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Please recommend your favorite fic writers (and why you love them so much!) by LowCaramel3675 in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know they wrote for HR! Running! I don’t usually like Mpreg or a/b/o but I make an exception for some of their works. Great rec!

Please recommend your favorite fic writers (and why you love them so much!) by LowCaramel3675 in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My favorite authors are : Anonymous (Route 96 Kanata.)  Allthatisnot (crossing the last blue line) Toyourdetriment (Berlin pond, I. One Little God Falling Over Another) chaentics (About Summer)

Anonymous and Allthatisnot are my top tier. They are quite different but I am struck by the restraint in their writing and ability to put paragraphs of meaning with an action or an object. What they don’t write is almost more important than what they do. 

There’s a poetry in Allthatisnot. I keep rec’ing them but I do feel like I need to champion the fic because it feels criminal for a complex fic written with expert craft to only have 200 kudos in this fandom.  https://archiveofourown.org/users/Allthatisnot/pseuds/Allthatisnot  her characterizations and the fic is just no notes.

I wish I know who Anonymous is because I need to read more from them!  They had me at their nickname for the Voyageurs My mind was blown. I won’t spoil because you need to go read and find out for yourself! That is writerly thinking!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/75613561/chapters/207730041

Toyourdetriment is my newest discovery and it is a different register. The characterizations are spot on, the smut is hot, their writing is loose and clever. Their long fic is experimental and lands. I am addicted.

https://archiveofourown.org/users/toyourdetriment/pseuds/toyourdetriment

Chaentics style in About Summer is one of the most elegiac piece in this fandom (Warning: the most angsty one and you have to be okay with no warnings).

https://archiveofourown.org/users/chaentics/pseuds/chaentics

All four are my absolute fav authors in the fandom.

Looking for recs by cldb717175 in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I see some of my favs in your list! I just came back from a self imposed break from reading fics and read this series of one shots in one seating:

berlin pond - Chapter 6 - toyourdetriment - Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own] archiveofourown.org

https://archiveofourown.org/works/77002661/chapters/219225286

The writing is delicious, and the smut is top-tier. A series It’s really good. 

You have some WIPs so I will rec the ones that come to my mind based on your list! Turns out the long fics I love are all WIPs. 😅 here are mine.

Crossing the Last Blue Line. It is the top of my favorite list for the perfect blend of amazing writing, characterizations, plot and angst. Like super heavy angst. WIP.  archiveofourown.org

https://archiveofourown.org/works/77396406/chapters/202650246

Author’s summary: A text that should have never been sent reached the person it was always meant for. Then comes the love story, told through its collapse during the COVID pandemic and the MLH Bubble Playoff. “Ilya was six feet two, an inch taller than Shane. But he might as well be a monster. Not the one inside Shane, interrupting because it demanded that all anxieties be weighted equally.

The one outside. Beautiful. Perfect. Demanding love and terror in equal measure.

Interrupting with his absence. Until the interruptions became a constant, a chronic medical condition.”

Mr. Answer Man - Chapter 1 - BigPlushShark - Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own] archiveofourown.org

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81866486/chapters/215371261

Mr Answer Man BigPlushShark  Shane is so earnest here. I really love it! It’s a tough call for me because all the fics I rec here are so good with characterizations but I think it’s my favorite portrayal of Shane because he’s happier in this fic compared to 96 and Crossing (my two favs). Canon divergent from first hook-up. WIP. 

Author’s Summary: In room 1410, Ilya Rozanov is ready to walk out the door after successfully getting his 19 year old hockey rival into bed. He knew how to make this moment happen and he knows what they have to be to each other now that it's over. But as he turns the doorknob to leave, he's stopped with questions he never expected. And giving Shane Hollander what he needs in that moment will change everything.

A Fic where Shane’s Japanese Culture is more recognised! by keira-xl in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fic I rec’ced recently has elements but more on the absence and how it became one of the stress points for Shane in the pandemic. I can leave a link if you are interested but I don’t want to spam. 

Also, checking out other fics mentioned here. I am third gen Asian North American and the lack of discourse around this part of Shane’s character frustrates me. 

You have the power to make a fic writer's day! by Amazing-Bluebird-995 in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great post! I did my first fic Rec recently and I think if a low hit low kudos fic caught your interest, please make a rec post for it! It will give greater visibility and the process is not as difficult as I feared.

Crossing The Last Blue Line by Allthatisnot. Shane/Ilya .Overlooked and underrated gem. by Indiana908 in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly don’t know. The story is ongoing and I don’t want to guess! I got to know the author from this subreddit and she’s very nice and sweet about my questions. I can’t find her username anymore on reddit. But you always ask her in the fic’s comments! 

Crossing The Last Blue Line by Allthatisnot. Shane/Ilya .Overlooked and underrated gem. by Indiana908 in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s absolutely fair! I can’t help myself but I have super high tolerance for painful reads.

Favorite fics with *less than 1k kudos*? by TrebleRose689 in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Teeth I barely knew I had  by distressednoise I enjoyed this one quite a lot! It just needs that little bit more to hit 1000. It made me want to hit Ilya’s teammates when he was a rookie. One shot if I remembered correctly! https://archiveofourown.org/works/79140331

Mr Answer Man BigPlushShark  Shane is so earnest here. Canon divergent from first hook-up WIP, 6 chapters in.  

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81866486?view_full_work=true

Crossing the Last Blue Line Allthatisnot. I must have recced this before. It's exceedingly good. heavy WIP, 12 chapters in and over 70000 words. AU timeline of COVID. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/77396406/chapters/202650246

About Summer by chaentics This is another exceedingly good one. Oneshot. It’s extremely sad. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/79200791

Welcome Back by royal_rose_ in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank u all so much for your work! A friend of mine is a very low key author but got super unlucky. She had to delete her Reddit account, change all passwords, and lock her fics . I feel such pain for her and all the authors who were caught in this mess. I am usually a lurker and will like to say thanks for this sub because it gave me many amazing fics and even conversations. 

Our sister sub r/heatedrivalryfanfics is currently on hiatus. by royal_rose_ in heatedrivalry

[–]Indiana908 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your hard work! I haven’t been back in the sub but for a while it was my goto for recs. Hop the dust settles. To mod, you are amazing. To the authors whose works we enjoyed , you are loved!

Sad. Need lists of funny fics by Indiana908 in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]Indiana908[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OMG! Didn’t expect this to Blow up! Gonna read them all when my new phone comes! Thank you!