Fanfic Rec List (mostly Timeless)
Fanfic Rec List (mostly Timeless)
Since starting this blog, I created 24 fanfic sketchnotes & I can now create a mosaic that covers nearly a square meter. So, in celebration of all these amazing stories I got to recommend, join me in this (massive) compilation post with links to all the stories & the sketchnotes (for more detail on my recommendations). I categorized the stories and I wish to celebrate all you amazing writers & artists today! Thank you for sharing your stories & art.
I hope you forgive the massive amount of namedropping I am about to do. (Also: I love reading the responses when people see my sketchnotes - so feel free to respond, sent me a note or engage in conversations :-) ). I’m also always on the lookout for more stories to read: I particularly like found family, recovery, mission fic, general or rare pair stories & maturity in characters & conversations. I like adults leaving teen drama behind and dealing with things like the adults they are. Angst is a favorite too, and I enjoy the multiverse of AUs. (Honestly: I’m a pretty eclectic reader).
Timeless
The show that pulled me back into fandom & fanfic & to all you wonderful people. The full list is under a read-more, cause this post got LONG.
Historical / Mission
The Only Way Out by @sallyexactly
Author’s summary: Chinatown leaves the team shattered and grieving, but their only option is to stumble forward. To save the world, they'll need strength of character they didn't know they had, to defeat depths of evil like they've never seen. Meanwhile, they need to find a way to decide their own future, not give up hope... and save the fighting for the actual bad guys. It's honestly a toss-up which of those will be hardest.
This story is my headcanon of how the series ended. It is long (300000+ words) but well-worth it. It's got history, slow and mature development and an intelligent resolution. I reread it frequently and although I have wanted to capture my response in a (series of) sketchnote, I never managed it to my satisfaction. The story is beautiful and feels cathartic (and well-worth rereading over and over).
The Road Ode by @sallyexactly - my sketchnote
Post-canon. Roadtrip with our favourite historian & lots of historical markers on the way. 107937 words.
The Gutter and the Stars by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels - my sketchnote
Oscar Wilde. Short (1397 words) & funny.
No End, No Beginning by MandyCandy - my sketchnote
Ambitious plan & canon divergent. Tecumseh. With a full bibliography. 65068 words.
Parallel Lines by @x-voyevoda - my sketchnote
Multiverse. Post-canon. Rated mature. Work-in-Progress. 71911 words.
Zajednički by @insane-sociopath - my sketchnote
Retelling of season 2. PTSD. More missions included. Incomplete. 129474 words.
Evocative / Poetic / Philosophical / Makes Me Think
Burn the Witch by barefootwithneonhands - my sketchnote
Evocative. Poetic & fascinating to no end. 19534 words.
Two Roads by @oldshrewsburyian - my sketchnote
How do you live your life while waiting for a future you once so tantalisingly glimpsed but barely dared hope for? Denise Christopher pondering her choices. 835 words.
The Nuclear Option by RedGold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote
“Sometimes… sometimes change happens because a thousand voices cry out and make themselves heard, many moving parts of some Rube-Goldberg Machine. But… from time to time… it just takes one person, making one decision, and that changes the fate of the world.” Jessica-centric. 6036 words
A Shot of Remembrance by @doctorliamsr - my sketchnote
Garcia & Karl. Season 1. 1093 words.
Scorched Earth by @sallyexactly - my sketchnote
Garcia & Lucy. Evocative language. 2695 words.
Ballet-Feerie by @oldshrewsburyian & @qqueenofhades - my sketchnote
Ballet AU. Dance as language. Authors’ summary: “Garcia Flynn teaches ballet to a class including Amy Preston. Lucy Preston has been her younger sister's guardian since they were orphaned. Hesitant conversations and fraught silences ensue. Also, there's Tchaikovsky.” 16799 words.
Alternate Universe
Finding Light in Darkness - by Ultra - my sketchnote
19-century Governess AU. 40199 words. Found Family. Wholesome story.
Incandescent & Adolescent (Wonders Never Cease) by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels - my sketchnote
She Loves Me AU. 1930s setting. Lots of letter writing. 18438 words.
