Community Recs Post!

[glitteryv]

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fancraftss/fics/fanarts/fanvids/other kinds of fanworks/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

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This week's BTS fanworks recs. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[glitteryv]

FANART

* Untitled Yoongi/Jungkook piece by yoonce9 - Super cute single dad!Jungkook and teacher!Yoongi pre-slash one-page comic.

* Autumn Love by Wingu_Moon - Gorgeous Jin portrait.

* Untitled Yoongi/Hobi piece - The two of them dozing off, UwU.

FIC

* emotions of tenderness (unclothed in words) by loquaciousEscapist (Explicit, Yoongi/Jimin, 26.1k) - Non-Idol AU in which Yoongi and Jimin end up fake dating each other because of a dare. I promise it makes a lot more sense in the fic, LOL.

Features Taekook at their weirdest, Hobi and RM as concerned hyungs,and Jin both encouraging chaos and wanting everyone to be OK too. Sweet and low angst (the latter without making the fic boring like it sometimes happens with low-angst stories).


* Slow Rain by mangust_d (Explicit, OT7, 152.6k) - Historical Omegaverse fic in which Omega!Jungkook gets married to Alpha!RM. It so happens that RM has a pack too.. The main storyline focuses on JK becoming part of the pack and bonding with them in the full sense of the word. There are 2 secondary storylines that don't come up until, like, the 65-70% mark. Endgame ship is full OT7 in every combo imaginable.

I have to admit that it took me a WHILE to finish this story because it got to be too much at times? The writing style might not be for everyone (it's quite descriptive), but everything does connect and there's enough meat to the story. Part of me does wish the author had split the story in two cuz reading it as a whole was A LOT OF A LOT.

The porny bits are really good too. There are mentions of mpreg (but none occurs in the story)

[squidgiepdx]

First off, thank you for saying AI fanworks are ineligible - as they should be. :)

Fic rec: The Origin Story which is a Check, Please! fic that is new to me (but is like from 2016 or so). All 3 of the big relationships are in it - Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter, Adam "Holster" Birkholz/Justin "Ransom" Oluransi, and Eric "Bitty" Bittle/Jack Zimmermann and it's an AU where most of the characters work for Samwell, a scientific/R&D company. It's a great take on the characters, and the author just has an amazing grasp of each of the characters' voices.

[donutsweeper]

Two MDZS/Untamed fic recs from me today:

solid ground by notsofluffyunicorn (2.7k)
Summary: “I never felt like I had… like I had solid ground to land on.” Wei Wuxian said softly. “It always just felt like if I messed up even once that everything I had would be taken from me.” He takes in a deep breath, tears stinging in his eyes. “But you… oh, my love. You have given me everything. You, A-Yuan. A life traveling with just the three of us. It’s everything I’ve ever wanted. I can never thank you for that. You are my solid ground.” (soft and sweet canon-era no-war AU)

Gentians on Doorways by gentil-minou (Flyingsuits) (34k)
Summary: After a decade of living abroad, Lan Zhan returns to China. But Lan Zhan is out of his depth in a land that was once his home. After all, there's no step-by-step guide for when your mother dies. As he sorts through her affairs and grapples with his grief, he meets Wei Ying, his mother's friend and the artist she'd commissioned to illustrate a book of nursery rhymes. And as he and Wei Ying strike a partnership of their own, Lan Zhan wonders if he ever knew his mother at all. (This story is slow and sad and and wonderful look at grief and moving on. Written for the MDZS Reverse Big Bang there is gorgeous art for the mentioned children's book included.)

[doranwen]

*sigh* Meant to get around to posting a rec the last couple of weeks but life's been crazy - so here's a very belated Leverage rec:

The Grifter Knows Best Job by LimeFlamingo (1449 words)
Hilarious team fic with a pregnant Sophie - lots of banter and standard con shenanigans (and Nate's reactions to everything are definitely funny).