History FanficRecs / KungFuPanda

''[[Fanfic/ {{Reborn}}]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2162525/Heir_to_the_throne Heir-to-the-throne]]

* ''Synopsis'': Easily [[{{Doorstopper}} the longest]] (but no less interesting) ''KungFuPanda'' fanfic out there. Set immediately after the film, it deals with a HeelFaceTurn for Tai Lung and all that comes with it, including friendship, romance, hardships, and dangerous new villains, even going into supernatural territory, both in light and dark ways. Pairings include Tai Lung/Tigress, [[BetaCouple Crane/Mei Ling]], and a surprise one at the end, but the plot deals just as much with action, suspense, mystery, and the [[NeverLiveItDown consequences of redeeming a terrifying villain]]. No Get Out of Jail Free card here!

None yet.

* ''Synopsis'': A compendium of short backstories, histories and novelizations on the different characters from Kung Fu Panda.

* ''Comments'': An intriguingly elaborate and likely going to be heartbreaking story about the Peacock villain that takes maximum advantage of known backstory information. In doing so, we have a tragic story about a sickly prince's StartOfDarkness until he presumably meets his end facing the Dragon Warrior.

* ''Comments'': An intriguingly elaborate and likely going to be heartbreaking story about the Peacock villain that takes maximum advantage of known backstory information. In doing so, we have a tragic story about a sickly prince's DescentIntoDarkness until he presumably meets his end facing the Dragon Warrior.

** Seconded, a thousand times. The chapters about Tai Lung and Tigress are absolutely heartbreaking. It also has surprisingly funny moments.

* Recommended by Sithking Zero

* ''Comments'': A very sad but beautiful, extremely well-written one-shot about Shen's childhood and what drove him to [[spoiler:massacre the Panda village]]. One of the most interesting things about this story is how much of is through the perspective of his parents, so you get some real insight into what they really felt and thought about their poor, sickly son. The author has promised to update this story with different themed one-shots in the future, so here's hoping the later additions are as great as the first.

* Comments: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly what it says on the tin,]] the story revolves around Master Shifu's memoirs. They find his memoirs and begin to take turns reading them out loud as a group, which reveals Shifu's enitre life, starting from his original home with his two brothers, his grandmother, and his parents. I could not put this story down, and I loved it to death. That's not to say that this is, in fact, a happy story, far from it. It's far darker than the movie upon which it is based, going into topics such as the Mongols and their invasions, the attitude towards women in ancient China, and political upheaval. Flushes out the KFP universe quite nicely, with depth and drama and storytelling that puts her previous work, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4371270/1/Thats_Why_They_Call_It_the_Present That's Why They Call It The Present]]'' to shame. It is a rare author that can make one care for an OC, but this story makes you like Shifu's comrades and friends. Also, if you don't cry when [[spoiler:Yeying dies, you have no soul.]] Also explains the origins of pretty much everything in the KFP universe, another plus. In short, one of the best KFP stories out there, and I would definitely recommend this to anyone.

* ''Synopsis'' : Tigress learns just how the Furius Five are seen by the villagers when she eavesdrops on Po talking to Master Shifu late one night, and she reflects on her own desperate need to have Shifu's regard.

** This fic had promise, and would have been good (by the normal standards of fanfiction, i.e., taking DarkerAndEdgier tone, {{Angst}}, and heavy focus on {{Shipping}} as a given), had it been one third of its actual volume. As it is, it becomes barely readable halfway through, due to being waaaaaay too wordy and long-winded. In particular, battle sequences just beg to be pared down (or cut outright). As about the plot and characterization, on the good side, the author did a lot of research, and catches the "voice" of some characters well. Most secondary characters are well-done too. The overall direction of the plot is interesting. On the bad side, the author mostly fails to reproduce the over-the-top tone and power level of ''KungFuPanda'' ("That's Why They Call It The Present" above is also guilty of that, by the way). "Mostly", because the BigBad and the (concept of) the final battle are appropriately epic. And on the ugly side, the author changes the canon characters for the sake of his plot, and changes them noticeably (this time unlike "That's Why They Call It The Present"). Yes, even if we entirely discount a "sudden" spike of interest in the opposite gender and romantic feelings in characters. Tai Lung's unreasoning drive ToBeAMaster no matter what is given a more sympathetic explanation, and he is assumed to be far less sane and more rage-filled during the event of the movie, than he actually was. Po is suddenly mostly inept again, instead of being on Shifu's level in general skill, and regresses in personality as well (both to make the villains be a threat at all, and to make Tai Lung shine brighter at his expense). As a lesser problem, this fic is an example of how [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes can rot one's brain]].

