WARNING: body horror, gore, character death (body horror rec post)
Rec 1:Davesprite: run a hospital into the fucking ground Team: Kernelsprite Creator: Cephalopod Why I’m recommending it: This fill straight-up delighted me no end. It's not only that the prose is unpredictable and hilarious, it's not just that the Dave voice is perfect and laconic under crazy circumstances, it's the sudden, unexpected turns of phrase that leave you thinking "Whoa hey!" and then "Shit, that's brilliant." The style of this fill is flawless and everyone should read it.
Rec 2:From My Heart And From My Hand Team: Dave♠Gamzee Creator: Dave♠Gamzee R2 entry Why I’m recommending it: I thought this team's handling of the prompt was interesting. Body horror is driven by the fear of becoming monstrous due to violations of bodily integrity and boundaries, so using it as the theme is really suitable, especially juxtaposed with Gamzee's physical normalcy and deviant behavior. I'm not into serious gore, but this seemed like a fill that a subset of people would really love and might not get to see!
Rec 3:Untitled Team: Nepeta♥Terezi Creator: Vulturer Why I'm recommending it: This is a neat way to write Karkat♥Karkat and a creative use of the prompt (noir+mecha) - one of them is a mecha and the other one is a pilot and together they fight crime in spaaaace! When they get shot down, all they have is one another and heavy bleeding, and Karkat's relief that his mecha is okay is completely natural. There's also some interesting worldbuilding there, and it ends on a teaser note.
Rec 4:Untitled Team: Eridan♦Rose Creator: Wallwalker Why I’m recommending it: It's Rose♥Sollux (yes that's a reason to recommend a thing)! Rose refusing to kill Sollux despite his wishes and then carrying him from the helmsblock is reminiscent of Samus saving a baby Metroid, and it's adorable; I want to know more about this AU. The focus is less on the body horror itself than it is on Rose's mindset and actions, but it's a good fill that falls under the body horror umbrella so -rec!-
Rec 5:Untitled Team: Jade♥Karkat Creator: gregariousprotagonist Why I'm recommending it: People seem to dig sadstuck, yeah? The medical experimentation described in this fill worsens gradually to create a building atmosphere of desperation, which keeps it suspenseful and prevents it from sounding repetitive. The way that the fill takes medical dehumanization literally is also interesting, especially given that the characters involved are Davesprite and Jade.
Rec 6:Untitled Team: Eridan♠Vriska Creator: myrrh_darkwing Why I'm recommending it: It's really fitting that what gets Vriska and Terezi into their lethal situation is rivalry. It's also fitting that the fill manages to maintain their hatred while still portraying them as connected, and that their deaths are still framed as tragic; they're in-character right through to the end. Also, because this is a body horror rec, it should be mentioned that they are dissolving into goo while they trade spiteful quips.
FILL: TEAM Karkat♥Sollux
(body horror rec post)
Rec 1: Davesprite: run a hospital into the fucking ground
Team: Kernelsprite
Creator: Cephalopod
Why I’m recommending it: This fill straight-up delighted me no end. It's not only that the prose is unpredictable and hilarious, it's not just that the Dave voice is perfect and laconic under crazy circumstances, it's the sudden, unexpected turns of phrase that leave you thinking "Whoa hey!" and then "Shit, that's brilliant." The style of this fill is flawless and everyone should read it.
Rec 2: From My Heart And From My Hand
Team: Dave♠Gamzee
Creator: Dave♠Gamzee R2 entry
Why I’m recommending it: I thought this team's handling of the prompt was interesting. Body horror is driven by the fear of becoming monstrous due to violations of bodily integrity and boundaries, so using it as the theme is really suitable, especially juxtaposed with Gamzee's physical normalcy and deviant behavior. I'm not into serious gore, but this seemed like a fill that a subset of people would really love and might not get to see!
Rec 3: Untitled
Team: Nepeta♥Terezi
Creator: Vulturer
Why I'm recommending it: This is a neat way to write Karkat♥Karkat and a creative use of the prompt (noir+mecha) - one of them is a mecha and the other one is a pilot and together they fight
crimein spaaaace! When they get shot down, all they have is one another and heavy bleeding, and Karkat's relief that his mecha is okay is completely natural. There's also some interesting worldbuilding there, and it ends on a teaser note.Rec 4: Untitled
Team: Eridan♦Rose
Creator: Wallwalker
Why I’m recommending it: It's Rose♥Sollux (yes that's a reason to recommend a thing)! Rose refusing to kill Sollux despite his wishes and then carrying him from the helmsblock is reminiscent of Samus saving a baby Metroid, and it's adorable; I want to know more about this AU. The focus is less on the body horror itself than it is on Rose's mindset and actions, but it's a good fill that falls under the body horror umbrella so -rec!-
Rec 5: Untitled
Team: Jade♥Karkat
Creator: gregariousprotagonist
Why I'm recommending it: People seem to dig sadstuck, yeah? The medical experimentation described in this fill worsens gradually to create a building atmosphere of desperation, which keeps it suspenseful and prevents it from sounding repetitive. The way that the fill takes medical dehumanization literally is also interesting, especially given that the characters involved are Davesprite and Jade.
Rec 6: Untitled
Team: Eridan♠Vriska
Creator: myrrh_darkwing
Why I'm recommending it: It's really fitting that what gets Vriska and Terezi into their lethal situation is rivalry. It's also fitting that the fill manages to maintain their hatred while still portraying them as connected, and that their deaths are still framed as tragic; they're in-character right through to the end. Also, because this is a body horror rec, it should be mentioned that they are dissolving into goo while they trade spiteful quips.