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Sonic the Hedgehog: Bee buzzing by Noiat

2025-12-27T15:13:29Z

Posted by: acetiff12

FANDOM: Sonic the Hedgehog
FIC LINK: Bee buzzing on AO3
AUTHOR LINK: Noiat
RATING/WARNING(S): G for General Audiences
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Completed One Shot / 1,241 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Charmy, Espio, Vector

FIC SUMMARY: Sometimes bees communicate with each other by buzzing, caused by the vibrations of their wings. Charmy discovers this and wants to try communicating with Espio through buzzing.

RECCER'S NOTES: A short and sweet moment at the Team Chaotix Detective Agency, where Charmy is his usual excitable self, Espio is an annoyed older brother who just wants peace and quiet, and Vector sleeps the whole time but his presence is still felt in spirit.

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avengers: the widow's followers

2025-03-19T18:22:32Z

Posted by: xwyndx

FANDOM: The Avengers / MCU
FIC LINK: The Widow's Followers on Ao3
AUTHOR LINK: NoliteTimereEos
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen And Up Audiences
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 2284 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Natasha Romanov, the other five OG Avengers

FIC SUMMARY: People realize that there is no Black Widow representation anywhere and Natasha vows revenge by taking over the internet.

RECCER'S NOTES: Bc we need to give more love to female characters in fanfiction (and honestly in fiction in general). This is a cute nice one-shot about Nat being awesome.

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Our Flag Means Death: Just Deserts

2024-06-03T18:01:26Z

Posted by: eddishelen

FANDOM: Our Flag Means Death
FIC LINK: Just Deserts on ao3
AUTHOR LINK: Anonymous
RATING/WARNING(S): teen and up, creator chose not to use archive warnings (the main character is dead and deciding whether to move on or not)
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 8309 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Izzy, Frenchie, Ed, Crew of the Revenge

FIC SUMMARY: Izzy decides where he belongs.

RECCER'S NOTES: Izzy in the gravy basket! I think the gravy basket was an interesting thing from the show, and I like what the author has done with that story potential here. Izzy has to really work through what he wants and values, and the changes he has already gone through are reflected by who he sees in the gravy basket.

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Doctor Who: Undercurrents by thisiszircon

2023-12-25T10:42:41Z

Posted by: scifirenegade

FANDOM: Doctor Who (classic series)
FIC LINK: On AO3
AUTHOR LINK: thisiszircon
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen and Up
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 8k words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane

FIC SUMMARY: Ace is no stranger to betrayal.

RECCER'S NOTES: Ever wanted to know what was going on in Ace's head during that moment? Ever wanted an extension of the ending of the story plus a coda to Survival? Behold! For this story delivers!

Crossposted to tardis_library

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Doctor Who: Monsters by whispersecho

2023-11-03T14:48:19Z

Posted by: scifirenegade

FANDOM: Doctor Who (classic series)
FIC LINK: On AO3
AUTHOR LINK: whispersecho
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen and Up
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 100 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ace McShane (and Manisha Purkayastha)

FIC SUMMARY: There are all kinds of monsters.

RECCER'S NOTES: Something I don't see often is the exploration of Ace and Manisha's friendship. This piece, one of those rare explorations, contrasts childhood make-believe with the real monsters of the real world. And yes, it's yet another fic by whispersecho.

Crossposted to tardis_library

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Doctor Who: Ordinary World by whispersecho

2023-10-14T10:27:54Z

Posted by: scifirenegade

FANDOM: Doctor Who (classic series)
FIC LINK: On A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
AUTHOR LINK: whispersecho / whispersecho
RATING/WARNING(S): General
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 498 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton (and some surprise characters)

FIC SUMMARY: Ian and Barbara return home to find they are two years out from their own time. They have an awful lot of explaining to do, or *someone* does. Mostly First Doctor era, but other characters appear in Chapter 5.

RECCER'S NOTES: One of my favourite seventh Doctor and Ace writers wrote for my OTP as well. How could I resist? It's another take on "Barbara and Ian are back" fic, but with a bit more Dr Who-ness. You'll see when you read it.

