fanfic recs from reddit

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 23:19:16 GMT

https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/1mwp092/comment/n9zb8cj/

copy-pasting from a comment by beta_reader to add to my AO3 later

Silver and Gold by scioscribe, Loki and Thor, gen. "Odin changes his plans for an eight-year-old Loki, fostering him out to Heimdall. The consequences of shattering one family and creating a new one may be greater than he expects."
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18482257/chapters/43793392

And Write That Symphony by cimorene, Singing in the Rain, Kathy/Don/Cosmo, mature. How two become three.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27404

An Ever-Fixed Mark by AMarguerite, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet/Colonel Fitzwilliam, Teen and Up. Summary: "One would think that having the name of one's soulmate appear on one's wrist on one's sixteenth birthday would make matrimony much less complicated. It mostly does not. And not at all for Miss Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourne."

(A deconstruction of the "soulmate identifying mark" trope, using "Pride and Prejudice.)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8523001/chapters/19536781

Welcome to 1951 series by PrairieDawn, MASH/Star Trek crossover, Kirk/Spock and Hawkeye/BJ. Summary for whole series: "Kirk, Spock, and McCoy find themselves transported to 1951 Korea, just outside Uijeongbu and the 4077th MASH unit. Directly on top of a land mine. Matters escalate from there." Ratings for individual fics range from teen to explicit.
https://archiveofourown.org/series/1033128

Unidentified by fiercelydreamed. Stargate Atlantis AU, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay. Summary: "Fourteen years, eight months, and seven days after John and Rodney meet, the clock starts all over again." (Amnesia premise.)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15385689/chapters/35706192

Another Thing to Fall by Suzan_Lovett, Lewis (British detective drama), James Hathaway/Robbie Lewis. Case fic. A relationship unfolds very slowly alongside a murder investigation.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4387088/chapters/9958610

Something of Vengeance by blackletter, Sherlock Holmes and Jeeves and Wooster crossover. Holmes/Watson, Jeeves/Wooster. Summary: "Sherlock Holmes is retired but not gone. When an old enemy seeks vengeance, Holmes and Watson must travel back to London to stop the villain before their lives are destroyed. // Bertie Wooster loves detective stories, but he never imagined that he'd be in one, and if he had, he would not have imagined that he would be the bait in a villainous plot."
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10812/chapters/13844

Leave No Soul Behind by whochick, Star Trek AU, Kirk/Spock. Summary: "If you're Starfleet, you spend your whole life wishing you never see an EPAS uniform right up until the moment they become your only hope. Whether you're dying a slow, cold death in space, or a long painful one on some godforsaken planet, they're going to come for you. So count your last breaths, son, and hold on tight. They leave no soul behind."
https://archiveofourown.org/works/187333/chapters/275539

Actually y'know what, I'll go ahead and copy my recs from the same thread. If you know me then you've probably heard of these before:

quae_legit gives some long, complete, fandom-blind friendly fic recs (not exhaustive)

[The Dragon-King's Temple](https://archiveofourown.org/works/6211903/chapters/14231311) -- ATLA/Stargate SG-! --this is the fic that got me hooked on ao3! I read it w/o knowing Stargate, and I think it should be fandom-blind friendly on the other side

[So You Want to Be a Demonologist](https://archiveofourown.org/works/6630457) -- Gravity Falls (but really the Transcendence AU) -- the first fic can be read completely fandom blind, for the sequels you may want to consult the [TAU Wiki](https://tauwiki.fourisland.com/) (The character of Elisha in particular is borrowed from another fanfic that I had to track down myself.)

[Fictitious Persons](https://archiveofourown.org/works/52010518) -- DC (specifically the "My Adventures with Superman" cartoon) -- fandom-blind friendly

[Life Happens](https://archiveofourown.org/works/14779667/chapters/341828360 -- DC (specifically batfam) -- similar setup to *Fictitious Persons*, but goes in a very different direction. I really love both of these fics. When I read this I only had the vaguest idea that Batman has a sidekick called Robin who died at one point; so it's definitely fandom-blind friendly :P

[Compassion Builds No House](https://archiveofourown.org/works/42274860?view_full_work=true) -- DC (specifically Red Robin comics) -- this one is less canon-blind friendly, but I kinda fell hard into batfam after reading Life Happens and was able to pick up enough from various fanfics to enjoy this. It's probably my favorite DC fanfic of all (though all thre that I've linked make the short list)

[Don't Look Back](https://archiveofourown.org/series/1771663) -- Star Wars -- this is a long series with three complete works (totally 600k words) and an on-going fourth work. I've been consulting Wookiepedia because I don't remember the prequel trilogy well, but I think you could probably enjoy this without doing that.

[The Cable & Deadpool Yuletide Holiday Special](https://archiveofourown.org/works/32546) -- multi-fandom and metafictional -- this one *just* makes your minimum wordcount, and is SO MUCH FUN. It'll make more sense if you're familiar with [Yuletide](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Yuletide), or fandom exchange events in general.

[Caught Up in Our Stories](https://archiveofourown.org/works/30020544/) -- MCU -- the story is good, but what really makes this fic stand out is the variety and creativity of it's multi-media genre-hopping. It's a hardboiled detective story and an overly-chatty recipe blog and a Choose Your Own Adventure and an Eye Spy game -- and more!! And the execution of every single one of them is completely brilliant.

[The Fifth Act](https://archiveofourown.org/works/362128) -- Final Fantasy 7 -- might be fandom-blind friendly?? I watched a letsplay of the OG game (polygons my beloved) just to read this fic and then turns out that this fic is set during the prequel game!! But whatever, I still was blown away by this fic, I think it's one of the best time-travel fanfics on all of AO3 (*Don't Look Back* linked above is also on my short list).

[the dogfather](https://archiveofourown.org/works/13760487/chapters/31624473) -- the best Harry Potter fanfic of all time, YCCMV. By simply existing on the internet you probably know enough about this fandom to read.

[demon alchemist](https://archiveofourown.org/series/31364) -- FMA -- for a change of pace, a more tragic/serious story (though it has a happy ending). Has some really beautiful writing. This actually isn't my favorite metisket fic (I can't forgive that my favorite character is dead the whole time) but I think it's a really interesting one, and so I'm reccing it for more variety. I definitely recommend going through [mestisket's other works](https://archiveofourown.org/users/metisket] and reading antyhing that catches your interest -- their style is pretty fandom-blind friendly and they don't miss.

[Salvage](https://archiveofourown.org/works/21116591/chapters/50249441) -- ATLA -- hurt/comfort found family extraordinaire!! Sorry, that's a really meme-y pitch, make I'll come back and write a better one. This has incredible character arcs and worldbuilding. I read this in my peak ATLA phase but I've heard of plenty of peopel enjoying it fandom-blind.

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