Line #13 FanficRecs/Baccano


1	Proof that [[SturgeonsLaw the remaining 10% is worth retelling the Rail Tracer's story for]] here.
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3	These are recommendations made by tropers for ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' fanfics, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Main/FanficRecommendations here]].
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5	You can also add to the current recommendations if you want. Refrain from posting Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage though; that goes in the discussion page.
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7	Do warn when a fanfic may head into non-canon territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, {{Shipping}} is SeriousBusiness.
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11	[[WMG: Authors and Websites]]
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13	[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Ballyhoo/Rev/ Rev (Ballyhoo)]]
14	* Recommended by WiryAiluropodine
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16	[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WallofIllusion/pseuds/toushindai/ toushindai (WallOfIllusion)]]
17	* Recommended by WiryAiluropodine
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19	[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/yonnna/pseuds/yonnna/ yonna]]
20	* Recommended by WiryAiluropodine
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23	[[WMG:[[GenFic General Fics]]]]
24	''Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.''
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26	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/30905 While Recognizing the Importance of Luck in Certain Situations, Eve Genoard Continues to Disapprove of Gambling]]'' by ryfkah
27	* Recommended by: @/JoieDeCombat
28	* Status: Complete
29	* Synopsis: Eve Genoard's continuing efforts to rescue her brother bring about some unexpected consequences, including (but not limited to) kidnapping, arson, concealed weapons, severed fingers, and a high-stakes game of billiards.
30	* Comments: I may, admittedly, be a little biased where it comes to this story, as it was written in response to a request that I made. But even if it hadn't been, it would still without question be the single best piece of ''Baccano!'' fanfiction I've read thus far. Picking up where the light novel ''Drugs & the Dominos'' leaves off, it follows Eve Genoard and the Gandor brothers through the same sort of crazy tangle of events that characterizes the novels and anime. Everyone involved is characterized to best effect, and it's written very much in the style of the source material, complete with gambling imagery, some clever plays on Luck's name, and several instances of comedy amidst the Mafia action.
31	[=[[reviews:WhileRecognizingTheImportanceOfLuckInCertainSituationsEveGenoardContinuesToDisapproveOfGambling]]=]
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33	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/37191 Copycats]]'' by r_lee
34	* Recommended by: @/{{Aoede}}
35	* Status: Complete
36	* Synopsis: Isaac and Miria carry out their first heist.
37	* Comments: A short, sweet, and very IC backstory-fic.
38	[=[[reviews:Copycats]]=]
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40	''[[http://community.livejournal.com/baccano/92518.html Family Rites]]'' by karanguni
41	* Recommended by: @/{{Aoede}}
42	* Status: Complete
43	* Synopsis: Growing up as a Gandor and growing old as a Gandor: Keith tries marriage, Luck tries ambition, Berga tries uncledom, Claire tries everyone else.
44	* Comments: As the author says, it's a hugely speculative fic -- but she juggles the dynamics well, making plausible such "speculations" and managing to confront the mortality issue without letting it take over the story.
45	[=[[reviews:FamilyRites]]=]
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47	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/166097 Despite an Unexpected Amount of Interest from the Public, the Daily Days Decides Not to Publish the Full Story Behind Recent Executive Upheavals]]'' by ryfkah
48	* Recommended by: Fuzzy Alien, @/{{Aoede}}
49	* Status: Complete
50	* Synopsis: Senator Beriam attempts a coup; Rachel and Elean attempt semi-professional heroics; a number of persons attempt unique varieties of assistance. Result: stupid commotion?
51	* Notes: Alternate link [[http://bookelfe.livejournal.com/196754.html?#cutid1 here]].
52	* Comments: Not very many fanfics can capture the style of the original work well, and in the case of a work as stylistically unique and complicated as ''Baccano!'' not many fanfic writers bother trying. This author certainly tried, and in my humble opinion succeeded. Also, this may or may not be the same Becca who wrote the fic at the top of the list; I'm really not the one to ask there.
53	** @/JoieDeCombat: It is, and they're equally excellent fics.
54	[=[[reviews:DespiteAnUnexpectedAmountOfInterestFromThePublicTheDailyDaysDecidesNotToPublishTheFullStoryBehindRecentExecutiveUpheavals]]=]
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56	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/300879 Give Me Prudence]]'' by mellish
57	* Recommended by: Enunciability, Dame-Amaryllis
58	* Status: Complete
59	* Synopsis: Isaac and Miria have done the unthinkable: they've become bored.
60	* Comments: Isaac and Miria's antics never get old. Mellish did a great job capturing their personalities in this short and sweet fic.
61	[=[[reviews:GiveMePrudence]]=]
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63	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8358045/1/ Thicker than Water]]'' by Abbykat
64	* Recommended by: Gigglepud
65	* Status: Complete
66	* Synopsis: Claire and Luck, 1924 and 1933: things change, and things remain the same
67	* Comments: It's an IC ficlet that really captures what Luck may have felt when Claire returned to New York in 1933.
68	[=[[reviews:ThickerThanWater]]=]
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70	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7917076 Documentation]]'' by Debate
71	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
72	* Status: Complete
73	* Synopsis: Traces of the story are left behind, and history has an odd way of interpreting things.
