LET'S JOGRESS: Daiken Fic Recs

[herongale]

I prepared this as a comment to an anonymous poster over at fandomsecrets, which came up in the discussion of Secret #110, a shocking secret from some Digimon fan who didn't like the 02 ending. (omg, who doesn't like that ending right???). Since I have been all Digimon focused lately, I was primed to create a fic recc list. I am reproducing it here because I want to have it handy for future reference.


and now, LET'S JOGRESS
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Well, first some sweet fluff to cleanse the palate:

The Puddles Arc by Apple QB. This occurs just after Ken stops being the Kaizer and is at maximum emo mode. I just find it adorable.

Don't Lose Yourself, by Intrada. I really don't know how Daisuke gets away with being this clueless. Ken somehow copes.

The Lefthand Path by Irhista Lhail. This is a post-post Kaizer fic, mostly all lemony.

Onjin, by Jin. The first Daiken fic I ever read. It is perhaps a bit too pat and fluffy but I love it.

Renshuu, by Megan le Fay. Kissing just for practice.

No Rules For This, by kyuuketsukirui. Daisuke is a super dork, as per usual.



And now for some longer works!!


Fine Art, by Faded Jae. Tragically incomplete but excellent characterizations.

Ground Level, by Aphrael and Louise. This links to all of Aphrael’s fics, but Ground Level is an excellent longer AU fic and I highly recommend it. (“Whipped” is also a great choice, especially if you want explicit smut)

Recently I have become most taken with Strange, by Apple QB. This is another tragically unfinished story but it is still a WIP. It's fascinatingly subversive and, yes, strange.

The Walls Between, by Kinslayer. Full disclosure: Kin is my best friend. But this story is epic and wonderful and very, very tragic. He also wrote "The Mistakes We Make," which is also hosted at Mediaminer, and which is probably his most notorious story.

Yami, by Ainokitsune. Another friend of mine, another ridiculously sad story. TBH a bit too hard for me to read, because it is so sad, but it is amazingly well written.

I suppose I could also mention that I too write Digimon fanfic. Some people have called it good. You could try Reflections, which is not complete because I am in the middle of rewriting it. This one is miraculously not slated to be a tragedy. I am also in the process of revising What the Sibyl Said, and I think it's now better then ever. Go read it, I think it's awesome if I do say so myself.

Also: you may enjoy Courage and Kindness: the Daisuke/Ken ship manifesto. It's one fan's defense of the pairing.

I welcome any additional recommendations anyone would like to add. I didn't put up any fic by El Juno, or Vain, or Akira Ichijouji, or Nemesi mostly because I couldn't decide which fic to pick. I need to go back and read all of their stories and then I can edit this post later to make my most studied recs. But trust me, I love all of them too. (Links to at least one fic by each of these writers can be found in my "Favorite Stories" section on ff.net, if you want to browse through their stuff on your own). :)

Comments

[meimi.livejournal.com]

The only people who liked the ending are Sorato fans. *coughs* Well, okay, some other people probably liked it too, but I sure didn't. Then again, I never like epilogues that feel like they've been tacked on almost as an afterthought. *very deliberately doesn't look at the HP fandom*

[herongale]

Hmm, in a battle between HP and Digimon, it is hard to say which had the more egregious ending. Digimon's was objectively worse but it was Digimon and frankly I'd not been expecting anything sensible to begin with. With Harry Potter, my expectations and hopes had been significantly higher. I knew my OTP of Harry Potter would never come to be (I was one of the hopeless Harry/Luna shippers, and still am kind of), but. But.

It was kinda like Rowling had seen the Digimon ending and had been, "omg, wtf, I need to do some shit like that, fuck wow and yeah!"

[ainokitsune.livejournal.com]

I have almost finished Yami! I am determined to finish it, or die in the attempt. *blows mini fanfare*

[herongale]

And when you do I will sob a million tears, most likely. But you should be flattered by those tears because they are a sign of how affecting your writing is to me. :)

[eljuno.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this...I'd never read some of these before and I'm on a little bit of a nostalgic Digimon kick lately.

[herongale]

You're welcome (belatedly!). The nostalgia appears to be going around. It's really nice hearing from you, I miss seeing you posting all the time. Although I figure it's because you're all grown up now. XD What's up?

[eljuno.livejournal.com]

I just got out of the habit of posting, mostly. My New Years Resolution this year is to NOT randomly disappear from the internet for 6 months next year.

Other than that, not much, really.

[silverthunder]

There are a couple in there that I had never read before, so thanks for reccing them! :) Daiken is such an awesome pairing...

[herongale]

I know, for serious. You should be like me and just start writing it again spontaneously for no discernible reason!

[silverthunder]

I have done that a couple of times over the years. ;) I'm sure it'll happen again some day.

[fadedjae.livejournal.com]

Heh, I've actually been working on Fine Art recently. I want to mold it into something that I'd be willing to read. As it is now, I can barely get through the first chapter. It's just so teenage.

[herongale]

Aw. But I know what you mean. I've been rewriting Reflections precisely because I cringe whenever I look at the old version. Actually, I cringe when I re-read a lot of my older Digimon fic. Even Sibyl (which is why I'm rewriting that too).

With Fine Art, though... don't be too hard on yourself. I already think it's lovely and wonderful. If you're somehow going to improve on it I can't even tell you how eager I am to see it. Even more, I want to know how it turns out! That is an ending I've been wanting to see for forever.

Speaking of... a million years ago I asked for you to show me that original fic you were working on, and you sent me a link and everything. But RL distracted me and I lost the link and jeez I am an ass. I would still like to read it though.

[andantecantible.livejournal.com]

Aww, I know this was written over a year ago but I wanted to thank you for it anyway. I've just gotten into Digimon again (trying to cling to my youth?) and was in desperate need of fanfic. The Walls Between and Yami particularly killed me. So great.

[herongale]

You're very welcome! I'll let those two authors know. XDDD