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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.
Five Is The Perfect Number
by UC_Glue
- Recommended by N8han11
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Tyler and Mei have never seen eye to eye. On anything. Ever. Therefore, his addition to their friend group comes as a shock to everyone, especially to Mei and her friends. Luckily, Mei is willing to do whatever it takes to be a good friend to her favorite jerkface. Even if they have a tumultuous history. Even if they still occasionally bicker. Even if her mother doesn’t approve. After all, she's Meilin Lee! When has she ever backed down from a challenge? [A post-canon fic about Tyler assimilating into Mei’s friend group.]
Hanging by a Thread by Kiffers
- Recommended by Commander145
- Status: One-shot (may continue depending on author)
- Synopsis: Most of what we saw during the epic concert battle was from the perspective of Meilin and her friends and family. But 4☆Town had front row seats too, so what was happening on their end during all the chaos?
- Comments: An interesting take on the panda-apocalypse from the perspective of 4☆Town (Robaire, Jesse, Tae Young, Aaron T. and Aaron Z.) set during the climax scene of the movie. It shows an in-depth look into how the five members of the boy-band's reactions to the concert battle between Mei and Ming, along with some headcanons mentioned by the author. Definitely worth a read if you love to know more about 4☆Town!
- Recommended by ConMan1226
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Newly-16 Meilin Lee thinks she has it all figured out - she's embraced her panda, her parents are behind her, and she's even got a first date with her longtime best friend/crush lined up! That is, until she became the bodyguard for her favorite boyband. With someone threatening one of the 4*Town members, of course Mei steps up to help. But how will one teenager balance family, first love, and protecting the biggest music group in the world?
unerase it if you want by AnnaLalaDreams
- Recommended by ConMan1226
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: It's been two years. Two years since the 4*Town concert they went to without Mei. Two years since Mei's ritual to seal her red panda spirit away. Two years since Mei fell out of their friend group. Two years of passing her in the hallways, seeing her in a couple of mutual classes, excelling with the perfect grades, kissing up to the teachers, and engaging with all of the academic extracurricular activities that would make any parent proud. Mei tossed them aside to live a perfect, untainted life. What did they do? They decided to live their lives without her, and they were happy enough without her. And now Mei tries to kill herself?
- Comments: This Dark Fic explores what would have happened if Mei had gone through with the ritual and never made up with her friends. The author does an admirable job of staying true to the characters and world of the film despite the obviously darker tone. You might need some tissues for this one.
Shipping Fics
Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.
Boys will be Boys and Girls will be Pandas by B3BRV3
- Recommended by N8han11
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Young love, it's a beautiful thing. Except... maybe not during puberty, it can get a 'lil messy'. Tyler and Mei would soon realize that falling in love was just one of the ways one grew to be an adult. Y'know, with all that messy stuff. Shipping Mei Mei/Tyler
- Pairing: Mei/Tyler
