Fic and Art Recs
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epithalamiumZero Escape and Volstovic Cycle because that's what I did over the hols.
Volstovic Cycle
Modern Instagram AU by karinonsan. Rook/Thom, G. This is my gift from Festive Bastion and I love it!! Ngl I miss seeing Rook and Thom in VC fanwork and I'm just SO HAPPY to get them for Festive Bastion. (Last year Beren drew a very very cute Thom Instagram AU for me too! I love all my FB gifts.) Rook and Thom's shenanigans always give my life and Rook facepalming over Thom and his flesh eating fishies is my face.
Rook and Thom meet cute by foxesonstilts. Rook/Thom, G. Another cute Rook and Thoms by Beren. I love all their outfits and they look so cute! (Scottish deerhound is also looking very pretty and sleek next to Rook. Here's a slashier fanart with the boys, because why not. Thank you for all these beautiful fanwork, VC fandom.
Speaking of pretty fanart, y'all probably have seen emperiocism's Volstovic Cycle fanart but if you haven't, I defo rec! Her Royston is so hot I cannot. Also, it's nice to see some new folks in our tiny fandom.
Wherein Royston and Adamo become BFFs by nerakrose. Royston and Adamo, G. Owen's rommmate has dragged him out in the middle of the night to break into the Dean's office. This fic is so funny?? Roy and Owen are so witty--Roy in particular is just dripping with sass. Here's a tiny (edited) sample because I don't think I can give this fic justice just by describing it:
On a more serious note, the fic does talk about something more serious. Which is tbh, pretty much anerakrose staple if you've read any of their work at all. Frivolous but with some serious undertone.
What we weren't supposed to see by yours truly. Royston/Hal, PG. There were a number of studios alloted for principals and Thom checked those first. Two of the rooms were empty, but Thom could see a sliver of light from under the door of the third one. He tried to open the door as quietly as possible, aware that his standing as one of the Academy's top physiologists could only get him so far when it came to disrupting a principal's precious training.
Rook wasn't inside. Nor was Amery. Instead, Thom saw Hal in arms of one of the masters.
‘Fuck,’ said Thom. And then covered his mouth.
I wrote this for foxesonstilts/vuslpesvortex, who wrote a very good Roy/Hal ballet AU fic called i wanted to tell you this story without having to confess to anything and basically I just added some things. Like Roy and Hal dancing. And Thom watching them. Tbh you can say this is a remix. I really love writing outsider POV and I hope this worked!
Zero Escape
There's a lot for ZE because Yuletide and ZEcret Santa happened. Hurrah!
Something I need by lindsaylaurie. Aoi/Carlos/Akane/Junpei, PG. While already in a committed relationship with Junpei and Akane, Carlos finds himself with another partner for Christmas. This was my ZEcret Santa gift from Lindsay and THEY WROTE ME OT4 (aka the Shiki Fuck House) fic and I'm over the moon about it. This continues after The Knowledge Argument, which is probably the best C Team OT3 fic ever written and it's everything I ever wanted. Sassy Aoi. Whiny Junpei. And Akane + Carlos being good chill pretty people. There's also Maria teasing her brother for dating so many people. Where can you go wrong??
Seek Not To Alter Me by koanju (verstehen). Junpei + Aoi, G. Junpei has a tip on Akane's whereabouts but first must get past Aoi. My Yuletide gift! So I asked for anything Junpei/Santa--shippy or not--and koanju gets that perfect balance that I want from them: just the right amount of mutual annoyance, a lot of back and forth, and a tiny bit of sexual tension.
Emphasis mine, but I FUCKING SCREAMED I TELL YOU. Anyway, this fic is canon-compliant and set just before ZTD. It definitely coincides with a lot of my headcanons and I LOVE it.
What are the Odds? by electric016. Seven/Lotus, PG. Seven owns a coffee shop and Lotus runs a tea house. It's only a matter of time before they fall in love, right? Their regulars decide to put some money on it. A very cute coffee shop AU fic where the younguns bet on what date Seven and Lotus would hook up. Spoiler: Junpei hates the Kurashikis. I love the banter, and Jinger writing so many damned characters in a scene is great. More Seven/Lotus fics would defo won't go amiss in the fandom.
hold my hand if you're scared by morphogenesis. Akane + Aoi, G. Running a secret organization is mostly boring, Aoi’s found, but the reason is worth it. A fic about the Kurashikis, their past and present as leaders of Crash Keys. I love Kurashiki bonding fics and this was great. Poor poor Aoi-niichan.
let's fly by morphogenesis. Junpei/Akane, G. Childhood promises come true, in a roundabout way. Junpei and Akane travel together. With very cute flashback of when they were smols. I'm a sucker for smol JunePeis and this hit all my buttons. <3
Travelling in company by yours truly. Junpei + Phi, Junpei/Akane, Akane/Phi, R. In which Junpei and Phi travel to Japan with Akane in order to investigate cult-related suicides. And eat at McDonald's Japan three days in a row. My Yuletide fic forhandmaid. Junpei and Phi try to investigate a few things in Japan. Shit happens.
