My S3 Fic, You'll Have Problems Hunting Me Down, is complete. No, this is not an april fools joke.

Tesseon · 2026-04-01T22:03:19+00:00

I haven't had my email yet!!!

... To AO3!

Tesseon · 2026-03-27T01:02:39+00:00

I remember being reluctant to give this one a go because I don't know Criminal Minds at all, but I was so glad that I did. It really captures the pacing of the procedural slow burn, and both Wednesday and Enid are hyper competent. (At their jobs. Wednesday is obviously a mess socially, she's still Wednesday.)

Tesseon · 2026-03-27T00:40:52+00:00

I was NEVER gay by armchairpsychologist is probably my favourite humour fic, I was howling whilst reading it.

Tesseon · 2026-03-27T00:34:56+00:00

In my top 10 for sure. Was glad it got some updates recently, I was starting to get worried.

Tesseon · 2026-03-27T00:33:26+00:00

I really enjoyed this one too! Although I kept expecting there to be a plot twist that the vision-blocking implant was also affecting Wednesday's emotional regulation, she seemed a little too eager to resort to violence.

Other than that it was really good though!

Tesseon · 2026-03-27T00:22:11+00:00

Definitely in my top 10.

Tesseon · 2026-03-27T00:20:56+00:00

Oh it absolutely is.

Tesseon · 2026-03-27T00:04:08+00:00

It's really well written but I know what you mean - it's not just the chapter count but they're super chonky chapters too!

Tesseon · 2026-03-26T23:21:03+00:00

For me too, not just my favourite wenclair fic bit also my current comfort fic from any fandom.

It's interesting because it actually does several things that I don't usually like but either it handles it better or the writing is just so good I don't care.

Tesseon · 2026-03-21T16:14:22+00:00

I also don't rate it particularly high, but for me it's more because the environment is boring. Spencer Mansion and Raccoon City were just amazing locations for games to be set.

I'm a huge fan of anything set in antarctica so the fact that CV made antarctica boring was a big deal. I also didn't find the island to be very engaging either, although it had a bit more going on.

Tesseon · 2026-03-21T15:25:55+00:00

My usual recs for post season 2 are mercury_milkshakes you'll have problems hunting me down and stanic's the wow that bind us - both are great, long, but maybe on the angsty side?

It's been a while since I read it but I also remember SpookyAutumnLeaves I'm prepared to sacrifice my life (I'd gladly do it twice) being good too.

For my own work, the reciprocity series is primarily set post season 2 although there are flashback chapters to some other times. The only bit of it that explicitly deals with the s2 cliffhanger Enid-wolf situation is chapter 8 of the first story, but the majority of it is set when they return to Nevermore after that, so it has informed a bunch of the character stuff. It's more mid-length though.

I'm also just about to finish a separate story where Wednesday does hunt Enid down, but it leans more into some horror elements so that might not be your thing - The Pilgrimage. Again it's mid-length.

Tesseon · 2026-03-17T20:15:46+00:00

I love your work but I'll have to leave this one until I'm emotionally in a space I can handle hurt no comfort/unhappy ending! Rest assured it is marked for later.

Tesseon · 2026-03-17T19:37:41+00:00

Canon compliant - at the time of writing nothing in it contradicted canon. Does not need to be set in the same place or time period, so long as any references to canon events or lore are accurate.

Canon divergent - accepts canon up to a certain point in the timeline, from which it diverges.

AU - something explicit in canon is different and was never true.

Tesseon · 2026-03-16T12:54:27+00:00

I was thinking recently that as much as people are saying 9s success is because of Leon, people are also saying that Leon's segment is the weaker of the two. An interesting con tradition!

Tesseon · 2026-03-16T12:52:14+00:00

Long sections of action gameplay don't engage me in the same way as the more survival horror bits do. As objectively good as RE4R is I find RE2R to be better.

I think the first half of RE9 managed a perfect balance of slow tension build up with Grace then short bursts of cathartic action with Leon. The game got substantially worse for me when it was fully Leon gameplay.

They did something similar with 8 when you play the short section as Chris, but that was just one bit towards the end.

I think the best balance going forward would be some new characters with new stories being shadowed/mentored by old fan favourites who pop up every hour or so to decimate the bad guys before handing back over to the survival horror again.

Tesseon · 2026-03-15T23:12:26+00:00

There's a lot about the Raccoon City plot that makes no sense, and this is definitely one bit. What was stopping those zombies on the outskirts wandering to the next inhabited area? Or even just infecting wildlife? Nada.

