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zairaalbereo · 6 months
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When he was young, Joe cast a spell to fall in love with an impossible man to make sure he would never fall in love at all…
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But the spell found its goal, and when years later magic brings trouble to Joe’s door, it also brings Detective Nicolò di Genova.
It’s the spooky season once more and so it’s time to rewatch one of my favourite movies. Luckily for me, @gallifreyburning is also writing an amazing Practical Magic TOG AU:
a love even time will lie down and be still for
Read it, it’s beautiful! I can’t wait to see it finished.
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mekana47 · 3 months
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A 2023 The Old Guard Rec List
I spent most of 2023 trying to make a dent in my AO3 'to read' list rather than reading new fics, so I know I must've missed some fantastic fics from the year. But here are a few of my favorites posted in 2023 that I did read, in no particular order.
Shackled -- @beepbeepsan T. Canon divergence. Joe and Nicky fight back on the plane.
there'll be feasting in jerusalem next year -- paigian M. In which Nile becomes a city, fights off an interdimensional Lovecraftian horror, and falls in love. Not necessarily in that order.
Malta, 1976 -- dana_norram (@negotiumcrucis) E. A time in Malta. Not THE time in Malta, but one of many. (Featuring Nicky in tiny 70s shorts.)
Overdrive -- @goldheartedsky T. Modern AU. When Booker's abusive wife finds out about his reciprocated feelings for Andy and disappears with the kids, Andy can't sit on the sidelines anymore. (Second in a series)
we can't keep meeting like this -- rupzydaisy (@genyathefirebird) G. Death has many faces and Andromache has one, which makes her easier to recognise over the years as they work for the living and the dead.
Circulus -- @isabellehemlock M. Five years after Joe and Nicky got tangled up with Jack the Ripper, they try once again to take a vacation but destiny wants to lend a hand in closing the circle left behind from the ripples of their actions. (Second in a series, technically from December 2022)
so i'll try to talk refined -- paigian M. In which Joe and Nicky talk about poetry instead of their feelings.
My 2022 The Old Guard Rec List My Random Fandom Rec List (June 2023)
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my ao3 bookmarks collection is so vast at this point I think I need to make some fic rec lists on this site. I rely on the rec lists of others so heavily it’s time to give back to the community. stay tuned!
Edit: find my Geraskier recs here!
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fondofeveryprickle · 3 months
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My AO3 Wrapped 2023
Welcome to my AO3 Wrapped 2023, where I take a look at some of my favourite fics from 2023 (one bookmark per month). 
There were so many amazing fics in 2023, so many new people and friends I met because of fanfic <3 So here’s to a very good 2024, full of words and worlds!
Let’s go to the fics:
January-
The Fine Line Between Hormones and Home by seekingmoonscapes (Bad Buddy: The Series)
In an almost canon universe where the only difference is that it is omegaverse, Pat is an omega, and Pran is an alpha. And during one of his heats, Pat is at home, and decides to ask Pran for a shirt with his scent to help with his heat. But instead, he asks Pran for help in other ways. Fic where the porn IS the plot, everything is super consensual, and sexy and hot. Alternating POV, so on Pran’s pov we get to see all the pining.
February - 
If Never Again, If Every Day by gallifreyburning and takiki16 (The Old Guard)
This fic was wonderful from beginning to end. For reasons, 2021 Nicky goes back in time to Jerusalem and his first death at Yusuf's hands. Meanwhile, 1099 Nicolò goes forward in time to 2021 and meets Joe. It's heartbreaking and loving and funny and so full of love. Nicky and Joe miss each other even when around their younger versions. But the love they feel for each other is stronger than that. Wonderful story, happy ending.
March - 
Wooing the Water Tribe by lenaballena (ATLA) @dameferre
Sokka has been living in the Fire Nation as Zuko's second in power and his best friend and everything. When Katara comes to visit, Sokka thinks Zuku is courting her. And he realizes he is also in love with his best friend. Lots of pining. There's absolutely no courting of Katara. It's also really funny. My heart broke for Sokka at some moments.
