#syd’s recs

[syd-djarin]

PEDRO FANDOM BINGO by @burntheedges 💖

Frankie fic: Worth it for Once - @burntheedges

*excited to play and read more fics!!

[linaxart]

drizzle with wine

[elliesflower]

below the cut are just a few of my favorite fics from my fav writers on here; i'll update it as i can, tbh i'm a little lazy lolz. if u wanna see all my recs you can check out this tag.

anyways, please show them ur love and support! ✿✼:*ﾟ:༅｡.｡༅:*･ﾟﾟ･⭑

(✿ = fluff, ☆ = angst, ♡ = smut)

[ellie williams x reader]

✿ homegirl - @ thelastoflesbians

♡ ✿ helpless - @ thelastoflesbians

♡ please - @ thelastoflesbians

♡ influencer!ellie - @ ervans

☆ ♡ labyrinth - @ ervans

♡ officer 1 2 - @ beanlot

♡ 03 - @ beanlot

☆ I don't want to lose you. - @ gothictemple

✿ ♡ dress - @ sp4cepunisher

[abby anderson x reader]

♡ Hard Consequences - @ abbysfrenchbraid

☆ ♡ abby love theme - @ ohcaptains

✿ ♡ abby love spell - @ ohcaptains

♡ pretty little crybaby - @ kassandras-one-braincell

♡ withdrawal symptoms @ kassandras-one-braincell

☆ ✿ ♡ daring (ao3) - @ abbysfrenchbraid

[sevika x reader]

♡ Leaving the party early - @ abbysfrenchbraid

♡ mistress - @ beanlot

♡ submit (ao3)- @ abitohoney

[scarlethexelove]

Hey, so I with stuff going on in my life, I could really use some nice fluffy comfort fics. So if anyone can send some for either Wanda, Nat, or Kate where they comfort R that would be great. Thanks ☺️

[berberriescorner]

Can anybody point me in the direction of some good Carmy x Syd fanfics? Pretty pleaseee🥺♥️.

[crimsonrainseekingflower]

FOR THE WRITER ASK MEME!! 4, 6, 37, and 45!!!

4. What detail in [insert fic] are you really proud of?

as below, so above begins and ends with the same sentence!! i thought it was really clever when i wrote it and i still think it's fun now 🎲❤️

6. What’s one fact about the universe of [insert fic] that you didn’t get a chance to mention in the fic itself?

gongyi xiao is older than luo binghe in my mermaid au series [System Alert: Merfolk DLC Activated] but binghe calls him "shidi" because he became su xiyan's disciple second

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?

OKAY HERE WE GO! YOU READ THE ZHUZHI-LANG EXTRA, YOU THOUGHT "OH THIS IS INCREDIBLE BUT I WISH THERE WAS MORE! I WISH IT WENT EVEN DEEPER INTO ZHUZHI-LANG'S EMOTIONAL STATE AND FOLLOWED HIM THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE NOVEL"

HAVE I GOT THE FIC FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

in pursuit of warmth

IT HAS EVERYTHING – ZHUZHI-LANG'S POV FROM THE MOMENT TIANLANG-JUN FOUND HIM UP THRU THE VERY END! AND! THE ENDING IS HOPEFUL....IT'S DIFFERENT FROM CANON....YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING AT! I WROTE IT WITH ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD! OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚

45. What’s something you’ve improved on since you started writing fic?

prose! i used to be mainly a dialogue guy but writing nonstop for the past few years has really improved my prose. well, and everything else! i feel like i'm always improving

[cherrykamado]

🍒 hehe

HIHI MY LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

send a 🍒, get a song!

[kluuniiee]

NEVER pass me the aux chord cuz I’ll play some shit like pierce the veil then play shit like wallows or abba immediately after

[thebearer]

thinking about how you and carmy meet because you go to the restaurant with friends and the team teases him because he is very much not focused tonight and it has something to do with the very pretty girl sitting at the table by the window

he takes your order bc he had to cover for richie. he's disheveled and a little messy, total scatter brain bc he's on the brink of an anxiety attack.

he starts to take your order but is interrupted from the kitchen, you catch on that he's the guy in charge. "are you the chef?"