This is kinda too specific for anyone else to want to read, so if you did read the fic and you're reading my rec post: thank you. You're a champ.
Others
In the Anarchy of the Beginning by Ysavvryl. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, Nanashi/Hallelujah, PG. It is unknown how long the Primordial Chaos existed before the world came to be, for there was no Time to measure events by. A Yuletide treat for me! I didn't really expect anyone to pick my Megaten prompts so this was a very very pleasant surprise! Ngl, Ysavvryl's version of the Anarchy Route is very different from my own (I wrote a fic a while back), but I love this take. I love how they explored Nanashi's emotions before he took over the Cosmic Egg and what might have caused him to choose as he did. Also the question of 'is this still Hallelujah' haunt me to this day and this fic also addresses that.
A Magician's Fire by Meowzy. Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice, Roger Retinz + Manov Mistree, R. The tale of the Great Mr. Reus. OKAY so I'm 2/5ths into 6-5 and could finally read Mr Reus fics. Spoiler: there are no fics focusing on him aside from this one, but BOY is it well worth it. Roger Retinz is an asshole, but he's also a very complex and compelling villain. His relationship with Manov is kinda tragic, but still very interesting. Meowzy's multi-chapter fic presents us an amazing look at how Retinz's mind works. And also a lot of heartbreak for Manov fans like me. ;;;;
And that's a wrap! How was your holidays guys? Read any good fics? :D
Volstovic Cycle
Modern Instagram AU by karinonsan. Rook/Thom, G. This is my gift from Festive Bastion and I love it!! Ngl I miss seeing Rook and Thom in VC fanwork and I'm just SO HAPPY to get them for Festive Bastion. (Last year Beren drew a very very cute Thom Instagram AU for me too! I love all my FB gifts.) Rook and Thom's shenanigans always give my life and Rook facepalming over Thom and his flesh eating fishies is my face.
Rook and Thom meet cute by foxesonstilts. Rook/Thom, G. Another cute Rook and Thoms by Beren. I love all their outfits and they look so cute! (Scottish deerhound is also looking very pretty and sleek next to Rook. Here's a slashier fanart with the boys, because why not. Thank you for all these beautiful fanwork, VC fandom.
Speaking of pretty fanart, y'all probably have seen emperiocism's Volstovic Cycle fanart but if you haven't, I defo rec! Her Royston is so hot I cannot. Also, it's nice to see some new folks in our tiny fandom.
Wherein Royston and Adamo become BFFs by nerakrose. Royston and Adamo, G. Owen's rommmate has dragged him out in the middle of the night to break into the Dean's office. This fic is so funny?? Roy and Owen are so witty--Roy in particular is just dripping with sass. Here's a tiny (edited) sample because I don't think I can give this fic justice just by describing it:
"I didn't come here to cultivate my Talent, I came here to be gay," Royston said. "Are you going to help me or not?"
"You're doing a marvellous job of it," Owen said, looking up at the window warily. "Being gay, I mean. One'd think you were naturally talented." He looked at Royston, who was looking casually disheveled (his current style), as if breaking and entering was to be done in fashion. "What'd you give up for it?"
"My heterosexuality," Royston answered.
On a more serious note, the fic does talk about something more serious. Which is tbh, pretty much a
nerakrose staple if you've read any of their work at all. Frivolous but with some serious undertone. What we weren't supposed to see by yours truly. Royston/Hal, PG. There were a number of studios alloted for principals and Thom checked those first. Two of the rooms were empty, but Thom could see a sliver of light from under the door of the third one. He tried to open the door as quietly as possible, aware that his standing as one of the Academy's top physiologists could only get him so far when it came to disrupting a principal's precious training.
Rook wasn't inside. Nor was Amery. Instead, Thom saw Hal in arms of one of the masters.
‘Fuck,’ said Thom. And then covered his mouth.
I wrote this for foxesonstilts/vuslpesvortex, who wrote a very good Roy/Hal ballet AU fic called i wanted to tell you this story without having to confess to anything and basically I just added some things. Like Roy and Hal dancing. And Thom watching them. Tbh you can say this is a remix. I really love writing outsider POV and I hope this worked!
