Rec the Thing

Tiny fandoms time! (At least the database is perfect for that right now, since those are what I started with.) I've rec'd some of these in earlier posts but I'm starting to lose track of which, lol, other than I know I've rec'd all the ones under 1k and over 50k, so I'll eliminate those here and just show the ones in between, which is a lot of them. I'm defining "tiny" as Yuletide-eligible, which technically includes Matrix fic at this point, I believe. (A bit of a loophole, that, but it's not the only one, at least.) I also eliminated any WIPs (as I did with the over 50k post) because I know a lot of people who don't like reading anything that's not complete (especially if there's little to no chance of it being finished).

Again, ratings from Fanfiction.net were translated into G to R, and ratings from AO3 were translated into PG to X (which was shorter than NC-17). Anything not rated on AO3 or other sites is marked Unrated. I'll try to give warnings if there's anything that would fall under the big four AO3 warnings, and any ships.

I don't promise that all of these are necessarily the best-written (though many are!), just that they have something about them that I've really enjoyed, and hopefully you will find the same thing in some of them. :)

( Crossovers )

( Alphas )

( Cybergeddon )

( Deep Impact )

( FBI (TV) )

( Flood (2007) )

( Fried Green Tomatoes )

( Gold Diggers (1995) )

( Push )

( Speed (1994) )

( Stick It (2006) )

( The Matrix )

Wow, that took a LOT longer than I expected - mostly because I had to skim-read each of them to write something up about them. Next time I'll just skip that part, maybe, lol. But I hope someone finds this list helpful in some way to make it worth it. :)

My fic database is full of mainly tiny fandoms so far (which I'll get to in another post for the tiny fandoms theme), but The Matrix is not exactly tiny, even if it's eligible for Yuletide (that's only due to Fanfiction.net's late addition of the complete/in progress option, which many of the early writers never went back to change their fics to "complete"). And, coincidentally, it's the only fandom with fics over 50k in there so far. I would love to link to the many, many other wonderful long fics I've read over the years (in so many different fandoms) but to find all the links would be a tremendous effort right now, so I'll stick with these four.

Same rating system as I explained in the post last week; all of these are either ff.n fics (which were given ratings from G to R) or from a site that didn't have a rating, in which case it's marked Unrated.

These I can talk a bit more about. :)

Lady Rheena - Rescue Run
R, 68054 words
This is a most unusual Matrix fic as it actually features no scenes in the Matrix itself, instead focusing on an OC who comes from outside of Earth itself. (What if humans had colonized other planets before losing Earth to the machines?) A much more sci-fi/space style fic than one might expect for Matrix fic! Sparks/OC ship.

Phoenix (The Woman in Red) - Rising from the Ashes
Unrated, 287098 words
You'll need to use the Wayback Machine to read this one, but it's the longest Matrix fic I've seen yet and is quite entertaining. Full of interesting worldbuilding, it ignores the 2nd and 3rd films entirely and posits a very different (yet somewhat plausible) approach to the Matrix world. To put in the ships would spoil you majorly, so all I can say is, give it a try? (As far as warnings go, there's plenty of language and marijuana use, though the sex is generally glossed over and there's virtually no violence. There's some original character death but canonical characters are all good.) I spent some time one week creating an epub of the entire thing so I could re-read it more easily (which is the only reason I know the wordcount). :D

Zion Angel - Death and Rebirth
PG-13, 87603 words
An well-written backstory for Trinity, ending a little before the movie starts.

Zion Angel - Knowing and Walking
PG-13, 100463 words
The sequel to Death and Rebirth, this fic fills around the movie and a little beyond, showing Trinity's struggle to deal with her love for Neo and grief at the loss of her friends (all canonical).

I hope someone enjoys these! :D