#fsbc library

[oh-i-swear-writes]

Fic Read Log April 2022

Hi!  So I remembered how to read this month apparently and actually hit up some fics.  Big thanks to the @fsbc-librarian​ for the library - made finding what I was in the mood for VERY easy... and I might have a load more tabs open and waiting 😂 Anyway...

The Way to Protect a Man’s Heart by @hanitrash​

~12k, Shrinkyclinks, Part of a series, TikTok Steve, WS Bucky

So… a bit of a cheat because I actually read this in March, but as it was the only thing I read in March it seemed a bit silly to do a Fic Read Log - and yet, I absolutely adore this, I adore this series and I adore this Steve who definitely has some B Dylan Hollis vibes and owns it.  Even better, I might have heard on the grape vine that @kocuria​ has been bullying (affectionate) Hani again, so there might be more!  Guys, this is a hard rec - treat yourselves ;)

Something So Precious by steveandbucky

~80k, Kidfic, no powers AU, Single Dad Steve Rogers

This was absolutely lovely, completely fluffy and exactly what I needed to read.  I’m surprised, given it ticks a bunch of my boxes that I haven’t read it before, but it was brought to my attention by the lovely FSBC and I’m glad this grave error has now been rectified!  Basically, Bucky is a professional writer with no time for a life of his own, and Steve is a single Dad to his little girl and therefore also doesn’t have time… but their attraction and chemistry is undeniable ;)

Hooked on a Filling by WeirdV

~12k, Shrunkyclunks, Meet Cute (or Meet Ugly), Tiktokker Bucky Barnes, kid fic, single Dad Bucky

So apparently I like fics with one or both of the boys having social media accounts.  Sue me.  Anyway, this is absolutely adorable - and I loved the way that Steve and Bucky’s relationship after a meet cute/possible meet ugly situation feels like it progresses so naturally.  Binged it all in an afternoon <3

Fake it til you Make it by 74Days

~7k, No powers AU, Fake Dating, Meet Cute, Fluffy AF, Shrinkyclinks

Bucky and Steve work in the same mall, with Steve in an outdoor gear store and Bucky working at the hilariously named Wiener Soldier on the food court.  When Steve’s boss Thor sets him up on ANOTHER blind date, Steve sort of hates it - especially when Bucky arrives and they immediately realise it’s a bust… or is it?  Either way, fake dating ensues, and the ending is so adorably fluffy and sweet

#fic read log #fic rec #stucky fic recs #shrinkyclinks #shrunkyclunks #kid fic #meet cute #hanitrash #steveandbucky #weirdv #74days #no powers au #Steve rogers #Bucky barnes #fanfiction

[booksandabeer]

Hi! I've come to associate your blog with "The Fic Rec Blog" every time you come up on my dash.

I'm aware you recommend fics instead of finding them, but I've combed through my bookmarks and ao3 history for this specific fic and it's all but disappeared!

It's a fic where Steve is ex-military who works as a bodyguard for hire, and Alexander Pierce, who is using his charity as a cover for his illegal operations, hires him because someone has tried to kill him. Bucky is an assassin trained by the Red Room (it's more of a illegal company for people who want to hire hitmen, Natasha is his handler) and he tries to kill Pierce by putting a bomb in his car. Bucky tries to kill Steve to remove Steve from the equation, but as per fic style, they just fall in love.

I'm wondering if maybe you've read it before and you might help me find it? Of course, you're aren't obligated to help but it will be much appreciated by a stucky fanatic who is hoping beyond hope that the fic hadn't been deleted!

Hello Stranger!

Thanks for your message and your sweet words. I wouldn't presume to call my blog a rec blog because I don't think I post recs often and consistently enough (I wish I had the time; I have so many ideas for rec lists!), but it's nice to hear anyway. 💗

Now to your request—I am so sorry, but I have no idea what this fic could be. I searched and filtered my little heart out on AO3 just now and I looked through @fsbc-librarian and the library, as well as the bodyguard tags at the @stuckylibrary and @stucky-ficrecs and I couldn't find anything. I'm so sorry. :(

Does anybody know which fic this might be and can help anon out?

#stucky #fic search

[thedamageofherdays]

to bring some positivity to your blog: what are the things you love about the stucky fandom? ❤️

Thank you for asking this <3

I love all the talented artists. They all have their unique styles and that is so cool to witness!

I love all the talented writers. There is such a variety of authors too and it brings me joy to see all the different fics they create. There are fics out there for every person, no matter their taste. So cool! And I love that they have created so many versions of these boys.

