#ness recs

[caluette]

kainess x rope (1948)

[transrightsyamaguchi]

blue lock fic rec list #1 (?)

i always liked when people made long masterlists of fic recs but i haven't seen anyone do it for blue lock yet. at least not recently. so in the spirit of Be The Change You Want To See In The World here's my list.

not in any particular order just going through my bookmarks lol.

sound of breaking down. chigiri-centric, 4k words, rated T.

“Is he dead?” “No, of course not.” A pause. “I hope not.” “Yo, Princess, are you alive in there?” The door rattles. OR Determined to prove himself, Chigiri disregards his health and deals with consequences. None of it is pretty. Set during the neo-Egoist league arc. it's a sickfic. it's a really good sickfic. it hits all the beats i like my sickfics to hit and then some. it's a genfic which is a major bonus. no romantic subplot just chigiri being vulnerable and getting taken care of. there's some sweet moments between him and chris prince that made me melt inside.

2. the rituals are intricate, bro. karasu/otoya, 2k words, rated E.

Otoya offers to groom the homie's wings. Things escalate in ways he did not expect. this is by one of my beloved mutuals but i'd still be recommending it even if it wasn't. great title. there's an "it's not gay with socks on" joke in there. there's the ever-present Otoya Eita Sexuality Crisis. the porn is less sexy and more funny (as tabieita deserves).

3. six facts about lobsters. bachira/isagi, 4k words, rated T.

What it says on the tin. (In fine print: six facts about you.) can't remember if ghost is on tumblr or not but this is another mutual fic. it's a take on the 5+1 format, tracking the bachisagi relationship through lobster facts. isagi's autism radiates through the text. it's so cute and so sweet and so very bachisagi essence. as expected of ao3 user smallghosts (<- the bachisagi essence writer)

4. counting crows on the windowsill. kaiser/ness, 18k words, rated M.

“How much,” you ask, “would you let me do to you?” The feeling of vibration on your fingers comes again, and he is thinking, or perhaps toying with you even more. Your grip tightens on his skin, and Alexis twitches slightly in the grasp. More than once have people told you to learn some patience. “You already know my answer.” “Doesn’t mean I don’t like hearing it in your own words.” Inhale, exhale, and they all fall onto your skin. There is a chill in the room—it is rising up your arms, your neck—but the whole of you is hot. “If it’s you, I’d let you do anything.” Seven snapshots of life through the eyes of Michael Kaiser. this is a longer one but if you have time and you want to feel some Emotions read this one. nskins contain such multitudes and this author understands them so well.

5. shidou-ctionary. shidou/sae, 4k words, rated T.

Contemporary linguists agree that achieving proficiency in a new language requires between six months and four years of study. Itoshi Sae knows better. He has anecdotal evidence to suggest that a person can become fluent in a new language in as little as one week. A week of Shidou Ryuusei's attempts to ask Itoshi Sae on a date: a story in emojis. yet another mutual fic. i can't help it that my mutuals are all extremely talented and correct about everything. it's got some experimental formatting going on and (in my opinion) it looks best on desktop. ft. shidou being shidou and sae being smitten (in the emotionally constipated way that sae is smitten with shidou)

6. puppy love. kurona/kiyora, 9k words, rated G.

Jin doesn’t fight the small smile forming on his face. It’s been a long time since he meshed well with anyone. People tend to avoid him; he avoids them in turn. He stopped caring (or so he had told himself), but he doesn’t hate the weight around his shoulders—doesn’t mind it at all, really. He wraps his hand around Ranze’s wrist, and he laughs along with him. Kiyora Jin has a number of problems. A growing crush on Kurona Ranze is not supposed to be one of them. this was the inaugural fic in the ranjin tag and. not to pat myself on the back or anything. but i beta-read it hehe. another mutual fic. kiyora jin character study before kiyora jin was even a character, with an adorable little romantic subplot. somewhat negated by the Recent Developments in canon but it's still good!!

7. pink light. shidou/sae, 19k words, rated E.

Fifteen years ago, Shidou took a pass from Sae that shattered his knee and ended his career, and Sae hasn't been able to speak to him since - and Sae wants it to stay that way. Deserves for it to stay that way. Unfortunately, the world has other plans for him, courtesy of a little art studio a five minute walk from his new post-retirement apartment. this is not a mutual fic but i'm trying to change that. it's post-canon ryusae ft. cane user shidou (!!) and emotionally constipated sae learning how to live without soccer. not quite old man yaoi but it has the spirit of it.

