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[blueberryfrogs]

The Great-Novel-Length-Pynch-Fic List

By strawberryslurpy aka your resident pynch addict

I keep searching through fics on AO3 by word count and half the time it’s just Kinktober fics and that is not what I want I want something that’s comparable fiction to novels that are considered literary works of art!1!1!1! In other words, I’m picky. If you are too this may just be the list for you. Enjoy 😛😛

Edit in March or 2026:

I genuinely can’t get enough of pinkhorizon’s work on AO3. There’s nothing quite like it at all. This is a shorter addition, only 90,000 words, but it is good enough that I think it deserves to be on this list.

8. Coastal Standard Time, pinkhorizon, AO3, 90k words

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Edit in October of 2025:

A new fic has appeared for you all!!

6. A Moment in Time, pinkhorizon, AO3, 132k words

What if Ronan and Adam met through Gansey and Blue, after college and masters degrees while Adam worked on getting his doctorate? Adam spends a summer working for Ronan as a farm hand in Virginia, the state he swore he’d never return to. Gansey pitched this job to Adam as a refuge, and Adam reluctantly agreed.

It’s so beautiful I cried so many times oh my god I’m devastated to have finished reading it.

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1. Concorde, Anonymous, AO3 (must be a member to read), 176k words

What if Adam was removed from the Parrish household at age 10? And what if he became the ward of a certain dreamer?

This fic had me in a CHOKEHOLD genuinely killed me and revived me. If you enjoy novels that are time jumpy and show rather than tell than this fic is for you. It’s confusing in the fun literary type of way and it is so well crafted and well articulated. I am a huge huge fan.

2. Magnetic by MonsieurBlueSky, AO3 (must be a member to read), 231k words

“an AU in which Ronan never befriended Gansey and after the death of Niall Lynch, Gansey isn't there to pull Ronan back from the edge. Kavinsky is there instead, ready to push him over.”

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING NO NOTES GENUINELY PHENOMENALLY EXECUTED I adore this fic and everything about it. The way the author is able to examine ronans relationships and how magic impacted them is just so so so lovely. I read this in one sitting and I sobbed for hours after finishing. Please read the tags, there is graphic depictions of suicide, self harm, substance abuse, domestic violence, etc. it’s all very canon typical but elaborated on.

3. Violent Delights (Violent Ends) by sunmoontruth, AO3, 200k words

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58209568/chapters/148221808

Oh. My. God. Holy. Fucking. Shit. HUNGER GAMES AU. Genuinely such captivating writing, the story pulls bits and pieces from the original Hunger Games, but there is so much that is original and fresh that this fic becomes less of an AU and more of a stand alone work. And with everything going on in the world now, in America where I live, this more graphic adult version of the hunger games truly hits where it hurts. Phenomenal characterization, such an amazing adaptation. I am floored beyond belief.

4. (The Time It Takes) To Believe in Fate by LydiaStJames, AO3, 100k words

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“When he was 16, Adam walked into a forest in Henrietta, Virginia and exited in 1800s Ireland. The day he spent with the grumpy but attractive farmer lingered with Adam for years, but the forest didn't seem like it would appear again. That is, until Adam returned to Henrietta for his father's funeral and the forest calls him back once more.

To Ronan.”

GOD SO GOOD SO WELL WRITTEN. I have re read this one too many times to count. It is beautiful. It’s also such an intriguing concept and such a unique and original AU that it feels so disconnected from the original canon in a way that makes it much more enticing. Like the characterization is spot on and it’s so cool to see how these characters react to such an odd set of circumstances relative to their original canon.

5. Seek Ye The Living by charactershoes, AO3 (must be a member to read), 40k words

PYNCH FLEABAG AU PYNCH FLEABAG AU

Adam is a priest. Declan and Ashley are getting married. Ronan is having a faith crisis. What’s new.