I also love the people who make fandom fun in other ways like people who leave nice comments, people who send sweet asks, people who have cool tags, the gif makers, things like the FSBC podcast and their library (seriously @fsbc-librarian, @manicobsessedfangirl & everyone else involved, yall are amazing)

I also love the spaces created to make this fandom a good and safe place. In particular I wanna mention @hellyeahbottombucky for providing resources and fun and safety for queer fans.

And I love that no matter where we come from in the world and no matter our stories, we all ended up falling in love with Stucky and we are sharing that love every day.

I also love this fandom for unlocking my creativity, especially when it was almost completely gone before joining this fandom.

I love every single good person who makes this fandom a better place.

#asks

[adreamwithin]

Big shout out to @into-a-ship-or-2 for suggesting that we at the FSBC create a ko-fi account. ♥️

You Aussies are something special. 🇦🇺

So here's the link👇 if y'all wanna toss a few coins our way to offset our operating costs.

#fsbc #fsbc library #stucky #fic recs #buy us a ko-fi

[musette22]

Friends!! There’s a new Stucky Book Club/Library/Website in town and it is fabulous 💖

The FSBC is run by some amazingly lovely and talented people (including the very wonderful @manicobsessedfangirl) and I can’t wait to hear more from them in the future. Some exciting things coming up, I hear... 😌 So keep an eye out for that!

Please do yourselves a favour and go check out the Filthy Stucky Book Club Libary’s shiny new website!! 🥰💫 👇🏻

#signal boosts would be much appreciated! #stucky #stevebucky #fanfiction #fic recs

[fsbc-librarian]

LIBRARY UPDATE

24 Nov 2023

The following categories have been updated!

Coffee Shop

Cowboy

Dark

Highly Recommended

Medical

Mpreg

Restaurant/Bar

Royalty

Shrinkyclinks

Shrunkyclunks

Soulmate

Vampire/Werewolf

Veteran

All of The Library categories are available here:

#FSBC #FSBC library #fic recs #category updates #stucky #steve rogers #bucky barnes #fanfiction #fanfic #stevebucky #fic rec #update

[fsbc-librarian]

Category Update!

New fics added!

Actor

Alpha Bucky

Alpha Steve

Arranged Marriage

Artist

💜💜💜💜💜

All categories have been updated with new fics

#stucky #fsbc #bucky barnes #steve rogers #fsbc library #fanfiction #fanfic #stevebucky #fic rec #library #category updates #actor #alpha Bucky #alpha steve #arranged marriage #artist

[fsbc-librarian]

Stolen from a friend.. but this should be a Stucky Fic 👌

#stucky #fsbc #fsbc library #bucky barnes #steve rogers #fanfiction #stevebucky #fanfic #fic req #someone please write this

[fsbc-librarian]

Steve Rogers was having a good, normal day. He was celebrating a friend’s wedding, being his usual polite self… until he unintentionally got himself betrothed! That was when the whole thing got a bit… out there. But he wouldn’t change a thing.

Read it here!

#stucky #fsbc #fsbc library #bucky barnes #steve rogers #fanfiction #stevebucky #fanfic #fic rec #library #selkie #supernatural elements #arranged marriage if you squint

[fsbc-librarian]

Ok, I’ve got another one for you @stucky-fic-idea-bank

But, imagine, Bucky and Steve in these roles, and Steve is a total himbo, who’s been madly in love with the grumpy goth ever since he moved in, and every time someone comes looking for the witch in the woods, he’s really glad they go to Bucky’s door first, because more often than not, Bucky walks the person over to Steve personally so they don’t get lost (steve may have put a confusion spell on his gate for this very reason)..

Tell me it’s not a good idea 😊

#stucky #fsbc #fsbc library #bucky barnes #steve rogers #fanfiction #stevebucky #fanfic #fic req #witch and goth #human and witch #himbo!steve #grumpy!bucky #someone please please write this for me 🥹

[fsbc-librarian]

As far as i’m concerned, fanfiction authors saved the entire MCU - y’all kept me around long enough for them to make the multiverse canon, which therefore canonises *every* fanfiction every made 🤷‍♀️

#stucky #bucky barnes #steve rogers #fsbc #fsbc library #library #stevebucky #fanfiction #fanfic #fanfiction authors are real authors #sebastian stan #met gala

[fsbc-librarian]

I have a 14 hour flight coming up soon, and i’m going to be downloading some fics to keep me occupied.

