#but the implication of this... isn't great

[tozettastone]

Strong Haruno Sakura Fic Recs*

*As based on my own recent reading spree. I have read so many fics. These are just the ones I think you guys might really like. I've listed them by mood, because of course you need to be in the right mood for the right iddy fic! (⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧

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If you're looking for a "Dark Sakura" vibe and fics in which she falls out with her team or village, try:

The Infinitely Curious Woman by chararii (https://archiveofourown.org/works/24542602)

Notes: Features a Sakura who becomes inspired by Orochimaru's good works! It has some grammatical and stylistic quirks that will not appeal to all readers, but the content is very fun. The fic isn't too long and the Sakura & Tsunade relationship is compelling and good to chew on.

Believe Me When I Say I Carry All My Sins by Honestly Neptune (https://archiveofourown.org/works/15103049)

Notes: WIP. Features a dimension-hopping Sakura from the worst timeline, who arrives in a slightly less bad timeline in which no Uchiha massacre took place, Minato is Hokage, Orochimaru runs the Konoha hospital, and Sakura herself has been dishonourably discharged from the shinobi corps. This is a fairly novel plotline where the characters' activities change the canon storyline. Also, not to be incredibly predictable but: HIDAN. MY BELOVED. He shows up late and is a fairly one-note character but his straightforward zest for death is so fun. (⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

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If you would like fics in which Sakura has a totally divergent background and very little resembles canon except the general setting, try:

Kiri's Team 14 by Alphum (https://archiveofourown.org/works/24640414)

Notes: WIP. Features a wildly AU timeline that readers mostly experience through implication. The characters being from Kiri is novel and fun. The development of Sakura's power is effectively the plot. Baby InoSaku flirting is also very cute.

Waves by IncompleteSentanc (https://archiveofourown.org/works/10894947)

Notes: Featuring a Sakura who dies and is reborn in the past as the heir to the leader of Uzushio. She dreams of the future (which is her past life), so it's kind of a Peggy Sue with extra layers. The writing style favours drama, which might be good or bad depending on what you like.

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For those iddy fics that really just focus on the character growing in skills and power:

Roots Run Deep by Vulpecula_et_Anser (https://archiveofourown.org/works/36704950)

Notes: Features a cute "chakra genius" version of genin Sakura. She gets adopted by Kakashi's ninken (and they teach her to bite). It is one of those fics in which characters are a bit more emotionally aware than they are in canon and they can articulate their feelings and motives clearly, which some people love and some people don't. It has novel missions and the technique-related worldbuilding is fun. It's a WIP and it left off last year in a slightly odd place.

Learn To Lean On The People Who Love You by Captainwittyoneliner (https://archiveofourown.org/works/41736657)

Notes: WIP. A Kakashi & Sakura fic in which Sakura is an unlikely genius. Both Tsunade and Kakashi take her on as an apprentice after the rest of her genin team leaves the village. The vibes are great fun and I am sooo weak to a Kakashi/Gai background pairing.

Rotting Roots and Falling Dead Leaves by Blushinrose (https://archiveofourown.org/works/50816944)

Notes: WIP. It's one of those fics in which the main character manifests weird powers, and also one of those fics in which Kakashi becomes more involved in her mentoring. In combination this is fun. The premise is that Sakura sees ghosts (and learns stuff from them). This is one of the ones I really liked! I like the way the "scarier" ghosts are described and there's something quite satisfying about the whole "building up skills" arc of this one.

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If you want fics that have a focus on Sakura's character development, you might try out:

A Lesson in Humility by aobears (https://archiveofourown.org/works/11171910)

Notes: It's character driven and not plot driven. This is an iddy, no-massacre ItaSaku fic focused on Sakura's development (both of her powers and her character) and it has a lot of mental illness stuff in it. While her mental health struggles are not portrayed totally unrealistically or anything, I think people should steer clear if they don't want to read about depression and discontinuation syndrome and all that stuff.

