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Damnation
by koyote (17 parts + epilogue) @ Tresses:
The 6x2ML Archives
You know what I love about fanfiction? *dacia covers her ears, trying
to drown out the groans from her loyal followers* What??? ^_~ What I love
about fanfiction is its ability to make me see things that I had taken
for granted, or indeed not taken at all, in an entirely different light.
How many times have my horizons been broadened since I've been in the
fandom? Do you realize that there once was a time I couldn't see Duo with
anyone but Heero? Or that in the beginning my soft spot for Relena was
really more of a... hard spot? And yet here I sit, happily, and quite
graphically, imagining Duo with any cute gw male and thinking that Relena
was really rather ok, despite all the pink and, yes, that 'kill me, Heero'
thing. There's one bridge, however, that I have never been able to cross,
which is why I have to begin by admitting that when the Reverand rec-ed
this fic to me, I all but literally shuddered. After all, if there's one
thing that my horizons haven't been broadened to (and never will
be -- this is the exception that proves the rule), it's being able
to imagine Duo with... *shudder* a female. *gack* I simply refuse
to go there. So when I say this fic is realistic and moving and suspenseful...
and 6+2+D, you'll hopefully comprehend the rather glaring fact
that this makes this fic, not to mention this author, very special indeed.
As much as I love him, in fact probably because I love him so well,
I firmly believe that Duo Maxwell has some... problems. Most of us would
also most likely agree that Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecraft has himself
a few problems, as well. *snort* And Dorothy Catalonia? Anyone who
doesn't think that this chickie has problems has got ... well, some
problems. ^_~ It will not surprise you, then, that in Damnation, they
do indeed have some problems, but it might very well surprise you to find
they are entirely different from, or at least only in addition to, the
ones you might suspect. It is these very same difficulties, which set
them so apart from others, that bring them together, despite the odds,
and allow them to create their own new beginnings...
warnings: growing 6+2+D; background
4x5 & 1x3; ref. to past 13x6x13 ~ AU-ness (mostly in the canon timeline,
but the war lasted 2 years and there was no EW) ~ angst ~ action ~ preventer-ness
~ violence ~ death (though not of a main character) ~ supernatural things
~ not-alone-anymore-ness ~ Treize- & Solo-ness, with a bit of Helen-ness
throw in for good measure ^_^
[ note: if the thought of Duo not being particularly close to,
or appreciated by, the other pilots upsets you, you might want to prepare
yourself. it's nothing brutal, but it is there... ]
[ added 09 jun 03 ]
The
Dancing Lemon by Koyasu no Miko @ Got
Fics?
It's a known fact that I'm pretty quiet on the ml's. *ahem* Unless I have
an announcement to make, I do all of my replying off-list, so I won't
look like such an idiot when I stumble through what can only very loosely
be termed as 'feedback'. (heh...) Fic searches, though, are a horse of
an entirely different colour. If I know where a fic is, as I so often
do cuz I'm so damned good ^_~, I never hesitate to share the wealth.
And every now and then, I do a search myself. This, as you might have
guessed, hasn't happened often. If I like a fic that well I make a point
of remembering where to find it again, so it's safe to say that I've asked
about the whereabouts of a fic maybe 3 or 4 times in +/- 2 years. One
of the reasons I've been so slow on rec-ing fics, lately, is that I tend
to only rec fics that are new to me. *snort* Needless to say, there aren't
exactly very many of those left. No stone in the stone-field of gw-dom
has been left unturned. *laugh* It wasn't until this exact moment that
I realized that rec-ing fics I'd read before wouldn't be such a
bad idea. And rec-ing fics I had actually bugged people about and gone
out of my way to find was an even... less bad one. Heh... And so
to begin -- the very first fic I was desperate to re-find. It's
captivating and mesmerizing, in a way that only a dancing fic could be.
Duo is so scintillating that you can literally feel the heat rising in
waves off the monitor and, heck, you know for a fact that I'd jump Heero
just as quickly, myself. Only in the fanfic world can two virtual strangers
having sex in a public place come off as so unbearably romantic...
warnings: 2x1 ~ yaoi ~ lemon (as
if the title hadn't given it away ^_~) ~ AU ~ PWP-ness
[ added 06 jan 03 ]
Dangerous Liaisons
(15 parts) and its sequel, More Dangerous Liaisons (ongoing), by Christine
@ GWA
I guess I'm just in the mood to cry my eyes out. Funny, that. *watery
grin* I know there are some of you out there who know about the 13x2 incident
-- that fic without labels that I started reading not knowing how
hellish it was going to turn out? I first read it on Yaoi no Hentais.
