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3	These are recommendations made by Tropers for ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' {{Fan Fic}}s, 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	Do warn when a fanfic may head into [[{{Shipping}} romantic]] or non-canon territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, {{Shipping}} is SeriousBusiness. You may also want to note whether the fic is based on the classic ''BGC'' OVA series, or the 1998 ContinuityReboot TV series, ''Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040''.
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7	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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13	[[http://www.ravensgarage.com/ Raven's Garage]]
14	* Established by Andy Skuse and taking its name from a location in the original OVA, Raven's Garage is loaded with resources. These range from links to ''BGC'' Games to real-world boomer development, to character art, a ''BGC'' A-to-Z, a map of [=MegaTokyo=] and a Did-you-Know list. Current home of the ''[[http://www.ravensgarage.com/bgcfanfic_guide/bgc.html Bubblegum Crisis Fanfiction Guide]]'' which was originally compiled by Craig Wigda. While some of the links have since broken, there are still some interesting old gems to be found here. Each entry is accompanied both with a synopsis and a short review of the story. Some author comments are also included. Well worth checking out.
15	** DrRaven: I don't have as much time to dedicate to the Garage as I once did, but broken links are routinely searched for and repaired/removed, and the Garage itself is updated when I have time so the site still very much alive. If you find a broken link please contact me.
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17	[[http://yumekochan.webs.com/ The Works of Amanda Stair]] ([[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/222328/Purple_Knight_Saber Alternate site at Fanfic.net]])
18	* Recommended by @/LooneyToons, Dartz-IRL, antagonist, Alemann, The Fifth Horseman
19	* Some of the best original ''BGC'' ContinuationFic on the Net. All of it is in [[FanVerse the same continuity]], making her work essentially one single epic saga. Especially recommended is ''FanFic/TheNextGeneration'', in which Priss's teenaged daughter Yumeko ends up joining a re-activated Knight Sabers in the face of a new wave of depredations by GENOM and its boomers. Especially noteworthy for her spot-on characterization of the Sabers in their late thirties, nearly twenty years after the events of the {{OVA}}s. Fair warning: Amanda's vision of the ''BGC'' world is [[OriginalFlavour true to the original]], meaning that people get hurt and die, and not everyone gets a happy ending, especially the main characters. Yumeko-chan in particular racks up an injury tally which rivals that of Bert van Vliet (see ''Bubblegum Zone'', below). Darkish but not truly black, as there is hope still shining.
20	** Dartz-IRL: Still nibbling away at this one myself. I like the way everyone's moved on from 2032, yet are still themselves at the same time.
21	[=[[reviews:Bubblegum Crisis fanfiction by Amanda Stair]]=]
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23	''[[http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/dw2.shtml Drunkard's Walk II: Robot's Rules of Order]]'' by Robert M. Schroeck
24	* Recommended by Bluemage, Yumeko-chan, @/EvilMidnightLurker, @/AxelWhite, @/ShayGuy
25	* ''Status'': Complete
26	* ''Synopsis'': A professional metahuman crimefighter (read: "superhero") was thrown from his world while fighting evil, and now seeks to return home. His first attempt lands him in [=MegaTokyo=], a few years after the end of the series. While trying to find a way to move on, he clashes with the Knight Sabers, fights rogue buma, befriends a perky young news reporter, and stumbles upon one of the darkest secrets of GENOM. Part of the greater ''[[Fanfic/DrunkardsWalk Drunkard's Walk]]'' metaseries.
27	* ''Comments'': Part of a multi-book series currently under development, this fic blends aspects of self-insert and crossover. The main character, Doug Sangnoir (aka @/LooneyToons), was the author's favorite character in a ''VillainsAndVigilantes'' campaign. Doug's character is deep, unique, and fun to observe: he makes mistakes (and is not a Sue by any means), has a well-developed backstory, and tends to make fairly obscure pop-culture references. The character fits in well, stylistically, with the BGC world: Doug's talent is that listening to different songs gives him different superpowers, from creating a camera out of thin air to firing lightning bolts. As such, the "soundtrack" of this fic is appropriately broad and varied. (And would fill three [=CDs=] if you were to compile it.) Highly recommended for the top-notch writing, pop-culture connections, deep characters, and sheer fun of reading it.
