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skam fic questions!

This is a tag by @randomfinny for people who read SKAM fic. thanks friend, this looks like a lot of fun!! i’m gonna try to challenge myself and list each fic i name once, so as to try to name as many fics as i can. let’s bust out them bookmarks and see how this goes!

The first fic you fell in love with: million bad habits to kick by @bechnaesun! or perhaps more generally the fics cz had written at that point. i think at this point i’d read a bunch in the tag but this fic was the first i encountered that i felt really portrayed Even’s character in a way that both made sense to canon and resonated a lot with me. i remember also really liking all the gaps cz filled in, as well as the realistic, nuanced, but completely loving way she wrote Even and isak’s relationship.

The last fic you fell in love with: the only one (worth capturing on my kodachrome) by @pronouncingitwang. y’all no lie this is the best evilde fic i have ever read in my life. no exaggeration. vilde’s voice is pitch perfect, as is her character arc and coming to terms with her sexuality - so realistic and nuanced and also fits so well with canon! if you like second person and subverted soulmate au tropes this is definitely the one for you.

The fic that you’ve re-read the most times: True or False by @westiris, which is just the perfect little childhood friends au, i’m always in awe of ceecee’s ability to craft whole worlds in such a small space, and also so heartwarming and comforting.

A fic that you didn’t expect to love as much as you do (based on the description, a pairing or whatever): sitting on the fences by @lesbovilde because first of all enemies to lovers isn’t my favorite trope by any means and second Jonas/Mikael had not occurred to me as a ship at all, but the writing is gorgeous and i just love the pacing of the story and the development of their relationship, it feels so organic and i also like that it’s relatively drama free, just two boys slowly discovering their feelings for each other.

A fic you knew you were going to love from the first paragraph or even just reading the description: to the bone by @rosesonmyshelf, which just had the most beautiful, poetic, gutwrenching summary ever, i knew before clicking it the rest of the fic was going to be exactly that beautiful and poetic and gutwrenching [and i was totally right]

A fic that makes you feel like shouting about it to anyone who listens because everyone needs to read it: An Equal and Opposite Reaction by @junkshop-disco, which is just... it’s brilliant, hands down the best canon fic i’ve read in this fandom, and criminally underrated. i wish it had a million more kudos

The fic you are/were the most excited to be updated: i’ll go with a mental archive of love unwanted by @icelandcurry back when it was still running, because i was there from *almost* the beginning [second or third chapter i wanna say?] and i remember pretty much dropping everything to read an update whenever it dropped. like this one sunday i went out to lunch with my dad at a buffet and i literally had my phone pulled out, me reading the fic while absently piling salad onto my plate. I’M NOT EVEN REMOTELY JOKING.

The fic you caught yourself thinking/theorizing about the most during your everyday life: the before, during and after series by @icelandcurry, which is basically the mental archive verse, which is only slightly cheating.

A fic you want to print out and have it among your books on the shelf: stay a minute by @hotchocolatenthusiast. honestly kathi can you just print out everything you’ve ever written and send it to me thanks. but seriously i absolutely ADORE this fic, and it’s one of those things i can always come back to, over and over again. a favorite across fandoms and literature, my friend

A fic universe you want to live in: It Feels Like - by @eiqhties, mostly because i love magical realism [also this in general is just. a gorgeous fic. also i love sonja]

A fic to which you would read endless amount of follow-ups, one-shots, meta, etc. by the author: Next to you, is where I call home by @call-this-a-mask, because seriously it’s just such a detailed, incredibly well-thought out verse and i want everything from it i can possibly get my hands on. i love these dumb running boys SO MUCH. i’ll also say if you must live, darling one, just live by @hotchocolatenthusiast for Reasons [hint wink nudge]

The scene in a fic that made you laugh the hardest: i’ll just say everything in A little help (goes a long way) by @diamondjacket, and honestly everything Lys has ever written because she is brilliant and hilarious which is truly a winning combination.

The scene in a fic that made you cry the hardest: before i answer this, i just want to make it clear that i don’t cry at fic. i just don’t. i don’t cry while reading in general. except at 3 in the morning when i read the last scene of last chapter of with love, from anonymous by @bechnaesun and @westiris and i was just, entirely consumed with emotions for the boys, and so so happy they’d finally gotten the happy ending they both deserved. goddamn, it was beautiful. and yes i still have the receipts [AKA my distressed messages to ceecee at 3 in the morning]

A scene in a fic that left you hot and bothered: imma pass this question, if that’s cool with y’all

A scene that squeezes your insides and hard to read but in a good way: i find A Bridge of Magpies by @junkshop-disco in general to be very intense and hard to read because of the way it deals with mental health issues, but especially the scene leading up to and during Even’s stay at St. Mungos’

A twist that made you gasp out loud: this is not necessarily a twist i guess but i legitimately gasped out loud when it turns out Yousef was the first to find out about Isak and Even in take me to the stars by @westiris

A line, scene, a metaphor or an idea in a fic that made you think:

Mikael nuzzles into Adam’s chest, and Adam breathes deep, contentment filling his lungs like oxygen. He sleeps, and the air tastes like home.

from don't want anything but all of you by @boxesfullofthoughts, which i had to mention at least once here because Lyds is brilliant and the writer of my life and every line they ever write makes me think

A character you fell in love with because of a fic (or multiple fics): I’m gonna go with Mikael and Sonja, because they weren’t really explored that much in canon but i’ve seen some incredibly nuanced portrayals of them that have relaly made me fall in love with them and their relationships with various characters. For Sonja I would definitely point to @eiqhties‘ fics. For Mikael i like Boys of summer by r0nj4! really gets into his headspace in a very interesting way.

A pairing you’ve grown to love because of a fic (or multiple fics): Definitely Mikael/Adam, thanks to @boxesfullofthoughts‘ brilliant fics [seriously! go read them! read them all!]. Also Eva/Vilde i was, like, pretty neutral on tbh [i’m more of an Eva/Noora fan myself] but there’s some really good fic out there which has turned me into a multishipper

A fic you (re-)read if you have a bad day / would recommend for someone to read if they’re having a bad day: I'll Be Coming Home, Wait For Me by @dahlstrom, which is such a warm, feel-good wonder of a fic, or And they were right in front of you the whole time by Ihavecoldhands which is just pure good feeling in the form of a very well-developed fic

A fic you (re-)read when you really miss Skam / would recommend for someone to read when they really miss Skam: this is a very difficult question, but tbh i think my answer will have to be all of these fics i mentioned, because they are my favorites, and basically for me any skam fic helps when i’m missing skam. is that a copout? idk. it seriously is my answer lol

okay! whew, that was a lot! tagging some folks i know who like reading skam fic: @call-this-a-mask, @evakuality, @towonderland72, @arindwell, @boxesfullofthoughts. only if you feel like it, friends! cheers!

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