"Regular" Matrix fics

[doranwen]

So when I posted the other week all of the fics I thought were exceptionally well-written (but not my favorites), a comment thread made me think - why not post a list of all the fics in the database that I haven't flagged as either favorite or exceptionally well-written? There are too many to go in one post, so I'm starting with all of the Matrix fic that I have in there so far. (Please note that I am NOT done adding Matrix fic - there's a lot more out there I haven't gone through yet!) I finished doing a further edit of the database for some new themes and separating major vs. minor characters, and now that I'm done I'm celebrating by posting. :D

In the process of doing the last edit, I found another Matrix fic I added to the very well-written fic list post from last time.

Note that the fics in this list range from quite good to less so, as far as writing goes, but even the latter were interesting enough to read through once. YMMV as far as each individual fic goes (you might think some of these belonged in my last post, and others you might wonder why I even bothered to read them). However, this list does represent some weeding out of the worst sludge so it'll save you the trouble of browsing through both sites in search of some good fics. :) (Though some fics aren't here just because I didn't care for the pairing or other content, so please don't take absence of any fic on any of my lists as a denigration of the fic itself.)

All of these fics are either marked complete or appear to be complete (the option for completeness was added to ff.n several years after the Matrix films came out, so the majority of the fics were never updated to reflect that). I'll save WIPs for a different post another day.

Multi-author fics can be found under the first author's name alphabetically, with the second name following it, separated by a comma. Thus a fic written by both Scottishlass and Centaur is found under "Centaur, Scottishlass".

As always, ratings are all converted to a single system for convenience:
Fanfiction.net - G through R
AO3 - PG through X (though the occasional child-friendly fic I mark G)
anything without a rating (AO3 or other site) - Unrated

EDIT: With some help from a very SQL-knowledgeable friend (and a LOT of tinkering on my own), I've managed to pull the list of all the ships I thought were major. If there are any minor/background ships you want to avoid, please leave a comment and ask for a list to be made for you. (Chars in ships are in whatever order I happened to think of when I created the ship, so it doesn't match AO3 order necessarily.) Note that ships may refer to one-sided or unrequited ones as well as to requited.


Agent Mercury - Finding
23052 words, PG-13
Agent Smith/OFC

aisatsanashiba - Change
457 words, PG
Neo/Trinity, Switch/Trinity

Alina - Cursum Perficio
25777 words, PG-13
Commander Lock/Niobe, Morpheus/Niobe

Alina - Final Moments
1615 words, PG
Neo/Trinity, Thadeus/Jue

Alina - My Matrix Reloaded
31203 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Ally - Cup of Tea
3249 words, PG-13
Morpheus/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

amarie - Awakening
5320 words, PG
No ships.

Anakin McFly - Breaking the Fourth Wall
423 words, G
No ships.

Anakin McFly - Cookies
899 words, G
No ships.

Anakin McFly - On Display
3309 words, PG
No ships.

Anakin McFly - The Matrix Still Has You
997 words, G
No ships.

Anakin McFly - There is No Caffeine
9330 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Angel Leviathan - Ultimate Sacrifice
65099 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity, OMC/OFC

Angel Leviathan - Until You Fight Them
2068 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Ban-draoia - At World's End
404 words, G
No ships.

benignmilitancy - Minutiae
183 words, PG-13
No ships.

benignmilitancy - Perfectly Clear
1456 words, PG-13
No ships.

Benny_Bunny - Le Diable Amoureux
2304 words, R
Merovingian/Persephone

Bob J. Montonelli - Fairness
557 words, G
No ships.

caradhwen - Truth or Dare
20028 words, PG
Agent Smith/OFC, Neo/Trinity

Carmilla - Somebody Else
472 words, PG
No ships.

catty_the_spy - Iconography
480 words, PG
No ships.

Centaur - Because Life Is...
18499 words, R
Neo/Trinity

Centaur - Footsteps
1871 words, R
Cypher/Trinity

Centaur - The Hollow Crowd
7907 words, R
No ships.

Centaur - Three Bullets
19315 words, R
Cypher/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

Centaur - Viola
3934 words, R
Neo/Trinity

Centaur - Zion
1832 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Centaur, Scottishlass - THE BIG ONE
59515 words, R
Neo/Trinity

ceridwen-amyed - Neo's Story
19650 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

ceridwen-amyed - The Door
7411 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

ceridwen-amyed - Unplugged
1541 words, PG-13
No ships.

ceridwen-amyed - What's Real Doesn't Matter
4769 words, R
Neo/Trinity

ChokolatteJedi - Mythic Passion
1035 words, PG-13
Merovingian/Persephone

ChokolatteJedi - Run Rabbit Junk
440 words, PG
No ships.

