The Tidier Index of All My Fanfic!
I've been meaning to make a better-organized version of my Pinned "Read My Fanfic on AO3" Post, so here it is! It is still sorted by How Much Previous Knowledge You Need to Enjoy Each, to encourage people to read outside their fandom zone, but now it's also sorted by fandom and is generally tidier and less rambly, for easier browsing, so you can spot something that interests you. And then comment on it! So please, check out something new! And comment on it!
If you'd like to read my ramblier annotations from the last pinned post, here. If you'd also like to read the long and convoluted intro of the original original post, that's here.
If you just want to read my list of fic, click "Read More"!
STORIES THAT REQUIRE NO FAMILIARITY WITH THE SOURCE MATERIAL so you should read them just because you like me:
Legion (TV 2017-2019): yes, it's a weird cult TV show, but half of what I've written takes place decades before the show and is fairly self-contained. As long as you read them in approximately this order, it's just like reading original fic about these nerdy mutant kids-and-eventually-adults!
The Loudermilk Chronicles: the coming of age story of my favorite character(s), who are two people in one. Individual works include:
—"The Kerry Delusion" (G, 2,858 words): age 8, Kerry is discovered —"The Personhood Hypothesis" (G, 2,283 words): "the Kerry Delusion" (and before and after) from Kerry's POV —"Kerry and the Meaning of Life" (G, 1,428 words): age 12, Kerry decides she's Cary's protector —"The Growth Experiment" (G, 4,769): age 13, in which Kerry still looks 9 —"The Social Experiment" (G, 3,127 words): age 15, Cary doesn't like dating —"A New Perspective on Jung's Anima and a Newer Perspective on the Future of Mutant-kind" (G, 4,064 words): age 24, they meet Melanie and Oliver —"The Necessity of Relational Differentiation" (G, 1,628 words): age 25, Kerry (emotionally 12) is jealous of Oliver —"The Principle of Bygones" (G, 3,127 words): age 52, an awkward family reunion toward the end of Mama's life
"A Strictly Scholarly Collaboration: the Original Romance of the Mind" (T, 7,979 words): I wrote a romance! They don't even kiss but it's still very romantic! Melanie and Oliver fall in love over her college psych thesis research. This is unrelated to the Loudermilk Chronicles so you can read it if you just want a nice psychic romance!
The Childhood Friends AU: More childhood stories that might have happened if Oliver had met Cary (and Kerry) in elementary school, including:
—"Two (or Three) Mutant Freaks Against the Fourth Grade" (G, 2,716 words): nerd friendship! Very sweet! —"Two (or Three) Mutant Freaks and the Adolescent Melodrama" (T, 5,281 words): what happens when an asexual high schooler and hypersexual high schooler (and an always-present "little sister") are best friends and one of them is psychic. —"Two (or Three) Mutant Freaks and the Strictly Scholarly Collaboration" (T, 4,570 words): bonus scenes for "A Strictly Scholarly Collaboration" that place it in this AU where Oliver is already friends with Cary (and Kerry).
Original Work
"Rewind" (G, 2,840 words): written for the Inklings Challenge, a scientist is having some trouble getting to the presentation of her new invention. Luckily (?), that invention is a time travel device.
STORIES THAT DEBATABLY REQUIRE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THE SOURCE MATERIAL, SEE ANNOTATIONS:
Blossom Culp books by Richard Peck
"Psychomagnetism" (T, 14,117 words): these books about a couple of ghost-sensitive teenagers in the early-20th-century midwest are written so that they could be stand-alones if you pick up any later book to read first, and this sequel is written in the same style. So MAYBE you want to meet them here in early adulthood instead, when their rocky enemies-to-friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-married relationship finally settles down. I mean, you CAN.
Crossover: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle/Marvel Cinematic Universe
"Tesseract" (G, 7,256 words so far): a prequel to A Wrinkle in Time that sets it in the MCU, in which Alex Murry works for a mysterious government organization called SHIELD on The Tesseract Project, while being dad to neurodivergent kids in the 1960s. No prior knowledge of either property is necessary until you get to the end of the next to last chapter (not yet written), at which point A Wrinkle In Time happens so you'll just have to read the book then to find out what happens next.
Legion (TV 2017-2019)
"Exploration of the Astral Plane: An Immersive, Multidimensional Study, by Cary Loudermilk, PhD, and Oliver Anthony Bird" (G, 13,008 words): Also a prequel, but unlike the stand-alone-ish stories in the no-canon-knowledge-necessary section, this directly sets up canon events (and has a canonically sad-for-now ending), and also requires you to have at least read The Loudermilk Chronicles to understand what's going on. It's a very fun story of astral shenanigans up until the end though!
"We Will (Not) Always Have Each Other" (T with "Graphic Depictions of Violence" because a certain canonical death scene is in there, 9,672 words): a retelling of episodes 6-8 of the show, but from the Loudermilks' POV. Obviously there are spoilers for the show but I've always been curious how it reads to someone who HASN'T seen it. And it (mostly) resolves "Exploration of the Astral Plane" while it's at it.