April - 
The Grand Unified Theory of Shen Qingqiu by 00janeblonde (SVSSS)
WIP - This story is all fluff and no angst, like the tags say, slice of life and it's wonderful. SQQ dies at Maigu Ridge, and is offered to acquire the Game Plus, where he can go back to the past with his cultivation and memory intact, and try again. Doing that he discovers that he is actually the real Shen Jiu reincarnated, and he can try to recover memory markers to be able to restart the "game" even before than when he first "transmigrated". His friendship with YQY becomes strong, LQG also becomes his friend (it's really sweet how he wants his friends back). Everything is very soft. Absolutely great teacher SQQ.
May - 
but for me, there is a storm by Authoress (Haikyuu!!) by @kiribakus
An epic pacific rim au. Hinata and Kageyama are both cadets who want to be Jaeger pilots, but they cannot get along. So they work really hard because they are their last hope to pilot a one of a kind Jaeger - a Kaiju/Machine hybrid. They solve their problems in the beginning (and then later they have more problems). Hinata and Kageyama are not the only main characters, other characters are also very important and have their own storyline and pov. This story is heartbreaking as well. There's MCD, and it made me cry so hard I got puffy eyes. It's a wonderful read, and very well written.
June - 
The UA Analyst Kid by RogueVector (BNHA)
Izuku meets the UA teachers before getting OFA and they see how good his analysis is, so they start to train him (together with some other heroes). But some things don't change and Izuku still meets All Might and gets offered OFA. This story is funny, sweet and with amazing relationships. Izuku is OP with his intelligence and training. All the teachers and heroes are so supportive and good. A really feel good story.
July - 
Deku? I think he’s some pro… by Clouds (BNHA)
After All Might told Izuku he can't be a hero, he finds himself in a forum used by some underground heroes and offers his analysis to them, since he can't be a hero, he will help them. The underground heroes think Izuku is some kind of retired pro when they ask for help analyzing some villains and all, and when they finally meet face-to-face they all decide to practically adopt Izuku and teach him to fight so he will have a chance to be a quirkless hero. It is amazing! Also, the relationship between Izuku and the underground heroes is more like friends than teacher-student, and it's amazing that way. (some All Might bashing - be warned)
August - 
Mobius by Foxquills (BNHA) @fox-quills
WIP - I love this story so much!!! Third-year Izuku is sent to the past because of a quirk accident, to the time both Shouta and Hizashi are third year students at UA. Problem is, according to Nedzu, time is constant, or a loop, so he can’t change anything in the past, and everything that has happened, will happen again. He becomes fast friends with both Shouta and Hizashi, and starts crushing on them as well. Both Hizashi and Shouta also start crushing on him. It is lovely. There’s pain. It’s awesome. (also omegaverse).
September - 
Factory Settings by Anonymous (Good Omens)
Post season 2 au, because Crowley follows Aziraphale to heaven. Things happen, and instead of Crowley, there is Raphael, without any memory of all the time he's lived as Crowley. Heaven and Hell are at it again. Aziraphale has no idea what to do, and he misses his Crowley. Muriel is a sweetheart. Both Aziraphale and Crowley/Raphael povs. Great story, feels very much canon.
October - 
Justice in Defiance by Foxquills (BNHA) @fox-quills
WIP - Aizawa is a hero turned villain who kills both heroes and villains alike. And one day Izuku finds him right after he kills someone. They fight. And now Izuku needs to know more. What made Aizawa turn????? To do that, he will also need Hizashi in his corner. Absolutely lovely story!!!! The povs are amazing. The feelings and pining are perfect.
November - 
If I Must Starve (Let it be in Your Arms) by Igneum807 (The Witcher)
So think about the softest story involving Jaskier and touch-starved witchers, and this is the result. During his travels alone, when he and Geralt go their different ways for a few weeks, Jaskier meets Geralt's brothers, who are just as touch and companionship-starved as Geralt was before meeting Jaskier. It's super soft and tender.
