respoftw | Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 12

Day 12

In your own space, create your own challenge.

I’ve been going through the replies on this one and there are so many great responses. From awakening dead comms to creating a transformative works statement to stop lurking to making a fanlore page! I fully condone them all and I’m gonna participate in a lot of them.

My challenge is to share your favourite fanwork of all time; that one fic or piece of art or Podfic (or whatever) that you revisit when you just NEED to experience it again. I love hearing about people’s holy grail of fanworks!

I’ll go first and share mine (surprising no one it’s SGA):

The Body Holographic by Leah (Taste_is_sweet) and Springwoof. This is my favourite fic of all time. It rips my heart out and has me sobbing each and every time I read it. But, like, cathartic sobbing. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of this fic.

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From:

brumeier

Mine is also SGA and, funnily enough, also by taste_is_sweet: Keepsakes. The bug!John fic we all deserve!

From:

respoftw

That’s an awesome one! 👏

From:

runpunkrun

Intersections (23885 words) by Kaneko
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Additional Tags: Podfic Available, Pre-Canon, Antarctica, Angst, Humor, First Time, Hiking, Tent Sex
Summary:

Rodney's Antarctica is a lot like Siberia in that it's full of scientists who work 16-hour days and bathe once a week (twice when they're feeling social), and who would slit your throat for a fresh banana. Also, you can't go for a walk without a survival kit, but that's fine - Rodney's never really been an outdoorsy person.

I love this story so much that I've been careful with how many times I've read it so the shiny doesn't wear off. It's so full of feelings and excellent writing that it stuns me every time.

From:

hopelessheathen57

Thanks for link! I'm putting that on my to-read list. :)

My immediate answer to this is probably Flight, a Supernatural fic by Northernsparrow, but that one's really well known, so I will instead give you this one, which is way underappreciated and makes me laugh every single time I reread it:

Syndicated Sci-Fi Show by claudiapriscus. It's a crossover between SG1 and Supernatural, set in the middle of the Supernatural episode where the trickster makes them live through a bunch of TV shows. The brothers get stuck in the SG1 universe and think it's another TV show, so they don't take anything seriously, but it's actually not. The SGC's perspective on the boys' bizarre behavior is absolutely hilarious and really in-character.

From:

respoftw

Intersections is amazing! It’s one of a dozen or so SGA fics that I have on my kindle for easy rereading!

From:

teigh_corvus

I'm going to have to sit with this question for a bit - I have a lot of ficcly loves and fandoms to consider. This is an excellent challenge [that I'm going to watch like a hawk for more things to add to my to-read list!]. :D

From:

respoftw

Thank you so much for sharing! I haven’t read much Supernatural fic (mainly because I’m one of approximately 3 people in the world who doesn’t ship Destiel) so I hadn’t heard of Flight. Wow, what a wordcount! I’ve added this to my bookmarks!

(Edit: and there’s Podfic of it!)

And, omg, that second one sounds hilarious!! I’m gonna read that one too!

Thanks for the recs :)

Edited Date: 2019-01-12 06:32 pm (UTC)

From:

respoftw

It’s a hard one to narrow down for sure!!

From:

spikedluv

There are probably a lot if I let myself think about previous fandoms, but one of my favorite fic to revisit now is Speranza's 4 Minute Window series. (MCU; Steve/Bucky; NC17) I've read the first fic in the series (of the same name) so many times.

Edited Date: 2019-01-12 07:25 pm (UTC)

From:

oldtoadwoman

Bookmarking to read later! (It's listed as part 2 in a series. Do I need to read part 1 first? Some authors put things that are only loosely related in a series and others it's a literal "must read part 1 first" situation and I'm never sure.)

From:

respoftw

Ooo, I don’t think I read that one when I was in my Stucky phase! Bookmarked!

From:

respoftw

I personally don’t think you need to read part 1. But it’s pretty short so won’t take long if you want to!

From:

spikedluv

It is SO GOOD! I hope you enjoy it.

From:

sparrow2000

What a great challenge. I'll definitely be bookmarking other peoples recs.

My all time comfort fic is Letters by tabaqui (posted at AO3 under her scarecrow horses account). This is post series Buffy 'verse with Spike and Xander as two lost souls who've given everything to the fight and have no idea how to face the future. This is beautiful and I never tire of reading it.

From:

respoftw

BtVS is my one of my all time favourite TV shows but I’ve never read a single fic for it. I’ll start with this one!

From:

oldtoadwoman

Good to know, thank you!

From:

sparrow2000

Letters is definitely a great place to start, so I hope you enjoy. There's so much great Buffy 'verse fic out there waiting to be discovered :)

From:

raveninthewind

Buffy Season Noir by Anna S. (eliade)
Unfinished but long
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2115594

Subtleties, by Anna S (eliade)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2037243

From:

shaddyr

So, Body Holographic kills my Every. Damn. Time. because OH DEAR GOD THE ANGST. It's like ramped up to nine thousand!

Ok, so things I have to go back to over and over again - this, right here. It earned the title of That Picture in the HP fan community and inspired a bunch of fanfic based on it. I mean... OF COURSE IT DID! LOOK AT IT!

So, yeah. From time to time, I just gaze at all the beautiful details and imagine and the possible situations that could have led to this moment and then, usually, go read a bunch of the associated stories.

Where are the stories, you may ask? Why, right here...

Edited (typo) Date: 2019-01-13 12:47 am (UTC)

From:

marginaliana

Since you mentioned SGA, here's mine from that fandom: Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead by speranza. Despite its hard-hitting bits, it is such a comfort read for me because it's filled with a million great lines, things that I find myself repeating in certain moments ("I usually listen with my eyes closed") and it's just... it's about people who know each other in an intimate way that isn't about sex (and also is about sex).