"one of 'em, yeah." carmen can barely meet your eyes, nervous, palms sweating because fuck you're looking at him? talking to him? "what can I get ya?"

"whatever you think." you grin, pulling out your card. "you're the chef."

"yeah but I-I don't know what you like." carmen stutters.

"true. so give me what you like. what you would want to have if you were me." you shrug.

you don't know it then, but carmen had been struggling about what to serve a journalist for the upcoming feature in a foodie "you have to eat here if you're in chicago" whole piece for the bear. carmen thought about it and ended up going with syd's lemon risotto.

he watched anxiously as you take your first bite, eyes closing and nodding to your friends, sliding it over for them to "taste this, you gotta taste this" and they all hum and nod in agreement. his heart is fluttering.

sweaty palms and pounding heart, he decides to go out to your table. "how was it?" he asks, a little shaky. "good choice?"

"the best." you beam. "better than I would have ever picked. I would've gotten chicken tenders."

carmen laughs, shaking his head at you. you were funny, not scared- it intrigued him. you were like a magnet to him, pulling him closer and closer, everything he wanted to be- to be with.

"well, uh," carmen's hands clutched the napkin in his hand. "if you, uh, if you ever want more recommendations." his hands shook, cursing himself for how his heart was racing- how uncool he felt so nervous. you didn't seem to notice, smiling softly at him. "here's my number, ya know. if you ever want-want some recommendations or if you're around here again and want me to make you somethin'."

you grin, looking at the digits scrawled on the back of the crumbled receipt paper. "thank you." you beam. "I'll take you up on that..."

"carmen." he says quickly. "my name's carmen berzatto, hi."

you smile, telling him your name, slipping the paper into your purse.

later that night, after carmen's convinced himself you'd never go for him, he's cleaning the kitchen, chain smoking furiously to calm his nerves from spiraling when his phone buzzes.

'hi chef carmen :) thank you again for the rec tonight it was amazing! if you're up for it, would you want to go out friday night? i'm not a chef but i know a place with great drinks?'

[outoftheseine]

- CARMEN BERZATTO FIC RECS -

yes chef!

main masterlist

SERIES - MULTI-CHAPTERS

new person, same old mistakes • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @guyfieriii

make my heart surrender • carmen berzatto x pastry-chef!fem!reader

→ by @nolita-fairytale (this series is 🤌. there is smut, fluff, angst, slight enemies to acquaintances to lovers)

not wrong but not right • carmen berzatto x gn!reader part 2

→ by @aliensupastar (angst, fluff, hurt/comfort)

everything you've come to expect • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @delicrieux (smut, angst, age gap, i know this will break my heart so good. this series is also 🤌)

golden boy • carmen berzatto x reader part 2 part 3

→ by @neonovember (friends to lovers, angst, miscommunication, smut, fluff)

hurricane • carmen berzatto x fem!reader part 2

→ by @ticktokrobotsnot

all the quiet nights you bear • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @nyheartbreak

nothing's gonna hurt you baby • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @preciouslandmermaid (enemies to lovers to exes to friends to lovers (whew) slowburn, smut)

about a girl • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @emotionoitme (friends with benefits, age gap, smut)

nemesis • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @astermath (enemies to lovers, angst)

sharpie pens • carmen berzatto x bookstore!reader part 2 part 3

→ by @miss-beep-beep (cursing, fluff)

sweet like you • carmen berzatto x fem!reader part 2

→ by @astermath (very sweet like the title)

ONE-SHOTS

non slip • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @urfavemcustan (fluff)

painted face • carmen berzatto x fem!oc

→ by @f1nalboys (very angsty, toxic relationship dinamic, vomiting, ptsd)

we should love, not fall in love • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @thegreatestsandwich (very fluffy)

surprise visitor • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @carmybears (fluff, a little suggestive)

stay • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @carmybears (angst, hurt/comfort, panic attacks)

paradise is very fragile • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @anchoeritic (very fluffy)

cooking up speculations • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @ticktokrobotsnot (very much jealous!carmy, a little misunderstanding)

dating carmen berzatto • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @fanboygarcia (sucker for fluffs like this)

syd's jeans • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @peppermint-toads (friends with benefits, angst)

where there's smoke • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @thebearer (angst, slightly explicit)

the feeling • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @thebearer (drunk!reader fluff)

finders keepers • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @violentdelightsandviolentends (roommates, smut)

carry you away with me • carmen berzatto x fem!reader

→ by @rassvetsky (smut!)