28	[=[[reviews:Drunkards Walk 2]]=]
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30	[[WMG:[[GenFic General Fics]]]]
31	''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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33	''[[http://www.ravensgarage.com/bgcross/bgcross.htm Bubblegum Cross]]'' by ''[[http://www.ravensgarage.com Andy Skuse]]''
34	* Recommended by Alemann, antagonist
35	* ''Status'': Dead
36	* ''Synopsis'': It is the year 2038. The Knight Sabers have existed peacefully in obscurity, ever since the AD Police finally shut down Genom, the boomer manufacturer who also dealt globally in corruption and greed. Their 5 year hiatus is about to be disturbed, as a long-lost relative drops into Sylia Stingray's life, and explains why her data cartridge has the number "2" on it.
37	[=[[reviews:Bubblegum Cross]]=]
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39	''[[http://archives.eyrie.org/anime/BGC/bgc.black-hunter.gz Black Hunter]] by Ping Lin.
40	* Recommended by @/{{Binaroid}}, @/JeanneH, [=SuddenFrost=]
41	* ''Status'': Complete
42	* ''Synopsis'' (from the ''[[http://www.ravensgarage.com/bgcfanfic_guide/bgc.html Bubblegum Crisis Fan Fiction Guide]]''): Not all boomers have to look human, and not all boomers are made by Genom. Someone has made a new boomer and appears to be testing it in [=MegaTokyo=]. And who could be better test subjects than the AD Police and the Knight Sabers.
43	[=[[reviews:Black Hunter]]=]
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45	''[[http://fanfic-mausoleum-n-grill.dreamwidth.org/843.html Bubblegum Crusade]]'' by Glenn Hough.
46	* Recommended by @/EvilMidnightLurker, antagonist, @/LavanyaSix
47	* ''Status'': Complete
48	* ''Synopsis'': As Largo rises again, the Knight Sabers find themselves becoming more than mercenaries. Manipulated by a mysterious man who has sold his soul to God, Sylia must lead a crusade for the future of human and boomer alike.
49	* ''Comments'': I'll be up front: this fic is deeply, DEEPLY flawed. Weird formatting, downright odd but consistent misspellings, and the first 100 pages are a synopsis of the most relevant parts of ''Crisis/Crash''; that's just the beginning. And yet, despite everything, it is also deeply, DEEPLY ''awesome''. You can't go wrong with a fic where the climax involves a war between a city full of Largo-dominated boomers and ''[[spoiler: an army of 33-S Knight Sabers]]''. Incorporates the events of ''Black Hunter'', possibly with the author's permission, possibly not.
50	** @/LavanyaSix: Seconded. It's a great story, even if the formatting is screwy as hell.
51	[=[[reviews:Bubblegum Crusade]]=]
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53	''[[http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/shinjirei/akh.html A Killer's Heart]]'' by Ryan Xavier.
54	* Recommended by antagonist, Yumeko-chan, The Fifth Horseman
55	* ''Status'': Dormant
56	* ''Synopsis'': This takes place after the OVA except for the first scenes, and according to the author, 'Crash did not HAPPEN!' What if Genom operated a line of assassin boomers based on the 33-S model to hunt down rogue boomers? What if one of them had decided to abandon his post and go rogue himself during a critical moment? We only heard the machine gun fire, we never saw who nailed whom.
57	* ''Comments'': This one was among the first ''BGC'' fics I read back in the day. It's currently unfinished, but the author emailed me recently, stating he hadn't abandoned it, though he seems to be very busy with RealLife. The fic is pretty graphic, and the OriginalCharacter has a really foul mouth paired with a gleefully sadistic streak. I highly recommend it.
58	[=[[reviews:A Killers Heart]]=]
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60	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3072155/1/Reprisals Reprisals]]'' by SSG Michael B Jackson.
61	* Recommended by Yumeko-chan, antagonist, JeanneH
62	* ''Status'': Complete
63	* ''Synopsis'': Just after the events of "Scoop Chase", the Knight Sabers are murdered at Raven's Garage. A year later, one of them, with the help of a crow, comes back for revenge. A ''Crow''/''BGC'' crossover.
64	* ''Comments'': I have never seen ''The Crow'' but it is still a story I enjoyed a lot. ''[[spoiler: Nene]]'' a lot of times seems OOC but then again, if you were murdered, you might be in a bad mood too.
