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recthethingHere's this month's roundup of fics I read and enjoyed or found interesting enough to add to my database. It's mostly Matrix fics, but there are a few additions for smaller fandoms in my database.
Guide to icons used:
Fics I tagged as favorites:
Fics I thought were exceptionally well-written:
WIPs:
(Icons come from the Icon pack by Icons8.)
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:
Deep Impact (1998)
Val_Creative - It's Happily Ever After
4846 words, PG-13
Leo Biederman/Sarah Hotchner
FBI (CBS show)
misswritingobsessed - smile returned
782 words, PG-13
Jubal Valentine & Eleanor Mosier
Speed (1994)
Missy - Hold on Loosely
107 words, PG
Jack Traven/Annie Porter
rivkat - A Partial List of Things They Changed in the Movie
2626 words, Unrated
Harry Temple & Jack Traven, Jack Traven/Annie Porter
teacuptaako - heart hostage
1892 words, PG-13
Harry Temple & Jack Traven
The Matrix
Most of these fics are for the new film, so if you haven't seen it yet, you may want to stick to browsing my Matrix recs linked here (there are four posts of them), where all fics for the new film are marked so they can be avoided if desired.
Anonymous - A Thousand Revolutions
1541 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Anonymous - half agony, half hope
1924 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
aspocko - wanted and took it
3275 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
aspocko - woke up and wanted
1837 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
asy0uwish - Our Little Miracle
8265 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
CJShips - Look At You
4124 words, X
Neo/Trinity
CJShips - Our Paris
5370 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - Deja Vu All Over Again
3371 words, R
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - SimuFuckChadLatte
2899 words, X
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - The Greatest View
5197 words, X
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - The Heart of it All
5114 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - The Ties That Bind
6119 words, X
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - We Need to Talk About Theia
4369 words, X
Neo/Trinity
fleureilleaux - Get Them Talking About Guns
878 words, PG-13
no major ships
FtLoShakespeare - Dreams that Weren't Just Dreams
9053 words, X
Neo/Trinity
GarlicMaenads - Choux Cher
1329 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Internerdionality - Light as the Breeze
2643 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Jaina / jaina47 (Jaina Solo2) - Reality's a Bitch
1484 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Coffee
4633 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Impulses
4954 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Light Duty
3276 words, PG-13
Morpheus & Trinity, Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Reborn
2519 words, Unrated
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Sacraments
7746 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Strawberries
1814 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - The Genesis of Everything
1919 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
jessicawhitly - and i confess babe, in my dreams you're touching my face
257 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Ladyhawk_lhflu - Paint the Sky with Rainbows
1464 words, R
Neo/Trinity
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - dependence
412 words, Unrated
Neo/Trinity
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - See your enemy
3764 words, R
Bane/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
meanderingsoul - always beside me
2488 words, PG-13
Bugs/Lexy
meanderingsoul - lose time in an instant
1165 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
meanderingsoul - on with her head
1992 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
metal_jenny_blog - Recovery
4908 words, Unrated
Neo/Trinity
mldrgrl - Begin Again
903 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
mldrgrl - What Comes Next
1323 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
MuseThalia - 'Twas The Night Before Waking
1525 words, PG
no major ships
MuseThalia - Inbox (1)
5586 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
NacDiggity - Conception
1184 words, G
no major ships
NacDiggity - Paradigm
1638 words, PG-13
no major ships
NacDiggity - The Wisdom of Elders
1425 words, PG
no major ships
Nanaseven - Believe (In Me, In You)
834 words, PG-13
no major ships
Nanaseven - Two Minutes
410 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
nanda (nandamai) - The Neoologist at Work
1393 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Narsus - Gaps
1271 words, G
no major ships
Narsus - Shutdown
1082 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Narsus - The Desert of the Real
1298 words, PG
no major ships
Narsus - Virtual Paradise
2022 words, PG
no major ships
october_nix - Gratitude
1140 words, Unrated
Agent Smith & Neo
october_nix - like mother, like son
1010 words, Unrated
Agent Smith & The Oracle
OnyxCrimsonBlur - She Burned
1154 words, R
Neo/Trinity
oxymora (oxymoron) - Neo vs. Marketing
1041 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Princex_N - WHEN LOGIC AND PROPORTION HAVE FALLEN SLOPPY DEAD
2487 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Quin Firefrorefiddle - Contentment
1880 words, G
Morpheus/OFC
Quin Firefrorefiddle - The Trip of a Life (Death) Time
2172 words, PG-13
no major ships
RaeDances - All I Wanted
3062 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
RaeDances - Beauty on the Fire
7276 words, X
Neo/Trinity
RaeDances - Fever
1311 words, X
Switch/Trinity
RaeDances - Made to Fade
736 words, PG
no major ships
RaeDances - Nameless Epiphany
1089 words, PG-13
no major ships
RaeDances - Unrest
16253 words, R
Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Borrowed Time
3247 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Happenstance
1909 words, R
Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Introspection
2163 words, PG-13
Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Never Say Goodbye; or, Amor Fati
1910 words, PG
Ghost/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Reacquainted
3752 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Sex and Coffee
1940 words, X
Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - The Real Cycle
3323 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Raven - Wallflower
858 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
RavenLaurie - The Matrix Poetry
437 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
robotsdance - Discretion
2620 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Scatterbrained - anchor
1128 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Scottishlass - Ahead of Schedule
6844 words, X
Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Alterations
361 words, R
Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Being Moved
656 words, R
Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Lacking Luster
918 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Seasons In Color
582 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
SpoonGirl Trinity - I Shall Believe
1072 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Tenillypo - so familiar a gleam
2629 words, PG-13
Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
Thene - My will is mine. I shall not make it soft for you.