Crossposted to tardis_library

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Doctor Who: Thermodynamic Stability by Ladymercury_10

2023-09-08T14:35:27Z

Posted by: scifirenegade

FANDOM: Doctor Who (classic series)
FIC LINK: On AO3
AUTHOR LINK: Ladymercury_10
RATING/WARNING(S): General
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 516 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: The TARDIS, Ace McShane, seventh Doctor

FIC SUMMARY: The stray is in one of the laboratories, mixing things that oughtn’t to be mixed.

RECCER'S NOTES: TARDIS POV! Which is something outside the box (or, rather, inside the box... hope you liked my joke). It's lovely, and so is the small interaction between the Doctor and Ace.

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Doctor Who: Tomorrow by swordznsorcery

2023-08-18T16:23:25Z

Posted by: scifirenegade

FANDOM: Doctor Who (classic)
FIC LINK: On AO3
AUTHOR LINK: swordznsorcery
RATING/WARNING(S): General, attemped cannibalism
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 4k words
MAIN CHARACTERS: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton

FIC SUMMARY: Written for Tic Tac Woe, the Apocabingo Challenge of wilful mass destruction. Prompt: Evolution/Absorbed Into New Species.

RECCER'S NOTES: It's an interesting look at the Earth's far future, with some nice dialogue. Kudos for morbid!Barbara, that's something fans don't quite catch on while watching her serials.

(Crossposted to tardis_library)

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Doctor Who: Rec [Fic]: Historical Wrack (The Help and Comfort Remix)

2023-08-12T11:17:11Z

Posted by: scifirenegade

FANDOM: Doctor Who (classic series)
FIC LINK: Rec [Fic]: Historical Wrack (The Help and Comfort Remix) on AO3
AUTHOR LINK: JohnAmendAll
RATING/WARNING(S): General
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 2k words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Seventh Doctor, Ace

FIC SUMMARY: "Right," Ace said, her thought briefly resting on the can of Nitro-Nine she'd concealed in her petticoat just in case of emergencies. "Is this why we're telling everyone I'm your wife?"

RECCER'S NOTES: An extension of thisbluespirit's fic (which is also excellent) that is a lot of fun! And then it hits you. The characterisation is so on point. Fake / pretend relationship, but they don't end up together.

(Crossposted to tardis_library)

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Doctor Who: The Sands of Time

2023-07-18T16:20:05Z

Posted by: scifirenegade

FANDOM: Doctor Who (classic series)
FIC LINK: The Sands of Time
AUTHOR LINK: Pendragon / unwillingadventurer
RATING/WARNING(S): All Ages
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 997 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Susan Foreman, Ping Cho

FIC SUMMARY: They had been best friends when they had adventured together in Cathay, but now Susan and Ping Cho were older and they often wondered what became of the other.

RECCER'S NOTES: The relationship between Susan and Ping Cho is great, and this is a bit of a different take. They're both older and wondering what became of each other, and it's a nice character piece.

(Crossposted to tardis_library)

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Doctor Who: Lost in Translation

2023-06-30T12:14:19Z

Posted by: scifirenegade

FANDOM: Doctor Who (classic series)
FIC LINK: On A Teaspoon and an Open Mind or On Archive of Our Own
AUTHOR LINK: LissyStrata
RATING/WARNING(S): All Ages / General
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 22k words
MAIN CHARACTERS: The First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton

FIC SUMMARY: The TARDIS's translation circuit is sabotaged by small, furry aliens. Then it all goes downhill from there.

RECCER'S NOTES: Interesting use of the (lack of) translation device in the TARDIS, plus an interesting setting and a bit of timey-wimey shenanigans. It's also very funny. I come back to this one every few months.

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Malevolent: But Gentle Pulls the Strings by jaclynhyde

2023-01-14T21:06:38Z

Posted by: prettyarbitrary

FANDOM: Malevolent podcast
FIC LINK: But Gentle Pulls the Strings
AUTHOR LINK: jaclynhyde
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen, referenced child death, bodysharing (canon)
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 11771
MAIN CHARACTERS: Arthur Lester, John Doe/the Entity

FIC SUMMARY:
John and Arthur have settled into a routine after escaping the Dreamlands. But when a suspicious theatrical troupe comes to town, the two must confront whether they've truly escaped the King in Yellow.

