#FicRecFebruary compilation week(ish) one

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I'm trying to channel my sadness about twitter getting worse, and also the fact that I don't have strong fannish energy (this is because I've been homeless for three months, and am tired) into putting more content on mastodon so that people will feel more comfortable moving over there, (Try it out! It's basically just twitter! People making it seem more complicated are wrong!)

So, in that spirit, I started #FicRecFebruary which is just a hashtag fest thing on masto, and I'm posting one rec per day for all of Feb. I'm also compiling the recs in vaguely weekly-ish posts to have them all in one convenient place. If you are also unsure about how to start posting on masto, come and retweet my post about #FicRecFebruary and maybe tweet a rec of your own! No need to do every day of the month like me, even someone just adding one rec to the hashtag is awesome!


🍾 Darling & the Cinderella Club🍾
writer: emilyenrose (orphaned)
rating: E
fandom: original work! 1920s england setting
pairing: best friends sweet himbo/dramatic effete
wc: 12, 321
tags: Wodehousian Nonsense, idiots in love, queer community
my rec: a lovely original work, like a condensed queer romance novel about a sweet himbo having realisations about his best friend when they go to a queer club in 1920s england. fizzy, bubbly and sexy!

🥩 Et in Arcadia Ego 🥩
writer: oliviacirce
rating: E
fandom: Hannibal (TV)
pairing: Will/Hannibal
wc: 9,969
tags: pastoral horror, domestic cannibalism, murder husbands
my rec: this is hands down my favourite hannibal fic, about hannibal and will doing some light ethical serial killing while living their sexy french pastoral fantasy. the sex is hot, the violence is hot, the food is hot. it's good.

🦁 Hold The Rock 🦁
writer: avocadomoon
rating: T
fandom: Game of Thrones
pairing: Tyrion/Sansa
wc: 37,070
tags: political marriage, slow burn
My rec: A really well done AU, and a great political marriage plot. You get a great sense of Sansa and Tyrion's growing respect and affection. The dialogue is amazing, snappy and thoughtful by turns. Sansa is brilliant (and this author really gets Sansa's sense of humour).


👠 head over heels👠
writer: jolach
rating: E
Fandom: Formula 1 RPF
Pairing: Lewis Hamilton/Sebastian Vettel
wc: 13,088
Tags: Shoe Kink, Established Flirtationship, Oral Fixation, geriatric millennials
My rec: Jolach is the platonic ideal of a writer who can make any kink good. Do I care about shoes? No! Did this fic make lewis in heels power bottoming his boyfriend blow the top off my head? Yes. You dont need F1 knowledge and also this is hot.

⚔️ out in the pouring rain (down on your knees) ⚔️
writer: SummerFrost
rating: E
fandom: The Witcher
pairing: Jaskier/Yennefer, Jaskier/Geralt/Yennefer
wc: 44,609
tags: Slow Burn, No Powers AU, Polyamory, Friends to Lovers
my rec: I have this fic saved as "Daddy Yennefer"!! It's about friends as family, growing up, established relations becoming something new, doing really hot BDSM with your friends. Also Geralt paints d&d miniatures.

🦈 Couldn't Wash The Echoes Out 🦈
author: etothepii
fandom: DCU, Constantine
wc: 8,748
rating: E
pairing: Constantine/King Shark
tags: Xeno, Non-Human Genitalia, ex-boyfriends
my rec: Do you want to read about hooking up with your ex, who you just exorcised a demon from? the ex is a shark? This is for you!!! this is weird and sexy, Constantine is so in-character chill about fucking a shark, the ex-boyfriend tension is well done. Also shark fucking.


🌹Mr Webster's Wager🌹
fandom: Society of Gentlemen - KJ Charles
pairing: Gabriel Ashleigh/Francis Webster
wc: 27,385
my rec: A classic & WHAT A CLASSIC. a master of the "fucking while pining" genre. Francis and Ash decide to follow through on their bet, become obsessed with each other, have scorching sex, and STILL manage to pine for each other. I reread this constantly and you should too (bonus: it's very readable if you don't know the canon)

🧝From Sweet Fellowship Comes Nectar🧝
fandom: Lord of the Rings
pairing: Gimli/Legolas
wc: 11,194
my rec: I LOVE this fic, really interesting, clever and empathetic worldbuilding about elven and dwarven gender, Legolas and Gimli loving across a cultural divide, very funny, very sexy. Is new and fresh and yet feels true to the books and universe, with Tolkien's love for fully-realised cultures. This author always knocks it out of the park!