6. Divinity by Cazio on AO3, 67k words

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Magic can’t heal everything, especially when Ronan lacks the knowledge to dream a fix all. In other words, during his first semester at Harvard Adam gets sick. In true Adam fashion, he completely ignores it. But eventually it becomes too much for him to evade.

This fic is emotionally devastating. But, for some weird reason, it’s a comfort fic for me as someone who is chronically ill. It is a different type of illness and a much different type of circumstance but to see Ronans characterization when faced with something so devastating, and to see Adam get taken care of with such love. It means a lot when that is something I’m so deeply afraid I’ll never find. Please please please be aware of the tags and archive warnings.

For now these are my favorite long fics that are pynch centric but also just beautiful examples of literature that is so well written it feels like a disservice to label it fan fiction. I’ll update more as I read more!!

Lots of love,

Your local pynch dealer

[lsunstreakerl]

Hiiii sorry if you've already said this somewhere but is mpreg like possible in the fmf verse? Doesn't Rico have to have some heirs? 😭

I have never had a plot hole in my life ever—

[themoonandtheprincess]

Looking at my fic ideas. They're mainly Darise but I've got a mixed bag a fandoms and ideas and I need help choosing which fic to write.

Darise (Non magical, criminal parents trying to cope with that)

Darise, Dexven, Darling/Apple (Multiple Greek myths AU)

Chaz (Greek myth AU of Apollo and Hyacinth, maybe a happy ending)

Teeth to Fur (On my AO3 but I've only done 2 chapters please encourage me)

Unnamed, Unarmed (Army AU with both past Newt/Alby and Newt/Thomas, TW for death

Voting ended onMar 20, 2025

It wouldn't let me make it longer but for the first one Cerise is deaf and Raven is her interpretor and there will be lots of trigger warnings for illegal activities. It also includes past Raven/Cerise. And by Non magical, criminal parents trying to cope with that I mean their parents are criminals and magic doesn't exist.

Uodate: I was looking through my posts and remembered Hospital in Philadelphia but it won't let me add it as an option so comment if you want it. It's a Lab Rats AU, the team gets found out by Kaz and Oliver first, not really sure where I was going with it but I think they thought the Rats were superheros. Lising powers is also a possibility. Anyway it's Chaz of course.

[briry18]

~Sometimes it's hard being the only student without magic.

[cepheusgalaxy]

Snow White Worldbuilding

Araxacy's (pronounce: a-ra-shaa-cy), Snow White's kingdom, lore

Royal family wears lots of red, blue, yellow, purple and black. Red because it means sunrise, blue representing the sky, yellow representing gold, purple representing noblety in general, and black representing wealth and prosperity

Along with white, because white is an easy color to make for clothes, so everybody uses, including the royal family

Araxacy comes from tupi (an indigenous languages spoken here in the brazilian territory that influenced lots of our language), "araxá" (pronounced a-ra-shaa), "the place where sun rises" and "cy", "the mother", so the place's name means "mother of sunrise". I made it up, actually. Many cities and states here are named with tupi words so i wanted to use it in my story. It has this name because it has a really hight mountaint there, where the royal palace is, and the sunrise seen from there is gorgeous

The society is inspired in ancient Europe, but I'm inserting my own culture here (sincerely, who cares it's fantasy worldbuilding)

And since brazilian culture also has lots of influence of African culture too... oh, well...

Patterns are largely used by the people, and patterns along with lots of jelwery and gold are only used by noblety. Like, many many gold.

Servants in the palace usually use simple colors, like white and black, along with some jelwery to show their position

Gender roles aren't really enforced there, though this is a really queerphobic society. Hairstyles are plenty: Bald heads, buzzcuts, 50's curls, long braids, all for both woman and man

Woman can also rule their own territorries, like duchesses and marquises, but for the Throne, usually it is a couple that rules, because ruling a whole country alone is hard af

Prejudices: Mostly, queerphobia and ableism. A little elitism too. There is not mysoginy or racism in this setting.

random, but people also don't use much makeup here

[afrenchaugurey]

Just something I quickly translated this morning, from my modern non magical AU WIP

(because of a Twitter conversation)

Tina’s thoughts were brought to a standstill when she stumbled over a taut string, as if a shackle had come to coil around her calf, a vine drawing her to the ground. Try as she might, she couldn’t win her fight against gravity, and after a fall back, seeming as never-ending as inevitable, her buttock met a huge puddle. 

