The Great Grand Library's 2023 Record
I decided to look back upon all the fics I read in 2023 and compiled them into a list.
Format: Score/10: Title [Author] [Fandom] [Misc].
The scores are a snappy enumeration of my personal rating system. 2/10 means I read for some amount before putting it on hold and theoretically might someday give it another shot but eh, 4/10 means I'm much more likely to give it another shot, 6/10 means I read through all the chapters that was there at the time and enjoyed my time aplenty, 8/10 means I enjoyed it even more, and 10/10 means I enjoyed it so much they're a contender for being among my favorite fics of all time.
Only a small percentage of what are 2/10 are included in this list, so this list isn't bloated by fics that my feelings about are mostly summarised as "eh". Consider them a honorable mentions.
If it's not a fanfic but instead an original work, it will use [Original].
Misc tags: [SI] Self-Insert, [Multi-SI] Multiple Self-Inserts, [FI] Friend-Insert, [OC] Original Character, [Crossover] Crossover which expands as the work goes on, [NSFW] Probably something I got from QuestionableQuesting, [<100k] Less than 100k words long.
If you find anything wrong with the list, like wrong links or a typo somewhere, feel free to let me know.
January
(n/a)
February
6/10: A PMC for you and me [Spent Casings] [RWBY] [SI]
6/10: A shot in the dark [SthUnlim] [Yugioh GX] [SI] [<100k]
6/10: To Answer [Luckychaos] [FFXIV] [FI]
6/10: Voyance [lpofdestiny] [Miraculous Ladybug] [OC]
6/10: The Dungeon Without a System [StrangerDanger51] [Original]
4/10: A Champion in Earth Bet [sun tzu] [Worm] [OC]
March
10/10: Goblin Cave [xaphiriron] [Original]
10/10: Idiosyncrasy [OCfan11] [FE3H] [OC]
10/10: The Most Evil Trainer [Wisetypewriter] [Pokemon] [SI]
8/10: Acting as the love advisor to the big damn (simp) hero [Naqu2o] [Original]
6/10: Self-Replicating Drone Armada, Used [SparraNova] [Starsector] [SI] [Crossover]
6/10: The Divine Hunter [隐约点] [Witcher 3] [SI]
4/10: Tainted Steel [The Distorted Shadow] [FSN] [Tsukihime]
4/10: Terrible, Yes, but Great [Procrastination] [FSN] [Tsukihime] [NSFW]
4/10: Hyperdungeon Neptunia: Mines of Nepvelder [Sedori] [Hyperdimension Neptunia] [D&D]
4/10: cyanide narwhal [TrashcanWithSprinkles] [Genshin Impact]
April
10/10: Fivefold Integration [Kyreneryk] [Worm] [Stormlight Archive] [Steven Universe] [Mother of Learning] [Mistborn]
8/10: A Frog Out Of Water [leaves] [Yugioh GX] [SI]
6/10: H U N G E R [Angel of Shadows] [Kancolle] [SI]
4/10: Violent Solutions [Sabaoth] [Original]
4/10: POISON [BrunofanofK] [Naruto] [SI]
4/10: Cat of the Fellowship [Mimi_Lind] [LotR] [SI]
4/10: Warrior of the Void [Hastar] [FFXIV] [SI]
May
8/10: Back and Forth [TryingItOut] [Worm]
8/10: Apocalypse Reborn [Sage_Of_Eyes] [Original]
6/10: Eternal Shrine Maiden [BeiYang] [Touhou] [MCU]
4/10: Godclads [OstensibleMammal] [Original]
4/10: In Nuclear Fire [Poliamida] [Worm] [SI]
June
10/10: Gacha God [Ideas-Guy] [MCU] [OC]
10/10: Leaf [Slavok] [Worm] [Stormlight Archive]
8/10: A Dead World [Laluzi] [Prototype] [Fallout]
6/10: I have a Plan [DiSCOBOT] [Worm] [SI]
6/10: A Hard Knock Life [Ideas-Guy] [Worm] [Cyberpunk 2077]
2/10: Worm Quest [BreezyWheeze] [Worm]
July
6/10: Shogunai - An Ignoramus SI in Naruto [industrious] [Naruto] [SI]
6/10: The Young Lady is a Reborn Assassin [DWS] [Original]
6/10: Big Brain in the Dungeon [KinKrow] [Danmachi] [SI] [NSFW]
6/10: It Started With a Nightmare [Pro-man] [Gundam UC] [SI]
4/10: I Reap Souls In My Spare Time [Saintbarbido] [DC] [Bleach] [OC]
4/10: Jackal Among Snakes [Nemorosus] [Original]
August
6/10: Metal Marine [Pentel123] [One Piece] [SI]
6/10: Forever is a long time coming [La Pucelle Altre] [Transformers] [MCU] [SI] [<100k]
4/10: Yugioh: New Duelists X [DSComeback] [Yugioh GX] [OC]
September
8/10: Exalted in Passing [luckychaos] [FGO] [FE: Awakening] [Multi-SI]
6/10: A Young Girl's Game of Thrones [Failninja] [Youjo Senki] [GoT]
6/10: A Gamer In South Blue [LordVishnu] [One Piece] [SI]
2/10: Four Heroes Walk into an Adventure [QuartzScale] [FSN] [FGO] [Danmachi]
October
8/10: Legends Never Die [Ideas-Guy] [Crusader Kings III]
6/10: Sublight Drive [miraage1] [Star Wars] [SI]
6/10: A Young Woman's Alchemy [CheshireTwilight] [Youjo Senki] [FMA]
6/10: Serial Meddling [eredinremendis] [RWBY] [AdventureQuest Worlds]
6/10: The Hound of Central Academy [Zap C. Cannon] [Yugioh GX] [SI]
4/10: A Young Reaper's Aferlife [L4 of the WEST] [Youjo Senki] [Bleach]
4/10: Far From Home [Erithemaeus] [Honkai: Star Rail] [FI]
2/10: Voyages of the Wild Sea Horse [VoidWanderer] [Ranma] [One Piece]
November
6/10: Count of Serenno [Y1ofthePlebs] [Youjo Senki] [Star Wars]
6/10: From Shadows [A Numerical List of Candy] [Naruto] [SI]
