Ya Know, With How Japan-themed Aspects Seem To Permeate Dream BBQ, I Wouldn’t Be Surprised If This

Hope you're doing better, but if you're still looking for some good fics, here's some of my favorites from various longforms (that aren't depressing and might cheer you up- Apologies, a lot more of these were Christmas based than I realized- I was reading a lot of fics last month)

All of these come from AO3 by the way- I forgot to mention that

"Christmas Miracle" by Ailendolin (Kind of a crossover of a lot of different plays, mainly Divorces and Teddy Bears, but the second main focus is The Neighbor's Under The Bed) - You've gotta have an AO3 account to read it, and it's got a few sad moments, but I absolutely loved it. The North Pole gets a letter from Janae wishing himself and his brother a better family and they (being Snowdrop and Mr. and Mrs. Claus) try their best to oblige, with a few issues. It's a bit sad but it's got a happy enough ending if you're willing to read through it

There's a lot of Christmas related fluff ones for Inside The Mysterious Cube, so here's a quick list of a few of those that might be nice (A bit out of season, I know, but hey, they're fluffy): "The Joy of Christmas" by RiverBecca, "’Tis the Season" by drownedscribe, and "Their First Ornament" by fullsetandlots

Here's some nice Ditch/The Unrelenting Aubergine fics: "Drink some of this, it'll put color in your cheeks" (in which Titch is out in the snow a little too long and Derek finds him) and "Roadtrip!" (in which they go on a roadtrip) both by an Anonymous user, "Movie Night" by onyxdragonfruit (short and sweet, they have a movie night), "why don't we go where the weather is warm (and we'll finally feel at home)" by seawall (I don't remember this one well, but it's short and sweet so there's that)

And here's one for Lost In Your Eyes: "I See Forever In Your Eyes" by Han_eliza123 which is about Amanda giving Tarquin an early Christmas present (again, out of season but, hey, whatever)

One for The Milkman: "tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow…" by Kilimili is currently incomplete, but I've quite enjoyed it so far which follows Jim/Mr. Steven as he joins in on Hank (Fanon name for the bartender) and Gareth's relationship. Not fluff focused, necessarily, but good vibes overall

And that's all the ones I've read that aren't angsty-

And, just cause they fit the prompt and I know them well enough, here's some of my own (Shadowclaw756) if any of them fit your fancy: "Hugs" (A Ditch fic in which Titch wants and gets some hugs from Derek), "Informal Proposal" (In which Titch decides to propose out of pretty much nowhere), and "Even the Worst Gifts are Made With Love" (Tarquin and Amanda celebrate Christmas together and give each other gifts they think aren't good enough, but they are!)

Sorry that was kind of a lot! If you need any of the links to any of these fics let me know and I can send them, I hope this helped 💜

Hi Emu, thank you for everything you do re: info on sfth and especially the fic masterlist!

I'm a bit trapped in a fog of stress at the moment, so I'm wondering if you have any fic recs for feeling better after a bad day?

(there's a pun here... Pick me ups -> fic me ups?)

- Calim :)

Hi there Calim!! :))

thank you so much for saying that I really appreciate it <33 /gen

I mostly read angst honestly so I’m not sure how much help I’ll be with fic me ups lol (I love the pun btw) but if people want to reblog this with recs/plugs for fics like this that would be awesome!! :) I also just honestly have not been able to read that many fics recently as I’ve been very busy (but I really want to!!!) We have very talented writers in this fandom :]

I hope that you’re doing okay <3333 the stress will pass one day- even if it feels like it won’t it will get better. I’m sorry I don’t have any fic recs of my own!!! Hopefully people can put some in the reblogs <33

I’M NOT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL!!!

what is an RSS feed and why does AO3 have them?

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and the word syndication here is referring to broadcasting or transferring or otherwise sharing information. I first encountered it as a way to aggregate all of the news sites and blogs I wanted to read that were scattered all over the internet.

You might already be familiar with tumblr blogs that start with ao3feed - these are automated blogs that create a new post every time a work is posted in the feed(s) that they track. You can follow those tumblr blogs and learn about new works that way. They've subscribed to the RSS feed so that you don't have to.

If you wish that you could get push notifications from AO3 on your phone instead? The RSS feed will allow you to do that. You just need to get an account with an RSS reader first. Here are a few that are free:

Feedly 

NewsBlur 

Inoreader 

They each have slightly different features, so depending on the search and filter options you want or how you like your information displayed, you might like one better than the others. All three work on the web, on iOS, and on Android.

Once you have a feed reader, tap on the RSS Feed button at the top of the tag results page that you want to get notifications for and open up the XML file. If it downloads instead, try opening in a new tab or just copying the link address. You'll want to grab a url that looks like this: https://archiveofourown.org/tags/9835/feed.atom (this is the url for Kirk/Spock, if you're curious)

That feed.atom ending on the url is what you're looking for. When you open your RSS reader and create a new feed, you can use that url to set it up.

Once it's set up, you'll be able to see everything currently available in that tab, listed out in your reader. Just like the ao3feed tumblr blogs, the reader will show you the title, author, summary and tags for each fic, and then it will provide you with a link to read the work on AO3.

It will also notify you every time a new work is posted to that tag. You can adjust your notifications to suit you.

Not every tag on AO3 has an RSS feed, but it's worth checking out if you've never tried it before.

Editing to add: the AO3 FAQ also talks about these feeds

going on ao3 to find new fics of a ship that no one posts about is like opening the fridge over and over again hoping food will magically appear

I'VE FINALLY WRITTEN IT!

Thank you OUAW/LoA Tumblr for motivating me, I have finally done it and written out a oneshot for this idea!

"Frost Waits." (2,769 words) - an AU in which Frost takes Torbek's place when the crew doesn't do the trade for one reason or another.

I'm not 100% happy with it, but, hey! I wrote it! It's done!! And I knew if it wasn't a oneshot it was never getting done- but maybe in the future I'll do something more in-depth with it. I hope you enjoy it regardless :D

Monthly HUGE rewatch screenshot dump pt 1 be upon ye.

I've never participated in one of these before, and almost completely forgot about it until today but I thought I'd post this anyway. I chose the prompt "Dancing".

Kaito is just trying to enjoy his night alone when Kokichi comes by. Somehow they find themselves dancing. Even more surprising, Kaito finds himself enjoying it.

1,579 words

more icebound fluff this time Barnabos focused because these two ships plague my mind 24/7

and bonus one for everyone who enjoys the girlies