Dreamin'

Alright, seems like you guys liked the idea of a TFC fic recommendation list, so here we go! Hehe~

Disclaimer! TFC is a +18 game, thus, every fic stated here is a well. So minors please go away, shoo shoo!

I will be adding a 🌶️ besides the name of the fics with smut, but for any other disclaimer besides that you should check out on AO3 itself before reading the fanfic.

(It took me a few days to gather all of these, so some fics already have more chapters posted then listed here >w<)

Each title will be linked to the according fic. So without further ado, let’s get into it!

My favorites!!!! <3

It’s fine, it’s ok, I’ll die anyway (though not if Pierrot can help it)

Description: Of course I had to start with my favorite fic of all times! This one presents us with a depressive MC that will have to go through a lot of stuff because of the circus. It’s an extremely fluffy but depressive history that sometimes feels like knives twisting your emotions. If you ever had depression before it will remind you a lot of those times, but it will also be comforting since the history brings up a lot about caring for others and overcoming a traumatic past. It's extremely cute and has a lot of bittersweet moments. This fic will always have a special place in my heart <3

Status: Finished (45 chapters)

Author: IntermediateFanficEnjoyer

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot

From The Sea To The Stage 🌶️

Description: Another one of my favorites! Hehehe~ In this fic we follow the history of Pelagia! (Yes, MC is NOT the protagonist) she’s a cute jellyfish creature that joins our crew while they were still back in Brasil and stuck under the ringmaster claws. There’s a lot of comedy on this one that makes me laugh a lot while reading, but don’t think it’s all roses and rainbows, this is one of the few fics that managed to actually made me have to hold back my tears as I was reading it on a packed bus going to university. (I’m not easy to cry over fics, so it is quite a great deal lol)

Status: On going (44 chapters out)

Author: ThatOneCatSlime

Romantic Relationships: Pelagia (OC) x Harlequin / Columbina x Pierrot / MC x Pierrot

Not my circus! (TFC x reader)

Description: MC wants to help her best friend to get over her fear of clowns, but she’s the one who ends up fearing them instead… PEAK writing, my favorite fanfic that depicts a MC that wants to run away from the main crew. Managed to make ME cry (no easy feat). The first and ONLY fic to ever make me actually scared of Pierrot, cause I tend to just overlook his madness. This fic managed me to feel all the possible emotions a human can, I was happy, I was sad, I was scared, EVERYTHING! It’s like a roller coaster of emotions, so buckle your belts before starting!

Status: On going (26 chapters)

Author: Userlol

Romantic Relationships: All of them

Wretched, Reckless Romance 🌶️🌶️

Description: Another one of my favorites! This fic starts after day 2 events. MC is a tad wild and I LOVE IT, they’re extremely horny too, so be prepared hehehe. The author separates the smut chapters in 2, one with a V for females and one with P for males so it’s incredibly inclusive! Not only do they change the body parts/words spoken but the motions too for more realism! It truly feels like an extension of the game, it has amazing writing and a great following of events so far.

Status: On going (19 chapters)

Author: extremelynichereference

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot, Harlequin, Ticket Taker (from the way things are going the author might add Jester and Doctor in the future too. It wouldn’t surprise me)

‘SPIRAL DOWN THE FREAK SHOW’

Description: MC ends up in a coma in the present, so her soul decides to possess someone else’s body in the far past, as a worker of the circus when it was still run by the ringmaster and our crew was kept as prisoners monsters. The story has a bunch of heart racing moments, no smut at all so far, found family vibes, lots of gore (very well described btw, chefs kiss). I can’t say much more without spoilers, but this fic is in my top 5 for sure. Highly recommend! <3

Status: On going (25 chapters out)

Author: rumi_vintagetypewriter

Romantic Relationships: All of them

The Stare of an Angel

Description: MC from our world dies and gets reincarnated in the past of the TFC universe, they’re not human anymore, but a monster just like our crew. Knowing what they know about the game, they decide they will help everyone escape from that dirty ringmaster's hands. It has found family vibes. Some gore on the side, cause why not? Doesn’t have any smut yet, but I wouldn’t doubt the author might add in the future. Some dynamic scenes that I love as well.