"Syd's (Third) Childhood Begins" (G, 3,614 words): because Time Travel Is Like That, this takes place both before AND after the show, and can also act as an alternative happy ending to "Exploration!" In which in THIS timeline the Birds get to adopt Sydney as a baby.
The Lord of the Rings/Hobbit Jackson Movies RPF
"The Pipeweed Mafia Epic" (T for drug dealing and silly violence, 8,986 words): a collection of crack scenes I wrote many years ago in response to some writing prompts, in which the Peter Jackson Tolkien movies are a cover for a pipeweed-smuggling operation, I am a hapless author-insert who does NOT magically make Martin Freeman fall in love with her, a friend of mine is a Paladin for the Mythopoeic Society and has an Aslan-in-a-Bucket, and there are many references and inside jokes. How much Tolkien (and Narnia, and Sherlock, and movie lore, and me personally) you need to know to enjoy this completely ridiculous unfinished series that I didn't intend to write for a real audience is… well, it may be totally irrelevant.
The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan
"The Fall of [Spoilers Redacted]: a Freestyle Ballad by Lester 'Apollo' Papadopoulos" (G but with Major Character Death, but that's canonical and obvious from this being a funeral ballad, 1,401 words): In the fourth book of the Trials of Apollo series, Apollo retells the first three books in an epic funeral ballad (offscreen). I attempted to write that ballad. Since it tells the whole story up to that point, you may not need to have actually read it to laugh at appreciate my attempts at poetry.
The Umbrella Academy (TV)
"How to Catch Up with your Therapist after a Couple of…Busy Months" (T, 9,322 words): Haven't seen The Umbrella Academy? Well, get (one-seventh of) the story of the first three seasons by eavesdropping on Viktor's first therapy session post- the events of the show to that point!
"What's in a Name?" (G, 1,876 words): Another story that takes place pre-show, in an alternate universe at that—where Five, Ben, and Viktor meet for the first time at a Youth Leadership Conference instead of being adopted by a sociopath— so maybe it can stand alone as another kids-making-friends story like the one about Oliver and Cary, but I don't know, I think some of the enjoyment of this one does hinge on you knowing the characters in different circumstances.
Crossover: The Umbrella Academy/The Sound of Music (movie version because Julie Andrews dangit)
"A Captain With Seven Children…What's So Fearsome About That?" (G, 14,754 words so far— on hiatus I guess but the last posted chapter is a good break point at least): Reginald Hargreeves has a hard time keeping a nanny for his superpowered charges, but this time instead of building a Robo-Mom, he calls The Abbey (because they know about discipline)…and they send him Maria. She, and her ADHD passion for music, changes everything, of course. I think this story can stand alone, but there are spoilers for TUA and a lot of interesting rewriting of TSoM that maybe you won't pick up on if you don't know it, so that's up to you. (You DO want to read it anyway, I decided for you)
Crossover: The Umbrella Academy/Legion
Legions of Umbrellas: my two most-written sets of characters were totally meant to meet. Contains:
—"The Beginning of Something Else Entirely" (M for very serious mental-health-related themes, 25,051 words so far): after the (rushed and unsatisfying) ending of The Umbrella Academy show, the Hargreeves find themselves at Summerland (in a pocket universe created after the end of Legion), where everybody gets traumatized-superhero therapy, particularly music therapy, because I like that trope? Since it takes place post-canon for both shows, there are spoilers for both, but if you don't care about that, I think you can get away with understanding this if you've seen TUA but not Legion, since you're meeting the Legion characters/universe through the Hargreeves' eyes, but I have at least one enthusiastic reader who's seen Legion but not TUA. So read it, you might like it, even if you've seen neither! —"Did Anyone Ever Tell You You Look Just Like Aubrey Plaza?" (NR-probably-G, 332 words): Meta crack dialogue between Klaus and Lenny in which Klaus is apparently subconsciously recognizing the actors responsible for the Legion characters. Just silly. —"The Inaugural Meeting of the Ruthless Killers Who Are Much Older Than They Look But Are Single-Mindedly Devoted to Protecting Their Siblings Club" (G, 1,091 words): proof of concept! Debating making a crossover (before TUA season 4 gave me a plot for it), I threw Five and Kerry into the astral plane together to see what would happen. Also Lester “Apollo” Papadopoulos makes a cameo.
STORIES THAT DEFINITELY REQUIRE FAMILIARITY WITH THE SOURCE MATERIAL, BUT WHAT THE HEY, I’M NOT STOPPING YOU FROM READING AND COMMENTING ANYWAY:
Back to the Future
"The Puppy-Fly Effect" (G, 849 words): Like "Syd's Third Childhood," time travel means this takes place both before AND after the movie. It's the story of how Doc and Marty met (though for Doc, now, this is their second meeting). It's short and sweet, you should read it. Because you probably HAVE seen this movie.
The Good Place (TV)
"In Which Jason and Chidi Rob a Bank" (G, 2,785 words): in one of the hundreds of reboots, Michael gives Chidi a moral dilemma with Jason's soul on the line.