65	** antagonist: It's been a while since I last read this one, but from what I remember, I found it to be thoroughly enjoyable, just like the rest of this author's ''BGC'' fics.
66	[=[[reviews:Reprisals]]=]
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68	''[[http://www.jhedge.com/story/anime/shadows.htm Into The Shadows]]'' by Jeanne Hedge and Andy Skuse
69	* Recommended by Nightelf, Dartz-IRL, antagonist, The Fifth Horseman
70	* ''Status'': Complete
71	* ''Synopsis'': The story of how the Knight Sabers were formed, including Sylia's decision to form a vigilante group, the recruiting of the other members, and their training and formation into what would eventually become the Knight Sabers.
72	* ''Comments'': This feels like an "official" ''BGC'' prequel would feel -- the characters (such as Priss and Nene) are still a little raw yet, but are on their way to becoming the close-knit family they'd eventually form.
73	** Dartz-IRL: Nicely written, showing how a group dynamic can build, through teething troubles. First person perspective really draws into the story, with perspective jumps really working to good effect, to give each characters opinions and feelings.
74	[=[[reviews:Into The Shadows]]=]
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76	''[[http://www.jhedge.com/story/anime/yearn.htm Yearnings]]'' by Innpchan
77	* Recommended by @/JeanneH, antagonist
78	* ''Status'': Complete
79	* ''Synopsis'': The events during "Moonlight Rambler" (OAV5) and "Red Eyes" (OAV6) have left their mark on Priss. Now that the fighting is done, how will she deal with the repercussions of the death of friends?
80	* ''Comments'': This short story was completed in 1995, and describes one possible way events could have gone post-Largo. According to the author, it takes place a few days after OAV6 and some weeks before OAV7 ("Double Vision"). Priss and Leon do get together, but it is anything but romantic or "shippy". There is a brief scene with explicit sexual material and harsh language, but it's not really a full-on lemon/hentai fic. The story isn't about the sex, the sex is just what the events of the story lead to. This is one of my early (and still) favorites, which I recommend for the excellent writing and characterizations.
81	[=[[reviews:Yearnings]]=]
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83	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2265537/1/Neo_No_Armour_Against_Fate Neo No Armor Against Fate]]'' by Shawn Hagen
84	* Recommended by @/VladimirTherin, [=SuddenFrost=], The Fifth Horseman
85	* ''Status'': Complete
86	* ''Synopsis'': ''BGC 2034'' continues the ''BGC'' story after the events of "Scoop Chase". Enemies and friends, old and new, all coming together, and nothing will ever be the same when it is all over. Rating for mature subject matter.
87	* ''Comments'': One of the older Epics, still very, very good.
88	** [=SuddenFrost=]: At its core it's an excellent example of how a VillainSue (Brian J. Mason with his mind downloaded into [[spoiler:a 33-S sexaroid]]) can be done successfully. Probably the best ever depiction of how Genom actually works, why the Knight Sabers can never really defeat them, and what being a CorruptCorporateExecutive is like.
89	** The Fifth Horseman: Massive and well written, with a few interesting ideas added to the mix. The ending shows possibility of a sequel -- though one doesn't seem to have been ever written.
90	*** [=SuddenFrost=]: The fanfiction.net version of this story doesn't include the epilogue with its SequelHook, which is available [[http://archives.eyrie.org/anime/BGC/No-Armour-Against-Fate/bgc.neonaaf.06.epilogue.gz here]] at eyrie.org.
91	[=[[reviews:Neo No Armor Against Fate]]=]
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93	''[[http://archives.eyrie.org/anime/BGC/bgc.southern-cross.gz Southern Cross]]'' by Bernard & Johan Khoo
94	* Recommended by [=SuddenFrost=]
95	* ''Status'': Complete
96	* ''Synopsis'': Set between [=OAVs=] 4 and 5, the death of Daley's former partner on the Genaros space station sends the Knight Sabers from Antarctica to Singapore in pursuit of a duplicated KillSat controller.
97	* ''Comments'': A globetrotting plot with great character moments and action, all in only 144 KB!
