#Rae’s recs

[illyrianbitch]

Do you have any fic recs or author recs? Itching for Azriel of Eris 💘

hi lovey!! yes yes!!

as always, my baby 4ever @writingcroissant excels in all things azriel & @pellucid-constellations as well!

same with my love @itsswritten, and she also has an azris x reader series! then if youre cravin eris we got his pr queen over here @daycourtofficial with her eris agenda (my favorite sadist)

@historiaxvanserra is an AMAZING writer and has az & eris fics! (id call them poetry).

some more very very talented writers such as @prythianpages or @milswrites, also @florencemtrash has one of my favorite az series and its so very well written!

but like ive said i havent been reading much recently :( so any recs are welcome!

if anyone has some writers that are underappreciated/smaller and deserve some attention, pls lmk!! i want to pass some love to writers who deserve more of it <3 i think sometimes newer work can get drowned out by the more-known authors and fics on here, and i know that can be frustrating, so any and all recs are so so welcome in my inbox!!

#asks #rae’s recs #we support all authors here bb #i hope you guys dont mind me tagging all yall #hehe #i just get excited #azriel x reader #eris x reader

[we-survive-endlessly]

Can yall believe we’re FINALLY getting new Marianas Trench music???

#Josh Ramsay is truly a songwriting genius and a vocal legend #I had full body chills the entire time 😭 #marianas trench #Rae’s recs #Spotify

[saglaophonos]

you must all read the wip “ut it tempus” with immediate urgency

#and not just because of the carly rae jomens reference #good omens #fic rec #good omens fic rec

[hatepotion]

we're going back to the 8tracks era, baby!

Listen on Spotify

Listen on YouTube Music

#carly rae jepsen #crj #idk what else to tag lmao #music recs #song recs #music #pop music #pop #playlist #my art

[rmd-writes]

a love note (and some fics)

Sometimes I wonder if there's really anything bigger out there - the universe, some kind of higher power, fate - and then I think about how extremely lucky I am that I became obsessed with a certain tv show and its characters at just the right time so that I could befriend someone who then introduced me to a particular book at exactly the right time to fall in love with those characters as well. And then, because of my need to have more of those characters, I went looking for more stories about them at exactly the right time to meet a group of people (some of them together, some of them later, but that doesn't matter) who would go on to become my friends.

There must be something, right? To bring together a group of people who live in five to seven different time zones depending on the time of year. To create my safest spaces on the internet. To share not just our love for a book and its characters, but parts of our lives with each other. To have them all wedge themselves into the soft spaces of my heart and never leave.

I've been thinking about this a lot over the last two weeks, because those people conspired and collaborated to gift me a collection of 10 incredible fics for a milestone birthday (tomorrow!) - even though some of them haven't written fic for months and months, or don't write for this fandom at all anymore, or have recently been finding it hard to make words work and finish fics, or are just plain busy with other projects and life. That they took the time to find and make words for me means everything and more 💖💖

I've been absolutely overwhelmed with love these past 10 days (probably to the surprise of no one, I have cried at every single fic drop and I'm crying writing this now). So, I want to share the wonderful fics that they've written for me with you all because it's the least I can do to pay it forward and they're objectively stellar fics. If you haven't come across them already then you should definitely add them to your to read lists/open tabs/MFL. Please show my friends some love and read their work.

The Rae of Sunshine! collection, in order of publication (with my very short summaries):

Take It Back (4.2K) by @three-drink-amy

Henry is the head chef at a French restaurant and there's one patron who keeps sending his dishes back. How can they resolve this?

Dick, Dick Dick (You Down) (10.2K) by @everwitch-magiks

Alex runs the craft services trailer on the set of actor!Henry's latest movie. Is he the only person who sees behind the façade?

A deceptively soft story, given the title.

Precious Love (1.3K) by floatingaway4

The fluffiest follow up to one of my favourite AUs Amigos y Migas (aka the food truck au).

Midnight ice cream (5.8K) by @the-amber-fox

Emotional support Cornettos? More likely than you think.

Make it Right (5.3K) by @three-drink-amy (that's right, Ally wrote me TWO FICS)

A rogue little Tarlos fic in amongst the firstprince - a post-season 1 canon divergence that sees TK working in a taco truck while he finds his feet.

a taste of life (7.4K) by @indomitable-love

A journey through Henry's life, told through food. (This one is not my summary, indomitablelove already summed it up perfectly)

Risotto + Melanzane + Dolce (a love story) (16.8K) by @villiageidiot

Alex starts working at an Italian restaurant and is terrible at his job. Somehow, Henry doesn't seem to mind.

Cursed is a State of Mind (WIP) by @welcometololaland & @dustratcentral

A 5 + 1 treatise on cursed coffee consumption.

