ok so i’ve been reading some long ass fan fics recently, and they’re both very old and definitely not relevant anymore but idc imma talk about them
both of them are written after dan and phil both came out which is what i wanted, don’t ask me why, i guess it’s this bizarre reasoning i have to reading fics about real people, so if that matters to you, there ya go.
(they’re both completed btw)
ANYWAY THE FIRST ONE
called “butterfly”; dan is a “winged man”, which is basically a person with wings who needs to occasionally drink blood to survive (not a vampire) and phil is a normal person who is very intrigued with winged people.
winged people are ridiculously powerful and extremely misunderstood cause humans hate everything they don’t understand. obviously.
dan starts off as extremely shy and scared and low key stupid (in the most adorable way ever) and eventually you see why…
the writing isn’t the best imo, but it’s not that bad and the plot makes up for it completely
phil’s pov (ngl phil pissed me off most of the time cause his obliviousness got very annoying at times but still it’s great)
angsty but not too bad imo, with some smut but barely any, and some fight scenes
kind of slow burn but kind of not; it’ll make sence when you read it (and you will read it 😡😘)
there’s SO MUCH ELSE to it but i don’t want to spoil it hehe
over 200,000 words long
NEXT
this one i’m still in the middle of reading, so the summary obviously won’t be perfect, but i love it too much not to talk about . it’s called “monochrome”.
it follows two storylines that connect to each other: dans video game world and dans irl world
first, dan plays this game called “fall whisperer” and as a person who doesn’t play video games, the way they write it is incredibly enthralling. it follows the game play and dans relationships with the people he has met online through the game.
the game is metaphorically tied to dans irl life, which follows his relationships with his friends, family, therapist, his fwb, and of course, eventually phil.
dan is monochrome and phil is bright and colorful. obviously.
the writing is good, it kinda reminds me of someone trying to act like they can write better than they actually can, and i mean that in the best way possible, cause same bestie. it’s the only way to do it; ya girl loves a good metaphor (there are a lot of metaphors)
dans pov
VERY angsty, but in the sence of dans extreme mental health issues, not in the sence of relationships etc
VERY SLOW BURN but look forward to the flirting-not flirting that dan and phil got going on cause it’s adorable 10/10
more smutty than “butterfly” but not so much it takes away from the story; sex is used as a way for dan to escape his mind so it makes sense.
kinda slow but it makes sence on why it is slow
over 200,000 words
both of these are completed, started in 2019, and finished around 2021-2022 time
OK THANKS BYE