"The Contractualism of Fair Play and Hot Wings" (G, 3,085 words): in another reboot, there's a (very)-hot-wing-eating competition that does NOT go the way Michael plans.
Crossover: The Good Place/Community (TV)
"Introduction to Infernal Crossover" (G, 1,263 words): I had a dream that Greendale Community College was a Bad Place simulation, so this fic is a de(an)mon named Craig basically pitching Community to Shawn as such!
Howl's Moving Castle (the book)
"The Invitation: an epilogue" (G, 1,397 words): directly after the first book ends, Howl invites Megan to his wedding. In fifteen minutes. (see, if you've only seen the movie you have no idea who I'm talking about). My highest-kudoed fic on AO3! All those happy readers can't be wrong!
Legion (TV 2017-2019)
****"The Magic Man of Oz" (T, 9,130 words for the story, 15,004 if you count the annotations chapter)—SEE THIS? MY BEST FIC EVER!!!!**** A psychic freakout sends the characters into an astral reenactment of a movie David remembers from childhood. LOOK! I worked really hard to match characters and concepts from Legion to everything in (the Oz part at least of) The Wizard of Oz, and it works brilliantly! Unfortunately that means you can probably only appreciate it if you've seen all of Legion to GET the references! But who knows, the second "chapter" is a complete list of reference annotations, so maybe that's enough! Contains Oliver narrating-and-destroying-the-fourth-wall, Time Monkeys, and an impressionisticly-formatted fight scene! You'll love it! Maybe even as much as I do! And NOW you can LISTEN to it as a full-blown audio play!
"Everything I Know About Writing the Loudermilk Twins" (G, 9,913 words): What It Says On The Tin. In which I dump all my theories and headcanons about my favorite character(s) in a nicely descriptive essay/fic-writing bible.
"The Limits of Two-Part Harmony" (G, 1,324 words): The first fic I posted on AO3! An alternate and/or extended scene from Chapter 4 in which David stays a little longer in the astral plane to keep Oliver company.
"Chapter 19.5: Hidden. Safe. Somewhere." (G, 1,270 words): Missing scene from the end of Season 2 explaining how Cary made sure to keep Oliver and Melanie safe.
"The Many Masks of Amahl Farouk" (T, 3,413 words): Farouk reminisces about all the faces he's worn, as if being interviewed about it. One of the only things I've ever written from a villain's point of view!
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Avengers: Endgame and Agent Carter mostly
"On the End of Endgame: A Series of Scenarios" (G, 3,844 words): I could think of only one way that the time travel in Endgame can actually make sense, and it's not the way any of the creators tried to explain it. So I wrote this mostly just so I didn't have to keep saying it to people. The rhetorical arguing evolved into a fic.
The Umbrella Academy (TV)
Confessions of a Fiktor Apologist; or, I Love ONE (1) Non-Canonical Ship: I don't know, maybe you WOULD prefer to read about my problematic OTP with no canon knowledge so you don't have to think about them technically being adoptive siblings; but seriously that's the least of their problems and I think I do a good job of handling all the problems if I do say so myself. This collection contains:
—"Not Just Stupid Kids" (T, 5,388 words): My attempt to fit my OTP into canon with a deleted scene (and a flashback and a sequel and a bonus deleted scene I drafted in somebody else's comment section) —"On Soul Mates and Nemeses" (T, 10,091 words): forcing two emotionally-repressed characters to talk about their relationship through mind-meld. Seriously, a great exploration of them platonicly as well. —"Morning-After Meltdowns" (M for alcohol abuse, discussion of offscreen sex, and Language, 3,930 words): forcing two emotionally-repressed characters to talk about their relationship in the aftermath of drunk sex (note: I don't write onscreen smut. Which reminds me): —Anonymous: "Renegade Teenage Hormones" (T though chapter 2 may be pushing M, 5,688 words): you won't find this fic on my AO3 page (or technically in this collection) because it's a (non-smutty) sequel to somebody else's (smutty) fic, and I didn't really want the link to the smutty fic right there on my page. Instead I will link you directly to my fic that links to that fic here! My fic turns that original story into more of an exceedingly awkward YA misadventure! And you can probably infer enough of what happened in the smutty fic if you don't want to actually read that one first! —"New World Symphony" (T, 20,563 words so far): (alternate) post-Season 3 multichapter in which the reset universe is a no-powers-no-adoption AU written by a Fiktor shipper. So Five and Viktor suddenly find themselves married and now have to sort out how that all works. Very slow burn, even non-shippers might like it. Actually I've had SEVERAL comments from non-shippers saying they loved it despite not shipping it. —"Brother and Also Brother Home For Christmas" (NR- G-with-one-F-bomb, 319 words): complete crack I wrote in an hour after somebody noted how the infamous Folger's "Brother and Sister Home for Christmas" "incest" commercial was basically ready-made Five/Seven fic and dared somebody to write it, so I did.
If you've made it this far, you may have forgotten that the purpose of this list is to convince you to try one of my stories and leave a comment on it! So I'm reminding you again now! Thank you!