Ballet-Feerie by @oldshrewsburyian & @qqueenofhades - my sketchnote
Ballet AU. See above. 16799 words
Blood Sins - A #FlynnFriday Imagines Series (E-rated) by @doctorliamsr, @timelesshonesttrailer & @ununpredictableme - my sketchnote
Vampire AU. Ongoing story that fascinates me to no end. Reading any snippit I can get my hands on. Garcia/Lorena/Lucy & Jiya/Rufus relationships. The E-rated parts are clearly marked and can be skipped if it’s not your cup of tea. Currently at 47403 words.
The Assassin’s Holiday by @secretnerdprincess - my sketchnote
Murdervision. Assassin AU. Got me giggling all the way through. 12224 words. Rated mature.
Amehrana by Redgold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote
Food Truck AU. Found family. Wholesome. Mature people. Lorena is awesome. 32589 words.
Lorena Lives
Rise Like a Reckoning by @amandamonroe - my sketchnote
Author’s summary: ‘"Lorena Flynn Has a Chance" Ex-CIA agent Lorena Flynn is back. She's got her daughter, her husband, and the woman who saved their lives years ago. She's taking command of the bunker and taking Rittenhouse down.’ Lorena/Garcia/Lucy hinted at towards the end. 6483 words.
Blood Sins - A #FlynnFriday Imagines Series (E-rated) by @doctorliamsr, @timelesshonesttrailer & @ununpredictableme - my sketchnote
See above. Also: Iris lives!
Amehrana by Redgold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote
See above. Yes, I’m recommending this twice. :-)
Due to the nature of the show, there are not many stories in which Lorena lives. I particularly like the Lorena focused stories that RedGold, @sallyexactly, @omnicat & @amandamonroe write. Lorena & Iris deserved better and these stories bring depth, humanity and grace to Lorena & her choices. I reread them frequently and recommend you do the same. These authors are amazing.
Recovery & Healing
To Find a Home by @misscrazyfangirl321 - my sketchnote
Rufus & Jiya & Garcia friendship. Extending grace. 4529 words.
A Butterfly Garden by @vita-s-west - my sketchnote
Post-Rittenhouse defeat. Slow recovery. Especially wholesome to read in these pandemic times. There’s now a sequel too! 3323 words.
Nisam Sam by @thealocksly - my sketchnote
Lucy’s processing her time in Rittenhouse & Garcia holds space for her. Soft & dark & visceral. 1225 words.
Q&A by @somekindofflowergirl - my sketchnote
Author’s summary: “Lucy and Flynn develop a routine during their nighttime chats. She's allowed one loaded question and he's allowed one loaded apology.” 22176 words
The Road Ode by @sallyexactly - my sketchnote
See above. This roadtrip fic inspired my own roadtrip where we found ourselves in Friedrichshafen, Germany and the Zeppelin museum there were there was a whole exposition on the Hindenburg. Felt very serendipidous.
Honorable mentions (especially in these pandemic times):
Disease Protocols for Time Travellers by hjea (594 words)
Also, I’d like to give a shoutout to @battleshipgarcy for their fan archive sites & meta posts with screenshots of the journal & all the meta content. I love seeing all those small details highlighted! (Plus: their Maria Thompkins in their story The Road Less Traveled intrigues me to no end!)
Other Fandoms
Hunger Games - A Standing Engagement (E-rated) by @bettsfic - my sketchnote.
Annie & Finnick AU within Hunger Games world. 56760 words. The Food Wars are so very appropriate in the Hunger Games world. It’s fascinating how well betts incorporates exisiting Hunger Games context into this story: this feels like it could have happened.
Temeraire - The Diplomat’s Dragon by indecisive_lotus - my sketchnote
Ongoing story. Post-canon. I love Churki & Hammond together & how Hammond especially gets out-manouvered. 20730 words.
