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I'll derec arithmancer. It's been awhile since I read it, but from what I remember it's competently written but is simply not very interesting.
 
EDIT: Forget about it. My rec was crap, and I knew it was crap. Just wanted people to tell something better on the same category (time-loop, by the way).
 
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Last time it was recommended, there was a shitstorm, because fic touches uncomfortable points about mind control, child soldiers, teenage sexuality and so on.

Honestly, I find shouting it down was a bad and stupid decision and I agree with recommendation.
 
Michel Leopold said:
And if someone else can find a better time-loop Naruto fic, PLEASE tell me. I'm having a hard time finding.
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Time loops are a kind of story that are just hard to do well - there's a tough balancing act going on when you write them. It's not a proper rec since it's unfinished and technically not a fanfic, but Mother of Learning is a pretty decent time loop story worth reading if you like the genre.
 
Time Braid is amazing but it does have it's flaws, which while few, are glaring, so Mary Poppins DeRec (It's not practically Perfect in Every Way)
 
Derec for Time Braid. I have failed to be impressed with it at every instance of my previous attempts to get through it. On top of being underwhelming in and of itself, it's also not remotely the best timeloop fic I've ever read.
 
Dark Abstraction said:
Derec for Time Braid. I have failed to be impressed with it at every instance of my previous attempts to get through it. On top of being underwhelming in and of itself, it's also not remotely the best timeloop fic I've ever read.
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Could you recc some of those other time loop fanfics? I want to read some more time loop stuff, in thread, pm or profile is fine. Thanks!
 
Michel Leopold said:
I know, I know, it is not THAT good and was written while Naruto wasn't completed. But, as far as I can see, it's the best completed time-loop Naruto fic.
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We have already been down this road. This is not a thread for the best of 'Category X' but a best in general. I have read it, and it is pretty bad. An unlabeled crossover, and devolves into a completely unnecessary amount of rape and mind fuckery in impressively short* order (carried out by the villains and the heroes). This thing is a power trip, plain and simple.

An intriguing start, followed by utterly mundane** sexual power fantasy. Derec, on multiple reasons, not least of which is your own admission in that rec, "it is not THAT good".

*for the technical competence with grammar and syntax, and the thought that went into the first few chapters, at any rate
**if thoroughly unpleasant
 
I would also add that if a fanfic contains elements that disgusts the majority of its intended audience, dereccing it for those elements is not a matter of only 'personal' taste.
 
1KBestK said:
I pulled a full J. Jonah Jameson 'you're serious?' routine in my head at seeing this. De-recced. And, isn't this linking to nsfw content? There's a fuck ton of rape in that story.
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Doesn't that story also contain a number of creepy underage harem sex scenes? I also seem to recall that it ends with the protagonist turning into a god.

From what little I remember of it, it was somewhat amusing at the time, but hardly worthy of being called the best damn thing you've read.
 
Matou Sutegobana said:
I would also add that if a fanfic contains elements that disgusts the majority of its intended audience, dereccing it for those elements is not a matter of only 'personal' taste.
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I mean, fuck, I'm into that kinda stuff (as a bi sub dude, to clarify), and it still weirds me out. If you're going to write that kinda thing for someone like me to enjoy, do that shit standalone. Rape (for sexual fantasy, not for a plot point) is not okay to just shove in to your story, especially when you have underage characters.
The fact that shit like this is actually popular, alongside HPaMoR, chuunin entrance whateverthefuck, etc, is what turns me off to the HP and Naruto fandoms more so than anything else.
 
Exter said:
Could you recc some of those other time loop fanfics? I want to read some more time loop stuff, in thread, pm or profile is fine. Thanks!
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Not the person being asked but it struck me that the two best time loop fanfics I could think of were both MLP: Friendship is Magic-based and that I think both should be recced because they are awesome.

The Best Night Ever
by Capn_Chryssalid
Prince Blueblood thought the Grand Galloping Gala was over. He thought he could just go to sleep and put it behind him. He never expected to be reliving the same disaster of a day, over and over... and over.
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This is interesting because it is an actual crossover with Groundhog Day which most time loop fanfics really are not, in that it is not about some hero trying to work out the perfect series of movies to overcome some apocalypse, but rather just a story about a jerk growing as a person by having his cynicism ground away by the nihilistic existence of living the same day over and over again until he is rebuilt into someone who can move forward from that day with hope of a better future. Can be very funny but also very sincere as appropriate. Also great use of a minor character.

