fanfic recs

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these are my favorite fanfics from my childhood, highschool, to now. oh and SPOILER WARNING FOR ALL THE FANDOMS LISTED BELOW. don't go into the fandom if you haven't completed the media!
anyways, for several works (especially ffnet, or just inactive users on ao3) i have attached a pdf with credits to the original author. patchouli knowledge standing

this is because as of the creation of this website, i have no idea if ffnet is going to last at this point. sonic the hedgehog talking

it's swarmed by ai, so i might as well do my part in preserving the works with their original credit. these files are just for backup reasons, if you can go to the original source, PLEASE do so. okay enjoy (〜￣▽￣)〜

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Anime/Manga sakura kinomoto showing a clow card

Cardcaptor Sakura (1998)
My Hero Academia (2016)
Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters (1996)

TV

ROTTMNT - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)
Steven Universe (2013)
Stranger Things (2016)

Video Games zero from the megaman series putting a hand on x's shoulder

The Legend of Zelda: BOTW/TOTK
Megaman (Classic-Zero)
Sonic the Hedgehog (All Media Types)
Undertale (2015)/Deltarune (2018)

Format:

title by author
Published: x.x.x
Status: x
Ship(s): x
Rating: x
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Summary: "x"

Ratings
G - General
PG - Parental Guidance
T - Teen and Up
M - Mature
E - Explicit

ANIME/MANGA

Cardcaptor Sakura (1998)

The More You Know by psiten

Summary: "Sakura gasped from inside the bathroom, then raised her voice with a little waver. "Umm, Syaoran-kun?" He knew he was stocked up on toilet paper and soap, so there was really only one thing it could be, especially since she'd taken her purse in with her.
Syaoran says it's cool, he's got this. No, really, the situation is under control. Girls have periods every month! He knows the drill.
Inspired by a conversation I had with the lovely vikki, whose own take on Syaoran having totally got this I'm looking forward to soon!
So happy CLAMP Day everyone!!!!"

Never Mind Me by watercircle

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Summary: "Syaoran is the ghost of a young boy who haunts the Kinomoto family's new home. When Syaoran discovers that Sakura is in for a terrible fate, he agrees to a sacrifice to protect her. But he doesn't realize what he's really given up…"

My Hero Academia (2016)

Yesterday Upon The Stair by PitViperOfDoom
Published: 10.21.2016
Ship(s): QPR Tododeku
Rating: T
Status: Complete
Summary: "Midoriya Izuku has always been written off as weird. As if it's not bad enough to be the quirkless weakling, he has to be the weird quirkless weakling on top of it.
But truthfully, the "weird" part is the only part that's accurate. He's determined not to be a weakling, and in spite of what it says on paper, he's not actually quirkless. Even before meeting All-Might and taking on the power of One For All, Izuku isn't quirkless.
Not that anyone would believe it if he told them."

Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters (1996)

Chained to You by SaijSpellhart
Published: 12.6.2020
Status: Ongoing
Ship(s): Puzzleshipping
Rating: T
Summary: " Taking place after the events of Season Zero, all the shadow games happened but Yugi never found out he was possessed by the spirit of the puzzle. Now he's an adult, living on his own, and he starts to notice strange and spooky things happening around his apartment. When he sees his own shadow moving Yugi begins to suspect his new place is haunted. But is this shadow spirit malicious or... kinda sweet?
Yami does a bunch of stupidly sweet domestic shit for Yugi to help take care of him. Expect romance, fluff, self-care, and Puzzleshipping shenanigans."

A Different Game by KatNocta
Published: 3.16.2017
Status: Complete
Ship(s): Rivalshipping
Rating: E
Summary: "While Yugi is used to Kaiba inviting him over for a game every so often, this one turns out to be entirely different than he expected."

Haunted House Sweet Home by InkFlavored
Published: 6.23.2019
Ship(s): Puzzleshipping
Rating: T
Status: Complete
Summary: "Yugi doesn't believe in ghosts. He never has and, up until now, he thought he never would. But when he moves into his new apartment, things start disappearing, doors start slamming, and an ancient crown has it out for him. He's forced to face reality: he's living in a haunted house. But will he be "living," there for long?
PuzzleJune2019 (Week 4: Home)"

Keep the Light Shining by clydeside
Published: 9.25.2020
Status: Complete
Ship(s): Puzzleshipping
Rating: M
Summary: "Yugi's new job as a lighthouse keeper sounds simple enough... until he realizes he's not entirely alone on the remote island: a dark spirit haunts Crawford Sound.
It lingers like a shadow in the night.
It watches, and it waits.
The past keepers warned of an inescapable terror, but as the days turn into weeks, Yugi begins to think it's not the ghost he ought to fear."

Slightly Haunted by EmeraldTrash666
Published: 9.16.2019
Status: Dead
Ship(s): None
Rating: T
Summary: "In hindsight, maybe Yuugi was a fool for dismissing all the rumors about the Millennium Puzzle being cursed."

