Favorite Stories of 2024

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The Untamed

Title/Author: KizuKatana - Building it back, stone by stone and seal by seal
Author Summary:
It had been over 200 years since the war between cultivators left more than half the land ravaged and uninhabitable and the practice of cultivation punishable by death.

Despite the risks of being caught as a practicing cultivator, Wei Wuxian took on the hunt of a dangerous yao that had destroyed a small village and killed all of the civilians. While searching for the demon, he encountered a mysterious cultivator dressed all in white. Wei Wuxian was excited to finally meet another cultivator, but instead of greeting him or making pretty much any conversation at all, the man attacked Wei Wuxian on sight.
Word Count: 134,329
Review:
I had a blast reading. Loved the found family aspects, the character voices, the concept, the plot, and pacing. I also loved seeing Wei Wuxian making a safe haven and home for other cultivators. Loved the use of talismans and finding out what had happened to create this situation. Lovely world building.

Title/Author: BenevolentErrancy - Stolen Talents, Borrowed Feelings (does it count if they're returned?)
Author Summary:
Wei Wuxian was a borrower, the very last one in Lotus Pier.

It was a good enough life. He kept his little home in the walls comfortable. He ate well. He borrowed any fascinating odds-and-ends that he could find, anything that he thought might be useful in the future, just like a good borrower. (And a few things that a good borrower really shouldn't touch, but it wasn't like there was anyone around to tell him not to.)

But upon learning that his favourite Bean is planning to travel far, far away to continue his studies, Wei Wuxian spies a rare opportunity to see if there aren't other borrowers out there. Just maybe, in this distant Cloud Recesses, he won't be alone.
Word Count: 100,200
Review:
I loved the plot, concept, character voices, and world building. It made me laugh out loud, cry, and I couldn't stop reading once I started. Loved seeing how Wei Wuxian navigated the world as a Borrower and how he met Lan Wangji.

Title/Author: kuroi_atropos - All Things Belong
Author Summary:
At a discussion conference, Wen Ruohan sees a face that he'd thought lost to the impenetrability of Baoshan Sanren's mountain.

He will not lose something so precious again.

Not when being a Grandfather suits him so well, and his Grandson is as wonderful as Wei Wuxian.
Word Count: 92,963
Review:
I had a blast reading, loved the concept, the character voices, and seeing how Wen Ruohan took care of Wei Wuxian and how discovering his grandchild in the Jiang Sect changed everything.

Title/Author: Hobbsy3 - The Edge of Night
Author Summary:
For Wei Wuxian, the apocalypse begins in a petrol station, with a crying baby and its dying mother, and a horde of the undead outside. All Wei Wuxian can think of is making it back to his family, but little does he know that finding his siblings will only be the start of the fight to survive…
Word Count: 277,225
Review:
Loved the action, character voices, I was on the edge of my seat more than once and it felt epic.

Title/Author: nirejseki - Relentless
Author Summary:
“Why are we even here?” Wen Xu groused.

“Yeah! That’s right! Why are we here?” Wen Chao immediately chimed, very obviously taking his cues from his elder brother – much to the latter’s irritation, judging by his immediate scowl.

Lan Qiren knew that he needed to pick his next words very carefully. With recalcitrant students, a teacher only had a few opportunities to really connect with them. If he allowed them to dismiss him or categorize him as an enemy at this early stage, it would be an incredibly uphill battle to gain enough respect in order to teach them anything, and in this case, given the strength of their background and the fact that this little teaching session was both likely to be short and definitely completely unauthorized, it would quite possibly make it completely impossible to ever get through to them.

“You are here,” Lan Qiren said solemnly, each word slow and thoughtful, “because your father is an ass.”
Word Count: 69,496
Review:
Loved the concept, character voices, and the plot. I couldn't stop reading once I started. Loved seeing Lan Qiren teaching Wen Chao and Wen Xu and the political.

