gensplosion | Entries tagged with friendship

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)

Current Mood: relaxed

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.

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.

facethestrange

FANDOM: Firefly (+ Serenity) / Buffy the Vampire Slayer
FIC LINK: A Friend to the Spirit
AUTHOR LINK:

ChronicBookworm
RATING/WARNING(S): T
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 3190 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: River Tam, Buffy Summers

FIC SUMMARY: In her dreams, there was an angel, like in legends from Earth-that-Was, with blonde hair and a kind smile, and River knew that this angel meant her well; that she was here to protect her; that she was River’s sister.

RECCER'S NOTES: The entire idea of this story is such a fantastic way to make this crossover work - there are some brilliant reveals that I'm not going to spoil. It's a relatively dark fic (it deals with River's past abuse and current trauma) but ultimately it's full of hope. I love how elements from both canons and all the characters ring 100% true, which means that it can go from poignant to humorous and back again, often in the same paragraph, just like the source material does. Other than the central, touching relationship between Buffy and River, my favorite part of this story are quips between Buffy and Mal.

It's another exchange gift I got, this time at

x_ship. :)

facethestrange

FANDOM: Dead Like Me
FIC LINK: The Off Day
AUTHOR LINK:

Rivulet027
RATING/WARNING(S): T
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 1048 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Georgia Lass, Roxy Harvey

FIC SUMMARY: George gets a day off. She stresses to Roxy about this.

RECCER'S NOTES: George spends a day with Roxy and it's full of character development, witty dialogue and friendship. It's definitely a feel-good fic bordering on fluff, but keep the canon in mind (death and grief are mentioned several times).

For now I'll probably keep reccing fics I got as gifts in exchanges (they're usually the most relevant to my interests) but eventually I'll run out of them and I'll have many others to post. :) This one was part of

waybackexchange.

facethestrange

FANDOM: Star Trek: Voyager
FIC LINK: Access Records
AUTHOR LINK:

openended
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete, 1008 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Naomi Wildman, Seven of Nine, Kathryn Janeway, B'Elanna Torres

FIC SUMMARY: Holodeck Access Records (Weekly History) - Wildman, Naomi

RECCER'S NOTES: One of my favorite things about Naomi is that, even though she's a kid, she gets to do her own thing and explore everything she's interested in, even if it could be considered "too mature for her age". And this fic is full of this freedom of playing, learning, researching, creating, making friends, making mistakes... It's perfect. I'm also in awe of the Author's creativity when coming up with all the different holodeck programs. And it's one of the cutest fics I've ever read in my life (and I'm not saying it just because I got it as a gift at

space_swap). ♥

ozqueen

FANDOM: Stranger Things
FIC LINK: A Little Light Headed (At Her Altitude)
AUTHOR LINK:

elegantstupidity
RATING/WARNING(S): T
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 5285
MAIN CHARACTERS: Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Nancy Wheeler, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Joyce Byers, Lucas Sinclair, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, Will Byers, Jim Hopper

FIC SUMMARY: Max was still figuring out this whole "living in a town that's occasionally overrun by monsters" thing. Honestly, though, that might be easier to wrap her mind around than winter in the Midwest.

RECCER'S NOTES: So I am currently huddled under a blanket, watching winter rain pour down the windows, which means my mood for wintery/cosy/comforting fic might be a little more intense than yours, but this is soooo good.

Max and the kids go sledding, and there are tentative truces and friendships extended, the fear of what happened over the summer still lurking beneath the surface, but warm cookies and cocoa and found family feelings. A short read, but a very satisfying one ♥

ozqueen

FANDOM: Voltron: Legendary Defender
FIC LINK: A Grass in the Beginning
AUTHOR LINK:

coyotesuspect
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 5302
MAIN CHARACTERS: Pidge, ensemble

FIC SUMMARY: Pidge starts a garden on the Castle of Lions.
Or: seven conversations Pidge has while standing next to a tree.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is one of those things you really wish was a missing scene or episode from canon. It's such a cute idea, and it's executed particularly well here. Everyone is so in character as they visit Pidge's garden to talk or think things over, and the descriptions of the garden building and growing are very satisfying.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Voltron: Legendary Defender
FIC LINK: Routine Maintenance
AUTHOR LINK:

VelkynKarma
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen | Violence/Injury
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 50777
MAIN CHARACTERS: Shiro, Hunk, Lance, Pidge, Keith, Allura, Coran

FIC SUMMARY: Being an amputee with a prosthetic limb is difficult enough. Having a solid metal alien prosthetic forced on you by another species entirely is even worse.

OR:

Five times Shiro’s Galra arm caused him trouble in some way and another member of the team helped him out with it, and the one time the same arm is the only reason any of them survive.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This fic is incredible. Amazing character voices, a huge, huge amount of hurt/comfort, and incredible tension and emotion. Shiro learning to deal with his Galra arm, not just physically, but emotionally, and all the Paladins + Allura + Coran helping him as best they can (even when he's doing his best to ensure he battles on alone, goddamn it Shiro). I mean seriously, this fic is incredible.

thady

FANDOM: HARRY POTTER
FIC LINK: The Last Year.
AUTHOR LINK:

pauraque
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ficlet | 200 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Luna Lovegood

FIC SUMMARY: The thestrals look happier than usual.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is a wonderful ficlet. Despite it's just 200 words a lot is said. Love Luna's pov. And even though there's still a sense of the devastation of seventh year there's hope too.