4/10: Gone Native: Earth Saga [Ideas-Guy] [DBZ] [DC] [OC]
4/10: Unfortunately, I'm not a Hero [Sage_Of_Eyes] [Oregairu] [MGE]
4/10: It's An Abyss, not bottomless [DisgruntledJaeger] [Kancolle] [SI]
2/10: My Trans-Dimensional, Overpowered Protagonist, Harem Comedy is Wrong, as Expected. [Sage_Of_Eyes] [Oregairu] [Danmachi]
December
8/10: A Young Woman's Political Record [jacobk] [Youjo Senki]
6/10: The Pixie of the Hidden Leaf [Dakion] [Youjo Senki] [Naruto]
6/10: Path of the Immeasurable Swarm [derivativeoflife] [Worm] [Cradle]
6/10: To Kill a Bull [Discoabc] [Naruto] [SI]
4/10: Radiant Rebirth [Naron] [Hollow Knight] [RWBY]
4/10: Would that I were born no Princess [Watchinkid] [Youjo Senki] [FFT:WoTL]
2/10: Detachment [Ghep] [FE: Awakening] [SI]
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Actually, now that I'm thinking about st(w)ormlight again... I never spilled the beans on the Heartbroken, did I? I was waiting to make art for it, but might as well do it in text first.
In this AU Ashertmarn, Heart of the Revel, can bond(?) with a human. The human's concepts of indulgence influence how Ashertmarn manifests, and they can manipulate his powers to some extent. Cue Nikos Vasil. Heartbreaker's influence turns Ashertmarn's focus to lust rather than gluttony, and the Heartbroken grow up blasted with Unmade influence rather than mind-magic.
Alec becomes a Lightweaver after running away, and eventually joins up with Aisha and Brian. Many of the other Heartbroken and "Heartbreaker's girls" seek power where they can, and end up tangling with other Unmade. Cherie bonds Yelig-Nar/Blightwind (the Unmade that whatshername, Aesudan, bonds in canon) and gets a bunch'a creepy crystal growths and all ten Surges. She might run off to join Odium afterwards, if he gives her the "give me your pain" pitch - at which point she becomes even more supernaturally emotionless than Alec. I like the idea of one of the "girls" making a Nightwatcher deal (with consequences), but I doubt they'd get the opportunity. Roman is obviously in tune with the Thrill, and... yeah, I haven't assigned other Unmade connections, but that's the general direction.
If Alec dies as per canon, Aisha rehabilitates and bonds his spren (apparently possible, though most spren don't like it), becoming both an Edgedancer and a Lightweaver. At this point she can replicate all her canon ninja skills. She kills Heartbreaker and traps (or kills? Can you kill an Unmade?) Ashertmarn - one of my favourite moments in this AU. Aisha never wants another child to be traumatised because of addiction, and she defeats the incarnation of addiction itself.
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Undersiders' Radiant Orders (minimal-spoiler version)
I was gonna draw something for this, but Shardplate Is Hard, so without ado: my thoughts on the Undersiders as Knights Radiant!
Taylor: Stoneward - see this post.
Aisha: Edgedancer. "I will remember...". She IS one; all she needs is a spren.
Brian: I think it would be funny to make him a Skybreaker squire, then roleswap him and Aisha into Edgedancer (the novella). "My mentor/father figure/cult leader told me to hunt you and all Radiants down to prevent the Real Actual Apocalypse from Hell, and - you're being protected?? By another Radiant?? By MY SISTER???" is an unparalleled Situation. His stern + cautious demeanour fits the Skybreakers, and Nale potentially parallels both his dad and Coil. That said, I'm not sold on him becoming a full Skybreaker - open for discussion on alternative Orders.
You know who is 100% a Skybreaker, though? Victoria 'Cop' Dallon.
(Also open for discussion on the implications of Victoria and Brian as coworkers.)
Alec: Lightweaver. The boy lies to himself! And to everyone else (powers, past, heck - even his name). He's also artistically inclined (see: that one analysis post about him painting the Undersiders' symbols in their lair, which I, fool newbie that I was, did not save). I have a Plan for the Heartbroken + Imp, which I'll discuss in another post, but that's the order.
Rachel: Honestly? I could see her as a Windrunner, initially focused on protecting her dogs. Points:
“The order believes in structures of command, team dynamics, and the importance of a strong squad.”
“They tend to attract those who seek to protect the defenseless, but also enjoy action and fighting for what they believe in.”
And Lisa: I am so, so stuck here. Windrunner (protecting Taylor)? Truthwatcher (uncovering truth and knowledge)? Elsecaller (tactics and logistics)? Would she even be a Radiant?
Please drop your own opinions on Lisa (and Brian's) orders! And feel free to discuss my other ideas, that's what the post is for :)
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