RECCER'S NOTES:
Malevolent is an eldritch horror podcast about a man who is possessed by an entity that has taken his eyes. The entity, who names itself John, has to guide him as they try to survive horrors together and figure out what's happened to them. This fic, set after arc two and since jossed, might be my favorite from the fandom. I love the use of Shakespeare and how well it fits the themes and their enemy, and it's such a perfect representation of their relationship, intense and intimate from the nature of their binding as well as all they've been through together. The fic is marked m/m but honestly whether you give them a romantic interpretation or not has pretty much no bearing.

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seachange: once a fisherman, by secondsilk

2022-09-07T11:04:08Z

Posted by: ozqueen

FANDOM: Seachange
FIC LINK: Once a Fisherman
AUTHOR LINK: SecondSilk
RATING/WARNING(S): General Audiences
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 346
MAIN CHARACTERS: Rupert Gibson, Diver Dan | Daniel Della Bosca

FIC SUMMARY: Paths might always cross again. Rupert takes himself to South America.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is such an old, tiny fandom I'm not sure anyone else could possibly be interested, but I've been digging through old fic bookmarks and I rediscovered this and it's just DELIGHTFUL. For so few words, it hits the canon notes perfectly -- slightly weird, fully sweet, warm and good. Dan's a man of few words, but the author has those words firmly in hand and his voice is wonderful.

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crossover: the mummy/james bond: vacant horizon, by skieswideopen

2022-03-14T06:55:14Z

Posted by: ozqueen

FANDOM: The Mummy (1999)/James Bond (movies)
FIC LINK: Vacant Horizon
AUTHOR LINK: skieswideopen
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 8778 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: James Bond, Ardeth Bay, Evy Carnahan O'Connell, Rick O'Connell

FIC SUMMARY: Bond could never decide later if he would have followed the Sons of Imhotep if he'd known where—and when—it would lead.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is such a fun, clever fic! Bond travels back in time and gets caught up in some shenanigans with Rick, Evy and Ardeth. I absolutely love his relationship with Ardeth here, and their mutual respect for one another.

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Captain Teddy by eggheadwizard

2022-02-14T01:11:55Z

Posted by: sixbeforelunch

FANDOM: Star Trek: TNG/Star Trek: DS9
FIC LINK: Captain Teddy
AUTHOR LINK: eggheadwizard
RATING/WARNING(S): Gen, no warnings
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 1,072
MAIN CHARACTERS: Data, Bashir, Riker, Troi

FIC SUMMARY: After meeting Kukalaka, Data decides to get a teddy bear of his own.

RECCER'S NOTES: Short, sweet, and very cute. This is the sort of story that can serve as an emotional reset if you've been doomscrollong and need to dwell on something nice for a few minutes.

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MCU: Alternatively by 16woodsequ

2022-02-05T00:11:00Z

Posted by: sixbeforelunch

FANDOM: Marvel Cinematic Universe
FIC LINK: Alternatively
AUTHOR LINK: 16woodsequ
RATING/WARNING(S): General Audiences
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 103,312 words, complete
MAIN CHARACTERS: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes

FIC SUMMARY:
After waking up 70 years in the future, Steve thought that dealing with his fraying emotions while trying to lead a group of misfit super heroes would be the worst of his problems.

That is until he's fighting a doppelganger version of himself who whispers three impossible words.
"Bucky... is... alive."

And then JARVIS has some interesting footage for him and Tony to see, and Steve soon finds himself doing something he never could have imagined; diving deep undercover in Hydra.

RECCER'S NOTES: A fix-it fic in which Steve and Tony become and stay friends, Bucky lands in a safe space, Hydra goes down hard, and everyone gets some much-needed therapy. all thanks to the canon Avenger's time travel snafu creating an alternate (and IMO much better) universe. This is a long one that you can settle into. There's action plot, and a whole lot of hurt/comfort involving Bucky rediscovering who he is. It's also the first in a series, so if you like it you can move right along into the next story.