12 Year Starter (6.6K) by @clottedcreamfudge

When Pez can't make it to Henry's Michelin-star birthday dinner, he arranges for Henry's friend, Alex, to take his place. Featuring CCF's signature banter and fun, and a menu that I wish was real.

Pour Your He(art) Out (WIP) by @athousandrooms

A 5+1 ode to latte art (featuring actual art!)

You can find the entire collection here on Ao3.

#rae gets sappy #i have the best friends #fandom friends are the best friends #rwrb fic rec #tarlos fic rec #rwrb fic #firstprince fic #red white & royal blue fic #tarlos fic #rae of sunshine

[wndaswife]

omg i just finally read the first part of this series on ao3 i LOVEEEEEEE IT so much

im ngl i started it for the smut and i was like wait… this whole other plotline kinda hitting

bruh it’s tew good but idk when im even going to get around to the second part literally it’s 25 chapters but y’all need to get on this

WAIT I DID NOT KNOW THIS AUTHOR WAS A FELLOW TUMBLR MEMBER…. @ginnsbaker u ate this shit up mama thank u

#rae's recs

[buddieunderratedgem]

Hi! I just finished this story. It’s called Dream of Some Epiphany by extasiswings

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25682788?view_adult=true#main

Hi anon! This one is over the kudos I usually consider for underrated works but I’ll link it here in case anyone wants to read it!

Dream of some epiphany by @extasiswings

Summary:

Evan Buckley is lost.

It’s happenstance that he wanders into the navy recruiting center—he’s been in San Diego for a few weeks, bartending late nights and weekends, living in a house with three other guys not because he needs the roommates but because he doesn’t want to be alone, and the military is…respectable. Stable. So Buck thinks maybe and opens the door.

Buck leaves ten minutes later with a set of printed instructions for sending his first letter, assured that he can drop it off whenever he’s ready, and a name.

Staff Sergeant Edmundo “Eddie” Diaz.

#rae answers in the side blog #anon submission #buddie #buddie fic rec #extasiswings is a marvelous writer just not what I’d consider underrated

[raethereptile]

Taken a dive into the deepend of top gun maverick fanfiction and can I just say

"Ice is so [sleep deprived/pissed off at homophobic admirals] that he [accidentally/out of spite] comes out to the the president, who then immediately overturns DADT"

Has got to by my favourite trope I have ever seen in fanfiction and I need more of it please and thank you

#maverick #top gun maverick #top gun #iceman #icemav #DADT #fanfiction #fanfic #fanfic prompt #posts by rae #fic recs in reblogs

[monsterrae1]

12 days of fandom joy

Created by @mostlyinthemorning

Rules: everyday for 12 days in December, choose a fandom work from any fandom from 2023 that you loved. It can be anything you like (a gifset, a drabble, fanart, a fic or just a post that made you laugh) Reblog the post and add comment or tags about why you love it. Tag your post with #12 days of fandom

✨day 3✨

Pick a star on the dark horizon (follow the light)

By @buddierights | explicit | 57.3k

Buck and Eddie had been luckier than most enlisted soldiers - after meeting at basic training, they were stationed at the same base, and had been in the same unit ever since. Buck had been there through everything; from their first deployment to Eddie's divorce, supporting him in war zones or at home with Christopher. Most friends in the military didn't get so much time together before getting shipped off somewhere new, so it was bound to happen sooner or later.

When Eddie learns that he's getting stationed on the other side of the country, he's faced with a reality where Buck isn't a part of his daily life. Neither of them are prepared for a life without the other. Their solution? To get married.

♥️💚 this fic is the most beautiful slow burn ever, even if they get married right away, they’re both idiots what did you guys expect? The pining, the Oh moments, the angst just all of it is chefs kiss. Truly ems work of art 💚♥️

Todays tags @brasspumpkinspice @housewifebuck @diazass @disasterbuckdiaz @giddyupbuck @lilbuddie @djdangerlove @leewithme @ronordmann @ebdaydreamer @sickeningly-sweet-honey @paranoidbean

#12 days of fandom #buddie #buddie fic #buddie fic rec #Rae’s 12 days of fandom joy

[soldier-poet-king]

hello!! no pressure to answer this but i was wondering do you have any recommendations for books, specifically books that made you feel things very deeply? i know that's vague and weird but like i also love the goblin emperor/baru cormorant/similar books as you and i was wondering if you had any faves you'd like to share :) i am looking for a book that will put me in agony in a good way lol

HELLO FRIEND

okay so I am a Big Emotional Dummy so everything makes me feel very deeply, whether or not it's actually any good. So I'll try to keep it to recs that I felt alot while reading, after reading, and I think are actually good.

Also idk if you want specific genres or sticking to fiction, so I'm just gonna throw a whole whack of things at you, hope that's ok!!! I'll also try to avoid super popular recs (like trc or ursula k le guin) not because i love them less, just because you've probably already heard of them?

