getithere | Looking for long, scrupulously & painstakingly in-character, angsty, realistic, post 5-13 fics

Looking for long, scrupulously & painstakingly in-character, angsty, realistic, post 5-13 fics

(Confession alert!) I'm having trouble finding the "right" post-series fic. I've started several that seemed quite promising at first but then later went off the reservation character-wise. It's a bummer to start a multi-chaptered fic only to have it wander off into the tangled wilderness of OoC land. I'm not particularly a fan of fluff (especially Fluffy!Brian) or nothing but sex-sex-sex 24/7. I'm looking for something gritty and real and angsty, and the longer, the better. I want something that is going to totally engross me and satisfy my bottomless need for The Feels.

Thanks ahead of time!

ETA: Wow! Thank you all for the response! Some great suggestions in the comments!

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I've not read that story because I've gleaned enough from other postings and her own disclaimers to know that it would leave me in a bad place for days. So, I'm staying away! Just so you know that there are people even more (judgmental?) for lack of a better word. I don't like that fic, and I haven't even read it!! :) But the length and number of times I've seen it rec'd tell me that cyn must be a great writer. Just not my cup of tea...

Justin says it in 508...I think? When he goes to Taylor Electronics and confronts his dad. He says something to Craig about being holier-than-thou while he was fucking his secretary. Craig doesn't deny it.

Yeah, I had read some of the replies as well & should have just stayed away, but I am such a 'long fic' whore & this is one of the longest so it was totally 'the flame to my moth' as it were...

I saw other posts from folks who loved it though, so Fray may like it too. Don't want to totally discourage anyone. Each reader should make up their own mind, but just wanted her to have another view so she could form an 'educated opinion' and maybe so she wouldn't wander into it blind.

Okay, thanks. Still don't remember that - but then, S5 is the only season I haven't re-watched multiple times. I TRY to forget a lot of that season!

Seasons 1-4, I've watced in their entirely at least fifty times. Otherwise, I have DVD's a friend made with ONLY BJ scenes from all seasons, and when I'm in the mood for the boys, that is what I watch. Since Brian wasn't in this particular scene, I guess I've seen it only once or twice.

Thought I knew everything about QAF; obviously not!

I've only watched a few episodes out of order. Usually when I watch, I marathon. So I've seen S5 a few times. I keep trying to make sense of it. Mostly, I'm good with it. I decided that even when the writing went stupid and Justin went all pod people, there were scenes that shined.

Never did reconcile myself to much of S5. Pod Justin being only part of it. I've never forgiven CowLip for that ending. I don't think many fans were waiting for or wanting an actual marriage; I think that most would have been happy with just a hint that BJ would continue in some way. But when CowLip dangled the wedding in front of us, then ripped it away, and left Brian sadly alone as an aging club boy - that really created a lot of disappointment and even anger among most fans at the time.

I'm speaking of the original fans who watched from day one and suffered during endless hiatuses. Maybe it was less traumatic for later "generations," as they did not have to wait and wonder for weeks or months until the next episode.

I watched S5 in January of 2006. That was when Showtime re-aired it for the first time after the initial run. So I had to wait each week for the next episode. Yeah, I got to marathon S1-S4 before that, so I didn't have to wait. And it is a different experience when you watch each episode as it airs. So when original watchers express extreme dislike for S5, I get where that comes from. That said, watching in one shot gives you time to watch/rewatch and figure out stuff.

Considering that the 'wedding' was presented in the very last episode, and all this other shit had to happen first, I kinda knew it wasn't gonna happen. And when I saw the end of 513 for the first time, I was like O.o Like, did I miss something!!? With that episode, I took it for what *I* thought was going on. And I never thought of Brian as being left to turn back into an aging club boy. That final scene with Michael, I just saw that as Michael going, "hey, get up, you have things to do." And I saw Brian re-building Babylon not because he needed a place to hang out, but so that he could say, 'look fuckers, I rebuilt it, now what?' Part of me sees Brian spending more time in an office in Babylon, as opposed to the backroom.

But that's just me. Maybe I just want to believe that Brian actually grew up. Kinda hard to be Peter Pan when Wendy and all the Lost Boys are gone.

Seconding the lack of sequel. I got so attached to those characters!

Don't worry about it, I think it's a good thing that there are two different opinions :)

As one of those social outcasts who tend to throw up over cute kid scenarios and romantic BS, and since 'fluffy' Brian gives me indigestion, I'll plug Subject to Change by soundczech. It's not really post series, but takes a different course after Brian moved to New York in season One. It's not exactly long, either, but it's a great read.

- http://themagichour.livejournal.com/4605.html

Didn't think you trying to dis Cyn. You were totally flame free.

Just letting Fray know that's another one in my top ten ;)

Totally agreed with Myrna's fics :)

If you need me can be found here: http://qaf-fic.com/atp/viewuser.php?uid=308 (you must read it in the right order: If you need me - I Would Come To You - I'd swim the seas - For To Ease Your Pain)

Growing up Kinney (or Blind! Justin) can be found here: http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=myrna1_2_3

And I totally recommend a fic from Mrs. Morpheus herself When it sizzles. http://www.mags-nificent.com/MSW/MorF/S5.htm the angst is so good it hurts

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I agree with all the above - thanks for the excellent summary. Nice to know people feel like I do. Imo, they really did leave Brian alone & with nothing new ahead of him. I was weepy for days after watching 5-13. It was so upsetting that for awhile I wished I hadn't watched show.

One of my favorite post-S5 fics, though it's actually more of a post-S1 future fic. Not super long, but long enough to be engaging and very enjoyable. Highly recommended.

My favorite Post513 FF (which kicks off with the end of the series) is the "You and Me Series by great Soulmatejunkee. The perfect sequel to the series and the reason why I stayed QAF fan.

http://soulmatejunkee.livejournal.com/tag/you%20%26%20me%20series

I especially love the "Finding Utopia Series" by the wonderful Sapphire. It begins one year after the series end.

http://sapphire-3.livejournal.com/tag/atavisim

Please update your post, hon :) Hope you're enjoying your recs!

Thank you! I've read the series - it was one of the first I read when I joined the fandom, and I enjoyed it very much.

Thank you! It looks like BYBR has a lot of fans. I'm looking forward to checking it out.

Interesting - I'm simultaneously curious and put-off by the heaven thing. I'll have to give it a try and see what it's all about. Thank you for sharing your thoughts :)

Haven't read it and will definitely check it out. Thank you!

Awesome! Thank you!

The thing that really drives me crazy about episodes 11-13 are way way to rushed. I can see what the writers were trying to do, but turned out weird and upsetting because it's so compressed. I would've love to see what they could've done with more time.

Thanks so much for the recs :)

Thank you! Can't wait to read it.

IC portrayals are more important than angst to me. Thanks for the rec. I look forward to checking it out :)

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