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  Anonymous asked:

Hi, I've see you saying that you're reading a lot of fic lately and I was wondering if you could rec some? I so trust your taste and I think we have so many fandons in common...

Hiya! So first, what I was reading over the summer were some new fandoms that I'm still mulling over. Those ships and fics, I'm not ready to recommend anything for, I'll come back to them later.

As you know, I find it hard to pick out faves and recommend things but coincidentally, some time back, when I hadn't read fics for years, I decided to see which I could easily remember. It’s not close to being an exhaustive list, I just noted down whatever came to me over a few hours, and almost all are pretty old, often from my first go-around in each fandom, but it’s a fair number. I've read other great ones that might not be as easily remembered for any number of reasons, like if I was in a particular frame of mind or if I read too many good ones at once so none really stood out, if I read them in between other things going on in life, etc. These ones slotted into the ole memory bank but that doesn't say anything about those left off.

I'm not sure how many of these are fandoms you're into, but when I'm in a real fic-reading mood I'll often try fandoms I don't know, so hopefully you can still give some of them a shot. I tried to organize by fandom though they're mostly in the order I remembered them, so it's not alphabetical or fave first--though it did end up being pretty chronologically backwards. I was literally going back through the years and I don't think I've read some of the anime ones in like, more than a decade? And while for my own list, I often was like oh, all of that author's fics for this ship and would know what I meant, here I tried to narrow it down to one fic per author, since it can be hard to know where to start, but definitely give their other fics a try if you liked that one.

Added a cut for length. All stories are f/f and complete unless specified. As I go through some of these, let me come back here to add that it’s worth keeping in mind as you read these that they are products of their time, some more than a decade ago. 

Minx (2022) - 2x01

Survival of the Thickest - 1x04

The Wheel of Time - Season 2 - Official Trailer

Survival of the Thickest - 1x01

Survival of the Thickest - 1x02

Warrior (2019) - 3x05

Warrior (2019) - 3x04

Warrior (2019) - 3x04

Awww, this is such a cute list. These would make for great vignettes in a fic.

And you know, even though they're currently separated, they still hold true and make sense because they've broken up for such external reasons that are tied to Ah Toy's seasonal arc, I don't think it's at all impossible to hope that the successful completion of that arc would lead to a reunion, if not sooner, obviously. And if not this season, then as long as they're alive, after. They still seem to be two of the more caring, responsible people on the whole show.

Whoops, I'm a bit late to answer this so we've already seen that at the moment, their relationship hasn't survived this. D:

It was definitely nice to see in the moment Nellie telling him no, but I fear that's how it's gonna be for the next 4-5 eps, minor victories followed by big losses. There's so much against them, Buckley, Douglas, the new police chief, the secret service, Leary, whatever rebellion's brewing in Mai Ling's tong. No doubt Ah Toy's gonna get pulled into at least some of it.

Yeah, the opening was brutal, and the thing is, normally I'd think Ah Toy is reacting more to her internalized fear and indeed, punishing herself for daring to wish for more, for herself, but in the end she's right. Usually Nellie WOULD be able to use her lawyers and money would win, but you can't win against someone who's just as white and wealthy as you and also male and who wants power and uses that to influence others. It's such a good point, why attack when you were already going to get the land? Just plain evil.

Indeed, now, I'm not sure what the plot is for Nellie going forward. They probably won't repeat something from before, but her role on the show is tied so strongly to Ah Toy, what is there for her if they're separated? And as much as I wish they are back together in the next ep, I think this is the part of that review where Ah Toy is going to be depressed, because in effect she has lost Nellie. If she were to get that support again, I feel like that would help resolve her arc too quickly. I think there's more of downward spiral in store for her, for all of them, until enough is enough.

But, you know, that actually makes me more hopeful for Nellie's future, at least at the moment. It's absolutely very possible that she does die in the next eps, but there's no narrative weight to it now, she's already lost everything, and she and Ah Toy are already separated. Its biggest impact would have been when they were happy together, so in ep 3, actually. Now... I'm just not sure.

That scene of Ah Toy putting on the makeup was so good! Sad but very effective and honestly, kind of beautiful. Although, see, that's where I think it IS her punishment for herself and inability to accept she deserves more that stops Ah Sahm, because, well, why not assassinate him? They've done it before. But I guess that's literally her season's arc. It'll happen, hopefully, even if later on, that's the "getting even" part the review addresses.

I have not, I might, I like Rachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, and f/f, but it seems grotesque to me in a way I don't think I can handle. I'm bad at body horror stuff. :x Especially when it involves pregnancy.

I did! I ended up quite liking Ane and Itzi, but the ending felt cruel, in so many ways! I think my last reply about it was before the season finale, I didn't expect nothing about them. So now I'm a little miffed with the writers, but of course there needs to be a second season to fix everything, including this horrible new situation they're in. Dunno if we'll get it, but, you know.

And another anon:

Honestly, I AM a bit surprised, given that it was an international show but I also didn't hear much about people viewing it, so in that respect, yes, even a s2 was unexpected.

I'm definitely conflicted about it, on the one hand, I worried about Bel and Zoa through the hiatus and and season 2 and it feels almost impossible that they'd survive season 3, but on the other hand, they did surprisingly so well with them over two seasons, why not give them the benefit of the doubt for a third? And it's DEFINITELY annoying to lose a legit wlw lead, especially on a show like this, not to mention all the other queer rep too.

And on a cliffhanger too! It'd really be so smart of them to come back for so many of these shows and just wrap them up with at least a movie, so at least they'd be watchable in the future for new audiences, instead of simply being dead in the water.

Deadloch - 1x08

All those things! And her voice. Although, not just the uniform, she looks so good in just slacks and a shirt. That last scene, my god, they knew what they were doing! She could not have been styled to look more of a dreamboat.

But I really do love her character, the by-the-book earnest helpful kind leads are always my weakness.

I was trying to answer this last night before the season finale dropped today, so I won't say anything about it, and also because it was really great and I don't want to spoil anyone, but right, and then the next ep just stepped it up?? The convo with Cath had me going oof, and then in ep 7, the interrogations got like, bleak.

I remember thinking to myself how effective it was that they started to get serious with Vic, since she'd always had a bit of gravitas that the others didn't, and so it felt so much more real with her, and it was so real, the subject matter, and then the usually very clownishly OTT Aleyna and Vanessa, it was really well done! It's such a smart show in terms of humor, in terms of drama, in terms of setting up a mystery, but in its emotional intelligence too, knowing when to back off the gag and when to press home. Whew.

Gotham Knights - 1x13