Challenge #13

In your own space, rec three fanworks that you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.




A few years ago, I realized it was easier to make recs if I just saved a list of the good content after I found it.


Best New Fanfic Found in 2022

* Found through Snowflake Challenge.


ASIMOV

* "Training Data" by Kalirush
Garbage in, garbage out.


THE AVENGERS

"Brooklyn Boys" by SleepsWithCoyotes
In the first Thor movie, a Jotun ice-beast ends up stranded on Earth. In this story, a Bucky Barnes newly freed from Hydra post Winter-Soldier finds the ice beast and adopts it as a combination pet/therapy animal/attack dog.

* "In Deep or in Darkness" by Independence1776
"In Life's name and for Life's sake…"
Loki's Oath changes everything.


BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

"After Midnight" by Cornerofmadness
Dawn is learning to be a Watcher, and for some reason her family is surprised by this.

"The Perils of Witch Slaying (Or How Buffy Ended up in Dinoland)" by pprfaith
A curse causes Buffy to reincarnate as various predators.

"The Song Remains the Same" by Aadler
The Avengers / Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A girl falls through a hole in the sky during the Battle of Manhattan. It doesn't get any less weird from there.


GOOD OMENS

"Against Expectations" by Blue_Sparkle and Summerofspock
Once, before the Beginning, before the Fall, angels shared their bodies and souls through Heat, building trust and camaraderie. Then the great Fall happened, and angels no longer experience such things.
But demons do. Surely.
Or: the tale of how neither angels nor demons know that the others no longer have Heats either, but Crowley and Aziraphale are all too ready to lend a helping hand either way.

* "Between Sand and Stars" by Dashicra1
A damaged Aziraphale stumbles across a cursed Crowley.

* "Villainous" by IneffablePenguin
{Once Upon A Time…
There was a red-haired sorcerer who lived alone in a high tower. And a blond prince who lived in a palace full of people. And they were both of them desperately lonely.
The Kingdoms of Empyrion and the Sorcerers of Apollyon have hated each other for hundreds of years, ever since the Great War. They do not interact, other than to occasionally try to kill one another. And they certainly do not make friends.
Crow is an exhausted sorcerer who just wants everyone to leave him the hell alone: for the Sorcerer’s Council to stop harassing him to live up to his potential, and for wannabe Empyrion Heroes to stop attacking his tower to try and kill him. Until one day when he meets Prince Azra of the High Fells, who doesn’t behave anything like he’s supposed to…
Part fairy tale, part fantasy, all love story. There’s magic, and grand romantic gestures, and Heroes and a handsome Prince, and a Villain. There are even some wild heroics, though not necessarily from who you would expect. At its core it’s simply about two (relatively) sane people living in a mad world who find each other.
The smut isn’t until later chapters.}


HARRY POTTER

"Birds of a Feather" by PinaNaponi
After the war is won, Harry keeps visiting a comatose Severus Snape at St. Mungo’s. A story about two orphans and one recuperating Potions Master finding love and family.

The Family That Chooses You series by WokFriedIce
You cannot choose the family you're born into, but you can choose the family you belong to. An alternate universe Harry Potter setting where a hurt Harry Potter is helped by the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. This story will eventually deviate from canon though the first few years will have more similarities. There will be more of a focus on character interactions and fluff.

"Harry Potter and the Unexpected Mother" by StruggleMuggle
All it takes to make all the difference in the world is for one person to care for another. Baby Harry Potter found caring in the most unexpected of places.

Harry Potter - World Traveller series by Wyrmraker
Now homeless following his third year, Harry has to get his affairs in order to be self-supporting.

"Magical Metamorphosis" by Eon_the_Dragon_Mage
Concerned when Hermione sleeps late, Harry decides to check on her and climbs the Gryffindor Girls' Stairs. This begins a journey of self-exploration and transition for Harry as she blossoms into her true self. Transgender Characters. Trans Girl!Harry Potter.

