#I'd read 100k words of this stuff fr

[mooncello]

my favorite marauders fics are those that imagine these messy gay wizards raising harry. like...james and reg as harry's parents. yes. barty babysitting harry and having no fucking clue how to entertain a five year old. yes. remus affectionally sharing with harry his extensive vinyl collection. hell yes. sirius taking an angsty harry to get his first piercing (and, later, provide teenage harry's first joint - hand-rolled obv). yessss.

throw out everything effing jkr created in canon and remake it better, gayer, happier. these wizards don't die tragic deaths. they live.

i'd read seven books of that.

[happistar]

what's ur favorite bmc fanfic ever

OOOH okay this is a good question.

Ngl I don't think I could give you a solid "here is the one (1) best fic ever" so here's a whole bunch that I've rated 5 stars in my fic document!

Stammer - Excellent 100k fic, if you're looking for something long. Basically it explores Jeremy and Michael's relationship from when they were kids til a bit after the events of the musical. Really good character piece <3

Jeremy drops out of college during December of his freshman year - REALLY REALLY GOOD fic-- one of my favorites from Beth Harker. Basically Jeremy undergoes a lot of panic attacks and self hatred (some brought on by what remains of the Squip) as he and Michael go to college together. About 10k words.

in the back of my brain, the voices all sound the same - Pretty short ~1k fic that explores the idea of the Squip changing shape into things like Jeremy himself. Forever thinking about the implications.

Play it in Reverse - Really cool podfic that brings in the musical aspect of bmc and acknowledges it! With the Squip's help, Jeremy tries to fix the events of the musical by changing the lyrics. About an hour to fully listen to.

flesh & bone - AU where Jeremy is an android and the Squip Squad find him and repair him. LOVE the dynamic of everyone in this fic, but it's unfortunately unfinished. About 40k words and still worth a read despite this.

Loaded, Recoded, Unsorted - Ngl I think this was the first ever bmc fic I read?? Anyways, it still lasts in my brain despite being unfinished with about 15k words in total. Basically, Michael slowly becomes a squip with all the fun psychological horror that comes with that. Honestly if you like this I'd recommend checking out more of Nez's work. Excellent squip horror writer.

The Mechanics of Compromise - Ngl pretty much everyone I've come across has read this fic and it shouldn't be a surprise that its on this list. Absolutely adore how they handle everyone's dynamics and manage to create a really fun plot as everyone recovers from the events of the musical. Another really good 100k+ fic.

Only One Is Mine - Holy shit this fic is almost coming up on 100k words. Anyways this fic is so so so good. Basically it deals with the rising squipocalypse after the musical as Jeremy accidentally fuses with his squip and has to learn what it means to be half human, half supercomputer. LOVE this concept so much and love how its handled. Honestly one of my all time favorite fics in general-- really cool stuff!! Shoutout to Jordan fr <3

Honorable mentions:

Ophiocordyceps nippon - TRAGICALLY short fic that meant i actually rated it only 4 stars but I thought I'd share because I am still thinking about it. Basically what if the Squip was a fungus.

Same As It's Always Been - I've only read 2 chapters, since it was coming out at the time I was reading it, but its finished now!! I really enjoyed what it was when it was coming out, so I'm sure it's still a good read. Basically Rich is forced to repeat Halloween Night-- time loop style.

[tottymatsuno]

It fr is really depressing for me btw like I know I write mostly for an unpopular character, but ppl will sometimes tell me about things I literally posted super proud of, that I worked really hard on, that got less than 100 views, 8 kudos, no comments. 16k words.

This story is like 75k in my notes app, literally pretty much entirely finished, just needs to be edited into something cohesive but I hate it so much now I haven't been able to read it since I uploaded it.

Same with this one

My Akuma riders au, which is also a whole like multiverse, intricately layered, huge, expansive au with multiple branches, storylines, and that's probably at least 100k especially if you include the stuff I've written for other ppl

And this is all I've uploaded bc I like the story too much to let die due to lack of engagement.

Anyways I'm just crybabying again but I remember when I said a few years ago I was gonna pull my works from online the biggest argument against it was, "you shouldn't stop writing bc nobody appreciates it"

And the thing is I probably won't stop writing until I die, but there is no incentive for me to upload it for crickets and coughs. I'd rather love myself and write exclusively for myself, by myself, and keep it to myself than hate myself. Which is what uploading does. It tends to, once uploaded kill any and all love I have for a story to the point where I can't even read over it anymore. Which is silly, but it's the truth.

So it's like lol...well. I don't wanna kill anymore stories. I'm uploading stuff I don't love-love so when/if I get praise for it I don't hate it, but more likely when I don't get any, it doesn't matter too much bc I didn't really love the story anyways.