Line #73 FanficRecs/TheVampireDiaries


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3	These are recommendations made by tropers for ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' {{fanfic}}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 [[Rule34 sexually explicit]] or non-canon territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, {{Shipping}} is SeriousBusiness.
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15	[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2088201 1shot]]
16	* Recommended by: @/AnonymousApathy
17	* Comments: All 3 (so far) of 1shot's ''Vampire Diaries'' works -- ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6981165/1/ Big Top]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010995/1/ The Stars Get Red And Oh The Night]]'', and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7041517/1/ Life in Plastic]]'' -- are beautifully written, often bittersweet, and unfailingly profound introspective pieces and character studies which focus on the main cast's relationships (platonic or otherwise) with each other, the world, and the craziness that is their lives.
18	[=[[reviews:1shot]]=]
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20	[[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Sandrine/pseuds/Sandrine%20Shaw Sandrine Shaw]]
21	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
22	* Notes: Alternate [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/32091/ link]].
23	* Comments: She writes mostly shippy oneshots. I particularly enjoyed ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/202707 Barefoot on Broken Glass (One Step at a Time)]]'' ([[OneTrueThreesome Klaus/Elena/Elijah]]), ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8168407 if my hangover was a girl, it would be you]]'' (Elena/Katherine), and ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1037499 lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off (but it's better if you do)]]'' (Klaus/Katherine).
24	[=[[reviews:SandrineShaw]]=]
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27	[[WMG:[[GenFic General Fics]]]]
28	''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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30	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6736975/1 An Unexpected Return]]'' by [=Spikey44=]
31	* Recommended by: @/AnonymousApathy
32	* Status: Complete
33	* Synopsis: Inside the shell of every vampire lurks the ghost of who they used to be. Damon thought his ghost long gone. He was wrong. Now he's not the only one who has to face the consequences. A story of delirium, acceptance, and chasing ghosts.
34	[=[[reviews:AnUnexpectedReturn]]=]
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36	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9898769/ For You I'd Bleed Myself Dry]]'' by [=CloudyDream=]
37	* Recommended by: [=LucyX=]
38	* Status: Complete
39	* Synopsis: Post 2x22. ''And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.'' Klaus asked for Stefan, but got Damon instead. A story of blood and death and despair, and falling from grace.
40	* Comments: A post S2 AU in which Damon offered himself to Klaus in exchange for his brother's freedom, and the characterization is so well done that the story feels like a natural, alternate conclusion to the S2 arc. The the interactions with both Klaus and Rebekah are spot-on, and the Damon's POV makes the story simply heartbreaking.
41	[=[[reviews:ForYouIdBleedMyselfDry]]=]
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43	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1029556 Blonde Devastation]]'' by yavanei
44	* Recommended by: Brytte Myst
45	* Status: Complete
46	* Synopsis: She moved like a wraith between these half-witted humans, picking off each mark with the precision of a true huntress. [[spoiler:Rebekah ''really'' wants to leave Russia, and she forces Niklaus' hand to do so.]]
47	[=[[reviews:BlondeDevastation]]=]
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49	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4755374/chapters/10872098 bewitched me body & soul]]'' by [=SSAerial=]
50	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
51	* Status: Dead; last updated October 2018
52	* Synopsis: Wherein Elena Gilbert remembers her past doppelganger lives and isn’t going to stand being used as a sacrifice or a martyr this time around.
53	[=[[reviews:BewitchedMeBodyAndSoul]]=]
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55	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/11311071 the gods may throw a dice]]'' by bloodandcake
56	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
57	* Status: Complete
58	* Synopsis: ''They’re the same person born into different circumstances, and Elena has no right to fucking judge.''
59	[=[[reviews:TheGodsMayThrowADice]]=]
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61	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/578581 Elijah Mikaelson: I Did Not Sign Up For This]]'' by dance_at_bougival
62	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
63	* Status: Complete
64	* Synopsis: Elijah returns to Mystic Falls in order to slap some sense into Klaus. Also to make sure the Monet isn’t hanging on the teal wall. Mostly the latter.
65	[=[[reviews:ElijahMikaelsonIDidNotSignUpForThis]]=]
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67	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/382833 this is ridiculous, even for mystic falls]]'' by dance_at_bougival
68	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
69	* Status: Complete
70	* Synopsis: In which Klaus becomes an art teacher at Mystic Falls High.
71	[=[[reviews:ThisIsRidiculousEvenForMysticFalls]]=]
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73	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/787394 après moi le déluge]]'' by theviolonist
74	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
75	* Status: Complete
76	* Synopsis: She kneels in front of the stone -- she was told the dead respond to begging, even though that hasn't always proved true, of late. She rests her forehead against the cutting edge, and she asks them. ''Am I still being punished? Did I want too much again?''
