Community Recs Post!

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Every Thursday, we have a community recs post, like this one, where you can drop a rec or two 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 to make posts of your own, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget, you're free to post recs to the comm seven days a week. :D)

So what cool fic/vid/art have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

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[glitteryv]

Bangtaning into 2021

FANART


* Through The Looking Glass by qarameiio - An AU in which photographer!Taehyung is mesmerized by painter!Yoongi who is currently working in his studio. I love the hints at the canon of Yoongi painting (even down the detail of his clothes) AND of Taehyung in his photographer!mode. It's a wistful piece and I love it.


* Wintery Yoongi by circadraws - A v. cool painting done in gouache.


* Daechwita!Yoongi by abemieres - Super intense piece inspired by the "Daechwita" mv.



FICS

* What I Did On My Summer Vacation, by Kim Namjoon, Age 18 ½ by Runchrandom (Explicit, OT7, 69.5k) - By day, RM is a quiet guy who works part-time at the local library. By night, he's one of the fiercest rappers in the underground scene.
One day, he runs afoul of someone who has a gang...

I know that, between the premise and some of the TW/CW, this fic might sound like it's a dark and angsty story. But, although there are some moments that might make you cringe, the overall vibe leans more toward a more comedic tone. Even better, zero canon knowledge is required.

TW/CW: physical violence (some people get tortured off-screen), murder, relationships involving an underage character (Jungkook is 16 years old, everyone else is in their late teens and early 20s.)



* All of These Dreams (Keep Coming Back to Me Slowly) by orphan_account (Explicit, Namjoon/Jimin, 78k) - A canon divergent AU set sometime right before or around the Wings era in which BTS ends up disbanding. A somber Jimin moves back to Busan post-military service and tries to figure out his next move. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Namjoon gets an email that makes him wonder how things are back home…

NGL, I'm a sucker for that subgenre of fics that address both what will happen when the BTS dudes enlist as well as the eventual (?) disbandment of the group. In this case, it seems like almost everyone's post-BTS lives are fulfilling--except for Jimin's.

I really like the slow pacing in both the guys reconnecting as well as the romance between RM and Jimin. What made this fic worthy of a rec is how much of a canon divergent universe it it since in it BTS disbands sometime around 2018 or so. It's a really cool "What If…?" type of story.

TW/CW: discussion of depression and anxiety; discussions of a major injury (including the healing process).