74	[=[[reviews:Documentation]]=]
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76	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13024749 Snapshot]]'' by Spectrospecs
77	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
78	* Status: Complete
79	* Synopsis: When Isaac and Miria get their hands on a camera, nobody is safe.
80	[=[[reviews:Snapshot]]=]
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82	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21654586 11 Reasons You’ll Definitely Regret Finding Roommates On Craigslist]]'' by Icefall
83	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
84	* Status: Complete
85	* Synopsis: An intrepid Buzzfeed reporter rents a spare bedroom in Manhattan. The roommates? Isaac and Miria.
86	[=[[reviews:11ReasonsYoullDefinitelyRegretFindingRoommatesOnCraigslist]]=]
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88	[[WMG:[[{{Shipping}} Shipping Fics]]]]
89	''Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.''
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91	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3771517 The Successful Wooing of Chane Laforet]]'' by splashfree
92	* Recommended by: Katherine-Sanderson
93	* Status: Complete
94	* Synopsis: ''“I’m in love with you, Chane Laforet,” he says. “And at the end of the day, that’s all there is to it.”'' Claire and Chane go on a date. Wackiness ensues.
95	* Comments: A highly entertaining and in-character one-shot that captures the style of the show extraordinarily well, including everything from the out of order narrative to Claire and Chane's date to Isaac and Miria's antics.
96	[=[[reviews:TheSuccessfulWooingOfChaneLaforet]]=]
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98	''[[http://cat.catandkiwi.net/?p=330 Belonging]]'' by Laylah
99	* Recommended by: miaou5
100	* Status: Complete
101	* Synopsis: What is it like to belong to a psychopath?
102	* Pairing: Ladd/Lua
103	* Comments: Another excellent Ladd/Lua story. Interesting coincidence that the troper above also recommended a Laylah fic -- initially I was about to recommend both her fic and this one. Excellent characterization, beautiful syntax, and just absolutely gorgeous writing. One of the best Baccano fics I've had the pleasure to read.
104	[=[[reviews:Belonging]]=]
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106	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4907078/1/ Diary Entry]]'' by deidaralover12345
107	* Recommended by: @/Nearlover7
108	* Status: Complete
109	* Synopsis: Ennis gets a new diary, and who does she decide to write about?
110	* Pairing: Firo/Ennis
111	* Comments: Although a little cheesy and sometimes characters say things they shouldn't, this fic is absolutely adorable, the author pays great attention to detail and it's very short and sweet.
112	[=[[reviews:DiaryEntry]]=]
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114	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/156438 Five Times Firo And Ennis Fought Together, And One Time They Danced]]'' by ryfkah & genarti
115	* Recommended by: Dude Wheres My Password, [=ZSEDC4=]
116	* Status: Complete
117	* Synopsis: When you've got an immortal lifespan ahead of you, you can afford to take things kinda slow.
118	* Pairing: Firo/Ennis
119	* Comments: With all due respect to the other great fics that have been recommended here, this may be the single best ''Baccano!'' fanfic I've ever read. The writing is excellent, I can't find any fault with the characterization, and the overall effect is amazing.
120	** I think this may be one of the best ''Baccano!'' fanfictions I have ever read. If I hadn't known better, I would have guessed this story to have been a translated excerpt or chapter from the original light novels. It was just that good. The characterization and interactions between Firo and Ennis were beyond anything that I could have thought of myself. One hundred seventy-five points.
121	[=[[reviews:FiveTimesFiroAndEnnisFoughtTogetherAndOneTimeTheyDanced]]=]
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123	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7195922/1/ Wanting]]'' by koneko zero
124	* Recommended by: Dude Wheres My Password
125	* Status: Complete
126	* Synopsis: ''The first time Jacuzzi Splot thinks about kissing Nice -- properly kissing her, firmly on the mouth rather than bussing her cheek -- he is fourteen and a quarter and she is ''radiant''.'' In which Jacuzzi waits and wants, and might finally find his courage.
127	* Pairing: Jacuzzi/Nice
128	* Comments: A poignant, believable exploration of the history of Jacuzzi's gang and of the development of his and Nice's relationship.
129	[=[[reviews:Wanting]]=]
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131	''[[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/1931/5944.html#cutid2 Happily Ever After]]'' by ellynx
132	* Recommended by: Helix
133	* Status: Complete
134	* Synopsis: This is Lua. Look. Dressed in silk, Lua spins herself sick, dancing in circles and loops intersecting, colliding. So graceful she would make herself weep if she saw. The layers of silk ripple, unfurling, in colours from peach, to pink, to white lace. Lua stretches the skirt from one wrist to the other. She will not sing, not through the flutter of her breath, the whirl of the world. But perhaps she pretends she has wings.
135	* Pairing: Ladd/Lua
136	* Comments: A tale of how Ladd and Lua first met. The prose is insane… in a good sort of way. Warning: This fix contains violent sexual content (thankfully? consensual), just plain utter {{Mind Screw}}, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking frequent alliteration]].
137	[=[[reviews:HappilyEverAfter]]=]
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