Title/Author: Eleanor_Fenyx, little-smartass (Linxcat) - The Waves are Rising and Rising
Author Summary:
“My doctor thinks dual cultivation would help. Sexual dual cultivation.” Nie Mingjue puffs out his now reddened cheeks, “Specifically as the party being penetrated. It — it helps for the energy exchange to be closer to the golden core, apparently.” He clears his throat. “More efficient that way. Theoretically it would have better and faster results than Song of Cleansing.”

Jin Guangyao’s ears are ringing. He’s distantly aware that his mouth is hanging open. He stares at Nie Mingjue, trying to process if he really just said what he thought he said. Slowly, he turns his head to look at Lan Xichen who — yes, Nie Mingjue definitely just said that, because Lan Xichen’s ears are bright red and he’s blinking rapidly, his own jaw dropped.

Nie Mingjue is asking to be fucked in the ass. For medical reasons.

–//–

Three virgins with communication issues attempt to do sex magic. It goes about as well as you might expect.
Word Count: 131,779
Review:
I loved the character voices, the concept, seeing how the guys improved at sex, and when they did it was really hot. I also loved the emotional stuff and Jin Guangyao's pov was great.

Title/Author: Truth Will Out (when caught on video)
Author Summary:
A night-hunt goes wrong, and Wei Wuxian is scapegoated for the death of the Jiang Sect Leader and the destroyed core of the Jiang Sect Heir. As punishment, his core is taken and given to Jiang Cheng, and he is stripped of his cultivation credentials and expelled from the sect.

What everyone forgot was that Wei Wuxian was wearing the standard issue body camera that each cultivator wore on training missions and high-risk night-hunts. Struggling to make ends meet, Wei Wuxian finds his way to Caiyi Town with the doctor who performed the surgery, a partial core still secretly in place. His application to work at Cloud Recesses is summarily rejected by the hard-edged Second Jade of Lan after an unfortunate initial encounter.

But things change when someone hacks into the Jiang systems and releases the footage of what happened.
Word Count: 178,962
Review:
I loved the concept, the character voices, the sex was hot, and I loved all the found family aspects and seeing Wei Wuxian building a new life for himself.

Title/Author: mostlikelytofangirl - Strong roots for a pine
Author Summary:
In the middle of the warzone that was the Hejian front during the Sunshot Campaign, the Nie troops found a baby and deputy Meng Yao soothed him. He couldn't find someone to take care of the infant afterwards, though.

Meng Yao couldn't leave him behind.
Word Count: 83,172
Review:
Loved the character voices, the plot, pacing, I was on the edge of my seat a few times to see how things would turn out. I loved seeing how things changed when Meng Yao found a baby during the Sunshot Campaign.

Title/Author: On Your Hands and Knees
Author Summary:
When Jiang Cheng leaves Qinghe again after the fall of Lotus Pier, he brings with him eight Jiang survivors, six Lan cultivators, and Lan Wangji. It's not many people to accomplish what might be an impossible task: retrieve the swords left at the Wen Indoctrination camp and drag Wei Wuxian back to the Unclean Realm with them. He doesn't understand why the Lan sect is taking such an interest in tracking down his missing brother, but he'll take all the help he can get, even if it means being in close quarters with Lan Wangji.
AKA: Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji take a guerilla warfare road trip through Yunmeng.
Word Count: 149,671
Review:
Loved the character voices, seeing Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng working together during the Sunshot campaign and part 2 of the series dealing with the aftermath of the war. I couldn't stop reading once I started.

Title/Author: Mademoiselle_A - The Stranger Inside My Son
Author Summary:
Jiang Cheng goes back in time and decides there are a lot of people he won't give a damn about in this new life.

But Jiang Fengmian doesn't know that.
Word Count: 79,576
Review:
Loved the concept, Jiang Fengmian's pov through the whole story, the plot, pacing, and I really loved seeing how Jiang Cheng changed so many things for the better.

Title/Author: Potboy (Galadhir) - Guanyin's Gift
Author Summary:
You can't build a goddess of mercy a large temple and pay for priests to worship her every day without earning at least some merit. Aka, by divine mercy, Jin Guangyao gets a chance to do his life all over again.
Word Count: 36,479
Review:
Loved that this story is from Meng Yao's pov and seeing what he changed when he found himself back in time. I also really liked the pacing and character voices.

