so many places i could take this but i'll pick out three mnsngs that made me feel, especially through writing style

the kind of person who by hardscrabble: this fic singlehandedly made me start using the bookmark feature on ao3 for publicly shared recs. the style is cutting, short sentences that make you want to read it over and over. there's a running play-like theme in it, where i keep feeling like i'm watching it all happen with that special, three-dimensional intensity you only get when you're in an audience watching live actors perform. also, the closing line "Reframe the narrative: all of this is only a prologue" has stayed in my mind ever since i first read it.

please don't cry in your dreams by alittlelonger: makes me cry while awake.....every single time. there's a point in the fic where jsng's desperation for the mnho he keeps seeing in every universe to be real becomes my own and ouch!!! the perfect mix of angst and also hope. i also really like how the author approaches the multiverse and how their writing adapts to fic the mini 'other' versions of mnsng they write in the larger fic. plus, for an unknown reason, i have a soft spot for fics that separate scenes with short phrases that end in a colon. like "Picture this:"....it's kind of movie like (as we can see.....i have a huge bias for writing grounded in the visual). special mention to just short, EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATING bit of mnho dialogue that won't make sense unless it's in context: "He said yeah, honey. Me too. ”

mountain ash and dog roses by bulletbulletbullet: one of my favourite takes on eery monster-y jsng lurking in the shadows.....i've come back to this fic countless times and there's a tucked away atmosphere to it that makes it sooooo comfy. mnho's cooking, the worldbuilding being done so effortlessly, and the tension during their first meeting—all of it always has me at the edge of my seat. mnho going “If you wanted a meal, all you had to do was ask.” two times in the fic <3 go get your monster u freak (said adoringly)

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