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tos: plain sight by the buzz

2022-01-10T21:15:23Z

Posted by: sixbeforelunch

FANDOM: Star Trek: TOS
FIC LINK: Plain Sight
AUTHOR LINK: The_Buzz
RATING/WARNING(S): T; warnings for torture and slavery
WIP?/WORD COUNT: No, 47,977
MAIN CHARACTERS: Kirk, McCoy, Spock

FIC SUMMARY: A routine mission goes bad when Kirk, Spock, and McCoy find themselves crashed on a remote planet, injured, and hidden from the Enterprise. To make matters worse, the planet's inhabitants appreciate neither Starfleet nor unexpected visitors.

RECCER'S NOTES: I'll be honest, the level of torture and general unpleasantness in this story is right at the edge of what I can tolerate. (My tolerance level is on the low side, however. YMMV.) That said, I stuck with this story because it's just so good. Really engaging, lots of great friendship moments, awesome Kirk, awesome everyone. This is very much a triumvirate story, but the other characters all get some good moments too. An engaging adventure and survival tale that's worth a look.

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Star Wars: What Is My Heritage? + Coming Home, by Potboy

2020-10-21T12:39:51Z

Posted by: longlivehumour

FANDOM: Star Wars (Prequels)
FIC LINK: What Is My Heritage? and Coming Home
AUTHOR LINK: Potboy
RATING/WARNING(S): G | violence, brief references to sexual violence
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 7,700 and 18,300 respectively
MAIN CHARACTERS: Qui-Gon Jinn, Yoda, Dooku

FIC SUMMARY: Two stories focusing on Qui-Gon Jinn as a young padawan, never quite able to fit in. In the first, Qui-Gon asks to be sent home to figure out where he belongs. In the second, Dooku enters the game and Yoda meddles.
Best read together.

RECCER'S NOTES: I rarely read "character as a Youth" stories, since the child protagonists are too often depicted as smaller, blander versions of their adult selves, but this story proves me wrong. Qui-Gon is remarkably well-written: he feels like a real person (who happens to be a child) and the essence of his character shines through every thought and action, in his choices and the way he reacts to events. He is himself, forty-odd years earlier, fundamentally different but lacking nothing. Dooku, too, is not-himself yet himself. There's no hidden seed of darkness: the darkness is right there in the open, yet he's a Jedi and a firmly moral person, albeit one whose morals do not necessarily agree with yours.

Excellent characterisation which does justice to all three main characters, some very sharp criticism/examination of the Jedi Order and finally, a stonking good adventure story. (Also a very satisfying answer to the question of who the hell was Qui-Gon's master: both, of course.) I love it, I love it, I love it.

Eight hundred years of Jedi experience, Yoda thought, and he was not prepared for this. So many Masters and Padawans, taking the same routes, making the same responses to the same problems, and after a while you no longer saw the faces. Only the process, only the Order itself in its monumental evolving beauty.

How had this boy happened now? A thousand years ago there had been Jedi like this - obeying the Force in their own way, and obeying nothing else. Strange, wild, uncomfortable beings, untameable, splendid, chaotic. A thousand years ago they had been needed, to fight the Sith. But the Sith were dead, and what the galaxy required now was Jedi who could bring order, and exist in order.

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Addams Family/Harry Potter: Not Just Pretty Words, by LullabyKnell.

2020-01-01T14:14:17Z

Posted by: thady

FANDOM: Addams Family/Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Not Just Pretty Words.
AUTHOR LINK: LullabyKnell
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: long one-shot | ~ 22,300 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Harry Potter, Wednesday Addams, Morticia Addams, Gomez Addams, The Addams Family

FIC SUMMARY: Pre-Canon AU: On an unexpected holiday to America, Harry Potter meets a strange girl at a zoo, finds out that he's a witch, steals a snake, and is cordially invited to the Addams mansion for dinner.
Or: Harry Potter meets the Addams Family.

