Okay, so I figured I'd show some of the fics I've read over the past couple of weeks. I'll be listing them in order of descending quality (according to my own opinions, of course; I have strange tastes so you may disagree with me on what I consider "goodfic" or "badfic.") Do with them what you will; I'm just here to share.
The Passionflower by Poofable
Fandom: Pokémon
Rated: K+
Length: 30 chapters; 193,660 words
Summary: Alfie hated Pokémon until the day she died, and she had no intentions of seeing the world through their eyes. Told that destiny is her guidance and courage is her strength, she must now battle the dark forces that have festered in the overlord's body and brought destruction and mistrust to an entire kingdom, all while trying to find what she never knew was lost.
HOLY CRAP THIS THING IS AMAZING. The author gives us a really cool interpretation of the Pokémon world here. I love all of these characters, especially the lead, and there's some great action here, too. If I have anything against it, it's that the ending is a tiny bit anticlimactic, but not by all that much. Highly recommended; I'd even go so far as to say you'd enjoy it even if you're not a Pokémon fan.
Even better? It has a sequel (in progress) called Life Beyond Listening that should certainly be read as well. Have fun!
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The Tale of a Lupe and a Faerie by RandomlyInsaneWhitePony
Fandom: Neopets
Rated: M
(WARNING: Chapters 10, 11, and 17 are NSFW)
Length: 26 chapters; 82,781 words
Summary: A scrawny and unusually large lupe escapes from the Neopian Pound and falls in love with the Soup Faerie. Will he win her heart? If he does, will society accept a relationship? Beware of teh fluffy cuteness!
So I'm a bit embarrassed to share this one. If you can't tell by the author's note in the second chapter, this is adapted from a roleplay, and it shows a lot of the time in the quality and formatting. I warn you: the author isn't kidding about that "beware teh fluffy cuteness" bit, either. This probably won't be something everyone will enjoy, given the very lighthearted and silly tone and the NSFW parts, especially given the pairing. Also, the fic takes a dark turn around the 20th chapter that I found to be a bit frustrating, and the story ends on a bit of a downer when you stop and think about it like I did. I'm honestly not certain if that's where the author(s) intended it to stop or if they just gave up; it's a bit vague.
Well, your mileage may vary here, but I definitely enjoyed myself with this. A part of me wants to see Blaze (the titular Lupe) to be recruited into the PPC, because he's just so much fun, but I can't make the call on that. Just sharing a thought. ^^
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<a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7864510/1/PokemonJourneysAaronsNewExperience">Pokemon Journeys: Aaron's New Experience
Fandom: Pokémon
Rated: M
(NOTE: Current chapters are worksafe. If the author continues this work past Ch. 16, however, I cannot guarantee this)
Length: 16 chapters; 54,660 words
Summary: A heartbroken college student makes an amazing discovery. Pokemon become real and he quickly befriends a Zorua. What happens as they slowly become more than friends? Read and find out. Rated M for language, violence, and a M/F Human/Zoroark lemon.
Despite the summary, there's no lemon. Yet. See above note in bold.
This one's sort of like the Neopets fanfic above in that it's a case of "Your Mileage May Vary," but in this case, I'm not certain what to think of it, either. There's a lot going for it: the author does a decent job explaining how this world works and there's some genuinely funny moments, some good character development for the leads, and a lot of good action sequences.
On the down side, there's some moments that are just grating, like where the author goes on about pointless things (nothing controversial or insulting, just... pointless) to the point where I start skimming to the important bits. The revelation that this is based around a real life break-up with his ex is disconcerting, especially since the MC is an obvious self-insert. There's a really uncomfortable appearance from the ex-girlfriend's avatar, and it's easily the weakest point in the fic. The fact that the MC develops some Stu qualities doesn't help, either.
Even so, the ending (or where the fic currently stops at Chapter 16; the author has expressed a desire to continue the story, but hasn't updated in nearly two months now after updates had previously been added every few days) does lift my spirits quite a bit. The author is actually taking the relationship between these two characters very seriously, and never writes a sex scene in any of the current chapters despite what the summary warns, showing that he's not just in it for cheap erotica, which I can respect.
This is definitely one you'll have to figure out for yourselves. *shrug*
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<a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6601875/1/NotStrongEnough">Not Strong Enough by FalconMage
Fandom: Final Fantasy X
Rated: M
(WARNING: Fanfic is NSFW)
Length: Single chapter; 9,409 words
Summary: This is a one-shot story about Kimahri and an OC. Contains M/M stuff and all those crap. Read at your own risk. Oh, and I think this could be categorize as a furry story too. Isn't Kimahri considered as a furry..? Read it, if you like. Haters, welcome. :D
Ugh. Can you believe I read that summary and thought this wouldn't be that bad? Seriously. I figured this'd just be some mindless slash that would be harmless and entertaining to read. I'm kinda silly, huh?
Well, okay, it's not the slash itself that bothers me. Really, that part's pretty standard. It's how the author leads into and justifies it. There's an awful, AWFUL amount of continuity flubs that the author uses to justify the canonxOC slash pairing. And these aren't tiny things either. I won't give details in this post (there's some massive spoilers for the actual game, but I will say that if you've ever played FFX (or are at least familiar enough with the plot), you'll notice the issues immediately. Kimahri is pretty OOC, as far as I can tell. Also, part of me is curious now at the plausibility of the Stu in this continuum, given his species and supposed relationship to Kimahri. I say kill it.
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<a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7471170/1/LucarioandtheMysteriousMagicianof_Paris">Lucario and the Mysterious Magician of Paris by LuckyNekoNinjaMaiden
Fandom: Pokémon
Rated: M
(WARNING: EXTREMELY NSFW)
Length: Single chapter; 18,237 words
Summary: A punk Lucario meets another Lucario in Paris, France who is a talented magician. But that Lucario is actually a Zoroark who wants to make him his new sex slave. Zoroark/Lucario/Lopunny. M/M/M . Rated M for many reasons. You've been warned.
OW. Just... OW. The vomit-inducing sappiness outside the NSFW bits are bad enough, but the sex scenes by themselves are uncomfortable (gee, go figure there, huh? But seriously, some of these just make my skin crawl). Father-son incest (admittedly adoptive son, but the author makes no effort to mask the incestuous overtones) that, while I'm certain the son isn't actually underage, feels a LOT like pedophilia given how it's written.
And there are is just so. much. sex. between the three characters in this story that it gets annoying really quick and you start begging for it to end, and that's not even going into just how stupid the characters are. +1 to the "Inconceivably quick development of Stockholm Syndrome" count while we're at it. Sweet merciful Arceus, this was ridiculous! KILL IT NOW! Eugh, I need a drink... *grabs a soda and pretends to get drunk*
By the way, for those of you who are masochistic, this author has an entire gallery of fics that are all fair game for sporking as well. Or, at the least, every one I read seemed to be. Yeah, it's true, I enjoy inflicting pain on myself. *cringe*
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Well, hate to end this on a sour note, but there you have it! Hopefully, I'll find more I can bring in the near future, and maybe have a larger percentage of actual goodfic next time. Oh, well! At the least, you can still spork it. :D