December - 
Cultivate: Slow Life on a Monster-Infested Mountain by NeonGhostCat (SVSSS) @neonghostcat
When SY transmigrates, the System tries to put him on SQQ's body, but SQQ is aware and is able to stop it from happening. The System then gives SY his own body, but something goes wrong with the system and SY is decided to not get involved with the plot, or with Cang Qiong Sect, and specially SQQ. He finds an abandoned mountain, with an abandoned house there and decides to stay there until he is strong enough if SQQ finds him and wants to kill him. Obviously things cannot be that simple. Now he is stuck on the mountain he can't get out of, every full moon night there are monster attacks and one day LQG appears on the Mountain, how can he get out of helping with the plot now? Shen Yuan is absolutely perfect on this fic. I love how he deals with the mountain and its beasts and plant-life. Liushen is the softest you'll see. Slow burn, super domestic, feel good story.
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Enjoy your readings!
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non-un-topo · 7 months
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He, Dreamless by nizzuto
Part 1 of I don't see the sun (I know it's there)
Through the tear-away of waves and the vastness of oceans and the separation of the three of them, there remains the legend of true love and the infinite fight to get back to it.
A gift for the incredibly talented @guarncre, whose gorgeous fic (and every single fic since) I adore so much. Few fics have so effectively simultaneously ripped me apart and put me back together, and swallowed me up with every word. These drawings have been a long time coming, but I really wanted to show my love for the fic by attempting to capture its evocative storytelling and imagery. And this is my call to everyone to go read it, now! Right now!
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[I.D.] Two digital drawings of Joe and Nicky, respectively, depicting scenes from nizzuto's fic He, Dreamless.
Joe is standing alone in a dark brick tower, visible down to his waist. His head is tilted down, his eyes closed, and he has a melancholy expression on his face. Only one of his arms is visible, his hand gently curled over his chest. His hair is long and loose, a few curls lit by moonlight. A deep red garment is draped over his shoulders. Behind him is a small arched window with bars, where a bright moon attempts to shine through. He is half-lit and half in shadow. A small signature in the bottom left corner reads, "Siggy, '23".
Nicky is sitting with his knees pulled up to his chest and his head tilted up and painted with bright, almost heavenly moonlight. He is in a hole underground, and the dark ground can be seen surrounding him. He is wearing a tattered uniform, the details of his clothes mostly hidden in shadow. His hair has been cut short and uneven, as has his beard. He is reaching up with one hand, the tip of his finger poking through the bars above his head. He wears an expression of longing. The moonlight is casting streaks through his fingers onto his face. He's looking at the same moon as Joe. The same signature as the first image is written on the bottom right corner.
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ongreenergrasses · 9 months
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Happy The Old Guard (2020) anniversary!! would you care to share your own favorite creation and/or recommend one by someone else to celebrate?
HELLO ANON HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! i can’t believe it’s been three years 💜 i wanted to list my five favorite fics from this fandom, and of course you can always find my writing on ao3 at ongreenergrasses as well as in my tags #prompts and #my writing. peruse to your heart’s content!!!
what if your hands are my hands by @genyathefirebird, 20.2k, T
this fic is magical. it makes you believe in a magical world and you will enjoy every second of it. probably the best AU you could ever find in this fandom
some ghost of me by @flightsofwonder, 7.5k, T
some of the best whump i’ve ever read in my life, it’s a story about how you love people even before you remember them and it’s just. it is just so good
Ere Babylon Was Dust by superblackmarket, 7.3k, M
an incredible historical fic set in a fascinating time period and everyone is so fantastically in character
my heart (is like a haunted house) by @lesbianlotties, 29.9k, T
a defining fic for this fandom, the worldbuilding and story are absolutely excellent
Unchartered Waters by @a-sea-in-storm, 2.7k, T
this is one of the funniest things i have ever read hands down, it’s an excellent look at everyone’s dynamics together as a team/family
drop your fic recs in the notes 👀👀 and happy anniversary everyone!
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throwingbread · 2 months
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10 fic for International Fanworks Day. Here are some fics from my bookmarks that need more love, in no particular order.
