HOUSE OF FANFICTION
I'm a very passionate reader. Growing up as I did in ~this society~ has made me much more partial to unpublished, internet-based works, because, if you didn't notice,
As well as this very hard leaning wrt story content, my personal tastes have led me to fanworks more often than not. So, here lies a compilation of my favourite works ever, from the perspective of a total elitist with a fatal flaw in their overcritical eye -- in other words, these works FUCK!!!!!!
Stuff purely dedicated to shipping will be in their own category.
real ass blasters
the envy of eden, by kintsugi
this is a story about things that start with n."
the envy of eden is the single best fanfiction I've ever read. It haunts me every single day. I drew art for it that had so much passion put into it that I felt good(!!!!) making prints of it. To overly describe it myself would probably do it a disservice; this is an exploration of the Pokemon world, of the inner lives of the beings themselves, and of the people who wield dominion. Culture, society, and consciousness itself are held front-and-center, and never does kintsugi shy away from difficult topics. If you were to read any one work on this page, I hope it's this.
Broken Things by Persephone
Shut up. Today is a lucky day. Don't waste it."
Broken Things is a story about many, many things, very few of which are pretty. I struggled to find a suitable quote for this story. It's dense. Heavy. I don't know if I've read anything as deeply visceral, as blunt and unafraid. Despite this -- despite Cuicatl's oscillating hatred, Kekoa's smouldering despair, Genesis' muted fear, Pixie -- this work is beautiful. Stunning in the way of a natural disaster; unearthly while deeply, inescapably real. Persephone wields the human experience like a knife. And while it may not be gentle, it is piercing, and it is an experience I will never forget.
Ghost Town by girllikesubstance
https://forums.serebii.net/threads/time-and-tide.640860/ https://forums.thousandroads.net/index.php?threads/the-alola-pokedex.53/ https://archiveofourown.org/works/22122424/chapters/52802815 https://archiveofourown.org/works/14157939/chapters/32631291