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inkvoices ([personal profile] inkvoices) wrote in [community profile] be_compromised2018-05-04 10:33 pm

ANNIBIRTHDAY REC-A-THON

This weekend is our community’s annibirthday (6 years since we started out on LJ) and it’s the tenth birthday of the MCU (Iron Man was released in May 2008)! To celebrate we’re having a good old fashioned nostalgic REC-A-THON.

How It Works: You can pick and choose from the handy meme format below, or use all of it, or just get commenting with recs of ALL THINGS MARVEL. Rec your favourite Clint/Natasha and Clint & Natasha works, branch out and rec things that focus on other characters, pairings, and teams in the MCU, or go really wild and even rec things from the comics. It's party time and everyone's invited!

This is a spoiler free zone so NO INFINITY WAR recs, mentions, or anything. We are here for the last ten years of Marvel and a mountain of nostalgia :)

Copy and paste for suggestions on getting started:





Things to remember:
1) Nothing Infinity War. At all.
2) Always label NSFW (Not Safe For Work) stuff in the title and post under a cut.
3) Fic and artwork needs to have a rating and warnings (or you can say that you’ve chosen not to use warnings).
4) For people with annoying internet connections, say in the title if a comment is graphic/images/gif-heavy and post picspams under a cut.
5) Have a damn good time! (Because if that’s not happening then this post has clearly failed.)

(Anonymous) 2018-05-06 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
(All of these are from ffnet.)

Gateway Drug - rec one of the first Marvel fanfics you can remember reading:

His Dream Girl by Luvya2103. Not the first one I read but the first one I LOVED. Basically when Clint is assigned to kill Black Widow, he recognizes her as someone he's met before. It's really cute and kinda fairytale-ish.

Golden Oldie - rec something from phase one/two/three:

Far, by weepingangelofnewnewyork. You can find it in her oneshot collection, Of Arrows And Arachnids. It takes place during Thor and Iron Man 2 (Clint in New Mexico, Nat in Malibu) and consists of voicemail messages they leave each other. It's kind of adorable.

Master Assassins - go on, rec some Clint/Nat or Clint & Nat:

Yikes, okay... I'll go with The Demon Who Joined Them for Dinner, by TortiQuercu. That's one I just keep on going back to. Clint is supposed to be Nat's extraction, but things don't go exactly as planned.

Marvel Rec - branch out and rec from any Marvel film, tv show, comic, crossover… any characters or pairing:

Huntingbird, A History by Sanctuaria. A really good fic that develops Bobbi Morse and Lance Hunter's relationship from the time they first meet to when they see each other again in Season 2. I'm in the middle of re-reading it right now, it's a classic.

Recs for your favourite tropes/tags - team family, road trip, fake married, first times... :

I'm big on whump, so I'll recommend Riot by Strawberrywaltz. Clint is poisoned and has some pretty horrific symptoms. Very well done.

AU Rec - rec something alternate:

Hawk & Arrow by agentsofpuppies!! Tattoo parlor au, highly recommend.

Rec something that ISN'T fic - art, fanvid, playlist, graphic, collage, cosplay, knitting pattern… :

Go watch Cantrous's fanvideos!! They're all awesome, but especially check out Confident and Worth It. Just masterful.

Self-rec - something that you’ve written/created:

Aaah okay, my self-esteem is too low to rec one of my own fics, so I'll rec the fanvid I made this year which I'm kind of proud of. I guess it's more Rennerson than Clintasha, but w/e. Enjoy: Fetish by Ed Edits

Rec search - describe a fic that you can't quite remember or something that you’d really like to read and someone else can comment with recs for you!

There was a really good highschool AU I read once on ffnet. I think it got deleted because I can't find it, but maybe it exists on another platform? I think it was called Framed, basically Loki frames the Avengers for some vandalism at school and they all have to do detention together. Nat's a foreign exchange student and very closed off, and through the course of the story, she begins to slowly open up to Clint. Anyone happen to know if it's on ao3 or something?

Happy reading!

(Anonymous) 2018-05-06 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
A bit upset that none of my links worked. I hope you guys are able to find these okay & I'm sorry about the extra work of doing so!
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[personal profile] franztastisch 2018-05-06 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You recced ffn fic!! I never read much on there so this is ALL NEW TO ME. Wheeeeeeee! THANK YOU.

(Anonymous) 2018-05-07 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Oohh, that's awesome!! Yeah I don't have ao3 (yet) so I read stuff from ffn pretty much exclusively. I hope you find something here you like!
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[personal profile] franztastisch 2018-05-09 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh! That leaves SO MUCH FIC to explore on AO3!! Highly recommend - though you don't need to have an AO3 to read on AO3, jsyk. <3

(Anonymous) 2018-05-10 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'm sure there's a world of fic out there that I haven't read, which is kind of a nice feeling. :D Not having an account, I guess I'm just less likely to go there looking for it since I don't really know who all the good ao3 authors are. So I've REALLY been enjoying all the recs yall are posting, I've read some awesome ones!
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[personal profile] franztastisch 2018-05-10 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
The good thing about AO3 is that it;s really easy to search, so you don't necessarily need to know good authors before going in. The OTHER good thing about AO3 is how connected it is, so you can take one of the stories you read here and liked, and go through that authors other works and their bookmarks and find a whole world of fic that way. :)

(Anonymous) 2018-05-11 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh okay, that's good to know. Thanks so much for the tips; I might have to head over there a little more often then!
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[personal profile] bettybackintheday 2018-05-06 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
The Demon series from TortiQuercu is my all time favorite collection of Clint/Nat stories. I absolutely love everything about those stories. Thanks for adding that one. And now I officially don’t have anything to add to this post - all my possible suggestions have been mentioned. :) [edit: I guess I do have something to add: The Demon They Threw to the Wolves is my absolute fav, so wanted to give it a shout-out, too. ]
Edited 2018-05-06 19:18 (UTC)

(Anonymous) 2018-05-07 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
It seems we have similar tastes. :) Yes, the demon series is awesome is it not? And The Demon They Threw to the Wolves is a great addition! (Big fan here by the way, hello! :)
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[personal profile] bettybackintheday 2018-05-07 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, thank you. And yes to what Alpha said - please join the Comm. I come and go as RL permits and find this group of folks a great support system (whether they realize it or not ;) ).
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[personal profile] alphaflyer 2018-05-06 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello Anon! Come join the Comm!! Someone with this many recs of things I haven't read is already a friend!! :)

(Anonymous) 2018-05-07 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
That's very sweet, thank you! Maybe I will? I'm terrible at committing to things. I hope you enjoy the fics!