That Which Lurks Within the Depths by EmeraldTrash666
Published: 5.23.2020
Status: Dead
Ship(s): None
Rating: T
Summary: " The year is 1996. Duel Monsters, the hottest trading card game on the market, is exploding with popularity like never before. Booster packs are flying off the shelves in every country, players are climbing the ranks, new technology is being developed, and the creator of the game, Maximillion J. Pegasus, is hosting an unprecedented championship tournament for elite players from across the world. Yet Pegasus has committed an unbelievable political faux pas: He failed to invite Atem, the prince and champion duelist of the undersea kingdom of Kemet.
Never one to take such insults sitting down, the prince naturally decides to simply attend anyway, invitation or no invitation. But was his exclusion truly just a matter of discrimination or obliviousness, or is it something far more sinister? One way or another, Prince Atem- Along with his new friends- Seems to be in for far more than he bargained for."

TV

ROTTMNT - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)

With (Internet) Friends Like These by StormFireGirl

Summary: "Donnie joins a group of like-minded individuals. Best part? It's all online! Nobody will ever know he's a mutant turtle."

Steven Universe (2013)

Little Rebellions by CompletelyDifferent

Summary: "Not all Pearls have the chance to run off to another planet and take up arms. Not all fights are grand and romantic. These are the little rebellions- little, but just as defiant."

Stranger Things (2016)

El's Word Book by Noth_lit_8

Summary: "El is frustrated that her vocabulary lags behind those of her friends, so Hopper wants to provide her with a way to see her growth:
El's Word Book
(Each chapter dedicated to El learning a new word.)
Complete."

VIDEO GAMES

The Legend of Zelda: BOTW/TOTK

26 Minutes And 42 Seconds by T_5Seconds

Summary: "Link speedruns the game at record-breaking speed. What happens after a naked amnesiac with a soup ladle saves Zelda?"

Finding Her by fioreofthemarch

Summary: "An open sky. A missing princess. A working Purah Pad (new and improved).
Link makes notes, takes photos and keeps time on his quest across Hyrule, in the hopes of finding Zelda and staying sane until he does."

Forever Changed by demoboy_demon

Summary: "Link loves Zelda, he really does. He visits her every week and trims her talons and reads her old favorite books to her. He loves her no matter what form she takes. But *goddess.* He misses his Zelda."

hold me closer by SocksAreArgyle

Summary: "Perhaps coming to Zora’s Domain was a mistake, because now Link never wanted to leave."

Honey Nut by liketolaugh

Summary: "It turns out that the death of the Calamity doesn't prevent more things from falling apart.
A year after the fall of Calamity Ganon, eighteen year old Link goes back in time to before the end of the world, before the fall of Hyrule, before he ever even drew his sword, and starts to fix things before they can go wrong. It takes a while before he realizes he might be able to regain pieces of himself, too."

Intelligent, Educated, and Capable of Earning the Children's Trust by citrusella

Summary: "He signed on to watch a kid for one day. Just a single day making sure a new kid in town didn't run off and get lost.
...It wasn't supposed to end with him becoming a key figure in the history of modern deaf education in Hyrule!"

K.K. Love Song by socksock

Summary: "With Hyrule on lock-down, Link has nothing to do but pour time into his Animal Crossing island.
With the ongoing crisis, Zelda really shouldn't be spending her precious breaks pining after a guy she met on the Animal Crossing forums."

Lost, then Found by SaintPellegrino

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Summary: "Two people waiting on their luggage strike up a conversation, get to know each other, and maybe fall in love a little bit - at least that's how the story normally goes. This is not one of those stories. AU oneshot, Zelink."

The Sign of a Hero by historyofrain

Summary: "Three short narratives exploring Link's and Zelda's early friendship. Link is Deaf, and Zelda is determined to become a stronger signer to communicate with him."

Speedrunning a Century by Kastaborous

Summary: "Link’s life had been quiet since he defeated the Calamity. Of course, to Link, ‘quiet’ meant it was filled with the sounds of explosions as he launched himself across Hyrule. But after defeating the embodiment of evil with nothing but an axe and a pot lid, wearing only a pair of boxers, fuelled by the eternity of rage in his heart, Link felt he was justified.
He had died. It was only fair he got to live a little.
So when a portal opens under his feet and Link finds himself face to face with himself, he decides to have some fun with this.
…
Or, a speedrunning Link is dropped a hundred years in the past and causes unbridled chaos."

Soldier's Log by Advocaat

Summary: "The events leading up to the return of Calamity Ganon as well as life after his defeat as recorded in the pages of a journal belonging to a knight who would be king."

