Subject: Goodfic Recommendation Thread.
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Posted on: 2014-01-02 00:09:00 UTC
Well, another year has gone, a new one in its place. Now it's time to celebrate the new holiday by going with some weird superstition of mine!
As much as I am morbidly fascinated with (and occasionally disgusted by) badfic, for this new year we should bring out the bad and usher in the good. Hopefully, by posting and celebrating goodfic rather then blasting badfic, we will actually find more of the good stuff this year. Hopefully.
So, what's my goodfic? I will give you two; one funny, Sue-killing ponyfic, and one awesome and (more) serious Elder Scrolls fic.
For ponies and bad-OC-killing goodness, I give you: Diamond Tiara HUnts Down and Systematically Murders Bad OCs Well, what more needs to be said? This is a hilarious fic that reads very much like the Sue-Killing part of a mission, minus some PPC specifics. In fact, I love this so much, even you non-pony fans should read it. It has a very interesting style that would work very, very well for a mission. Just saying. Read it.
For the Elder Scrolls fic, I have: Tales from Cyrodiil: Not Even a Prayer This is set in a slightly AU of Tamriel known as the Tales from Cyrodiil. I say slightly because,really, not much has changed at all, just some reletavely minor details. It is the fifth story set in this universe, and while some details are lost without reading the others, the story holds on its own very well. This follows a paladin of Arkay as she brings the dead to rest, and Necromancers into Death's clutches, all while followed by a knight of Dibella who only wants to be her friend. It explores the nature of the Aedra, their followers, and how each of the divines are praised in a way the games did not manage to show. A very good fic in a very good seres. While set a few weeks/months after the end of Oblivion, it has tie-ins with Morrowind, due to the main character being from there. As such, an understanding of Morrowind would be helpful, though it is not necessary.
There we have it! I hope you enjoy what I recommended, and I look forward to reading some more goodfics!