As we all know, that is not the best organized site ^_^, so I figured
I'd never stumble across it again since I couldn't remember the title.
But, miracle of miracles, I found it again today (14 Nov 01). *sigh* And
it all came flooding back, even though the labels on this site are damned
shitty. Turns out there's a sequel where, and I quote, Duo begins to heal.
*sob* This fic really did make me cry. I'm serious here. Tears falling
from my eyes. Damn it all to hell. The main story is about Duo's relationship
with Treize, whom he was forced to seduce by the scientists who are complete
and total bastards (and don't even get me started on Howard...).
Duo's the odd one out here -- Heero and Wufei are together as well
as Quatre and Trowa, and to save them from all the hellish things the
scientists wanted any one of them to do, he did it all. *sobs again* Then
he falls in love with Treize and the feeling is mutual but Treize dies
(there's more to it than that, but I won't give it away ^_~) and it's
just so sad that I can't believe I'm still f*cking reading this
(which explains all the cursing -- I don't swear in real life --
gomen nasai). So I'm recommending this because it's literally good enough
to make me cry. *sniffle* God damned angst... *water-ier grin*
warnings: yaoi ~ 13x2, 1x5, 3x4
~ lemon ~ AU-ish -->
post war and into EW... kinda... ~ OOC ~ NCS
~ so much Duo überangst, you want to die ~ evil Zechs &
Howard ~ everybody has had a hideous life and is fucked all to
hell *yet another watery grin* --
and don't you go thinking I'm kidding about this. This is not a
fic for the faint of heart. Which I am. So why the f*ck am I reading it?
Sha... I am a mystery, sometimes... ^_^
[ added 14 nov 01 ]
The Devil Made Me Do It by Isabella Kraft (4 parts)
@ ... here ^_^
You know a fic is good if it's a 3x4 and I like it. A lot.
I'm still amazed, myself. ^_~ This fic makes me laugh, it's so good. Trowa
as a monk, Quatre as... the devil? I'm hooked... *wipes tears of laughter
from her deep brown eyes* We all know this is a happy ending, right? I
mean, this is me we're talking about. So I won't feel bad about
including this quote... "And so the devil and the monk went into
business together selling pretty flowers to people in a completely secular
way. And they lived happily ever after. The moral of the story is obviously....
Crime doesn't pay, flowers are pretty." Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!! Trust me
-- 'tis very funny. ^_~
warnings: yaoi
~ 3x4 ~ lemon ~ AU ~ Quatre is so OOC that it's priceless ~ wonderfully
well-written humour
Dragons of the East, Tigers of the West by Kedriaa
(33 parts) @ SweetlySour.net
I love Chang Wufei. *sigh* He's my favourite gw character, after Duo.
Especially when he's with Duo. *nudge nudge, wink wink* The reason
that this is a noteworthy pronouncement is that, just from watching the
series, I couldn't stand Wufei. He bugged the hell out of
me. He was always alone, and if he wasn't ranting about 'justice', he
was spouting off about 'weakness'. I mean, let's face it, all those stereotypes
I complain about? When it comes to Wufei, they're all true. *laugh*
I didn't fall for 'Fei 'til I read Nazarri Blue's 'Love's
Winter Lights' where, for the first time, I was able to see him as
a human being and not a rather boring, 'fast forward through my speeches
if you know what's good for you' automaton. And not only did I fall for
Wufei, but I fell hard. So it should come as no surprise that I've
fallen for this fic, as well. ^_~ This story is, after all, a glorification
of Chang Wufei in all his beauty, intelligence and, at times twisted,
sense of justice. Set in a time when the duties of family are placed above
personal desires, 'Fei is faced not only with the encroachment of the
Western world into his Eastern ideals, but his own reticent rebellion
against all that he has ever known. In a world at war when even friendship
is not trusted, where do you turn when it all falls apart?
warnings: 5xMx5, 2+5; eventual
6x9x6, 13+5, 3+4+3, S+5 & 1+R+1; ref. to past 2x3x2 ~ het, shounen
ai ~ AU --> "the
era of China's last Imperial Dynasty" ~ angst ~ war ~ death (have
you ever known Meiran to live?) ~ sap ~ history
[ note: I actually found this fic best through part 14. after that...