Icarus (protect the flames) by ginoeh (https://archiveofourown.org/works/24968347)

Notes: WIP. I love it when we get to see some novel ideas for missions! This one features a wistful mood and a Sakura who is learning how to be a tracker. It does contain some grammatical quirks, but I think they're pretty easy to look past — none of them are the kind that actually prevent understanding the text, if you know what I mean. There's some fun exploration of the setting going on here too. I'm into it.

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If you're in the mood for an early-series Team 7 centric fic in which Sakura gets to be more competent than in canon, you should read:

The Pack Survives by ihopethelightwillshineupon (https://archiveofourown.org/works/34985914)

Notes: This fic has a very linear plot with few twists or turns. It's about the characters working to survive after a mission goes south. It contains loads of Sakura and she has to step up and take charge in some challenging situations.

Freedom in the Eyes of Another by Oroburos69 (https://archiveofourown.org/works/236240)

Notes: I know loads of people have read this one because it's over ten years old, but I reread it this week and it turns out it's still a banger so if you haven't, give it a shot. The premise is that after being captured during the Wave Mission, Sakura misinterprets one of Kakashi's (supposedly final) orders and subsequently fucks a load of people up. Perfect premise, really. It's an extremely "Capture and Torture Recovery Fic," but it does feature plenty of additional plot details that all make good sense . It's novella length, self contained, and makes a good "one sitting" kinda read.

[moranamorena]

There is something fascinating about pre-retcon Hal and Guy literaly being men without fear instead of later aproach of Green Lantern's having the will so strong it can overcome great fear

When Abin Sur was asking ring to find a new Green Lantern he made a very specific request. "He must be man without fear! Entirely without fear!"

He's not asking for someone with strong will, someone who can overcome a great fear. He's specificly asking for man with no fear, any fear, ENTIRELY without fear. But how can it be? How can someone, especially human, be without such a fundamental emotion? Abin Sur is, in way, asking for pathological behaviour, for someone whose brain isn't wired correctly in order for them to be willing to engage in behaviour most people would refuse to do

It brings back to mind the decisions The Guardians makes throughout those earlier decades and how often they didn't care for the well being of their Green Lanterns as long as they were useful. How they bring back Guy to do their biddings without healing his brain damage, how they consistently used to wipe out Hal's memories with no care for the consequences

They didn't want functioning members of the core, perhaps because that would mean they would be less likely to throw themselves into those dangerous situations and they would be more prone to question dangerous decisions

Now, I don't know if any of this was an intention of the original writers but the implications are there and I find them morbidly fascinating

[shallowseeker]

6x01

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So, he HAS thought about this.

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6x21

The only way for them not to be in danger, logically, is if the two of them not viscerally attached to Dean's head/memories. So, you'd think he'd have asked Cas to remove them from his own memories, too.

(And even that might not be fool-proof.)

But that's clearly not the case because...

[egophiliac]

Silver is finally here...he just took the title for the most beautiful card in TWST's history...

me five years ago: wow I really hope we get to see dragon Malleus someday! that'll be so nice and wonderful. I bet he's a big silly! :)

twst: :)

GOD. it occurred to me literally three hours before the anniversary stream that they might've been saving the reveal for then to just explode us all at once. this timing was EXTREMELY deliberate. thank you Twst. I can't even focus on all the Blazing Jewel stuff because Silver wielding the physical manifestation of his Complicated Dad Issues is busy eating my entire brain. and -- oh what's that? he duos with Lilia? I'M RUINED THANK YOU ᕕ( ᐕ )ᕗ

this is your warning that I'm going to be the most annoying person on the planet come Monday morning, thank you everybody and goodniiiiiiight

[uncanny-tranny]

Another bonus to learning a fiber art is being able to speak to others in a Lovecraftian language that nobody else understands...

