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Top five favorite Daredevil fanfics and why

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly what's on the tin.

Re: Top five favorite Daredevil fanfics and why

[(Anonymous)]

Oh cripes. Only five? Harsh. But alrighty then, here's the rankings for today (but ask me again next week and I'll probably have a whole different list; damn this fandom is talented, I love you all).


5. Marci Stahl, Avocado at Law (marci/foggy)
archiveofourown.org/works/3956800
Post-S1, Marci starts working at Nelson & Murdock. It's a very natural continuation of where the series left off, and there's a lot of character development on all sides. This is the fic that made me love Marci.

4. staying up to hear the show (warning: non-con, fisk/matt)
archiveofourown.org/works/4230672
Matt is thrown into prison and shares a cell with Fisk. It's written from a very interesting POV and is absolutely brutal. I also love all the other fics inspired by this and the original prompt (they're linked at the end of the fic).

3. jump, check parachute (matt/foggy)
archiveofourown.org/works/3836875
Some good old-fashioned friends-with-benefits getting-together lowkey-pining fic for Matt and Foggy, set during the law school era. It's a lovely fic with a mix of fluff and angst that is very, very rereadable (I can't even count how many times I've reread it!).

2. what you are in the dark (gen)
archiveofourown.org/works/4782251
Foggy brings Matt back from the dead, and everything is terrifying. This is exactly my favourite style of slow-burn horror - the feeling that something is wrong but you just don't know what, and the growing darkness and creepiness throughout the whole thing.

1. All Our Yesteryears (kirsten/matt, one-sided matt/foggy)
archiveofourown.org/works/4285893
Foggy gets hurt because of Daredevil and leaves New York, but returns six years later. This fic is just full-on angst city and absolutely does not pull its punches, and it is beautiful. It's also great at smoothly incorporating comics elements without being overwhelming. I love how natural all the characters feel, and how despite all the heartbreaking moments, there's a little thread of optimism and hope for rebuilding throughout everything. It's amazing, seriously.


+1 because I just can't resist and because I'm a cheat:
The Process of Getting It (jennifer walters/matt, hint of luke/matt)
archiveofourown.org/works/5430362
Beautifully fluffy, utterly adorable, incredibly hot fic where lawyer!She-Hulk gets together with lawyer!Daredevil and everything is perfect. SO much fun to read. <3

General recs for authors I love, who I couldn't quite fit on the list, also here because I'm a cheat:
marmolita, who writes some of my all-time favourite fic of the pornier variety.
ChuckleVoodoos, supreme deity of all Matt/Foggy AUs.
returnsandreturns, whose fluff is just the cutest omg(!).
poisonivory, writes some nice Matt/Foggy getting-together fic and some nice AUs too.
lady_ragnell, who also writes some amazing Matt/Foggy.

Re: Top five favorite Daredevil fanfics and why

[(Anonymous)]

All right, I'll bite, too. Most of these are pretty heavy on the h/c, cause that's my go-to genre.

1. Sunshine by MomentumDeferred (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4217547)
A very vivid and gripping post-apocalypse AU in an extremely well built and messed up universe. Aliens invaded the world and Matt and Foggy try to survive as best as they can. I don't wanna spoil too much, but the characters undergo quite drastic changes as the story progresses (as in permanent damage due to various types of trauma). One of the best stories I've ever read, and that says a lot -- both in terms of writing and plot.

2. nothing else but change by Katbelle (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4093153)
A fill to a prompt on the daredevilkink meme on Dreamwidth, which was a request for a set of gap fillers for episode 10 (the one where Foggy finds out about Matt’s Daredevil identity). It’s a great look into what might have happened in those moments we don’t get to see on screen.

3. Just In Case by Beguile (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3916291)
A series of (mostly unconnected) h/c fics where Matt gets the crap kicked out of him and Foggy is an awesome best friend. Just the best kind of Matt & Foggy h/c there can be.

4. (cracked this morning) worse than weak by Idlewild (http://archiveofourown.org/works/5468162)
Matt has a pretty bad depressive episode. Foggy helps him through it. It's pretty intense, but vividly written by someone whom I think knows what she's talking about.

5. Beer and Blood by shyday (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4145727)
The city explodes, and Matt is right in the middle of it. Injured and pretty out of it, he stumbles into Foggy's apartment. And because Matt is a stubborn bastard, he wants to go out there again to save more lives, which Foggy thinks is a terrible idea, so he resorts to some pretty drastic measures that Matt doesn't take well. Filled with whump and angst -- the best kind, but also the most hurtful. Don't look for fluff in this one.