💛💙SPIRK FIC REC💙💛

I want to read a really good Spirk AOS fanfic 😔

THIS FIC IS NOW STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A ROMCOM WTF LMAO

A Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day rec-list

So, I heard people are celebrating fanfic authors today, and I wanted to take the time to share some of my all-time favorites! (all are Gravity Falls)

Blind Faith, by @pinesinthewoods

Behold, the fic that firmly dragged me into the Gravity Falls fandom! I remember scrolling through GF fics on Ao3 for the first time, and this was one of the very first I read. It’s dark, has heaps of glorious Stan twin angst, and still lingers in my mind to this day.

Towards the Sun, by @pinesinthewoods and @notthistimespock

Out of every single fic I’ve ever read, this one succeeds the most in getting inside the character’s heads. A bit of a canon divergence where, to save Stanley, Ford must confront his brother’s darker side within the mindscape. (Admission: I cried on multiple occasions while reading this.)

Flat Dreams, by PengyChan

I once told myself I’d never feel pity for a triangle. I was bitterly wrong. An amazing imagining of Bill’s childhood, early life, and rise to power… with lots of inspiration from Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland. 

Stars and Trees, by jikanet_tanaka

A set of small scenes and vignettes of Stan’s life, from childhood to present. All of them are focused on the theme of family, and how Stanley relates to the idea over time. They’re very feels-y and sweet, and characterize Stan so well! 

The Wind in Visions, by @the-stan-twin and @the-ford-twin

Ah, where do I start with this? Probably the most pure examples of Fiddauthor and Mabifica I can think of. I adore the heaps and heaps of Pines family bonding in this and the slice-of-life feel it has… and yet there’s this feeling of something serious building in the horizon, and wow, I can’t wait to see what happens next with that!

Blue Bayou, by The_Lionheart (@icefeels)

The most fascinating take I’ve seen on Ford’s multiverse years. It features a very well developed OC, (honestly one of the best I’ve seen in this fandom), who becomes Ford’s traveling partner. Their interplay is equal parts hilarious and emotional at times, and is very deep without seeming forced. I really recommend this- it could use SO much more love! (It only has about 100 hits… and that needs to be changed ASAP! :D)

The Triboelectric Effect, by @aroford

An amazing what-if centering around the idea of Stan and Ford accidentally swapping bodies on the electron carpet, way back in ‘82…

Do you know of any fics that have the any of crew learning about Jim’s past like with Frank or tarsus IV?❤️

Hi! So I actually have a lot of answers to this question - Tarsus IV is my kryptonite. 

So Wise We Grow

Spock and Kirk raise a child together. At one point, spock and the bridge crew find out about Kirk’s past child abuse at the hands of Frank

Sound as Stone

Kirk’s close friends figuring out his Tarsus connection

tomorrow is another day and you won't have to hide away, when the night fades away (run boy, run)

they teach Tarsus IV as a class in the Academy, and Kirk’s classmates find out. Pike helps him calm down.

Ingenious Idiot

Kirk’s crew finding out about Jim’s past though several brilliant stories

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

Kirk 619′s and bones is there to help him out after

Teaching Tarsus

Kirk’s professor finds him disrespectful and makes him teach a class on Tarsus without realizing that he’s a survivor

I think I might actually have more answers to this question, I just have to track them down. I’ll do a part two in a little bit. 

If anyone else has any more fics that should be added to list list, please add them!

hi liz please can you give me a spirk fic rec (besides yours, obviously i’ve already read that) (something with good spock characterization would be great!!)

HELLO sorry for taking so long to get back to you. this is haaard bc so many of my favs also involve the ot3 (bones i love you) and also i wanna make a longer rec list someday but i am going to give you just a few that come to mind first so that this doesn't languish forever in my ask box. i'm not copypasting summaries notes etc like i would for a Proper Rec List so please READ THEM read the warnings everybody always read warnings. mix of aos/tos since u didn't specify and since you read mine i'm assuming you don't mind either <3 and in no particular order. ok here we go <3

Bare Your Faces of the Veil by flippyspoon - TOS - spock gets split into human and vulcan halves and he is really dead forever (until he isnt). this one actually got me misting up, it was awful, and it's more kirk-centric, but it's really good

anchor by Sir_Bedevere - TOS - post plato's stepchildren coda. it's again mostly kirk but also very quiet and a really good comedown from All Of That

The Black Knight and the Moon by Waid - AOS - pon farr fic will absolutely fuck you up. double read the warnings on this one bc it's not just sad it's EXTREMELY upsetting, intentionally extremely upsetting, but it's probably the best characterized AOS spirk fic and most realistic thought experiment i've ever read

Grief as a four-dimensional figure by Moreta1848 - mostly AOS with some TVH elements - everyone goes back in time to try and save vulcan. GREAT spock stuff in this one. i bonus rec most of this author's stuff actually (they have an au of earth being hit instead of vulcan in aos and tos intersex spock) - a lot of it is verrry long but i read as they update so the little pieces are fine.