Title/Author: Stratisphyre - now you’re tearing through the pages and the ink
Author Summary:
“I can’t stay here. Please don’t make me!” The words dragged themselves out of Qin Su's chest, feral and half-bloodied by her grief and fear.

“A-Cheng is leaving tomorrow,” Jiang Yanli said. “You could go with him.”

Or, Qin Su in Lotus Pier.
Word Count: 70,825
Review:
I loved Qin Su's pov, the plot, the concept, the pacing and I couldn't stop reading once I started. I liked seeing how Qin Su handled living in Lotus Pier and I loved the way she and Jiang Cheng connected.

Title/Author: thelastdboy - the past drifts away with the waves
Author Summary:
Or: Yu Ziyuan cuts off Wei Wuxian's hand to appease the Wens. He gets drowned in the lake behind Lotus Pier and resentful energy transforms him into a river spirit. After avenging his own death, he finds his way to Yiling.
Word Count: 58,025
Review:
I was hooked on this fic as soon as I started reading. I loved the concept, pacing, the character voices, and it made me cry. It was great seeing how Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian fell in love and made it work even with a few barriers.

Title/Author: ImNobody122 - A look back at the past (it's never like they lie)
Author Summary:
Jin Ling had always wanted to know his parents so when he heard rumors about a ghost forcing people to relive their earliest childhood memories he jumped at the chance. Things did not go according to plan. Instead he's stuck watching the childhood memories of Lan Sizhui and Jin Ling is forced to confront the truth the Sects lied about. The Yiling Laozu should not be good with children.
Word Count: 54,589
Review:
Loved the concept, character voices, and I couldn't stop reading once I started. This story made me cry more than once but it was also heartwarming too.

Title/Author: tawaen - Just go forward like you mean it
Author Summary:
Before Wei Wuxian can say he will join Jiang Cheng and attend the Wen indoctrination, a letter describing the burning of the Cloud Recesses reaches Lotus Pier.

Realizing the danger to the Jiang sect, he decides to stay behind to help with the defenses and keep his sect safe. While he agonizes over the fate of the disciples sent as little more than hostages, he upgrades the wards of the Jiang sect to stand against the inevitable Wen army.

Lotus Pier will survive, and Wei Wuxian changes his own fate and the fate of the Sunshot Campaign.
Word Count: 101,562
Review:
Loved the plot, concept, character voices, and seeing how much changed with Wei Wuxian not attending the Wen Indoctrination.

Title/Author: Kryal - The Shade of Old Trees
Author Summary:
"We rest in the shade of trees our ancestors planted."

They called the man in the ice Yiling Laozu, after a folk hero associated with the town in the foothills of the mountains where he was found.

No one expected him to be alive!
Word Count: 363,665
Review:
Loved the plot, concept, character voices, and seeing how Lan Wangji helped Wei Wuxian adjust to finding himself in the future.

Title/Author: naqaashi - A Life Without Regrets
Author Summary:
After his death at the first siege of the Burial Mounds, Wei Wuxian is thrown back in time to when he was nine years old, just before Jiang Fengmian took him to Lotus Pier with its wavering affection and unpayable mountain of debts. He decides to take the second chance he has been offered, to live freely and without regrets.

As it turns out, a life without regrets involves:
1. Avoiding all attempts to be adopted so you can launch your career as a rogue-cultivating-assassin, while
2. Juggling a hit-list comprised of the cultivation world’s Who’s Who, and
3. Desperately missing your not-boyfriend who picked the worst ever timing to confess his undying love for you.

Murder and mayhem to follow.
Word Count: 163,910
Review:
Loved the concept, the character voices, and seeing the direction Wei Wuxian went with his life after waking up in the past.

