Gen fic recs
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newts_magical_suitcaseI love gen fics but I think they often get overlooked, so here are five FB gen fics worth reading:
Title: start small, grow tall
Author: weatheredlaw
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9233267
Characters: Newt Scamander, Jacob Kowalski
Pairings: None
Title: Dressing an Open Wound
Title: start small, grow tall
Author: weatheredlaw
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9233267
Characters: Newt Scamander, Jacob Kowalski
Pairings: None
Rating: Teen
Content Warnings: PTSD, Body Horror, implied violence
Other Tags: Post-World War I
Summary: It might take a hundred cups of tea, but Newt and Jacob are going to sort through this business of war, one day.
Notes: I promise this fic isn't quite as disturbing/depressing as the tags make it sound, and this fandom deserves more Newt-Jacob friendship fics.
Notes: I promise this fic isn't quite as disturbing/depressing as the tags make it sound, and this fandom deserves more Newt-Jacob friendship fics.
Title: Dressing an Open Wound
Author: clockheartedcrocodile
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/12488896
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/12488896
Characters: Percival Graves
Pairings: None
Pairings: None
Rating: Explicit
Content Warnings: None
Other Tags: Touch-Starved, Loneliness, Angst, Masturbation, Dry Humping
Summary: "You don't need to be touched," he said quietly, very quietly. "Nobody needs sex to live. If you think otherwise you're a fool and a bleeding heart." / In which Percival Graves is alone.
Notes: It's weird for a fic to be both gen and explicit, but dear god the feelings in this.
Summary: "You don't need to be touched," he said quietly, very quietly. "Nobody needs sex to live. If you think otherwise you're a fool and a bleeding heart." / In which Percival Graves is alone.
Notes: It's weird for a fic to be both gen and explicit, but dear god the feelings in this.
Title: The Hog's Head Salon
Author: kyrilu
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10994679
Characters: Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore, Credence Barebone, Gellert Grindelwald
Pairings: Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald (past, background)
Author: kyrilu
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10994679
Characters: Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore, Credence Barebone, Gellert Grindelwald
Pairings: Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald (past, background)
Rating: Teen
Content Warnings: None
Other Tags: Crack, Humor, Family, Illegal Goat Experimentation, Manipulation, Post-Movie 1: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Summary: "For the love of Merlin, Albus, don't pick up men at my bar," Aberforth says. Or: the one where Albus sets up a literary salon at the Hog's Head. Obviously, he has ulterior motives.
Notes: Mostly funny and even silly, but it does manage to pack in some nice characterization.
Summary: "For the love of Merlin, Albus, don't pick up men at my bar," Aberforth says. Or: the one where Albus sets up a literary salon at the Hog's Head. Obviously, he has ulterior motives.
Notes: Mostly funny and even silly, but it does manage to pack in some nice characterization.
Title: Four Times Someone Put Percival Graves to Bed and One Time Someone Took Him There
Author: Mari
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/8854522
Characters: Percival Graves, Queenie Goldstein, Credence Barebone, Tina Goldstein
Title: The Seer in the Tower
Author: meanwhiletimely
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16718097
Characters: Voldemort, Gellert Grindelwald
Author: Mari
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/8854522
Characters: Percival Graves, Queenie Goldstein, Credence Barebone, Tina Goldstein
Pairings: None
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: None
Other Tags: Literal Sleeping Together, Co-workers, Workaholic Original Percival Graves
Summary: Written for a kinkmeme prompt. Workaholic Graves doesn't get enough sleep at night, so everyone does their best to make sure when he does doze off, he gets a decent nap.
Notes: Short and fluffy, with my favoritest of favorite tropes - sharing a bed.
Summary: Written for a kinkmeme prompt. Workaholic Graves doesn't get enough sleep at night, so everyone does their best to make sure when he does doze off, he gets a decent nap.
Notes: Short and fluffy, with my favoritest of favorite tropes - sharing a bed.
Title: The Seer in the Tower
Author: meanwhiletimely
URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16718097
Characters: Voldemort, Gellert Grindelwald
Pairings: Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald (past, background)
Rating: Ten
Content Warnings: None
Other Tags: Nurmengard, Canon Compliant
Summary: Gellert Grindelwald's first meeting with the Dark Lord who would eventually kill him was technically not with a Dark Lord at all—only a strange, hungry boy.
Notes: I'm not usually all that interested in villains, but the writing and characterization in this fic is phenomenal. Plus, CoG got me thinking about the similarities and differences between Grindelwald and Voldemort, which is something this fic really explores.
If you know of any great gen fics I've missed, please leave a comment!Summary: Gellert Grindelwald's first meeting with the Dark Lord who would eventually kill him was technically not with a Dark Lord at all—only a strange, hungry boy.
Notes: I'm not usually all that interested in villains, but the writing and characterization in this fic is phenomenal. Plus, CoG got me thinking about the similarities and differences between Grindelwald and Voldemort, which is something this fic really explores.