*shrug* but it's well worth it, whatever the case, and my reaction to
the latter parts of this fic might have something to do with its
blatant veering off into domesticity, cuteness, and het-ville. *shudder*
]
[ added 25 may 02 ]
Drinking Games
by Zania, the Lemon Princess
(4 parts) @ SweetlySour.net
I know this isn't exactly a new fic, but... DAMN! This chickie
puts the 'need' in 'we don't need no stinkin' plot'. *growl* Got a favourite
pairing? In one form or another, it's in here. This is, after all, the
quintessential free-for-all fic... ^_~
warnings: 2x4, 2x4x5, 2x3x4x5,
*ahem* 1x2x3x4x5 ~ yaoi (duh...) ~ lime / lemon (double duh *feral grin*)
~ WDNNSP, with a vengeance ~ drinking games (natch)
[ added 27 jan 03 ]
Duo's
Friendship Arc by Dyna Dee @ Death
and the Dragon
I've said it before, but I can't help but say it again if only for the
simple reason that I am continually astounded at how wrong I can be at
guessing even my own likes and dislikes. Heck, almost every other rec
in my list has me mentioning somewhere or other that I'm amazed that I
liked the fic... It's really kind of funny. Or, if you know me, I suppose
you could just say that it's kind of 'Dacia'. Heh... So here I am, once
again being eye-openingly impressed by another set of fics with absolutely
no shounen ai or yaoi content. But what does it matter, after all? [ I
can't believe I just said that.... *laugh* ] Here we have 5 gundam
pilots -- each one so different from the other that in any other
circumstance they might never have found each other, let alone gotten
along. In any view of how the pilots finally open up to one another, Duo
is the catalyst. He's the joker, the one who smiles, the one who's 'alive'
even though he, at times more than anyone else, is in so much pain. And
that's the premise behind this arc. Duo's attempts to befriend the other
pilots, boys who in some cases have never known friendship and, in others,
have never seen the need for it, are both endearing and heart breaking,
as are the reactions he receives to his endeavors. In a war that seems
to never end, it can be all too easy to forget that you're only a 15 year
old boy. Duo has been through hell often enough that he feels, at times,
infinitely ancient, but it is his gift and strength to be able to recall
that bit of himself that is still little more than a child. However, teaching
the others to do the same brings with it a whole set of pitfalls which,
although they often appear devastatingly insurmountable, lead to an openness
and a hope that just might help them all recover, and hold onto, their
own humanity... Damn, but I'm good at this. *victory sign*
warnings: no pairings, although
there is a lot of closeness (awwww!) ~ 'getting to know you even
with that stick up your butt'-ness ~ Quatre sweetness and light-ness ~
angst ~ lots and lots and lots of wonderful, aggravating, charming,
lovable Duo-ness ~ you're gonna fall in love with the pilots all over
again... trust me... *smile*
[ note: I like to think of this arc ending after 'Educating
Quatre'. it gets to the point where my yaoi side takes over and friendship
is just not enough anymore. heh... ]
[ added
08 jul 02 ]
The
Education of Heero Yuy by Vermilion Flame (8 parts + epilogue)
@ the 1x2 ml archive
Did you know that until now (Mar '02), I'd never seen the first 13 episodes
of gw? *laugh* You probably didn't have a clue. It's not exactly common
knowledge. It's really kind of embarrassing. But this situation has given
me the opportunity to not only see gw in its entirety for the first time,
but to see it through a yaoi fan's eyes and, let me tell you, it's really,
really fun. One of the things that struck me most when I began
anew my gw odyssey was that I'd never realized how much Heero Yuy talks.
He's a regular chatterbox. No, not to others, and certainly not to Duo
( ^_~ ), but to himself. And what did this make me think of, little hentai
that I am? Why it made me think of Vermilion Flame. How could it not?