Status: On going (10 chapters)

Author: Acim_Ed_Ortsac

Romantic Relationships: All of them??

That One Time I Got Isekaied into a Freak Circus Soulmate au 🌶️

Description: In this story you’re a normal person from our world, who ends up dying and having your soul transported into the TFC universe, but it’s a bit different. In this universe soulmate marks exists, so imagine your surprise when you realize you have 6 soulmate marks that match the clowns from a game of your previous life. It has LOTS of gore (yummy yummy). I put the smut warning in title cause even tho there isn’t any yet, from the way this author writes I'm sure there will be in the near future lol. We gotta save Carol from our soulmates guys.

Status: On going (10 chapters)

Author: Traindreamer

Romantic Relationships: All of them

Blood in the Water, Lights in the Deep 🌶️

Description: In this story MC is a merfolk (like mermaid), her kind uses songs for basically everything in their daily lives, but MC was born with vocal cords problems and is treated as a liability until her pod decides to use her as a sacrifice for the leviathans who live deep in the trenches. It’s a lot about accepting who you are despite your flaws. It has some religious implications as well that made me a bit uncomfortable at first but were really interesting to the point I couldn’t stop reading! (I feel like I should mention I really got invested into 2 background characters [OCs] as well)

Status: Finished (30 chapters)

Author: theashenmoon

Romantic Relationships: All but Columbina

Limerence 🌶️

Description: Here we have a wonderful, male, traumatised, aromantic MC. One of the few fics with a MC that genuinely puts up a fight against Pierrot’s affection and craziness. Incredibly well written. Depicts the depths of realistic emotions of those two traumatized characters incredibly well. I wanna punch MC in the guts sometimes but then I start laughing like a maniac because of how fun he is. I simply love this one, it’s the pure juice of chaos and I'm here for it. I put the smut warning up there cause even tho there isn’t any reeeallyyyy smut yet in this fic, I’m pretty sure it might have in the future cause of other works I’ve seen of this author (and believe when I tell ya they’re all amazing hehehehehe~)

Status: On going (25 chapters)

Author: JustAnotherReader (ReadersOfTheVoid)

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot (Harley tries lol)

Some more, cause all these authors are so talented!!!

Longer Fics

Chasing Warmth (I don't remember if it has smut or not, but I don't think it does)

Description: MC has escaped from a lab and isn’t human, but they learn to pretend to be one so they can hide from him. The story takes place in the same modern period as the game and it’s really a fun adventure to see MC pretend to be human. It has some sick dynamic scenes. I don’t remember if there’s heavy gore, but I know there is quite a bit of good violence on it. A sweeeeeeet romance that blooms and the rest you will have to read to figure out. Hehe~

Status: Complete (20 chapters)

Author: theashenmoon

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot

Looking Back 🌶️🌶️

Description: MC dies in the modern world and reincarnates in the past of the TFC universe. Without knowing where he was but wanting to survive,he decides to grab the first job that shows up: a caretaker of some circus monsters. It has a nice poly relationship with them all. Some delicious smut. Very good storytelling and lots of action if I remember correctly. Some scenes left me speechless in a cool way, that I do remember lol.

Status: On going (37 chapters)

Author: KettledCornHole

Romantic Relationships: All of them

There’s nothing you can do: it’s already been done

Description: This fic presents us with the past of our main cast, even before the circus or even their meeting. In this story we follow Columbina's life, how she met everyone and how they got where they are today (the game timeline). Extremely freaking cute, I can’t wait for the brick to hit me right across the face when the angst starts, cause I know it will. X3

Status: On going (6 chapters)

Author: IntermediateFanficEnjoyer

Romantic Relationships: ???? (None so far)

To Live Forever 🌶️

Description: In this one our dear MC is a vampire! There’s a lot of cool vamp dynamics I had never seen before (probably because the only thing I’ve consumed about vampires was Twillight). Our circus crew is extremely wary of this weird “human”, so how will this story go? Hehe~ The author has confirmed that there will be smut in the future of the fic as well, so that’s why the warning is there even though there’s no smut currently.

