#bittyparse

[peachpety]

Upon reflecting this past year, I’m reminded of one area as a fandom citizen that i am lacking - reading fic. And so was born an idea to canvas my fandom family and friends to share with me a fic they've written, art they've created, a podfic they've recorded in 2023 of which they are most proud.

This two part 'rec yourself' list is the result.

Part One features Drarry creations (heavily featured since that's my OTP). Part Two (here) includes a kick-ass mix of various HP ships and ships from other fandoms, including Carry On, Check Please!, Good Omens, Teen Wolf, and Stranger Things. Also, and most importantly, each entry presents a smol blurb from the creator about why they chose their particular piece as their 2023 favorite.

For ease in reading, I've also placed all submitted works posted to AO3 into a filterable bookmark collection, Rec Yourself 2023. Be aware that there's a range of ratings and archive/creator tags, so please, take appropriate responsibility for your personal consumption. And please also be sure to shower the creators with kudos and lovely comments.

Y'all. This endeavor has been a fucking blast. One thing's for sure, I am blessed, humbled and honored to know a whole bunch of fantastic, brilliant, fun folks. Big love to you all, and thank you for participating.

So go forth. Indulge and enjoy! xo peach

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✩ @pato-roldnart ✩ Quiet as a mouse HP | Viktor Krum x Ron Weasely | ART | G rating | Unleashed!Fest 2023 I'm quite proud of this one, I don't know how I made it, I had never drawn them before! My mind went full "oh yeah ronvik " Also, I like the idea of them bonding over their pets and Ron seeing that Viktor cares about something else that is not Quidditch.

✩ @tontonguetonks ✩ Coffee and a Croissant HP Next Gen | Scorpius x Albus | 903 FIC | G rating There are parts of myself and my lived experience in every story and character I write—how I socialize, how I take my coffee… I can’t help it. In *Coffee and a Croissant*, I put a lot of myself in my ace and autistic Albus. He is very dear to me in this story, and in my Fizzy Lifting Drinks drabble. The fic is just a toe-dip in the Soulmate waters where Albus grapples with what to do if he is someone’s Soulmate, but they’re not his. Parts 2 and 3 are in the works, but there is no timeline on either of them. Maybe in 2024?

✩ @crazybutgood ✩ I Bloom Pink For You HP | Narcissa Malfoy x Pansy Parkinson | 993 FIC + ORIGAMI COMIC | M rating | HP Bodice Ripper Fest 2023 This whole idea came about because I got so excited to fold a corset for hp bodice ripper fest, realised I couldn't just submit that one thing, and started brainstorming more loose ideas. It all clicked together when I was inspired by a fic by @schmem14, whose writing I adore. I was so grateful and even more excited when Em gave permission to make this. From there started the self-indulgent process of folding fancy things with fancier papers for this origami comic, and I couldn't have done it without Em and my lovely support team.

✩ @seekercass ✩ Something Cosmic HP | Cedric x Draco x Harry | 1.7k FIC | M rating | Polyship Week 2022 A self-rec that I am still extremely proud of is a short fic written for Polyshipping Week 2022 called Something Cosmic. It's a small coda to Something Good to Always Keep, another fic that I wrote for Quidditch Fest 2021 that I cherish very much. Even though writing is still hard for me these days, I often think about this 'verse and what life is like for Harry, Draco and Cedric after they graduated from Oxford. These three and slice of life bring me such joy. I hope to write more of them.

✩ @roseharpermaxwell ✩ Sounds Worth It HP | Hermione x Draco | 5k FIC | T rating | D/Hr Advent 2023 Being nominated for d/hr advent was a sweet surprise. It gave me a good excuse to remember how to write and the nudge I needed to create something this year.

✩ @basicallyahedgehog ✩ (They) Keep Me Warm HP | Hermione x Harry x Ron | 5.8k FIC | E rating | HP Trans Fest 2023 This was my transfest fic - I wrote it as a love letter to all my trans and Enby friends and as a way of processing some of my own feelings. It’s my first (and so far only) foray into poly golden trio and I loved playing with their dynamics with that added layer to their relationship.