98	[=[[reviews:BGC Southern Cross]]=]
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100	''[[http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/bgcwaut.shtml A Wild and Untamed Thing...]]'' by Robert M. Schroeck
101	* Recommended by @/JeanneH, antagonist
102	* ''Status'': Complete
103	* ''Synopsis'': Nene talks Linna into coming with her to see one of her favorite shows -- ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' to be precise -- but somehow Saber business always seems to interrupt just when things start getting interesting.
104	* ''Comments'': This is a fun story that reveals a bit about each of the Knight Sabers, especially Nene and ''[[spoiler: Sylia]]''. Familiarity with ''Rocky'' might help with the mental imagery, but I don't think it's required (the written description is well done). No deep thinking is necessary, just sit back and enjoy.
105	* antagonist: While I did see the end coming, it still made me laugh. And I like how this fic pictured Sylia as something other than an ice queen.
106	[=[[reviews:A Wild And Untamed Thing]]=]
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108	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5627338/1/A_Life_Revisited A Life Revisited]]'' by n1ght3lf
109	* Recommended by Dartz-IRL
110	* ''Status'': Complete
111	* ''Synopsis'': ''[=BGC2032=]:'' Years after the dissolution of the Knight Sabers, its surviving members come together to mourn the loss of a friend and to make sense of the life they once had.
112	* ''Comments'': A different future for the Knight Sabers. Notable for its good characterizations, and intelligent plot. It's character driven, not being all about explosions and death, and the final act of revenge itself only takes up a short part of a fic.
113	[=[[reviews:A Life Revisited]]=]
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115	''[[http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_ch.php?cid=519334&submit=View+Chapter&id=149239 Black Knights, Steel Hearts]]'' by Craig A. Reed Jr.
116	* Recommended by [=SuddenFrost=]
117	* ''Status'': Complete
118	* ''Synopsis'': A U.S.-based hardsuited vigilante team comes to [=MegaTokyo=] in pursuit of a girl kidnapped by the Gulf & Bradley Corporation.
119	* ''Comments'': This story has well-written action sequences featuring the Knight Sabers in large-scale urban combat, as well as detailed worldbuilding. The guest character, Greg Mallory, has some GaryStu-like qualities, but he also fits the standard pattern for player characters in the ''Bubblegum Crisis'' RPG: someone who received one of Dr. Stingray's data units and used it to build his own hardsuits. There are occasional problems with spelling. ''BKSR'' was intended to be the first part of a series to be called "Bubblegum Crucible", but no sequels have yet been written.
120	[=[[reviews:Black Knights, Steel Hearts]]=]
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122	[[WMG:[[SelfInsertFic Self-Insertion]]]]
123	''What it says on the tin.''
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125	''FanFic/TheBubblegumZone'' by Bert van Vliet ([[AlternateUniverseFic AU]]). ([[http://www.ravensgarage.com/bgzone/zone/index.html Link]])
126	* Recommended by Dartz-IRL, @/LooneyToons, antagonist, Yumeko-chan, @/EvilMidnightLurker, The Fifth Horseman, Zed42, @/AxelWhite
127	* ''Status'': Dead
128	* ''Synopsis'': Through forces unknown, a Canadian university student finds himself transported to [=MegaTokyo=] in the year 2032. Hooking up with the Knight Sabers, as you do, Bert comes to learn that donning a hardsuit isn't quite what it's cracked up to be... For one thing, you can and will be hurt.
129	* ''Comments'': ''In Progress'', and has been since 1995. Be prepared to do a lot of reading, later chapters can get over a megabyte in size. At first it came come across as a little [[MartyStu Gary Stu]] but as the story gathers pace, especially towards the later half, it really picks itself up by its bootstraps. The story really has its best moments once it gets past the original OVA and starts adding its own material.
130	** @/LooneyToons: This is a fic set in the original ''BGC'', and it's a classic among ''BGC'' self-inserts. ''Highly'' recommended.
131	** The Fifth Horseman: Lots of pop-culture references in this one. Love the sense of humour.
132	** @/AxelWhite: Now with tropes! If you've got a moment, go add some.
133	** @/{{Night}}: While The Bubblegum Zone is eminently readable, it definitely comes across as someone's first work, someone who isn't terribly familiar with their subject matter. Not, mind you, their BGC subject matter, but the other important subject matter of any writer in a story with this much human interaction; human interaction. Things like torture and combat and how people react to them are not handled in a mature or grounded-in-reality fashion. Gifted undoubtedly, but still very amateur and no match for the post 2008-generation of fanfiction writing stars you usually see featured on this wiki. Keep that in mind as you read.
