~*~ Ultimate Viridian Dream's Fanfic Recommendation List ~*~

[Tempest Kitsune]

Hey joni, you got those tags reversed. You're supposed to put the address after the = in the first part of the tag, and the name in-between the tags.

[Joni85]

Ack, I'll edit it now. I had to wait for the mod to approve my message so I didn't see it when it went up.

[jgkitarel]

Decided to recommend a classic here. Sailor Hellblazer, one of the classics in crack crossovers.

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[url=http://www.thekeep.org/~rpm/vertigo/sailor-hellblazer/]Sailor Hellblazer[/url]

EDIT (5/27): Forgot to put in the code to copy over the link. Also, found an interesting Bleach x HP Crossover. Finished it last night and am working on the sequel.

The titles are a bit unoriginal, but there's plenty of humor and serious stuff mixed in. Eradona's Harry Potter and the Order of the Bleached Phoenix and Bleach and the Half Blood Prince. Worthwhile reads, IMO.

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[url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7197392/1/Harry-Potter-and-the-Order-of-the-Bleached-Phoenix]Harry Potter and the Order of the Bleached Phoenix[/url] [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7673707/1/Bleach-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince]Bleach and the Half Blood Prince[/url]

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The first few chapters give it a rough start and make it seem like a typical wish-fulfillment fic, with fix-fic aspects, but it gets better as it goes on. Rather than completely destroying the HP canon, the author manages to integrate in the Bleach characters in well and provides much larger roles for some of the side characters. The changes start subtle, and slowly build without massively changing things, as events still tend to go as they had in the HP books, though the changes are interwoven into those events.

[jgkitarel]

Super Crossover: Takamachi Nanoha of 2814. Combining crack, drama, awesome, more awesome, sheer pwnage, awesome funny, funny awesome, accidental innuendo, trope overload and MORE!

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[url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6095074/1/Takamachi-Nanoha-of-2814]Takamachi Nanoha of 2814[/url]

[Joni85]

I'm going to rec Back Again by Waugh. A Lord of the Rings time travel fic starring Bilbo. So far he's done a great job with world building, and hasn't rehashed cannon at all.

[HypoSoc]

Seconding Back Again

[DIT_grue]

And I'll third Back Again. It doesn't quite match the Middle Earth in my head, but it's a good story.

[jgkitarel]

Recommending Imperfect Cherry Blossom, a Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya/Touhou Project Crossover that is extremely well done.

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[url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8495962/1/Imperfect-Cherry-Blossom]Imperfect Cherry Blossom[/url]

[Phht]

First thought: "Oh god, Haruhi/Touhou cannot end well." Next thought was "Oh, it's just Kyon." (Sorry Kyon!)

I'll second ICB, after binging through 19 of 21 chapters.

[jgkitarel]

Yeah, couldn't stop once I started.

[Wraith5]

Well, I noticed there weren't any Gundam fics, on the list, so... here's three by the same author. Basically, the first is a re-write of Gundam SEED with OCs and original Mobile Suits (both hers and another author's...I'll look it up when I get the chance...), the second is a re-write of Gundam SEED Destiny, and the third is a sequel. (Please note, the third one is dead on the author's own admission. When the author gave her reasoning though, I think she was selling herself short.)

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[url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5024520/1/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-SEED-Dauntless]Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Dauntless[/url] - complete [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5442411/1/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-SEED-Serenity]Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Serenity[/url] - complete [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7963172/1/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-SEED-Divinity]Mobile SUit Gundam SEED Divinity[/url] - dead

Some of my all time favorite fics. The author, Maileesaeya, also has a number of other Gundam SEED fics, as well as a few Naruto and one Inuyasha.
Really nervous about posting this, what with this being my 6th post and all...

[jgkitarel]

An interesting HP x Star Trek ToS crossover that I think merits some perusal from the rest of you called The Wizard on the Edge of Forever.

From the summary: During the fight at the Department of Mysteries, Harry gets taken on the ride of his life.

An understatement that a Brit would appreciate. Needless to say, it's a good read and comes with some interesting parts to it.

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[url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4944819/1/The-Wizard-on-the-Edge-of-Forever]The Wizard on the Edge of Forever[/url]

[EdStargazer]

Oooooo. Me likey Wizard on the Edge of Forever. Whole hearted seconding

[jgkitarel]

Found this one after some massive digging. When I heard that Nobody Dies was written by Gregg Landsman, I jumped on it for a reason, and that reason is this little gem from the past.

