#underrated fic

[isntthisryan]

PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING GRAVITY FALLS FIC: "Triangle of Mars."

ITS UNDERRATED ASF, PLEASE LOOK AT IT

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84297686/chapters/222328636

[discordantwords]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson Additional Tags: Smut, Angst, POV Sherlock Holmes, Post-Canon, POV Third Person, Idiots in Love, Hurt/Comfort, Past Abuse, Internalized Homophobia, Top Sherlock Holmes, Bottom John Watson Series: Part 3 of What Tomorrow Will Bring Summary:

After months of silence, John shows up at Baker Street again. Will Sherlock forgive him? Will they manage to save what's left of their relationship, or even create something new together? And can John escape the demons of his past?

Read on to find out!

If you like this, leave me some kudos or a comment! I don't have time to reply to everything, for which I apologise, but it still makes my day! <3

[bellemorte180]

The Knights Borogrove

Rating: Explicit 

Summary: Graduating university student, Caroline Forbes, always knew that her best friend, Klaus Mikaleson, was involved with a secret society on campus. However, she never saw the shenanigans the society got up to first hand; that is until Klaus invites her as his guest for society's final event of the year. With an almost mystical ambience, Caroline realizes that maybe the feelings she kept buried were not as one sided as she assumed.

A/N: This is one of my older fics but I was thinking about it last night and felt the need to reblog it with a shiny new banner. It was a gift for @donlrose​ at the time and hopefully it still brings a smile to her face. Original mood board was made my @carolineforbae​

[california-raccoon]

“Sure, he loves this book--it’s the one personally prized possession he was able to grab before fleeing his village--but he’s also fascinated with the sudden light in her eyes, the excitement in her voice at having someone to talk about an interest with.

The thought slips in uninvited that this glee suits her.” 

(Hollowed, woodrokiro)

[bangtansficrec]

Hiii can u gimme very underrated but "should get more recognition" sope college fics preferably with a sarcastic Yoongi pretty please uwu thanks in advance~

hi anon how are you? so i've searched for underrated sope college aus but i haven't read them myself yet. i'm just recommending you what i would like to read. i should mention that a sarcastic yoongi is hard to find because the tag isn't very commonly used so it's going to be a *surprise* as to whether he will be present in the stories or not. happy reading :))

Sope college au (underrated IMO)

ღ leave you drowning (until you reach for my hand) by inkingbrushes {E, 38,1k}

[okay so hear me out here. inkingbrushes is such a good author (one of the best sope writers imo) and this is one of their "less known" works so i thought i should mention it here especially since a lot of people seem to love it],

ღ All I ever wanted (Was a part of you that I couldn't break) by inkingbrushes {T, 14,5k}

[same as before lol]

ღ Acclimatization by peonyswamp {T, 5,7k, enemies to lovers}

ღ little talks by fifty-one sunsets (idyleski) {T, 11,3k}

ღ he's so untouchable by daegushobi {M, 25k, enemies to lovers}

ღ home is where the murder room is (please move out) by skateboardachoo {T, 10,5k, slice of life/humor}

Bonus

ღ same damn hunger by orphan_account {E, 40,4k}

[not underrated, quite famous, definitely my favorite sope fic :) ]

[matchbookarmy]

Beckon Me Home by Winterstar

Rating: Explicit

Summary: A change in circumstances switches the tables on Tony. When an assassination attempt leaves Steve debilitated, Tony is his only hope. In order to save Steve, he might very well have to suffer the same fate as Steve. A story about the paradox of love.

Why I'm Reccing: This is a top tier fic and I think, an underrated fic. I love this fic. I love it so much. This is the fourth of the amazing time travel fics that I have encountered so far. And I want to say, this fic is absolutely breathtaking, but in a different way than other fics I've used that word to describe. Usually if I say a fic is breathtaking, I mean that the prose itself is poetic and a work of art. With this fic, it's the plot that takes my breath away.

It is just incredibly well plotted speculative fantasy (which I've been really getting into lately). There is a clearly defined beginning, middle and ending arc to this story, and it feels like something that could be on a store bookshelf. I've talked previously about books that bring me joy in the same way fic does -- well, this fic brought me joy in the same way SFF books do. After I finished my reread least night, I had that same sort of feeling I get after finishing an amazing book (I call it the book hangover). Like, I'd already read it, and knew everything that would happen, but after I finished, it just sat in my brain, stewing there, and wouldn't let go.

I love this fic so much that I really need to wax poetic about it a moment, so I'll put the bulk of this under a cut to save everyone's dash.

It's hard to talk about this fic without spoiling things, but I'll give it my best shot. Shortly after the events of Avengers, someone attempts to assassinate Steve, and Tony is the only one who can save his life. To avoid as many spoilers as possible, I'll just say that saving Steve's life involves the two of them time travelling back to the moment when Steve meets Dr. Erskine.