1863 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Thene - Remember the Sun
1365 words, PG-13
Freya/Niobe/Persephone, Niobe/Persephone
TLynn - A Thousand Fragile Things
14412 words, X
Neo/Trinity
TLynn - Smoke Break
3021 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Trin303 - Hazardous
4666 words, R
Neo/Trinity
TrinitySolo / trinitysolo - Knowing You're Mine
9531 words, X
Neo/Trinity
TrinitySolo / trinitysolo - This I Swear
4444 words, X
Neo/Trinity
vienna_salvatori - just living out their lives, oblivious
3767 words, PG
no major ships
vienna_salvatori - resurrections redux
19698 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
whatimages - total conversion mod
1718 words, PG-13
no major ships
winter_hiems - let yourself breathe
547 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
WriterElle - Sleeping Lessons
1996 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Writers_Have_Their_Own_Set_of_Rules - Better to Have Been with Than Live Without It
3782 words, X
Neo/Trinity
xJAYMANx - Duel of the Hackers
10535 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
xJAYMANx - Really Good Noodles
8101 words, R
Neo/OFC
xJAYMANx - The Very Thing
1094 words, X
Neo/Trinity
xJAYMANx - Why You Live Alone
2332 words, X
Neo/OFC
xJAYMANx - Yurei in the Yakuza
1459 words, PG
no major ships
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - A Soldier's Wife
1995 words, G
no major ships
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Blindfolded
984 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Did That All Happen?
1592 words, PG-13
Bugs/Lexy, Neo/Trinity
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Molten
2159 words, X
Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Not Aphrodite
3000 words, R
Trinity/OMC
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Of Soldiers and Fierce Love
1135 words, R
Neo/Trinity
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! :)
Guide to icons used:
Fics I tagged as favorites:
Fics I thought were exceptionally well-written:
WIPs:
(Icons come from the Icon pack by Icons8.)
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:
Deep Impact (1998)
Val_Creative - It's Happily Ever After
4846 words, PG-13
Leo Biederman/Sarah Hotchner
FBI (CBS show)
misswritingobsessed - smile returned
782 words, PG-13
Jubal Valentine & Eleanor Mosier
Speed (1994)
Missy - Hold on Loosely
107 words, PG
Jack Traven/Annie Porter
rivkat - A Partial List of Things They Changed in the Movie
2626 words, Unrated
Harry Temple & Jack Traven, Jack Traven/Annie Porter
teacuptaako - heart hostage
1892 words, PG-13
Harry Temple & Jack Traven
The Matrix
Most of these fics are for the new film, so if you haven't seen it yet, you may want to stick to browsing my Matrix recs linked here (there are four posts of them), where all fics for the new film are marked so they can be avoided if desired.
Anonymous - A Thousand Revolutions
1541 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Anonymous - half agony, half hope
1924 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
aspocko - wanted and took it
3275 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
aspocko - woke up and wanted
1837 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
asy0uwish - Our Little Miracle8265 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
CJShips - Look At You
4124 words, X
Neo/Trinity
CJShips - Our Paris
5370 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - Deja Vu All Over Again
3371 words, R
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - SimuFuckChadLatte
2899 words, X
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - The Greatest View
5197 words, X
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - The Heart of it All
5114 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - The Ties That Bind
6119 words, X
Neo/Trinity
DesertFlower303 - We Need to Talk About Theia
4369 words, X
Neo/Trinity
fleureilleaux - Get Them Talking About Guns
878 words, PG-13
no major ships
FtLoShakespeare - Dreams that Weren't Just Dreams9053 words, X
Neo/Trinity
GarlicMaenads - Choux Cher
1329 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Internerdionality - Light as the Breeze
2643 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Jaina / jaina47 (Jaina Solo2) - Reality's a Bitch
1484 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Coffee
4633 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Impulses
4954 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Light Duty
3276 words, PG-13
Morpheus & Trinity, Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Reborn
2519 words, Unrated
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Sacraments
7746 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - Strawberries
1814 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Jennifer Jolie / harcheonggai - The Genesis of Everything
1919 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
jessicawhitly - and i confess babe, in my dreams you're touching my face
257 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Ladyhawk_lhflu - Paint the Sky with Rainbows
1464 words, R
Neo/Trinity
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - dependence
412 words, Unrated
Neo/Trinity
Lizzen / Mara Trinity Scully - See your enemy
3764 words, R
Bane/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
meanderingsoul - always beside me
2488 words, PG-13
Bugs/Lexy
meanderingsoul - lose time in an instant
1165 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
meanderingsoul - on with her head