✩ @lumosatnight ✩ For I Have Found Salvation HP | Harry x Severus | 7.1k FIC | E rating | Snarry AUctoberfest 2023 Although this is a smut fic at its core, I tried really hard to make the pacing flow, bringing in background characters, and creating memorable imagery. I am very proud of how it turned out. However, this is probably my favorite fic from 2023 simply for the fact that I had the most fun writing it!

✩ @sugareey-makes-stuff ✩ Feel You Breathing Teen Wolf | Derek Hale x Stiles Stilinski | 8.4k TEXTING FIC | E rating | 2023 Year of the OTP This is my fav 2023 piece because I learned how to create a custom text message AO3 skin, stylize things for plain text reading, and I wrote a whole story  that had some plot that was told through text messages. Also, I did not know I could achieve so much spiciness and throw in so many bad pick-up lines through this medium, but hey, the more you know! XD

✩ @schmem14 ✩ Mastermind HP | Harry x Ron; Draco x Harry; Ron x Draco | 10.7k FIC | E rating | Dronarry Fest 2023 This is one of the few times a story just flew out of me. Possessive stalker Draco sets out to win over Ron in this creepy thriller, but there’s a catch: Ron is already in love with Draco’s boyfriend, Harry.

✩ @drwhoisginnyholmes & @fledglinger ✩ Not Bad, For A 6000 Year Old Classic! Good Omens | Aziraphale x Crowley | 11.8k FIC + ART | E rating | DIWS Reverse! Reverse! Mini Bang

✩ @sniperjade ✩ The Sounds of Us HP Marauders | Regulus x Remus | 20.4k FIC | M rating | Remus Lupin Fest 2023; HPFC Spring Fling 2023 I've been thinking about this for a couple of days and whilst I would really love to say it was the drarry I wrote for this fest last year my favourite would have to be this moonseeker I wrote for Remus Lupin Fest last year. It's my favourite because I lived this fic. It became the entirety of my personality for a whole month because I desperately needed to get to the chapter where Regulus was riding on Padfoots back, through the forbidden forest, with only the light of the full moon to guide them, just to try and help Remus. It's also just because it's very musical and I'm very musical so that makes me love it all the more.

✩ @ghaniblue ✩ Sleeping With Ghosts HP | Regulus x Draco x Harry | 21.9k FIC | M rating | Harry Potter Rare Pair Fest IV I posted a Regulus/Harry/Draco fic last month that I'm very fond of. I started writing it more than 1 1/2 years ago, before I ever read a single Regulus fic. It's triad fic, and I'm pretty proud of the way the individual relationships develop. That was important to me, and I think I succeeded. Posting the first fic on ao3 with this triad tag doesn't hurt either.

✩ @celilasart & @wolfspurr ✩ Shifted Teen Wolf | Derek Hale x Stiles Stilinski | 25k FIC + ART | T rating | Sterek Reverse Bang This work was created for sterek reverse bang, a collaboration fest where the artists create first and the writers write second. wolfspurr and I just clicked when we talked about my art and the things that it inspired in their writer brain ;D the result is just an amazingly sweet and wholesome fic, that is still set in the teenwolf universe as we know it. but unlike many other fics which are full of violence and danger, this one starts with a bang and then it is a beautifully woven story of two people who just complete each other. also... the working title for my art was: tiny fox & sour wolf.

✩ @orange-peony ✩ At the speed of light Carry On | Basilton Pitch x Simon Snow | 26.3k FIC | E rating I picked [this fic] because I had a lot of fun writing it! It started off as a drabble and ended up 26k because I just had a blast writing it and the fandom support was so lovely. Last but not least, Pato made an absolutely stunning art piece for this fic, and it was the best present ever.