Those Who Come Closest (30325 words) by dagas isa Chapters: 11/11 Fandom: Final Fantasy X Summary: How do ordinary people become Fayth? It takes a certain amount of desire, dedication and desperation. These are their stories. Propaganda: You want worldbuilding? This fic has got worldbuilding out the wazoo.
Apprentice of the Beast (1651 words) by JetBlackKobold Fandom: Final Fantasy XV Summary: On their journey to the Disk of Cauthess, five men stop to rest and, bound in each other's company, talk a little. Ardyn is a strange man with a fondness for old stories, poems, songs, and rhymes. With a little prompting, he shares a story about a Beast and a Soldier whose good intentions are corrupted by power. Propaganda: Backstory, in Ardyn’s own words.
The Endlings (664 words) by TheBrightestNight Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics) Summary: end∙ling /εndlŋg/ n 1 the last known individual of a species or subspecies. Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct. Propaganda: Extinct animal feels.
at the last trumpet (9830 words) by liesmyth Fandom: The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir Summary: the line of the Tomb-keepers demands an heir, no matter the cost. Featuring a small-scale genocide, the breakdown of a marriage, an angry ghost of the MILF persuasion, and a normal amount of bones. Propaganda: Yes more worldbuilding. Glorious cursed necromantic worldbuilding.
freedom so liberating that we call it magic (2566 words) by EtchJetty, FlaringK Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Summary: People don’t talk about Sheik that much. It must have been hell for Zelda, to pretend to be a gender she wasn’t. Especially if she had done it before. (or: what if zelda was a girl?
Propaganda: TRANS GIRL ZELDA
setting sail, coming home (5989 words) by beaufort12 Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Hades (Video Game 2018) Summary: In which Zagreus escapes the underworld, keeps running, and never looks back. Propaganda: Shameless fix-it fic.
The Moonstone (21266 words) by Vriah, gisho Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022)
Summary: Morpheus finds a way to avoid killing a vortex - he gives Rose his own heart, forcing her to take his place as Dream. The new Dream has to deal with a life she never expected and try not to repeat her predessor's mistakes. In the waking world, the people she left behind grieve and wonder. And when Roses's little brother Jed is offered the chance to switch from superhero to questing knight, with some help from an old friend, he leaps at the opportunity. Propaganda: My boy Jed!
Lampshades on Fire (5739 words) by ostreatus, stellarators Fandom: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Summary: Or, How Dr. Olivia Octavius Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Morally Unambiguous Nature of her Violent Actions. Summary A review of the scientist-to-supervillian pipeline, based on a longitudinal case study.
Propaganda: The villain origin story we were so cruelly deprived of in canon.
built a lot of castles (12055 words) by basketofnovas Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Summary: In the eighties, Quynh is rescued by a marine archaeologist, and finds herself in an alien world with no easy way to contact Andromache - or even know she's alive. Propaganda: In which Quynh receives some much-needed comfort in the form of random human kindness.
Inferno Seized (14726 words) by MuseofWriting Fandom: Hades (Video Game 2018)Relationships: Asterius | The Minotaur/Theseus ( Hades Video Game) Summary: The monster went to Tartarus. The hero went to Elysium. Or, depending which storytellers you asked, and which songs you heard, maybe the Underworld got it backwards. Or maybe neither of them were monsters or heroes. Maybe they were just imperfect beings, tied together, messily, terribly, inescapably. This is the story of how they found each other. Propaganda: Look its the most eloquent Minotaur/Theseus fic I’ve ever seen.
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thatpratdragonlady · 4 months
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~•~ DRAGON’S BESTIARY 🐲~•~
Fic rec list for @topjoediscord’s monster fucking event. Three things you need to know:
1) there’s supernatural beings/monsters (and smut) involved one way or another;
2) it’s a mix of Joe/Nicky + Kenzarelli (the wider Marwan Kenzari/Luca Marinelli cinematic universe/filmography crossover); and
3) they’re all fics you need to get reading ASAP.
Fledglings by @quincette
Rating: E
Pairing(s): Joe x Nicky
Summary: Nicolò and Yusuf apply to be dragonriders. They don't like each other, at first.