134	[=[[reviews:Fanfic/TheBubblegumZone]]=]
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136	''[[http://www.eyrie-productions.com/TIA/ Bubblegum Crisis: The Iron Age]]'' by Creator/EyrieProductionsUnlimited
137	* Recommended by @/LooneyToons, @/{{Binaroid}}, @/EvilMidnightLurker, [=SuddenFrost=], The Fifth Horseman, Zed42
138	* ''Status'': Complete
139	* ''Synopsis'': Billionaire net.journalist Benjamin Stark and his personal physician/bodyguard Megazone go to [=MegaTokyo=] to investigate a mysterious urban legend -- the Knight Sabers. But before they're even in the city they get confirmation that the legend is real... and Stark finds himself up to his neck in their private war.
140	* ''Comments:'' A ContinuityReboot of a long-abandoned EPU project called ''(Gryphon and Zoner Get) Hopelessly Lost'', ''BGC:TIA'' is a classic EPU self-insert, although fifteen years later Gryphon has greater skill to draw on and more twists to throw at readers, including [[PatchworkFic mixing and matching]] elements from both classic ''BGC'' and ''Tokyo 2040''. The addition of ''ComicBook/IronMan'' to the blend, in a manner that is both true to the source but completely unexpected, turns what was once a comedy series into something more akin to a near-future technothriller. Although far from complete at only three installments, it's definitely worth a read.
141	** The Fifth Horseman: While ''Iron Man'' is the only direct crossover, there is a scattering of items drawn from other works as well (''Transmetropolitan'' and ''Neuromancer'', for instance) Can't wait for the fourth part to appear.
142	** @/{{Night}}: Like most EPU stories, this is decent but often falls down by getting somewhat...childish; it's also long, long dead.
143	[=[[reviews:Bubblegum Crisis The Iron Age]]=]
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145	''[[http://archives.eyrie.org/anime/Twisted-Path/twisted-path.3.gz Twisted Path 3: Twisted Path -- Another Bubble Started]]'' by Twister (Brief crossover with ''Ranma 1/2'' near the end)
146	* Recommended by @/LooneyToons, @/EvilMidnightLurker, @/Zed42
147	* ''Status'': Complete
148	* ''Synopsis'': Godlike MartyStu character enters the ''Bubblegum Crisis'' universe early in the series, and despite some of his powers going wonky as a result of unexplained local conditions, intervenes in the course of the plot with both good and bad results.
149	* ''Comments:'' Twister is ''the'' defining self-insert character of late-90s anime fanfiction, and is so gleefully over-the-top that either you loathe him with a hatred that burns like the pits of hell, or you hang on for the ride laughing all the way. The ''BGC'' installment of ''Twisted Path'' hits almost all the usual cliches of an SI in that world except for joining the Knight Sabers right away -- it is probably the TropeCodifier, if not the TropeMaker, for ''BGC'' self-inserts. Despite Twister's barely-average writing skill, it is surprisingly entertaining and throws more than a few [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]] at the reader. It is also important as a fanfic, in that it had a direct influence on several later insert and insert-styled fics: ''A Wolf In Crisis'' includes explicit {{shout out}}s to it, the ''BGC'' segment of ''Legion's Quest'' takes place in the ''BGC'' timeline that Twister visited, and the fourth installment of ''TP'' explicitly crosses over with ''Bubblegum Zone'' .
150	[=[[reviews:Twisted Path 3]]=]
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152	''[[http://members.optusnet.com.au/bcadwgan/anime/wic.htm A Wolf In Crisis]]'' by Barry Cadwgan
153	* Recommended by @/LooneyToons
154	* ''Status'': Dead
155	* ''Synopsis:'' A magical accident throws a Wolf shaman from a ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' universe into the world of ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''. He goes to ground, figures out what happened to him, and begins to adapt... and in the process crosses paths with the Knight Sabers. He joins their fight, though not as a Saber, and his presence causes other changes as well... Could magic be awakening in his new world just as it did in his old?