Chord - Ferris Wheel
2295 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Cirael - Talk To Him
1373 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Cirael - Until The Last Moment
2870 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

crediniaeth - Whatever's Out There
99 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Cris - Wedding Night
2117 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

cruisedirector - Blue
826 words, PG
No ships.

cthulhuraejepsen - The Air You're Breathing
697 words, PG-13
No ships.

Culumacilinte - Comfort
165 words, PG
Switch/Trinity

Danascully2 - Paradise City
6388 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity, OFC/OFC

Dejana Talis (Dejana) - Last Loose End
1887 words, PG-13
Mouse/OFC

Dianay - Twenty Questions
1532 words, PG
No ships.

dreamiflame - Ghosts
1331 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

dreamiflame - Trace
374 words, PG-13
No ships.

Drucilla - Bellissima
2475 words, G
Merovingian/Persephone

Drucilla - Marry the Courtesan
9089 words, PG
Merovingian/Persephone

Emma-G - Like Hamlet
1296 words, PG-13
Morpheus/Niobe

Emma-G - Mirror
952 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Emma-G - Sunday
734 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Fanfiction_Lurker_1 - Like an Actor
1343 words, PG-13
No ships.

Fanfiction_Lurker_1 - Power of Fanfiction
1314 words, PG
No ships.

Fate - Ending Reality's Lie
971 words, PG
No ships.

flumpette - Wheels of freedom part 1
3591 words, G
No ships.

flumpette - Wheels of freedom part 2
3298 words, G
OMC/OFC

flumpette - Wheels of freedom part 3
2888 words, G
OMC/OFC

frooit - Ones and Zeros
1247 words, PG
No ships.

Fuujin Kishukaze - Mission
1582 words, R
No ships.

g21lto - Nemesis
886 words, PG
No ships.

Gan_HOPE326 - Radical freedom
214 words, PG
No ships.

garconne - The Matrix: Reunited
7045 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

garconne - The Washroom on the Nebuchadnezzar
1171 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

girlfromsouth - Nightshift
365 words, G
Neo/Trinity

God0fMischief - Neo's Reverie
413 words, PG
No ships.

gypsy season - Birthday
2230 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

gypsy season - Don't Cry
689 words, PG
No ships.

gypsy season - Ghosts of Yesterday
2925 words, PG-13
Ghost/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

gypsy season - I Don't Want To Leave
728 words, G
No ships.

gypsy season - longhand
1243 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

gypsy season - Old Soldiers Never Die
1068 words, G
Neo/Trinity

gypsy season - Spirits of Tomorrow
2593 words, PG-13
Ghost/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

helens78 - Anything
417 words, PG
Switch/Trinity

Hester Daemia Byrde - A Glitch In His Breathing
33200 words, R
Agent Smith/Trinity

Hexiva - He Dreams He's Awake
120 words, PG
No ships.

influxes - She
295 words, PG
No ships.

Isiodith - A Glance of the Heart
1846 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

James 'supercrisis' Parkwood - Aftershocks
492 words, G
No ships.

JediGurrl - Not Today
1983 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Jeniveela - My Last Breath
2858 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Jeniveela - Pulled
1735 words, PG
No ships.

Jennifer Jolie - Moribund
1418 words, PG-13
No ships.

Jennifer Jolie - Sacrosanct
324 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Jennifer Jolie - Some kind of a miracle
140 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Jennifer Jolie - The little machine
365 words, G
No ships.

Jennifer Jolie - Walls
391 words, PG
No ships.

jjtaylor - The Second Kiss
520 words, R
Trinity/Persephone

kurushi - Parking in places with girls
2770 words, R
Neo/Trinity

kythyria - Wasn't There Supposed To Be Something About Eyes?
2137 words, PG
No ships.

LanaSmith - Just A Sample Part II Now up!
1481 words, R
Merovingian/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

LanaSmith - Reliance
1632 words, R
Neo/Trinity

LanaSmith - Source
7979 words, R
Neo/OFC, Neo/Trinity

LanaSmith - Timeline
539 words, PG-13
No ships.

Losseniaiel - Doubt
489 words, G
No ships.