Title/Author: NonsensicalRambling - A Heart Undying
Author Summary:
No one escapes from the Burial Mounds alive. No one.
Just because Wei Wuxian made it out doesn't make him an exception. He knows he's surviving on borrowed time until someone finds out, but until then he's going to make that a problem for the Wen. And if no one does find out, well, he'll figure that out later. If only he could stop being so hungry.
Word Count: 114,855
Review:
I loved the concept, the character voice, the plot, pacing, and I couldn't stop reading once I started. I had so much fun seeing how things turned out with the change in Wei Wuxian after his fall in the Burial Mounds.

Title/Author: Stratisphyre - there is no limited dimensions
Author Summary:
Lieutenant Commander Lan Wangji joins Baxia Station as Head Science Officer. Of all the things he anticipates upon accepting the commission, Wei Wuxian is not among them.
Word Count: 104,276
Review:
I loved the character voices, the pacing, and seeing all the characters working on a Federation space station. I also loved the children's character voices. Loved the plot and couldn't stop reading once I started. Making the Lan brothers Vulcans worked so well.

Title/Author: teawater, the_anthropologist - Practical Considerations
Author Summary:
After the Sunshot Campaign Wei Wuxian is fooling around in Lotus Pier, and Jiang Cheng decides that he'd be more useful to the sect if he was to enter a diplomatic marriage. Especially since Lan Wangji seems so keen on dragging him away to Gusu. Only Wei Wuxian doesn't expect any good to come from it...
Word Count: 96,963
Review:
I loved seeing Wei Wuxian in the Lan Sect teaching small children, helping his brother-in-law out with paperwork, and falling in love with Lan Wangji. Liked the pacing, the character voices, and plot too. :)


Title/Author: ladyshadowdrake - Breathing Firestorm
Author Summary:
After years of a mad quest, Wen Ruohan is finally given proof of a powerful creature living among mortals. He is delighted to find that it truly believes itself to be only a boy named “Wei Wuxian.”
While Wen Ruohan tries to unlock Wei Wuxian’s secret, the sects unite against him. If he can achieve his goal before they arrive, even the combined might of the cultivation world would not be enough to humble him.
Meanwhile, Lan Wangji dreams of Wei Wuxian in the Cold Pond Cave, and works tirelessly to rescue him from Wen Ruohan’s clutches.
No one is prepared for what awaits the allied sects in Nightless City at the conclusion of the war, and it very well might mean the end of the world as they know it.
Word Count: 110,773
Review:
Loved the concept, the character voices, the politics, and pacing. I loved the BAMF aspects of Wei Wuxian's abilities and Lan Wangji's unwavering conviction to stand by his side.

Title/Author: Witch_Nova221 - Echoes of Love
Author Summary:
When Wei Ying fell he was ready to die. To die and to let the world forget him but someone had other ideas. Now, stranded in 21st Century England, he finds himself without a common language, friends or even any memory of who he was before. Luck alone brings him to the steps of Churchill College and to the attention of a young Professor Lan Zhan; expert in ancient pottery and fine art, champion rower, and lover of all things 1980s.

With his new friend at his side, Wei Ying begins to navigate his new world in the hope of finding his place in it but echoes of the past are never far behind.
Word Count: 212,176
Review:
Loved the character voices, the setting, concept, pacing, and I had a great time seeing Lan Wangji help Wei Wuxian adapt to life in the modern world while dealing with amnesia and a language barrier.

Title/Author: dreamingofcake - Dispersing Clouds
Author Summary:
While the Wen Clan is embroiled in subduing internal conflicts within Qishan, the Jiang Clan hosts the annual discussion conference. It has been one year since the disastrous archery competition where Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji last met but Wei Wuxian remains as optimistic as ever. An unlikely friendship begins to blossom and without the looming spectres of conquest and war to strengthen his ties to the Jiang family, the trajectory of Wei Wuxian’s life changes.
Word Count: 283,285
Review:
Loved the character voices, the pacing, the plot, imagery, and I couldn't stop reading once I started. I also loved seeing all the inventions Wei Wuxian came up with and how he and Lan Wangji fell in love.