Read it because: it’s not a dragon bestiary without a dragon fic. And y’all, we’re so spoiled by this dragon AU. Not only is the worldbuilding incredible (it’s unbelievable that it’s just under 20k) but there’s dragon-rider bonds and miscommunication and requited (unrequited) love 😭🥰🥹 THE SLOW BURN alone is just *chef’s kiss*.
What We Are, What We May Be series by Marivan
Rating: M
Pairing(s): Joe x Nicky
Summary: When Joe came to Scotland to study the sea, he did not expect to also encounter a beautiful man claiming that A. he’s a selkie and B. they’re married because Joe picked up his scarf.
It sounds like a fairy tale and that’s a problem. Because Joe’s a scientist. And selkies don’t exist.
Read it because: I have a soft spot for water creatures AU and selkie AUs are very far and between. Lucky for us, not only do we have two fics in this series, it’s also just a really lovely AU with much less angst and so much more softe 🥰 than you’d expect from a selkie story.
Mickey the Incubus series by @gavotteangel
Rating: E
Pairing(s): Mickey Miranda x Multiple Marwans
Summary: AU where everything is the same except Mickey is an incubus
Read it because: how many Luca characters does it take to change a lightbulb? Who knows but it only takes one (1) incubus!Mickey Miranda to work his way through the Marwan characters 😈 Honestly, it’s deliciously smutty and delightful with its menagerie of supernatural creatures (there’s 4!) + 1 human who totally deserved it + 1 human who will make you breakfast
So Caught Below by @quynndestructable
Rating: E
Pairing(s): Adrian Knowles/Lui
Summary: Two unlikely companions find one another at the end of the world, and irreparably blur the lines between want and need.
Read it because: zombie apocalypse AU with an unreliable narrator who’s spiralling. Probably the most angsty one on this rec list but the hurt/comfort makes up for it. Technically it’s incomplete but where it stops is a good bookend.
the air is of silver and pearl; the night is liquid with moonlight by OldMagpie
Rating: E
Pairing(s): Majid Zamari/Mickey Miranda
Summary: Micky and Majid, in a classic Vampire/Werewolf-but-make-it-modern AU, having some very fun sex!
Read it because: what it says on the tin barely scratches the surface. No Kenzarelli rec list is ever complete without a reference to Magpie and their wonderful Majid/Mickey fics. The BDSM sex is poetry and the porn with feelings even more so. Play that up with the werewolf & vampire abilities and everything is just golden.
La Danza delle Streghe by @loflight501
Rating: E
Pairing(s): Fabio Cannizzaro | Lo Zingaro/Majid Zamari
Summary: Majid needs a familiar to perform the powerful spell needed to save his life. Unfortunately, he's cut ties with his long-term familiar. As a last resort, Majid visits a club specializing in "short-term" familiars and meets the enigmatic Lo Zingaro. The frustrating and sexy man awakens something in Majid and leaves him wondering, who exactly is weaving the spell? Majid or Lo Zingaro?
Read it because: the lovely thing about this pairing is always the push-pull dynamics between the both of them. Mix the idea of the “short-term” familiars with some bondage to up the ante and speedrun their connection, you get some sizzling binding results.
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Happy reading folks! If you have your own recs, would love to hear them too!
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welcometololaland · 11 months
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Fic Rec Friday Round Up - Part 2
Thanks to everyone who participated! I have a list below of fics that people either tagged me in or tagged #fic rec friday. If I've missed anyone (or tagged anything incorrectly), please let me know.
Please read at your own discretion - heed tags and ratings on each individual fic. Keep yourself safe, friends!