** This fic had promise, and would have been good (by the normal standards of fanfiction, i.e., taking DarkerAndEdgier tone, {{Angst}}, and heavy focus on {{Shipping}} as a given), had it been one third of its actual volume. As it is, it becomes barely readable halfway through, due to being waaaaaay too wordy and long-winded. In particular, battle sequences just beg to be pared down (or cut outright). As about the plot and characterization, on the good side, the author did a lot of research, and catches the "voice" of some characters well. Most secondary characters are well-done too. The overall direction of the plot is interesting. On the bad side, the author mostly fails to reproduce the over-the-top tone and power level of ''KungFuPanda'' ("That's Why They Call It The Present" above is also guilty of that, by the way). "Mostly", because the BigBad and the (concept of) the final battle are appropriately epic. And on the ugly side, the author changes the canon characters for the sake of her plot, and changes them noticeably (this time unlike "That's Why They Call It The Present"). Yes, even if we entirely discount a "sudden" spike of interest in the opposite gender and romantic feelings in characters. Tai Lung's unreasoning drive ToBeAMaster no matter what is given a more sympathetic explanation, and he is assumed to be far less sane and more rage-filled during the event of the movie, than he actually was. Po is suddenly mostly inept again, instead of being on Shifu's level in general skill, and regresses in personality as well (both to make the villains be a threat at all, and to make Tai Lung shine brighter at his expense). As a lesser problem, this fic is an example of how [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes can rot one's brain]].

** This fic had promise, and would have been good (by the normal standards of fanfiction, i.e., taking DarkerAndEdgier tone, {{Angst}}, and heavy focus on {{Shipping}} as a given), had it been one third of its actual volume. As it is, it becomes barely readable halfway through, due to being waaaaaay too wordy and long-winded. In particular, battle sequences just beg to be pared down (or cut outright). As about the plot and characterization, on the good side, the author did a lot of research, and catches the "voice" of some characters well. Most secondary characters are well-done too. The overall direction of the plot is interesting. On the bad side, the author mostly fails to reproduce the over-the-top tone and power level of ''KungFuPanda'' ("That's Why They Call It The Present" above is also guilty of that, by the way). "Mostly", because the BigBad and the (concept of) the final battle are appropriately epic. And on the ugly side, the author changes the canon characters for the sake of her plot, and changes them noticeably (this time unlike "That's Why They Call It The Present"). Tai Lung's unreasoning drive ToBeAMaster no matter what is given a more sympathetic explanation, and he is assumed to be far less sane and more rage-filled during the event of the movie, than he actually was. Po is suddenly mostly inept again, instead of being on Shifu's level in general skill, and regresses in personality as well (both to make the villains be a threat at all, and to make Tai Lung shine brighter at his expense). As a lesser problem, this fic is an example of how [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes can rot one's brain]].

** This fic had promise, and would have been good (by the normal standards of fanfiction, i.e., taking DarkerAndEdgier tone, {{Angst}}, and heavy focus on {{Shipping}} as a given), had it been one third of its actual volume. As it is, it becomes barely readable halfway through, due to being waaaaaay too wordy and long-winded. In particular, battle sequences just beg to be pared down (or cut outright). As about the plot and characterization, on the good side, the author did a lot of research, and catches the ''voice'' of some characters well. Most secondary characters are well-done too. The overall direction of the plot is interesting. On the bad side, the author mostly fails to reproduce the over-the-top tone and power level of ''KungFuPanda'' ("That's Why They Call It The Present" above is also guilty of that, by the way). "Mostly", because the BigBad and the (concept of) the final battle are appropriately epic. And on the ugly side, the author changes the canon characters for the sake of her plot, and changes them noticeably (this time unlike "That's Why They Call It The Present"). Tai Lung's unreasoning drive ToBeAMaster no matter what is given a more sympathetic explanation, and he is assumed to be far less sane and more rage-filled during the event of the movie, than he actually was. Po is suddenly mostly inept again, instead of being on Shifu's level in general skill, and regresses in personality as well (both to make the villains be a threat at all, and to make Tai Lung shine brighter at his expense). As a lesser problem, this fic is an example of how [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes can rot one's brain]].

