What’s up y’all! I’ve been seeing quite a few people doing weekly read lists or general rec lists lately, and thought it looked like fun! Here’s some of my favorite fics, old and new, from all different fandoms!
The Darkest of Times by IAM_Kneazle/writing_as_tracey - Riverdale, Bughead, M, 193k, 24/24 chapters
I’ve not been active in the Riverdale fandom for a bit, and honestly I could stand for a good reread of this one, so I may gush about it again later, but it is such a standout to me! This is basically the first season of Riverdale set in the Harry Potter universe. HP AUs are a weakness of mine, especially when they’re as well-written as this! Alice was honestly one of my favorite parts of this fic; she’s so well done, so Slytherin!
family feud by @rappaccini - The Umbrella Academy, Fiveya/Alluther/Benkliego, T+, 11k, 1/1 chapter
Of the few TUA fics I’ve read, this one cracked me up the most, hands down. I can’t sum this up any better than rapp’s tags: yes incest, five hargreeves breaks the internet, the power of teenage hormones shuts down the academy. It is a glorious account of a very easily imagined interview with the Hargreeves siblings, in which a defiant Five and an oblivious Klaus start the snowball that becomes the avalanche of Harcest horrors coming to light. The dialogue is golden. The siblings are chaotic. The internet reactions are meta. You might need to lay down after this, but it’s very worth it.
The Newborn by fizzfics - Twilight, EdBella/canon Twilight couples, T, 218k, 62/? chapters
This is an AU where James turned Bella into a vampire while she lived in Phoenix, which prompts her to move to Forks with her father. Not only is the idea of this AU genius, it is also so in-depth in regards to the characters. Bella’s lack of experience as a vampire and the way she stumbles through discovering what she is until she meets the Cullens is amazing, and I can’t get over the adorable bonding scenes between Bella and Esme, or the amazing way the author writes Rosalie and her complicated story.
The Suit by @imlikat - Bleach, ChadIshi, E, 28k, 10/10 chapters
First of all, shout out to Kat for snaring me into this ship to begin with. Second, shout out to Kat for coming back into the fandom and bringing me new content that I didn’t have to write myself. All my love. <3 <3 <3 This fic is centered around Uryuu making Chad a suit for a wedding and then attending the wedding with him, with the addition of a lot of pining, delicious tension, and a smattering of hard-hitting angst. This fic has it all, just like everything else by imlikat.
The Beating of Our Hearts (Is the Only Sound) by whiteduck6 - Bleach, IkkaYumi, M, 5k, 1/1 chapter
A sweet, slightly sad modern AU oneshot with Yumichika planning his and Ikkaku’s wedding. I’m a sucker for figure skater!Yumi, which is also included, and sewing master!Uryuu. The amount of thought put into this Yumichika is wonderful. He’s complex and his emotions about the wedding and Japan’s laws/views on homosexuality are beautifully written.
Rose Fangs and Wolf Thorns by @ouatlovr - ASOIAF/Game of Thrones, Sansaery, E, 1.4mil (yeah I’m fuckin’ serious), 514/514 chapters (sequel ongoing!)
On my AO3 bookmarks I’ve tagged this ambitious lesbians, and that’s pretty much it. The author takes Sansa, Margaery, and every other ASOIAF they write and explores every aspect of their characters, breaks them down and makes them expose their barest bones and hardest truths. Lots of crying came with reading this fic and it is one of my all time favorites. Heed the archive warnings!
