#but if the author is on tumblr and i havent tagged them lmk pls

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so i think i mightve been tagged by @mego42 to rec some fic? or maybe not? it wasnt entirely clear, or maybe i dont know how to read.

either way, have some recs!

first five forever faves which i rec all the time but im gonna do again on the off chance you werent listening the first 343456455 times.

if you’ve read stuff ive written you might not be super surprised to find these are generally: angsty/harsh, written fairly sparsely, canon-y, a little weird, relatively short, focus mostly on beth and rio, reasonably high concept, ft. clean sentences and engaging language choices, doublethinky, creatively sexy

Good Sport by fireinsideforfun (you’ve probs already read or at least seen everyone freaking out about A Rational Choice, and whilst that is obvs amazing it’s also a chunky boy and a WIP. this is a ~12k one shot and it’s, as the summary says, a sleepy fic. also it’s amazing. ft. plausible misunderstandings, bed sharing but weird, believable characterisation which leans slightly differently to a lot of established fanon… aka many of my favourite things)

weed, philosophy, and more talking than expected by @johnisntevendead (listen, everything by this author is stellar and i soooo hope they return to the fandom some day. this two-shot is one of my absolute fucking faves! It’s claiming to be, per the notes, ‘a self-indulgent excuse for my pot-smoking ass to write Beth Boland getting high’. ft. plausibly stoned brio, excellent characterisation, H Y D R A T I O N (my forever kink), callbacks, unique smut, gorgeous and situationally-appropriate prose… aka many of my favourite things)

Y por fin volvere a verte by @septiembur​ (you’ve presumably already read Heavenly Hot Tubs and Get to be Mine… and if not you probs wanna get on that, the former invented hot tub brio long before the show and the latter is fake-dating heaven! but i cannot rec this story hard enough. It was, per the notes, ‘born out my need to process the finale’ which is both evident and relatable.  ft. angst, plausible post-s2 resolution, amazing characterisation, saying a lot with a little… aka many of my favourite things)

Simpler Times by @ohmisterjapan (you’ve probably read or at least seen recced the Power Struggle series and Maybe you’re my fantasy, all of which are amazing. This story absolutely blows me away, it’s set, as the notes say, ‘in a version of the world where Beth is a little more sexually empowered early on and Rio is a little less respecting of women‘. ft. scorching smut, believable characterisation which lists to the side of established fanon, lil Hints as to what’s going on, a melding of Beth and Rio’s povs, saying a lot with a little… aka many of my favourite things)

War in My Mind by mintletters16 (everything by this author is great, and I sooo hope they return to the fandom. this story fucks me up!!! as the summary says: ‘Beth mourns a loss and finds comfort in an unlikely source’. ft. A N G S T, Hints as to what’s going on, strong Beth characterisation which maybe leans slightly differently to established fanon, saying a lot with a little…aka many of my favourite things)

and another five i love (and happen to have been thinking about recently, and which, I think, deserve more hype):

(one) more time by mydearmoon (this author has several great GG stories! i absolutely love the cranky foodie rio pov here, as well as the long-suffering Mick vibes, and the Resolution! it all feels super in-character as well as a fun, fresh take on rio pov)

why storms are named after people by @veronicamarz (another author i so hope returns to the fandom one day!! i snapped and went back through the early pages on ao3 to find this again cos i wanted to re-read it and i’m so glad i did! you know the quote, yeah? buckle in for some a n g s t !)

we suck young blood by sylvianorth (i bumped into this while searching for the above, and again i am so glad i did!!! the last 3 tags on this story are: ‘cunnilingus’, ‘beth putting her foot down’ and ‘zen koans’, cannot fathom what more you could possibly need to know tbh?!)

Centrefold Adjacent by @betterhomesandhobbits (everyone’s been hard reccing the goodest boy, or as i like to call it: ‘blatantly copying me’, but i would definitely suggest checking out more by this author! this fic doesn’t contain dog pov but it’s a LOT of fun. here’s the summary: ‘Rio finds something extremely interesting at a yard sale that gives him a clue that maybe Elizabeth might not have always been such a good girl’ yeeeahhh.)

Five Times He Knew What She Was Thinking, and One Time He Didn’t by @joeyjoeylee (i feel like meg mighta just recced this, but so?! this is great rio pov, and it includes!!! him thinking!!! that beth!!! putting up!!! a stop sign!!!! in the middle of the night!!!! is weird!!!!!!!!!!! AS IT SHOULD, THANKS. also it’s a WIP (part 1 of 2) and i’m so hoping part 2 arrives some day!!)

i’m gonna tag first: anyone who wants to join in, obvs!! (and ofc you don’t have to use this format at all, i just find ‘gg fic recs’ too broad a concept to deal with, ha)

but also: (particularly bc i think they probs have fairly different taste to me, cos they like lame girly stuff like hugs and happy endings ewww): @medievalraven @bathroombreaks @septiembur @storiestoldbyjazz

(obvi no pressure, and i can completely understand why some ppl arent into rec posts. however, i do agree that the antidote to echo chamber tendencies is more recs not fewer. also, like i said - my faves skew weird, short, angsty and canon-y. does that mean that i think less experimental, long, crack/fluff or AU stories are bad or i dont like those things?! obviously not! many of my fave stories are those things! several of MY stories are those things!! but if you ask me for my absolute faves, you’re not going to get those things! which is why a diversity of recs is Big Good!!)

#nbc good girls #tv #fanfiction #fanfic #i feel like that makes me sound like im aggressively against handjobs but whatever #also i was into the bullet points when i wrote this but now i feel like it's gonna be a big block of text on mobile #and that im a hypocrite #but again whatever #also obvs im waiting for sdktrs12 to do her job #but if the author is on tumblr and i havent tagged them lmk pls? thanks! #or if (that #ha) ive fucked up a link thnxxxx #something #gg fic recs