twig's passionate minsung rec list the third

[poppyseedheart]

 We're back with some recs! Minsung ficathon dropped a TON of fics on us and I've been voraciously reading my way through those and others. This is a bite-sized reclist of (mostly) not-so-bite-sized recs! Most of these are over 50k words long. I feel like I often see people asking for recs for longer fics so I hope this can get some of you hyped! 

First up, a couple of shorter works:

that escalated quickly (anonymous) - 5k, social media (reddit), est relationship & outsider pov

• genuinely hilarious
• very clever and creative, brilliantly formatted, pitch-perfect accuracy of the r/relationships forum
• jisung doubling down just made it all twice as funny

quasar (anonymous) - 19k, sci-fi/space, dark themes

• i am always a fan of a fic that does something unexpected! this reads a lot like an original novella in a way i loved
• high stakes, imperfect characters, messy choices
• poetic, clean prose
• grappling with the idea of home and right/wrong and what it takes to make the choices you wish you could make

And onto the longer ones:

in silence (anonymous) - 55k, famous/non-famous, coming of age

• this could have been shorter and i am SO GLAD it wasn't, we get so much of minho's character development on the page
• yes i cried a bit (themes of grief but also just super well done angst that i loved) (don't worry it's a happy ending)
• i always appreciate a story grappling with societal homophobia and this one i thought did a super good job of it
• the cheesecakes ;___________; and jisung's solo songs were integrated brilliantly

reputation (hanville) - 66k, actors/set of a drama, fake relationship

• oh baby!! i will say immediately if you actively don't like taylor swift or her music the ending will catch you off guard. thankfully i do so i was vibing haha
• overall this was just such a satisfying read! i loved the setting, i loved the choices of scenes, i loved the parallel storylines happening
• i found the minsung connection SO convincing and got really attached to their characters and many friendships in this story
• and the fake dating felt really fresh and tailored to the setting! not formulaic at all and kept me guessing even as it hit a lot of fun beats of the trope

All right, that's me signing off for now! Back soon with more recs as ever. Love u mwah.