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[darlingpoppet]

Fave Fics of 2023!

A list of some of my favorite fics I read in 2023, though note not all of them are from this year. I feel like I didn’t get to do as much reading as I would’ve liked but I guess at least I was still able to put together a decent list! This isn’t a ranking, I listed everything in alphabetical order.

a bit of earth by @elemmacil (patrochilles)

Character study of Hadesgame Achilles & his time in the house of hades, pre-canon. Also, Zagreus takes care of a plant & it’s so wholesome. Lovely, atmospheric, and fueled by vibes, I adore the secret garden inspiration which slots into the hadesgame-verse sooo perfectly. This is great for the sad girlies like me who recently re-watched the movie from the 90s and thought “what if the whole movie was just us watching lord craven being a sad, pining dilf the whole time?” *clicks tongue* noice.

A Reasonable Explanation by stygius (pza)

I already read On The Ropes by red_smear last year so it doesn’t get to be on this list but I did go into 2023 continuing to seek out some of the “old classics” for this ship (yanno how reading fics that were published before joining the fandom sometimes feels like consuming media that existed before you were born? lol) this one is fun for the subversion on the “relaying messages” trope and taking god worshipping to literal (sexyy) extremes… I think if you wanted a good pza introductory fic this would be a good place to start!

Debased by youcouldbeagod (patrochilles)

Found this on a whim one day while clicking through the tags, as it is pretty much the only dedicated Troilus & Cressida Patrochilles fic on AO3 and it is ＢＲＩＬＬＩＡＮＴ！ The story is simply that Thersites stumbles upon Achilles & Patroclus having sex in their tent and he provides his usual witty and scathing commentary throughout. It truly reads like Shakespeare in prose form, I could easily imagine it being staged, it’s like a deleted scene from the play! The ending is also pitch perfect and still lives in my head rent-free. If you’re familiar with Shakespeare’s version of the characters definitely give it a read.

isn’t it romantic by infinitesle (dillydallybutterfly) (pza)

I was going to recommend a patrochilles fic by infinitesle that I love which is you are the currents that are pulling me onward but I’m pretty sure I read it in 2022 so it doesn’t count, sadge. So instead I’ll recommend another lovely morsel, a pza fic set in the jazz age au that a bunch of us in the pza channel of the hades lounge discord collectively came up with. Idk this might be a “you had to be there” kind of story but I think it still paints a pretty picture and if it inspires anyone else to contribute to the AU I wouldn’t complain. I’ll make my own proper contribution eventually, mark my words!

not the desperate type by @baejax-the-great (patrochilles, side hector/patroclus)

Baejax is well-known for their long fics which are all bangers ofc but personally my favorite piece of theirs this year was actually this oneshot in which Patroclus is engaged to Hector and then cheats on him with his ex, Achilles. They get caught in the act and the results are… predictable, lol. I love that it hews close to the tone of the Iliad where it’s no good/bad guys, just flawed humans making flawed choices and the AITA version of this story would totally be given an Everyone Sucks Here verdict, I’m sure. I’m STILL thinking about the ending even months & months later. Oh and of course, the sex is chef’s kiss!

One Night Of Chaos by Luddleston (pza)

This was technically a Dec 2022 read but I’m making an exception for it because I feel like it’s the flavor of pza I had been craving all along when I was reading through some of the older classics for this ship and it was key in helping fuel the inspiration for my own pza fics this year. There’s just something about Zag being invited into Patrochilles’ little world to watch their charming rapport with one another & being disgustingly in love that’s PEAK CONTENT for me and I loved this spin where he gets to meet them while they’re still alive, pre-heartbreak. Basically everything about it is my personal ur-pza text so if you’ve liked any of my own pza I’m sure you would like this one too. The sequel is also fun and was properly a 2023 read for me so I’ll mention it too haha.