White Collar - In Your Wildest Dreams by sahiya - my sketchnote
Post-canon. Sara Ellis focused. Author’s summary ”This was what grief did to you, Sara knew. It played tricks on your mind. But if it wasn’t Neal, then who could it be? Who else would send her an anonymous packet detailing all the ways someone could knock over the Louvre?” 14289 words.
White Collar - I’ve been bingereading the stories by Sholio. Especially the stories focused on Diana Barrigan. They are a delight. Breakout is especially bad-ass Diana (in heels nonetheless!)
I started this blog to show my appreciation of those wonderful fanfic stories that have entertained me endlessly and engage with these amazing artists (and other people in fandom who share my enthusiasm!) This recommendation list is obviously incomplete and I welcome additions & conversations!
More Posts from Mariannesketchnotes and Others
Continuing with the dragon experiments. She's growing up a bit 🤓 and sprouted wings! (Well, or she's like a sibling or something since the two dragons have a different colouration). I think the wings in particular look pretty cool.
It was this amazing story about a farmer who finds one of her chicks hatched a dragon egg by @dycefic that inspired me to try and draw a tiny dragon. I think she's very cute indeed even if she doesn't quite match the dragon description from the tale. @dycefic's stories are wonderous to read and I highly recommend exploring their blog!
Frozen for a Moment in Time - Or - Unbridled Joy of Possibilities
A Timeless Secret Santa Gift for Kate Chaucer
A winter scene. A moment in time. Enraptured at the verge of possibilities. Standing at the cusp and taking it all in without rushing through. Lucy Preston and Garcia Flynn are standing on frozen ice.
I am typing this at five minutes to midnight and so it's still Christmas! 😤 Besides: a propos for a show about time travel, Kate is in a completely different time zone which means it will still be Christmas for her well after I post this. 😉😎🤓. In other words: I am slowly recovering from my horrendous cold and wanted to post this while I had some energy. 🤧
Dear Kate, you requested a winter scene and a winter scene is what I sketched. This was a pleasure to create: from concept, to early sketch, to finished art work - I am glad you loved it as well as you did & I do hope our fellow Timeless fans enjoy it too now that I'm posting it publicly.
I had a scene in mind for how this moment came to be and where they are in time and I still hope to share it someday. For now: I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and enjoy this art as it stands on its own ❤️.
Also on A03
The Timeless story Two Roads by @oldshrewsburyian is filled with a kind of burgeoning hope. How do you live your life while waiting for a future you once so tantalisingly glimpsed but barely dared hope for? It's the story of Denise, who has seen her future, but hasn't arrived at it yet. Denise is such a strong and hopeful character. She's fiercely loyal and faithful and the glimpses we see on the show of her and her family are always so filled with warmth.
This short ficlet honors her character and that last line harkens back her comment after the time travel team returned: "it gave me hope".
Lucy Preston - Sheer Exuberance of Being or The Impossible Made Real
It's such a pleasure to experiment with different art & illustration styles. This was an experiment in colour and I'm pleased with how it turned out. Lucy Preston is such a marvelous character - fierce, loyal and kind to a fault but also ruthless and with a backbone of steel. She's been living in my mind in many adaptations through the show & the fanfic reimaginings and I love reading about her.
Now that I'm posting these fanarts publically, I'm writing short accompanying texts on AO3 and I find myself in a melancholic mood apparently :-) So, please do check them out & leave me a comment ❤️.
Now also on AO3
When I read the summary for Scorched Earth (Timeless) by @sallyexactly, I expected something darker, but when I started reading, I was quickly pulled into the emotion & longing of the story.
The language feels poetic to me: filled with imagery & the particular sense of nostalgia where you are trying to avoid living the end before it happens but you know there's no avoiding it and therefore the nostalgia starts while you are still in the moment. The contrast between the scorched & parched earth is evocative and beautiful. Flynn in particular is such a emotional disaster in this story & it is wonderous to behold.
Thank you, Sally.
NaNoWriMo - My Cartoon of the Day - Day 18: Dressing Up All Fancy: Organize a Ball!