✩ @wynnyfryd ✩ i don’t know, you figure it out Stranger Things | Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson | 35.4k WIP FIC | E rating bragging about yourself is difficult, but i’ll just say it’s my favorite because i’m proud of myself for sticking to one project for this long, i love all the artwork the fic has inspired, and i just think the line “the river styx must taste like pennies” fucks severely lmao.

✩ @decaflondonfog ✩ growing pains Check Please! | Eric Bittle x Kent Parson | 50k FIC | T rating i am not usually a long fic gal, which i think is in part lack of patience, but also how attached i get to a universe if i’m working on it for a longer period of time. i finished writing this back in june but this fic felt very “me” in many ways and i think about them so often still  so it’s definitely my 2023 creation i’m proudest of!

[bitty-smol]

uhhhh wip?? i promise i am writing chapter two of the hitman au, but trying to get kent and jack to reconcile is,, hard™️

[decaflondonfog]

growing pains

(bitty/parse, rated E, posting weekly)

Maybe moving to Las Vegas right after his breakup with Jack wasn’t the best move for Bitty, but here he is: lonely and sad, and not really sure what to do with his life. Luckily, there is someone who knows everything there is to know about being heartbroken, lonely and sad in Vegas.

or, as i like to call it: “lmao this kid gets his heart broken by Zimms then moves to Vegas and has the audacity to tell me idk what I’m talking about? baby, been there done that!!!!! shut your pretty mouth and lemme help you” - kent parson, probably

featuring: a heavy zimbits breakup :(, lardo & bitty being besties, slow burn falling in love, kent parson and his million snapbacks, the las vegas aces being a bunch of good eggs, excessive texting, lots of vegan baked goods, kent parson's cat (whatever you call her), a little hockey violence, and an eventual happily ever after

i have 5 out of a total of 8 chapters written and ready to go and i’m steadily working on the final 3, so while this fic is not finished, i intend to update every tuesday, meaning we’ll be all done just in time for kenny’s birthday!! here we gooooooooo:

chapter one: an oat latte and a carrot cupcake to go

[podfic-please]

[image: Shitty in his cut-off American flag denim vest with his arms stretched out, declaring “The day has arrived! The podfics are revealed!”]

Podfic Please Reveals Day!!!

We are so excited to announce that we have 25 brand spanking new Check Please podfics in our collection, for your listening pleasure!

Creators! Don’t forget to change your post publication date to today!

If you’ve created a podfic for this fest or want to recommend a podfic from this fest, create a Tumblr post, tag us, and we’ll reblog it!

Some more stats comin atcha! We’ve got…

1 Polyfrogs pod totalling 40 minutes

1 Patater pod totalling 2 hours, 10 minutes

2 BittyParse pods totalling 2 hours, 15 minutes

2 Whiskent pods totalling 11 hours, 47 minutes

3 Gen (no ship or pre-ship) pods totalling 1 hour, 16 minutes

4 NurseyDex pods totalling 4 hours, 24 minutes

12 Zimbits pods totalling 7 hours

For a grand total of 29 hours and 39 minutes of listening! 😱❤️🤯🎉😃🎧

Thank you so much to everyone who participated and hyped this fest! We couldn’t be happier with the results! Go forth and listen, you beauts!! 🥲

[lsdgay]

omegle's dead so: rp wanted

Check, Please!

NHL

Bandom

Yuri on Ice

M/M pairs only, can do both text and paragraph.

