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July 2021 Schitt’s Creek Fic Recs

Happy August!! This month has gone so quickly and yet we got so much wonderful fic being published almost every day! As always I’m not including any fics from the recent fests but I HIGHLY encourage you go and read them all! Elevate! 2021 was incredible with such a diverse mix of couplings, and the Passions and Pastimes fest will also begin posting soon!

1. he makes me feel like by @hullomoon

It was my birthday this month!!! And the LOVELY hullomoon posted this absolutely incredible first kiss barbecue fic for me!! It’s so incredibly sweet, I love canon diversions like this and this filled every possible wish I could have!! Thank you so much for this wonderful gift and if you haven’t read it PLEASE do for you own sake!

2. Tell Me When You Know by @maxbegone

Another addition to the Sweet Caffeine series! This is all about Patrick’s proposal which, from the previous fic, has been one of my very favourite proposals I have read. It’s so so lovely and sweet and the perfect addition to an already incredible series!

3. Everyday Magic (series) by @mostlyinthemorning (@houdini74)

I have been living for these magic fics! Magical realism is in my top three tropes and these have consistently been super fun and really really sweet! I was especially fond of the cat!David one, (unsurprisingly considering I also wrote one for the tropefest a few months ago) which is SO PERFECT, I love it when people get the characteristics so right even with something so far away from canon, and we ALWAYS deserve more catvid fics in the world.

4. a simple complication by @LFTPD

THEY’RE SUCH IDIOTS, I devoured this fic so fast. Patrick is such a dumb gay, letting everyone believe he and David are dating, while David ACTUALLY begins to believe it despite never having kissed Patrick. Incredible, hilarious, and sweet as hell!

5. Vampires Are People Too!: Season 1 by @petrodobreva

This fic has NOT gotten enough attention. It’s so incredibly detailed, with an incredibly developed storyline, and one of the sweetest explorations of David/Patrick as a high school relationship I have read. Like seriously run don’t walk to go and read this, you will thank me after.

6. got no sway on my destiny by @5ambreakdown

We love an AU with some trauma mixed in. This is a super short little exploration of alternate timelines which will leave you wanting more but also needing a solid week to recover. 

7. PDA: Public Displays of Anxiety by @delilah-mcmuffin

Nobody understands Patrick’s character intricacies like this fic does. It felt so very in character for him to overthink his and David’s PDA, and I loved the slight angst combined with mutual pining even though they’re already together.

8. Can You Help Me by @trueillusion82​

The Queen of Hurt/Comfort back at it with this very soft fic. It’s early relationship and has a lot of caretaker David which I adore, and as always the overthinking and tentative caring for each other is done just perfectly!!

9. The Dude Ranch by @alldaydream

Not much to say about this one except OMG COWBOY PATRICK, this one made me laugh so much, I loved the silly nature of it, I loved the immediate interest in each other, and of course I loved the teasing! Just the perfect combination of every meet-cute trope.

10. Before I Met You by @dinnfameron​

Incredible as always, this fic considers what if David and Patrick had met long before Schitt’s Creek, and been passing figures in each other’s lives. I love the concept that there was some fate or cosmic intervention in their meeting and I love how sweet they are with each other even before they know how important they will be!

+1. [art] booths and bleachers by @sparklesmagiclightlove for Molten Glass Hearts by  @januarium​

Cries in Canadian :’)

February Schitt’s Creek Fic Round-Up

Okay this officially marks my SECOND round up, please applaud for me remembering to do this a second time! We have had SO much amazing fic this month, 400 in total in this month alone, and I wanted to share ten of my complete favourites, in no particular order:

1. we’ll get together then, dad by @doingthemost 

I have to kick off the list with this one. It’s just incredibly written, so perfectly characterised, and sweet as hell. Johnny’s voice is perfect, Alexis’ voice is perfect, it made me so so warm and happy (especially from the perspective of the second gay child in my family), and deserves to be read by every single person on the planet. 

2. I Will Be Here by @trueillusion82

This one was just so heart wrenching and perfect, it chronicles David’s first depressive episode after meeting Patrick and is just full of sweet moments and so so much love and affection, I adored it!

3. Valentine’s Day is for Lovers by @middyblue 

Ahh this one is just so so so ridiculous and sweet. The whole town (and more) end up giving David a Valentine present because Patrick is out of town this year, and he goes OFF about it being a ROMANTIC holiday. It made me laugh, and it made me so so happy!!! A must read!

4. Sounds of Pleasure by @grapehyasynth

Okay this is just the best thing you’ll read all week. It’s got all the pining and mutual affection you could ask for, plus is super 🔥 and in general is just completely unmissable! If you haven’t already read it please please do yourself a favour and take a look!! 

5. take me to the stars, just say “oh” by @Coeurire 

A trans!Patrick fic written by a trans author!! It deserves so much more attention for the impeccable character profile and the details of his experiences which I haven’t personally seen written before, and is just a really beautiful piece. I highly recommend!!

6. she’s all over me by @samwhambam​

Okay so I am still new to the Twyla/Stevie train but I can honestly say this author single handedly converted me. It’s slow going catching up, but this one is so so so 🔥, like seriously, no joke, and I’m obsessed with it!! Definitely definitely a recommendation if you’re looking for more F/F fic!!!

7. Lost in a Dream by @asoftplacetoland26

THIS ONE IS SO SOFT!! David and Patrick have regular zoom calls with the whole Rose family joining every week, but David can’t stay awake through any of them. This author is of course exceptional in general but this is just one of my very favourites, I read it like 10 times and will definitely be reading it again!

8. that could be a start by @5ambreakdown

This one is a kind of rewrite of one of the scenes in the Olive Branch. It’s just so sweet and funny, something I had never really considered but always wanted to read, and so so well written!! 

9. i’d take my puppy everywhere by @hullomoon

Y’all KNOW I love a meet cute and this is the absolute CUTEST of the meets. It has puppies, and neighbours, and awkward flirting and is the absolute most adorable thing I have possibly ever read. Legitimately, it gave me cavities in the best possible way. Go and read it. 

10. Roses and Tide, by @fairmanor

PIRATE FIC, it’s got SEA SHANTIES, it’s got SWORD FIGHTS, it’s got SEXY LESBIANS. That should be enough but honestly it’s also gorgeous? Like stunningly written (as with everything fairmanor writes) and so so incredible.

I would just like to mention that I have discounted any fics in the Season 7 fest even though they were all AMAZING, just to give everything else that came out a fair shot!