Schitt's Creek
(E)Tea for Two by @trickiwooao3
A taste of you by @lizzie-bennetdarcy
And They...You Know by @agoodpersonrose
Baby, Let's Cruise by @mallpretzels
Call My Bluff, Call You Babe by withkissesfour
Closet Reorganization by @well-schitt
Dear Apartment Five by @blackandwhiteandrose
how, patrick? (series) by @madlori
idiots in love (series) by @apothecarose
IKEA by resilient_rose
in the eyes of the beholder by @smblmn
in the lea of a picturesque ridge by @plainest
Kissing Booth by grapehyasynth
maybe if by magic by earlylight
MURDER in Schitt's Creek by @rosedavid
Pandora's Box(es) by @lisamc-21
Please Don't Tell Your Husband by @tyfinn
Room for Interpretation by EggplantSalad
Sometimes Home is a Person by @mostlyinthemorning
Sowing Discord by chronologicalimplosion
Strong, Pretty, Big by @missgeevious
Stuck in the Molasses Swamp with You by @dinnfameron
Stuck in Traffic by @chelle-68
The Wife by Chelztoddbrooke
There's Only One Cart by @dinnfameron
This Bed Wasn't Built for Our Love by @delilah-mcmuffin
transformative works by spelling__bee
you keep using that word by @dinnfameron
You look fine by @lizzie-bennetdarcy
Sherlock
Nature and Nurture by earlgreytea68
Stargate: Atlantis
Where Did All the Physics Go? by Amireal
The Man from U.N.C.L.E
michelin star man by yukla
The Old Guard
the other side of this wide night by mellyflori
The Song of Achilles
How the Tides Have Turned by Ishxallxgood
The West Wing
Any Given Day by Michelle K (this link is to a site other than Ao3 because this an older fic!)
The Witcher
the brightest shade of sun by @alittlebitmaybe
X-Men: First Class
Other Crabs Cannot Be Trusted by groovyphilia
Young Royals
Wilhelm & Simon: An Interview with Sweden's Young Royal Couple by cali-chan
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isabellehemlock · 1 year
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My final TOG art set for the TOG BB!! ✨️
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Thank you to @oldguardbigbang for organizing and allowing me to work with three wonderful writers, including @sphinx81 whose summary of a historical AU for Booker x Nile made my heart soar and my imagination go wild with the possibilities, way back in spring which feels like a million years ago lol.
It was so fun to exchange some aesthetics and pins and narrow down the looks - I was inspired by the foldable wooden displays of icons and mummy portraits from ancient times - so it's sort of conveying each of them from both the before and after (but I'll let you read the fic so as not to spoil anything), and then the middle being the revealed portion when both "flaps" are opened.
If you'd like to read the fic, you can do so here on AO3, and it's perfectly titled: "If I Cannot Move Heaven, I Will Raise Hell." 😎
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seanchaidh7 · 1 year
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The Old Guard fic recs - its been around a year since I dove into the Old Guard fandom and wanted to share some of my favourites. Rec 4 - all feature Joe & Nicky bc i LOVE them
If Never Again, If Every Day - by gallifreyburning, takiki16
Time travel, enemies to lovers pure delight! a DELIGHT
Accept No Substitutions - by ishandahalf
Modern day au with Nicky trying to woo Joe that will brighten the darkest day!
You do not have to be good by emjee (MerryHeart)
I have read this fic SO MANY TIMES! modern day priest nicky - bc i can't get enough of him. its beyond incredible. just read it
let not time deceive you (you cannot conquer time) by Draco_sollicitus
this fic hurt me SO DEEPLY in the most delicious way! zero regrets. chefs kiss
Retrograde - by Pinkninja
Another one that KILLED ME. i cried, i bet you will too and it will be worth it. its wonderful
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zairaalbereo · 1 year
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“This is your friend in the Norse countries, I think.” It is not quite a question. “What is his name?” Yusuf looks down at the paper again, and sighs. “Nicolò. Nicolò of Genova.”
— Frost and Fjords by Arkada I’ve been reading @ao3-arkada’s Frost and Fjords and couldn’t help but channel Yusuf.
If you haven’t read it you absolutely should! Plus it has a sequel I’m thoroughly enjoying as well. 🌌
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What fics do you find yourself reading over and over?
