Quality Gen Fics
Quality gen fics that I really liked
(some of these may not be fully gen, but the romance(s) are background at best)
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Occupational Hazard by aloneintherain
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
13 Jul 2017
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Peter flaps a hand in the air, grasping for words. All he’s left with is the thought that’s been running through his head all night: “There was this dilapidated building out near Hell’s Kitchen, rotted all the way through, and I kept staring at it and thinking, This thing could go down at the smallest breeze.” Peter gestures at the roof over their head. “Even this apartment could go down easily enough.”
May rubs his hand. “Buildings don’t just collapse, Peter. Did something happen to make you worried about that?”
Peter shakes his head. He doesn’t ever give her details. He doesn’t tell her about the intimate, gnawing kind of horror that came with being trapped beneath a collapsed building and knowing no one was coming to save you; the way it felt like his bones were being ground into the damp cement; how he’d felt small and very soft, and how his thoughts keep going over the components of a building—rusted metals, long nails strong enough to jut through cement—and how that might’ve pierced him if he’d moved wrong, like a fork pulled through slow cooked meats.
(Peter learns to cope and communicate with the people around him, post-Homecoming.)
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run boy, run by laurenshappenstobemyhusband for DeluxeYoyos
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
23 Nov 2020
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"What are you going to do, knock me off the sidewalk?" the bastard asks, trying to sound indignant despite the fact that he looks five seconds from passing out on the street.
"I don't give a shit about you being on the sidewalk," Bakugou retorts, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary. "But if you're going to try and keep up with me, you might as well do it right."
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Bakugou doesn't know Shinsou Hitoshi, general studies student with heroic dreams. Bakugou DOES, however, know the annoying ass purple haired kid who always shows up on his morning runs despite not being in any shape whatsoever.
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The Startling Secret Identity of The Batman by Nokomis
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Buzzfeed Unsolved (Web Series)
06 Mar 2021
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Good evening, super-sleuths! Boy, do we have a treat for you today. We’re delving into one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the modern era. The million-dollar question. The billion-dollar question, if one of these theories holds water.
That’s right. We’re gonna risk life, limb and sanity by asking the question… who is The Batman?
[In-universe Buzzfeed Unsolved accidentally stumbles on Batman’s secret identity. The Batfam reacts.]
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Sasha fixed Tim and Martin with a glare that was deathly serious. “But why should that stop us? It is— or was, I suppose, given... everything— our literal job to investigate supernatural events. If the police won’t figure out what happened to the Institute, we’ll do it. Doesn’t everyone deserve that? Doesn’t Jon deserve that? ”
In the face of an unyielding apocalypse, the being that was once Jonathan Sims has a final, desperate idea. The archival assistants pick up the pieces.
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A Bat and his Birds by SalParadiseLost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022)
14 Mar 2022
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Bruce Wayne adopts a child on impulse... and then another... and then another.
He doesn't know what he's doing, but somehow it doesn't end up too bad except for the fact that his kids think he's a vampire.
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Based on "The Batman" (2022)'s interpretation of Bruce.
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Potter Who and the Wossname's Thingummy by ForrestUUID
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
13 Oct 2021
This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
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No TARDIS, no screwdriver, and no memory — on the plus side, an owl and a wand! May or may not be AU. "It's all in the mind, you know."
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Red Hood gets tossed into the Young Justice dimension -- just in time to save Robin from being murdered by the Joker.
Then, of course, everyone has to deal with the aftermath.
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Bookmarked by stygianwriter (StygianRiver)
24 Mar 2023
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So well written!
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Transcendence Comics Black Label by Gauvain
Fandom Gravity Falls, Transcendence AU - Fandom, Transcendence AU- Fandom
28 Mar 2026
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Alcor meets a lot of academics, and goes through a personality shift.
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- 101,312
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Bookmarked by stygianwriter (StygianRiver)
01 May 2023
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This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
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Three years after the end of the Bakumatsu, a chance encounter with a kabuki troupe teaches Kenshin an unexpected lesson in survival.
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Bookmarked by stygianwriter (StygianRiver)
18 Apr 2022
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The second part of a series chronicling Kenshin's life. This 110k+ words story takes place after the war. Besides creator tags, I'd also like to add Family, Friendship and Suspense tags.
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Coloring Inside the Lines by liketolaugh
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
15 Feb 2022
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“How do you feel?” the Zora pressed after a very long moment, rocking forward just a little, eyes wide with worry. Her hands and arms were painted in soul paint of varying shades and colors, all plainly visible in her loose outfit. There was one particular streak of grass green on one of her palms, one that felt somehow intimately familiar.
Link blinked at her, and discovered that his mouth didn’t want to speak the way hers did. His hands moved to do it instead, as if on instinct. I feel tired. What happened? Where are we?
“We’re in the Shrine of Resurrection,” the Gerudo interrupted, sweeping in beside the Zora and setting a firm hand on her arm. Her eyes were narrow and uncompromising, though still, Link thought, warm. There was a child-sized smear of bright sunshine yellow soul paint on her cheek, and just a few scattered over her hands. “It’s no wonder you feel tired, you’ve been through quite an ordeal. But it’s time to get back to work.”
Link blinked at her, blankly bemused.
Who are you? he asked, in signs he seemed to recall only as he used them.
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Bookmarked by stygianwriter (StygianRiver)
21 Feb 2023
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This isn't fully Gen, but in the face of the massive journey depicted here, the romance is very very background. Only a few small moments in between.