RECCER'S NOTES: I love stories where Harry finds people who help him, finds a family, before he even goes to Hogwarts. And this is just great!
I so love this meshing of the two different fandoms, they blend really well and believable. Love Harry here, and how he interacts with the Addams, very odd, certainly, but full of love.

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CTCD: The Dog and The Farmer by Hauchen

2019-12-13T00:09:50Z

Posted by: mythicmistress

FANDOM: Courage the Cowardly Dog
FIC LINK: The Dog and The Farmer
AUTHOR LINK: Hauchen
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete/1,275 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Courage, Eustace Bagge

FIC SUMMARY: When Muriel entered the hospital Eustace became restless, which struck Courage as odd because he could probably count the amount of times the farmer had shown compassion towards his wife on one paw.

RECCER'S NOTES: So. Many. Feels! It's rather bittersweet, but somewhat hopeful in the end.

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BNHA: Tarrare

2019-10-26T22:19:42Z

Posted by: longlivehumour

FANDOM: My Hero Academia
FIC LINK: Tarrare
AUTHOR LINK: Hayato
RATING/WARNING(S): M | body horror; some spoilers for the Kamino Ward arc
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 3500 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Toshinori Yagi (All Might)

FIC SUMMARY: There's a pit in his chest. He wants to eat.

RECCER'S NOTES: Since it's coming up on Halloween, a horror fic seems appropriate. True horror is rare on the ground in fanfiction, and this one is a jewel of the genre. Short, tightly written and profoundly unsettling, it kept me glued to the screen as very few other stories have. Even if you don't normally go for horror (I don't) you may want to read this one anyway for the sheer quality.

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Fullmetal Alchemist: A Fairy Tale by Liar of Lesbos

2019-08-25T20:17:30Z

Posted by: mythicmistress

FANDOM: Fullmetal Alchemist
FIC LINK: A Fairy Tale
AUTHOR LINK: Liar of Lesbos
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 719 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ling, Ed

FIC SUMMARY: "The man who fed shoes to the Emperor" didn't quite make it into the history books, but it did become a fairy tale.

RECCER'S NOTES: A fairy tale-style telling of the time Ed and Ling were stuck in Gluttony's stomach with nothing to eat but one of Ed's shoes. (Though Ed would not like his description in this fic...) I still found it amusing.

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Megamind/The Incredibles: Robot, Learning by setepenre_set

2019-08-23T02:42:26Z

Posted by: mythicmistress

FANDOM: Megamind, The Incredibles
FIC LINK: Robot, Learning
AUTHOR LINK: setepenre_set
RATING/WARNING(S): G, no warnings apply
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 1921 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: The Omnidroid, Megamind

FIC SUMMARY: The Omnidroid is a learning robot.

This is the first lesson it learns:

You must obey the Master.

RECCER'S NOTES: The learning capacity of the Omnidroid, explored. Robot rights and feels abound. Megamind's identifying with it was also nice to see.

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BtVS: Sisters in Light, by LittleRaven

2019-08-21T15:56:58Z

Posted by: facethestrange

FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
FIC LINK: Sisters in Light
AUTHOR LINK: LittleRaven
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 1120 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Kendra Young, Sineya

FIC SUMMARY: Life, death, and life again. Three looks at the Slayer.

RECCER'S NOTES: A wonderfully imaginative world building fic (I received as a part of the worldbuildingex exchange), full of old myths explaining the origins of the Slayers. It's also a fascinating looks into Kendra's mind and the way analyzes and interacts with what she reads and learns about being a Slayer.

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Pinky and the Brain: Reflections of Youth by Cybra

2019-08-19T03:36:51Z

Posted by: mythicmistress

FANDOM: Pinky and the Brain
FIC LINK: Reflections of Youth
AUTHOR LINK: Cybra
RATING/WARNING(S): K+, no warnings apply
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete, 1189 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Pinky, Brain

FIC SUMMARY: Brain's jealous of Pinky sometimes.

RECCER'S NOTES: Interesting look at what shaped Pinky and Brain into who they are, Pinky being molded and Brain being forged. Molding invokes gentleness, forging invokes harshness. Rather fitting to how they turned out to be.

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