Unfortunately, the trip seems like it might be a one way trip, and after saving Steve's life, Tony and Steve find themselves trapped in the 1940s. For weeks. Months, maybe. So, what this fic does, and it does it so beautifully, is it flips the script on Tony and Steve.

Remember, Steve had only been awake in the present for a really short time when Avengers happens. So, now he's back in his comfort zone, and Tony is the one who is a man out of time. And... he doesn't handle it very well. Which allows for some really nice character analysis for Steve and Tony and how they each handle their respective circumstances of being cut off from everything they know and love and understand.

I found this all really interesting, because (timelines are slightly fuzzy here, but) it seems like Tony actually spends more time in the 1940s than Steve has spent in 2012 at this point, and while you can certainly make the argument that it's harder to go back in time than it is to go forward in time, it's really interesting to see how Tony deals with (or doesn't) their current situation, and how it impacts his impression of Steve and everything that Steve has gone through.

We also get Steve caring for Tony as he becomes increasingly distressed and frantic as he tries to find a way to get them back to the present. This is also very much an idiots in love fic, as Steve is so obviously head-over-heals in love with Tony, but Tony is completely oblivious.

They both make some highly questionable decisions as they each come to terms with their feelings for the other (all the while assuming the other doesn't feel the same way) and there are definite moments where you want to smack them both up the backside of their head and scream get your fucking shit together! Lol. But that's what makes it all the more satisfying when they finally do.

Also, Steve and Tony have some discussions in this fic (okay, arguments) that, ah, really put into perspective how bad Steve's ending in Endgame really was. It was really interesting to read this (which was published in 2013) knowing where the MCU would eventually take Steve. All the more reason fandom will always be better than canon. Fandom has a way better handle on who the characters are.

Anyway, this is a top-tier fic for me. I don't know what constitutes underrated, but this fic has less than 500 kudos, which feels absolutely absurd to me. So, I hope you'll all show it some love.

[matchbookarmy]

Beautiful by jotc

Summary: Tony showers Steve with compliments, calls him handsome, beautiful, admires his stamina, his muscles, his endurance in bed. Steve wonders if Tony sees beyond the Serum.

Rating: G

Why I'm Reccing: This is definitely an underrated fic, with only 9 comments and 197 kudos. This is also kind of interesting, because I think it brings up something that I've noticed in the SteveTony fandom, which is that, while certainly not every fic, but definitely a lot of fics, will have Steve waxing poetic about how brilliant Tony is, and how creative and amazing, but then when it comes to Tony gushing over Steve, it's frequently just about his looks.

And like, yeah...Tony and I are in agreement there, because Steve is hot as fuck, but I think someone like Tony, you know, if he really falls in love with someone, it's going to be about so much more than just looks. Because Tony is hot and he's rich and he's super intelligent, and like, Tony can have any number of super attractive people without putting in too much effort, so for someone to win Tony's heart there's going to have to be something really special there.

And so it's really nice to have a fic where we get to see Tony's love and admiration for Steve the person, the person he was before the serum. Because, honestly, that Steve was pretty damn awesome, too.

And, as a bonus, we get Steve picking up on anxieties and insecurities of Tony's, and Steve being loving and caring towards Tony as well.

~.~.~

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[matchbookarmy]

Brimstone Fell Upon My Ears

Rating: Teen

Summary: On the fourth night, Steve takes the clock from his bedside and levers out the batteries.

Why I'm Reccing: This is just a stunningly beautiful, top tier, and massively underrated (only 128 kudos as of today) character study of Steve Rogers. I mean, this fic is damn near perfect as a study of Steve feeling completely lost and out of time post Avengers, of dealing with depression and post-traumatic stress. I mean it is just utterly gorgeous, I have such talent envy after re-reading this.

So, Steve is, sort of, but not really, trying to acclimate to life in the twenty-first century. He's more rather just going through the motions. I really like that we get to see Steve be sad here, for what he's experienced and all that he's lost, and it makes me mad all over again that the MCU just brushed past all of this.

Anyway, Tony is, well, Tony. He kind of forces his way into Steve's life, gets Steve out of his sad and lonely apartment and gets Steve living. And what I really love about this fic is watching the love between Steve and Tony develop gradually, through a growing friendship first, and sexual attraction second. This fic is not fluff, god it's the most anguishing angst, but it's warm like fluff fic. Which seems contradictory, but it's somehow not.

Just...I don't even have the words to express how achingly beautiful this fic is. It's sadly been orphaned by its author, so I don't think they get notifications on it anymore (?) but god, this fic deserves more love.

~.~.~

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