July 2021 Schitt’s Creek Fic Recs
Happy August!! This month has gone so quickly and yet we got so much wonderful fic being published almost every day! As always I’m not including any fics from the recent fests but I HIGHLY encourage you go and read them all! Elevate! 2021 was incredible with such a diverse mix of couplings, and the Passions and Pastimes fest will also begin posting soon!
1. he makes me feel like by @hullomoon
It was my birthday this month!!! And the LOVELY hullomoon posted this absolutely incredible first kiss barbecue fic for me!! It’s so incredibly sweet, I love canon diversions like this and this filled every possible wish I could have!! Thank you so much for this wonderful gift and if you haven’t read it PLEASE do for you own sake!
2. Tell Me When You Know by @maxbegone
Another addition to the Sweet Caffeine series! This is all about Patrick’s proposal which, from the previous fic, has been one of my very favourite proposals I have read. It’s so so lovely and sweet and the perfect addition to an already incredible series!
3. Everyday Magic (series) by @mostlyinthemorning (@houdini74)
I have been living for these magic fics! Magical realism is in my top three tropes and these have consistently been super fun and really really sweet! I was especially fond of the cat!David one, (unsurprisingly considering I also wrote one for the tropefest a few months ago) which is SO PERFECT, I love it when people get the characteristics so right even with something so far away from canon, and we ALWAYS deserve more catvid fics in the world.
4. a simple complication by @LFTPD
THEY’RE SUCH IDIOTS, I devoured this fic so fast. Patrick is such a dumb gay, letting everyone believe he and David are dating, while David ACTUALLY begins to believe it despite never having kissed Patrick. Incredible, hilarious, and sweet as hell!
5. Vampires Are People Too!: Season 1 by @petrodobreva
This fic has NOT gotten enough attention. It’s so incredibly detailed, with an incredibly developed storyline, and one of the sweetest explorations of David/Patrick as a high school relationship I have read. Like seriously run don’t walk to go and read this, you will thank me after.
6. got no sway on my destiny by @5ambreakdown
We love an AU with some trauma mixed in. This is a super short little exploration of alternate timelines which will leave you wanting more but also needing a solid week to recover.
7. PDA: Public Displays of Anxiety by @delilah-mcmuffin
Nobody understands Patrick’s character intricacies like this fic does. It felt so very in character for him to overthink his and David’s PDA, and I loved the slight angst combined with mutual pining even though they’re already together.
8. Can You Help Me by @trueillusion82
The Queen of Hurt/Comfort back at it with this very soft fic. It’s early relationship and has a lot of caretaker David which I adore, and as always the overthinking and tentative caring for each other is done just perfectly!!
9. The Dude Ranch by @alldaydream
Not much to say about this one except OMG COWBOY PATRICK, this one made me laugh so much, I loved the silly nature of it, I loved the immediate interest in each other, and of course I loved the teasing! Just the perfect combination of every meet-cute trope.
10. Before I Met You by @dinnfameron
Incredible as always, this fic considers what if David and Patrick had met long before Schitt’s Creek, and been passing figures in each other’s lives. I love the concept that there was some fate or cosmic intervention in their meeting and I love how sweet they are with each other even before they know how important they will be!
+1. [art] booths and bleachers by @sparklesmagiclightlove for Molten Glass Hearts by @januarium
This is some of my favourite art I’ve seen in a long time! It’s beautiful as always and perfectly encapsulates the slight changes made to the characters in the story (see: Patrick’s undercut). Go and leave a lovely comment if you get the chance, as fanart very rarely gets the attention it deserves!