Hands of the Emperor - Victoria Goddard - probably my current fave book and protag, read it twice in less than a year despite it being like 1200 pages, if i loved it less i could talk about it more, and without crying. maybe it's niche and imperfect, but to ME? book of all time

The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner - fave book series for more than a decade, makes me experience shrimp emotions that nothing else will ever be able to replicate

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke - how did a portal fantasy meets psychological horror become actually the most existentially comforting book in the world

Tuyo - Rachel Neumeier - technically a series, with 3 main novels and other novels and novellas about other characters (which i enjoyed less but still), but def start with tuyo. I fully went in expecting to not like it At All and was blown away???? I wept. I still weep. I can't explain why I love it without spoilers but it's technically a fantasy war story and yet is almost entirely character driven

Wind, Sand, and Stars - Antione de Saint-Exupery -reading this rn and technically it's billed as a memoir and adventure novel but actually its an existential meditation on the nature of human interaction and the soul and definitely comes from the same core as The Little Prince

If you HAVENT read the cemeteries of amalo/thara celehar spinoff of the goblin emperor PLEASE do, in many ways i love them even more than tge bc thara is up there with kip mdang in terms of characters i cant talk about without crying because it's too personal

The Sparrow Duology - Mary Doria Russell - PLEASE check the trigger warnings, unlike most of the recs on this list, this falls way more to the side of Baru in terms of dark content, but also it's maybe the closest I've ever come to being at peace

I'm definitely missing things, but these are all the books that have made me want to chew drywall in the last 2 years. I've also linked my goodreads here with the caveat that my ratings skew high because i am very much a 'i didnt say it was good, i said i enjoyed it/was entertained' type person. also i have read a lot of trash YA. oops. like yes some of it is real bad but also some of it makes me Feel Some Things even (or especially??) when it's real bad.

Friends pls chime in with your recs, and also please rec things to me!! Am seeking new and interesting emotions previously unknown to humankind.

#recs open to everyone EXCEPT rae who is spiders georg and recs me books every week #AND I CAN NEVER CATCH UP DFJHASKDL #i mean rae i love u and ur recs are so good but GIRL IM SLOW #anyway. 3 of the books on this list are rae recs so. yknow. shrimp emotions #fran reads #looking at my faves shelf on gr and like #ohhhh there is some cringe there except cringe is dead i killed it #yes terribly plotted dumb ya book is there bc it UNDERSTOOD MY EMOTIONAL ANGUISH AGED 18 #and made me want to live #so there ya go #i am inventing all new emotions everyday babeyyyy

[ruckystarnes]

Here are a few fics that I have loved this month. Ratings are just a small glimpse; please always heed warnings and tags by individual authors

🔞 = mature 💋 = smut 🌑 = dark themes 🍭 = fluff

Bucky Barnes

Ambrosial by @goodgirlofglory 🔞 💋

Beating a Bullet by @rookthorne 🔞 🌑

Brotherhood & Bullets by @rookthorne (heed individual warnings)

Fear of Falling by @onceuponastory 🌑

Heart of Glass by @buckybabesonly 🌑 🍭

Hello Neighbor by @sunshine-on-my-mind 🍭

Hush by @last-herondale 🍭

I Hate You by @miserable-sarah 🔞 💋

A Little Touch of Heaven by @couragemydearheart 🍭

Love Like a Bruise by @targaryenvampireslayer 🔞 💋 🌑

Not a Fan by @buckyalpine 🍭

Loki

Burning Words by @lokiprompts 🍭

Dance with the Devil by @lunarbuck 🔞 💋 🌑

The God of Vengeance by @unlucky-number-13 🔞 🌑

In Another Life by @psychospore 🔞 🌑

Midnight Craving by @muddyorbsblr 🔞 💋

Naked is Better by @twhxhck 🔞 💋

Ruby Eyes and Hands of Ice by @springdandelixn 🔞 💋 🌑 🍭

Sinful Desires by @michelleleewise 🔞 💋

Sam Wilson

Naughty List by @lunarbuck 🔞 💋 🍭

Wanda Maximoff

Breaking Point by @wandaspetal 🌑

Sitcom Marathon by @auraticere 🍭

Wrapped by @notbornbutforged 🍭

Steve Rogers

Detention by @aalyssah 🔞 💋

If You're too Shy (Let Me Know) by @lanadelreyscokewhor3 🔞 💋

It's Always the Quiet Ones by @bonky-n-steeb 🔞 💋

Suburban Pleasure by @kinanabinks 🔞 💋 🌑 🍭

Teasing and Hate by @cassieb1617 🔞 💋

Your Heart a Pancake by @witchywithwhiskey 🍭

Stucky

Breakfast in Bed by @usetheeauthor 🍭

Don't Touch Her by @romanestuffsposts 🔞 💋

Roommates by @bubblessunshinehoney 🔞 💋 🍭

A Sweet Treat by @lanadelreyscokewhor3 🔞 💋

Three's Company by @sunshinebuckybarnes 🔞 💋 🍭

#rae's recs #bucky barnes #loki #stucky #steve rogers #sam wilson #wanda maximoff

