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I’ve been reading a lot of stories I want to rec recently, so I thought I’d try a bumper fic rec post of my most recent bookmarked fics. Read on for Animal Transformation, Medieval Fantasy, Canon Divergence, Shrunkyclunks and Shrinkyclinks and Florida!
< 10,000 words
The description in this is just so delicate, and the emotional punch it packs is considerable. This is the Bucky waking up out of cryo in Wakanda tearful reunion that you’ve been longing for.
20,000 - 50,000 words
This was a reread. I read an animal transformation fic (and then several more) and it made me want to reread this one, where Winter Soldier! Asset! Bucky is transformed into a dog and (unsurprisingly) gets adopted by a lonely Steve. They are what each other needs, and this is a beautiful, touching ultimately feel good story.
First things first, leveragehunters’ On a Pale Horse is one of my favourite Stucky fics, so I was predisposed to a) like a Bucky is a horse transformation fic and b) compare any horse transformation fics to that one. This story really stands up. It’s different enough that it doesn’t feel rehashed, and the essential things I love about On a Pale Horse (winning trust, equine devotion, essential goodness of the ‘rider’ character, stubborn not-a-horse antics) are all here.
Second things second, I was a horsey girl growing up. I love horses. I loved that so much of this story was about building trust between Steve and horse!Bucky, and I enjoyed all the talk about halters and lunging.
This story has so much heart and humour. There’s the usual gang (Sam is delightful here), and such a kind, stubborn, good Steve. I really adored it.
*Examines fingernails* so, you know that animal transformation fic reading binge I mentioned earlier? This is the last one. In fact, I went to leveragehunters’ AO3 page looking for On a Pale Horse (have I said how much I love that fic enough yet?) after reading The Winter Stallion, and found this story instead. It’s a Ladyhawke AU. I had to google what Ladyhawke was, and didn’t bother until after I’d read the fic. You don’t need to know anything about the film to enjoy this story. It is set in a medieval fantasy world and features my favourite flavour of pre-serum Steve (stubborn, slightly bitter, quick and with so much innate goodness, honour and self-sacrificing idiocy). He falls in with the unlikely, bickering and mysteriously-cursed duo of Bucky (grumpy, oddly vulnerable, ultimately awesome) and Sam, who is kind, witty and Sam (is there ever a bad Sam?). Also, importantly, there is a horse and he is the best horse (just ask Bucky).
We are (briefly) back to the real world after my animal transformation fic spree. And oh my goodness, if you read nothing else on this list, read this fic. It’s a Winter Soldier recovery fic except that it isn’t, it’s a Steve recovery fic. Steve has all his powers in this story, but he is so human. He is brave and loyal and snarky, but he is also so, so vulnerable, and this story shows him feeling lost and little and hurt in a way that not many stories do. Bucky is equally awesome - he’s so clearly the Bucky of the 1930’s whose main objective was keeping Steve safe. This story also has one of my favourite versions of Tony as a side character.
> 50,000 words
Alright, we have skipped happily back into medieval fantasy land for this fic. It features another of my favourite kinds of AU Steves. He’s strong and clever and has proven himself in battle, and has the confidence that goes with that, but he still remembers being the scared young man defending his village with tools not weapons. He’s honorable and down to earth, strategic but also so open to love. This fic has some of my favourite tropes (identity porn! Forbidden love! So much pining!) and is such a fun romp through this ‘swords and honour’ landscape.
And now a different kind of swords and honour. I’m very late to the party in reading this, but if you haven’t come across this Shrunkyclunks story, then do yourself a favour and settle in to read. This fic has so much humour, warmth and passion with a side of politics (but in a good way!) Bucky is a civil rights attorney, and the fact that the story is tagged for period typical homophobia and transphobia and is set in the modern day tells you the rest.
But what this story does really well is make you passionate and pissed off (alongside Bucky and Steve) about civil rights, whilst primarily being a romance story that is fun and positive. There are so many deft character touches as well that round out the supporting cast into lovable, memorable individuals (Yelena!!).
WIPs
I’m trying to be better about reading WIPs. In that spirit, here are two that I’ve started and which I’m really enjoying.