Hope, Dreams and Destiny as One is a Breath of Fire fanfic that he wrote years ago and is probably the first major work he cut his teeth on. While it is not quite up to the same quality as his later works (this was before he became the prolific author on Spacebattles and got all the feedback he needed to really get into the groove, his ability as a storyteller is clear here. Also, it's not based in The Pit or on Spacebattles (at least I didn't find it in the latter).

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[url=http://arcahan.topcities.com/gregg-hddo.htm]Hope, Dreams and Destiny as One[/url]

[Dechstreme]

I thought I was the only one here that actually read that! And it's a rare Breath of Fire fic, to boot. Quality BoF fics are hard to find. It's very rough compared to his current level, but several of his signatures are still there.

[GreggHL]

Dear Lord I had no idea anyone even remembered that fic.

[jgkitarel]

I did. Hell, finding it again caused me to reread it.

Again, compared to your current works, Gregg, it is rough, but it's also on of the first fics you cut your teeth on as a writer. Considering how hard it is to find quality BoF fics, this shouldn't surprise you. And yes, that old site is still running.

[Bezzerker]

I would like to nominate A Captain and a Madman. It's a well written 11 Doctor / Star Trek fanfic.

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[url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9319253/1/A-Captain-And-A-Madman]A Captain and a Madman[/url]

[Zankaru Zelladonii]

List updated, sorry for the months I let it sit, been working through RL stuff.

Added sections for Bleach, Breath of Fire, Sailor Moon, Gundam, Spirited Away, Star Trek, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy. I seem to have deleted the touhou project section somehow during my last update, that is back.

Seconding Back Again, thanks for that! I was tempted to make a section for time travel fics but realized I would never get anything done ever again.

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[Wraith5]

I honestly don't know why I've waited this long to suggest these...
In any case, here's three Mass Effect fics: Razor's Edge and its sequels, Dark Witness and Requiem. The series uses a (mostly) paragon male Shepard, with a Liara romance in ME1, and Tali romance from ME2 on.
Razor's Edge - Mass Effect 2 rewrite - complete
Dark Witness - Lair of the Shadowbroker DLC - complete
Requiem - Mass Effect 3 rewrite (including the DLC for the game, includes mention of ME2's Arrival DLC) - incomplete, last update was about 2 months ago

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[url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6049842/1/Razor-s-Edge]Razor's Edge[/url] - complete [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6814325/1/Razor-s-Edge-Dark-Witness]Dark Witness[/url] - complete [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7952484/1/Razor-s-Edge-Requiem]Requiem[/url] - incomplete

...I just realized that both times I've suggested fics, they've all been trilogies...

[jgkitarel]

Zank, To the Stars is a PMMM fic, not Nanoha.

[Zankaru Zelladonii]

Oops, rectified, thanks for the catch.

Recommending LOTR fic Saruman of many Devices, we saw saruman using gunpowder, this crossover takes that a bit further into glorious territory.

[DIT_grue]

Seconding Saruman of Many Devices.

[Dechstreme]

You guys might want to change the status of the Evangelion fic Once More, With Feeling. The author updated it again.

[Wraith5]

You know, considering the fact that I posted 3 fics by Maileesaeya before, I don't know why I just don't post a few more of hers. "The White Queen" and "Dark Angel of Freedom."
MSGS: The White Queen - incomplete, regular updates promised (and promises have been kept so far). NOTE: This is a rewrite. The original version can be found here.

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Kira and Lacus have been friends since childhood. When ZAFT attacks Heliopolis, Kira is forced to pilot a powerful prototype mobile suit to protect Lacus... and to protect Kira, Lacus chooses to become the pilot of the prototype Strike Gundam. Plunged into the heart of the conflict, the two struggle to protect their friends and discover for themselves what is worth fighting for.

Dark Angel of Freedom - incomplete, currently on permanent hiatus, undergoing re-write (as stated in summary)

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Inspired by Gundam SEED Destiny: Kira. An amnesiac pilot, discovered drifting through the final battlefield. With no knowledge of who he is, he sets out into a world soon torn asunder by war, new friends at his side, and new enemies to defeat. ON PERMANENT HIATUS, UNDERGOING RETOOL.

As far as my impressions of these fics go, the author does a pretty decent job with the "Lacus joins the Archangel before the ship reaches Earth" idea. There are a few things I don't think work quite so well in the fic, but it's an overall good read. Now, "Dark Angel of Freedom" is an interesting one. I'll be honest, I avoided it for a while because of the title. BAD IDEA. This fic is AWESOME. "Gundam SEED Destiny: Kira" (the fic that inspired it) was written by Tellemicus Sundance, but I think DAoF is better...