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Thought I'd remake a comic strip into the Reverse! Schrucy AU. Ref under cut

Peanuts oc wa wa wa wa

Just getting this list out here of all the fanfics I've written to date, 'cause yall need to culture yall selves with some good fics and get out your comfort zone. Don't need to know the canon of fandoms to read them, just like with any other media. If you can watch a new movie, show, or get a book without knowing much, then fan fics are no different. Also I am open to any tag suggestions to add to any of these. I wanted to make this one post, but there's too many works.

There's gold here, and I'll let you know how well I think about them.

PEANUTS

—https://archiveofourown.org/series/4586311 You're A Ladies Man, Charlie Brown

Word count: 109k split into four books, unlike it's original release on FFN

Rated Teen

Synopsis: Patty(not Patty Reichardt), Lucy Van Pelt, and Violet Gray each deal with something traumatic that not only had them turn on each other, but the school. As they each endured and suffered, Charlie Brown helped each of them through it, and they fell in love with him and created a polyamorous relationship. Takes place in high school.

Why: It was a story request from a FFN user. The premise seemed like a good idea, I am poly myself, and have never written a poly fic. It's also a nice change from the many Charlie/Peppermint Patty and Charlie/Heather Wold pairings. I like Patricia Richardt getting her man as much as the next Peanuts fan, but there's so many characters one can pair up throughout the decades. It's a decent read without too many convuluted fanfic mcguffins.

—https://archiveofourown.org/works/47588113/chapters/119936398 College Daze Book One

Word count: 35k

Rated Mature

Synopsis: Somewhat based on a series of comic strips where the Van Pelts were allegedly going to move out of town, but ended up moving a street over, diwn the street, or something. They moved while Charlie was in middle school, to New Jersey. So Charlie's life turned around without her around, and he ended up at the University of Louisville.

Because of how her life was in New Jersey, going from big bully fish in a small pond, to small bully fish in a big pond; Lucy did not handle it when she was basically the Charlie Brown of her school and neighborhood. Having turned to drinking and sex to cope as she got older, she was forced to transfer to sweep it all under the rug.

She had class with one of Charlie's friends who wanted to date her. Nobody had really ever seen her and didn't believe she was real, until he finally talked to her and convinced her to join them for lunch. She bailed when she realized Charlie was there, before he caught eye of her. He eventually ran into her—literally, she ran away, and actively avoided them all. It was then another friend of his realized who the other was chasing, pointed out she was one of the campus sluts.

Charlie found her and convinced her to be friends and slowly they started to fall for each other and date, where he helped her through her problems and she set out to end her reputation.

Why: It was an idea I had, and it was just too good to ignore. It's also the last story I've written with sex scenes. It also let me throw my own hometown in as a backdrop, so any other Louisvillians will enjoy seeing a few places past and present in place. It takes Charlie and Lucy out of the norm and puts them by themselves. Charlie/Lucy isn't a popular pairings, especially because she's canonically his bully, but that's when they're elementary school kids under ten. And it's fan fiction, where they can be made to work. They're older and through redemption and change, they work.

It's unfinished because I got writers block and had other things to write. There's 31 chapters with 19 published. I'm going to split it into two books, the first is going to get 20 chapters, the rest will be in book two. This is one of my fics I really like. One really doesn't need to know much about Peanuts to read it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63514585 Beautiful Music

Word count: 11k

Rated Teen

Synopsis: Long out of college, Schroeder found life and his dreams were harder than he thought, trying to make a living as a musician. He found himself at a jazz bar in hopes of a more permanate gig. It was there that he struggled and found out that there was a well loved singer that could probably make or break him working there. A singer that seemed to be quite the diva, who only did it for a place to stay. Who she was, was kept a secret from him, when his fascination after his first play with her, grew too much. He eventually found out it was Lucy, but she acted like she didn't know him, until they met again. She finally came clean and he finally started to fall for her and her old feelings returned as they're performances brought out the best of each other. He could see her worth, and she saw real reasons to want him.

Why: I kinda, sorta wrote this because of the Shrucy craze, but also because I had only ever written Schroder/Lucy once and had an idea for another one. I think the Schrucy fics are a fucking plague, but I think out of the few I've read, this is one of the better ones, and it's one of my good fics. It's underrated.

