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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.

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.

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.

doranwen

FANDOM: Worldweavers / Push
FIC LINK: Tangled Strands
AUTHOR LINK: Morbane
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1562
MAIN CHARACTERS: Thea Winthrop, Cassie Holmes, Nick Gant

FIC SUMMARY: Thea presses enter - and arrives somewhere unexpected.

RECCER'S NOTES: This was a gift for me a few years ago in Night On Fic Mountain (a fic exchange for rare fandoms), and I was absolutely delighted to receive a gen fic that crossed two of my favorite fandoms with attention to detail, logical interaction, and worldbuilding. A fan of either fandom would find this an interesting read (but you'll probably get more out of it if you know the awesome Worldweavers books by Alma Alexander).

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Broadchurch
FIC LINK: Cargument
AUTHOR LINK:

damalur
RATING/WARNING(S): G | Spoilers for Series 1, mild spoilers for Series 3
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1200 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ellie Miller, Alec Hardy

FIC SUMMARY: Hardy, Miller, the not-so-open road, and an abundance of opinions.

RECCER'S NOTES: Possibly the best Broadchurch fic I've read. Granted, that's a small superlative given the size of the fandom, but were it bigger I'd still say it and mean it. The voices are perfection - Ellie's in particular stands out - and the push and pull of the ~~argument~~ dialogue is so true to their relationship in the show I'd swear I was in the car with them. I was grinning all over my face when I finished. Don't miss this one.

longlivehumour

FANDOM: The Brittas Empire
FIC LINK: Your Gateway To a Stress-Free Life
AUTHOR LINK:

Doyle
RATING/WARNING(S): G | none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1200 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Helen Brittas, Carole Parkinson

FIC SUMMARY: "Stop apologising, Carole, for heaven's sake. Everybody knows it's Gordon's fault for playing that Christmas tape on a loop." Helen's getting pretty good at stress management; she's had enough experience.

RECCER'S NOTES: Short, funny, and strongly in-character; you can just picture the mad glint in Carole's eyes as she explains. A productive conversation between the two most put-upon characters in the Brittasverse.

thady

FANDOM: BABYLON 5
FIC LINK: The Quiet Ones.
AUTHOR LINK:

Amatara
RATING/WARNING(S): G | ( canonical character death )
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ficlet | ~ 990 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Regent Virini, Londo Mollari

FIC SUMMARY: The life and death of Regent Virini - one of the quiet ones history is bound to forget.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is such a wonderful character study. The background Amatara made up for Virini makes so much sense, it becomes my headcanon. I'd love to read more about him.

longlivehumour

FANDOM: Fake News (The Daily Show and The Colbert Report)
FIC LINK: Ye Merrie Olde Adventures of Duke Stephen (and His Knights)
AUTHOR LINK:

PlotDohOh
RATING/WARNING(S): PG
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 14,700 (3,300 + 11,100)
MAIN CHARACTERS: (the fake personas of) Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, all the correspondents and a number of quasi-political figures whose names I don't feel like typing out right now.

FIC SUMMARY: It all started when the new young Duke, Lord Stephen de Colbert, finally got around to arresting that loudmouthed troubadour — the one who wouldn't stop badmouthing him all over the Duchy of Newest York.

RECCER'S NOTES: Because sometimes you want a dark and serious deconstruction, and sometimes you just want puns. A very funny, very silly fairy-tale AU set in the land of Amurrica. There are swords! There are bears! There is multivariate statistical analysis! There are, most of all, clever, clever puns!
Trust me on this one.

Also: it turns out there are no fanfics beginning with X.
Also also: looks like Photobucket has decided to ransom off its hosting. Thus beginneth the migration...

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.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Pride and Prejudice
FIC LINK: Bad Influence
AUTHOR LINK:

overeducatedandoverworked
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 611
MAIN CHARACTERS: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Georgiana Darcy

FIC SUMMARY: Mr. Darcy always thought that gambling was unladylike. But then, he thought a lot of things, and look how that turned out.

RECCER'S NOTES:

Small, sweet and delightful! At only 600 words it's a quick read but very in character and easily imagined as something that could happen post-canon.

ozqueen

I'm back from holidays and trying to squeeze in a couple of recs for the yuletide challenge! There is still time if you want to rec your favourite fic from yuletides past!

FANDOM: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
FIC LINK: Ask Memes and Bonding Exercises
AUTHOR LINK:

aderam
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1734
MAIN CHARACTERS: Rosa Diaz, Gina Linetti, Amy Santiago, Jake Peralta, Terry Jeffords, Ray Holt, Charles Boyle

FIC SUMMARY: The game is simple: Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins. It's time for another edition of Who's More Cryptic Anyway!

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is such a fun little fic, and the character voices are perfect. I can totally see this being a missing scene from canon - Terry accidentally sends everyone an ask meme, and they turn it into a challenge to prove how well they know each other. It's perfect and lighthearted and suits canon down to the ground.

thady

FANDOM: Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends
FIC LINK: Three for Family.
AUTHOR LINK:

NightsMistress
RATING/WARNING(S): PG-13
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 3,600 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Natsume Takashi, Fujiwara Touko, Fujiwara Shigeru

FIC SUMMARY: The more Touko hears about Natsume Takashi, the more confused she becomes. The stories she hears are of a selfish child acting out for attention, or worse, but all she can see is a sad, lost child in need of a place to put down roots so that he can settle his mind.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is such a wonderful characer study of bot Touko and of Natsume as we see him through her eyes. I love the way the story flows, and how Touka sees more than the others do. There's such a gentleness and kindness to her that makes me love her just the more.

thady

FANDOM: Astronomy (Anthropomorfic)
FIC LINK: Your Best and Brightest.
AUTHOR LINK:

etothey
RATING/WARNING(S): gen, none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: one-shot | ~ 1,140 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Eris (Astronomy), Pluto (Astronomy), Planet 9 (Astronomy)

FIC SUMMARY: It's another day at work in the Solar System, and Planet 9 has to deal with its coworkers.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is the best kind of crack, in which the characters are still recocnizable. This made me laugh and giggle.

thady

FANDOM: Malory Towers
FIC LINK: Not Right About Everything.
AUTHOR LINK:

Lefaym
RATING/WARNING(S): G | none
WIP?/WORD COUNT: ficlet | ~ 330 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Gwendoline Mary Lacey

FIC SUMMARY: The girls at Malory Towers weren't right about everything.

