QNNNA's Den of Depravity | Recs > Gen

Pairings: Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku/Other(s)
Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia open_in_new

Summary:

Izuku goes missing in middle school. Four years later, Katsuki finds him.

What's left of him.

Bookmarker's Notes:

A beautifully intense, oddly soothing tearjerker. Amazed and disappointed to find myself reading BNHA in 2024. Such is life.

Words: 27,949   Bookmarked Date: 23 Aug 2024

Pairings: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

dean makes sloppy joes for dinner the night before sam leaves for stanford.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Bare prose rife with pain. Feels like a bruise you can't stop poking at.

Words: 1,067   Bookmarked Date: 07 Jul 2024

Pairings: Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider
Fandom: Homestuck open_in_new

Summary:

“Four Dirks In Search Of an Author”
“The Unbearable Lightness of Being Four Dirks”
“Dirkencrantz And Gildensdirk And Two Other Dirks Are Dead”

Bookmarker's Notes:

I watched the video a few years ago without realizing that it was a written fic too. When I came back to the video, I bookmarked the fic. This is one of those Homestuck essentials.

Words: 3,689   Bookmarked Date: 01 Jul 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Madeline Arslan died in 2025.

And then she woke up in her new life as Murakami Madeline, the only child to a sad, vagrant ninja.

That was unexpected.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Tozette is one of my favorite authors for a reason. I don't want to spoil anything, but this one is a real treat.

Words: 33,259   Bookmarked Date: 6/22/24

Pairings: Asagiri Minori & Mogami Keiji
Fandom: Mob Psycho 100 open_in_new

Summary:

Mogami's palm lands solid against the door beside her head, and she barely stifles a whimper as he leans over her. "I expect you know all about that, Asagiri Minori. Tell me–have you always known that's why you choose to torment others? Or was it just for fun?"

"Please," she stammers.

"Please," he echoes. "You haven't even asked me for anything."

Bookmarker's Notes:

This fic – specifically the final scene – made me cry. Visceral, cathartic fic.

Minori has always been one of my favorite MP100 characters, though the horror of her story remains largely unexplored in canon, which works amazingly in a canon focused on Mob, but I still love her and appreciate getting more pieces of the puzzle that is Asagiri Minori. This fic did her justice in a way I can't fully articulate. Most of the fandom seems to fall into the trap of wanting to choose between letting her be a bully and a sad, manipulated girl, but this fic balanced those parts of her brilliantly and with a great deal of respect. Minori wasn't entirely helpless in this fic, but she's also not in control, and she doesn't know how to come to terms with it. A flawless read that will have a place in my heart forever.

Words: 10,961   Bookmarked Date: 4/8/24

Pairings: None
Fandom: Death Note open_in_new

Bookmarker's Notes:

This one is on Livejournal.

Words: 1,806   Bookmarked Date: 3/25/24

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Mikoto & Uchiha Sasuke
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

His mother grows lotuses in the pond. His father is a shadow that only appears at the dinner table. In the middle of the night, the sounds downstairs wake him up but it’s safe, it’s all right. It only comes from his brother who cannot sleep.

The house is dark, they are haunted, and this is home.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Mikoto's conflict and the space that Fugaku doesn't occupy will haunt me forever methinks. The imagery here has me by the throat, I love the build and the decay.

Words: 10,438   Bookmarked Date: 19 Dec 2023

Pairings: Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

“So this morning,” Dean ventures as they blast down the highway in pitch black night toward a probable werewolf case.

Sam looks over at him, thin eyebrows raised, eyes clear and calm. He’s not even difficult about it, doesn’t ask what Dean is after, doesn’t deny what had happened. Instead he says, very simply, “I just figure, why lie?”

Alright then.

Bookmarker's Notes:

The CODEPENDENCY. Weirdcest at its finest. Please give this a read if you love blurring of boundaries in any context.

Words: 5,994   Bookmarked Date: 23 Oct 2023

Pairings: Original Character & Kakuzu, Original Character & Hidan, Background Hidan/Kakuzu
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

In which Atsuko breaks up with her boyfriend, moves in with a weird new ninja housemate, and avoids her problems for, like, months.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Tozette's talent is for shoving normal people into the chaos of the Akatsuki and making it work. The plot is cute and satisfying, the OC is lovely, and Kakuzu and Hidan are a joy per usual. Siccing them upon shitty ex-boyfriends everywhere.

Words: 9,807   Bookmarked Date: 17 Oct 2023

Pairings: Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Fandom: Supernatural open_in_new

Summary:

How do you escape the person who's supposed to be keeping you safe?

 

You wear anxiety like an old hat. But this is a home, not a graveyard. This is a friend. (This is a friend.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

The Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy of my dreams. I treasure my beloved whump fix. I've reread this fic dozens of times, it's so cozy and horrible and wonderful. It's insanely well written and it helps that it triggers my specific synapses. A must-read, give this fic some love.

Words: 4,058   Bookmarked Date: 05 Oct 2023

Pairings: None
Fandom: Homestuck open_in_new

Summary:

"And then there's a customized copy of PONY PALS, a gift to you on your 14th birthday from the slippery Mr. Strider. Each page contains lovingly hand-written commentary on the deeds of this intrepid young horse. Later, about halfway through the book, rather than see the gag through to the bitter end, Strider began pasting over entire pages of original text with his own completely rewritten version of the story, while keeping all the chapter titles. His revision is a tough, emotionally draining read. But it's cathartic, in all the worst ways possible.
He tends to get carried away with his projects."

Note: this work is an altered book, and it plays on the physical relationship between the original pages and the edited text. As such, it's presented as a series of images. Reading the images is the only way to get the full experience, but I'm aware that some people can't/don't want to read it that way. So if that's the case, you can skip to chapter 13, which is a text-only version of the story, including rough descriptions of the most important illustrations.
Originally posted on detective-pony.tumblr.com

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is an actual literary masterpiece that captured Dirk's voice perfectly; truly goes to show that some things are classics for a reason. I read this straight through in September 2023 and then spent most of July 2024 listening to this marvelous Detective Pony audiobook to fall asleep. Highly recommend. Your dreams will be insane.

Words: 40,809   Bookmarked Date: 28 Sep 2023