—https://archiveofourown.org/works/39667494/chapters/99304371 Him Over Her

Word count: 17k

Rated General Audiences

Synopsis: Patricia Reichardt aka Peppermint Patty now in high school is questioning who she is and how that's going to work out, discovers that she's trans once she convinces Charlie to take her to a dance, and wearing a dress felt wrong. She eventually started dressing like a boy in secret. All while Charlie finally dates Heather, yet the feelings seem different than the ones that confuse him that he has towards Schroeder. Once Heather moved, things still weren't clear, so he threw himself in hobbies and things.

Charlie and Linus went to follow Schroeder one day after Lucy complained and demanded they figure out why he didn't want anything to do with her or any girl. Curious, they went to track him down and found he was kissing Lamar, which brought those weird feelings back in Charlie. They kept it from Lucy for months, and Patricia slowly intergrated her new self. Schroeder eventually told Lucy to get her off his back.

Charlie talked to Schroeder and Lamar about his problem and found out he was bisexual, Patricia also opened up to them. Lucy spills the beans about Patricia liking Charlie to him. Pat finally came out. During summer, he went to a lgbt camp, while Charlie and Sally ended up meeting other kids on a family trip and Sally found out her brother was bi because of those kids, and had to be taught.

Towards the end of summer, before Pat got back, Charlie came out to his friends. Once Pat got back Charlie had no clue who he was and had a crush on him. Pat ended up dating a girl named Melody, who was also dating Linus. Melody's jig was up quick. Charlie looks for Pat at school, still not knowing who Pat now is now, found him and knew exactly who he was, and they opened up about their feelings.

Why: I hadn't really wrote many queer stories, I had a idea and not much else, so I decided to write it for Pride month. Not one of my best stories, it could've been better, and not so rushed. The ending is really good, though.

—https://archiveofourown.org/works/57094129/chapters/145207924 The Place... Errr... Face Kick

Word count: 12k

Rated Teen

Synopsis: Lucy tried to get Charlie to kick the football again and this time her prank failed successfully, left her seriously hurt. A broken jaw that hurt her social life, as well, although she had to start reevaluating things. Lamar still had a crush on her, that he didn't want to act on, on principle. Once she gets all the head gear off, she finds herself ugly and wore a mask. It was revealed to her that Lamar liked her, and they set out to try and get them together. She was nervous and surprised somebody liked her, despite all the time she spent chasing Schroeder. They finally had a chance to talk and she gave him a chance.

Why: I wrote this because I had been wanting to write something where here football prank failed her. It's not too bad unless you just don't like Lucy with anybody else.

—https://archiveofourown.org/works/57151420 Almost Missed You

Word count: 1836

Rated General Audience

Synopsis: Lucy and Lamar reconnect years after high school, and aim to date once both are back in town. Her car breaks down on the way, Lamar thinks she stood him up, until he runs into somebody on the side of the road.

Why: Just a quick story idea. Peanuts fans are probably wondering who Lamar is. He's an OC of mine, who typically doesn't take center stage and is usually a supporting character.

—https://archiveofourown.org/series/2722729 Episodes Of Minneapolis

Word count: 47k

Rated: Various

Synopsis: A probably pointless collection of stories that aren't related to each other. And too many to detail in this already long post.

Why: I don't know why I put them in a collection, but each one was something I thought of writing. The Ballad of Charlie Brown and Lucy Van Pelt was in a way inspired by Cowboy Bebop. The Great Pumpkin King was my first attempt at a horror story. The stories here are hit and miss, kinda mid.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21657583 It's A Reunion, Charlie Brown!

Word count: 44k

Rated Mature

Synopsis: Due to his childhood, Charlie became an OTR trucker and never wanted to set foot in his hometown again, much less the state, but Linus convinced him to come back for their first high school reunion. He was a changed man, far from the kid he was. Once back, they were shocked when he met up with many of them. They all but seemingly Lucy and Violet changed.

After getting reaquainted, he found out everybody wasn't okay. Patricia was hurt the most from his leaving and abandoning home and still had feelings for him. He set out to sort things between them. It was revealed his sister was a stripper, Violet and Lucy dated in high school, Linus and Marcie were FWB.

Patricia has taken to drinking and throwing herself into work at her dads garage. During a girls night with Tapioca, Patty, Violet Frieda, and Lucy, they decided to leave their childish loathing of Charlie in the past, except Lucy. They also found out Lucy and Violet were a thing back then and what happened. They try to rekindle that flame, but Violet refuses as long as Lucy continues to hold on to that hate.

