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a homestuck fic rec list by city. featuring dirkjake and some davekat. mind the warnings, i tried to be as thorough with each fic w the appropriate warnings as i could, but if i missed an important warning/tag, please let me know!
comes with my shitty summaries of the fic for your convenience
research and development by sunflowerwonder
Summary: Dirk is a Quartermaster working a dangerous job, while dating and falling in love with civilian Jake English.
Ratings and warnings: Mature, non-graphic background character death, violence
Notes: This fic is unfinished, and seems to be dead, but what is finished is really really good
a spark, a flame, a fire by callmearcturus
Summary: Royalty!AU, Jake English becomes an ambassador of Prospit in the Derse court in exchange for Derse’s aid to his country. Him and Dirk, the prince, dance painfully around each other.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, touch-starvation
adoring by venusianeye
Summary: Jake ties Dirk up and gets him off through soft, gentle praising. Really explicit, really hot.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, mild bondage, praise kink
every borrowed hour by venusianeye
Summary: Post-Sburb, Dirk and Jake adjusting to and not adjusting to life.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, PTSD, violence
Come Lay With Me On The Ground by stormbourne
Summary: Post-Sburb, Jake begins to dream about different timelines, all the while Dirk is becoming more unreachable. Excellent balance of interesting plot, and slow reconciliation, as well as ensemble kids + surviving trolls cast!
Ratings and warnings: Teen, abuse mention
i’m sick, you’re tired, let’s dance by softkats
Summary: Post-Sburb, Dirk and Jake come together and separate in messy ways, it feels melancholy and mournful.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, unhealthy relationship
Little Shop of Horrorterrors by anon author (hosted by nuclearwinter)
Summary: Dirk gets fucked by a plant. That’s. That’s really I can say (actually that’s not all that there is, there is really good Dirk and Jake characterization, reconcilliation and messy messy boys). It’s slightly embarrassing how much I love this fic.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, sex pollen, dubious consent, tentacles..? it’s seriously explicit y’all
pump your veins with gushing gold by callmearcturus
Summary: Despondent sex addict Dirk catches the eye of fae!Jake. I’m a huge stan of anything Arc writes, but trust me. This has all the emotion and sex you’d ever need from a Dirkjake fic.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, magical inebriation/mind manipulation
Thanks For Playing by LandOfMistAndSecrets
Summary: Post-Sburb reconcilliation fic, really focuses on the boys learning to be good to each other, and to communicate.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit (in part 2)
The Cure You’re Looking For Might Be A Symptom Of Something Else, Lovely by LandOfMistAndSecrets
Summary: Jake and his quest to get Dirk Strider to relax, results in feelings and accidental use of Hope Powers
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, dubious consent (due to altered mental states via hope powers), somnophilia
Ghosts: Not Only Real, But Also Probably Stealing Your Boyfriend Right Now by LandOfMistAndSecrets
Summary: Brain Ghost Dirk, and how he fits into Dirk and Jake’s life in Earth C. Like 20k worth of Dirk’s internal monologue leading up to BGDirkJake, amazing characterisation, and will make you fall in love with a ghost.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, threesome
A Litany (In Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out) by sunflowerwonder
Summary: AUs on AUs on AUs on AUs, in which Jake plays the hero. Its hard to summarise, but it’s a pretty incredible read.
Ratings and warnings: Mature, violence
these hollow hills by mimsical
Summary: Post-Sburb reconcilliation fic, in which we begin with the boys literally sleeping together, because trauma is hard. Really spins a relationship that has a feeling of “we aren’t perfect, but maybe we can try to be better, together, going forward”. Probably one of my favourite Earth-C ‘verse fics.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, deals with PSTD and trauma
chamomile, rose water, and other unlikely intoxicants by callmearcturus
Summary: Fairytale-esque royalty AU, in which Dirk is the everlasting Winter King and Jake is an alchemist-turn-handmaiden who sees past the crown of the prince. I make no secret of how much I Love This Fic.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, violence, non-permanent deaths
Finding Faith by Blackforestfire
Summary: Jake is a shepherd in the mountains when he comes across a spirit. Very fairytale-like, with magic and magical beings.
