Unfit for Society Recs

Star Wars

Another Way To Fall by Selena
Fantastic look at how Barriss ends up the way she does, and how she has sort of the opposite problem from Anakin. With some lovely bits of Snips and Skyguy just to make it extra heartbreaking.

The Art of Letting Go by Selena
The bond between Master and Padawan is the closest the Jedi permit themselves. Forming it, letting go of it: the hardest lesson, which needs to be relearned throughout one's life. Melancholy story that explores the Master/Padawan relationship via Yoda and Dooku, (Dooku and Qui-Gon; Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan), Obi-wan and Anakin, Anakin and Ahsoka. *sobs* (spoilers for the s2 finale of Rebels)

candlelight by ladydaredevil
Barriss comes to Malachor in search of Ahsoka. Lovely.

every house an allegory by truthtakestime
Leia visits the Falcon in the aftermath of Starkiller base. *sobs*

Fonder by brinn
Really lovely story of Poe and Rey bonding while waiting for Finn to heal. (Could use another editing pass for typos.)

the last princess of alderaan by songstress
Lovely look at Princess Leia.

The Protégé by jedinemo
Vader discovers Palpatine made a clone of him, and he decides the clone should have a better life than he does, and things rapidly spiral out of his control, as things are wont to do. I enjoyed this a lot. (lbr, my favorite part was 16yo clone!Anakin's immediate crush on Princess Leia.)

Room Enough For Three by imaginary_golux
Rey pretends Finn and Poe are her husbands to get them out of a difficult situation and of course, Poe is pining to be part of their relationship. This is so great, both sweet and hilarious.

smoke on your skin (mouth open, you're high) by notcaycepollard
Finn and Rey get high on some space weed and have some Force-enhanced sex. This is both sweet and hot, with a hilarious end note. And there's a sequel: I heard (he's got a weak spot for you), where they loop Poe into their shenanigans.

softly softly know me (hold my hands in error) by notcaycepollard
Lovely bit of Finn/Rey/Poe from Finn's POV.

The Unconquered Sun by sparklight
Sequel to Sun in Chains (previously recced); Luke and Vader face the Emperor on Tatooine (RotJ AU). An enjoyable read. There's some good Luke stuff here.

you fit me better by PinkCanary
Poe can't help but be enchanted by the way Rey and Finn wear his clothes. oh heart.

you lift me up and (catch me when i'm falling for you) by notcaycepollard
"Heard there's gonna be a party this weekend," Finn says easily over breakfast. "About time, I mean, I was beginning to think the Resistance was so morally upright we'd never cut loose. All that 'decadent and loathsome Resistance' talk we got in trooper barracks, and I have to tell you, I haven't even seen one thing I was promised."

"...Huh," Poe says weakly, once he's swallowed the mouthful of caf threatening to choke him. "Yeah. Morally upright, that's us." Poe pines until Finn and Rey pull him onto the dancefloor. <3

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The Divine Cities

City of Songs by pendrecarc
Long, engrossing mystery with Shara and Sigrud set prior to "City of Stairs."

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The Raven Cycle

Goodbye Highway by Zee
Long, slow post-canon story where the kids find Glendower but Ronan loses his memory, and neither he nor Adam deals all that well with it. Lovely and wistful.

nothing on your mind by SisterLoquacious
Sweet, awkward glimpses of the post-TRK road trip. Aw heart. (contains major spoilers for The Raven King.)

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Check, Please!

Brighter Than the Moon by Pinkerton
He keeps thinking of Bitty as the plane taxis and takes off. He's spent the past two months sorting through pieces of Bitty, connecting the dots and filling in blanks. It's a familiar exercise: stats to player performance, tempered by the variables of the ice and game play. Primary to secondary sources, altered by time and perspective.

And then there's Bitty. Teammate to friend to boyfriend. A man whose hospitality and ability to be a total little shit both know no bounds; a talented hockey player whose soft hands work magic with dough; and a solid, comforting weight in Jack's heart that, only two months in, seems unlikely to be dislodged. Lovely story set during Jack's 4th of July visit to Bitty's.

Building On That Momentum by jedusaur
Some excellent backstory for George.

Double Jeopardy by shortlimbs
"Shitty totally wants to bone Jane Austen," Ransom says as a matter of fact.

"Dude, who doesn't? Bits excluded, I guess."

"The studio audience needs to shut the fuck up, and Jane Austen is my soul mate stay away from her, brah." Hilarious and adorable Jack/Bitty, featuring Jeopardrink.

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