Looking for Teen Wolf and The Walking Dead fic recs

[badbastion]

Hi guys!

I've been devouring new media, and I'm wondering if I could get some recs :) I've been watching Teen Wolf and The Walking Dead (plus reading the TWD comic) and I'd love to have some good fanfic to sink my teeth into.

I'm looking for any pairing (or gen), any genre (though I do love horror and get-together fic). In-universe and in-character would be fantastic. Are there any fandom "classics" I should read, as I'm sampling both of these fandoms years late?

Also: PODFIC RECS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. Self-recs welcome! I notice that TW fandom posts a lot to DW and AO3, so I don't know if I'd miss any, as I find my podfics at amplificathon/audiofic.jinjurly.com

Thanks in advance! <3

ETA: Some Walking Dead and Teen Wolf spoilers in the comments!

Comments

[mdlaw.livejournal.com]

I don't read The Walking Dead except for one of my favorite writers....severina2001...She usually writes short amazing fics. m:)

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

I'll look her up, thanks!

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

The Walking Dead doesn't have much in the way of fanfics but you can go to AO3 and look for some, there maybe some there and I am betting if so, they are Daryl/Rick.. lol

Teen Wolf fandom has done a great job this last year in cultivating the fic writers. At first they were terrible but I am finding some better ones now from former SPN fandom writers. Don't read the ones one tumblr or sift through them because seriously tumblr writers don't beta and tend to be uncultured writers.
I wrote one sterek fluff fic called Sweet Treats, for the tw reversebang.

Stacy would have more reccs than I because she reads more ravenously than I do.

You may also want to Join the Teen Wof_daily fic newsletter. They aren't reccs but a list of tw fics as they are posted daily on AO3. Makes referencing easy. You still have to sift.. lol

Also my OT3 is Jackson/Erica/Isaac jsyk.. lol I still think they would be a totally hot threesome. lol

Okay what season are you on for TW and TWD?? I haven't read the comics but have found things out online from the comics. Backstory and such.

We have some fandom squeeing to do here Lady....

Hugs

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

Ah, I love those daily newsletters. Thanks for linking me! I have noticed that there's a lot of overlap between SPN & TW fandoms. lol, I rarely read fic on tumblr unless it's been recced.

I don't even know who I ship in either fandom (or if I ship anyone in TWD, other than canon love for Glenn/Maggie, and then Daryl/Carol in some weird way) so I'm open to about anything. I was kind of shying away from Sterek, because it's just EVERYWHERE and idk, I haven't been feeling it when I watch the show, but I've listened to a few podfics and I'm kind of more accepting of the pairing now. Not that I had anything against it, you know :) It just didn't do anything for me. Mostly because Stiles seems so young, maybe?

I'm totally caught up on TW, and watch the episodes as soon as I can get to them Tues night/Wed morning. In TWD, I'm on about issue 100 in the comic, and toward the middle of S3 for the show. So, still getting caught up on that, and wondering why I never checked it out before! On my old account I had friends who were way into TWD, and wrote fic (and I read it and commented without even knowing the show, haha) and it just makes me nuts that I didn't watch it then so I could participate with them!

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

I've been a TWD fan since season one.. a friend sent us the dvd of the episodes and although I hate zombie movies I fell in love instantly. The show is more about the people and less about actual Zombies, they are really just background, second fiddle players to the actual characters.

Glaggie is my OTP, I love the thought of Daryl/Carole and other than that, no other ships. And really other than the canon aspect of the relationships, I don't view this show like I do SPN or BtVS.. the people aren't sexual to me but there is a low level romance for the ones that are shipped. You find yourself cheering for them, wanting them to be more, be better, to find happiness in this world of despair.

As for Teen Wolf.. I didn't even know the show until end of first season and all this sterek stuff on tumblr had me curious so Stacy and I watched it on hulu.. I fell in love.. although this season is the best so far.. so damned Dark and Dylan O'brien's acting is so outstanding this season. taking him from this nerdy cast off to this giant strong being.. just wonderful. Although I don't see Sterek in the show, I do enjoy the fanon sterek and I like squinting really hard and seeing moments that don't exist. lol

I will have to, some day, catch up on the comics for TWD... until then, I LOVE the show.. btw have you seen any of The Talking Dead after shows for TWD.. cause if not, you might like them. They are hosted by chris hardwick and usually have members of the cast and a famous person who is a walking dead fan as his guests.. they take calls from people because its live but you can watch it after the fact too.. It really is a good watch, they discuss the episode that was just on and talk about possible future things and often discuss the comics too and the parallels currently happening.

I get far to passionate about these things.. lol \0/

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

I love horror and survival horror, but I've always been a little bit repulsed by zombies. Dead things, rotting stuff, that stuff makesw me sick more than I find it scary. But yeah, TWD is all about people. The comic is the same way, and I love that a lot of the characters are different, and the story is different, so that I don't know what's going to happen next on the show. i also love that the writers aren't afraid to kill people!

Like, Daryl Dixon was not in the comics, and I never got why people liked him so much until i finally started watching it. I'd see pictures of him and people going nuts over him, and think, really??? lol. But in action, and watching his character grow, I'm really digging him.

I'm kind of like you on the not shipping so much as rooting for people on TWD. It's so good, I'm just gobbling it up! And starting to get immune to zombies finally, haha. Though Max Brooks' World War Z (the book and the audiobook) are AMAZING, and about the people and the world, too. The movie, I would never pay to watch though, because I can't believe how badly they fucked it all up, lol. Furious.

I haven't watched any Talking Dead. maybe I can find clips on youtube or something. i don't have tv, so i just watch things on Netflix and various other parts of the internet.

I'm really loving this season of TW. The nogitsune is pretty goddamn awesome, and Dylan O'Brien has really stepped up to the plate. He seems a LOT older now too, so maybe that's why I'm better with Sterek now than I was when I first started watching. Plus, I love his hair this season, lol. I wanna see more Scott development, though. But not at the expense of this story arc!

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

I like Daryl, he is a very strong character who has blossomed since the beginning and with watching Merle become a Zombie and having to kill him, we got to see his dark place. I loved watching him grow and emerge out of that space as he realized all he ever needed was right in front of him and that he was and is his own man.

A character I started out hating was Carol. She was weak and pitiful with her whining and crying about first her abusive husband and then her daughter. I used to think, put that bitch out of her misery but then third season she bucked up and became a character I liked. She grew a backbone, got stronger, and showed interest in Daryl romantically well undertones of romantic intent anyway. When Rick sends her away, it actually broke my heart a little but like you said, in this show, the writers aren't afraid to kill anyone off, to take your favorites and yank them away to keep your emotions on edge.

When you get to season four, it is a whole new ballgame.. I can't wait to discuss the plot with you for it because it dives deeper into each individual member of the group's past and in very unique ways.

Stiles as the nogitsune is brilliant. I am so wrapped up in how they are going to defeat it and what is going to happen with Scott and Kira.. the wolf and the fox. Also I hope Isaac doesn't die, he was possessed when he came out of the coma... This season is just so packed with interesting intrigue and drama.

My favorite line in this season so far was Lydia... Stiles is part of your pack, he's human but he's part of your pack, right...... I LOVE THAT LINE.. very telling of Stiles role in Scotts life.

I want to know why Scott's father left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really hope that Scott comes into his own and does take on a full pack of his own..

I don't care for the twins all that much, they can go now. lol

Honestly the only interaction Derek and stiles have had this season was while they were in the same room two times. Also Derek was obsessed with the chess game and why stiles put his name on a piece.. lol So no sterek this season so far.. not even if I squint really, really hard. lol