'The Education of Heero Yuy' is written in Heero POV and he yammers away
like there's no tomorrow. And now that I'm in such a canon-y mood, I can
just see it, cuz he really does go on, now doesn't he. Throw in
a little 'frenzied activity' *ahem* and a sexy Duo and you've got me loving
gw even more the second time around than I did the first, not to mention
giving my profound thanks to high heaven that VF wrote this fic in the
first place. Yessirree -- life... is good. ^_^
warnings:
yaoi ~ 1x2/2x1 ~ lime / lemon ~ deliciously canon ~ Heero's POV is absolute
perfection...
[ added 11 mar 02 ]
Endless Summer
by CleverYoungThief
(16 parts + epilogue) @ GWA
[ note: winner of best 1x2 in oishii*
2004 ]
I don't know what it is. Maybe it's that elusive (in Seattle, anyways...
>_<) summer sun. Maybe it's that warm and fuzzy brain-deadness-that
comes from lazing about in the aforementioned elusive summer sun ^_~.
Or just maybe it's the fact that I've enjoyed every fic this author has
wrote to date and that this is no exception. This one, however, is the
one to catch my little rec-ing eye. This fic represents a rather small
genre. How many gw surf fics are out there, anyways? Whenever I think
of it, though, it's not simply as a good fic, but as the best surf fic
I've ever read. And I have this strange feeling that even if the lists
were abounding with ripping AU gw boys, this would still be the
best. So dig your little tootsies into the sand, sit back, and enjoy.
warnings: 1x2, 3x4, 5+R ~ yaoi
~ lemon ~ AU --> surfer fic ~ angst ~ death (not of major characters)
~ surfer-ness (check the lingo...) ~ competition
[ added 06 aug 03 ]
Eternal One
Night Stand by Tayles
@ Shinigami & Wing
And the road goes ever, ever on, ne? Let's face it -- angst and
gw go together like hand and glove. It really is unavoidable. As much
as I love sap, and as much as gw romance can turn me into a happy, hentai
puddle of goo, angst is really where it's at and where it has ever right
to be. War is, after all, really rather icky (irreverent understatement
intended ^_~ ). In order to be able to kill, a man may lose sight of what
it is to be human and, in the process, hurt those around him who might
still have a tenuous grasp on their own souls. Yet beyond the indifference
and the seeming lack of feeling, a human heart still lies beating and,
in the darkest night, it just might be that it's not so far out of reach,
after all...
warnings: 1x2 ~ lemon-ness ~ NCS-ness
~ Duo POV ~ angst (duh...) ~ and, as always, hope *smile*
[ added 15 oct 03 ]
Everything
Beautiful by Sparcck
@ GWA
To me, for better or worse, the gw world filters down to the five (six,
on a good day, seven if you're lucky *grin* ) pilots. Sure, there are
other characters, but what are they but little sparks off in the corner
of your eye that barely register? Hilde... the Manguanacs... Relena...
Catherine -- names we all recognize but, (and I'm only speaking
for myself, here) what are they, really, but tiers on a layer cake
supporting my beloved bishounen? If Catherine were to fall off the face
of the Earth, would I really care? The sad fact of the matter is
-- probably not. As much as I enjoy her as a character, she has
never captured even a fraction of a heart reserved solely for my gundam
guys. How could she? How could any of them? At least, that's what I thought.
Who knew gw would so severely stretch my capacity for changing my views?
The only periphery character whom I had ever felt anything for is Meiran.
And what is it that distinguishes her from any of the others? There is
no denying that there are personality differences, at times quite major
ones, between her and her fellow supporting characters, but what it really
comes down to is focus. Meiran is, after all, a special case. She is singled
out and dwelled upon and expanded until she is every bit as 'real' as
her husband. So it's not the characters themselves, but the way they are
written that really makes the difference. GW lesson #32, learned at the
hands of the splendiferous Sparcck, who has taken a character who I literally
had never given a second's thought to (gw tunnel vision, don't you know)
and transformed him into one I could not only sincerely care about, but
who is now in my mind a feature in his own right instead of merely adding
to the background. For all that Howard was a major part of the series,
he seemed almost merely a convenient tool, at hand when needed . Now...
