Rec 1:He had been bitten... Team: Jane<3Roxy Creator:flyingchaucer Why I’m recommending it: One of my favourite HSO entries! It has a very intriguing Western!Alternia setting and great world-building. I would love to read more about this setting (although Westerns aren't even my thang). The body horror is gripping and well-written, while the dialogue is witty, heart-wrenching and very IC in my opinion.
Rec 2:[Office romance, spy thriller] Team: JADE<3JOHN<3KARKAT Creator:zoamh Why I’m recommending it: This is a good, short and snappy Karkat><3Sollux. The banter is nice and just flirty enough to make the kismesitude believable without slipping into why-do-they-even-bother-with-each-other one-sided hate fests (at least I don't like those). The ending line is great, too.
Rec 3:“You’re needed in the helmsblock..." Team: Karkat♥Sollux Creator: noveltyhorns Why I’m recommending it:This one also flew under my radar, so I'm happy to recommend it here! The prompt was Dystopian + Military, Karkat <> Sollux. Helmsman!Sollux isn't much more than a vegetable in this story, so their relationship and the whole set-up is accordingly depressing, interesting and heart-wrenching. A disillusioned, codependent Karkat is maybe even more tragic. I alo liked that core conflicts of the military genre got depicted without writing an outright war setting.
Rec 4:Denudation Team: Karkat♥Sollux Creator: noveltyhorns, round 1 team entry Why I’m recommending it: Another one from noveltyhorns. Well, D stands for quality Solkat :D I love the premise of them trying to one-up each other in their dares, although it first looks like it would lend itself better to kismesitude. But that's also the strength of this entry. The masked vulnerability fits the characters and the prompt of gambling very well.
FILL: TEAM KARKAT<>SOLLUX
Rec 1:He had been bitten...
Team: Jane<3Roxy
Creator:flyingchaucer
Why I’m recommending it: One of my favourite HSO entries! It has a very intriguing Western!Alternia setting and great world-building. I would love to read more about this setting (although Westerns aren't even my thang). The body horror is gripping and well-written, while the dialogue is witty, heart-wrenching and very IC in my opinion.
Rec 2:[Office romance, spy thriller]
Team: JADE<3JOHN<3KARKAT
Creator:zoamh
Why I’m recommending it: This is a good, short and snappy Karkat><3Sollux. The banter is nice and just flirty enough to make the kismesitude believable without slipping into why-do-they-even-bother-with-each-other one-sided hate fests (at least I don't like those). The ending line is great, too.
Rec 3:“You’re needed in the helmsblock..."
Team: Karkat♥Sollux
Creator: noveltyhorns
Why I’m recommending it:This one also flew under my radar, so I'm happy to recommend it here! The prompt was Dystopian + Military, Karkat <> Sollux. Helmsman!Sollux isn't much more than a vegetable in this story, so their relationship and the whole set-up is accordingly depressing, interesting and heart-wrenching. A disillusioned, codependent Karkat is maybe even more tragic. I alo liked that core conflicts of the military genre got depicted without writing an outright war setting.
Rec 4:Denudation
Team: Karkat♥Sollux
Creator: noveltyhorns, round 1 team entry
Why I’m recommending it: Another one from noveltyhorns. Well, D stands for quality Solkat :D I love the premise of them trying to one-up each other in their dares, although it first looks like it would lend itself better to kismesitude. But that's also the strength of this entry. The masked vulnerability fits the characters and the prompt of gambling very well.