...and also being able to read things like THIS:

[essektheylyss]

Honestly, I'm very excited to find out what happened to Caleb and Beau, but specifically because Ludinus's current status is WILD for Caleb's epilogue in particular. It means his boyfriend is basically free and clear of everyone who has explicit material knowledge of the deal he made. It means the goal he planned to dedicate his life to is basically complete within six years. It means that virtually no one left on the Assembly cares much what kinds of changes he makes to Soltryce from here on out.

Ludinus is on the moon and probably not coming back, given the general expectations of the heroic fantasy genre, and the rest of it is a whole lot of "not Caleb's problem".

What does this man even do with the rest of his life?

[fiona-fififi]

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[strohller27]

Yes Hello to all my fellow Miss Lemon fans out there:

If you love her as much as I do, then 6.2 Hickory Dickory Dock is the episode for you

Now let us all just take a moment out of our busy day to bask in her glory:

That coat with those hats?? ICONIC she has such a flawless style

and this little scene where she's like 'this is just a quirk of Mr. Poirot's, don't worry about it' fellas help she's so cute

also HELP lads she took Poirot's comment about Inspector Japp's 'healthy appetite' way too literally!! LEMON SOLE! she's so funny aagh

Also she looks really damn good in burgundy wow

Also you know I hate the trope where guys tell ladies to take their glasses off and let their hair flow in the wind because they'd somehow be 'sexier' or whatever. That is just simply not true. Case in point: Look at how cute Miss Lemon is in her glasses!!

Just. Everyone just. Look at my favourite girl. Look at her!!! Her filing system is perfect! Her filing system could kick your ass!!!

[ashleyjowilliams]

its so strange to me that people still don't know how to fully talk about the part of twin peaks that's about like. the capability of even so called good men to take advantage of women particularly very young women even though that's like probably the most obvious theme of the show. like obviously people understand that in terms of like ben/leland/etc but i think it's so interesting irt a character like cooper who is narratively good and in many ways a genuinely good man who genuinely considers pursuing a relationship with 17 year old audrey while investigating the murder of her high school classmate. or like harold who i keep seeing twitter twin peaks fans make excuses for because he's gentle and soft spoken but hes an adult who sexually takes advantage of both laura and donna as teenagers. and even like gordon falling for shelley even though he's kinder to her than other men in her life he's a much older man when she's supposed to be i think 18 or 19. like i don't know this isn't super articulate I just think there's something really interesting about the frequency of like large age gap relationships between an older man and a teenage girl in twin peaks that I don't even know if was intentional on the part of the show and I never see people really discuss outside of either shipping audrey/cooper or totally writing that relationship off. idk

[glitchfang]

do not go around saying that a fangame is "officially soft canon" and then put it in front of two autistic lesbians who's special interests are the original game. we WILL rip that things to shreds whether it deserves it or not.

[trans-soapberry]

Catching up to CSM is terrible because all it does is make me wish JJK was more like it

[alternautxyz]

yeah ok lmk s5 is pretty great

[morninkim]

do you think, when ultra magnus failed to open the matrix while facing down galvatron and a bunch of decepticons, he had a moment of "this ISN'T our darkest hour?? you mean shit gets WORSE than this??"

[maevespunchbop]

so my take on Noir's age is like 17-20

There's a HEAVY implication is that he isn't old enough to drink in the comics which helps but New York was a mess lmao. The drinking age kept switching between 18 and 21 (it changed to 21 and then just??? Went to 18 for like a few months??) So I think 17-20 is good 👍

Also he's college age and that's a pretty college age range I'd say 🤷 what abt you guys!!! please tell me if this is a bad take bc I haven't had the opportunity to read the comics but I have seen some panels!!

[tigirl-and-co]

bwa haha i love seeing people be like 'well your opinion and taste is objectively incorrect' like. i am watching a cartoon. it's not that serious. I can have an opinion.

[hesgomorrah]

making myself sad by realizing that trapper's food stealing habit probably comes from a history of food insecurity