Your characters get a fancy engraved invitation to attend a glorious ball! A chance to dress up prettily and party the night away. A romantic subplot is lurking around the corner as they ask if there's still space on the dance card? Or perhaps it's a time of intrigue and mystery as all the major players are in attendance and secret identities come crashing down?
Day 18: Dressing Up All Fancy: Organize a Ball!
Whether it be a night of magical bliss or horrifying dread - a fancy ball is a chance both for bringing story lines together as characters meet and for branching out as there's so much more happening beneath the surface! Watch out for story ninjas, get your fanciest jewelry ready and have a blast!
NaNoWriMo - My Cartoon of the Day - Day 4
In the spirit of embracing spontaneity: let’s roll some story dice! Dice are known for generating random plotbunnies, offer challenges and nice silly fun.
Day 04: Let’s roll the story prompt dice!
Whether you the Most. Serious. Writer or the Absolute. Goofiest. Of. All. I am curious to hear what random chance has brought you!
NaNoWriMo - My Cartoon of the Day - December 1st: Time to Rest & Recoup
We did it! The rush to the finish line is done. It's over and dusted. We are DONE. November is gone and over with and our NaNo season is coming to a close. For today: rest & start recouping. Bask in the glory of having completed your challenge and the satisfaction of having had the courage to attempt it. If you did not achieve what you set out to do: face your feelings, acknowledge them and rest in the knowledge that I am proud of you for attempting it.
Any word you wrote is one you did not have before. Life interferes sometimes and serendipity happens. For me: November is a month of creativity. It is rare that I manage to complete NaNo in all the years I have been trying - but I embrace the effort, the attempt, the striving & desire to tell stories.
Dec 1st: Time to Rest & Recoup
Take a moment to reflect and breathe. How do you feel? What did you enjoy most about NaNo this year? What did it teach you? What did you learn? Would you like to maintain your daily writing habit? Is your story finished? What would you like to integrate into your daily life now that NaNo is over? Who were your biggest supporters and how would you like to thank them? What do you need to recoup? To rest? To breathe? To celebrate? I'll see you tomorrow for the Thank-Goodness-It's-Over-Party and the final bonus cartoon!
NaNoWriMo - My Cartoon of the Day - Day 25: Channeling Atlas: Carrying the World on Your Shoulders
We are Atlas: we not only dreamt up our story worlds, we are singlehandedly holding them up in the sky and breathing life into them. As writers, the weight of our story can sometimes bear us down as we struggle with finding a way to make sense of our narrative.
Day 25: Channeling Atlas: Carrying the World on Your Shoulders
As our characters run rampant and have all kinds of ideas for what is happening, as our plotpoints diverge and refuse to come back together to be neatly tied off, as self doubt creeps in and rears its head when our first draft doesn't look as polished as we'd secretly hoped: we set our shoulders, bear the weight and keep. it. high!
We are in the final stretch of NaNo now. For some exhaustion may be setting in, while others are celebrating their early victories. Remember: your story depends on you to hold it up; we can bear its weight & there is still time. Keep writing!
The Timeless story The Assassin's Holiday by @secretnerdprincess had me giggling from the moment I first read its premise:
Garcia Flynn and Jiya Mara are highly trained assassins who own the elite MurderVision Inc.. With the help of Rufus Carlin, they take care of messy problems for those with the money to afford their solutions. They've just got one last job to finish up before Christmas. When they accepted the contract for Dr. Lucy Preston, they never expected one simple historian could cause so much trouble. In the end, this Christmas holiday might change all their lives.
There's highly entertaining banter between Garcia Flynn & Jiya. A very capable Dr Lucy Preston who cleverly improvises her way to thwarting Flynn's attempts to murder her and yet is still her usual clumsy self. There's theatre, a multi-day cross country trainride, a movie-esc escape & helicopter rescue. There's a fascinating little twist on the journal & how Lucy's life changed.
Overall, this is a story to read when you're in the mood for some hilarious adventure & laughter.
This story is part of the @garcysecretsanta exchange that has been spoiling me with a whole bunch of new Timeless stories to read. The collection can be found here on AO3. Thanks to all the writers & contributors! It is simply marvelous.
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