[gutsybitsies]

Bittyparse as exes au where they dated when Parse was still hung up on Jack but bitty was 150% in love and bitty realizing that parse just...wasnt as into the relationship as he was. And theyve broken up but stayed friends and Kent is realizing the hole that bitty left

[vitaliskravtsov]

bittyparse. not like the Weirdest ship but i want your thoughts

i have so many thoughts anon, SO MANY. okay so iirc this is from an ask game that went "send me a ship and I'll tell you how I'd make it work" so we're gonna do that. thank you so much for this ask!! I'm so sorry it took me so long to get to

first of all, there's a zimbits breakup, not because i feel all fluff inherently needs angst, but because I also think there's so much that bitty's never processed that just... he can't bury it all forever, and Jack can't be there always and to an extent Jack's the only person bitty would ever talk to about it so... yeah, that.

but mostly i think it's the "we kind of have the same type haha, let's pretend we didn't both date Jack" as friends to "let's talk about that, actually" to "oh fuck you're pretty and I kind of want to kiss away your tears, let's chat about that run away from our feelings like mature adults"

bittyparse is, to me, about like. the holding each other through tears and being little menaces together and probably chirping each other to bits because expressing everything with tender, raw words would be too much

[kaijuerotica]

rereading omgcp and there he is, the most specialest boy in the whole world (kent parson)

[shortcrust]

Every time I hear that new Beyoncé song I think, gosh, I bet Eric Bittle is having a great time right about now.

[dirtbag-linecook-kyloren]

to the person who bid on me for check please plEASE I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR IDEA WAS THIS WILL HAUNT ME THANK U VERY MUCH

[homobiwan]

THEE pbj fic of all time is the one where the stanley cup swaps canonverse kent with an alt universe kent who’s in a longterm relationship with bitty for many reasons of banger characterization but also for that one scene where canonverse kent flatly rejects bittyparse kent’s attempts to set him up with a guy because he doesn’t like britney spears

[khashanakalashtar]

Excellent BittyParse tag tbh

Thank you! I am proud of my omgcp ship tags XD

team eat more protein (zimbits) team Aces (parswoops) team ONE HAND (patater) team best friend sundae (holsom) team dib flip (nurseydex) team powder (parse/chowder) team jack has a type (bittyparse) team pimmbits sandwich (pbj)

There might be more that I've forgotten, it has been a few years XD

[bitty-smol]

i will finish my bittyparse fic eventually. when that time comes, i hope that the 4 other people who enjoy that ship will like it

[decaflondonfog]

day 4/30 of 30 microfics in 30 days

not aftg this time!!! as a treat!!! kent being soooooooooooooooo in love with bitty is something that can be so personal. 

BITTY/KENT • UNDERWATER for @the-starryknight

[digopheliadug]

tagged by: @doggirlbuffysummers

1. Three ships: spuffy (btvs), bittyparse (check please - my sideblog is @byron-knight), brittana (glee)

2. First Ship ever: i don’t remember the first thing I shipped because my entire life until about 2012 is a blur of depression/ed fog. The first pairing I ever wrote for is spike/dawn and yes I am ashamed, but the thing is, I was also 15 and I wanted to fuck spike. My first ship of like, my current era, is kurtbastian (glee), I wrote some stuff for them.

3. Currently listening: curiously, like @doggirlbuffysummers, I have also been listening to virgin state of mind a lot lately. those btvs tunes really hit.

4. Last movie: i think probably when i rewatched Last Holiday on NYE? it’s our traditional NYE movie

5. Currently reading:

6. Currently Watching: btvs/ats rewatch also. In s5 btvs/s2 ats

7. Currently consuming: I’m into string cheese lately

8. Currently craving: not to tmi but I could really use to get fucked. I have been divorced for 3 years now and I need to date or something.

tagging: @chasingfictions @yoursummerfrost @disco-tea @juniperhillpatient @5bi5 @babygirlgiles @dreadfulcalendarwoman

[maramcgregor]

Art and Playlist by: @bittysthesis

Heroes Playlist on Spotify

Rating: M

Pairing: Eric Bittle / Kent Parson

Words: 17,819

Summary: Eric Bittle is a disabled veteran with a nasty case of PTSD and a service dog. Follow along as Sgt. Bittle finds his way to happiness after serving his final tour in Afghanistan and deals with society’s conflicting opinions on his service, their lack of accommodations for his disability, and a whole lot of conflicted feelings.

Read On AO3 Here