[illyrianbitch]

do you have any new azriel or acotar fic recs?

idk how new you're looking for bc i still have sooo much reading to catch up on but just in general!!

as always any new series by my sweetie cutiepie lovers forever @itsswritten @writingcroissant @daycourtofficial

also @utterlyazriel and their mulan inspired az fic!!

and my lovely @milswrites and her the trials of aphrodite series!!

if anyone else has any recommendations for anon (and for me) send them over babies!!! <3

#asks #fic finder #azriel #rae’s recs

[we-survive-endlessly]

Had my mouth open in absolute shock/awe for the last 45 seconds of this song oh my GOD

#The guitar 😭💚 #onewe #shoot it out #Rae’s recs #Spotify

[chadsuke]

Books Read in 2023:

Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 3 by Ryoko Kui (2016)

Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 4 by Ryoko Kui (2017)

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat Vol. 2 by Sakaomi Yuzaki (2021)

Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk Vol. 3 by Toru (2023)

I'm in Love with the Villainess Vol. 1 by Aonoshimo, Inori, & Hanagata (2020)

I'm in Love with the Villainess Vol. 2 by Aonoshimo, Inori, & Hanagata (2021)

I'm in Love with the Villainess Vol. 3 by Aonoshimo, Inori, & Hanagata (2021)

I'm in Love with the Villainess Vol. 4 by Aonoshimo, Inori, & Hanagata (2022)

Midnight Radio by Iolanda Zanfardino (2019)

[ID: Covers of aforementioned books. End ID.]

#2023media #gigi.txt #dungeon meshi always killing it. having a great time #the tonal shift when they pull out her SKULL is so. #its good. its v good. #she loves 2 cook is literally best yuri manga of all time no crit allowed it makes me so HAPPY #i drop everything to read new volumes on my manga site #crossplay love is a silly delight i always enjoy that manga #i do highly rec it. its yaoi and yuri all at once and shenanigans #i'm in love with the villainess was... fine? #i honestly expected to be more enthralled esp bc i love isekai but i really wasn't #i don't really like the mc rae that much and i don't get why she likes her LI claire! i don't! #not that i see why she would hate her but i just. truly don't get what is going on in their heads much of the time #and i don't like the act rae puts on At All like they discuss it in text but i Don't Like It #idk. i've subbed to it on my manga site but i didn't find it gripping? #i'm hoping the light novel will grip me more. #also the fucking inc*st plot came out of NOWHERE that was awful i hope those characters never come back #anyway midnight radio was really good and made me cry #four semi-intertwined stories in a fantastic chromatic way

[rmd-writes]

happy RWRB movie day, friends!

It’s entirely possible that I’m just under-caffeinated, but I’m very emotional over the way this movie has triggered the collision of my fandoms - from seeing familiar names pop up in my ao3 kudos emails or in comments on my RWRB fics as they discover a new fandom to finding gifsets from some of my favourite gif creators now making RWRB gifs to getting to recommend fics to friends and watching people fall in love with a book and characters I’ve loved for a long time. Something about it all feels really special and it’s such a lovely reminder of the best parts of fandom 💖

You know when you dip your toes into a new fandom and you find an author you know from another fandom, how there’s that feeling of relief and joy from the familiarity and ease of knowing I love this person’s writing, so I know I’ll love this? Well, I’ve discovered something even better - writers I love from one fandom falling into a fandom I’m already in!! It feels like a personal gift to me every time it happens 🥰

So, a little shout out to @kiwiana-writes @stereopticons @blackandwhiteandrose (fics here, here and here on ao3, respectively) who've recently started posting RWRB fic and whose writing I've loved for a long time. Welcome to the fandom, friends, I hope you like it here, I hope you stay 💖

PS. I know there is more goodness to come from other writers and my excitement for it knows no bounds 👀👀

#rae gets sappy #i cried on the bus about this this morning #i'm drinking my required second coffee for the day now so maybe i'll be less emotional #fandom things #rwrb #red white & royal blue #rwrb fic rec

[raepritewrites]

Hey KH fam, why can I not find hardly any hurt/comfort or whump Sora fics? I keep digging through ao3 tags and I'm not finding hardly anything, you guys can't seriously expect me to believe that's a rare tag

#shut up rae #kingdomhearts #kh sora #if youve got any fic recs ill take them #is it bc he gets so beat up in canon no one feels the need to make fics on it? #cause thats fair