ext_272787 ([identity profile] dooms-day.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] hetalia2012-07-30 12:19 am
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Fic recs recommendations

So I'm looking for fics recs, not as much for a specific pairing but for fics that are really good, epic, well written, with super good character development, etc.

I don't really mind the pairing (yaoi, yuri, het is fine) so I'm open to any pairing including crack pairings or strange pairings.

The only think I would like to avoid is genderbent fics where only one of the characters is genderbent.

So, any recommendations?

Thanks!
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[personal profile] pennilee 2012-07-29 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
There are so, so much I can tell you: for example~ (all of these are on FanFiction.net)

We'll Meet Again by George deValier (and all of his other fics are amazing) [USUK]
You and I Will Fall in Love by Shatterdoll [RusAme]
A Castle of Silence and Bones by dreams of destiny [JapChu]
Masquerade by colossally abundant numbers [... no pairing as of yet]
The Box by Klei [technically no pairings involved] (oneshot)
Spades by simply trop [USUK]
You Can't Take the Sky Away from Me by EverythingIsMagic [USUK]
Educating America by Coffee Colored Fate [USRomano]
Oblivious by Locked Up [RusAme]
Seduction: The English Way by Equif [USUK]

erm, can't think right now... //shot

[identity profile] piasharn.livejournal.com 2012-07-29 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you looked through the recs at TV Tropes (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanficRecs/AxisPowersHetalia)? That's always the first place I go to when I'm looking for fics. The pimp page (http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/15220.html) on the Kink Meme also has some good stuff.
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[personal profile] yuuago 2012-07-29 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just going to rec some things from my bookmarks. It sounds like you're looking for long stories, so I'll only link long ones... but if you look through my bookmarks, there's a ton of short things there that might interest you, too.

Gutters by [livejournal.com profile] glassamilk. Post-apocalypse fic featuring Sealand and Denmark (there are pairings in there, Denmark/Norway and Sweden/Finland mainly, but the story is more about family themes). The link is to the author's tag for this fic - you'll have to go back a page and scroll to get to the beginning. Their other stories are good too (they write a lot of Denmark/Norway.)

Rags to Dance In. Pairing is Netherlands/Denmark. "In which blood is thicker than water, but even that might not be enough, and Netherlands is a (mostly) neutral spectator helping bros with trouble with other bros." - The author's summary.

Love Among The Ruins - England/Belgium over the years with focus on during WWI and WWII.

When The Sixth Day Comes - Sweden/Norway at the beginning of their union in the 1800s. (Also has Denmark/Norway and references to past Sweden/Finland).

[identity profile] verito-s.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I came here to rec Gutters, but since [livejournal.com profile] yuuago recommended it already, I'm going to recommend My Heart, In Segments (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6233345/1/bMy_b_bHeart_b_In_bSegments_b). It's family Sealand+Sweden and then Finland. It's one of my favourites :3

[identity profile] midori-lover.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
reccing everything in my delicious bookmarks (http://www.delicious.com/britbrat_desu/axispowershetalia). Some of them are quite old (around 2009 I think?) so they get forgotten but they're all really good!

[identity profile] vampirenaomi.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
Here are some of my favourites, but these are only a few. This fandom is full of awesome fanfiction.

October Twenty Fourth (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5532690/1/October_Twenty_Fourth) - a human!AU in which Prussia is in the hospital with a terminal illness and Germany visits him every day. This is angsty as hell, so don't read it if you're looking for something happy. Includes some incest.

Out of the Fire, into the Frying Pan (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6995475/1/Out_of_the_Fire_into_the_Frying_Pan) - a human!AU in which Prussia is kidnapped and abused by Russia for eight years before he finally escapes and tries to rebuild his life. I'm not usually a fan of stories like this because abuse is so often handled terribly in fics and I like Russia, but this story is amazing. The way trauma and the struggle to heal and live a normal life are portrayed is fantastic.This will eventually become a polyamorous relationship between Prussia, Austria and Hungary. The story deals heavily with mental, physical and sexual abuse, so it's not very light reading. It's also not finished and hasn't been updated in a while.

The Road Not Taken (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6791743/1/The_Road_Not_Taken) - a human!AU in which America is a fighter pilot in WWII and crashes in Germany, after which he's taken in and looked after by Germany, an SS officer. I avoided this story for a long time because WWII stories are a recipe for disaster in this fandom, so I was very pleasently surprised when I finally gave it a chance. The characters are very real and human, and I love the relationship that America and Germany eventually develop. Not finished yet.

Till Death Do Us Part (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6735486/1/Till_Death_Do_Us_Part) - a human!AU in which France and England are in a relationship, but France dies in a car accident. The powers that be can't decide if he should go to heaven or hell, so they give him the chance to earn his afterlife. He has to return to Earth and prove that his and England's love was real by winning him over again - in the body of America, England's ex. This is a very touching and funny story, and one of my favourite human!AUs in the fandom. Not finished yet.

Wheel of Fortune (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5546752/1/Wheel_of_Fortune) - a human!AU taking place in 18th century Italy and revolving around Romano's struggles to improve his life and come to terms with himself and the people in his life. Features an ensemble cast and apart from some light Spain/Belgium, there hasn't been much romance yet. Not finished yet.

Maybe You're a Sinner (http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/10530.html?thread=18061090#t18061090) - various characters are trying to ignore the atrocities that they've commited in the course of history. The story deals with several real life horrors and war crimes and has descriptions of violence and torture.

Night Like This (http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/17942.html?thread=65217046#t65217046) this a sequel to a short story called Between the Spaces (http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/17942.html?thread=58610454#t58610454) They create an AU with the premise that the nations don't know about each other and are all resigned to a lonely eternity of watching everyone around them grow old and die. Germany and England discover each other by accident around the time of the first World War and decide to go on a quest to find others like them. This is probably my favourite story in the fandom. The development of the friendship and eventual relationship between Germany and England is wonderful, and the historical details and especially the rise of fascism in Europe create an intriguing and heart-breaking premise for the story. Not finished yet.

[identity profile] chelonianmobile.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
Seconding "The Box". I love Rus+Am sorta-reluctant-friendship, and this one made me squee. It has a live-action YouTube skit too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUSK3jX4k1Q
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[personal profile] pennilee 2012-07-30 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It has a skit too!? XDDD That fic must have gotten much more popular when I wondered to other stories :D