"you are so mean to me" • carmen berzatto x reader

→ by @writers-hes (angst, jealous!carmy, fighting, fluff)

[70sscifiart]

The Last-Minute Sci-Fi Gift Guide

There's only one thing worse than procrastinating on getting gifts for your loved ones, and that's procrastinating on putting together a guide to help out everyone else with all those gifts. It's Dec 12, so you can decide for yourself which I'm doing.

Art book: Worlds Beyond Time, $32

If you follow this blog, you might have heard of this one. I published Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s this year after five years of work on it, and I think it's really good! 400+ images, 100+ artists, with lots of fun art history and jokes.

Also, it's just $20 right now if you order through my publisher and use the code SKIPTHELINE! Cheapest it's ever been!

Card game: Coup, $14

In this "social deduction" card game, you play as a government official in a future dystopia who needs to backstab their way into power. Everyone starts out with just two cards in this bluffing game, so the tide can turn pretty quick when players start assassinating each other's cards. The fast pace makes it a good gift for someone who loves spies but thinks they don't like card games.

Game to play over Zoom: Bad Spaceships, $3

If a bluffing game stresses you out, try Bad Spaceships: It's a collaborative world-building game in which you roll dice to see what area of your spaceship connects to another, forcing you to spitball exactly why this is the case. As the game puts it, you might fix the hull by playing Tetris, or charge your weapons in the swimming pool. You're basically getting weird prompts to tell a story that can evolve over the course of the game.

It's such an indie game that it comes as PDFs you download from itch.io, but you can play it just as well over Zoom, if you're looking for an excuse to catch up with your old digital nomad college friend.

Movies/TV: Streaming service gift card

Gift cards are all well and good, but you can personalize them by recommending a few of your favorite shows as well. I suggest:

Hulu: Cowboy Bebop

Apple TV+: Severance

Criterion Channel: Ravenous, Paprika, Strange Days

Paramount+: Yellowjackets

Amazon Prime: The Devil's Hour

But to be honest, this entry is just an excuse to talk about the new Max show Scavenger’s Reign. Inspired by the work of French artist Moebius and with a clear debt to famed 70s animated film Fantastic Planet, this stylish sci-fi show features a bunch of humans trying to survive on a beautiful but hostile alien world. Perfect for lovers of fictional nature.

Vintage sci-fi

This Etsy shop has some good stuff, like the 1971 Frank Kelly Freas NASA poster above, a bit of history that I even mentioned on page 167 of my art book.

Penguin science fiction postcards, $28

These postcards have a ton of very cool sci-fi covers I've blogged in the past – great value if you want a lot of art for a low cost.

Meteorite pendant necklace, $34

I think we all know what kind of rock your loved ones need around their neck: A chunk of meteorite straight out of the 1576 Argentinan meteorite fall.

Book recs

For astronauts: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel by Meredith Bagby

For comedians: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, Even Greater Mistakes: Short Stories by Charlie Jane Anders 

For sleuths: Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

For crafters: Knits of Tomorrow: Toys and Accessories for your Retro-Future Needs

For the resistance fighters: The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

For slasher movie fans: Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

Syd Mead "Biomorph Vehicle" button down shirt, $49

T-shirts aren't classy enough for the world's coolest visual futurist, Syd Mead. I haven't actually bought this incredibly odd shirt, but I really need to.

Art prints (and more) from 70s sci-fi artists

Artist shops can be surprisingly hard to track down on the internet, but here's a short list of ones I've come across. All of these artists are featured in my book (except one), so you can read up on them before you commit to a print.

Michael Whelan 

John Harris

Syd Mead

Don Maitz

David B Mattingly

Peter Andrew Jones - Jones was one of just a few artists who declined to be included in my art book, but he has a distinct, colorful style that I would have loved to have featured!

