Saturday Night Recs

[doranwen]

All of these are fics I read in the past week and enjoyed or found interesting enough to add to my database. Fewer this time because I've worked on other projects more and because most of these are NOT from AO3 or ff.n, meaning it takes time to create epubs of each one for me to save on my hard drive. So I only have Matrix fics this time.

As always with my db-generated lists, 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


I have tried not to spoil readers too much.
Most of the fics in this list are given with no information beyond author, title, rating, word count, and major ships.
However, my database does store information on themes, which cover everything from grammatical things like tense & person (I mark for present tense, first person, second person, and direct address), to format (poetry, songfic, 5+1, etc.), trope (fake couple, stranded together, etc.), general feel (angst, fluff, etc.), and warnings (major character death, non-con, violence/wounds, etc.).
If you would like to see the themes for the recs from any of the fandom lists below, please comment and let me know so I can reply with that information. It is very simple to generate the recs for a large list of fics in such a way that all of the themes are listed.
If you would rather just have a list with certain themes excluded, please also comment to let me know which one(s). You can find the full list of themes here, titled Fanfic Themes.


I listed any ships I thought were major below each fic. 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. Note that ships may refer to one-sided or unrequited ones as well as to requited/mutual.


Below are the recs:

The Matrix

Some of the fics here may appear to go to dead links, but those ones *should* work in the Wayback Machine. A few of the Construct fics may need a password to access; you can find the password on their site here.

Beat - Out of Nothing
3922 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity

Beat - Scarlet
4646 words, R
Neo/Trinity

Beat - The Instant
1027 words, PG-13
Original Character Ship (no gender specified)

Beat - The Wild Ones
4798 words,
Neo/Trinity

futuristic_dreams - Mirrorshades
385 words, G
Neo/Trinity

Imraith-Nimphias - Belief and Reason
1039 words, Unrated
Ghost/Neo, Neo/Trinity

Imraith-Nimphias - Doppelgangers
735 words, Unrated
no major ships

Imraith-Nimphias - Messiah Complex
967 words, Unrated
Ghost/Neo, Neo/Trinity

Imraith-Nimphias - Phygria
622 words, PG
Neo/Trinity

Imraith-Nimphias - The Morrigan
503 words, Unrated
no major ships



If any of the links above no longer work (and are inaccessible via the Wayback Machine), please let me know so I can flag them as "Dead" in my database, thanks!

Enjoy! :)