Currently 10/27 chapters posted (74,000 words)
In which MCU-verse Bucky and Steve retire and move to Florida. Steve gets into surfing and Bucky is busy gardening. Okay, my summary sucks but this story is brilliant. I’m a sucker for fic where the author clearly knows their shit. Florida is sketched so well in this story that it’s practically its own character. The story is about how being in this place (that is shown for all its wonders, flaws, and idiosyncrasies) is challenging, helping and healing a Bucky and Steve who are both in pretty bad shape at the beginning.
Currently 5/30 chapters posted (24,000 words)
This is an A/B/O AU set during WW2. Omega! Pre-serum!Steve is a mathematical genius recruited to try to break Nazi codes. There’s the right amount of codebreaky detail which goes into (to me - someone who knows nothing about codes) impressive depth and feels very authentic. This story is just getting started, but so far the characters are great (there’s an excellent supporting cast - Darcy and Wanda are early faves), and Steve is such a good mix of physical frailty and mental power. I’m interested to see how the A/B/O elements play into the story as it progresses. The setting and moreso the feel of the setting - the frustration, desperation and guilt as the team struggle to make sense of the codes and inform troop movements - is really well-realised and gripping.
#stucky#steve rogers#bucky barnes#stucky fic rec#stucky fic#hazel’s favourite fics#fic recs#stevebucky#ryoorisuru#fancy#caughtinanocean#leveragehunters#somanywords#LeeHan#zenaidamacrouras1#SquadOfCats#aimmyarrowshigh
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hello, can you please recommend me some fics where one of them is a spy. And spies on the other one (because they are for example suspect for murder or in a gang that needs to be watch or just in another football team and they are trying to find out their strategy…) Plus points if they are using the other one to get informations so when they find out they feel betrayed and there is drama.
hop you find some and thank you for your work!!
Hi, anon! You're very welcome! And yes, I know some fics that fit what you're looking for!
Take The Bitter With The Sweet by rainbowslovehl
“They did not,” Louis said in the midst of laughing, which had now turned more of hiccup giggles. The name resembled Liam’s shop name, differing by just one word even if it boasted a whole other specialty. “They did not just name their shop too similar to yours.”
“They fucking did!” Liam exclaimed as he slammed his hand against the counter so hard that the drawers shook. “They have the audacity to open a coffee shop right in front of mine and steal my shop name and customers. They serve ‘gluten free’ hipster stuff and ‘kale smoothies’ or whatever, which is mocking my food I feel. The name taunts me. I can’t fucking believe.”
Liam recruits Louis to spy on the 'rival cafe', which Louis is less than enthusiastic about but it does lead him Harry, the pretty barista who works there.
Landslide by aimmyarrowshigh, spibsy
The year is 1976. In November, Jimmy Carter will take control of the White House. Americans are meeting Laverne & Shirley at their apartment in Milwaukee. Hotel California diverges from the reign of Kool & the Gang. And the FBI is still reeling from the repercussions of Watergate, the tragedy at Wounded Knee, Operation Family Secrets, and the strategic terrors of the anti-cult movement.
That's what Special Agent Harry Styles has been told is the basis of his mission to an abandoned farmhouse in rural New Hampshire.
With his hair grown out long and his shirt untucked, he's going undercover to do reconnaissance on suspected cult leader Louis Tomlinson, who has led a group of people out into the middle of nowhere, leaving no record of the life he'd had before. All Harry knows is what the agency gave him: Tomlinson's name, and instructions to figure out what he's doing with the eleven people he brought with him.
In the year that Harry spends undercover and under Louis Tomlinson's wing, he learns more than he ever expected.
Beautiful War by @itsmotivatingcara
Five years ago, Louis was nearly the next victim in a string of murders plaguing Portland, Oregon. He managed to escape and the Angel Killer was apprehended and sent to prison. Now, Louis' a best-selling author that assists state police with minor cases. He still suffers from the events of the days he'd been held hostage, but he's found ways to cope.
That is, until the killings start up again. A body was found in the woods. A body that bared the same signature the media had dubbed: The Angel of Death.
Special Agent Harry Styles leads the case, and he doesn't buy into the clairvoyant bullshit that Louis spewed to save face five years ago. He's certain that Louis Tomlinson was involved.
Until they meet, and they're both left questioning everything they'd thought to be true.