Title/Author: tollpatsch - Hopelessly devoted to you
Author Summary:
Wangji finds them in the ruins of yet another destroyed city. Amidst debris from the burning and collapsed houses and surrounded by countless dead bodies, a young man is crouched against a building, cradling a small boy in his lap. The man's black hair and clothes are grey with smoke and dust; it's a stark contrast to the bright red blood dripping from his nose and lips. His eyes are dazed from where he is looking up at Wangji, clearly unable to focus.

"The child! Where is the child?" He demands. His voice is raspy, like it scrapes his throat raw.

Taken aback, Wangji blinks. "You're holding him."

"Oh, thank fuck." He looks down at the boy he is wrapped around. Then, he faints.
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In the middle of the rubbles of Yiling, confronted with a child that would be doomed to death, Lan Wangji makes the first impulsive decision in his life.
Word Count: 66,653
Review:
I had a blast reading, loved the concept, the character voices, and seeing how everything played out with Wei Wuxian not being part of the Sects until he met Lan Wangji.

Title/Author: Tirielle - A Wish I Can't Stop Making
Author Summary:
It's been months since Jin Zixuan was injured by bandits at Qiongqi path, leaving him in a coma that no doctor seems able to wake him from. Jiang Yanli is left to face the fractures in her husband’s family on her own as she searches for answers, determined to find a solution even if it means reading the whole library herself. She’s set her heart on having her family whole and together again, and if that seems impossible — well, she’s a Jiang.

It’s been months since Wei Wuxian almost killed Jin Zixuan at Qiongqi path and agreed to a contract with a strange wish-granting shop to try and keep everything from getting worse. As long as he acts as the shopkeeper, spending his days serving the shop, the people of the Burial Mounds will be wiped from everyone’s memories so nobody can come after them. With this, Wei Wuxian expects to never see anyone from his old life ever again — but somehow, Lan Wangji still manages to find him.

What is it that you wish for? And even if you know, how do you get it?
Word Count: 51,688
Review:
Loved the fairy tale aspects of this story, the character voices, the plot, the pacing, and I couldn't stop reading once I started.

Title/Author: meyari - The Straightest Path
Author Summary:
The moment of Xiongzhang’s death would live forever in Lan Zhan’s mind. He’d turned towards Lan Zhan, qiankun pouch holding the library in his hands. Then he’d gasped as arrows flew towards them both in a hail no one could survive.
Word Count: 30,049
Review:
Loved the concept, character voices, and the pacing. It was interesting to see how Lan Wangji handled becoming Sect Leader.

Title/Author: meyari - Twisted Paths, Twisted Souls
Author Summary:
Coming to the Cloud Recesses had promised boredom, lectures and more boredom as Wei Wuxian made friends with everyone and Jiang Cheng trailed along behind him, invisible as always.

Which was fine, dammit.

Wei Wuxian was Wei Wuxian. Jiang Cheng had always and would always cope with being a distant second to his blinding first. Still, he hadn’t expected that Wei Wuxian’s new sort-of friend Lan Zhan would be… funny. And hot. And snarky as fuck, which was awesome.

He also hadn’t expected the miserable currents of his life to erupt in the Cloud Recesses, shifting the foundations of Jiang Cheng’s whole world.
Word Count: 107,395
Review:
Loved the concept, character voices, and this story went in directions that were new and interesting.


Heaven Official's Blessing

Title/Author: edenwolfie - ’Til our compass stands still
Author Summary:
After getting lost in Ghost City, Xie Lian bargains away years of servitude to the Gambler’s Den to help a man in need. He dons the robes of a worker and hides his face and life behind an enchanted mask, protecting himself from the city's denizens. Xie Lian finds an unexpected home in Ghost City before he ever sees the lord of it, the infamous Hua Cheng. When he finally does, something about himself seems to catch the attention of the Ghost King, slowly striking up an unusual friendship. Xie Lian must figure out how to navigate his burgeoning feelings, how to keep his identity to himself, and how to get over a ghost so clearly in love with someone else.
Word Count: 178,730
Review:
Beautifully written story. Loved the plot, pacing, character voices, the world building, and parts of the story brought tears to my eyes. I also loved seeing Hua Cheng and Xie Lian falling in love.