Losseniaiel - Voyeur
138 words, PG
Agent Smith/OFC

Lovelace (alena_hu) - Awakenings
160054 words, PG-13
Agent Smith/OFC

Lovelace (alena_hu) - Programmatica
1988 words, PG
No ships.

Madolan - First Run
2016 words, PG-13
No ships.

maeglinhiei - It Was Real In My Dreams
865 words, PG-13
OMC/OFC

mandydarlings - Glitch
2379 words, R
Neo/Trinity

Mara Trinity Scully - Always Waiting
1074 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Mara Trinity Scully - Mother
916 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Mara Trinity Scully - Run
745 words, R
Neo/Trinity

Mara Trinity Scully - Variations on a Theme
1621 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

matrixrefugee - Captivated King
341 words, PG-13
Merovingian/Persephone

matrixrefugee - Chatelaine
342 words, Unrated
Merovingian/Persephone

matrixrefugee - Don't Talk to Strangers
2197 words, G
No ships.

matrixrefugee - Her New Home
709 words, PG-13
No ships.

matrixrefugee - I Have Never Seen the Sky
390 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

matrixrefugee - In Paradiso
319 words, PG-13
Merovingian/Persephone

matrixrefugee - Mad King
178 words, PG-13
No ships.

matrixrefugee - Matrimonial Requiem
430 words, PG-13
Merovingian/Persephone

matrixrefugee - Matrix Refugee
560 words, PG-13
No ships.

matrixrefugee - Missives
599 words, Unrated
Merovingian/Persephone

matrixrefugee - Mobius Trip
680 words, PG-13
No ships.

matrixrefugee - New to Zion
276 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

matrixrefugee - Nothing Left to Lose
200 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

matrixrefugee - One Pink Rose
237 words, PG-13
Merovingian/Persephone

matrixrefugee - Sounds of Silence
3905 words, PG
No ships.

matrixrefugee - Strained Relations
344 words, Unrated
Merovingian/Persephone

matrixrefugee - The Red King's Wedding Night
958 words, PG-13
Merovingian/Persephone

matrixrefugee - Under the Gun
33938 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity, OMC/OFC

Merfilly - ID Desire
322 words, X
Apoc/Switch, Switch/Trinity

Merfilly - Le Chat, Le Chat!
1261 words, PG
No ships.

Merfilly - Simple Signs
100 words, G
No ships.

Meridian1 - Exit Mr Hat
2537 words, PG
Ghost & Niobe, Ghost/Trinity

Meridian1 - Hey, Jealousy
2129 words, G
No ships.

Meridian1 - The Return of What If
26203 words, R
Neo/Trinity

Meridian1 - What If
25382 words, R
Cypher/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

merriman - Exit and Enter
1192 words, PG
Trinity & Switch

Mistiec - Searing
3094 words, PG-13
Apoc/Switch

Mistiec - Soul Searching
4868 words, PG-13
Morpheus/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

Mistiec - The Seer Foretold
3481 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

MistyX - Filling in the Blanks
2207 words, PG-13
Cypher/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

MistyX - Indept Storytelling
1010 words, G
Neo/Trinity

MistyX - My POV about you
883 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

MistyX - the Other Way Around
3312 words, PG
Merovingian/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

motorfirebox - Technical Write-up
894 words, G
No ships.

Mr. Irony - In the Shadow of the Crane
3609 words, PG-13
No ships.

MrProphet - A Kiss Under the Mistletoe
90 words, PG-13
No ships.

MrProphet - Failed Diode
1422 words, PG-13
No ships.

MrProphet - Persecution
961 words, PG-13
No ships.

MrProphet - Subterranean Homesick Blue Pills
287 words, PG-13
No ships.

MrProphet - When I was 17
278 words, PG-13
No ships.

N30 is the On3 f0r M3 - Truly Madly Deeply
1064 words, G
Neo/Trinity

NacDiggity - Comrades
2113 words, G
No ships.

nanda (nandamai) - Soldiers Do It with Their Boots On
1954 words, X
Neo/Trinity

narie the waitress - Faith
1303 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Narsus - Absolution
893 words, G
No ships.

Narsus - Destiny
1015 words, G
No ships.

Narsus - Dissolution
846 words, G
No ships.

Narsus - Doubt
2002 words, G
No ships.

Narsus - Efficiency
812 words, PG
No ships.

Narsus - Purpose
1365 words, G
No ships.