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Star Wars
FIC LINK: Zero
AUTHOR LINK: Apache (scroll down the page)
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 4,200
MAIN CHARACTERS: Finis Valorum, Qui-Gon Jinn

FIC SUMMARY: Valorum tries to discover Jinn's human side. Part of the "Fin & Jinn" series. Follows "Well Begun".

RECCER'S NOTES: This is part of a series exploring the friendship between Qui-Gon Jinn, Jedi Master and troll, and Finis Valorum (as in, "I move for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor"). The latter has exactly seven lines in canon (I checked), but his character is fully fleshed out here and his rather odd friendship with Qui-Gon is as believable as it is inevitable. This particular story takes place when both characters are young men, each still trying to decipher the other.

I wish I knew if this author is still writing somewhere. They have a very thoughtful approach to storytelling and character that I'd love to see again.

~~Aaaand I'm done!~~

longlivehumour

Given two W fics for the same fandom, I refuse to choose. Have both, and may they serve you well.

FANDOM: Attack on Titan
FIC LINK: wound deep in your chest, heartless
AUTHOR LINK:

100demons
RATING/WARNING(S): T | swearing, canon-typical violence
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 4,400
MAIN CHARACTERS: Levi, Hange Zoë, Erwin Smith

FIC SUMMARY: Be good or Levi will carve you up with his knives. Eat your greens or else Levi will come and cut your eyes out while you still breathe.

RECCER'S NOTES: A delightful, believable fic about Levi's early days in the Corps. (It also begins by quoting a Margaret Atwood poem, and how can you go wrong after that?) The language is vivid, precise, and humorous, and Levi and Hange's interactions are a thing of beauty.
Horse shit and sunrises.

FANDOM: Attack on Titan
FIC LINK: We Are The Lost, We Are The Hunters
AUTHOR LINK:

PresquePommes
RATING/WARNING(S): G | Mild spoiler for the first episode of Season 2 (ch. 35)
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 2,700
MAIN CHARACTERS: Levi, Sasha Braus

FIC SUMMARY:
"He realizes very quickly that of all people he could have been lost in the forest with, Sasha Braus is, without a doubt, the most preferable."
Because if the 104th was a graduating class, Sasha is the one who'd be voted "Most Likely To Survive Under Extreme Circumstances," and everybody who writes this scenario seems to forget that the extent of Levi's wilderness survival skills is made evident by one simple statement:
"Look at all these big-ass trees."

RECCER'S NOTES: This fic made me crave more Sasha-and-Levi stories. There aren't any, of course, and this is hardly surprising since I'm not sure the two have even spoken in canon, but despite (or perhaps because of) how dissimilar they are, here they come together wonderfully. Sasha's voice in particular is a joy.

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Pokémon (anime)
FIC LINK: Venting
AUTHOR LINK:

DeLiz
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 3,000
MAIN CHARACTERS: Pikachu, Meowth, Ash

FIC SUMMARY:
Meowth and Pikachu got locked in a cupboard. Pikachu is unimpressed by this, but he's currently unimpressed by a lot of things, so that's normal. Meowth, being the wonderful friendly nemesis he is, decides this is a fact worth exploring.

You know, just for kicks.

RECCER'S NOTES: After a few hiccups, my laptop decided to keep on living after all. Hurray! (This was the monthly reminder to BACK UP YOUR SHIT, kids, brought you by CloseShaveINC.) Let's see if I can't catch up.

A cat, a cupboard, a very angry electric mouse. Meowth works well as the narrator; while essentially a decent person, he's also enough of an arsehole to thoroughly enjoy Pikachu's frustration. (And Meowth's narration means we don't need to hear Pikachu's words, because that would be... weird.)

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Broadchurch
FIC LINK: Puzzles
AUTHOR LINK:

HalfASlug
RATING/WARNING(S): G | spoilers up to and including S02E05
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1,000
MAIN CHARACTERS: Alec Hardy, ~~Ellie Miller~~ MILLARRRR, and Fred

FIC SUMMARY: There are many puzzles in Alec Hardy's life, but maybe there's still room for one more.

RECCER'S NOTES: A short scene in the lives of two sad ex-detectives that captures their friendship rather well and still makes you smile. Also: Hardy and Fred.

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Doctor Who
FIC LINK: No Company for Old Men
AUTHOR LINK: Cryptile
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 7,300
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ninth Doctor, the Brigadier

FIC SUMMARY: "Who are you and what did you do with the Brigadier?"