Presentation by @sonderlivra (eruri)

Judging by the time stamp of my comment, I started my 2023 off right by reading this fic by one of my all-time favorite eruri authors! This is an omegaverse fic with a twist, it is well-written, hilarious, and had me guessing up until the very end. I would literally recommend anything this author writes (including the asscreed fics she & other beloved friend @zorthania have been writing this year… I don’t go here but these are my blorbo in-laws and I care them uwu)

sacramentum by fresco_k (eruri)

I didn’t take the time to read many other eruri fics this year unfortunately but I did get to beta some fics for this year’s eruri matchmaking event and this was one of them: a gladiator AU set in Ancient Rome and it was so serendipitous that I got to help with something so close to my current hyperfixation! The premise is very intriguing and it’s off to a lovely start… not to mention the author is a sweetie who knows & has a lot of passion for the time period… so check it out!

the slow mending by meikuree (pikuhan)

I finally got to dip my toes into some pikuhan fics this year and luckily my first one was a real banger! This was such a lovely little canon-compliant Hanji character study along with an exploration of their relationship with Pieck representing the two sides coming together and it was so beautifully written. It feels like the perfect introductory fic for the ship just in general because it really highlights everything that’s attractive about it! Love it!

tight fit by naxtique (zagchilles)

naxtique’s fics pretty much all scratch that itch for hadesgame dead dove of the dub/non-con variety, oftentimes laced with angst. Their particular flavor of Zagchilles with slave-to-his-passion, guilt-stricken Achilles is so compelling it always makes me stare at the wall thinking about it. And this is my favorite one, in which Achilles gets sex-pollen’d and ends up in a compromising position with Zagreus. Another one where the ending haunts my dreams (in a good way). Not for everyone obviously but if this sort of thing is up your alley, it’s great.

you’re a walking disaster, and yet— by @johaerys-writes (patrochilles)

Another patrochilles GOAT well-known for their serial longfics, and this year I’ve been enjoying their modern AU Patrochilles where the two of them grow up together in rural Greece. This one has probably my favorite ever synthesis of takes on Achilles’ character I’ve read so far—brilliant, autistic, and gender fluid. It’s definitely an extreme slow burn and gets pretty angsty & messy at times but it’s also devastatingly realistic & relatable and speaks to me a whole lot :> currently ongoing, definitely worth diving into!

#fic recs #patrochilles #pza #eruri #pikuhan #zagchilles #the only thing missing from this list is a dedicated patzag fic #gotta rectify that

[a--ttano]

7:58 am

me: good luck at work today. i love you. achilles: Ah, thank you, beloved. I hope it will go well! ☺️💞

10:18 am

achilles: Pat. achilles: Patroclus. achilles: Patroclus, I cannot begin to put into words the achilles: No, let me begin again. me: what's going on? achilles: It's my new charge, Pat, FUCKING hell me: ? achilles: Can I be fired before I've had my first day? I need to check my contract. Fuck fuck fuck me: achilles. achilles: Do you remember that dear lad we had the other week? From grindr. Zag? me: yes…? me: oh me: oh, no, achilles achilles: ZAG is short for Zagreus and he's my employer's son. me: fuck achilles: Well, nothing for it. Please keep me some kisses for when I come home. me: always.

#ficlet #chatfic #modern au #pza #patroclus hades #achilles hades #wip??? #hades #hades game #hadesgame #patrochilles

[elistarrs]

I know how you guys feel abt my lineart so I’ll give that it’s own special post, but here’s the colored version of my illustration for @luddlestons fic One Night of Chaos! I love all of Luddle’s fics so much, I hope to do this again!

#pza #patzagchilles #patzagachilles #hades game fanart #hades game #zagreus #luddlestons

[atlas-dr0wned]

zagreus tries to make dinner for patroclus and achilles but is stopped when patroclus sees him serving up a whole raw onion

#poor zag he just wants to impress his boyfriends #the fact he canonically eats them like this makes me giggle #but also cry #that sounds awful zag why would you do that #achilles is on the verge of tears at the thought because he just really hates onions #aristos achaion’s one enemy in the afterlife: onions #hades #hades game #hades supergiant #zagreus hades game #patroclus hades #achilles hades game #patzagachilles #pza

[yasnoavtormanya]

My beloved child Tonya (Anton). I love him SO SO SO MUCCCHHH... He works in the squad of an important big shot names Jonas(in fact, he is under his full supervision due to serious health problems). A great sniper. Otherwise, he is a completely useless person with many deviations. Let's assume that he is Jonas's personal puppy. He wasn't thrown out only for a cute face lol just look at him.