So far I have the following for long reads:

Infinite Coffee by owlet (on ao3)

Hands of Clay by @mhalachai

Lullaby for Futures Lost by @oh-i-swear-writes

And Crash & Burn by @hanitrash

Comfort fics 💜 feel free to add your own comfort fics to the list

#stucky #fsbc #fsbc library #bucky barnes #steve rogers #fanfiction #stevebucky #fanfic #library #fic rec #fsbc recommended #fic recs #comfort fics #download for long travel

[fsbc-librarian]

Guess who just updated the Legendary Category?! New fics!!

Legendary is located here!

I’ve simplified how I list the fics (older fics have not been changed) so it will be quicker and easier to add to each category moving forwards.

I’ve also changed the Legendary criteria a touch (if only so Infinite Coffee actually qualified because it was heartbreaking that it did not).

#stucky #fsbc #bucky barnes #steve rogers #fsbc library #library categories #the librarian is back #the librarian never actually went anywhere but they certainly got lazy #curating the things we love #fic rec #fanfiction #fanfic #stevebucky #fsbc recommended

[fsbc-librarian]

Hello Dear,

I was wondering if you knew the name of this Stucky fic I read a long time ago it has a modern day Bucky I think it starts when Steve is in the ice it’s a Soulmate fic. When Bucky is little and he keeps getting hypothermia every in the Summer and no one can figure it out at first then they realize that his Soulmate must live somewhere very cold.

If you can help I’d truly appreciate it 🥰

Thank you so much

Ooh yes, I know this one!

the cold never bothered me anyway by icoulddothisallday

It’s also in the Soulmate category in The Library

#bucky barnes #steve rogers #stucky #fsbc #fsbc library #fic rec #fic #fanfiction #fanfic #fic req

[fsbc-librarian]

- Bucky time travel anon here Lol

Oh dear what have I done? I really dragged you down the stucky rabbit hole

I’ve been looking and looking and I can’t find anything that matches what you described 😓 here is some other time travel ones that certainly live up to their hype though for the meantime, but I promise I will keep looking

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to memory now I can't recall

Etharei

While on a mission storming a HYDRA facility, James Buchanan Barnes touches one of the many strange alien devices collected by the Red Skull. He does this, in fact, twice— in the past, and in the future.

Next thing he knows, Bucky Barnes is opening his eyes in the 21st century, which is full of great gadgets and coffee, and at least includes his old pal Steve. (And, inexplicably, a different Stark.) Meanwhile, the Winter Soldier finds himself in the middle of World War Two, helping Captain America hunt down HYDRA (which is at least familiar), pretending to be Bucky Barnes (which is not), and figuring out the very noisy group of soldiers who call themselves the Howling Commandos.

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Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square

Speranza

Natasha wanted to tell him the whole story of wartime London and the pub and seeing who Steve Rogers was before he lost everything, and meeting The Winter Soldier only to find out that he was just a young charmer named Bucky Barnes.

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To Live It Again Is Past All Endeavor

trinityofone

Time travel bodyswap! Present-day Steve and Bucky wake up back in their old bodies in 1938, while past Steve and Bucky wake in a future where they're both built like comic book heroes and Bucky's got what he thinks is a swell future robot arm. Adventures are had, and the ethics of time travel are debated. Also, everyone trash talks Willem de Kooning.

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I can’t remember how this started (but I can tell you exactly how it ends)

gwyneth rhys (gwyneth)

“And this is the thing, Steve. I would rather relive this day for eternity than watch them win and you die, or see you be enslaved to them the way I was.” (Groundhog Day)

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four dreams in a row where you were burned

voxofthevoid

“Who the fuck are you?”

“Steve Rogers.” Steve straightens, looks Bucky in the eye. Remembers all the times he’s said this, in a future that this world will never see. “I’m your friend.”

“Steve Rogers,” Bucky repeats, mouth twisting bitterly. “Captain America. The same Captain America who’s buried in ice, who fucking sacrificed his fool ass to stop the Red Skull, who crashed a motherfucking plane into goddamn ice nine days ago.”

“Twelve,” Steve corrects a little numbly, because that’s the easiest part he can address. “I went down on February 2nd. It took them a while to determine whether or not to let the public know. To weigh the demoralization my death will cause against the vengeful heroics my sacrifice will inspire. Clearly, they decided on the latter eventually, but I’ve been told it was pretty close.”

_

When Steve uses the last of his Pym Particles to travel to 1944 and save his best friend, he doesn’t have a plan beyond leaving behind the battlefield and living his life alongside the people he loves.

But time has a will of its own.

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Cross The Same River Twice

littlerhymes

In the fall of 1940, a stranger with Bucky's face saves Steve and Bucky's lives. The stranger claims he's from the future and that his only mission is to protect Steve Rogers.