Nevermore - The Science of the Matrix
1862 words, PG
No ships.

nic3 - Bitter
1004 words, PG-13
Cypher/Trinity

nic3 - Red
1440 words, PG
No ships.

Nightingale - Revelations
1101 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

NobleKnight1 - The Search for The One
1051 words, PG-13
No ships.

Noir - The Biggest Worry
2487 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

ntrophi - Abort, Retry, Fail
5859 words, PG
No ships.

PontiusHermes - It is an Ever-Fixed Mark
171 words, PG
Apoc/Switch

PontiusHermes - Take All Myself
77 words, PG
Apoc/Switch

Quin Firefrorefiddle - No Fantasies Here
1380 words, PG
Tank/Switch

Quin Firefrorefiddle - Revelations Replaced
4331 words, PG
Apoc/Switch

ragnarok12345 - Mistake Metamorphism
9411 words, PG-13
No ships.

RainAwhile - Becoming the Dragon
1131 words, PG
No ships.

RainAwhile - Bent Spoon
1554 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - Brothers
1519 words, PG-13
Tank & Dozer

RainAwhile - Celebrity Crush
1016 words, G
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - Cracked Wrist
509 words, G
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - Crayons
1039 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - Cross My Heart
1058 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - Foolish Thoughts
1229 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - For Always
2366 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - I Miss the Sky
708 words, PG
No ships.

RainAwhile - Moving Forward
1036 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - My Thoughts
2641 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - Native Legend
2568 words, PG
No ships.

RainAwhile - Never
962 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - Patterns of Love and Insanity
964 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

RainAwhile - Regular Encounters
1429 words, PG
No ships.

RainAwhile - The Darkness
189 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Rana Eros (ranalore) - Furious Angels
100 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

raz0rgirl - Hello World
374 words, Unrated
No ships.

Rebecca Hb - A Farewell to Kings
1088 words, G
No ships.

Rebecca Hb - Another Lifetime
2252 words, PG
Agent Smith/Trinity

Rebecca Hb - Just an Ordinary Boy
392 words, G
No ships.

Rebecca Wolfe - Dealing With A Past That Never Was
1528 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Redqueen-01 - Delphi
2402 words, PG-13
No ships.

Redqueen-01 - Haunted Eyes
1248 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Redqueen-01 - House of Trouser
2587 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Redqueen-01 - One
9742 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Redqueen-01 - Tedium in the Underworld
2295 words, PG-13
Merovingian/Persephone, Neo/Trinity

Redqueen-01 - The Last Temptation of Neo
3933 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Resmiranda - Dismantle
1843 words, PG
Agent Smith/Trinity

Scottishlass - Cat-and-Mouse: The Chase
2798 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Scottishlass - Cat-and-Mouse: The Kill (part 2)
1980 words, R
Neo/Trinity

Scottishlass - The Lotus Eaters
1551 words, R
Neo/Trinity

shipperchick - A New Dawn
4018 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Silver-Ashes - A Moment at the Start of Everything
667 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Silver-Ashes - A Question of Truth
883 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Silver-Ashes - Bridging the Abyss
675 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Silver-Ashes - Either Side of the Divide
772 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Silver-Ashes - Gatekeeper
633 words, G
No ships.

Silver-Ashes - Silhouettes
1026 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Silver-Ashes - Thay's Children
1156 words, PG
No ships.

singleword (bleak reality) - A Hawk's Gaze
2019 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

singleword (bleak reality) - After Life
1045 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

singleword (bleak reality) - Alleyway
2064 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

singleword (bleak reality) - Born Of Fire
14859 words, PG-13
No ships.

singleword (bleak reality) - Missing Child
349 words, G
No ships.

singleword (bleak reality) - Plugs
525 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

singleword (bleak reality) - The Wrong Target
80952 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity, OMC/OFC

singleword (bleak reality) - Washing Day
1259 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

sively - Just Watch the Fireworks
1241 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Sliver - A Madness In The World
3538 words, PG
No ships.

Sliver - Virus
823 words, PG
No ships.

Suaine - I See With My Eyes
1065 words, Unrated
Original character ship

SunGoddess7 - A Visit To The Oracle
1019 words, G
Neo/Trinity

SunGoddess7 - For Noel
4725 words, R
OMC/OFC

SunGoddess7 - Holiday
2416 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

SunGoddess7 - Iris-A Matrix Songfic
3593 words, G
Neo/Trinity

SunGoddess7 - Matrix Addicts Anonymous
1141 words, G
No ships.

