I’m kind of the slacker of the bunch when it comes to Fan Fiction. I don’t really stalk Archive of Our Own as much as the rest of my Rat Queen sisters but I will read what they recommend because it never fails to be good. Some of them are downright amazing. I mostly prefer my fan fic to be straight up smut, with a little story to bind it together. Let’s face facts, erotica is better when we believe the characters and the setting and I have to say most fan fic writers are far better at this than published erotica writers. Maybe it’s because they’re just writing down the fantasies already in their heads about these characters but I think the world of fic gives a sense of freedom. These writers can take a little of the work out of story writing by not having to create characters and a world from scratch but then they can let their creativity flow. So much so that many of the fics barely resemble the worlds that inspired them and take on a life of their own.

Sometimes I discover OTPs I didn’t even know I wanted. Such was the case with Loki and Sif. Now my whole world is forever revolving around Sifki.

Bleed to Love Her by SidheMail is the my favorite Sifki fic. Sif gets turned into a vampire (vampire kink activated!) and Loki devotes himself to curing her. It’s a tad more straight up romantic than most of my preferred fics but oh so worth it. The feels it generates are amazing. It makes me wonder why these two haven’t been paired up in the comic universe, they play off each other so well. Childhood friends and rivals who discover their deeper feelings when their time together seems to be coming to an end. The sex, which is what we’re here for, let’s be honest, is quite hot. All that puncturing with fangs just lends it more eroticism but it’s the story that wins in the end. I was so sorry when I finished this and no Sifki fic has quite held a candle to it yet.

Another problem that can happen is that excellent fan fic can satisfy you more than the actual shows they derive from. Such is the case for me with Sterek in Teen Wolf.

Love of the Loveless by sasha_bo is now the real universe where Stiles and Derek and the rest of the gang live for me. The show itself is the AU. This is a slash/BDSM fic and it doesn’t play in the land of vanilla sex AT ALL (all my kinks activated). This may well be my favorite fic ever. The character backgrounds are mostly the same but they do not have any supernatural powers. There are no werewolves or hunters, it’s just the characters we know from the show if those things were removed, and they grow up to have…ahem…fascinating and creative sex lives. If you watch the show you know there’s always been a hint of chemistry between Stiles and Derek which the actors get a kick out of but the show mostly ignores, sadly, so very sadly. Knowing the characters as they are, you may assume Derek is the Dom and Stiles is the Sub but you’d be wrong. It’s the opposite and that’s what makes this fic so FUCKING AMAZING. I didn’t realize how much I’d enjoy the switch in their dynamic yet the writer still keeps them both completely in character. So well done. And the sex? Well the sex…I just…all I can say is:

Then there are fics about couples you don’t necessarily ship but the fic is done so well that suddenly you’re all, “oh yeah let’s do this”. Such is the case for me with Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham. No one denies, especially not the actors or the show’s creator, that their’s is a love story at heart, if an untraditional one. I agree completely but, meh, I’m not all that into imagining them taking it another step, until this fic downloaded into my life.

Shark Tank by xzombiexkittenx is a Hannigram fic set in prison. Hannibal is the cannibal we all know him to be but he has yet to be discovered as the serial killer he is. Will murdered a man while suffering from encephalitis and so ends up cell mates with Hannibal. Let the games begin. This is cerebral, violent, gory with a definite BDSM theme. Yet it’s also a love story that resonates very deeply which surprised me but mostly it was the amazing, AMAZING sex scenes the two of them shared that made me worship this fic.

Even just dabbling in fan fic can be so worth your time. Get a knowledgable friend, or friends to guide you and just close your eyes and jump. It is absolutely worth the ride.