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i've been slowly working on a tobiizu rec list and its not done yet tbh. here's what it is so far!

Fanfics that are explicitly tobiizu:

Ghost marriage is a collection of multiple fics where tobirama gets haunted by izuna, gets driven a little bit crazy, and then talked into marrying him. And goes on to a life of wedded bliss that’s only mostly insane. Madara is there and also crazy. Izuna is having the time of his (un)life. Really delightful read with a surprisingly happy ending. The whole relationship has a haunting vibe to it that’s really enjoyable to read.

bloodline thieves is not tobiizu in the first part, but it does become tobiizu eventually. personally the vibe is there from the start to me and it's a fun read on its own. you get tobirama whump AND izuna feeling weird about him!

To dwell inside a hearthfire heart: blessed au! Worldbuilding! Izuna’s life getting saved twiceover! Izuna being a smug little rat! Tobirama and the “if peace is possible,i’m allowed to find izuna extremely sexy” pipeline! Such a good read.

Unthreading the needle is a slow burn on tobirama and izuna realizing they view each other as ‘people’ and perhaps….people they….like? Delightfully, the slowburn starts with their marriage (When they’re both convinced the other one is a monster) and they take a good long while the get anywhere from there. Izuna is deeply possessive without noticing it; tobirama has many deeprooted biases that she rationalizes as logical. My favorite plot thread within it is that izuna is, to some extent, a service top, and he spends the first 3/4th of the fic being denied the ability to service.

Death do us part: matrimony! Murder attempts! Matriomony-vibes for the murder attempts! Murderous vibes for the matrimony! Divorce is OFF the table! Izuna and the consequences of his own actions! 

A soft green glow: tobirama saves izuna’s life, and they are both so bitchy about it the entire time. This is a compliment. Izuna’s perspective while dying is so funny & tobiramas put-upon annoyance just adds to the fun. Love that tobirama never underestimates izuna throughout. Love when tobirama starts dragging izuna’s body, unwillingly to risk any of the more romantic ways to carry him.

Don’t give up the ghost allows for izuna and tobirama to slowly come around to the idea of eachother, ending up somewhere close to “old married couple”. Izuna is, of course, dead the entire time.

Footprints in the snow: the author is kind enough to skip the slowburn setup and give us the “Finally they get together” stage. Tobiizu had an arranged marriage, both fell in love, and took far too long to realize it was mutual. 

Gift horse: Tobirama saves izuna’s life in a moment of strategic diplomacy. Izuna cannot help but be a little bit wooed. Favorite line: tobirama would be the wife.

Can’t seem to shut my eyes: a collection of short light-hearted tobiizu fics, all of which are a fun time.my favorite is kagami’s fan :) 

there are also, of course, all my of my tobiizu fanfics (shameless plug) that if you leave nice comments on perhaps i will feel inspired to work on new ones. Perhaps if you leave nice comments on all of these tobiizu fics i’m linking more authors will feel compelled to write more. 

My fics: knifepoint , trouble brewing, powerplay, will you come into my parlor

gen fanfics that are not tobiizu but you can very easily imagine become tobiizu (or at the very least do not outright reject the possibility):

eyestealer is a delightful romp mostly about hashirama & tobiramas brotherly relationship, but it absolutely includes lots of opening for tobiizu and the author tagged it as open to a tobiizu interpretation. my favorite bit is the exchange izuna and madara have by the river, in which the audience knows what they do not- and what an eavesdropping hashirama fails to piece together.

Hide & seek: We don’t get izuna’s perspective directly, but a blessed au is always ripe for imagining and the worldbuilding on this one is SO fun. The implications that izuna is religiously-minded and struggling with the situation immensely really adds to the potential.

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i'll add a disclaimer that i don't have access to most of the chinese & japanese tobiizu fan creations bc they're primarily on twitter, which i do not have and refuse to get. if you do have twitter you can probably find a lot of cool tobiizu there and i will be very jealous of you (Except for the fact that you are suffering the existence of twitter to see it).

pixiv has lots of amazing art, and you can mostly understand what's happening in the comics even if you can't understand the language. i love this comic were birdboy izuna breaks tobiramas wing and then takes care of him. artists on the platform tend to do "dump posts" so you'll have to scroll past other ships/general fanart to get to the izutobi stuff, but it's worth it! that's how you get great stuff like this izuna upskirt photographing tobirama. and remember on pixiv that the name order is important! tobi/izu is top tobirama and izu/tobi is top izuna on there :)

An old unused ballroom filled with every single piece of equipment including a tightrope.

Dick always preferred lyra, trapezes and silks, to the point Bruce could count on his hand the amount of times it was used.

Then Tim came.

From the very beginning of his Robin tenure it was clear how much Tim favored his eldest and how much Dick returned it.

Both boys flipping across the cave, Tim spending extra time with Dick to perfect their acrobatics.

It became a fundamental the sky is blue, water is wet and he adopted two walking heart attacks.

Coming home from the timesteam was an adjustment it seemed like everything was different. Jason coming home more often, Dick’s exhaustion, Damian’s farm, and Tim no longer Robin.

So it was almost calming sitting on the floor watching Tim and Dick both balance one handed forty feet in the air.

An old trick for his boys walk to the center of the rope lean down not a foot away from each other and wait.

Younger Tim was not able to keep the handstand for longer than a minute, the moment Dick would catch a wobble said child would throw himself at Tim laughing as they fall into the net.

Another thing clearly having changed almost ten minutes and Tim’s arm is still tight.

His once tiny Robin now at least 150 pounds and giving the oldest a run for his money.

If Bruce hadn’t been watching as closely he would have missed at the fifteen minute mark Dick’s arm beginning to shake.

Tim clearly didn’t either copying his brother’s favorite move pushing off into a flip slamming his full body weight into Dick.

Dick’s cackle as Tim very gracefully puts himself behind so his own back slams into the net.

“TIMOTHY-“

“What?”

“I’M SUPPOSED TO CATCH YOU!”

“Nope, you’ve done it too much I’ve got to even the score.”

“B! TELL TIM.”

Bruce doesn’t dignify that with a response, he knows it will be two hours of them throwing themselves off increasingly higher surfaces so the other can catch in pursuit of their ridiculous competition.

(30 minutes later)

“Old man…what the fuck?” Jason’s presence having went completely unnoticed laser focused on Tim and Dick’s running and flipping across the tightrope trying to knock the other off.

“Everything ok?” His second oldest joining him on the floor, Jason’s lack of answer jumping his blood pressure.

Turning to face Jason he didn’t expect eyes filled with awe. Bruce is not ashamed to admit disbelief realizing Jason was staring at his brothers.

“Shut up..it’s cool ok? I will kill you-.”

“Safe with me Jaylad…do you have a request?” Much like he ignored the threat he will take plausible deniability at Jason’s attempt to hide his excitement.

“Don’t make me say it.” The Terrifying Red Hood whines.

Whistling luckily gets their attention “BOYS! Please grant your Father a favor and do my favorite routine, I miss seeing the quadruple somersaults!”

At the double thumbs up he settles in to watch in his very biased opinion, the greatest acrobatics show in the universe while relishing in the presence of his walking miracle.

Only two things are missing from making this a perfect day. The universe finally works in his favor, the youngest appearing following a popcorn toting Alfred.

“No performance is complete without it Master Bruce.”

Damian practically screams throwing himself into Bruce’s side and half on top of Jason to watch.

His children together and happy.

Bruce sharing a smile with Alfred and a whisper of thanks when the man hands him the Lisinopril.

The irresistible urge to clone ur dead clone best friend….

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