RECCER'S NOTES: This is such a great little character study. Moreoften than not Gwendoline has my sympathies even though she was horrid sometimes. And while she is still herself here she does grow up.

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.

ozqueen

FANDOM: The Simpsons
FIC LINK: Green-Eyed Homer
AUTHOR LINK:

Person
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 4444
MAIN CHARACTERS: Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson

FIC SUMMARY: Homer observes Lisa as she becomes close to Patty's newest girlfriend.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is gorgeous. Homer is so in character and his voice is spot on - it doesn't go too far into over the top stupid, but it points out his flaws as well, including the ones that have only gotten worse as time has gone on, gently steering him right again without changing him into someone else. His relationship with Lisa is really sweetly done, and Lisa is her bright, clever little self. This is just beautiful.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Bob's Burgers
FIC LINK: The Legend of Cowgirl Kelly
AUTHOR LINK:

missy
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1152
MAIN CHARACTERS: Bob Belcher, Tina Belcher, Gene Belcher, Louise Belcher

FIC SUMMARY: The Belcher kids try to find the secret treasure of Cowgirl Kelly, while Bob just tries to beat Jimmy Pesto at the Wonder Wharf's Barbecue festival.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This could be lifted straight from canon. The character voices are wonderful and the entire adventure reads just like an episode - whacky antics and amazing Belcher interaction.

ozqueen

FANDOM: Gone Girl
FIC LINK: Pick in the Ice
AUTHOR LINK:

heartkeepingopenhouse
RATING/WARNING(S): M | implied/referenced suicide
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 1421
MAIN CHARACTERS: Rhonda Boney, Amy Elliot Dunne

FIC SUMMARY: “Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is so chilling. I will admit I haven't read the book, I have only seen the movie, so I can't speak for the accuracy on characterisation beyond that, but the way this fic is told and set out to reveal exactly what's happened is nothing short of brilliant. Rhonda and Amy face off against each other and it's so understated and sharp and cold. I honestly thought I'd rec'd this one already, but the tags tell me I haven't, so go and read it now!

ozqueen

FANDOM: Father Ted
FIC LINK: It's All The Rage On The Mainland
AUTHOR LINK:

suitablyskippy
RATING/WARNING(S): G/None
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 6000
MAIN CHARACTERS: Father Ted, Father Dougal, Father Jack, Mrs Doyle

FIC SUMMARY: “Here for the auditions, are you, Fathers?”

Ted set his chin high; he folded his arms sternly at his chest, and stood firm in the doorway. His coat did not billow open around him in a sudden lick of wind, though he would have liked it very much if it had, and he felt it would have been rather appropriate besides. “We are,” he declared. “Oh, we are, all right.”

(Smash-hit reality show 'Ireland's Got Certain Abilities' was on its way to Craggy Island, and Ted felt more than ready for the spotlight.)

RECCER'S NOTES:

In honour of Frank Kelly's recent passing, a Father Ted rec! This is wonderful. It absolutely nails the voices and the tone of the show and is hilariously funny, which is often hard to get right in the written word. This could just so easily be an episode of the show - it's weird and wonderful and leaves me with a huge smile.

dirty_diana

FANDOM: Life
FIC LINK: The Closest Exit May Be Behind You
AUTHOR LINK:

throughadoor
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete / 2400 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Charlie Crews, Dani Reese, Ted Earley, Rachel Seybolt

FIC SUMMARY: Ted tries to dispense parental advice when Rachel encounters the lurking existential dread of the college application process. There's a dead body on an airplane and Dani hates the FBI. And Charlie is probably going to buy UCLA a building.

RECCER'S NOTES: If you've ever wondered what Charlie and Dani and company might have gotten up to after the cancellation of Life? This is a surprisingly convincing answer to that question, full of adorable Charlie-isms.

The Espresso Addict

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Entries tagged with small fandoms

Malevolent: But Gentle Pulls the Strings by jaclynhyde

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

Dead Like Me: The Off Day, by Rivulet027

Worldweavers & Push: Tangled Strands, by Morbane

Broadchurch: Cargument, by damalur

The Brittas Empire: Your Gateway to a Stress-Free Life, by Doyle

Babylon 5: The Quiet Ones, by Amatara.

Fake News: Ye Merrie Olde Adventures of Duke Stephen, by PlotDohOh

Mushishi: The Lonely Traveler, by cafecliche

pride and prejudice: bad influence, by overeducatedandoverworked

brooklyn nine nine: ask memes and bonding exercises, by aderam

Natsume Yuujinchou: Three for Family, by NightsMistress.

Astronomy (Anthropomorfic): Your Best and Brightest, by yhlee (etothey).

Malory Towers: Not Right About Everything, by Lefaym.

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

the simpsons: green-eyed homer, by person

bob's burgers: the legend of cowgirl kelly, by missy

gone girl: pick in the ice, by heartkeepingopenhouse

father ted: it's all the rage on the mainland, by suitablyskippy

Life: The Closest Door May Be Behind You by throughadoor

The Espresso Addict