Hi! Sorry if this is a weird question, but this blog is so cool and I haven't seen many like it that I was wondering, do yall know of any ficrec blogs like this one that are for other fandoms? I'd love to know more about other communities like this!
Hi! I'm glad you're enjoying the blog~
Are there any particular fandoms you're looking for? In either case, I will need to depend on the hive mind of our followers, because MDZS is the only fandom actively partipating in, so if anyone else knows any other blogs like this one, please comment!
Here are rec blogs I know:
@hualian-fic-recs [TGCF]
@mxtxficrec [All MXTX fandoms]
~Kay
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We have a post over at fic finder that has a few other rec blogs if you want to check it out? They are mostly mxtx blogs though ^^
i’m always amazed by the work you guys put into this, truly! i wanted to ask if you know of any pages like this for other mxtx works? there’s a svsss fic that i’ve been looking for forever and can’t seem to find and a page like this would be life-saving
I'm not completely sure of svsss specific blogs but I do know of these ones -
@mxtxficrec
@tgcf-fic
@hualian-fic-recs
@mxtx-recs
@bingqiufics
If anyone knows of any other mxtx related blogs that's not on this list or in our other fic rec blogs post, please let me know ^^
As a bit of a special treat, and to celebrate their one year anniversary, I sat down with my good friend, the @wolfstarlibrarian. We recorded our conversation to share it here with you, our favorite patrons. I’ll be DL, in bold, and the Wolfstar Librarian is WL. I hope you enjoy this sweet peek into our friendship, and the wonderful insights that they had to share with me.
DL: First of all, congratulations on a whole year! In that time you've created a lovely and welcoming fandom space for authors, both new and established, lots of helpful guides and explanations for readers, and over 300 rec lists. What's been the most rewarding part of being "The Librarian"?
WL: Oh thank you so much! It’s been a wild year, made all the better for having this blog. As for the BEST part? Hmmmmm 🤔 This is difficult to answer because there have been so many unexpected gifts, but probably the most rewarding and surprising part is how much support the fandom community has come out with. I hoped that, at most, people would enjoy some of the lists, but beyond that they’ve given personal support as well, whether I’ve needed time, or someone to help find a fic, or just general support, the community has shown up, and that’s been an incredible gift that helps to keep me motivated and feeling special.
DL: I love that! I love how you describe fandom as a community. I think the real fandom isn't just the content, but the friends we made along the way! 😂
WL: YES! I agree! Fandom is just people connected by passion.
DL: Absolutely! And I think something really unique that you've done with The Wolfstar Librarian is encouraging others' passion as well.
WL: I was not prepared to feel this soft! 🥺
DL: Sorry, not sorry! Lol. I think something that's very unique to your blog specifically is the way that you are always giving "new" recs. A lot of the recs are ones that I haven't read before and I think that's very encouraging to authors and creators to keep writing and creating. It's not the same old "classics" over and over. That’s something I’ve tried to emulate on my own blog as well. I search for a mix of old and new fics.
WL: Oh yes, I'm always on the hunt for new fics. I check @ao3feed-wolfstar at least once a week and go through all of the new fics, picking out things I think I might want to read, and even when searching for lost fics I oftentimes end up adding a dozen new fics to be TBR list. I'm fascinated with the new, and am always looking for fresh takes on old tropes. Of course I also have tons of subscriptions for my favorite authors, but just like with food, I have comfort items I know I'll like but then I also enjoy new things just as much.
DL: Out of curiosity, how long is your TBR list?
WL: (after a significant pause) Oh goodness, I had to check. It’s currently 15 pages long and at 20 fics a page…
DL: Hold on, I’ll pull up a calculator. Um...300. So as many rec lists as you’ve made. You mentioned comfort items. What are some of your favorite tropes?
WL: Oh my goodness, yeah I hadn't done the math! 😂 I think what I find the most comfort in are things I can relate to the most? So lots of modern AUs with happy endings, and I'm also a sucker for soulmate or a good texting fic since they tend to include some fun humor that I can use as a counterpoint to real life.
DL: I love modern AUs!
WL: Me too! And fix-it AUs. JKR did them dirty 😉
DL: Who hasn’t JKR done dirty? Lol. Okay, and do you want to spill some tea? What are your pet peeves in a fic? The things that make you immediately click that red x and think "not for me". To be clear, I’m not saying things that you think are wrong — we’re not making any moral judgment here! Just your specific pet peeves that irritate you personally.