Sydney Andrews - Freudian Sleep
16033 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Sydney Andrews - Synergy
4571 words, R
Neo/Trinity

TarynWanderer - Little One
33349 words, R
Mouse/OFC

Theialyn - Illuse
1030 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Theialyn - The Kiss Thief
1942 words, PG-13
Merovingian/Persephone

Thesseli - Awakened
1087 words, PG-13
No ships.

Thesseli - One
583 words, PG-13
No ships.

Thesseli - Rude Awakening
142 words, PG-13
No ships.

Thesseli - The One: Exiles
10615 words, PG-13
Agent Jones/Agent Brown

Thesseli - The One: Millennium
1562 words, PG-13
No ships.

Thesseli - The One: Reloaded
11041 words, PG-13
No ships.

Thesseli - Waking Dream
2064 words, PG-13
No ships.

TheXWoman - Stolen Kiss
839 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

TLynn - Absolutes And Uncertainties
1522 words, R
Neo/Trinity

TLynn - Basis
3309 words, R
Neo/Trinity

TLynn - Breathe You In
1701 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

TLynn - Motion
1405 words, X
Neo/Trinity

TLynn - Silhouettes
3470 words, PG-13
Ghost/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

TLynn - Within
1770 words, PG
Ghost & Trinity

Trialia - Breathe
363 words, R
Neo/Trinity

Trialia - Cloud Cover
211 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Trialia - Forgotten
640 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Trialia - Immortality
886 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Trialia - Inner Child
384 words, PG
No ships.

Trialia - Living
305 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Trialia - Omega
278 words, PG
No ships.

Trialia - Trinity
414 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Trialia - Wishful Thinking
747 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Trin303 - A Light at the End
2038 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

trinchardin - Emotion, Or the Lack of It
358 words, G
Cypher/Trinity

trinchardin - Kindergarten
22297 words, PG
No ships.

trinchardin - No Fairy Tale
504 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

trinchardin - Shadow Stalkers
12610 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity, OMC/OFC

trinchardin - The Monsters Are Real
434 words, PG
No ships.

trinchardin - When Will It End
9666 words, PG-13
No ships.

Ursinos - We forgive you.
1843 words, Unrated
No ships.

Us-And-Them - Mister Sandman
1391 words, PG
No ships.

Us-And-Them - Static
545 words, PG
No ships.

verulam (krynon) - immeasurable
1054 words, Unrated
No ships.

VesperBond94 - No Going Back
940 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Vortex - Alone
800 words, G
No ships.

Vortex - Armegaddon
442 words, G
No ships.

Vortex - Left Behind
1086 words, G
No ships.

Vortex - Lost
853 words, G
No ships.

Vortex - Pain
845 words, G
No ships.

Vortex - Red or BLue?
1222 words, G
No ships.

Vortex - Sick
986 words, G
No ships.

WhiteFangofWhoa - The Matrix One Point Five
48511 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Zenara - In The Dark
634 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

ZephyrLemon - Accomplice
2030 words, R
Cypher & Switch

ZephyrLemon - Confidant
2614 words, R
Cypher & Switch

ZephyrLemon - Crow of the Corn
324 words, G
No ships.

ZephyrLemon - Do You Believe in Fate?
19188 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

ZephyrLemon - Exodus
1326 words, PG-13
No ships.

ZephyrLemon - Missing Persons
3596 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

ZephyrLemon - We Walk in the Dream
945 words, G
Neo/Trinity

ZephyrLemon - Xirtam
270 words, PG
No ships.

Zion Angel - Fantasy
2930 words, R
Ghost/Trinity

Zion Angel - Ghosts
3074 words, PG-13
No ships.

Zion Angel - Not for Nothing
1540 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Zion Angel - Offerings
1224 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Zion Angel - Shards
1387 words, PG
Ghost/Trinity, Neo/Trinity

Zion Angel - Taliba
3065 words, G
No ships.

Zion Angel - The Sixth Lifetime
598 words, G
No ships.

Zion Angel - The Story of Scars
1901 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Zion Angel - Unexpected
4390 words, G
No ships.

Zodiac - Agents Of Change (1)
14797 words, PG-13
No ships.

Zodiac - Agents Of Change (2)
12492 words, PG-13
No ships.

Zodiac - Agents Of Change (3)
10896 words, PG
No ships.


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Enjoy! :)