1992 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
metal_jenny_blog - Recovery4908 words, Unrated
Neo/Trinity
mldrgrl - Begin Again
903 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
mldrgrl - What Comes Next
1323 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
MuseThalia - 'Twas The Night Before Waking
1525 words, PG
no major ships
MuseThalia - Inbox (1)
5586 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
NacDiggity - Conception
1184 words, G
no major ships
NacDiggity - Paradigm
1638 words, PG-13
no major ships
NacDiggity - The Wisdom of Elders
1425 words, PG
no major ships
Nanaseven - Believe (In Me, In You)
834 words, PG-13
no major ships
Nanaseven - Two Minutes
410 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
nanda (nandamai) - The Neoologist at Work1393 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Narsus - Gaps
1271 words, G
no major ships
Narsus - Shutdown
1082 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Narsus - The Desert of the Real
1298 words, PG
no major ships
Narsus - Virtual Paradise
2022 words, PG
no major ships
october_nix - Gratitude
1140 words, Unrated
Agent Smith & Neo
october_nix - like mother, like son
1010 words, Unrated
Agent Smith & The Oracle
OnyxCrimsonBlur - She Burned
1154 words, R
Neo/Trinity
oxymora (oxymoron) - Neo vs. Marketing
1041 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Princex_N - WHEN LOGIC AND PROPORTION HAVE FALLEN SLOPPY DEAD
2487 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Quin Firefrorefiddle - Contentment
1880 words, G
Morpheus/OFC
Quin Firefrorefiddle - The Trip of a Life (Death) Time
2172 words, PG-13
no major ships
RaeDances - All I Wanted
3062 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
RaeDances - Beauty on the Fire
7276 words, X
Neo/Trinity
RaeDances - Fever
1311 words, X
Switch/Trinity
RaeDances - Made to Fade
736 words, PG
no major ships
RaeDances - Nameless Epiphany
1089 words, PG-13
no major ships
RaeDances - Unrest
16253 words, R
Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Borrowed Time
3247 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Happenstance
1909 words, R
Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Introspection
2163 words, PG-13
Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Never Say Goodbye; or, Amor Fati1910 words, PG
Ghost/Trinity, Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Reacquainted
3752 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - Sex and Coffee
1940 words, X
Neo/Trinity
RainAwhile - The Real Cycle
3323 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Raven - Wallflower
858 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
RavenLaurie - The Matrix Poetry
437 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
robotsdance - Discretion
2620 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Scatterbrained - anchor
1128 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Scottishlass - Ahead of Schedule
6844 words, X
Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Alterations
361 words, R
Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Being Moved
656 words, R
Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Lacking Luster
918 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
scullyseviltwin / ScullyAsTrinity - Seasons In Color
582 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
SpoonGirl Trinity - I Shall Believe
1072 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Tenillypo - so familiar a gleam
2629 words, PG-13
Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
Thene - My will is mine. I shall not make it soft for you.
1863 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
Thene - Remember the Sun
1365 words, PG-13
Freya/Niobe/Persephone, Niobe/Persephone
TLynn - A Thousand Fragile Things14412 words, X
Neo/Trinity
TLynn - Smoke Break
3021 words, X
Neo/Trinity
Trin303 - Hazardous4666 words, R
Neo/Trinity
TrinitySolo / trinitysolo - Knowing You're Mine9531 words, X
Neo/Trinity
TrinitySolo / trinitysolo - This I Swear
4444 words, X
Neo/Trinity
vienna_salvatori - just living out their lives, oblivious3767 words, PG
no major ships
vienna_salvatori - resurrections redux19698 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
whatimages - total conversion mod1718 words, PG-13
no major ships
winter_hiems - let yourself breathe
547 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
WriterElle - Sleeping Lessons1996 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
Writers_Have_Their_Own_Set_of_Rules - Better to Have Been with Than Live Without It3782 words, X
Neo/Trinity
xJAYMANx - Duel of the Hackers10535 words, PG-13
Neo/Trinity
xJAYMANx - Really Good Noodles
8101 words, R
Neo/OFC
xJAYMANx - The Very Thing
1094 words, X
Neo/Trinity
xJAYMANx - Why You Live Alone
2332 words, X
Neo/OFC
xJAYMANx - Yurei in the Yakuza1459 words, PG
no major ships
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - A Soldier's Wife
1995 words, G
no major ships
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Blindfolded
984 words, PG
Neo/Trinity
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Did That All Happen?
1592 words, PG-13
Bugs/Lexy, Neo/Trinity
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Molten
2159 words, X
Chad/Tiffany, Neo/Trinity
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Not Aphrodite
3000 words, R
Trinity/OMC
ZephyrLemon / Zephyr / The_Ineffable_Zephyr - Of Soldiers and Fierce Love
1135 words, R
Neo/Trinity
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! :)