Finally, here's one extra bonus, just for everyone who made it to the end of this article: The UK-based educational charity Centre for Computing History sells three big officially licensed John Harris posters featuring these three artworks, famous for their use as covers for Sinclair programming manuals.

It's a great deal that I've never seen mentioned anywhere, and Harris' work has a timeless quality that makes it great for an unassuming wall decoration. If you're outside the UK, the shipping costs will be a pain, but there's no better deal for a classic sci-fi poster.

[burntheedges]

March Fic Madness - Fic Recs 💕 pt 1

I'm following @the-blind-assassin-12 Alyssa's lead and doing March Fic Madness! Here's Alyssa's masterlist. The goal is 63 reblogs/reads in 31 days and I think I've lost track of where I'm at (I have a lot of tabs open), so I wanted to share and rec everything I've read so far in one place.

I decided to sort it by P boy but I'm counting chapters/posts as separate reads. I'm also not counting fic I've read in other fandoms this month.

I recommend every fic in this post but please heed the tags/warnings!

Current total count: 83 reads Date updated: 3/30

recs continue in part 2

...

Joel Miller

Centrifugation (ch 1-6) by @theclairvoyage, x f!reader As long as you want by @auteurdelabre, x f!reader Sequins by @trulybetty, x f!reader (reread) DECLINED (pts 1, 2, 3, 4) by @alltheirdamn, x f!reader TikTok Trend by @justagalwhowrites, x f!reader Stranger in a Bar (pt 1) by @justagalwhowrites, x f!reader Mr. Right Next Door by @jobean12-blog, x reader Buttons and Voicemail by @fuckyeahdindjarin, x f!reader Date Night by @ghotifishreads, x reader Snowbound by @joeloverture, x f!reader Wet Nights by @shellshocklove, x f!reader Take Care of You (ch 10) by @theidiotwhowritesthings, x f!reader Amateur by @ezrasbirdie, x f!reader Gimme what I want (series) by @atticrissfinch, x f!reader (reread) new perspective by @thetriumphantpanda, x f!reader The girl in IT (ch 8, 9) by @chiriwritesstuff, x f!reader Third Date by miera (ao3), x f!reader Sugar, Spice & Please Fuck Me Nice (ch 1-3) by @syd-djarin, @katiexpunk, x f!reader Seasons of You (yr 1, spring) by @kedsandtubesocks, x f!reader Asking for Trouble by @jobean12-blog, x f!reader

Javier Peña

Scathed (ch 7, 8) by @dancingtotuyo, x OFC Call me Javi by @wildemaven, x reader Reconnaissance by @ghostofaboy, x OMCs Sweet Summer by @bluestar22x, x f!reader

Frankie Morales

sweet treat by @mrsmando, x f!plus-size!reader Do Me Yourself (ch 4, 5, 6, 7) by @undercoverpena, x f!reader Adrift With You (ch 9, 10, 11) by @morallyinept, x OFC Bonfire Night drabble by @softanon, x reader the book of love by @undercoverpena, x f!reader (reread) The Sweepstakes: Frankie Epilogue by @katareyoudrilling, x f!reader Nice and Easy by miera (ao3), x f!reader You're My World by girlwithaplan (ao3), x f!reader Right on Cue by @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin, x f!reader what comes after by @mrsmando, x f!reader

Marcus Pike

Confetti by @secretelephanttattoo, x f!reader Hummingbird Has Landed by @wardenparker, @absurdthirst, x f!reader

Dave York

The Sweepstakes: Dave York & Epilogue by @katareyoudrilling, x f!reader (reread) Love at First... Sight by @goodwithcheese, x f!reader I can see the end as it begins (pt 2) by @janaispunk, @joelscurls, x f!reader no one has to know what we do (pt 2) by @janaispunk, @joelscurls Out of Sight by @goodwithcheese, x f!reader

Dieter Bravo

stay gold, baby boy by @chronically-ghosted, x f!reader (reread) Go Play Your Video Games by @kedsandtubesocks, x f!reader dieter x poppy one shot by @wildemaven, x OFC Cruel Summer by @fhatbhabie, x plus-size!reader