Title/Author: kianspo - Jingwei Tries To Fill the Sea
Author Summary:
'After I Married A Disabled War God As My Concubine' AU. Hua Cheng, the undefeatable general of Yong'an army, is captured by Xianle forces at last. His punishment is to have his legs and meridians broken and be married off as a concubine to the notoriously spoiled and rotten crown prince. Hua Cheng has no desire to die. He needs to find out who betrayed him and then to erase the corrupt kingdom of Xianle off the map. For that, he has to survive this mockery of a marriage first.

But is the prince really everything they say he is?
Word Count: 112,063
Review:
Loved the character voices, imagery, plot, concept, and the slow build romance. It was also interesting that we only had one character's pov throughout the entire story and we were left guessing along with the character as to what was going on. I couldn't stop reading once I started. Also the sex was hot.

Title/Author: mrcformoso - Paper Flowers for the God of Gods
Author Summary:
In another universe, The Crown Prince of Xian Le, Xie Lian, did not ascend as a martial god, but as a god of flowers, a minor god.

A minor god who made a mistake, and was punished, sealed in his own little portion of heaven with barely any power, indebted to the Heavenly Officials for their mercy and kindness. He spends his days in isolation, occasionally visited by gods when they want him for their festivals. He cannot refuse.

All days were nice. All days were the same.

Until a new 'god' visited, one draped in red with a large, red butterfly perched on his shoulder.

“Hello, Gege. You can call me San Lang.”
Word Count:
Review:
I loved the concept, the character voices, the imagery, I cried a few times, and I loved seeing how things would have turned out if Xie Lian became a flower god instead of a martial god. I couldn't stop reading once I started.

Title/Author: kianspo - Lost in the Tide
Author Summary:
Once-upon-a-time an aspiring surgeon and now a down-on-his-luck vet Xie Lian is struggling to keep his little clinic open. He's not doing very well until one night a handsome stranger bursts in, begging him to save his dog.
Word Count: 144,604
Review:
I love the plot, the pacing, character voices and how the author kept all the angsty stuff from the books but translated it for the modern world.

Title/Author: draechaeli - Radish Patch Kids
Author Summary:
There is a baby in the radish patch, and Wei WuXian doesn’t know what to do, stuck between an adorable baby girl and the best boy in the world. Lan WangJi comes back for a visit and he too is stuck. What are WangXian supposed to do besides say, ‘yes’ when they get adopted as parents?
Word Count: 19,943
Review:
I had an absolute blast reading this fic, I loved the concept, character voices, the pacing, and it was so cute


Star Wars

Title/Author: K_R_Closson - All the Roads We Walk Are Winding
Author Summary:
After the events on Bandomeer, Qui-Gon reiterates that he cannot train Obi-Wan, but he tells Obi-Wan he deserves to be a Jedi. Obi-Wan follows Qui-Gon back to the Temple, becomes the padawan of Councilor Mace Windu, and dedicates himself to being a padawan worthy of a master who sits on the Council and invented his own lightaber form. Along the way, he bonds with his lineage sister, Depa Billaba, gets into mischief with his best friend Quinlan, and meets the Mand'alor, Jaster Mereel.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, unwanted child and then unwanted initiate finds himself a family that spans cultures and the galaxy. And when darkness rises up to threaten it, he defends his family with all the lessons and tricks the Force has taught him.
Word Count: 91,582
Review:
Loved the character voices, the pacing, the plot, and seeing how things would have turned out if Mace became Obi-Wan's Jedi Master. Loved the different uses of the Force as well.

Game of Thrones

Title/Author: astolat - The Pack Survives
Author Summary:
There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival.
—Thornton Wilder
Word Count: 176,759
Review:
I loved the plot, pacing, character voices, the sex was hot and I couldn't stop reading once I started. I loved seeing all of Robb Stark's unorthodox solutions.


DCU/Batman

Title/Author: Cdelphiki - The Time Before
Author Summary:
One moment, Red Hood was fighting with Black Mask, listening to the idiot go on about how he'd murder Jason long before he'd become a problem. The next... Jason was ten years in the past, nine-years-old, and fending for himself on the streets of Gotham. Bruce might not know about Jason yet in the timeline, but Batman was the only one who could protect him against Black Mask.