RECCER'S NOTES: What did the Doctor get up to in those ten seconds at the end of "Rose"? Turns out he buggered off to see the Brigadier, and more or less refused to go away. Reasons to read this: 1. It's Nine and the Brig; 2. it's by Cryptile. Dialogue sharp as knives. The Brigadier's voice is delightful, his reaction to the intruder memorable, and the brittle wrongness of this new Doctor as the Brig watches him about the place sticks in my throat and burns.

Consider this an author rec, too, because every fic on Cryptile's profile is fantastic, with that balanced DW blend of drama and comedy and absolutely impeccable characterisation. One of the very best.

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Mushishi
FIC LINK: The Lonely Traveler
AUTHOR LINK:

cafecliche
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 5,500
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ginko, Adashino

FIC SUMMARY: After becoming snowbound in Adashino's village, Ginko realizes it's no natural storm keeping him there.

RECCER'S NOTES: A lovely little casefic that captures the feel of the series wonderfully. Contains Ginko being 100% done with everyone, Adashino being Adashino, and an intriguing mushi.

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Naruto
FIC LINK: Freedom in the Eyes of Another
AUTHOR LINK:

Ouroboros69 (

ouroboros69)
RATING/WARNING(S): T | Graphic violence, some gore
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 26,300
MAIN CHARACTERS: Haruno Sakura, Hatake Kakashi, Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke

FIC SUMMARY: The Wave Mission is a failure. Team Seven is captured. Sasuke is gone. Kakashi is next.
Sakura has no choice but to be a hero.

RECCER'S NOTES: An AU adventure in which Sakura has to grow a backbone several years early and finds, perhaps to her surprise, that it was already there. Sakura's voice is my favourite part of this fic: she sounds genuinely young, scared and rather shellshocked, and so, so determined to survive. Very Nasty Things™ happen which are not dwelt on - trust me when I say this isn't a darkfic, although it has some gloriously creepy imagery. And in among all the stabbity bits is some pretty wicked humour, so all in all there's no good reason not to read this.

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Star Trek: TOS
FIC LINK: Errors on the Edge of Forever
AUTHOR LINK:

louiseb
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 11,000
MAIN CHARACTERS: Spock, James T. Kirk, Christine Chapel, Leonard McCoy

FIC SUMMARY: "A joyless smile, a shuttered look, a turn of shoulders. Is this how friendship ends?" Set after "The City on the Edge of Forever". Spock fears the worst.

RECCER'S NOTES: Second-person narrative is a rare choice for fanfic and, for that matter, also for profic, but oh how this story makes it work. It does a great job of portraying the careful balance of reason and feeling in Spock's mind, and the disconnect between "what you think" and "what you end up saying" was painfully familiar. Also: Christine Chapel is awesome.

(There is a leeetle bit of non-gen-ness in the interaction between Spock and Chapel, but it holds close to what we see in canon.)

thady

FANDOM: Stargate SG-1
FIC LINK: A Story That Doesn't Have....
AUTHOR LINK:

sallym
RATING/WARNING(S): G | none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 2,180 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Jack O'Neill; Daniel Jackson, team

FIC SUMMARY: Oooohkay. Jack didn't know the chair he was sitting in - in the infirmary after a mission gone bust again - had to be the hardest and most painful they had, or why the book he had to balance on one knee had to be one of the oldest, biggest, thickest and - ouch - heaviest in the SGC's considerable collection, but apparently they both did. So he winced, shifted a little in an attempt to ease the weight, and fixed that smile on his face, the one he used all over the galaxy for 'friendly and harmless', and carefully settled a soft warm and disconcertingly tiny body in his lap.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is sweet and moving. I love Jack's pov here, he really sounded like himself.

thady

FANDOM: Attack the Block
FIC LINK: A Flag That Bears the Name.
AUTHOR LINK:

Chash
RATING/WARNING(S): none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 2,200 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Moses, Pest, Biggz, Sam

FIC SUMMARY: Moses used to think about saving the world. Now that he's done it, he can't go back.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is such a great continuation of the movie. This is how it could have happened. Love the characters here, and how they are still themselves.

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Entries tagged with friendship

Doctor Who: The Sands of Time

Captain Teddy by eggheadwizard

MCU: Alternatively by 16woodsequ

Firefly/BtVS: A Friend to the Spirit, by ChronicBookworm

Dead Like Me: The Off Day, by Rivulet027

Star Trek: Voyager: Access Records, by openended

stranger things: a little light headed (at her altitude) by elegantstupidity

vld: a grass in the beginning, by coyotesuspect

voltron: legendary defender - routine maintenance, by VelkynKarma

Harry Potter: The Last Year, by pauraque.

Star Wars: Zero, by Apache

Attack on Titan: wound deep in your chest, heartless, by 100demons (and one more for luck)

Pokémon: Venting, by DeLiz

Broadchurch: Puzzles, by HalfASlug

Doctor Who: No Company for Old Men, by Cryptile

Mushishi: The Lonely Traveler, by cafecliche

Naruto: Freedom in the Eyes of Another, by Ouroboros69

ST:TOS: Errors on the Edge of Forever, by louiseb

Stargate SG-1: A Story That Doesn't Have..., by sallym.

Attack the Block: A Flag That Bears the Name, by Chash.

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