156	* ''Comments:'' A DeadFic, incomplete and untouched since 1997, although scene fragments at the end of the third part suggest where Cadwgan was planning on taking it. Cadwgan deftly avoids many of the cliches of the ''BGC'' insert character while exploring new (for the time) territory in his plot. Fenris, the shaman, is an intriguing, complicated character whose very realistic reactions and responses to the world he's in take this story completely out of insert territory and into something else entirely. Angua, his familiar, was a fan favorite while Cadwgan was still writing, and can still charm a first-time reader. Be warned, though, that Cadwgan is Australian, and his "Seattlite" shadowrunners fling Aussie slang around as often as they do ''Shadowrun'' jargon; the effect is both amusing and distracting.
157	[=[[reviews:A Wolf In Crisis]]=]
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159	''[[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/yours-truly-2032-bgc-si.312/ Yours Truly, 2032]]'' by Dartz-IRL. (Link to revised version's thread on Sufficient Velocity forum; [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5094598/1/Yours_Truly_2032 Original version availableat FFN]])
160	* Recommended by Croaker, antagonist, @/{{Binaroid}}, Yumeko-chan, The Fifth Horseman, @/LooneyToons
161	* ''Status'': Dormant
162	* ''Synopsis'': An anime fan drives a motorcycle through a space/time crossrip and into the ''BGC'' world, just in time to interfere in the assassination of Irene Chang. He promptly dies messily in the ensuing car chase. Reincarnated (thanks to Sylia) in a basic 33-S boomer chassis, Our Hero has to adapt to life in Mega-Tokyo, deal with the philosophical ramifications of being a boomer, and stay alive long enough to make a difference. Some excellent slice-of-life scenes and slowly ramping up the action level.
163	** antagonist: Actually, he doesn't die and get resurrected a 33-S, he gets dumped into a 33-S body by a third player before the fic even starts, so to speak.
164	** @/{{Binaroid}}: Not to mention the copies of the [=OVAs=] the fan had on him/her; or how Genom got away with half of them before the smoke cleared... intelligence all around, tasteful use of AlternateCharacterInterpretation, and a closer look at the FridgeLogic behind the "futuristic" 2032. Good stuff.
165	** @/{{Night}} Boring. Sharply boring. Adopts the Shinji Ikari approach to the everyman, i.e. deep down we're all incredibly fucked up and cowardly. Deliberately avoids exploring interesting consequences of the 33-S swap (that bit about the philosophical ramifications is a lie, it doesn't explore, it straight up ''tells''); deliberately avoids what could have been a superb RageAgainstTheAuthor or RageAgainstTheHeavens subplot or even whole plot; unable to deploy any sort of dramatic tension. Story just comes across as five chapters of flat writing, neither interesting nor boring, merely ''there''. And just to top it off, the main character never does ask Sylia for a Japanese Language Pack, meaning most of their dialogue sounds intensely childish...nor is Japanese delineated from English except by sounding childish. Just to top it off, it died in late 2010.
166	** It didn't quite die as much as descended to development hell. The author has been posting story notes and draft chapters on the alt.fan.bgcrisis Usenet group, The Fanfiction Forum, and Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom on an irregular basis. Most recently, he's decided to rewrite the original chapters to streamline the plot.
167	[=[[reviews:Yours Truly 2032]]=]
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169	''[[http://www.oocities.org/trboturtle/3knights/3knights.html Three Knights]]'' by Bert van Vliet, Craig Reed and Amanda Stair (Archive copy at oocities.org)
170	* Recommended by @/LooneyToons, antagonist, @/EvilMidnightLurker
171	* ''Status'': Dead
172	* ''Synopsis:'' Some dark power is setting in motion the destruction of the universe, and the first step in that process is the destruction of a group of women who could prevent the disaster -- the Knight Sabers. To protect them, the godlike Guardian Ishmael calls together three agents from three other timelines, the fifth Sabers of their respective teams, to protect the Knight Sabers from an equally godlike enemy. But can [=SkyKnight=], [=ShadowKnight=] and [=RavenKnight=] work together without killing each other and still achieve their goal?
