#my post con depression will be cured by writing fanfics i think

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HOLD ON. MEET CUTE W KENMA AT A CON. UR COSPLAYING HIS FAVORITE CHARA FROM HIS FAVORITE GAME. AFTER SEEING U IN HIS COMPANY'S STALL AT GAMEROOM HE DUCKS TO THE NEAREST CORNER TO CALL KUROO PANICKY WITH SWEATY PALMS

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Joshler Fanfiction Starter Pack

****New to the world of Joshler? This post is for you! ****

These are the most “popular/well-known”  AO3 fanfics in the Joshler fandom AKA the fics with the most “Hits” (plus a few of our admin favorites.) Enjoy! 

stay in place (sing a chorus) by SoloChaos (1/1 | 8807 | Mature)

inspired by Forest by twenty one pilots.

//mental instability //past patient abuse //past child abuse //past sexual abuse //suicide

Light a Match and All I’ll See is You by PastelMess (26/26 | 141368 | Mature)

A strange vine covered building that looked abandoned but certainly wasn’t abandoned was the last thing Josh expected to find in the woods. Especially a strange vine covered building occupied by people with superpowers.

He certainly didn’t expect to find a strange man with an addictive personality and paint covered hands.

’“I’ve never seen you before,’ they spoke, and it clicked that this must be Tyler. Tyler, the one who was screaming in the corner about not being Tyler.”

//self-harm

Down in the Forest by Trashler (49/? | 285156 | Mature)

Slow building College AU that contains smut and sin (add DJ Khaled “Another one!”)

Tyler struggles with anxiety as he tries to deal with leaving home for the first time, living with his best friend, Brendon (who is a little shit), and having to settle for studying English because he can’t read music.

Then he meets Josh, an impossibly cool record store employee who turns his plans up on their head.

//depression

the joker laughs at you (don’t you think?) by SoloChaos (1/1 | 3310 | Teen and Up)

Joshua Dun has a nice mouth.

Tyler isn’t gay, you guys.

500 Baskets by emeraldcitydowntowngirl (29/29 | 108554 | Mature)

The rule was simple: Make 500 baskets, or you don’t get dinner. - Contrary to popular belief, basketball player Tyler Joseph doesn’t have it as good as everyone* thinks he does

*Josh Dun, the quote unquote new kid with blue hair and crazy friends

//abuse //internalized homophobia //homophobic language //suicidal thoughts //blurryface //unhealthy coping mechanisms  

My Treehouse Is On Fire by PeriodicallyBleeding (43/43 | 61372 | Not Rated)

Tyler’s apartment complex gets evacuated at 3am because of a fire and he ends up talking to some pink haired guy wearing a hoodie and boxers.

Admin Faves:

Wicked Games by  heyitsbabz & youngvolcahoes (19/19 | 145220 | Explicit)

Josh didn’t mean to be rude to Tyler. Sure Tyler abandoned him in high school when Josh told him one of his dirty little secrets, but Josh didn’t hold grudges. He didn’t.

OR, the one where Josh is an idiot, Tyler is a bigger idiot and they both end up fucking shit up.

In Clover by TheDyingSun (1/1 | 12,242 | Mature)

Not everyone can afford to drop everything for a two-man band in it’s infancy. So for three weeks, across the belly of the country, Josh and Tyler are forced to tour alone. Just the two of them.

They do okay.

Mustard by edy (1/1 | 14,827 | Explicit)

The one where Tyler sits on street corners and plays his ukulele for money and Josh hates his life.

//depression //self harm //drug use //anxiety //attempted rape/non-con

Bold & Fearless In The Risks We Take by marsakat (14/14 | 42176 | Mature)

The first time they met, Tyler made Josh bleed.  But as blood brothers, the friendship endures all life’s growing pains.

//underage drinking //underage sex //homophobia

Surrounding All My Surroundings by congregationsvagrant (11/11 | 26,635 | Teen And Up)

In which a prank goes wrong, Tyler knows too many frat boys and he just wants to stop getting involved in this stupid war damn it.

(A.K.A Josh is the Vice President of a rival fraternity and Tyler is totally NOT crushing on him.)

We Could Fly Far Away by pinkstationfrerard (20/20 | 55,576 | Mature)

When he was 13 years old, Tyler left his phone number in a bunch of random books for a boredom-curing bet. 6 years later, Josh Dun finds one of those books.

(a.k.a the “You found my phone number in a book and decided to text me and hey you’re not a creepy old man for once- you’re actually pretty cute” AU featuring socially awkward trans!Tyler)

UPDATE (12.07.17) -Madi

Group Chat Gone Right by camiisado (100/100 | 15671 | Not Rated)

Brendon has added you to a group chat!

Mentors (A Joshler Fanfic) by 21PilotsDead (36/36 | 43659 | Mature)

Warning: Will contain mentions of suicide, cutting, depression, and gay smut. Tyler Joseph is a depressed and suicidal ninth grader, struggling through life. Josh Dun is a popular senior, captain of the soccer team. Josh signs up to be a mentor to an at risk undergrad and gets assigned to the school loner and weirdo, Tyler Joseph. The two quickly bond over school work and that bond begins to evolve into something even more. But will Tyler be able to accept love he doesn't think he deserves? Will Josh be able to come to terms with his sexuality and be able to be there for Tyler when he needs him most? Read to find out!

//rape non-con //underage //depression //suicide attempt //self-harm 

I'm twisted up inside my mind by Ziall_Larryforever (29/29 | 104654 | Mature)

When Tyler wakes up in the hospital he wasn't expecting the colored haired man sitting next to his bed to be his husband, nor that he and his husband are in a band together. He just wishes he could remember it. 

now i see it everyday (and i am the luckiest) by feelingsmall79 (1/1 | 8322 | Teen and Up)

"We are the luckiest goddamn bastards, aren't we?"

He wouldn't trade this for the world.

//major character death //cancer

your soul will capture me (i've waited all this week) bytakenbyphun (1/1 | 6203 | Not Rated)

A teenager with Asperger’s syndrome who loves poetry meets a person his age and he seems fascinated by what shade of red their hair is.

Dreamers at Best by flightlessnerds (17/17 | 94946 | Mature)

Josh decided that he loved everything about this band. Well, no, that wasn’t quite true. He loved everything about it, except that he wasn’t part of it.

In which Josh goes to see twenty one pilots for the first time, and finds that he can't seem to tear his eyes away from the lead singer.

//depression //internalized homophobia //religious guilt //self-harm //anxiety 

every little thing is gonna be alright by thescrewtapedemos (orphan_account) (15/15 | 31890 | Explicit)

Josh is kinda stoned, Tyler is kinda broken, and this is the start of something kinda beautiful. AKA the stoner au that absolutely no one asked for. (the chapters are all connected drabbles and are out of order. the chapters are numbered in the title in the order they should be read in! sorry for any confusion)

pink by SoloChaos (2/2 | 7575 | General)

Josh Dun is a Troublemaker. Josh Dun is a Wrong-Doer. Josh Dun is a Detention-Getter.

Josh Dun is possibly at the top of Tyler's "Hottest Guys in Our School" lists that Jenna makes him write.

In Darkness, You'll Be My Rock by PastelMess (25/25 | 118444 | Mature)

Before Joshua Dun had been born, before his parents had been born, before their parents had been born and so on, there had been a war.

And now there’s Tyler.