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Timeloop recs time!
Jun. 7th, 2013 09:24 pmYeah, remember when I did recs? ME NEITHER.
ANYWAYS. Here are three fics about timeloops that do something out of the ordinary with them and do so really well!
This is one where the entire events of the fic are just one conversation on one day of the timeloop, and nothing actually gets solved. And wow, it inspires a million feels.
Holy crap, this fic. I was blown away by it when I read it upon it first being posted, and alas it is too long for me to reread it right now just for the sake of writing this rec properly. But wow. So there's a timeloop, but instead of the fix being, like, figuring something out about your life or whatever, they have to build technology to fix it. But how do you do that when you only ever have one day to do the entire process? DUDE. (also feels, of course. But also lots of DUDE over the story itself!)
Here a person is deliberately creating the timeloop and letting it keep on reiterating until the desired outcome is achieved. And it is, um, not a cheery story. Content notes include lots of death and lots of unhealthy attitudes towards dying and killing. But it is really powerful and definitely worth reading.
ANYWAYS. Here are three fics about timeloops that do something out of the ordinary with them and do so really well!
This Is the Worst Trip (2455 words) by Dira Sudis
Fandom: Generation Kill
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Brad Colbert/Ray Person, Ray Person/Other
Characters: Ray Person, Brad Colbert
Additional Tags: Groundhog Day, Community: fan_flashworks, Temporary Character Death
Summary:
"Well," Brad says, trying to think logically about an impossible affliction based on a movie about Bill Murray and a rodent. "What have you tried so far?"
This is one where the entire events of the fic are just one conversation on one day of the timeloop, and nothing actually gets solved. And wow, it inspires a million feels.
Let's Stop The Time Warp (Again) (113146 words) by lettered
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, suggested Jane Foster/Thor, Steve Rogers & Tony Stark, Bruce Banner & Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner & Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner & Jane Foster, Bruce Banner & Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner & Thor, Bruce Banner & Tony Stark, Bruce Banner & Darcy Lewis, Past Betty Ross/Bruce Banner, Jane Foster & Darcy Lewis
Characters: Tony Stark, Jane Foster, Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner, Thor (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Darcy Lewis, Janet Van Dyne, T'Challa, Hank Pym, Betty Ross, Hulk (Marvel), Pepper's mom, Bill Murray, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Clint Barton
Additional Tags: Time Loop, Gore, Science, References to Suicide, Family, superheroes have families too
Summary:
Steve Rogers has to live the same day over and over. Bruce, Tony, Pepper, Jane, and Thor try to help him. Then things go from bad to worse.
This story includes, but isn't limited to: Bruce and Tony bonding over science, Bruce and Jane bonding over aliens in outerspace, Steve being a Big Damn Hero, Pepper being rather freakishly efficient, Tony talking about sex a lot, action, gore, a world gone wild, Bruce Banner tending wounds, Darcy Lewis doing PR, Pepper's mother, T'Challa, racebent!Janet, racebent!Pym, Lt. Col James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Clint being incompetent with girls, Natasha being a Big Damn Hero, angry mobs, evil corporations, crazy physics shenanigans, and Bill Murray.
Holy crap, this fic. I was blown away by it when I read it upon it first being posted, and alas it is too long for me to reread it right now just for the sake of writing this rec properly. But wow. So there's a timeloop, but instead of the fix being, like, figuring something out about your life or whatever, they have to build technology to fix it. But how do you do that when you only ever have one day to do the entire process? DUDE. (also feels, of course. But also lots of DUDE over the story itself!)
Run, Bakri Says, by Ferrett Steinmetz
Pro origfic, around 4k words
Here a person is deliberately creating the timeloop and letting it keep on reiterating until the desired outcome is achieved. And it is, um, not a cheery story. Content notes include lots of death and lots of unhealthy attitudes towards dying and killing. But it is really powerful and definitely worth reading.