Status: On going (7 chapters)

Author: redranc0r

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot

Viscous Like Honey

Description: Pierrot realizes he’s inside a game and decides to crawl out of the screen to bring MC back to his world with him, after all, he loves them soooooo much~

Status: On going (8 chapters)

Author: Icefozzie

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot

One shots

Hands On Learning (Pierrot x Reader x Harlequin) 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Description: A singular but long one shot of a very fun night with these two (a bit of green apple too hehe). This post immediately reminded me of this fic! lol

Status: Done (one shot)

Author: TheGhostInTheKitchen

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot and Harlequin (bit of green apple too hehe~)

Behind the scenes 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Description: Some yummy one shots, I must admit the first one with Pierrot warmed my heart immensely. The second one with Harley was freaking fire, bro knows how to use his tentacles. Unfortunately I haven’t had the time to read to 2 others yet, but I’m sure they’re just as good hehe.

Status: One shots (4 so far)

Author: mizuko_musik

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot, Harlequin, Jester, Ticket Tacker (for now at least)

Something quiet, something real

Description: A very chill and cozy outing with our favorite queen- COF COF - KING! Our favorite king Jester… <3

Status: One shot

Author: IntermediateFanficEnjoyer

Romantic Relationships: Jester

Kiss the chef

Description: A delicious and sweet morning with our beloved. Very short but adorable and heartwarming.

Status: one shot

Author: freakcircuswives

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot

Sweet candy apple 🌶️

Description: You ate drugged food, Pierrot couldn’t resist it (MC doesn’t say no, but it’s not like they could while being drugged. So do with that info what you want :P).

Status: One shot

Author: lisvv

Romantic Relationships: Pierrot

Freak Circus Oneshots (does it have smut? I forgot, but the rating is “Mature”)

Description: A bunch of fun oneshots of a MC in a poly relationship with all the circus members. Each one is separated in a different chapter with the characters names included in the title. Sometimes it’s all of them, sometimes one, sometimes a few.

Status: updated quite frequently (32 chapters out)

Author: Eeveedog

Romantic Relationships: All but Columbina

hayabusa x kagura & hanzo x hanabi ・ slice of life , timeskip

mentions of death, violence, and bloodshed

canon lore as a suggestion , not proofread ・ MDNI

summary ・ On a quiet evening, Hayabusa and Hanabi share their thoughts and feelings with each other over the years. And they come to a revelation.

author's note ・ fuck canon skins & lore! moneyton can pry hayagura & hanhana from my cold dead hands! and before anyone says, i do like hanabi; i just hate the fact they made her move on from hayabusa, then reigned her back in to be his simp again. she looks like a fucking clown! let my girl free!

fun fact ・ i couldn't decide which two pairs this would be ( hayagura&hanhana or hanagura&hanhaya ), so i relied on a coin flip and ended up with the first pairs.

Two ninjas stand beside each other on the roof of their residence.

Hayabusa and Hanabi both stare up at the moon, yet neither one speaks. The quiet isn't awkward or tense; it's companionable, borne from years of rivalry, companionship, failed romance, sense of betrayals, and then, acceptance. So many things have happened over the years. So many bloodshed, so many tears, so many mistakes.

"You chose the right path, Hayabusa," Hanabi speaks, eyes on him. His expression must have told a hundred different things, as he had been reminiscing the past.

He looks down at his hands, clenching and unclenching them. Then he speaks, "Is it truly the right path... letting my brother's killer live freely among us? Pardoning him, on the condition he doesn't pick up yet another demon sword?"

A heavy sigh comes from him, resigned. "I feel as though I have failed my brother."