Or
An FBI-Clairvoyant AU
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I only write canon-compliant and canon-adjacent fic, so I'm not the person to request for totally AU AUs! That said, I'll write AUs that exist within the canon-adjacent space (Shrunkyclunks and Shrinkyclinks, X Character Lives, Everyone Lives In Avengers Tower, Omegaverse, fix-it, etc.) I love writing about food as a metaphor for love, and that will probably show up in anything I'm writing in some way. I love writing about the recovery of the Red Room characters (Natasha, Yelena, Bucky, Nadia, Ying). I love writing Jewish characters. I love a lot of rarepairs -- please check here for more information and to check if your preferred ship is one that I will write.
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I will not write breathplay, impact play, hard BDSM, scat, watersports, vore, "good" or "redeemed" Nazis, "sexy" rape including rape fantasy or role play, werewolves, mermaids, catboys, bestiality, furries, or cheating. I also will not write wild AUs that are not connected to the canon world in some way -- I'm just not the best writer for those requests! And I'm not the person to ask for Peggy Carter-centric fic. I pretty much only know how to write flangst -- don't ask for anything with a super dark ending, because I can't do it.
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Will create works for the following relationships:
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Xu Xialing-centric - MCU
Scott Lang/Steve Rogers - MCU
Wanda Maximoff-centric - MCU
Darcy Lewis-centric - MCU
Steve Rogers-centric - MCU
Nadia van Dyne-centric - 616
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I will create a fanwork of 5,000 words for the starting bid of $15, with each additional $5 increase equaling an additional 1,000 words (up to a total of 15,000 words). I will also most likely make a little picspam/graphic for the story. :)
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Currently reading!
I'm getting out of my reading slump with this fanfic. I've only read 3 chapters so far but I already adore this version of Steve Rogers so much!
And I really like how all the characters from the movie are also coming into the story, each with different roles but somehow it all makes sense. And it has Alpha/Omega so that is also a plus!
I am just just really excited to read more and see how the story builts and how Steve and Bucky/Winter Soldier will meet.
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Each month I want to share a work in progress that I've started reading or that I'm excited about. This month's fic is:
Lent From Tomorrow (today was too small for us) by @aimmyarrowshigh
1942. The war in Europe drags on. Genius omega Steve Rogers despairs ever being able to help the Allies - until a British beta offers him a unique opportunity: break codes, and stop the Nazis in their tracks. Recruited from his humdrum solitary life in Brooklyn, Steve finds himself embroiled in the secret world of Washington intelligence. As he pours through code, unearthing valuable intel that saves thousands of Allied soldiers' lives, Steve makes a remarkable, horrifying discovery: a hidden code specific to something called The Asset.
Wherever the Asset is mentioned, casualties follow. In an effort to stop the carnage, Allied commandos track down the Asset and bring it to DC... where Steve discovers it isn't an it at all, but a damaged, distressed, and destructive Alpha who smells like everything Steve's ever wanted and can never have.
Frustrated by the Asset's inability to communicate, Steve launches himself into cracking the code of what makes this Alpha tick, and what he discovers will change the world.
This story seems like it will be a fascinating, thrilling, and interesting exploration of codebreaking, the 1940s, gender roles through a/b/o, and of course the love Steve and Bucky will undoubtedly have for each other. I already enjoy the worldbuilding and the way Steve is being written. Clearly so much care and thought has been put into this story and it is going to be wonderful.
You can read it here:
#stucky#stucky fic rec#marvel fic rec#marvel#steve rogers#bucky barnes#aimmyarrowshigh#fic rec#fic recs
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do you like shrunkyclunks? do you, too, have a lot of feelings about Steve's disabilities? do you care about meaningful, thoughtful Jewish representation!?!! do you love luscious food imagery!! read this fic by @aimmyarrowshigh you will cry! you will laugh! you will be hungry! you will be full and you will still want more. read!
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Your Thing in fandom is writing excellent character studies!
I really wasn't expecting that! Thank you very, very much for saying that. I honestly hardly ever set out with that goal, but I think that is very intrinsically linked to how I engage with things in the first place, so it also makes sense.
Plus there's the whole "this is MY blorbo and I will explain them to you!!" thing lol.
Thank you very much for indulging me and being such a sweetheart 🤍
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Oooh, Stucky Murder He Wrote!
Hi! Thanks for asking 🥰
Stucky Murder He Wrote is a Shrunkyclunks fic in which Bucky writes mystery novels and Steve is a huge fan of them. One day Steve is taking a little holiday and meets Bucky. Then together they stumble into mysteries and murder investigations and also manage to fall in love along the way. The fic is going to have a few different cases, through which Steve and Bucky's friendship and then relationship grows. And I want it to really feel like Murder She Wrote :D
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for @aimmyarrowshigh!
want a moodboard?