WL: The first thing isn’t so much a pet peeve as something I get asked a lot and feel bad about. The question I get asked the most is "how do I get rec'd on WL", and it just makes it clear how infrequently people read the pinned FAQ, where I encourage people to send in recs. Probably 4/5 people who send in their own fics as a rec actually end up on a list, but so few people do! So just remember that the Librarian is just one person who can easily miss a lot of things, but genuinely wants to read and share lovely fics. But actual pet peeves? I definitely can't handle MCD, or anything that's too dark just because it takes my mental health somewhere I don't want to go. I also tend not to like....imbalanced relationships? I know that's vague, but anytime there isn't mutual respect, it just feels weird and unnatural to me so I tend to just click out. Also, I need fairly standard formatting. I've seen a few posts about it, and it's definitely true that my brain struggles to read anything written outside of standard formatting (correct punctuation and capitalization). It's not even a judgement, just something like math where my brain goes "no thank you!" 😰
DL: That's definitely something that makes me hit the red x too. And I know what you mean about lack of mutual respect. I think that there's stories about relationships where someone makes a mistake and with work and apologies, they can come back from that and still have a solid relationship but there's other's where one person just completely disregards and breaks any trust or respect that they've built in the relationship and an apology can't fix that. It's a fighting together/fighting each other kind of thing. And I think that's an interesting point you bring up because I feel like with Drarry, Harry and Draco are set up to be adversaries and part of the story is them overcoming it. But that's not really part of Sirius and Remus' story.
WL: Yes, exactly! And I definitely read fanfic for comfort, for romance, and I feel like you can't have true love without mutual respect, without equality. Of COURSE that can take time and work to get to sometimes, but as long as they end up on the same page, I'm game. 😊
DL: Exactly. And again, I just want to say that it doesn't mean we think those fics are inherently bad or anything. It's just our personal preferences as readers. So, it's obvious that I also read Wolfstar in addition to Drarry. Do you ever read Drarry?
WL: Honestly, I rarely read outside of wolfstar, but sometimes I do read Drarry because it's so much bigger and tends to cover a wider variety of stories. I also read Dorlene, Jegulus, Jegulily, and a host of other smaller ships like Fleur/Tonks that end up in wolfstar fics.
DL: Can I put you on the spot and have you give us a Drarry rec?
WL: My favorite one is actually one you rec'd! It's the Christmas one that's just SO soft I can't help but read it each year as the weather gets cooler.
DL: Ohhhh! The Christmas Tree by @cottonpadenthusiast. I love that one! It’s a Drarry + Remus/Sirius get together! Just a sweet, happy family dynamic.
WL: Yes! It's half wolfstar, half drarry, and totally sweet.
DL: With families....we often joke in private that you and I have "sibling" blogs. Did you ever mind that I joined you in being a librarian?
WL: Oh, of COURSE not! Running a rec blog like this is so much work, there's no way I could do more than one, and I truly love having you, and other rec blogs, because they inspire me so much! I love finding new fics, new ways to share content, and new people to share with. Rec blogs inspired me to make my own, and hopefully I inspire people to find their own style as well!
DL: That's definitely something I've tried to do as your "little sibling" blog. I feel very lucky to have such a cool "older sibling" and mentor librarian that I can always come and ask a question or advice from, but I've tried to be thoughtful in making it my own too, with my Happy Hours and stuff. And I try to be mindful as well that I'm not copying exactly what another Drarry rec blogger does either. We all get our own niche, and I think that makes the recs we give more rich. And in true younger sibling fashion, I started my blog because I saw you doing it and thought it was such a neat idea that I wanted to join you. What made you start your library?
WL: When I first made the library, and imagined what I wanted it to be, I wanted more than anything for the library to be a place that I had searched for when I was new to fandom. I was so desperate for someone to show me fics for my exact mood, or comfort tropes, or just introduce me to something new the way librarians have done all my life. With this blog, the library, I'm trying to provide that comfort, that answer that we're all seeking. Hopefully, other people find the same relief and comfort here that an old wood lined library, full of wonder and hope, offers them in real life as well.
DL: Oh, now you’ve made ME soft. I think that’s such a lovely statement that we’ll wrap it up there. Do you think people are going to judge us because neither of us can do math?
WL: Ahahaha, honestly, if that's my worst feature, I'm okay with it. 😂
Rec Blogs are an important part of every fandom. They help navigate hard-to-find ships, and usually have helpful tips and tricks scattered in between. To my knowledge, there are different kinds of rec blogs. There are Ship Rec Blogs, or rec blogs that focus on a specific ship, such as the Then there are whole-fandom rec blogs. Now, I haven’t been able to find any of the whole fandom blogs, but I’ve heard a few people say that they do, in fact, exist.
Ship Rec blogs are more popular, because it focuses on one thing and is usually easier to find what you’re looking for. I wish I could tell you exactly where to find them, but the truth is that I don’t know myself.
HOWEVER
If you have the mobile app! There is a feature that makes group chats available! There are so many different ship-based group chats on the app, and it’s easier because you aren’t waiting for someone to hopefully answer the ask you send. It’s extremely easy to find them, and you can literally just type the ship name into the Tumblr search and at least a few group chats should pop up.
For example, there is a group chat called DEH Shipping Safeplace for all the Dear Evan Hansen fansens. They don’t always talk daily, but if you text it, you are more likely to get an answer than you would be sending an ask to a rec blog.
That’s not to say that rec blogs don’t work or aren’t important. On the contrary, they help immensely. To give a good example, The Wolfstar Librarian (@wolfstarlibrarian ) has separate lists for their different genres, and is pretty consistent in answering fic recs from others. (I use their library quite often.)
