The Darkest Hours by Storygirlooo - An AU in which the Villain Kids are corrupted by the talismans. Evil has reigned over Auradon for years now. There's a heap of VK-turn-evil fics, but this is definitively my favourite. It's told by an anonymous character that veers between snarky and maudlin, so 'unreliable narrator' is very much in play. Its ( Read more... )

Oh boy do I love Star Wars and time travel.

Of Queen, Knights and Padawans by chancecraz - General Organa goes to sleep at the end of the Force Awakens and wakes up at the begginning of A New Hope, walking into an interrogation with Vader. She must survive with nothing but her smarts, the Force and thirty-plus years of experience. I love this ( Read more... )

The Dead It Carries by vegarin - Frank Castle figures out that it's not Matt Murdoch playing the Devil of Hell's Kitchen anymore and confronts the imposter. Poignant with great character voices.
One shot, complete.

Counsel by major_general - A surprisingly plausible crossover. Of course Aunt May would feel unhappy/powerless with a billionaire ( Read more... )

I really enjoy fics that deal with a later Doctor (eg, Eleven or Twelve) meeting Rose and his clone again. Specifically with him relating to the clone in a meaningful way, recalling that - much like Jenny - he's as close to family as he has left.

Mending Fences by LN29 - With the return of Gallifray, the way between dimensions opens again and the ( Read more... )

A rose by any other name would still bear thorns - Jay's mother is the Enchantress who once cursed the Beast. She didn't take her imprisonment on the Island lying down.
Could be considered an AU or a hint at a very dark future. Also posits a very intriguing theory about the roles of Mal, Carlos, Evie and Jay in Auradon's destiny.
(One-shot,

Storms and Sunrises by hoosierbitch - May and Phil Coulson's friendship through life to death, and what came after.
Sweet, platonic, and encapsulates everything I love about these two characters' connection.

Morphine by book_freak - Skye reveals a few things to May while on morphine. Absolutely hilarious and heartwarming. Builds on a dynamic that ( Read more... )

Follow me to get lost by jdphoenix - Coulson and May jump through a time hole and end up twenty six years in the past. The only logical thing to do is raise Skye themselves. Funny, sweet and heartwarming. Shows how Coulson, May and Skye's lives go so, so much better - but also the possibilities they lose this time round and the weight of the ( Read more... )

Season Four of AOS is amazing. I don't really have any other words for it. Usually the first part of the season crawls a little before picking up steam, but this season the writers seem to have hit their stride, going from strength to strength.

Appropriately, this is also when all the really good fic started coming out of the woodwork.

better ( Read more... )

I understand why Disney had to get rid of the old Expanded Universe, I do. It was swimming with complicated backstories and trying to keep it all straight would have been too much of a headache. Starting off afresh lets them cherry-pick the best aspects and ditch the rest.

That said, I loved the old EU. It was a fixture of my childhood and it was  ( Read more... )

There are some pretty interesting ideas about Rey's origins out there. I initially leaned toward Skywalker, now I'm thinking that's just to pull the rug out from under us. For the moment though, anything goes.

Rey Skywalker:

found families by Flora_Obsidian - Rey was raised by her dead grandparents on Jakku. Seven part series that goes a little ( Read more... )