Fanfic Recs / Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

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General Fics

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.

The Second Coming of Haman Karn by BloodRavenFan

• Recommended by msq
• Vanished from the internet. Please post a link if found.
• Synopsis: (As taken from the author's profile page) What if Zeon's Princess had been more strongly influenced by her guardian as a child? How will she fare after Char falls and Zeon's leadership falls to her?
• Comments: It's a rather unsettling yet plausible Universal Century "what if" that starts where Char's Counterattack left off. While the author does do a good job showing how life is like in the Federation and Zeon, as well as having Sayla Mass being the foil to Martha Vist Carbine, the big question on how the plot unfolds would be Mineva herself. Or rather, just how much of her is really left.

Crossovers

Infinite Stratos: Rise of the Unicorn written by KH-Hardcorefan4483 here

• Recommended by: Cel Prev XXVI
• Status: Dormant; last updated March 2017
• Crossover with: Infinite Stratos
• Fanfiction Summary: (As taken from the author's profile page) The Unicorn Gundam's psycoframe goes out of control and thus creating a dimensional rift that sucks Banagher and his mobile suit during the ongoing battle, and sends him into another world where women have higher positions in society than men thanks to a certain powered exoskeleton suit called the Infinite Stratos. Found by IS Academy staff in an unconscious state, and with his Gundam transformed into a human-sized mechanical suit, Banagher must now cope with his current situation in order to return to his dimension... as the 2nd man who could pilot an IS.
• Comments: So far, a unique take at how a true Gundam-based IS would work out in the IS verse. Although how that itself would behave now will depend on the flow of the story.

CROSS ANGE: Rondo of Angels, Dragons and Unicorns by CasualFictionWriter23

• Recommended by: Wise Man 23753
• Status: Dormant (Chapter 5 as of 4/6/17)
• Crossover with: Cross Ange
• Fanfiction Summary: Banagher Links is sent to the World of Mana after a piece of experimental equipment goes wrong. The young boy find himself in a world of magic, but heartlessly oppresses other races, specifically the Norma who can't use magic. After an encounter with First Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, he escapes the Empire in his Unicorn and finds himself on the military base of Arsenal. Establishing residence on the island, he earns his keep with the misfit band of Norma and other nearby residents. Following his journey back home are the Sympathizers, Mana users who see Norma indifferent from humans and suffer from the status quo just the same.
• Comments: Has some interesting potential to expand on areas of the Cross Ange world the original anime touched lightly. Can also likely become a Fix Fic to diverge from its storyline.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00: The Unicorn Awakens by nz-999-schwarzritter (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Crossover)

• Recommended by Criticanon and Dancou-Maryuu
• Status: Dormant
• Synopsis: A freshly started fic that takes place in the U.C. At the beginning of Unicorn, highlights include Exia and the Kshatriyah having a massive sword fight in Industrial Seven, Full Frontal going up against all four of the Gundam Meisters, and fighting them to a draw.
• Expect many favorite characters from both UC and 00 to appear: Graham Aker and the Overflags are actually the Tri-Stars in this fic; and our favorite terrorist, Ali Al-Saachez, appears as an employee of Martha Vist.
• So far, it's been close to Unicorn's storyline; however, Marida is spared from being captured by Banagher, and is instead taken to the Ptolemy by Setsuna, who seems to have a thing for her...; furthermore many characters that have (so far)died in the OVA have been spared with the exception of Daguza Mackle.
• Moment of Awesome: Many; The multiple three-way battles in the first chapter are executed greatly, despite the author's jarring wording. The best example is the battle between Full Frontal in his Sinanju, the Londo Bell Forces, and the Meisters. What makes it so awesome is the fact that, Full Frontal MANAGES TO ACTUALLY DUEL THE MEISTERS TO A DRAW ALL BY HIMSELF, WHILE CUTTING THE NAHEL ARGAMA DOWN AT THE SAME TIME. No wonder they call him the Red Comet...
  • The moment when Setsuna goes berserk against Banagher after seeing Marida's past, managing to ACTUALLY DAMAGE THE UNICORN, even when it was in Destroy Mode.
• Moment of Heartwarming: Setsuna's apparent understanding of Marida makes him to act a little out of character, and their interaction is overall quite moving. Considering the fact that they have similar pasts, it is to be somewhat expected. Also, the way he stops her convulsions and panic attacks might even cause Manly Tears to anyone who is sensitive enough.
  • Langley manages to save Loni from her death and, thanks to several convenient circumstances, he actually convinces her stop from all the killing.
• Xamusel: I second the recommendation. It really helps that the fic allows for some of the nicer guys to live, and I've developed into a fanboy for Loni Garvey because of her tragic death, so it was nice to see Langley convincing her to get out of the Shamblo before whoever destroyed it could kill her. If I were to give it a rating out of 20, I'd say 19, if only because the spelling and grammar were hard to get past on their own.
  • This Troper, Xamusel, would like to comment that the author put the story on pause for until the next OVA could be released, as the author mentioned in this new story called The Search for a Purpose featuring Ple Two and the cast of 08th MS Team.
• Mobile Suit Porn: A term used by Soul Bro from MAHQ. Like its OVA counterpart, the latest chapter, "The Avalanche", features not only those mechas shown in the episode, but also many other mobile suits that were featured in other OVAs and side-stories, including the Z'Gok-E and Hygogg from 0080, the F2-type from 0083, and the Agg and Guncannon Heavy Arms Type from MSV, among many, many others.