Suggestive Affairs by anillani

Summary: "Months into their relationship, Link noticed that Sidon had begun trimming and maintaining some of the nails of his dominant hand. He didn’t want to be presumptuous, but…
OR
Sidon starts cutting his nails out of fear of hurting Link when they finally have sex and Link notices. And then proceeds to confront Sidon about it. And then they have sex :)"

Wide Eyes in the Dark by Anonymous

Summary: "To become an immortal dragon is to lose oneself.
The Demon King has been defeated, but not without a terrible cost.
After they fall from the sky, Link discovers that Zelda is no longer the princess he once knew. Zelda chose to sacrifice her heart and mind just to give him a fighting chance, and now, in the aftermath of the battle, he must come to terms with what that decision truly means.
For some sacrifices are not so easily taken back."

Megaman (Classic-Zero)

Good Night, Alouette by RiceKrispie

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Summary: "MMZ1-MMZ4. Zero takes on a mission that, while not quite his usual fare, is just as important. Warning: this fic contains large amounts of Alouette being cute."

I'll Wear It Proudly by Kaguya 2.0

Summary: "On the eve of Rock's and Roll's debut to the press, Dr. Light thought he'd engineered the perfect plan to protect their innocence. But the good doctor failed to take a few important variables into account…"

Mistress Ciel by Archaon

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Summary: "-One-Shot. MMZ, MMC hints.- Six months after Ragnarok, Ciel happens upon a collection of files on time travel, signed by none other but Dr. Albert Wily. With the world’s future looking bleak, she decides to take a chance."

sleepwalking by sadcatsam

Summary: "In the aftermath of the Eurasia crash, X finds himself having trouble dealing with the death of his friend Zero. Elsewhere, a couple of scientists decide to wreck havoc using Zero's body."

The Trick to Life by orphan_account

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Summary: 'The trick to life is to not get too attached.'
Oh, but he got attached. He got attached, and he's never gonna let go of his family.
A human AU from the perspective of Thomas Light. The first part is very loosely based off of one of the concepts in the movie August Rush (which I would wholeheartedly recommend).
I'm gifting this to Lati because they gave me ideas, helped me write this, and were a beta reader. however they ate all of my chips and that is inexcusable"

Two Reploids and a Baby by Mad_Betrayal

Summary: "After a devastating Maverick attack leaves a sector of Abel City in ruins, X discovers a human infant amongst the rubble. Right then and there, he solemnly swears to do all he can to ensure the baby's wellbeing. Zero is wary, but ready and willing to lend support to his partner. Let the trials and tribulations begin..."

Sonic the Hedgehog (All Media Types)

I Love You - Come With Me by molinaskies

Summary: "There’s no "me," anymore. In a way, there’s only "Sonic the Hedgehog," and that hedgehog, somehow, isn’t me.
I keep telling myself that I’m zipping around the world with Amy because she needed a break and she wanted to get away from a desk and that all of this is for her, but is that entirely true? I guess it’s a symbiotic situation–-it’s not like I’m not enjoying myself–-but she needed this more than me... Right?
___
What if when Sonic asks Amy to go with him on an adventure, she says yes? They’ve always been inseparable kindred spirits, but what exactly makes their bond so unique, and where do they make each other stronger?
This is my Sonamy Thesis. This is that story.
Mild Language."

Iron Oxide by the-enigma-machine

Summary: "Metal Sonic was created with a single purpose: he was to neutralize Sonic the Hedgehog. Now he is trapped with Sonic and lost in the deadly maze of a madman. In order to escape, he must cooperate with his most hated enemy, yet still follow his programming to its logical conclusion. Metonic (Sonic x Metal Sonic)"

it's only ever love by king.needlemouse

Summary: "Silver struggles to face the fact that he never quite got over his past traumas. Sonic is here to help."

Little Hours by garuye

Summary: "Elise comes home late from her study group. Short one-shot about a mushier moment from their college days."

till we touch the sun by king.needlemouse

Summary: "He never thought everything could fall apart quite like this. [cover art by @adokle]"

Trials of War: A Sonic Forces Rewrite by Ways

Summary: "Sonic's been defeated... The world has fallen... The Eggman Empire is on the rise and a powerful new enemy has appeared. In the clash between forces of good and forces of evil, what could possibly reignite the light of hope? Heroes will be born, some will return and the sands of time will bring another as the resistance stands against the empire. (T to be safe)"

Undertale (2015)/Deltarune (2018)

Permanent Solutions to Temporary Problems, And Other Nice Ways for People Who Don't Understand You To Say They Never Will by Polyhexian

Summary: "You get sick."

Cardcaptor Sakura (1998)

My Hero Academia (2016)

Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters (1996)

ROTTMNT - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)

Steven Universe (2013)

Stranger Things (2016)

The Legend of Zelda: BOTW/TOTK

Megaman (Classic-Zero)

Sonic the Hedgehog (All Media Types)

Undertale (2015)/Deltarune (2018)