It’s up to you what to use to find your fics, but it’s always good to know you have options, right?
TL;DR: Rec blogs and group chats (mobile app only) are really great for finding what specific fic you’re craving.
Okay, so I follow a hell of a lot of SHINee blogs. Then only a couple of NCT ones. SO YEAH. Here we go (also most of these people have no idea who I am, so i’m nervous to make this):
SHINee: @menofkpop, @5hinee-xoxo, @sh1nee, @gwiyonew, @dibidibidrama, @supershine5, @moonlit-shinee, @cutiesoftyonew, @alwayshinee, @herewegobebe, @jonghyunar, @jjonghyun, @b-umkeyk, @jjongoholic, @ayomi-6v6, @dangerousfx (Both SHINee, f(x) and NCT), @mintokkies (another NCT, and SHINee), @burningucci and there are a lot more, but these are the ones I reblog a lot from, you can look at my follow list if need be as well!
NCT(these are all the ones I follow): @nakamotens, @ten-de, @lordseo, @pawjohnny, @nctinc, @nakamuto, @dovounq, @stormae, @neocity, @neotechs
So yea, there ya go anon! This is really the first time i’ve made one of these. And I missed a lot of people, but like I said you can check out my follow list!
These are all of my side blogs, dedicated to reccing fic in each of the specified fandoms/pairings. I’m still in the process of getting most of them up and running, but for now:
Harry Potter
Drarry: hp-drarry-recs
Snarry: hp-snarry-recs
Gen/Other Pairings: hp-multi-recs
hi, first of thank you for the awesome job you're doing, ive found so many amazing fics and authors with your help <3 my main ship is stucky, but i love winteriron and stony, so i was wondering if you know pages like this one but specified for those pairings? thank you!
omg thank you!!!
i’m not aware of any? but if anyone sends in a link, i’ll add it to this ask :D
EDIT: Some people have written in <3
https://winterironhoard.tumblr.com/
http://gracerene09.tumblr.com/ (multifandom blog that recs Stony)
Also a fic rec:
Tripwires (poly, /others) by mandarou
Bucky thought getting that damn mess out of his head would make life so much easier. Jesus Christ, how wrong can a guy get? If being the Fist of Hydra for 70 years won't get Steve Rogers out of his heart, how the hell is Bucky supposed to do it by himself?
How the hell did all those fucking historians think Steve had wound up face down in his own blood in back alley fights so often? It sure as shit wasn’t his magnanimous decision-making and patience for negotiations. He had the temperament of a lactose intolerant wolverine, okay, and he and Bucky had both paid for it.
But for the first time, Bucky had time to deal with Steve’s temper his way.
just wanted to say - i have spent the past week going through all your masterposts and reading your incredible takes and analyses on the characters and events in the riordanverse. thank you so much for sharing them i can't even begin to express how much ive enjoyed reading them and how much i've learnt. would you know of any other accounts that also have similar posts or content?
Hi Anon!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed reading my content + masterposts!! It took ages to do, and its a relief to hear that others are using it too so my efforts weren't in vain. Even if 75% of the motivation was just so I could find my fav posts again lol.
I know two other blogs that complied similar masterposts:
@/percabeth4life made this PJO Represenation Critic Masterlist which contains virtually every issue with Rick's work when it comes to writing people of different races, cultures, minorities etc.
@/pjohoo-reclists doesn't have the analysis stuff you're looking for but they have the formatting with masterposts etc. They also take requests for fic lists.
Here's some other blogs I enjoy following, in no particular order:
@/couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name has a ton of really interesting and detailed fic ideas for pjo. I have several of them saved on my phone, periodically revisit then and would give my left hand to get them written into 80k+ fics.
@/mmavverickk also has a ton of really interesting content, analysis, fics, characterizations, pretty much everything!
@/ofswordsandpens does a lot of really, really good analysis and she's not scared to be critical of pjo content and popular fandom ideas. When I was doing my own research/opinion forming about some stuff, some of her analysis influenced my own.
@/posallys does a lot of good characterization for Percy, Poseidon and their powers. When I got into pjo tumblr so many years ago, posallys was one of my fav blogs.
@/ogjacksonsimp is a dear friend who holds similar opinions about pjo as me, and loves Clarisse. She also has a ton of good pjo content on her blog.
@/bright-eyes-strawberry-lies also has a lot of critical content about popular pjo ships and they're not scared to be blunt. Every so often they do these interesting polls to see which ships/characters are growing in popularity, which are decreasing etc. As a numbers person, I find it fascinating.
@/berrybore has a lot of really good content, analysis and characterization posts. They're not scared to be critical of canon stuff or call out fanservice either. They're also massively underrated.
There are a ton of other pjo blogs that I'd love to recommend, but I don't want to be sitting here all day. My best advice is to check the reblogs of posts/replies you like and follow them back to the blogs. That's what I do anyway lol.
I hope this is what you were looking for! Thanks for the ask.