Now he's a man with feelings and motivations and, most importantly, a
past which both inhibits and nurtures his ability to love the future.
(I can't believe I wrote that. I get waaaaay too carried away, here. You
have my permission to chortle uproariously at my melodramaticism... )
warnings: no pairings ~ Howard
and Duo ~ canon
[ added 01 jul 02 ]
The Evolution Arc by Ashkara (under 'series fics'
-- ongoing) @ Ashkara's
Fanfiction Vault
It's strange. On the one hand, I'm a total 1x2 fanatic. You might have
noticed this (although I'm still pondering the person who e-mailed me
asking why my site didn't have a 1x2x1 page *snort* *twice*) It's the
pairing that got me into yaoi and, even more than that, it's my firm belief
(read: my subjective opinion) that they're the consummate pairing
in all of yaoi-dom (pun intended *growl*). They really are perfect for
each other. And yet... I don't particularly like Heero. Of all
the pilots, he's my least favourite. Why? That, my fine friend, is a very
good question and one that, oddly enough, I don't have an answer to. Then
there's that sneaky other hand, the hand in which we find a little Duo
rapturously in love with none other than a little Wufei. We're all aware
that I'm a Duo addict (*victory sign*). It's also rather obvious, to those
who know me well, at least, that I'm more than a bit drawn to Wufei. While
I may love Heero when Duo does, Wufei I love for himself no matter who
he's with. This does not mean that I'll merrily fall head over heels any
time any one any where decides to put his name in print. As all the g-boys,
Wu is as complex as they come and I only love him, or Duo for that matter,
when he is portrayed as such. Which brings us (at long last, eh? *sheepish
grin*) to Ashkara, whom we all know and love. I've been struggling with
writing this rec literally for months. I couldn't seem to find the proper
words. Even now I'm floundering. *smile* But what it comes down to is
that fact that this fic epitomizes what I love about 2x5x2. It's a study
of Duo Maxwell -- a boy who is so much more that what he appears
to be, who has suffered so much pain and misery, and perseveres regardless
-- and a glimpse into Chang Wufei -- the proud warrior who
only slowly comes to realize that pilot he has so long degraded might
very well be the most indomitable of them all. In setting aside their
preconceptions, Wufei and Duo begin to understand and, inevitably, gravitate
towards one another even in the midsts of an unlooked for homecoming and
a return to a lurid past which could never truly be left behind...
warnings: 5+/x2 ~ eventual yaoi
~ eventual lime / lemon ( ^_~ ) ~ angst ~ L2-ness ~ TWT ~ revenge ~ violence
~ ref.s to prostitution ~ hope
[ added 11 nov 02 ]
Friends
and Lovers and its sequel, Living
in Sin, by Shoori (these are archived here, now)
I'm getting into 3x2. I never really thought it would happen. True --
there is the fact that I can see Duo with just about any cute gw
guy you could shake a stick at, but Trowa would probably have been at
the bottom of that list. Hell, he was at the bottom of it until
lately. Flamika san is the
one who opened me up to this pairing with her 'Screams
From the Peanut Butter Jar', and then Anria
San practically blew me away with her POV duet, so I suppose these two
fics are really just the icing on what is turning out to be a much more
appetizing cake than I ever would have imagined. Like Anria
san's fics, one of these is Duo POV and the other is from Trowa's perspective,
but the similarities pretty much end there. There are fics that make me
laugh. There are fics that make me smile. There are fics that make me
cry and gnash my teeth or start to swoon and thrum as if my life depended
on it. ^_~ These fics? These fics makes me sit back, take a sip of my
Empress Afternoon Blend tea, and say 'Yeah. That's it. That's good. That's
the way it should be'. The reason I can't usually stomach the 3x2 phenomena
is that the majority of authors never really say why they're together
when it is, after all, so very unlikely. There's a point in the second
of these two fics when Trowa is trying to explain to Wufei why he's with
Duo, and eventually just says that he loves him. By that time, I really
don't need any more of an explanation than that. Cuz, and here's the cool
thing, I believe him.
warnings: yaoi ~ 3x2, ref. to past
3x4 ~ lemon ~ homophobic, nasty Relena ~ unsupportive Quatre ~ sap without
being at all sappy ~ light angst
[ added 07 jan 02 ]
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