Cosmic Fuck series by Gayle F - 1 2 3 4 - TOS - this is just straight smut, but it's VINTAGE smut, and also first fic to feature the famous vulcan double ridges. the last one is the first ever kirk/spock/bones (sorry i know you said spirk) so it's just full of historical relevance. sometimes the smut gets a little weird (the first fic is technically a dubcon situation because of pon farr and in the last fic they get off on a tangent about toe-sucking) and since it's not tagged you do have to go in a little blind. i've only read the middle two once and don't remember them well (so i can't help you out with warnings) but i reread the last one alllll the time. it's a really refreshing writing voice and feels so different from fanfic today wrt to how it talks about sexuality. the final fic (SORRY AGAIN) stands well on its own and is actually my fav TOS fic of all time <3

Bruce Wayne dating the Batman jokes but it's Baseball Star Kenji Sato and Ultra man.

Memes about the baseball super star and his 40 ft boyfriend trending on twitter.

the aos multiverse fic is DONE!!! thank you so much for reading, i hope y'all enjoyed!! :) <3

each coming night (20121 words) by flipthebits Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock Characters: James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek), Nyota Uhura, Leonard "Bones" McCoy Additional Tags: Post-Star Trek: Into Darkness, POV Multiple, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, Not Actually Unrequited Love, When you're so in love w each other but so oblivious you manage to piss off an omnipotent being Summary:

At the start of the 5-year mission, Jim is still unsteady from the fallout of the warp core and its impact on his friendship with Spock, but he’s doing a decent job of pretending like he isn’t. Until an omnipotent being decides he could use a day trip to an alternate universe, that is.

Or: A desperately pining Jim crosses paths with a desperately lonely Spock.

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek: Into Darkness - Fandom

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock

Characters: James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek), Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Crew of the Starship Enterprise

Additional Tags: Pon Farr (Star Trek), Fuck Or Die, which comes with the pon farr, Possessive Behavior, Possessive Spock (Star Trek), Protectiveness, Protective Spock (Star Trek), Spock Loves James T. Kirk, Movie: Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013), very, Temporary Character Death, cause jim is dead for literally a second, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Sweet Sex, how is that not a tag??, Memory Loss, but only a little from pon farr, no angst from that, Hand & Finger Kink

Summary:

For the gift exchange I was asked for: Aos!Kirk's near death triggers a pon far in aos!spock which results in the two of them finally being open about their feelings before aos!Spock succumbs to the plak tow and dies (fuck or die)

I added a bit of the requested hand/finger focus too, but probably not as much as I could, sadly

For @bloodspeckledraphael for the gift exchange held by @startrekwintergiftexchange

Spock could not accurately describe the sensation he was experiencing. It was new to him. It was as if he had suddenly stepped into the circumference of enveloping warmth. There was a strange tugging wanting to pull him forward, and if he had to compare it to something he might say it was similar to the gravity belonging to a star.

Jim’s mental presence had never felt like this before. What was happening?

Fic

I don’t have a specific Anxious Jim head canon (yet), but I was wondering if you could explain to me this common fanon idea about Jim’s anxiety with food? What is it based on? I’m not trying to argue, I’m just curious!!

For sure. 

So we have confirmation that in The Original Series, Jim was on Tarsus IV. Tarsus IV was a colony settlement that was hit by a severe famine after their crops were blighted in 2246. The governor of the colony, Kodos, panicked and made the decision to save half the colony (around 4,000) by exterminating the other half in favor of survival for the “better” of the colonists, based purely on eugenics.  

Staging a political coup and taking full control of the settlement, he made two lists: one list of who would be allowed to live, and another of those who would be sentenced to die. Gathering up the latter half, he delivered an address to the colonists: 

“The revolution is successful. But survival depends on drastic measures. Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society. Your lives mean slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore, I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered, signed Kodos, Governor of Tarsus IV.” 

This event came to be known as “The Sacrifice”, and just over 4,000 people were put to death in one fell swoop. 

Supplies and aid came sooner than anticipated. The Sacrifice was not necessary, but corrupt politics and eugenics had already taken their toll. Jim Kirk– as well as Kevin Riley– were survivors of the massacre. They are among 9 survivors that can positively identify Kodos the Executioner on sight. 

We do not know which list Jim was one, but fanon suggests that Jim– a young teen at the time of the massacre– rounded up those he could find and did his best to take care of them. He called them “his kids”, and he put himself at risk to provide them with what little food and shelter he could. 

The Alternate Original Series has made brief, fleeting mention of Tarsus in Into Darkness, and fanon has decided that as there are constants in every timeline, Jim was most likely on Tarsus then, as well. 

As such, having been in a highly stressful and traumatizing situation for an undetermined amount of time, fighting for survival and denied adequate food and nutrition, it stands to reason that Jim has some food issues. 

Let me know if you have any other questions! I’ll do my best to answer!