Hard Reset
by Eakin

Twilight isn't having a very good day. An experimental spell blew up in her face, an army of changelings is attacking Canterlot, and she just died. Yet somehow, it looks like it's going to keep going downhill from here.

Given the chance to correct what's gone wrong, Twilight swears she's going to fix all this even if it kills her. Which it will. Frequently.
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This on the other hand is basically the classic time loop. But it really considers the psychological damage of just dying over and over again. Does the whole optimizing over loops idea in a cool way, while staying at a reasonable word count. And the sequels dealing with the aftermath are also really cool.
 
zinay said:
I'll derec arithmancer. It's been awhile since I read it, but from what I remember it's competently written but is simply not very interesting.
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I won't go so far as to vote de-rec for it, but it's a fic I would call very... Yeah, competent is the right word for it. The prose is solid, the characterization is all pretty okay, and the plot is, from what I remember, pretty much rails with some mild, but interesting divergences, mostly spins or expansions on canon events so they play out more dramatically.

It's not bad, by any means. But it's not exceptional. Hermione is incredibly competent for most of it, to the extent I remember being annoyed because there were times it felt like she was getting shilled, or was the most competent person in the room to the detriment of others' characterizations. Her relationship with one of the twins is alright. Well-written without getting cloying or bogging down the story or causing chest monsters.

The examination of arithmancy is interesting, though I don't remember well enough to say much about Arithmancer vs its sequel in terms of specifics. I remember enjoying portions of the sequel more because you start getting new drama with things like Hermione inventing a number of lethal spells and having to deal with the moral conundrum of loosing them into the world, and having a clash of ideologies with Dumbledore over a number of things.

I haven't caught up in some time, and it's... it's one of those fics where you'll catch up eventually, but you aren't waiting for the chapters, if you follow me. I remember enjoying the author's other fic, Growing Up Kneazle, more.
 
A bit non-standard, but Lord K's Ship Log Entries are so fucking good.

They're here (or at least their archive is).

They just nail the tone so well.
 
Exter said:
Could you recc some of those other time loop fanfics? I want to read some more time loop stuff, in thread, pm or profile is fine. Thanks!
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A particularly good one that I liked was by Cap'n Chryssalid over of SB, Best Night Ever. It's complete and has at least one sequel, though I didn't like the sequel nearly as much and didn't get to far into it.
The first story though is definitely one of my favorite time-loop stories. It actually made many readers sympathetic to Blue Blood.

Yes it's an MLP:FiM fanfic, deal with it.
It's still amazingly better than that Time Braid nonsense, which approached Perfect Lionheart levels of crap writing in my own opinion. But to each their own I suppose.


**Damn it ninja'd***
 
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NHO said:
Last time it was recommended, there was a shitstorm, because fic touches uncomfortable points about mind control, child soldiers, teenage sexuality and so on.

Honestly, I find shouting it down was a bad and stupid decision and I agree with recommendation.
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I didn't derecc it because it touches on those uncomfortable points, but because it masturbates to them
 
Dereccing 'Time Braid'. It is very similar to Perfect Lionheart's HP fic, except the characterization isn't so much as 'off' as 'complete crap'. The time loops are kind of a crap excuse, and the humor is kludgy as hell in comparison to stuff like 'Reload'. It's a shame the latter is unfinished because that actually seemed to do a decent job of characterization for jaded loopers.

Reccing 'Best Night Ever'. It's an amazing Groundhog Day fic with realistic characterizationn..
 
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Wobulator said:
A bit non-standard, but Lord K's Ship Log Entries are so fucking good.

They're here (or at least their archive is).

They just nail the tone so well.
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Holy fucking crap do I love this.

Lord K does seem to have more planned for it, so I wouldn't call it finished and therefore cannot rec it. That said, it struck something in me that it left me bawling. I realize this is probably not the place to ask, but can anyone recommend me anything similar? The survival aspects were fun, but the recovery interludes spoke to me incredibly strongly.

Maybe this request is more thread relevant than I initially thought, because can anyone recommend fics about mental health recovery? Reading that fic was surprisingly cathartic, but it's still unfinished and I want to feel more of that. I can't imagine that any fic that does severe trauma well isn't at least worthy of consideration for the list.
 
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