Charlie and Patricia find themselves dating after her father kicks her out of the house for her own good and his sanity, to push her on Charlie. During the reunion Lucy is set straight and with the ultimatum from Violet, makes peace with Charlie. Things get better for both couples, niether wants to let go of what they now have. Charlie and Lucy go together to get their girls engagement rings. Patricia decides that she's going to leave and live her life with Charlie. Her dad gives her one last gift that leaves her in tears.

Why: This was what got me into fanfiction. I saw some of myself in canon Charlie. I was just inspired to write this. Technically the second fic I ever wrote(Through A Lense Queerly was the first), is the first I published. I wrote two versions, a clean version for FFN and the regular one for AO3 with the sex scenes. This is one of my favorite fanfics I've written.

—https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13798537/1/Are-You-Crazy-Charlie-Brown Are You Crazy Charlie Brown!

Word count: 77k

Rated: Teen

Synopsis: When Schroeder finally tells Lucy off for good, fed up with her obsessive antics, that left her heart broken and physically hurt, she grew afraid of him. Charlie despite having should known better, tried to help her out and she wanted nothing to do with him. After a talk with Linus, Charlie revealed that he had a crush on Lucy.

It's revealed that Frieda had a crush on Schroeder, but she was too nervous to say anything. Word got out that he hurt Lucy, he had to explain it wasn't on purpose. They decided to give it a shot. Lucy convinces Sally to leave Linus alone, so he can date Patty in peace. She also developsca fear of Schroeder.

Lucy ask Linus why Charlie has been acting weird and he tells her that Charlie has a crush on her, then has to hold her back so she doesn't do something stupid. Luct starts to reevaluate life choices. Linus and Sally sought out help to get them together. Lucy went to Charlie to apologize for how she treated him.

Lucy starts to have feelings for Charlie, and she wants him to want her. Everybody sets out with the plan to get them together. Charlie expressed his feelings to her, when the plan unfolded and she was happy to return the feelings.

Charlie and Lucy go on a date. The next day Violet opened up to Charlie that she broke up with Shermy. Frieda convinced Lucy to go on a double date with her and Schroeder, which she agreed to, because she values their friendship. Being with Charlie has triggered Lucy's hormones, and her nervousness makes a terrible combination.

Frieda and Lucy confront Violet about Shermy. Later that day Lucy has the talk with Charlie. The next day Lucy, Frieda and Patty, talk to Violet about getting with Franklin. Patty convinced Franklin to give Violet a shot. After talking to Violet after school, he decides to go and have a chat with Shermy. Violet told Patty what was happening and left, just to catch the end of their heated discussion, and went to tell Patty about it.

After school the next day, Violet is nervous as she waits for Franklin to come over. Franklin finds out there's more to her than he thought. They really hit it off and Violet starts to really like the idea of dating him. When her parents come home, they find out that they're racist. Franklin talks to his friends about it. Next day Violet had it in with her parents and showed up to school late, because of it. She lashed out on social media about it. After school, her mom arrived about it, and she made a quick getaway with Franklin.

Franklin dropped her at home, she got into it with her parents again. She made sure to post more proof online. The next day she emptied her bank account before her father could do anything. Her and Franklin were called to the office to talk to a news reporter. After school, her father slipped inside to pick her up from school, but got the run around from the staff. His wife found them in the student lot. During the ruckus, Violet slipped out of Franklins SUV into Charlies car. Her father chased Franklin and confronted him at a gas station until the police arrested him.

Franklin meets up with Violet at Charlies, from there they go to his house. When she went home, her mom lost it on her, she locked herself in her bedroom. At school Charlie talks about the band they had been working on. Marcie gets bullied by cheerleaders. Violet tries to help her, but she refused. They go after her again and she turned down Lucy's help. Violet and Lucy talk about it after school. Lucy invites Charlie over, where things get a bit steamy.

Violet spots Marcie after another altercation and convinces her to let them deal with it. Patricia thinks the secret Marcie keeps is that she's going to dump her. Violet tells the cheerleaders to leave Marcie alone, but they don't listen. After school, the cheerleaders try to get Violet alone to talk things over, but Franklin and Lucy follow.

Violet discovered they had Marcir tied up in the gym locker room and they were going to jump her. Lucy jumped in the fight quickly and the girls made short work of them. Violet drove Marcie to Patricia's where they talked it all out.

