Community Recs Post!

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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 fanvids/fics/podfics/fancrafts/fanart/other kinds of fanworks 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.

Also wishing y'all a happy and healthy 2026! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

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Kicking off 2026 with lots of BTS fanartss abt this week's events. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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* 251230 weverse live by omochi_piyopiyo- A re-interpretation of the Tannies meeting on the roof of the Hybe building just because. With the addition of Yoongi (who wasn't in the original livestream cuz he'd been feeling poorly.) Good vibes all around. 🥰


🎉V's 30th Birthday!!!!🎉 (Dec. 30th)

* Happy birthday!!! by tAkichAn_77 - From an Instagram story where Jin, Hobi, Jungkook, and RM were chasing V and wishing him a happy birthday. DELIGHTFUL!

* Snow flower, winter bear by artofwinter - Such a bright portrait of Taetae.

* Untitled V portrait by toAbangtan - Sweet moment of Taehyung's surprise performance at Jin's Day 2 Encore concert in Seoul.

* Happy birthday, Taehyung! Our Winter Bear in every season by na_do_saram - A fabulous pencil art inspired by V's campaign for Snow Peak.


😻YOONGI HAS A CAT!!!!!😻

On December 28th, Yoongi did a livestream where he introduced his cat 설탕 (Seol-tang)--which means "sugar". He'd adopted him from a litter of kittens a friend's cat had 3 yrs ago. Originally, he wanted to adopt two (caling one Seol and the other one Tang), but ended up with just one. Per Yoongi, Tang (as he called him throughout the livestream) is v. cuddly, sweet, and vocal. He's also a biscuit-making machine, has figured out how to open doors, and loves showing his belleh (which is NOT a trap!) Tang is chill enough that Yoongi can trim his nails w/o any incidents. Right now, he weighs 6.4 kg.

FTR, Yoongi had posted some pics (three whole years ago) that showed Tang, so him having a pet kitty was something ARMYs had been aware of. Now it's confirmed and everyone's DELIGHTED AF abt Tang, hehehe.

As expected, everyone (including myself) lost the gorram minds, hahahah. ArtMys showed up in droves too! Here are some of my fave fanarts of Yoongi and Tang. :DDDDD

[NB: the NEXT DAY, Hobi did a live where he revealed he's got TWO CATS (both rescues.) However, he's yet to show them and that's A-OK. BangCat Sonyeandan, hahah.]

* welcome home by circadraws - This was the v. first Yoongi & Tang fanart I saw. It's so adorbs!

* 251228 weverse live by omochi_piyopiyo - CUTE!

* A cat and his void by hunnysvga - What it says on the tin. I'm digging the B&W.

* Untitled Yoongi and Tang portrait by girikopin - Love Yoongi's kitty ears and the OJO that Tang is giving him, hehhe.

* I knew he was a black cat person by camy_min - I'm more than sure that there are pics in his and the Tannies' phones of a moment like this.

* My dream comes true by shogetsu9339 - I'M IN LURVE!

* may your trials end in full bloom - Yoongi and Tang by WinterLeonessa - I really dig the oil painting style.

* Untitled Yoongi and Tang portrait by KNart93 - Capturing one of the many moments during which Yoongi kissed Tang on his head. ;___;

* Yesterday's Yoongi livestream summary: pat pat pat on Tang's butt. by bora7cloud - UwU

* Father and Son by knapris - The doodle style is neat!

* suga and his little sugar by GinArtist - 😍😍😍

* . . . Jiminie has a hard time by saltysummer_ - One of the greatest tragedies in the world is that a cat lover like Jimin is v., v. allergic to cats. 😔. He loves Tang and Tang adores him, tho. This one-panel comic is lulzy all the same.

* cat lovers by studiowanwan - And here's another 2-panel comic abt Jimin's dilemma.

* at jungkook's house (featuring yoongi, tangie and bam by jjk1ftsuga - LOL at this two panel comic set in Jungkook's home (which has a v. dark color palette.)

* Untitled Yoongi and Tang animation 1 by mimi_kim2 - Yoongi patting Tang's butt deffo left an impression on ARMYs. :P

* did you see my cat!!! by yamyyogurt7 - ANOTHER ANIMATION. This time, Yoongi's showing us Tang. Which, canonically, he brought him to the camera around 9 times. XD

🤩Happy New Year!🤩

Yesterday, the full OT7 did a short livestream from RM's living room right as they counted down to the new year from Seoul.

* Goodbye 2025 🤍 Hello 2026! by shogetsu9339 - So lovely!

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Only one rec from me today, a super long, meaty MDZS/The Untamed fic:

When Plums are Ripe (There Must Be a Road) by somevariationofgay (105k)
Summary: When his army is defeated at the border, Wei Ying - a former General of Dazhi - is taken as a prize by the victor nation Beicui. He's resigned to a life of hard labor and an early death when a chance encounter alters his fate - he ends up in the manor of Prince Qing as a concubine instead.

Wanting nothing to do with the fights of an inner courtyard, he takes pains to avoid the attention of the prince's legal wife and the other concubines. But all his efforts go to waste as the petty struggles for favor that consume the inner courtyard overflow, leaving death in their wake.

Throwing himself headfirst into treacherous water, Wei Ying struggles against the current to create a future where he belongs and thrives, survive a present where danger hides in beauty, and tear down the powerful to get justice for the dead.

(Very interesting no cultivation harem AU with quite the different premise, intersex WWX is taken by the emperor's younger brother (NHS) as a concubine and has to navigate numerous plots and problems in the inner courtyard and beyond, in this (vaguely) a NHS/WWX fic with a splash of NHS/JYL/WWX as well as Jiang Yanli is NHS' wife, LWJ does not appear)