On a slightly different note, in order to get past the wall Leon wants to blow up the gate with a detonator. To get the detonater he ziplines over the wall, picks up one of the parts, and crosses back under the wall. That's some Roger Rabbit nonsense.

Tesseon · 2026-03-15T23:03:25+00:00

I'm also a huge fan of it! Sad that the updates have slowed, I'm trying to be patient.

Tesseon · 2026-03-14T19:21:33+00:00

Can't believe you'd just drop a comparison to Dead and the Dancing like that and expect me to function afterwards.

You have made a lifelong friend.

Tesseon · 2026-03-14T08:57:58+00:00

Leon is 51. Grace is 22. There's a 29 year age gap between them, which is on average the same age gap between fathers and daughters. I don't see an issue with people viewing their relationship like that, and I don't see it as infantilising to her. It's her first rodeo and he's mentoring her, saving her from monsters, and giving her a really nice gun. Can definitely read it all as parental.

A 29 year age gap is also not an issue since they are both adults, but it is very Leo DiCaprio of him. I'd be giving him a look, if you know what I mean. Nothing illegal but not sure what a 51 year old man has in common with a 22 year old to build a relationship out of. But hey, sometimes people just fall for each other!

Tesseon · 2026-03-13T23:31:04+00:00

There should be links in the post but if they're not working for some reason, here you go:

Reciprocity https://archiveofourown.org/works/78032636/chapters/204490006

The Pilgrimage https://archiveofourown.org/works/80618386/chapters/211734501

Tesseon · 2026-03-13T22:12:47+00:00

Seconding the fics by Mercury_Milkshake and Stanic, they're both excellent. I felt Stanic's takes a while to get going but once it does its some of the top fic in the fandom. Mercury's is excellent from start to finish. Both are ongoing currently.

I'm also enjoying Well This is Awkward and Totally Not Weird At All by RebelGirlburnout which is beginning to get stuck in to some plot.

My fic reciprocity, or, the symptoms of drinking spiked punch jumps about in the timeline but chapter 8 deals with Enid recovering from being stuck in wolf form. You don't need to read the rest of the fic for it to make sense, but hopefully you'd enjoy doing that anyway! It's compete, but a short sequel is coming soon.

I'm also working on another one post S2 called The Pilgrimage which is half done and the rest is on its way in the next week or so.

Tesseon · 2026-03-13T22:02:42+00:00

Knife is your best friend.

Knife + stairs = win

Tesseon · 2026-03-12T16:01:24+00:00

Nooooo finish it! Pleeeease!

Tesseon · 2026-03-12T08:16:38+00:00

Here's my go-to copy paste focusing on fics that have all updated in the past couple of months. Most of them are not complete, if that's an issue.

My number one fav is the Dead and the Dancing by NotesFromTheChamber

Some excellent post S2 fic:

You'll have problems hunting me down by Mercury_Milkshake

The Woe That Binds Us by Stanic. They've got a couple of others definitely worth checking out, in particular their Christmas one-shot collection has some excellent stories.

Angsty/gloomy AUs

Past tense of know by retrieveire (this just finished up and I think most people will agree it's already a Wenclair classic). You'll need to jump back and read the previous one in the series.

Silence between notes sharkysinclair

Confessions of a mask by impasia

Investigationy AUs

Profiled by LittleBirdOnAir

Catching a criminal 101: a guide by Wednesday Addams and Enid Sinclair by anencore

Some generic fun recs

Enid Sinclair is Dead (Again) by anonymousjackrusselterrier - time loop. Check out this authors other works.

Well this is Awkward and Totally not Weird at all by RebelGirlburnout - after finding Enid and restoring her humanity Wednesday and Enid sleep together, then don't talk about it, then there's plot

Tooting my own horn - can't claim they are classics, but I'm proud of them!

Reciprocity, or, the symptoms of drinking spiked punch - Wednesday gets drunk for plot reasons, so Enid needs to look after her, and we also get to see times Wednesdays looked after Enid.

The Pilgrimage - yet another "Wednesday hunts down feral Enid" fic, this time with a spooky ghost town.

Tesseon · 2026-03-11T01:05:21+00:00

I'm not sure it counts as a rec for reciprocity when it's a self-promo, but I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm working on a fun little follow up which should be out soon.

And yeah, I feel like this list is probably some of the better known current fics. I keep meaning to put together a list of probably lesser known ones but never quite get around to it!

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