Thanks for the ask, and sorry for the late reply! I reread a lot of fics, but here are some of my most re-read:
Overture in G Minor by BurntWhisper (Alex Rider)
Spies and Recreation, The Alec Walker Series, young love, first love, Just Say I do by Nanimok (Alex Rider)
Coins in the Fountain, Complicated, July Morning, Safe Houses series by fredbassett (Alex Rider)
alone together by Ireliss (Alex Rider)
Breathing Underwater, Dhamaka in Delhi, Field Notes of an Independent Contractor's Assistant by corolune (Alex Rider)
The Curious Nature of Felines, A Unified Theory of UNCLE, in four parts by rallamajoop (Man from UNCLE tv)
Invisible Enemy by BurntWhisky1 (Man from UNCLE movie)
Amor Magnus Doctor Est by chamel (Man from UNCLE movie)
The Alex Rider Interviews by cthulhu_is_chaotic_good (Alex Rider)
Exit strategy, New Rules, Snowbound, Christmas in Chelsea, The Man with the Quiet Voice by BoldAsBrass (Alex Rider and Alex Rider/Sherlock Holmes crossover for the last one)
Pleasure of the Flesh, My Bloody Valentine by Suzie_Shooter (Alex Rider)
the ornithology anthology by TheGoodDoctor (The Old Guard)
sturm und drang, frigid, oh Charlie Harper we love you get up by spit_kitten (original work, possibly the best prose I have ever encountered, cannot recommend highly enough)
The problems with dating an assassin by EnviousWriter (Alex Rider)
Perception by disjointed_scribblings (Persuasion)
Thanks for the ask!
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mirrorofliterature · 4 months
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The last thing Andy hears is Quỳnh crying her name, and cruelly, it sounds like her.
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From la mer a bercé mon coeur pour la vie by @non-un-topo - an excellent, compelling fic exploring andromaquynh's reunion vis a via time loop.
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regina-del-cielo · 11 months
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The 25th of April is the day Italy celebrates (or tries to) the Liberation from both the Nazi occupation and the fascist regime at the end of World War 2.
Today is the best day to rec this fic by superblackmarket, absolute legend of an author, who managed to put together three of the things closest to my heart: the Italian Resistance, Puccini's Nessun Dorma and Nicolò di Genova.
Enjoy
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mekana47 · 1 year
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A 2022 The Old Guard Rec List
I wanted to finish out the year with an non-definitive list of some of my favorite The Old Guard fics from 2022. My ‘Marked for Later’ list is overwhelmingly huge, and I read other fandoms, so I know I’m missing some gems, but the following are still worth checking out. In no particular order and with an assortment of pairings, lengths, and genres--
Sleeping Somewhere Cold -- kaerith   T. Nicky’s been a captive practically since he killed Joe on the battlefield. Canon events bring Joe to Merrick, Nicky’s latest captor. (Technically posted in 2021, but I read it in 2022.)
So let's take a ride there is nothing to hide I'll be by your side -- imoshen   T. Nile returns to the team after a year of travels with stories, presents, and hope for a new relationship.
My hands (my body’s gates of tenderness) -- dana_norram @negotiumcrucis   M. Joe and Nicky have a quiet moment waiting for pizza at the end of Force Multiplied (comic-verse).
The Drop -- @goldheartedsky   T. Booker does not have good associations with having a bag over his head, to put it lightly. In fact, he spirals.
you made a fool of death with your beauty -- asifnotbound   E. A progression of Yusuf’s deaths, near-deaths, and risks, both calculated and not.
Every Book a Letter -- jasminetea   T. In exile, Booker heals his connections to the others through one-on-one novel recommendations and discussions.
baby let’s stay home tonight -- mehm    M. Part of a Quidditch AU series. Now that Joe has retired, his relationship with Nicky suffers 1000 small strains until they hardly have a relationship at all.
The Returning -- @isabellehemlock   G. When one of the team dies, they respawn where they were first born. Nile has just revived outside of Chicago yet again.
Put Your Faith In Me -- flawedamethyst   T. Joe and Nicky’s soul timers countdown to each of their reunions after a death. That can be a promise or a problem.
We’re the reason we’re here -- sindirimba   E. Nile learns how to live with her immortality, and if she likes spending time with Booker, well, the others aren’t around to judge her choices.
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