If only Jason didn't hate him so much...
Word Count: 80,544
Review:
I loved the concept, character voices, the pacing, plot, and seeing how Jason handled finding himself in the past stuck in his younger body. Parts of the story brought tears to my eyes.

Title/Author: theskeptileptic - The Lone Ranger Never Had to Deal with Bruce Wayne
Author Summary:
Tim is an independent, clever, and super mature eleven-year-old. Unfortunately, his dopey neighbor, Bruce, can’t seem to understand that.

When he decides to disappear on a “solo camping trip” and run away to Canada, he figures it’s the perfect plan that will make everybody happy. He didn’t expect the Waynes would tag along with him and ruin everything.

A six-chaptered tale filled with identity shenanigans, s’mores, soon-to-be-brothers, and a kid who is in desperate need of a new family.
Word Count: 5,522
Review:
I loved the character voices, Tim's resourcefulness, it was funny, sad, parts of the story brought tears to my eyes. I had a great time reading.

Crossover (DCU/Marvel - Spider-Man)
Title/Author: mysterycyclone - Dark Matter
Author Summary:
The last thing Peter sees is Tony's horrified, heartbroken expression leaning over him. The guilt in his eyes is almost worse than the burning pain that's taking Peter apart piece by piece. The world starts to go dark.

There's a flash of gold and green. For one moment, he finds himself standing amongst the Guardians and others. And then darkness again. It feels like blinking; an extended period of nothingness that ends as abruptly as it begins. One moment there’s nothing, the next there’s light.

“Easy,” a woman says. Her words are gentle, and carry a slight accent that he can’t place. "I'm called Wonder Woman. What's your name?"
Word Count: 241,039
Review:
This was an amazing crossover. Loved seeing how Peter handled finding himself in the DC universe with no allies, money, or knowledge of how this world was different from his own. Loved the character voices, concept, plot, and the action scenes had me on the edge of my seat. Fun read!


Harry Potter

Title/Author: gonzoclock - James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, (pause for breath) and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Author Summary:
At the end of first year, Harry pocketed the Philosopher's Stone- in a secret pocket that everyone else missed.

Now, two years later, Harry is in his third year, his friends are having the time of their lives in Hogsmeade, there's an escaped mass murderer running around, and Harry is going stir-crazy. Fortunately, the twins have a solution! Although- they're going to need something in return, and it needs to be good.

Good thing Harry kept that Stone, huh?

And then things go completely bat-shit crazy.

(featuring the Marauders vs 1993, an exhausted Professor Lupin, a bewildered Harry Potter, and an opportunistic Hermione Granger)
Word Count: 32,696
Review:
Loved the concept, character voices, the pacing, and I couldn't stop reading once I started.

Title/Author: sassysquatch - At the end of every road
Author Summary:
One would think traveling 52 years into the past would allow Harry some much desired anonymity, but unfortunately the malfunctioning Triwizard Cup spat Harry out on the quidditch pitch in the middle of a game. There's no lying about his provenance while a shiny plaque on the base of the Cup announces to everyone he is 'Harry Potter, Hogwarts Champion, 1994.'

Swept up by the ministry and sworn to secrecy by the Unspeakables, Harry is left to navigate the past on his own. Good thing his great-grandparents are willing to take him in - even if they're a little more into blood purity than Harry had expected - and Hogwarts is willing to welcome him back - even if he's a novelty to everyone as the time traveling Champion.

At least Harry will have the familiarity of Gryffindor Tower to ease his homesickness. Or he would, if the sorting hat hadn't put him in Slytherin, where he's forced to share a dorm with none other than Tom Riddle.
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In which Harry is determined to prevent Voldemort's rise, even if he has to stalk, bribe, threaten, and marry Tom Riddle to do it.
Word Count: 90,346
Review:
Loved the concept, character voices, I laughed out loud more than once, and the ending really worked for me.