At Charlies, they're trying to get to second base when Rerun shows up, having been kicked out so Linus and Patty could run bases. Charlie opened up on how his and Sally's relationship really is. They decided to go out to eat. As they arrived they saw Marcie getting chased by the cheerleaders. They ran defense while they sent Rerun for Patricia, who came out ready to fight. Her and Lucy made short work, and they all left.

Later with alone time, they tried again to hit the bases, and it did not go too well.

Violet and Franklin had to go to court ovet her fathers actions. Her mother caused a scene and got in trouble herself. Violet threw a party that got a bit extreme as they found the alcohol.

Week later, Violet was emancipated. Charlie and his band get ready for the schools talent show. They surprised everybody with their performance and got a history lesson of their parents at their age. They went to the pizza parlor to celebrate and get a front row seat to Sally ruin her date.

afterwards they all went to look out point and finally Charlie and Lucy hit a homerun.

Apparently the Peanuts fandom has exploded, which would be great because it'd put eyes on my work, but it seems to be mainly what they call "Shrucy"; the Schroeder/Lucy ship. Which means AO3 is being flooded with one ship, and that shit gets annoying (See Ed, Edd, N Eddy fanfic section) real fast.

The great thing is it's getting people writing, reading, and bringing some life back into one of fhe oldest fandoms. But that also brings a mass of ameteur writing mistakes. Which are baffling, and makes it look like one has never actually opened a book in their life.

--Large massive paragraphs--

Walls of text are annoying to read, chances are, it could (and should) be broken up into two or more psragraphs.

--Jumbled up dialog--

Everybody's dialog all in a single paragraph is a no-no in pretty much EVERY single writing discipline:

"Oh that's cool," Jim said as they looked at the fancy car. "You really like that one," Suzy asked. It had a great paint job they could see their reflection in, the engine was powerful. "Of course I do." The owner gave a thumbs up. "It does look great."

No. Every line of dialog stands on it's own, on a new line. Each speaker begins a new line/paragraph:

"Oh that's cool," Jim said as they looked at the fance car.

"You really like that one," Suzy asked.

(Things not related to dialog or the characters starts a new line) It had a great paint job they could see their reflection in, the engine was powerful.

"Of course I do."

The owner gave a thumbs up.

"It does look great."

See how that makes sense, and is easier to read? That's why stories are written this way.

--Mixing up dialog and actions between characters--

Again... this makes things hard to read and follow.

"I'd love to give this baby a spin," Jim said. Suzy took pictures and rolled her eyes. "One day I'll have a car this sick."

If you didn't know, all that dialog is Jim. This is another no-no. A characters actions should only be attached to THEIR OWN dialog, or by itself, NOT anothers.

"I'd love to give this baby a spin. One day I'll have a car this sick," said Jim.

Suzy took pictures and rolled her eyes.

Or:

"I'd love to give this baby a spin," said Jim.

Suzy took pictures and rolled her eyes.

"One day I'll have a car this sick," he added.

Or:

"Id love to give this baby a spin," said Jim.

Suzy took pictures and rolled her eyes. "You can barely drive, as it is."

--Tenses--

A story should be past tense, or present tense. It can't be both at the same time. Either it's already happened as being told, or it's unfolding as the reader reads it.

Jim knocked on the door, and Suzy is running to open it.

Jim had knocked on the door, that's past tense. Suzy running to the door is present tense. Either Jim knocked on the door and Suzy ran to open it, or Jim is knocking on the door, and Suzy is running to open it. It's one or the other, not both.

Suzy is laying down and watching TV is present tense, currently happening, as opposed to; Suzy had laid down and watched TV, that's past tense, she had done that already.

--Adverbs--

A person can't speak a laugh, or sigh, leer, or smile.

It's not, "You really screwed up," Jim laughed.

It's, "You really screwed up," Jim said with a laugh, or, "You really screwed up." Jim laughed. A person can only vocalize; growl, whisper, yell, stammer, shout, stutter.

This is all literally the bare minimum of writing. It's not asking much, regardless of why you write. You ain't gotta be perfect, or be on the level of Tolkien, or even seeking to better your writing skills. And nobody is asking, or expecting of such, we just wanna be able to read what you've slaved over. It could be pure fucking gold awesomeness, but if nobody can read and make sense of it, they won't see it, can't see it, or both.