The ent of the universe that I have been writing for 2 years without ceasing is too extensive haha, but someday I will get around to making a full-fledged project! Name of the universe is post-zombie-apocalypse (PZA). So I planing to introduce characters and lore under this teg #PZA

#PZA #PZA Tonya #art #artist #oc #original character

[riptxde-art]

not pictured, achilles watching them with DEEP envy

#this was inspired by that one gif of jude law in wilde #hades game #hades fanart #zagreus #zagreus hades #patroclus #patroclus hades #patzag #pza

[deardiantha]

TIME FOR THE COSTARSHIPPING ANCESTORS 💚🤍

#lovers in a past life 🥺 #dni doubles #diantha #costarshipping #champion diantha #nell pokemon #pokemon za #pza #legends zygarde

[dervampireprince]

ASMR | Hades - Achilles x Listener SFW Your Worth [M4M]  [Comfort] [Confession][Romantic]

[M4M/M4NB] [Affirmations] [Achilles x Patroclus x Listener/Zagreus] [You are Zag] [Comfort] [Confession] [Romantic]

Listener is called 'lad' and takes Zagreus' position so you can imagine this is Achilles talking to you who is the prince, or talking to Zagreus, but Zag's name is never used.

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#hades #hades game #hades supergiant #achilles #achilles x patroclus #zagreus x achiles #achilles x reader #patrochilles #achilles x listener #achilles x zagreus #zagpatrocilles #pza #zagchilles #patzagchilles #audio roleplay #the vampire whispers

[ca-dmv-bot]

Customer: MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS PIZZA AND TACOS DMV: TACO Verdict: DENIED

#California license plate with text PZA TACO #bot #ca-dmv-bot #california #dmv #funny #government #lol #public records

[kiiwipops]

a kiss of styx

i can't be the ONLY one who didn't realize the kiss was an actual object. right

#hades game #hades fanart #zagreus hades #patroclus hades #patzag #i really dont have any excuses for this outside of: i think patroclus is really hot and i would do so many more things to him #if the game would just LET ME #pza if you really really really squint #and by that i mean i drew zag with achilles spear but its hidden behind they fucking legs #id post this on twitter if i wasnt terrified of people perceiving me #kiiwi fanart

[darlingpoppet]

Fanfics n shit!

Hey tumblr long time no see. While I continue to reprogram my brain to remember that this is A Site That Exists, I’ll share some of the fics I published in June:

AOT/Shingeki related:

Ameliorator

Eruri - Explicit - 3391 words

Manga Ch 51 (post arm-loss) hurt/comfort story inspired by a Jp ODOW prompt I filled in 2015 that I finally completed and published 8 years later. Featuring shotgunning w/ medical cannabis, bottom Erwin with a stubbly beard, and feels.

Hades Game related:

Closest To My Heart

Patrochilles, Zagchilles, Patzag - Explicit - 14,382 words

A dark sexy reimagining of the Patrochilles quest in Hadesgame if everything was completely fucked up and Zagreus gets caught in the middle of Achilles & Patroclus who are literally(as in Plato’s Symposium literally) soulmates with a whole lot of jealousy, possessiveness, codependency and abandonment issues. This fic is my new pride & joy so if this sounds like your cup of tea I’m beggin you to read it!! /lh

Flourishing Into Greatness

PZA - Explicit - 6,718 words

Almost 7000 words of pure Patroclus worship. Achilles is the best of the Greeks, but to him the best of men is his Patroclus, so Zagreus wants a lesson in the art of love and to get himself lost in the Pat Sauce. Something to read as aftercare if the other fic hurts your feelings :)

As for Where The Dead Forget, it’s still coming!!!!

My Feb/Mar was busy with a bottom erwin doujinshi anthology I participated in (I wrote a hanahaki disease rivaeru fic that also has an English version), then I was writers blocked for most of April, then I completed a 13k rough draft for chapter 4 by the end of May, and then June’s side projects allowed me to get some much needed distance from it. So now it’s actively being edited and should FINALLY be ready to go in the next week or two!! Sorry if I worried anyone by not updating but thanks for your patience <3

#eruri #patrochilles #hades patrochilles #pza #zagchilles #patzag #my fic #hope y’all are having a nice summer so far #istg i’m gonna start posting here more often #i have so many liked posts i wanna reblog so prepare your butts

[a--ttano]

a small selection of achilles/patroclus/zag fics i like

this one goes out to a friend who should definitely read these (this is a small selection and by that i mean non exhaustive. if u, dear reader, enjoy these fics, i recommend checking out the tag or the authors, they're all pretty amazing)

this list is the 10k+ to 5k words fic recs, and someday soon I'll do the 5k - 0 words list!!!