173	* ''Comments'': Possibly a first in fanfiction, an IntercontinuityCrossover of self-inserts. With the kind of talent there is contributing to this story, there's no way it ''wouldn't'' be incredibly well-written. Much of this story is character-driven to counterpoint the need to follow the main plot of the series, and how! Just because Ishmael is godlike doesn't mean he can't make mistakes, and given some of the personality conflicts between these three, assembling them into a team may be one of them. This is a borderline DeadFic, though, as only three of apparently four planned parts have been written, and it hasn't been updated since February 2007. Even so, a wonderful piece of work worth looking at.
174	** antagonist: Actually, it's still being worked on. As a matter of fact, part 4 is almost done, but one author's contributions are still missing. Well, and it'll have more than four parts when it's finished.
175	** The Fifth Horseman: An excellent fic (which isn't very surprising given the team behind it). Bert and Craig seem to be referring to a prior crossover between ''BGA'' and ''BGZ'' during their first meeting (the package thing). Was one actually written?
176	** Yumeko-chan: Yes, there was, a very short one. I have a copy of it that is dated as being written in 2001, though I am not sure Craig ever put it up on his site (in fact, I'm sure he didn't).
177	[=[[reviews:Three Knights]]=]
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179	''[[http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_st.php/112241 Bubblegum Avatar]]'' by Craig [="TrboTurtle"=] Reed
180	* Recommended by @/LooneyToons, Dartz-IRL, antagonist, @/EvilMidnightLurker, The Fifth Horseman, @/{{Night}}
181	* ''Status'': Complete
182	* ''Synopsis'': A [[PowersThatBe Power That Is]] needs a sucker... um, ''agent'' to balance a ''Bubblegum Crisis'' timeline that has been inadvertently contaminated with a damaged Largo from another timeline. He chooses anime fan Craig Reed for the standard ineffable divine reasons and drops him into the lap of Sylia Stingray, along with a complete collection of ''Bubblegum Crisis'' [=DVDs=] and fanfiction. Now Craig has to undergo the full paranoid scrutiny of the Knight Sabers and a basic training that makes the Marines look positively slack, before he finally finds himself in a hardsuit. And the series proper hasn't even ''started'' yet.
183	* ''Comments:'' One of the newer generation of ''BGC'' SI fics, ''Bubblegum Avatar'' draws heavily on its predecessors and demonstrates a sly smartness and a wicked sense of fun. Look for a few {{shout out}}s to previous fics (Sylia apparently becomes a fan of at least one earlier series, judging by her choice of aliases for Craig to use). Well-written and a great read; its only flaw is that Reed hasn't written anything new for it since 2004.
184	** Dartz-IRL: I like the characterisation in this one, the interaction of Craig with the Sabers...his homesickness at first, their suspicions of him. And Sylia's response to ''Bubblegum Pink.''
185	*** antagonist: You just couldn't resist mentioning that one, could you?
186	** The Fifth Horseman: Quite similar to Bubblegum Zone, but with distinctively different approach and a snarkier sense of humour. A must read.
187	** @/{{Night}}: Dead since 2006 at the least, but by far the best SI story on this page. It possesses some of the same flaws to be found in The Bubblegum Zone, but in lesser quantity and more easily ignored. The greatest annoyance is where it stopped; the second set of chapters died right at the moment before a grand finale, and it would have been a spectacular and ''glorious'' thing to watch the various plot threads come together against Mason. Also check the author's other work while you're visiting Mediaminer.
188	[=[[reviews:Bubblegum Avatar]]=]
189
190	[[WMG:[[{{Shipping}} Shipping Fics]]]]
191	''Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.''
192
193	''[[http://www.ralst.com/ScarsBGC.HTM Scars]]'' by She-Hulk
194	* Recommended by @/OpMegs, antagonist
195	* ''Status'': Complete
196	* ''Pairing(s)'': Priss/Sylia
197	* ''Synopsis'': Sequel to another story wherein Sylia and Priss become romantically involved, the follow up reveals a dirty little secret Sylia has been hiding: the body of Sylvie. With the scarcest hints of the possibility of repairing her, Priss looks to Sylia to manage a miracle. Sylia thus must manage pleasing the woman she cares about most while simultaneously knowing she may be bringing back someone who could replace her...
198	* ''Comments'': Far, far better than the somewhat soap-opera-y summary sounds. If you can accept the concept of Priss and Sylia in a romantic relationship(and this fic got me thinking about it to the point of acknowledging they may be better suited for each other than Priss and ''Leon''), then that's all you need to enjoy this. The main focus is on Sylia and Priss, obviously, but Nene and Linna do get some scenes, primarily Nene. Worth a look.