Ratings and warnings: Mature
The Boy and The Raven by ticklishivories
Summary: Thief Dirk Strider attempts to steal from a witch in the woods, and pays the consequences. Another fairytale-like (jeez running theme), elements of magic, very excellent and visual writing.
Ratings and warnings: Mature, violence, scenes of persecution for prejudice (against magic)
So It Goes by TPG
Summary: Dirk-centric post-canon fic where he wakes up in Bro’s body and has to figure out how to handle a 13 year old Dave. Later on (really interesting) plot happens.
Ratings and warnings: Teen, abuse-recovery, non-graphic medical emergency (seizure, vomiting)
Summary: The Condesce captures Dirk, and tortures him in a ploy to lure out the rest of the Alphas.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, torture, non-consensual sexual content, non-permanent character death
Notes: PLEASE MIND THE WARNINGS, this fic is dark.
opia by Akili_Kuwale
Summary: Post-canon, Dave and Dirk learn to be brothers to each other
Ratings and warnings: Teen, abuse recovery
Raised by Wolves and Other Beasts by autoeuphoric
Summary: Dave, and growing up under his Bro.
Ratings and warnings: Teen, child-abuse, referenced incest, violence
Summary: Quintessential reading for all Dirk Strider fans. That’s it. It’s a masterpiece (also comes in audiobook form!)
Ratings and warnings: Strider snark, which feels like it should be a legit warning
Summary: The second quintessential Dirk Strider fic.
Ratings and warnings: MORE Strider snark, script format
30th-Century Night by Asuka Kureru
Summary: Alpha Dave finds a homeless Karkat digging through a dumpster, and takes him home.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, dubious consent, age difference
The Eurydice Suite by callmearcturus
Summary: Inception AU, Karkat is the Extractor leading a team of dreamers to free Dirk from AR within his mind. Davekat is the main pairing but it’s a really strong ensemble cast fic in general.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, violence, codependency
Summary: Dave and Karkat slowly find comfort in each other on their long journey to a new session. Truly the quintessential Meteor!fic.
Ratings and warnings: Mature, abuse recovery, PTSD, depression, some internalized homophobia
> Dave: survive three years on this rock by madseason
Summary: Dave, and his times on the meteor. Features a lot of growing up, and Dave interacting with all the other meteor residents in a way that’s sometimes hard to find in Meteor fics.
Ratings and warnings: Teen, abuse recovery, depression/anxiety
Despite What You’ve Been Told by Weevilo707
Summary: Karkat insists he doesn’t have feelings for Dave, Dave reassures Karkat he doesn’t have feelings for him. They’re lying.
Ratings and warnings: Teen
Summary: Karkat and Dave are meet as young children, and go through the growing pains of Karkat’s transition
Ratings and warnings: Mature, transgender character, gender dysphoria, first time sexual content, some transphobia from young!Dave
hey there bright-eyed mister melancholy by attentionmerrymakers
Summary: Meteorfic. Short but sweet
Ratings and warnings: Teen
Summary: Karkat is a worker at a pet store that cares about animals too much to let random irresponsibly people purchase them. Dave needs a cat to make up for his sister’s cat that he lost.
Ratings and warnings: Mature, past abuse
Summary: Karkat takes care of his sick husband, post-game.
Ratings and warnings: Teen, sickness (non-life threatening)
Be Still, Be Light (john/davesprite) by PlayerProphet
Summary: John slowly learns more about Davesprite in their journey on the golden Prospitian ship. He learns just how little he really knows about how much Davesprite has been through
Ratings and warnings: Teen, blood, canon character deaths mentioned, depression
age/sex/location (john/dave) by CamouflageCamel
Summary: Mute!Dave fic. Post canon where the kids reacclimate to normal life and John and Dave become college roommates, and John learns sign language to speak to Dave fully.
Ratings and warnings: Teen, disability (mute character)
Vanilla (dirk/AR, dirk/jake) by sunflowerwonder
Summary: Pesterlog fic, AR tries to “help” a sexually frustrated Dirk in matters of him and his boyfriend.
Ratings and warnings: Explicit, cybersex, emotional manipulation, generally dubious content
Notes: mind the warnings
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enjoy, kids, and please mind the warnings, i am not responsible for ya.