77	[=[[reviews:AprèsMoiLeDéluge]]=]
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79	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11441738/1/All-of-Eternity-at-my-Fingertips All of Eternity at my Fingertips]]'' by Cambrian Beckett
80	* Recommended by: Dragoon321
81	* Status: Complete
82	* Synopsis: When you wake up in a fictional world a thousand years in the past, only to find immortality and a hunger for blood forced upon you, what do you do? Take over the world of course.
83	* Comments: The story features a manipulative and amazingly vicious self insert being born as a brother to the Originals, particularly as a second hybrid. In the end he becomes a boogieman even to the monsters and brutalizes his way through the centuries while manipulating every single person he encounters. Most of the entertainment in this fic comes from watching other characters suffer terribly when confronted with an Original who's got the brains, patience, and knowledge to match the family brawn and a malicious personality that makes Klaus look saintly.
84	* Warnings: Explicit content, graphic violence, and torture await. Not for the faint of heart as most characters end up in ruins after encountering Vali.
85	[=[[reviews:ThisIsRidiculousEvenForMysticFalls]]=]
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87	[[WMG:[[{{Shipping}} Shipping Fics]]]]
88	''Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.''
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90	[[folder:Damon/Elena]]
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92	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9219091/1 Off by a Single Degree]]'' by Taaroko
93	* Recommended by: [=LucyX=]
94	* Status: Complete
95	* Synopsis: AU. On the night that Elena meets Damon, her cell phone dies before she has a chance to call home for a ride. Their conversation is never interrupted by her parents' arrival, Elena and her parents are never in a car that goes off Wickery Bridge, and Stefan never has to save Elena from drowning.
96	* Pairing: Damon/Elena
97	* Comments: an amazingly written pre-canon AU, in which Elena's parents never die and she never forgets meeting Damon. The characterization is a thing of beauty - this Damon is still very much in love with Katherine but is still fascinated by Elena, who is a perfectly believable 'lighter' version of the Elena from S1 canon. As for the rest, Grayson Gilbert is simply awesome, there's not much Stefan-bashing (as opposite to pretty much half of the Elena/Damon fics around) and Sheila Bennett is amazing as always.
98	[=[[reviews:OffByASingleDegree]]=]
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100	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7149118/1 The Story of Us]]'' by [=Beautiful1Disaster=]
101	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
102	* Status: Complete
103	* Synopsis: AU without supernatural. The past four years have built up to the moment that will define everything for Damon and Elena. When reality comes crashing down around them, they find themselves looking back on the past and trying to decide where to go from here.
104	* Pairing: Damon/Elena
105	[=[[reviews:TheStoryOfUs]]=]
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107	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11034782/1/ The Parting Gift]]'' by royalstandard
108	* Recommended by: Brytte Myst
109	* Status: Complete
110	* Synopsis: A "maybe if I had met you first" story with a major twist. Elena meets Damon the night her parents die but he doesn't compel her to forget and he isn't obsessed with freeing Katherine. Instead, he decides that this time he's going to get the girl. TVD-esque hijinks ensue with lots and lots of Delena.
111	* Pairing: Damon/Elena
112	[=[[reviews:ThePartingGift]]=]
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116	[[folder:Klaus/Rebekah]]
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118	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/530354 Point of Madness]]'' by theloupgaroux
119	* Recommended by: Brytte Myst
120	* Status: Complete
121	* Synopsis: After the loss of Niklaus, Rebekah goes a little mad.
122	* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
123	[=[[reviews:PointOfMadness]]=]
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125	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6141191 Until We Crumble To Dust]]'' by forcynics
126	* Recommended by: Brytte Myst
127	* Status: Complete
128	* Synopsis: The Salvatores kill Rebekah. Klaus burns Mystic Falls to the ground.
129	* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
130	[=[[reviews:UntilWeCrubleToDust]]=]
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132	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/319933 Our Ungodly Hour]]'' by forcynics
133	* Recommended by: Brytte Myst
134	* Status: Complete
135	* Synopsis: ''“Always and forever,” she swears, and she means it. But she is so foolish to pretend to have any understanding of those words, and too young to realize how foolish she is.''
136	* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
137	[=[[reviews:OurUngodlyHour]]=]
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139	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9112229/1/ L'esprit Nouveau]]'' by royalstandard
140	* Recommended by: Brytte Myst
141	* Status: Complete
142	* Synopsis: When Rebekah took the cure, Klaus believed his beloved sister was dead. But she became something else entirely...
143	* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
144	[=[[reviews:LEspritNouveau]]=]
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146	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/376261 Tell My Love To Wreck It All]]'' by forcynics
147	* Recommended by: Brytte Myst
148	* Status: Complete
149	* Synopsis: This time she is running away from her brother, instead of with her hand in his. And unfortunately for Nik, he taught her well.
150	* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
151	[=[[reviews:TellMyLoveToWreckitAll]]=]
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153	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/279933 A Fickle Heart And Bitterness]]'' by forcynics
154	* Recommended by: Brytte Myst
155	* Status: Complete
156	* Synopsis: She tells him she missed him, even though that doesn't make sense at all.