199	** [=SuddenFrost=]: ''Scars'' is the second part of the ''BGC Blues'' series by She-Hulk. I don't want to recommend the series as a whole because (1) it was never finished, (2) the later stories were only available on the author's website, which went offline, (3) its Linna/Nene relationship smacks of [[ShipMates Ship Mating]], and (4) it eventually goes up to eleven with {{Wangst}}, PlotLeveling and putting the characters through the TraumaCongaLine. From the same author, I prefer to recommend ''If I Fall...'' (see below).
200	*** antagonist: Actually, it WAS finished quite some time ago. Unfortunately, her new website went down in the meantime as well, but this troper has all parts archived on his hard drive.
201	*** [=SuddenFrost=]: Are you sure the AfterTheEnd storyline in ''Resurrection'' was finished? I don't recall ever seeing anything past Part 4, and neither does [[http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://webpages.charter.net/datajunkie/bgc.htm the Wayback Machine's archive of her site]] (which is missing several chapters.)
202	*** The Fifth Horseman: [[http://jesrob.100webspace.net/bgc.htm Her current website]] is very much online. Note that ''Resurrection'' is divided into much larger chunks than before -- the end of what was "part 4" on the old site is at 1/3rd of what is "part 2" on the new site.
203	*** [=SuddenFrost=]: Thanks for letting me know! Now I can finally finish reading it. Points (3) and (4) still stand, though. [[spoiler:(I can't believe she went for RapeAsDrama ''three'' times!)]]
204	*** Sadly, it seems that her current site is now down. So unless there's another backup of it out there...
205	*** The Fifth Horseman: Guess what... http://passion-perfect.livejournal.com/3609199.html
206	[=[[reviews:Scars]]=]
207
208	''[[http://jesrob.100webspace.net/If%20I%20Fall.htm If I Fall...]]'' by She-Hulk
209	* Recommended by [=SuddenFrost=], antagonist
210	* ''Status'': Complete
211	* ''Pairing(s)'': Priss/Sylia
212	* ''Synopsis'': A Boomer infects Priss's hardsuit with a virus, causing it to fire on Sylia and severely injuring her. After Sylia recovers, she sees that Priss is consumed with guilt over not activating the self-destruct in time and must bring Priss back from the edge.
213	* ''Comments'': A much shorter, standalone HurtComfortFic featuring She-Hulk's intriguing characterizations of Priss and Sylia.
214	[=[[reviews:If I Fall]]=]
215
216	[[WMG:[[{{Crossover}} Crossover Fics]]]]
217	''[[ftp://ftp.gweep.ca/pub/anime/anime-fan-works/BGC/bgc.crossover-blues.gz Crossover Blues]]'' by Innpchan
218	* Recommended by [=kensu=]
219	* ''Status'': Complete
220	* ''Synopsis'': A hilarious and out-of-control parody which can't help wandering into other continuities. Highlights include Nene acquiring an [[Anime/ProjectAko Eiko Magami]] upgrade for her hardsuit, and Linna volunteering to distract (and tire out) a tentacle monster, and discovering it can't quench her (considerable) carnal appetites. Yeah, it's that kind of fanfic.
221	* ''Comments'': Known in its time for simple being a funny and relatively well-written crossover/parody fic. It's more interesting these days due to it being an UnintentionalPeriodPiece. It was published only a few weeks before ''Anime/SailorMoon'' premiered in North America; as such it's a pure slice of zeitgeist which shows what American anime fan culture was like before the anime explosion.
222
223	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14036316/1/ Bubblegum Fury]]'' by Hung Nguyen (AKA Animeaddiction)
224	* Recommended by Fox Bluereaver
225	* ''Status'': Complete
226	* ''Pairing(s)'': Priss/Terry
227	* ''Synopsis'': The GENOM Corporation tests a new Boomer with teleportation capacities by drawing power from an extra dimensional source. However, the test run goes awry and the Boomer teleports itself to a different dimension, landing on the road that [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard]] is traveling. After a fight between them, another rift drags Terry to the Boomer's original dimension, where he will encounter new enemies, new allies, and maybe a new chance at love.

Context FanficRecs / BubblegumCrisis