Revolution had a big cast, big budget and big themes: it's no surprise it has spawned many novel-length stories exploring the social and political challenges of the Blackout world. Here are three epic fics set in the canon or post-canon world:

Fandom: Revolution
Pairing: Charlie Matheson/Bass Monroe
Title: A Good Resistance
Author: sallyport
Link ( Read more... )

Jessica Jones is a dark, snarky heroine inhabiting a dangerous, violent world, locked in battle with monsters inside and out. She's just MADE for fic, particularly angsty, tear-your-heart out stuff. Three of the best so far:

Fandom: Jessica Jones
Pairing: Jessica Jones/Luke Cage
Title: Red Lace and Third Chances
Author: Nyxierose
Link: At AO3
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Fandom:  MCU/Xmen Movieverse
Pairing: Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers
Title:  You should be wilder, you’re no fun at all (yeah thanks for the input, thanks for the call)
Author: merideath
Link: At AO3
Rating/Warning(s): M
Word Count/WIP?: 9776/No
Recced on LiveJournal By: jaq_of_spades
Special Rec:  21/29

Why This Must Be Read: In a fusion universe where Darcy ( Read more... )

Fandom: X-Men Movieverse
Pairing: Rogue/Wolverine
Title: Burn It Down
Author: lachlanrose
Link: At AO3
Rating/Warning(s): E
Word Count/WIP?: 55220/Yes
Recced on LiveJournal By: jaq_of_spades
Special Rec:  18/29

Why This Must Be Read: Wolverine is crude, tactless and largely ignorant of how to conduct himself in polite society, and as such, qualifies as one of ( Read more... )

Fandom: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Pairing: Phryne Fisher/Jack Robinson
Title: Real Estate Holdings
Author: flashofthefuse
Link: At AO3
Rating/Warning(s): M
Word Count/WIP?: 43806/No
Recced on LiveJournal By: jaq_of_spades
Special Rec: 14/29

Why This Must Be Read: Hiding behind the somewhat prosaic title is an exquisite meditation on the nature of marriage ( Read more... )

Fandom: The X-Files
Pairing: Dana Scully/Fox Mulder
Title: Escape Acts
Author: somekindofseizure
Link: At A03
Rating/Warning(s): E
Word Count/WIP?: 2642/No
Recced on LiveJournal By: jaq_of_spades
Special Rec: 10/29

Why This Must Be Read: I confessed to the author on reading this that sometimes, I simply cannot face another word of X-Files angst. This, in the ( Read more... )

Fandom: The 100
Pairing: Clarke Griffin/Bellamy Blake
Title: Sing Me Home
Author: winterwaters
Link: At A03
Rating/Warning(s): E
Word Count/WIP?: 20,883
Recced on LiveJournal By: jaq_of_spades
Special Rec: 7/29

Why This Must Be Read: The young, beautiful cast of The 100 certainly lend themselves to rock band AUs and this a gorgeously written example of the ( Read more... )

Longmire is an impressively-plotted show with rich, multi-faceted characters who want to jump each other's bones but can't - aka fanfic writer's heaven.  Strangely, there's only a tiny amount of fanfic, but most of it is Vic/Walt, and some of it is marvellous.

Fandom: Longmire
Pairing: Victoria Moretti/Walt Longmire
Title: If you lived here, you ( Read more... )

Hello and welcome to February!  I am jaq_of_spades (Or JaqofSpades if you want to visit me at Tumblr or A03) and I'm going to bring you 29 recs for the 29 days of this leap-year February ( Read more... )

The now-cancelled NBC show Revolution had a set of remarkable characters who were betrayed by an inconsistent, forgetful writing team which seemingly didn’t know what to do with the monsters they had created. As a result,  alternate universes flourish in the Revolution fic community, whether as a twist on canon, the popular 'no blackout AU', or a ( Read more... )