Community Recs Post!

[glitteryv]

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/fancrafts/fics/fanarts/podfics/some other kind of fanwork have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

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Shimming along the BTS beat.. 😊

[glitteryv]

FANART

* Jimin and cats by wanigguk - What a gentle fanart! The different hues of brown and beige (with a touch of pink here and there) enhance the tender mood of the piece.


* Interview with the vampire by yelhsamoonchild - Vampire!Seokjin is breathtakingly sensual, but it's Jimin as his potential victim who will catch your eye. I love the touch of Jimin wearing most of the outfit from the "Black Swan" mv.


* my little rj is all dressed up by jinjinjaira - What's more adorable than an RJ plushie? An RJ plushie wearing a Kore knit sweater!


* Untitled cat!Yoongi by bts_suga20 - Awww, such a cute piece abt kitty!Yoongi lying inside Taehyung's Mute Boston bag.


* first meeting by atalier - A delightful mini-comic in which Jeon Bam's misbehaving leads Jungkook to meet Taehyung (and Yeontan.) I love the way that the artist drew Bam. Especially the blep in the last panel.


FICS

* slow rain by sharpa (Rated Teen, RM/Yoongi, 11k) - In a world where soulmates aren't common, two BTS members discover they have a bond.

A trope inversion take on soulmates, this is one fic that sank all the way to my bones. RM's tendency to overthink + the pre-debut era jitters + sheer stubbornness combined into a fic that touched my heart in an unexpected way.


* You're One in a Melon by deepslowpanic (Explicit, RM/Yoongi, 20.1k) - So this one time, Yoongi sexts RM after matching on a farmers app. The next morning, he ghosts RM, thinking they'll never meet again…

What a fun story! It's sexy, quippy, and has a lot of tender moments. The side ships are super cute too!

[octahedrite]

I read this really great Harry Potter fic:

before the door of hell lamps burned (194749 words) by basketofnovas
Chapters: 53/53
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sirius Black & Harry Potter, Hermione Granger & Harry Potter & Ron Weasley, Cho Chang/Harry Potter
Characters: Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Andromeda Black Tonks, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Albus Dumbledore, Cho Chang, Amelia Bones, Draco Malfoy, Viktor Krum, Bartemius Crouch Sr.
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sirius Black Free from Azkaban, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Minor Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Politics, Fix-It of Sorts, The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Series: Part 1 of brilliant difficulty, Part 1 of brilliant difficulty extended universe
Summary:

In which Harry goes to live with his godfather in the summer of 1994, Peter Pettigrew goes to Azkaban, and a lot of things change.

[glitteryv]

Thank you for reccing this. :)

[donutsweeper]

Back to my typical new/less well known MDZS/The Untamed fic recs:

behind the words by sunflowersfield (3.7k, archive locked)
Summary: Wei Wuxian is searching for a little bit of happiness and the perfect bookstore. Along the way, he finds Lan Wangji. A bookstore AU loosely based on this tweet: “I went on a first date at a bookstore and he paid for all my books…” (tender and sweet)

Just Call by tinylilremus (2.5k)
Summary Snippet: Or, that time that Lan Wangji tripped over his pet rabbit, tried to call his brother to help him, and called Wei Wuxian instead. (utterly adorable)

an observer's guide to lovestruck cultivators by cafecliche (2.5k)
Summary Snippet: Or: Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji make one more stop at Luo Qingyang's home before their journey to the Burial Mounds, and her husband reflects on the world she left behind (wonderful outsider POV of WWX and LWJ)

the soft animal of your body by howodd5ever (21k, MDZS Reverse Big Bang)
Summary Snippet: Wei Wuxian sets off alone after the events at Guanyin Temple and finds himself in pretty serious trouble. (a lovely, sometimes injury muddled, WWX POV tale, told interspersed between letters)

[fred_mouse]

<3

[glitteryv]

These seem like fics a lot of folks will enjoy. Thank you for reccing them. :D

[bold_seer]

Four from Festivids:

In the Land of Plenty - The Green Knight (2021), T, Gawain
canon violence
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36595024

