Grimm Recs!

[kat_lair]

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Because I just bitched and whined about lack of quality stuff, I thought it would be only fair to showcase the numerous exceptions. Turned out there were quite a few fics worth a read though so there will be a second rec post for those in a few days. :D

All recs are Nick/Monroe. Because that's the way I rock atm.

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FICS

Food of Love by mrsvc - Food is love. End of story. People feeding people out of love is like one of favourite fic and RL things. Lovely.

Freak Out by brbsoulnomming - Monroe's wolf side does not freak Nick out. Quite the contrary. Oddly sweet in its way, liked it a lot.

Kiss With a Fist by ?? (orphaned work) - Fight sex. With rimming. Whilst Monroe is not fully human anymore. Enough said. Except for GUHHH

Monroe's Fairytale Halfway House by mrsvc - Ahhhh I love 'families of choice' tropes and Grimm is full of troubled teenagers that could use a Grimm and a Blutbad as big brothers. Lovely, heart-warming, feel good read.

Nimble Tongue by laetificare - Nick is cursed to lie. It all spirals out from that. Really interesting premise, and nothing about this fic (not the case resolution, nor the relationship changes) comes easy

Not Helping! by LadyNyxRavus - Nick waves the red flag. With predictable consequences. I do rather enjoy this trope and this is one of the better executions of it :D

The Grimm of Portland by ?? (orphaned work) - A good case fic with additional mind control feature. The way in which Monroe gets around the compulsion to obey a particular order is... well, you'll see. Ouch.

The Wolves in Waiting by jibrailis - Nick has all the keys to Monroe's house, and his life. The writing is fantastic and I love how the author trusts the reader to get it and doesn't spell things out. Understated and lovely. Highly recced.

You be Rose and I'll be Jack by ?? (orphaned work) - It's canon that Nick is good at drawing. Turns out he has quite a preference for one particular model. A'wwwwww.

(We're Looking For) Something Dumb to Do by mrsvc - 'Woke Up Wesen Married' trope is sadly entirely underused, more of this I say! This is funny and romantic with good characterisation and Rosalee being awesome too.



VIDS

A Blutbad's Gotta Howl by TheSylverLining - A too short vidlet that vidder calls 'lulzy' and I call ajkldsjgksfjssakhsdjfk guh. Thissssssssss is what I'm talking about re Nick trying Monroe's control. I have watched it about five times already.

Clear Night in June by madtodream - Oh man, I couldn't decide whether to laugh or clutch my heart from the ~feelings~ It's Nick/Monroe set to an Eminem song and it shouldn't work but somehow it still does.

Secrets by DeWinter79 - N'awwwwww woobie!Monroe, giving all his secrets away. Ahhhhh (b)romance.

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Comments

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

Wheeeee more Grimmage. And you bitch and whine - never my sweet :D Anyway thanks for the recs - goes to check them out

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I'm like all Grimm all the time now which is your fault. Hope you enjoy the recs. I need to catch up with s2 now before I go further into fandom lest I get spoiled. Enjoy the recs.

[sadiane.livejournal.com]

Grimm is currently filming about a block from my desk - were I to start reading fic, I'd start blushing every time I run into Nick and Monroe downtown. Perhaps that is reason enough to start.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I believe that's an excellent reason to start reading the fic. And lucky you, I think I would blush and swoon if running to Monroe downtown :D

[dreamsofspike.livejournal.com]

Ooooh yay! :)

Can't wait to get started on these! :) Thanks for sharing!

One quick question, just curious? Just how do you prefer your Nick/Monroe? ;)

Nick in charge, or Monroe in charge? Or neither? :P

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

No worries, I'm still in the first flush of new fandom/pairing love which means TELL EVERYONE ALL ABOUT IT!

Hee. I prefer Monroe in charge, or both of them as equally in charge. Because really even if Monroe is the more dominant one, that doesn't mean that the relationship is unequal, provided the author gets d/s dynamic right.

[dreamsofspike.livejournal.com]

That's awesome, I love this show and the more exposure it can get, the bigger than fandom can get, the better :)

I usually prefer it the other way around, like Nick's Grimm-ness making him all scary badass powerful, and Monroe instinctively responding to that, etc :P That's usually the dynamic I write.

Though I enjoy reading about it either way, and there's so little awesome material out there that at this point I will take what I can get! :P lol

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly working to adding some things to the fandom, fic and icons at some point too I hope :D

Hee yeah, I could see how it would work that way around too but too enamoured by Monroe being all RAWR atm :D I love that thing where someone doesn't seem like much on the first glance but then being all unexpectedly badass!

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! Lovely! Lots of goodies to enjoy:) Thank you!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

You're most welcome. I'm still in the MUST TELL EVERYONE ABOUT GRIMM!!! stage of new fandom :D

[verdande-mi.livejournal.com]

I know absolutely nothing about Grimm except what little I've seen on tumblr, but that was enough for my brain to go into shipping mode over these two :)

Might just take a look at these recs during the weekend and see if they work without knowing canon.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Hee! There's a good overview of the show here: http://laceymcbain.livejournal.com/289827.html and then you're ready to go! Hope you've had a chance to check out and enjoy some of the fics :)

[verdande-mi.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link :) Good to have a clearer picture of canon. And I have done some reading, and found some stories that will make it into my next rec-list. So thank you for reccing :)

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I have another Grimm fic rest post half done so hopefully posting that next week :)