Zero Escape
There's a lot for ZE because Yuletide and ZEcret Santa happened. Hurrah!
Something I need by lindsaylaurie. Aoi/Carlos/Akane/Junpei, PG. While already in a committed relationship with Junpei and Akane, Carlos finds himself with another partner for Christmas. This was my ZEcret Santa gift from Lindsay and THEY WROTE ME OT4 (aka the Shiki Fuck House) fic and I'm over the moon about it. This continues after The Knowledge Argument, which is probably the best C Team OT3 fic ever written and it's everything I ever wanted. Sassy Aoi. Whiny Junpei. And Akane + Carlos being good chill pretty people. There's also Maria teasing her brother for dating so many people. Where can you go wrong??
Seek Not To Alter Me by koanju (verstehen). Junpei + Aoi, G. Junpei has a tip on Akane's whereabouts but first must get past Aoi. My Yuletide gift! So I asked for anything Junpei/Santa--shippy or not--and koanju gets that perfect balance that I want from them: just the right amount of mutual annoyance, a lot of back and forth, and a tiny bit of sexual tension.
“I’ll give it back if…” Aoi said, trailing off suggestively.
Junpei sighed and gave up on the notepad. He could buy a new one at the airport. He didn’t have the history with Aoi that he had with Akane and participation in the Nonary game – even if Aoi had helped set it up – had created an artificial sense of closeness; but over the two years they’d kept in contact and became somewhat tentative friends, Junpei had a sinking feeling he would like what Aoi asked of him. “Just keep it,” he muttered, and pulled the zipper on his bag. “I have to go; my flight leaves soon. You can let yourself out and leave the copy of the key you made behind.”
Emphasis mine, but I FUCKING SCREAMED I TELL YOU. Anyway, this fic is canon-compliant and set just before ZTD. It definitely coincides with a lot of my headcanons and I LOVE it.
What are the Odds? by electric016. Seven/Lotus, PG. Seven owns a coffee shop and Lotus runs a tea house. It's only a matter of time before they fall in love, right? Their regulars decide to put some money on it. A very cute coffee shop AU fic where the younguns bet on what date Seven and Lotus would hook up. Spoiler: Junpei hates the Kurashikis. I love the banter, and Jinger writing so many damned characters in a scene is great. More Seven/Lotus fics would defo won't go amiss in the fandom.
hold my hand if you're scared by morphogenesis. Akane + Aoi, G. Running a secret organization is mostly boring, Aoi’s found, but the reason is worth it. A fic about the Kurashikis, their past and present as leaders of Crash Keys. I love Kurashiki bonding fics and this was great. Poor poor Aoi-niichan.
let's fly by morphogenesis. Junpei/Akane, G. Childhood promises come true, in a roundabout way. Junpei and Akane travel together. With very cute flashback of when they were smols. I'm a sucker for smol JunePeis and this hit all my buttons. <3
Travelling in company by yours truly. Junpei + Phi, Junpei/Akane, Akane/Phi, R. In which Junpei and Phi travel to Japan with Akane in order to investigate cult-related suicides. And eat at McDonald's Japan three days in a row. My Yuletide fic for
handmaid. Junpei and Phi try to investigate a few things in Japan. Shit happens. This is kinda too specific for anyone else to want to read, so if you did read the fic and you're reading my rec post: thank you. You're a champ.
Others
In the Anarchy of the Beginning by Ysavvryl. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, Nanashi/Hallelujah, PG. It is unknown how long the Primordial Chaos existed before the world came to be, for there was no Time to measure events by. A Yuletide treat for me! I didn't really expect anyone to pick my Megaten prompts so this was a very very pleasant surprise! Ngl, Ysavvryl's version of the Anarchy Route is very different from my own (I wrote a fic a while back), but I love this take. I love how they explored Nanashi's emotions before he took over the Cosmic Egg and what might have caused him to choose as he did. Also the question of 'is this still Hallelujah' haunt me to this day and this fic also addresses that.
A Magician's Fire by Meowzy. Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice, Roger Retinz + Manov Mistree, R. The tale of the Great Mr. Reus. OKAY so I'm 2/5ths into 6-5 and could finally read Mr Reus fics. Spoiler: there are no fics focusing on him aside from this one, but BOY is it well worth it. Roger Retinz is an asshole, but he's also a very complex and compelling villain. His relationship with Manov is kinda tragic, but still very interesting. Meowzy's multi-chapter fic presents us an amazing look at how Retinz's mind works. And also a lot of heartbreak for Manov fans like me. ;;;;
And that's a wrap! How was your holidays guys? Read any good fics? :D