** This fic had promise, and would have been good (by the normal standards of fanfiction, i.e., taking DarkerAndEdgier tone, {{Angst}}, and heavy focus on {{Shipping}} as a given), had it been one third of its actual volume. As it is, it becomes barely readable halfway through, due to being waaaaaay too wordy and long-winded. In particular, battle sequences just beg to be pared down (or cut outright). As about the plot and characterization, on the good side, the author did a lot of research, and catches the ''voice'' of some characters well. Most secondary characters are well-done too. The overall direction of the plot is interesting. On the bad side, the author mostly fails to reproduce the over-the-top tone and power level of ''KungFuPanda'' ("A Different Lesson" above is also guilty of that, by the way). "Mostly", because the BigBad and the (concept of) the final battle are appropriately epic. And on the ugly side, the author changes the canon characters for the sake of her plot, and changes them noticeably (this time unlike "A Different Lesson"). Tai Lung's unreasoning drive ToBeAMaster no matter what is given a more sympathetic explanation, and he is assumed to be far less sane and more rage-filled during the event of the movie, than he actually was. Po is suddenly mostly inept again, instead of being on Shifu's level in general skill, and regresses in personality as well (both to make the villains be a threat at all, and to make Tai Lung shine brighter at his expense). As a lesser problem, this fic is an example of how [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes can rot one's brain]].

''Fanfics/ADifferentLesson'' by Nievelion(sexual themes, violence, gore and horror imagery)

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4691143/1/A_Different_Lesson A Different Lesson]]'' by Nievelion(sexual themes, violence, gore and horror imagery)
* Recommended by @/{{RemTar85}}

* Recommended by [[Rem Tar 85 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/RemTar85]]

** [[Ingonyama http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Ingonyama]]: As a decidedly ''non''-Tai Lung fan, I have to say I was extremely skeptical about this one. But reading over it, once you penetrate the somewhat thick prose, it turns into an insightful redemption story that does a good job of making him into something forgivable, and even likable. The Wu Sisters are very obviously [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of "[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Ozai's Angels]]", but they work very well with the story's AnachronismStew...which in itself isn't nearly as bad as it has been in other KFP fics. There's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny comedy]] (keep an eye out for a subtle {{Deconstruction}} of most [[PortmanteauCoupleName "Taigress"]] fic), [[NightmareFuel horror]], [[TearJerker tragedy]] (the death of a fan-made character has never hit me this hard), and of course, loads and loads of [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome action.]] Not to mention a long, ''long'' list of [[{{Troperiffic}} those things that make fiction go 'round.]]

* Recommended by {{remtar85}}

** {{Ingonyama}}: As a decidedly ''non''-Tai Lung fan, I have to say I was extremely skeptical about this one. But reading over it, once you penetrate the somewhat thick prose, it turns into an insightful redemption story that does a good job of making him into something forgivable, and even likable. The Wu Sisters are very obviously [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of "[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Ozai's Angels]]", but they work very well with the story's AnachronismStew...which in itself isn't nearly as bad as it has been in other KFP fics. There's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny comedy]] (keep an eye out for a subtle {{Deconstruction}} of most [[PortmanteauCoupleName "Taigress"]] fic), [[NightmareFuel horror]], [[TearJerker tragedy]] (the death of a fan-made character has never hit me this hard), and of course, loads and loads of [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome action.]] Not to mention a long, ''long'' list of [[{{Troperiffic}} those things that make fiction go 'round.]]