tracks at first, but that was the only ‘new’ site I was using.

When I tested my home PC, I noticed the search engine redirect was happening there as well. The commonality was 8tracks. I had to run security scans on both PCs (nothing found, thankfully), completely clean and refresh my browser settings, and start with a clean slate.

I can’t even report the issue, since I don’t want to touch their website again until this is fixed. :(

If you’ve been on 8tracks recently, I highly recommend that you make sure your browser is up-to-date and working as you intend.

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FIC REC: The Many Names of Peace by kj_feybarn

Fandom: Star Wars

Title: The Many Names of Peace

Author: kj_feybarn

Main Character(s): Obi-Wan Kenobi, CC-2224 | Cody, CT-7567 | Rex, Mace Windu, Plo Koon, Boil, Wooley, Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Hondo Ohnaka

Main Relationship(s): CC-2224 | Cody & Obi-Wan Kenobi, CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan Kenobi/CT-7567 | Rex, CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi/CT-7567 | Rex, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Ghost Company, CC-2224 | Cody/CT-7567 | Rex

Rating: Not Rated

Status: INCOMPLETE; Last Updated 2022-01-18

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Related: Slices of Happiness series

Summary:

The war is over. The Chancellor a necessary sacrifice for a Galaxy at Peace.

Now all Obi-Wan has to do is find that peace he's spent the past three years fighting for.

Small moments on the path towards healing, towards peace.

Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Fluff, Angst, Alternate Universe

>> LINK to AO3 <<

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a fanmix for the beginning, middle, and end of the clone wars

Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

Title: we belong way down below

Author: vanillakris

Main Character(s): Clone Troopers

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: None

Summary: 

a fanmix for the beginning, middle, and end of the clone wars

Additional Tags:  None

>> LINK to 8tracks <<

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FIC REC: So Let Us Not Be Lonesome by ThrillingDetectiveTales

Fandom: The Magnificent Seven (2016)

Title: So Let Us Not Be Lonesome

Author: ThrillingDetectiveTales | @thrillingdetectivetales

Main Character(s): Joshua Faraday, Vasquez, Sam Chisolm, Red Harvest, Emma Cullen, Matthew Cullen, Teddy Q, Jack Horne, Goodnight Robicheaux, Billy Rocks, Bartholomew Bogue, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s)

Main Relationship(s): Joshua Faraday/Vasquez, Emma Cullen/Matthew Cullen, Goodnight Robicheaux/Billy Rocks

Rating: Explicit

Status: INCOMPLETE; Last Updated 2016-10-31

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Summary:

“Look,” Faraday tapped the ash off his cigarette into a plastic solo cup full of sand that he kept tucked into the cup-holder in the center console, a sort of poor-man's ashtray, “worst case scenario, I run into a spook with a bad attitude and wind up getting banned from yet another of California’s many proud testaments to yesteryear. Won’t be the first time it happens and probably won’t be the last, either. Best case, I don’t run into any ghosts at all, nobody catches me talking to myself and worries about my sanity, and we all get to go on pretending that our entire family doesn’t think I’m in the middle stages of some weird psychosis until ma brings it up at Christmas after a few too many hot toddies.”

Additional Tags: medium!Faraday, ghost!Vasquez, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements

>> LINK to AO3 <<

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All fire and heart. For Keith, my other space son

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Title: all it takes is a spark

Author: feminist fangirl | @fairypunkish

Main Character(s): Keith Kogane

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: None

Summary:

All fire and heart. For Keith, my other space son

Additional Tags: None

>> LINK to 8tracks <<

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FIC REC: Up Close and Personal by Sheila_Snow

Fandom: Jurassic Park (Movies), Jurassic Park III (2001)

Title: Up Close and Personal

Author: Sheila_Snow

Main Character(s): Alan Grant, Velociraptors, Billy Brennan

Main Relationship(s): Billy Brennan/Alan Grant

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Status: COMPLETE

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

Dr. Alan Grant pioneers the exciting new field of Anthropologic Paleontology.

Or, to be more specific, "Alan gets kidnapped and accidentally marries a raptor" (thanks to Sinwritesfics for this very amusing rendition of my summary). However, please note there is not a bestiality tag for this fic, and it never will have one -- just in case that might be a concern for some readers. ; )

Chapter 2 (missing scenes) added 6/7/20.

Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, Alternate Universe, Dinosaurs, Families of Choice, Action/Adventure, Predator/Prey

>> LINK to AO3 <<

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They’ll be the architects of their own destruction.

Listen on 8tracks & Youtube

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PLAYLIST REC: The Art of War by wanderingchild

Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Rebels

Title: The Art of War

Author: wanderingchild | @wanderingchild​

Main Character(s): Grand Admiral Thrawn

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: None

Summary: 

For the Grand Admiral.

Additional Tags: None

>> LINK to 8tracks <<

>> LINK to YouTube <<

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FIC REC: The Sun Swings East by kj_feybarn

Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

Title: The Sun Swings East

Author: kj_feybarn

Main Character(s): Obi-Wan Kenobi, CC-2224 | Cody, CT-7567 | Rex, Mace Windu, Quinlan Vos

Main Relationship(s): CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan Kenobi/CT-7567 | Rex, CC-2224 | Cody/CT-7567 | Rex, CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi/CT-7567 | Rex

Rating: Mature

Status: COMPLETE

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

Over and over, Obi-Wan woke up and wished he hadn't.