8. year one. snuffy & lorenzo centric, 3k words, rated T.

"When's your birthday?" Snuffy asks him carefully, moving on to the next field. "Today," Don answers immediately. "Really?" Snuffy looks at him suspiciously. "No," Don replies without hesitation, turning back to a poster describing professional tooth brushing. Snuffy tries not to look at the tense faces of the receptionist and the surgeon peering out of the room. Snuffy's first year of parenthood. what is it about snuffy & lorenzo fics that just hit so different. i swear everyone who writes for them is a genius. this fic is short snapshots of snuffy and lorenzo navigating their newly-formed parent-child relationship and it's heartwrenching and heartwarming and poignant. this writer has a few snuffy & lorenzo fics and they're all wonderful. (she's also on tumblr and writes in-depth lorenzo meta so you Know she understands him)

9. pov: you just want the world to be quiet. itoshi brothers, 4k words, rated T.

his big brother and football have become the only hope to which rin can cling to dream of better days. without them, he only and just remains that little six-year-old boy destroyed by the senseless atrocities of evil hands. hesitated to include this one because the tags are scary but fuck it we ball i do what i want. it's a rewrite of rin's backstory with a darker spin on it and it follows rin and sae's relationship through that lens. as par for the course with pre-canon itoshi studies, it does not end happily. it's incredibly well-done and it will give you Feelings. (this is one of those cases where the author drops a life-changing bombshell of a fic on you and then you go to their profile and there's no bio. there's no public bookmarks. this is their only blue lock fic. they haven't posted anything in a year. who are they)

10. peak male living space. kunigami/chigiri, 3k words, rated E.

Raichi and Kunigami had met at university; playing on the football team, sharing many lectures, and living through the shitshow that was university halls together. It seemed only natural that they’d move in together, and it had been great for the past few of years… Until Kunigami’s new boyfriend asked why he never invited him over to his place, and he was forced to deal with the realisation that he and Raichi have the most boyish disaster of a flat. part of a series but it can stand alone. t4t kunigiri smut. kunigami and raichi are disaster roommates and bachisagi play wingmen. lionel messi makes a cameo in the form of a cardboard cutout. all the kunigiri fics in this series are good but this fic in particular is just so funny.

if you notice any ships or characters Conspicuously Absent it's because they were positively dominating this list at first so i'm planning to make a separate list for only them hehe

there are many more fics that made my soul ascend from my body so i might make another of these

[the-modern-typewriter]

Hi!

My best friend's short story collection just came out!! (It's here on Goodreads).

Ancient British myths reimagined According to stories, we share our world with a menagerie of mysterious creatures. What happens when those creatures appear in the modern world? Do fairies still like traditional offerings of herbs and spices? Do unicorns still live in forests? Do sea serpents still yearn to eat innocent maidens? This collection of stories brings myths from across the UK to a modern world with offices, cities and fast food restaurants. The consequences are often comedic, sometimes horrific and always surprising.

I haven't written my proper goodreads review for it yet (it's on the agenda) but as a huge queer fairytale fan I loved it!

The style is just delightfully cosy and funny compared to anything I could ever come up with. I also really like that at the end she talks about all of the original versions of the myths, so if you're interested in local folklore from the UK it's also great for that.

Give it a go if you fancy reading about Jack Frost falling in love with the Green Man, goblins running amok in the office printer, ghost dogs and more!

You can talk to her on Twitter or whatever it's called @ficcaholic.

[endbie]

DSMP Playlists.

A weird project of mine.

Back on... (checks the first playlist for song date) November 13th, 2022, I started a funky little thing. I decided I would make a playlist for every single DSMP character. 20 songs each, and only 20 songs, and I was not allowed to have the same song on a playlist twice unless it defined a relationship between two characters. Weird rules. But rules nonetheless. So.. I started doing that. And that was fun. It introduced me to new music... made me expand my tastes and analyse lyrics a bit more. But, uh, then some things happened. Some shitty things. And I still can't bring myself to make a few playlists. Some of them remain incomplete. Some of them remain unstarted. I think I'm coming to a point where I've realised I'm never going to finish this.

So, here it is. Here's my contribution to this fandom, here's a fuck ton of indie music, here was my attempt to throw my hands in the air and get rid of my hyperfixation and here was what I looked forward to and despised and am being overly dramatic about now.

Have at thee.