A dog was frolicking around her, yapping, as he had known her forever. She could see a sparkling mischief in his dark iris, a joyful and communicative scintillation.

Although short-legged, he dominated her from all his height. 

From below, his wet, wiggling nose appeared gigantic, as well as his tongue, which crashed on her cheek, while his tail was energetically wagging like the blade of a fan.

With horror, all around her, the young woman noticed that all her belongings floated, skiffs in distress, their sinking imminent. 

"Bad dog, you’re such a bad dog!" she whispered to the mutt, though her voice hid a smile. 

During her – completely unconvincing (and unconvinced) – tirade, the imposing-from-here sooty figure with only a thin white line on the bridge of his nose had vanished from her field of view. That’s when an abundant shower surprised Tina, soaking her even more. But this rain was coming from … the ground?

A hoarse breathing, a steady lapping accompanied the drops’ crystalline tinkling, and made her eyebrow rise in a circumflex accent. The pup’ had dove! And she wasn’t in a puddle. No, the dog had toppled her into the fountain! 

Her brow wrinkled and her mouth tight, her eyes – however – gleamed with joy. Tina bit her lip to repress a laugh, this burst that tickled her stomach and titillated her zygomatics. The break was close, but she didn’t want to give that satisfaction to the irresponsible and incompetent person that was supposed to act as a guardian for this dog. No, this individual would be reprimanded. His pet could have encountered a car instead of her, or severely hurt an elderly person. And it was all his owner’s fault!

That said, looking at this – visibly proud of himself – charcoal troublemaker as he swam to his heart’s content, circling her, spattering her with his paws, charming her with his shiny eyes, could only make her melt. 

(She just had to stop thinking about his guardian’s attitude. For God’s sake, they weren’t even in the area! She felt so mad at them!)

The memories from a previous collision, this “BANG” that had led her to her destiny, flocked in her head, as vivid as in the first day. The lack dug its burrow in her chest instantly, reviving the latent pain intensely. 

She had to be cursed, it wasn’t possible, she was telling herself, when another – snowy – form hurtled as quick as the speed of light. 

[tilltheendwilliwrite]

Big Sky Eyes

Chapter Seven

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Pairing: Cowboy!Bucky Barnes x Disabled!OFC Maybe Cole

Warnings: small angst, sweet fluff, and all the smexy

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[theblackbirdeyelinerking]

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Chapters: ½

Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

 Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Summary: 

“I think I’m falling through the cracks in the tissue of the Earth,” he said. “Sometimes. And then I reach out, reach towards the sun in a desperate attempt to grasp the light. It seems like the sun mocks me, though. It mocks me in return. I want the sun, so desperately, that it makes it laughable.” 

The class remained silent.

“And then, then when I watch the sun shine so high above me, blinding me, I cry. I cannot cry, otherwise, since otherwise I’m too numb to do so. All I feel is the gravity, pulling on me, trying to seduce me to the underworld, the core of this rotten planet, and I wonder- I wonder, if I could fall through the cracks in the tissue of the world. I wonder if that is what happens, when one of my two feet missteps on my thin line of sanity.”

Dr. Prof. Sirius Black, Psychology lecturer at Cambridge University, is a married, and closeted gay man. He isn’t unhappy, per se, but once Professor Lupin crashes one of his lectures, something is ignited, something neither of them are familiar with, and neither of them know how to solve with the help of a book.

So, I just uploaded the first chapter of a short Wolfstar story! As you can see it’s a non-magical AU fic, in a University setting. Do check it out, leave behind some love! It’d make my day