10k+

the chaotic time travel series by luddleston

e, chaos time travels zag to the trojan war one of my all time fav fics. i reread this so often

thin walls by luddleston

e, modern au, they're neighbours rip anyone that isn't zag that has to listen to these two go at it

zagreus, the other messenger god

e, zag relays messages between achilles and patroclus CLASSIC

satiated by viroma

e i LOVE fics where zag gets w achilles and patroclus after managing to reunite them, and this one does it spectacularly well

pages of your thoughts by luddelston

e, aphrodite charms the codex to show zag achilles' thoughts knowing what is going thru achilles' twisty little head is always perfection

mountainside by luddleston

e, au where they trained under chiron together aough we love a good childhood friends to 😳what are we...?

son of troy series by bladespark

e, archive warnings apply, trojan war au where zag was taken as a war prize it's always a treat to see trojan war era patrochilles, and even more of a treat to see trojan war era ZAG

tipping the scales by rises_the_moon

e, nereid achilles is being accidentally courted it's cute and full of feelings.......really love this achilles a LOT

icy rage, fiery need by bladespark

e, heat/rut achilles in heat what more can i say. read it.

I Can Beg or Bow (just give me some direction) by uniqueinalltheworld

e, bdsm and feelings love this patroclus :-) it's also really really fun and good to read their different attitudes towards kink

on the ropes by red_smear

e, bdsm and boxing au i love the boxing bits the best and the asterius and theseus bits always have me rollin around. in general the characters are incredibly good and fun.

spiked collar shenanigans by rises_the_moon

e, that thing where the spiked collar gives a person dog traits :-) :-)))))

a god among men series by bladespark

e, o3 ot3 ot3 this fic scratches so many itches

10k-5k

a myrmidon thanks by shadviio

e, patroclus thinks it would be a good idea to thank zag for reuniting achilles w him in a fun and interesting way absolute gold

were this not a dream by red_smear

e, varatha, the eternal spear, connects the dreams of two of its wielders through time. canon era zag and trojan war era achilles have some uhh interesting dreams another fav!!! on the reread list

look, don't touch by beromei

e, fun times in the elysian fields

the painful way by abbyleaf101

e, MESSAGE DELIVERY!!! it's a kiss

our beloved stranger by luddleston

e, achilles has not been hooking up w zag. patroclus has tho HUGE fan of the different ways a & p responded to their separation, and their different relationships w zag

enjoy

#fic recs #hadesgame #hades game #hades #pza #patroclus/zagreus/achilles #fic rec #achilles hades #patroclus hades #zagreus hades

[elistarrs]

here’s that lineart!

#pza #hades game fanart #lineart #fanart

[cezlock]

boo pokemon jumpscare

also to those who recognize me from my submas days sorry for disappearing off the face of the earth i got super busy and then got really hyperfixated on the soulsborne games

when the new pokemon game drops i'll probably come back (and i might have graduated university by then too yahoo!)

#if emmet shows up in pza i'll go ape mode #i also realized that grimsley sort of has chester's attitude plus a little bit of a moral code #pokemon #pokemon grimsley #grimsley #chimchar #darkrai

[dunderella]

been playing hades!!!!!!!! so here's a i-didnt-look-at-ref zag sketch

#hades game #zagreus #fanart #digital #sketch #idk why but my zagreus looks like a butch lesbian LMAOOO #achilles is actually my favourite character #so u can probably guess that PZA is my fave ship #im in so deep i went and put a hold on the song of achilles at my local library upon talking to achilles about patroclus #i like achilles so much that im intimidated to draw him haha.... #he's too hot.... ouguggughgu

[baejax-the-great]

hiiiiii for the never have i ever: have you written zag with anyone other than than/meg?

Have I ever!! Why did I write this? Who know! But I wrote a fic that is Zagreus x Head Chef

#sometimes you gotta go with the crack ships #and while I've read PZA fics I've never written any