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes
Additional Tags: Drabble, Canon Compliant, Wakanda (Marvel), Black Panther (2018) Post-Credits Scene, Bucky Barnes in Wakanda, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Goats
Series: Part 13 of Bucky Barnes Bingo Round 4, Part 772 of MCU Drabbles
Summary:
Free space. Bucky has a simple life here, a quiet life. It isn't anything he could have imagined as a city boy in Brooklyn, and he wouldn't have dared wish for it as the Winter Soldier. But it's a good life, and it's his.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: American Girl Dolls - All Media Types, American Girls: Samantha - Various Authors
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nellie O'Malley/Samantha Parkington
Characters: Samantha Parkington
Additional Tags: Drabble, Canon Compliant, Future Fic, College, University, women in STEM, Period-Typical Anti-Irish Bigotry, 1910s, Period Typical Bigotry, Period Typical Attitudes
Series: Part 73 of 100 Drabble Tumblr Challenge: TH13TEEN, Part 28 of American Girl Drabbles
Summary:
High esteem. Samantha doesn't understand why she's been accepted to the women's college when Nellie has not.
#Fic Fridays#American Girl#Nellie O'Malley x Samantha Parkington#Type: Fic#aimmyarrowshigh#Rating: T#Length: Mini#fanwork rec
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I don’t know if I’m ready for this!!
@thisweekinfandomhistory is an absolutely brilliant podcast. It’s so interesting to hear about different fandoms and how parts of modern fandom experience have been shaped by earlier fandoms. Last week they had the first ‘there was only one bed’ fic! As someone who has done fandom in waves, I really enjoyed the nostalgia of late 90’s fic as well as the livejournal years. Also, I had not realised what the deal was with Anne Rice!
I’ve been going on lots of walks by myself lately, and this podcast has kept me company on them. I really recommend it.
This week’s episode is about Endgame, and I’m going to have to gear up to listening, as it’s the first time they’ve talked about a topic that made me so passionately angry on a character level.
#Hazel’s favourite … podcasts?!#am I ready to relive the Endgame outrage though#Steve and Bucky deserved so much better#I’ll never not be mad about this#this is why I live in fandom#in my world they’re kissing under a blanket somewhere#this week in fandom history#aimmyarrowshigh#idontgettechnology#Spotify
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O5. Ice by V
Square filled: O5 - Ice
Ao3 rating: Teen
Warnings: No archive warnings apply
Major tags: Summer, Post-Serum Bucky, Post-Serum Steve
Summary: Steve's hands are chilled when he starts to massage lotion into Bucky's back, careful around the scarring of his metal arm. Bucky's eyes flutter closed at how nice it feels.
Format: Drabble (exactly 100 words)
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Did you use DMC floss for your neon fuck cross stitch? If so, which colors (if you remember!) show up as that neon?? They're great!
Hi @aimmyarrowshigh
I don't actually know exactly what colors I used - I'm sorry! My thread box is such a mess of leftover threads from kits over the years, random impulse buys from craft stores, and a couple large multipack assortments from Amazon. With maybe some DMC thrown in as well.
But I think at least some of the neon flosses came from this multipack: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076TT3TYN/
(Although with Amazon sellers, there's no real guarantee it would be the same colors if ordered again!)
If it helps, here’s a photo of the floss I used, on a white paper background. (I think they look more neon against the black aida than they actually are).
Thanks for the ask!
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He doesn't move for hours and then days and then his base survival instincts kick in around the same time the last dregs of the latest Wipe began to shake off and his head cleared enough to be able to perform basic first aid on himself.
send a 🌹 and I'll post a line from my wip
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Victors — part 3
Haymitch Abernathy, Finnick Odair, Annie Cresta, and Johanna Mason
#the hunger games#haymitch abernathy#finnick odair#johanna mason#annie cresta#dev patel#my thg aesthetics v2#victors#the hc that annie’s name is short for anemone comes from the amazing fic Valor Valeria by aimmyarrowshigh !!#thg#lucky blue smith#fernanda oliveira#lee joo young#fc#character aesthetics#holding bright#my post.#ez's thg aesthetics
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