Din Djarin

Dark by @frannyzooey, x f!reader Be-All and Endor by @djarins-cyare, x f!reader (reread) Enchanted to Meet You by @beskarandblasters, x f!reader

Marcus Moreno

Second Chances series by @bluestar22x, x OFC

Jack Daniels

Vulture Culture (ch 1) by @beelzebeth87, x OFC

[confesspinkfloyd]

I love how not a single person discovered the band normally like through spotify recs or something it's always either "me and roger waters were born in the same hospital and when I saw them perform at a rundown cheesecake factory in the 70s I was taken back to the times where him and I looked at each other as helpless newborn infants in the infirmary" or "Someone on tumblr asked me to draw syd barrett giving birth"

[timeforsomethrillingheroicsblog]

Syd/Richie Fic Recs

WIPS

Corner - Syd and Richie get sent on a roadtrip to pick up a new stove for The Bear, but they might get more than they bargained for along the way (Chapters: 3/?. Characters: Sydney Adamu, Richie Jerimovich, Carmen Berzatto, Neil Fak, Natalie Berzatto, Original Male Characters. Word Count: 8,510)

Loser Bitch (All The Way Down To The Bones) - Loster. N. A person or thing that loses or has lost something, especially a game or contest. (Chapters 2/3. Characters: Sydney Adamu, Richie Jerimovich, Carmen Berzatto, Marcus, Tina, Angel, Gary Woods, Natalie Berzatto, Eva Jerimovich, Emmanuel Adamu. Word Count: 7,623)

MULTI-CHAPTERED WORKS

In a New Light - Syd likes Richie a lot more than she initially thought she did. The only problem is that she isn't sure they're capable of liking each other without drawing blood. (Chapters: 5. Characters: Carmen Berzatto, Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 24,871)

SERIES

It Happened One Night - Sydney learned a long time ago to take her anger out on something she can’t hurt. (Works: 2. Characters: Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Characters: 13,449)

ONESHOTS

All Good Here - The only times that Syd and Richie had ever managed to get along were in fleeting moments, seconds that never lasted long enough and were always brought to an abrupt end with a sarcastic or scathing comment. (Characters: Carmen Berzatto, Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 3,599)

As Long As You're Here - Sydney has had a really, really long month and now she's 5 second away from throwing a glass at an annoying bartender. (AU. Characters: Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 4,508)

Bone Broth - It’s a gray Monday afternoon when Sydney rounds a corner at the grocery store and sees him at the other end of the aisle. (Characters: Sydney Adamu, Richie Jerimovich. Word Count: 10,020)

Chill Out - “You’re cold.” “Am not.” (Characters: Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 2,141)

I Close My Eyes and the Flashback Starts - "D'ya like Taylor Swift or not, Syd?" (Characters: Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 2,410)

I Feel For You - The thing with Richie was an accident; as much as going down on a man in your boss’ office after work can be an accident. (Characters: Carmen Berzatto, Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 3,318)

The Horoscope Today Said Things Would Go My Way - "What happened to 'rules are just unhelpful suggestions' and 'let go and live a little, Sydney'?" (Characters: Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu, Tiffany Jerimovich. Word Count: 1,909)

Tough - "Thanks," Syd said. "Mike, right?" "Berzatto," Mike said. He grinned, lopsided, and said, "It's a family place." (AU. Characters: Sydney Adamu, Richie Jerimovich, Michael Berzatto, Carmen Berzatto. Word Count: 13,737)

I'll Sleep in the Rain Under Your Headlights - “Wow, Richie, that’s so charming. You’re so fucking charming.” “Yeah, sweetheart, you could learn something.” (Characters: Carmen Berzatto, Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 6,407)

Mindfuck - "Alright, just checking. Because yesterday, you didn't even like me." "Well, whoop-de-fuckin'-do, I changed my mind," Syd said. (Characters: Carmen Berzatto, Eva Jerimovich, Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 25,232)

Sheets to the Wind - Sometimes you just want to be kissed. Sometimes you just need to feel somebody. Sometimes you have like, ten beers and you’re both there and bad tension is still tension so you make out. (Characters: Richie Jerimovich, Sydney Adamu. Word Count: 3,318)