Curated Curios (with rec notes in the bookmarks)
All the gems I've found in my time digging through A03. Any length, any fandom, any genre, but no explicit fics. There will be warnings for sexual content.
Each bookmark will have notes abt what I like in the piece, warnings (if applicable), and sometimes a 'vibe'. AKA my description of the piece's tone/aesthetic. Don't be worried if it doesn't make sense!
There are also tags for length and feel. They are:
Short story(0-30k), novella (30k-50k), novel (50k-100K), and Epic (100k+)
Silly (humor/crack), Scary (horror), Soft (fluff), Sharp (angst), Smarp (light angst), and Smooth (narrative)
the last three of those are really badly defined and I'm not quite sure how to explain them. Smooth is, like, 'this is an engaging story' and Sharp is about the emotional impact?? You'll figure it out
Format fuckery is for epistolary fics/anything that plays with its medium
Romance is also tagged. I'm not sure why.
To skip to my faves, check out the 'must read' and 'something else' tags! These are the best of the best. There's about 15 of them, ranging in length, and I love all of them dearly.
Also, feel free to suggest your own additions! I'd love to read something new <3
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Mid-Season-One Zuko is held for ransom by Chief Hakoda. Ozai's replies to the Water Tribe's demands are A+ Parenting. Hakoda is… deeply concerned, for this son that isn't his, and who might be safer among enemies than with his own father.
Podfic and translations in Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian now available! See chapter one author notes for links.
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Twilight on Owl Creek Bridge by yellow_caballero
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy
07 Dec 2021
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SUBJECT: Regarding Senate Guard Objectives For Today
This is a polite reminder to all guardsmen that patrol schedules for the Senate vote ratifying dictatorships are posted in the breakroom. I am also issuing a warning to linear time that days should follow sequentially and are not intended to repeat. Please cease repeating. I am getting a headache.
Additionally, I'd like to remind all guardsmen that it is illegal to harbor invisible women in the Senate. If you see a ghost claiming to be Leia Organa, please remove her from the premises. She will be making a scene.
Thank you for your cooperation in preserving the peace of the Republic, and all hail the Empire.
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shall i find rest by dog_fish
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
19 Dec 2024
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On the Planet of his birth, Cloud had destroyed Sephiroth years ago. The reactors are long cold, the world is saved, and he and Tifa keep their little family in remembrance of the dead.
In this new dimension, it's like the apocalypse Cloud remembers was half-averted. Mako's still around, ShinRa's in business, and Tifa supposedly died years ago under Cloud's JENOVA-fueled rampage. The other problem? Everyone's alive, looking for answers, and this dimension is a little more different than it seems.
It's hard, taking out reactors while being hunted across the continent by the people who are apparently your soulmates. It's hard, and no one understands.
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- Part 1 of we eat well in summer
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The Monster at the End of This Book by yellow_caballero
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
28 Oct 2020
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Every year, the Supernatural Society of Britain holds its annual academic and social conference EvilCon. This year, it will be held in 1999, Bournemouth, England - and almost-teenager Jonathan Sims is going to make it an EvilCon nobody will ever forget.
Easier said than done, when Jon has to evade time-traveling history teachers and overbearing parental figures. When it comes to dealing with Messiahs of the Eternal Flame, rare book hunters, and the looming threat of a future apocalypse, he needs all the help he can get. Can Jon untangle these games of mistaken identities - and will he ever find out who the mysterious figure known as the Archivist truly is?
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Someone had to inform Light's family. What remained of it.
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"You can't be serious." Jonathan Sims raises his eyes at last to properly look at Georgie, expecting her to laugh and make some quip about finally getting him to put the damn book down, at least.
"Well, I am," she shoots back.
He sets his book aside and turns fully towards her, betrayal clear on his face. "A blind date, really?"
Jon makes the frankly terrible decision to go on a blind date with one Martin Blackwood. Fate ensues. AU where Jon and Georgie are still friends, Georgie likes finding dates for her friends, Martin doesn't work at the institute, and everyone is just a bit happier while canon spooky stuff goes on in the background. Takes place juuust barely pre-canon in the beginning but catches up quickly. Inspired as usual by the wonderful conversations with my friend RavenXavier/somuchbetterthanthat.
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Bookmarked by Meepius147
16 Jan 2023
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This is a really nice fic and i like it so much and it's so good. Like when you're cold but then you get a blanket.
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Michael Shelley opens the door, and he’s dead before it even closes behind him.
Not that he'll let that stop him.
Bookmarked by Meepius147
18 Jan 2023
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A BEAUTIFUL and transcendent acid trip. As a huge fan of the Antagonish statement (and all the spiral statements, really), I looove this one... the prose is so nonsensical but so sensical at the same time..
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A Queen's Trials (And How To Speedrun Them) by daddykeehl
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
06 Sep 2024
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Shang Qinghua is now well on his way to the same happily-ever-after that every protagonist gets, but two things stand in his way.
The Queen's Trials, and a council that just won't give up.
Too bad for them, they really don't know who they're dealing with.
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- 4/9
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Bookmarked by Meepius147
27 Feb 2026
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author takes a really methodical approach to keeping weather and setting in mind. the constant snow of the northern kingdom is emphasized by logistical difficulties, clothing, trade, animals and beasts that appear in it-- each region has its own associated weather as well.
I think the most promising thing to find in a work is synergy between components, and this fic has that down pat. Detailed locations emphasize the emotion in every scene, and back up the idea of the demon realm being a complex, massive place with different social moors all over. Characters all have their own unique ways of speaking that emphasize their personalities and social classes, with care being taken w/ the honorifics/self referral nouns.
overall everything contributes to author's take on a fleshed-out, less comedic interpetation of SVSSS world. I think when I really fell in love w/ this fic was when SQQ made an appearance; never seen cumplane written like that but it works so well!!! manages to drag both of them down to a more messy, human genre of story, making their flaws/hangups really evident without outright character bashing or taking either side.
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porcelain chips by thepolysyndetonaddictsupportgroup
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Daredevil (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe
30 Dec 2021
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“Peter,” he tells him, “with great power comes great responsibility. Do you understand what I mean when I tell you that?”
“No,” says Peter.
“Ah, hell,” says Ben.
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Peter tries to write his origin story, but he can never seem to get past how goddamn sorry he is.
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- Part 1 of pottery shards
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by Meepius147
22 Oct 2022
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INCREDIBLY written spiderman origin story. Like, so well written. Like, this shit reads like poetry. Like, the best written fic ever.
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Adventures In Attempting To Purchase A Book From That Weird Old Soho Bookshop, A. Z. Fell & Co. by Quandtuniverse
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
22 Jun 2019
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A rare book collector posting on a niche internet forum is dismayed to discover the last missing book is only available at the best worst bookshop in London.
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- 1,348
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by Meepius147
07 Dec 2022
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Love me some outsider POV social media fic bullshit. Literally the pinnacle of fic writing
purple: It's the good omens bookshop forum post fic, this is like THE outsider POV of the century