"The Medium Between Life and Death" by NinjaPandaScholar
There were very few things in Harry Potter's life that he was certain of. There was one absolute certainty though; he'd felt it in his bones for as long as he could remember. He, Harry Potter, was dead. The living people around him might not believe, but the dead sure did. Oh well, it doesn't impact his life much. Besides, it's nice to get help with his schoolwork from his parents.

* Rachel Snow series by Welfycat
When Rachel Snow - the Girl-Who-Lived - is sorted into Slytherin House her life changes for the better. She makes a friend, and then another, and slowly gets used to the idea of magic. One small problem. She hasn’t spoken in three years and waving her wand around does nothing.

"Two Warriors"
Harmonyerotica [archived by HarryPotterFanFicArchive_Archivist]
What if the LeStranges hit another Muggleborns house before they were captured, what if the girls house they attacked was across the road from Harry's house. What if Hermione's Father had the respect of one of the galaxies best hunters. How would Harry and Hermione's life change?
Warnings: Rated M due to nudity, gore, violence and mentions of abuse.
(Have you ever wished you could just stab the daylights out of everyone who threatened you or yours? This is that fic.)

"You're All I Have" by NinjaPandaScholar
A piece of Voldemort's soul attached to baby Harry Potter that fateful Halloween night. Over the years, the soul piece witnessed how much danger and pain his host was in. How far would the soul go to protect the child he began to care for, especially when the boy started to care for him in return? Oh, just a little over-protective care, some magic training, maybe some necromancy...


LUCIFER

"A Case of Feline Paralysis" by Firecat
When Lucifer is held prisoner by a demonic cat, John Constantine comes to his rescue.


TOLKIEN

The Angel and the Saint series by EldritchMage
This is a smouldering Hobbit AU in which Bard Bowman is a metal sculptor and Thran Oropherson is a famous ballet dancer.

Crown of Teeth series by Porphyrios
When Bilbo is surprised by a dwarf at the door, he remembers some advice Gandalf gave him. He takes the advice, though he really doesn't want to, and ends up seeing things he never would have believed with people he never would have thought to befriend. The further he goes from home, the less he recognizes his surroundings... or himself.

"The Fox and the Guard" by Blue_Sparkle
Dwalin lives on his own, in a different settlement from where his family is. He remembers the days of hunger and struggle, so he never stops working hard to give all he has to his kin, doing anything to keep this from happening again, not caring for what will become of him.
Things change when he one day meets a trusting little fox.

"House of Healing" by Porphyrios
Bilbo returns to Rivendell on his way home, bitter, broken and grieving. He is surprised to find an elf awake in the middle of the night with him, someone who has always seemed cheerful. Company isn't always welcome in grief, but sometimes others can understand what we are going through.

Roses of Iron series by Porphyrios
Two years after Bilbo returned from his adventures, he's made his peace with being back in the Shire. He still wonders what might have happened if things were different, but figures all that is behind him now. A mysterious visitor turns out to be someone he never thought he'd see again, and he's shocked by the news he hears.

"Walking On The Grass: The Roadtrip AU" by Thorinsmut
Thorin Oakenshield piles the Company into an old bus and leads them on a cross-country trip. They must make the court date to get their sacred ancestral lands, the Lonely Mountain, back from Smaug who plans to strip it for its plentiful natural resources and leave it desolate. Nothing from that point on goes to plan.

"The Web of Darkness" by Soledad
An experiment of the Witch-King backfires, big time, and the Elves of Mirkwood find an unexpected ally in Drizzt Do'Urden, the one Drow who isn't evil.

"The Will of the Green Lady (and her husband The Smith)" by Dragonsteamfan
Bilbo, Thorin, Fili and Kili are sent back to do things better this time, only the Valar aren't taking any chances. Erebor will once more be the Guardian of the North, even if they have to arrange things themselves.


STAR WARS

Darths & Droids
The Star Wars saga as a messed-up roleplaying campaign, starting with The Phantom Menace. Do not read with mouth full.