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#stucky #fsbc #bucky barnes #fsbc library #steve rogers #fanfiction #fanfic #stevebucky #fic rec #library #time travel #the librarian failed her mission

[fsbc-librarian]

So guys, I’m sorry, but HUGE rant incoming here - turn away now if you don’t want to hear it!

I am the biggest pusher for leaving comments on AO3. Hell, I can even break down 4 different comment types that are all perfectly acceptable for anyone feeling shy or not knowing where to start 🤷‍♀️ but authors, please remember:

YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO COMMENTS.

As an author, I know comments are amazing! They give you a kick, they give you fuel, they make you feel wonderful, someone has read your work and loved it!

And I love the authors: you’re giving me stories for FREE and if all it takes to to pay for this is to comment, then HELL YES! I will comment!

But you’re not entitled to my comments. You’re not entitled to anything from anyone. Respect goes both ways.

🔆

For those curious and wondering where to start, these are the four comment types I personally recommend and know that I - and my author friends - love:

Type 1: Hieroglyphics

Where the reader leaves no words, only emojis. Minimum of one (1), up to 1000.

Type 2: Basic

Short and succinct, to the point. Usually lovely, may or may not include emojis . “I loved this!”, “Wow! 🔥”, “Thank you for writing this!”

Type 3: Textbook

Where the reader leaves a three part comment that is literally perfect - compliment for the fic overall, highlight a specific bit, let the author know that you’d love to see more. “This fic is so good! I loved the bit where X fell off the couch! I haven’t stopped laughing 😂 I’d love to see more if you ever decide to revisit this ‘verse!”

Type 4: Derangement

No holds barred. Can be a wall of emojis, a step by step commentary, unintelligible flailing, overuse of the word “wow”, left in a positive manner, and quite possibly involves the theoretical throwing of Australian marsupials. It may or may not involve personal stories, tangents, shopping lists, or reminders for things that are only very distantly related to fanfiction at all.

(It should also be noted that type 4 is the type I use when my friends post work, so the ‘derangement’ descriptor is my own, and is said in good fun.)

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The other side of the commenting coin is for how authors choose to respond to these comments. SO THIS IS FOR THE AUTHORS!

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REPLY TO COMMENTS!

For those who do want to respond - but maybe you’re a bit lost about what to say - keep reading!

Type one is the easiest to respond to, if you choose to respond. Leave a single emoji in reply, a 💜 or a 🌸. Get fancy with it, and leave 1 emoji for every emoji they’ve left you. Or keep it simple and just say “thanks”.

Type two is also easy to respond to. “Thanks!” or “Thanks for reading!” Chuck out an emoji if you’re feeling fancy!

Type three can be difficult. You can still easily just say “thanks”, or you can stretch it out. “Thanks for reading! I got a laugh out of writing that bit, I'm glad you enjoyed it too! Keep an eye out, I might be tempted to come back!”

Type four is usually fun, because you usually know the person who commented, so you can respond in a manner equally deranged, or you can just send them a heart or other emoji(s) of your choosing 💜.

🔆

However.. maybe there’s something else going on, or this is an old fic, or you’re taking a break from writing and you just don’t feel like commenting.

If that’s the case that’s perfectly fine - you can leave it be. Remember, you don’t have to reply. But if you choose to? Be kind. It costs nothing to be kind, and it keeps newer people in the fandom. Maybe this commenter has just found your 6-year old fic, and didn’t realise how long ago it was written.

If you do want to reply, you can say “thanks for reading! I’m actually taking a break from writing right now, and this fic is so old I'm not likely to write any more for it, but i’m glad you liked it” or “Thanks for reading!”. Hell, you can even leave a heart 💜 or a 🌸 or the old classic 😊.

Don’t forget: commenters and authors alike, we don’t know what anyone else is going through, and most people don’t have multiple platforms, so maybe the person who commented on your work doesn’t know anything about anything you haven’t posted on ao3 in author notes.

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All this to say, kindness goes both ways, let’s all just have a little respect for one another and remember there are people behind the avatars who are, entirely possibly, just trying to be nice and supportive which is exactly what we want our fandom to be.

#ao3 #commenting etiquette #it goes both ways #not everyone is out to get you #not everyone knows what’s going on in your life #fsbc #fsbc library #The Librarian is just trying to help #I’ve seen a heap of snarky comment replies lately and it breaks my heart that these people probably won’t comment again #comment comment comment #please always comment #please be kind about it #everyone deserves kindness