Palpatine wouldn't stop until Obi-Wan had Fallen, wouldn't stop until Obi-Wan gave Palpatine a shattered galaxy in payment for his release.

He couldn't save himself, Obi-Wan had come to terms with that.

What he hadn't realized was that didn't mean there was no way to be saved.

Additional Tags: Time Loop, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Temporary Character Death, Minor Character Death, Healing, Psychological Trauma, Hurt/Comfort

>> LINK to AO3 <<

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bye

Fandom: Assassin's Creed

Title: i hate assassin's creed

Author:  khalyysi | @vidick

Main Character(s): Ensemble

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: None

Summary:

bye

Why You Should Listen: The Feelings™ :(

Additional Tags: None

>> LINK to 8tracks <<

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FIC REC: Verloren und Gefunden by nashidesei

Fandom: Jak and Daxter

Title: Verloren und Gefunden

Author: nashidesei |  ff.net | @getvalentined​ | pillowfort | ao3

Main Character(s): Jak, Daxter, Damas

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Teen & Up

Status: COMPLETE (Click the “Next Chapter” links at the bottom of the post)

Warnings: None

Summary: 

Damas bared the amulet again, holding the coppery seal close to the blond’s face. “This belonged to my son—how did you get it?!”

Additional Tags: None

>> LINK to LJ <<

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Obi-Wan Kenobi, after the end.

Fandom: Star Wars

Title: p e a c e k e e p e r Author: eightbots | @eightbots

Main Character(s): Obi-Wan Kenobi

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: None

Summary:

Obi-Wan Kenobi, after the end.

Additional Tags: None

>> LINK to 8tracks <<

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FIC REC: O Golden Sun (melt the wax from my wings) by magnificent

Fandom: Les Misérables

Title: O Golden Sun (melt the wax from my wings)

Author: magnificent | @magnificentkinkmeme

Main Character(s): Javert, Jean Valjean, Cosette Fauchelevent

Main Relationship(s): Javert/Jean Valjean

Rating: Mature

Status: INCOMPLETE; Last Updated 2019-02-12

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

The first time you fall in love, your wings come in. They cannot form due to passing fancy or mere infatuation; it must be a deep and steadfast love that is nurtured and fed over time. Wings cannot grow by chance or accident—and so it is to Javert’s great horror that his wings begin to grow during Toulon.

Additional Tags: Wingfic, Alternate Universe - Wings, Canon Era, Historical Inaccuracy, Slow Burn, Mildly Dubious Consent, Canon-Typical Violence, Whump, Dubious Consent,  Fantasy, Humiliation, Mutual Pining, Courtship

>> LINK to AO3 <<

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a load of feels for our beloved desmond miles

Fandom: Assassin's Creed

Title: DON'T LET ME BE GONE

Author:  ipsens

Main Character(s): Desmond Miles

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings:  None

Summary:

a load of feels for our beloved desmond miles

>> LINK to 8tracks <<

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FIC REC: What We’re Given series by Haicrescendo

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Title: What We’re Given series

Author: Haicrescendo | @sword-and-stars

Main Character(s): Zuko, Iroh, Zuko’s Crew, The Gaang

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating:  General to Teen & Up

Status: INCOMPLETE; Last Updated  2020-11-13

Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings or No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

Started out as a “What would happen if Zuko happened to rediscover sky bison while searching for the Avatar?” and turned into something more than that.

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Read the Author’s Tags

>> LINK to AO3 <<

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Inspired by https://archiveofourown.org/series/10129 and made for https://deadcatwithaflamethrower.tumblr.com/ Disclaimer: All annotations on the songs are parts of the series not my own writing! Cover art by http://kenobi-force.deviantart.com/

Fandom: Star Wars

Title: OtherWhen

Author:  The Negotiator | @skyrocket-in-flight

Main Character(s): Obi-Wan Kenobi

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: None

Related: Inspired by “Re-Entry” by flamethrower

Summary:

Inspired by https://archiveofourown.org/series/10129 and made for https://deadcatwithaflamethrower.tumblr.com/ Disclaimer: All annotations on the songs are parts of the series not my own writing! Cover art by http://kenobi-force.deviantart.com/

>> LINK to 8tracks <<

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FIC REC: Rotten Work by cassette (Crescent_Blues)

Fandom: Transformers, Transformers Generation One, Transformers: Prime

Title: Rotten Work

Author: cassette (Crescent_Blues) | @cassettemoon

Main Character(s): Soundwave, Cassettes, Laserbeak, Ratbat, Orion Pax | Optimus Prime, Shockwave, Megatron, Blaster, Ratchet, Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp

Main Relationship(s): None; Gen

Rating: Not Rated

Status: COMPLETE

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

Soundwave is Megatron's most loyal soldier

.... isn't he?

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Treachery, Sabotage, Continuity Soup, What-If

>> LINK to AO3 <<