Girls Chase Boys - Much Ado About Nothing (1993), T, ensemble
canon violence, NSFW nudity, sex
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36729322

Sheela-na-gig - Much Ado About Nothing (1993), M, Hero, Claudio/Hero
canon sexism and violence, NSFW nudity, sex; brief flashes of lightning, some fast cuts
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36736126

Summertime Killer - Lady Gaga Music Videos, T, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé
canon sexual content and violence - from e.g. Alejandro and Telephone; fast cuts, flashing/flickering lights
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36405133

[glitteryv]

Oh, I gotta check out these fanvids! (I'd totally forgotten that Festivids had gone live.) Thanks so much for reccing them. :D

[kingstoken]

Slow Show by mia_ugly
Word Count: 95,505 words
Fandom: Good Omens
Rating: E
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley
Summary: In which temptations are accomplished, grand romantic gestures are made, and two ineffable co-stars only take four seasons of an award-winning television program to realize they’re on their own side (at last, at last.)
Reccer's Note: Here I am again reccing something that I probably don't need to, but I just finished binge reading this one, and it's fantastic! This is probably the best Good Omens Human AU fic I have ever read. Aziraphale and Crowley feel very much like themselves, even though they have been put into this very different setting. The characters experience growth over the course of the story, and it also deals with a few tough issues, like self-hatred, internalized homophobia, and addiction recovery, and handles them very well. There is also some hot smut, but that isn't the main focus, it is more about these two men trying to come to terms will their feelings, and trying to come to terms with their worth.

[glitteryv]

FWIW, even though it might feel unnecessary (maybe cuz the fic is popular within the fandom), I can assure there will always be at least one person who's never heard of it. So go you for reccing it over here. :D

[yourlibrarian]

Well, I have a bunch of them this week!

Stay Stay Stay Mythic Quest Ian Grimm/Poppy Li vid by SDWolfpup

Satisfied by Anonymous, a Tahani character vid from The Good Place.

Me and Bernstein down by the schoolyard by Anonymous, an amazingly apropos vid for All the President's Men.

Black Sun by Anonymous, a well planned and paced Picard recruiter vid.

Short Skirt Long Jacket by Anonymous. Character vid for one of my all-time favorite movies, What's Up Doc?

Milkshake by Anonymous. Gunpowder Milkshake is full of great action scenes and you will find them on wonderful display of them in this vid!

[glitteryv]

Super awesome group of vid recs is a super awesome group of vid recs. Thankies for this! :D

[seerofrage]

One Yugioh fic, and a bunch of Boku no Hero Academia art recs from twitter! I bring many birds. <3

BnHA
.Plus chaos..., League of Villains in maid outfits, by naajuunaa; this is just such a fun piece, haha.
.Sleepy Hawks/Tokoyami by mokuzu_part1; this is very cute. <3
.Hawks/Tokoyami by nanagatu_0710; this artist does just the cutest Tokohawks stuff, and this is no exception! <3
.Hawks/Tokoyami sketch by 1ko48; this gives me all the warm fuzzies, they look so happy and it's just the sweetest thing! <33
.Hawks/Tokoyami by 1ko48; this is a cute silly little thing. <3
.Hawks & Tokoyami & Dark Shadow by BBuolp; this is super cute, I love all of their expressions a lot. <33

YGO
moth-light by mourn
Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura, T, 2062 words;
-Emotional Manipulation, Possession, Choking;
Ryou’s afraid his resistance is becoming more and more token, and he’s afraid that Bakura is completely, absolutely aware of that fact.

A super great exploration of their relationship, featuring lots of messed up codependency, lines blurring between them, and biting. <3

[glitteryv]

Ah, that first fanart was neat! Thank you for reccing all these goodies. :D

[doranwen]

Only time for one quick rec this time, but it's a crossover - Leverage/NCIS (and you don't really have to know NCIS to enjoy it):

Not Quite Parkour by Elf (Elf_Herself) (559 words)
A cute little Parker childhood fic, with a guest appearance by Abby Sciuto (as a child) from NCIS.

[glitteryv]

Oh, wow, talk abt an interesting xover. Thanks for reccing it. :D