Callahan

Connor

Jack

Niki

Puffy

Drista

DreamXD

George

Dream

Fundy

HBomb

Ponk

Sam

Sam Nook

Sam Bucket

Karl

Sapnap

Quackity

Schlatt

Slimecicle / Charlie

Tommy

Ranboo

Tubbo

Wilbur

Phil

Sally

Aimsey

Boomer

Hannah

Skeppy

Bad

Eryn

Tina

Seepeekay

Velvet / Red

Antfrost

Foolish

Eret

Punz

Purpled Here's a list of what got finished (green), what was half-done (yellow), and what will not be reached.

[losersimonriley]

Just know that in my head when soap starts waking up from his coma, at the first instance of locking eyes with Simon after a month, Every River by Runrig is playing in the background

You ask me to believe in magic / Expect me to commit suicide of the heart / And you ask me to play this game without question / Raising the stakes on this shotgun roulette

But you came to me like the ways of children / Simple as breathing, easy as air / Now the years hold no fears, like the wind they pass over / Loved, forgiven, washed, saved

Every river I try to cross / Every hill I try to climb / Every ocean I try to swim / Every road I try to find

All the ways of my life / I'd rather be with you / There's no way / Without you

[transgender-chiroptera]

Getting together some Malayan flying fox refs and the amount of ai-generated faux-bat slop is incredibly annoying. Why would you generate an image of something you could just look up photos of, poisoning the pot of decent reference images?

[yourlocalmalware]

yall this fic needs more reads

This fic is amazing and needs more recognition so shout out to Five Nights at Sparkys by cupio_credere on AO3 :))

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52392670/chapters/132538204

[renegade-skywalker]

delving into fic for larger fandoms is always such a gamble for me bc I know it will just be riddled with ooc writing which is quite possibly my biggest ick, especially when it comes to romance (I get that fantasies are a thing but... I like my smut canon compliant lmao what can I say??)

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

When Your Favorite Slow Burn Couple Finally Gets Married 

[snipsbird]

the scourge between stars by ness brown

aliens, lesbians, robots, oh my

[distort-opia]

Christmas kids by roar is the quintessential clex song. It's gut-wrenchingly sad and horrific at the same time.

SO MANY THOUGHTS.

[supermarvelgirl15]

Besties I need some song recommendations for a playlist that'll help me write this story. I need some that has like doomed love kinda vibes or something similar to haunted by Taylor Swift. I'm counting on you shawties 🫡

[sun-roach]

@metalatl @thestarwarslesbian & everyone 🧡

What are your favorite game osts? I need songs without vocals right now or I will end up listening to a 'no thoughts, head empty' nintendo playlist and do nothing all day but jamm to it and daydream about Fox listening to that as well while spinning on his chair

[aldrendaux]

Chapters: 11/11 Fandom: Super Smash Brothers Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Mario x Peach, Link x Zelda, Ness and Lucas botherly, Pit and Dark Pit brotherly, Link and Toon Link brotherly, Samus as a big sister, Lucario as a mentor, Duck Hunt Dog as the Family Dog Characters: Mario, Peach-hime | Peach Toadstool, Link (Legend of Zelda), Toon Link, Lucario, Pokemon Trainer, Pac-Man - Character, Pit (Kid Icarus), Dark Pit (Kid Icarus), Zelda | Sheik, Duck Hunt Dog, Ness (Mother 2), Lucas (Mother 3), Samus Aran Additional Tags: Horror, Adventure, Humor, Zombies, Zombie Apocalypse, The Alleged Bus, Cross-Country Trip, Outrunning the Infection, Black Blood, Gore, Death, Undeath, Heroic Sacrifice, Dwindling Party, Organ Trail Parody, Oregon Trail Parody Summary:

The wheels of the beat up yellow bus screamed as they hit the asphalt of the broken road. Bombs and other weapons spilled out of the back as the angels on the roof kept up a steady fire into the horde of the group's former fans. Mario punched the gas. The "infection" had started out like a simple cold. It did not take long for it to become far and terribly more. Now their world was swarming with mindless undead, former friends, rotting on their feet.

As far as they knew, the little group was the only group of Super Smash Brothers athletes to get out of Smash City alive. Their goal was the Hyrule Safe Zone. As brave warriors dwindle, a dog bays for the fallen.

[themindofastrid]

🌐Recs of the Week No.6

Hello there👋🏽! Across the internet there’s a lot of awesomeness, so I decided to curate a small list of cool content that I think it’s worth sharing, I hope you find it useful, inspiring or interesting.

Thank you so much for being here♡.

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