Rec the Thing

A few years I created a database to organize my fanfics, stocked it with about 1800 fics from a handful of fandoms (mostly small ones), and then got swamped with things and put it on hold. Tonight I've finally caught up with the fandoms in it* and updated all of the lists, and thought it might be good to link them here in case someone hasn't seen the posts before or wants to revisit them now that I have added nearly 350 fics to the lists.

You can find them all linked at my master recs post. All lists indicate which ships are major in the fic, if any, and I mark a few additional things that may be helpful.

Fandoms currently included:

• Alphas


• FBI (CBS show)


• FBI: Most Wanted


• Fried Green Tomatoes (book & movie)


• Push


• Speed


• The Matrix

as well as a smattering of recs from tinier fandoms (mainly movies). Fandoms with fewer than 30 fics in my database (such as Speed) are in a "Tiny fandoms" post, and there's a post just for crossovers as well.

In order to keep maintenance to a minimum, I don't include all the themes with the main posts above, but I generally include them with any post made on request. Themes tagged cover everything from tropes to grammar (I tag anything that isn't third person past tense) to story ending (positive, sad/unhappy, etc.) to AO3's archive warnings. If you want or need to be spoiled about everything, follow the directions on that post to request a custom recs list and I'd be happy to make one for you.

* The only fandoms not updated are the two FBI shows, because I haven't watched past S3 of the main show and S2 of the Most Wanted one. Someday, perhaps…

So I thought it might be fun to post recs every so often based on the themed days that are supposedly "National ___ Day". I looked on National Day Calendar to see what was coming up soon, and lo and behold, November 20 is National Children's Day and National Absurdity Day! To me, that means recs involving child characters, and recs that are tagged crack or parody. I'm combining them in a single post so I don't spam people, but everything's behind cuts and clearly labeled so if you want only one or the other, it should be easy to explore just what you're looking for.

( Icon guide )

( Explanation of ratings )

( Content warnings and spoilers )

( Ships )


Recs involving child characters:

( Alphas )

( FBI (CBS show) )

( FBI Most Wanted )

( Greatest American Hero )

( The Matrix )


Recs of crack/parody fics:

( The Matrix )

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! :)

Back with more fics I've read this past week. I won't be able to post on the 19th, so the next batch of these will be on the 26th.

I've finally caught up with FBI and FBI: Most Wanted - at least, with what I've spotted on AO3 and ff.n. If people are posting fics elsewhere, I have no idea how to find them and therefore haven't read them.

I've caught up with Matrix fics on AO3 now but have tons to go through on ff.n and other sites yet.

( Icon guide )

( Explanation of ratings )

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.


( FBI (CBS show) )

( FBI (CBS show) / Rizzoli & Isles )

( FBI Most Wanted )

( The Matrix )

If any of the links above no longer work, please let me know so I can flag them as "Dead" in my database, thanks!

Enjoy! :)

I decided against rec'ing these from the database because it's a series and you're best off going to the series page and seeing the order from there.

For anyone who has enjoyed FBI: Most Wanted, starring Julian McMahon, Roxy Sternberg, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Kellan Lutz, and a host of other people (Nathaniel Arcand, Miguel Gomez, YaYa Gosselin, Irene Bedard, etc.), I'm rec'ing a series featuring an interesting OC.

The Wild Hunt by Bastet5 is at 422,604 words currently and is on hold, so there may not be more forthcoming (it didn't make it to S2), but what is there is plenty complete and enjoyable.

The author adds an original female character who is an FBI agent from the same tribe as Clinton Skye (Nathaniel Arcand's character) and who also speaks Mohawk as well as French (hailing from Quebec originally). She has PTSD and claustrophobia so there's quite a bit of dealing with that involved, in addition to mentions of child physical abuse. There are no romantic ships involved beyond brief mentions of canonical ones, but a variety of friendships and a whole lot of team-as-family.

The series reads like a cross between a recap of the episodes and outsider POV with a side dose of A-plot (and plenty of h/c) that we don't get to see on the show, and I found myself being genuinely interested in the original character as the time went on (and wishing she actually existed on the show). It doesn't completely walk through all of the episodes, as the OC isn't always present for some of them due to various events, but it adds another perspective plus some backstory to things like the quote from the backdoor pilot in FBI 1x18 where Jess tells Kenny "next time a fugitive throws a refrigerator down a staircase, don't try to catch it". If you love this show, I highly recommend trying it out.