157	* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
158	[=[[reviews:AFickleHeartAndBitterness]]=]
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164	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/279923 all these things that i've done]]'' by forcynics
165	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
166	* Status: Complete
167	* Synopsis: They're the only ones left, the Petrova dopplegangers. Elena learns to run too, learns to run and never look back.
168	* Pairing: Elena/Katherine
169	[=[[reviews:AllTheseThingsThatIveDone]]=]
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171	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/594401 mirror, mirror]]'' by dance_at_bougival
172	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
173	* Status: Complete
174	* Synopsis: Like looking at yourself in the mirror, with the ends connected wrong; fractured into strange angles.
175	* Pairing: Elena/Katherine
176	[=[[reviews:MirrorMirror]]=]
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178	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/12452655 Dominoes Falling]]'' by hithelleth
179	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
180	* Status: Complete
181	* Synopsis: Happy endings don’t last. Especially not between two originals and a doppelganger. However, this is only the beginning.
182	* Pairing: [[OneTrueThreesome Klaus/Elena/Elijah]]
183	[=[[reviews:DominoesFalling]]=]
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185	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/920126 Not Only Bound]]'' by hithelleth
186	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
187	* Status: Complete
188	* Synopsis: They share the past, the present and, perhaps, the future.
189	* Pairing: [[OneTrueThreesome Klaus/Elena/Elijah]]
190	[=[[reviews:NotOnlyBound]]=]
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192	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/787391 it's thinking of stabbing us to death]]'' by theviolonist
193	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
194	* Status: Complete
195	* Synopsis: One should not mistake Elijah and Katerina's story for a 21st century romance.
196	* Pairing: Elijah/Katherine
197	[=[[reviews:ItsThinkingOfStabbingUsToDeath]]=]
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199	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12765162/1/Silent-Sentinel Silent Sentinel]]'' by Serendipity.now
200	* Recommended by: Sarcasticgirl777
201	* Status: Dormant; last updated November 2018
202	* Synopsis: One morning, Josie wakes up to find herself in the Vampire Diaries. When she can't escape, she keeps her true identity a secret, trying to save people from the sidelines. But how long before she gets pulled in and becomes part of the story herself? Taking on Damon and the tomb vampires is just the first step. How will she fare when she faces off against the Original Hybrid?
203	* Pairing:[[spoiler: Klaus]]/ OC
204	[=[[reviews: Silent Sentinel]]=]
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206	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11721549/1/The-Bystander The Bystander]]'' by coveryoureyes
207	* Recommended by: Sarcasticgirl777
208	* Status: Dormant; last updated February 2020
209	* Synopsis: Suzanne was just minding her own business at the local diner when the dark haired stranger sat down at her booth and spilled his guts. - "She felt strangely protective of the vampire that had inserted himself into her life. Maybe it was the cliché tragic back story or their matching love of leather jackets, but Suzanne was going to see where this friendship took her."
210	* Pairing: Klaus/OC
211	[=[[reviews: The Bystander]]=]
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213	Before I Take My Flesh Away by Orig1n
214	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/3756472/chapters/8339035]]
215	* Recommended by: AlwaysAkin
216	* Status: Dead; last updated January 2017
217	* Synopsis: Damon has known her his entire life. He knows the old scar on her right knee is from tripping on a jagged rock in his father's gardens, as a girl. He knows that particular, vibrant shade of green her eyes flash when she's furious with him. He knows that she's better than he deserves. And Damon knows she always leaves. But they're bound somehow, by some kind of magic that transcends time and reason. She's his personal ghost, and Damon doesn't know if he's been blessed or cursed.
218	* Pairing: Damon/Bonnie
219	[[reviews: Before I Take My Flesh Away]]
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226	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8735899 Blood on my Name]]'' by pprfaith
227	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
228	* Status: Complete
229	* Crossover with: ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
230	* Synopsis: In which Klaus saves a damsel, is his usual unpredictable self, and Buffy doesn't try to kill him. Or does she?
231	[=[[reviews:BloodOnMyName]]=]
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233	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/12892044 when the sun sets (we're both the same)]]'' by pprfaith
234	* Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
235	* Status: Complete
236	* Crossover with: ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
237	* Synopsis: Klaus Mikaelson and a millennium of slayers come to die at his hands.
238	[=[[reviews:WhenTheSunSetsWereBothTheSame]]=]
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240	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9548618/1/Unexpected-Happenings Unexpected Happenings]]'' by whitedwarf
241	* Recommended by: Sarcasticgirl777
242	* Status: Dead; last updated May 2015
243	* Crossover with ''Books/HarryPotter''
244	* Synopsis: HP(Fem)/Klaus: Forced through necessity to move to America, Rei Potter has only one goal: Get her magic fixed as soon as possible so she can go home. Unfortunately, Mystic Falls isn't as quiet and idyllic as she's been led to believe and when Original Hybrids begin crawling their way into her heart against all odds, she doesn't know what to think.
245	[=[[reviews:Unexpected Happenings]]=]
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