#altwss

[rootbeerrex]

if anyone is wondering how asterisk!dana is doing, here are the songs I've added to her playlist this week

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

recommend me a good fanfic i am in the mood

in the interest of giving you something while you're still in the mood i'm gonna throw a bunch of recommendations that either i've read in the past week or so, or they're fics that are pretty popular and you've probably heard of them before (instead of harboring this ask in my inbox for like a full month while i comb through a huge list of fics i haven't read in a while and can't exactly remember what happened in them, which is what i WANT to do when asked to recommend fics)

in general tho, i have a bunch of ofmd fics bookmarked, which means i liked them a LOT when i read them. the ofmd fics that i bookmarked as Recs are fics that i've re-read at least once and can confirm they were good

all at sea by @peaktotheocean: (T, 14k, complete) jim-centric post-s1 fix-it.

What Kind of Pirate Has a Friend? by tardigrape (@thetardigrape): (E, 30k, complete) ed/jack backstory, also sort of a blackbeard origin story. 10/10 in my book for not having izzy in it at all

In Favor with Their Stars by @mxmollusca:: (M, 62k, complete) blackbonnet sci-fi au. ed is an engineer who gets woken up early on his way to a research job studying one of Jupiter's moons. STE/DE is the ship's AI. gay robot love.

Now I Will Believe That There Are Unicorns by angrybratzlady (@meanmisscharles): (M, 14k, incomplete) trans!ed gets pregnant. INCREDIBLY cute fic

literally any ofmd fic by alsaurus (@ofmd-alsaurus): (E, 3k-11k, all complete) there's nine of these and they're almost all PWP oneshots (only one is multichapter, and the ones that aren't PWP are still mostly porn) and they're genuinely so good. ed and stede have incredibly weird and silly sex and it is SO in character.

this tired world could change by gangnamstiles (@sassygwaine): (E, 95k, complete) modern au blackbonnet that is SO fucking good, one of my absolute favorites. it has a sequel (still burning, still bright when the night comes; E, 115k, incomplete) and also a whole bunch of other oneshots in a series (a love that won't sit still;T-E, 235k, incomplete) and all of it is *chefs kiss*

there are others bookmarked and also i have a lot of stuff i've been meaning to read but haven't gotten to, but quickly skimming my bookmarks these are some of the fics that i remember being really good

[rootbeerrex]

asteriskverse playlists here and here if anyone wants to get to know my interpretation of these characters a little better while we all wait for me to get anything done!