Renluchan

Short (1k to 5k)

Fic Title & Author: Childish Whims by grumblewoes Rating: G Word Count: 3450 Author Summary: Verso really, really, really wanted a dog. Notes from Me: This is Verso gen rather than Verstave. It's very, very cute and resolves around kid Verso's determination to persuade his parents into letting him get a pet - the sibling interactions are adorable.

Fic Title & Author: Candy by VerenaKauer Rating: Teen Word Count: 1621 Author Summary: Gustave finds out that “Barbapapa” is not really compatible with intricate mechanisms. Luckily, Verso is there to help. Notes from Me: Barbapapa was the bane of my existence while playing through the DLC, and I was delighted to find a fic that projects that frustration onto our characters. It's always fun to see the game mechanics portrayed in the narrative, and it's done in a really fun way here.

Fic Title & Author: comfort me in my time of need by erenjoson5 Rating: Unrated Word Count: 4959 Author Summary: Gustave gets injured after protecting Verso from a Nevron attack and Verso has to make sure Gustave doesn't die before he gets them back to camp. Notes from Me: Gustave Whump! I am so here for Gustave Whump. I'm especially here for Verso fussing over him, and there's some lovely hurt/comfort in this fic.

Fic Title & Author: You Should Have Stayed Home, Mon Pote by HairyEcballium Rating: G Word Count: 2474 Author Summary: On the Dark Shores Gustave survives blast of Noir's beam by some miracles and find himself later in Spring Meadows. How he ended up there? Well, someone might just know. Notes from Me: I love this light-hearted exploration of how Gustave might have made it from the beach to the meadows, and explaining a few of the odd quirks of canon along the way.

Fic Title & Author: Hand Trick by Wishuponaidiot Rating: Teen Word Count: 1876 Author Summary: “Huh,” Gustave lets out before suddenly feeling a tapping on his shoulder from behind. “Oh, there you -“ Gustave swivels to look behind him and sees- A hand. Verso’s hand. With no Verso attached. Notes from Me: Canon's Verso Magic is such incredible body horror, so I am always going to enjoy any fic that focuses on that. This one is very light-hearted and silly with it, with Verso's hand Addams Familying its way around the story.

Medium (5k to 25k)

Fic Title & Author: In Plain Sight by Renlukun Rating: E Word Count: 5344 Author Summary: It was just supposed to be a dinner with friends. But of course, Gustave had something to announce, much to Verso’s chagrin. Notes from Me: Ahh, this is such a gloriously chaotic dinner that it feels like something from a sit-com. Very cute, very chaotic, and with some smut sprinkled in for good measure.

Long (25k+)

Fic Title & Author: Safe In My Hands by porgthespacepenguin Rating: M Word Count: 36,004 Author Summary: Five times Verso takes Gustave's hand to protect him, from the world as well as from himself — and one time Gustave returns the favor. Notes from Me: This is very, very sweet: it's structured around hand-holding in various forms. I'm a sucker for pining and yearning, so I'm especially fond of the first half of the fic.

WIPs

Fic Title & Author: Feu sur ma peau by Araushnee Rating: M Word Count: 51,006 [Chapter 6/?] Author Summary: In which Gustave lives, and Verso’s Canvas harbors one more grief-stricken soul. Notes from Me: IT'S BACK! This is a gorgeous fic that was temporarily put on hiatus - and in December it gloriously returned. It's one of the earliest examples of a fic using the popular "Writer Gustave" fanon that I can remember reading, and there's some absolutely wonderful world-building (and very sinister foreshadowing that has me holding my breath to see what's in store).

Fic Title & Author: To Carry the Burden by VerenaKauer Rating: Teen Word Count: 2975 [Chapter 1/6] Author Summary: 5 times Verso carried Gustave’s burden and the 1 time Gustave carried his. Notes from Me: Verso's burden skill is a goldmine for angst, and I love the 5+1 format for it. Immediate angst galore - I'm really looking forward to reading the future parts of this one.

Fic Title & Author: Light the way by thevalesofanduin Rating: M Word Count: 14,159 [Chapter 3/?] Author Summary: After Verso loses his family to a house fire, he takes up a position as lightkeeper in an attempt to flee from both his grief and the prying eyes of Parisian high society. Notes from Me: This work is so intriguing - light rom-com by day, creepy horror by night. The author is playing around with some fun formatting during the 'horror by night' sections of the fic, and the whole cast gets to make an appearance in the sleepy little town of Lumiere.

Art

I've ended up with some lovely art bookmarked on my AO3 too - and since this is my rec post and I make the rules, I'm slipping them in here in their own section too.

Art Title & Artist: The Art of The VCU [Illustrations] by multiple artists Rating: M Artist Summary: Verso and Gustave’s adventure through the VCU multiverse as illustrated by 13 artists. Notes from Me: You will forever be able to find me crying to myself in a corner about the wonderful Verstave Cinematic Universe. There's such an amazing variety of art styles and subjects on display here, and I just love that this collaboration managed to come together (huge, huge, HUGE shoutout to ButterflySist3r who did the lion's share of the organising for the art side of things as well as contributing some beautiful pieces themself - the result is stunning.)

Art Title & Artist: Set up [Short COMIC] by Anivy (Yamimidna) Rating: Teen Artist Summary: Maelle invited both Verso and Gustave to meet her at Lumière's café. But where is she? Notes from Me: This is so cute I want to shake it. The detailing is so adorable throughout.

Art Title & Artist: [COMIC] Do you want to spend time with Gustave? by queenstardust Rating: E Artist Summary: I want to share my little Verstave Comic, I drew for the last convention I attended : ) Since I drew it the weekend before the convention, it's self printed and folded out of one DinA4 page, to a pocket size smut zine. It's 6 tiny comic pages+title, so it really is just porn without plot, but a lot of feelings. Notes from Me: I'm fanning myself at the sight of this just from re-opening the link in order to rec it. This is the very definition of Porn With Feelings. The art is gorgeous, and the smut is smutty. There's a continuation here on tumblr as well, but it hasn't yet been posted to AO3.