rainsometimes | Rec list for Water 7 angst fics (repost) (Reply)

Repost time, again!

Back in February there was a poster on

one_piece asking for fic recs of Usoppian Water 7 angst, no pairing preferences as long as there was something about the Luffy-Usopp conflict in it. I was one of the commenters who replied. Since I've very much been there, I made a pretty big list, hunting down old and new favourites both.

The other day I thought maybe I could memory that post for my own convenience, but then

shayera wrote a new great ficlet on

onepiece_300 fitting the subject, and most likely there'll be more in the future. I can't edit comments, and I don't know if the OP want any more replies this late. So it hit me that I could repost the whole thing - including recs made by others in the thread - on my own LJ instead, making it easy for me to add new links in the future.

And while I realise it's quite gauche to rec your own stuff, I've nevertheless linked to some fics of mine on the subject at the very end. I make no promise with regards to quality, though.

My apologies if I've botched some of these links.

Note that not all of these fics are terribly angsty, though certainly enough of them are. There's also fluff and stuff. <333

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xparrot, three ficlets all set in the hours after the big argument where Usopp announces he's leaving, but before the duel:

Sabotage (Usopp)
On The Figurehead (Luffy)
Until It Passes (Sanji and Zoro)

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ptps:

Remember (post-reunion)
Scarlet (chapter 426)
Exoneration

(There used to be a fic called "In the End" on this most excellent Luffy/Usopp author's website, but it appears to have been removed. Pity, I think; it was painful to read but in a good way, and kinda different)

Dear Friends edit: this entry is now locked, alas/edit
If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (crew, post-duel)

Map of the Heart and the Future
(This one, and the one below, are more about Luffy/Usopp in general, but has excellent Water 7 bits)
50 sentences

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aqua_karen: (one of the very best Usopp writers around, IMO)

Grip

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chibi_trillian:
Off-Center (post-reunion)
Reasonable Fears
Raven and the Sea (a folk-taleish take on Luffy/Usopp, with emphasis on Water 7)
In Vino Veritas
(don't let the stated pairing throw you - it's very good angst from Sanji's POV)

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dethorats

dethorats has written quite a few others that are heavy with Water 7 angst, mostly but not only Zoro/Usopp and frequently very good indeed. I highly recommend going through her archives.

first, two Luffy/Usopp fics, from the same entry:

Believe Me When I Say (Usopp POV)
Mind Cage (Luffy POV, chapter 427)

Bandages
Drifted So Far
Gamble
Quiet Desperation (note: Zoro/Usopp, PG-15)
Waiting
Coming To Terms (note: speculation written before chapter 438 came out, but well worth reading)
Sanctuary

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spiderflower:
Turnabout is not Fair Play (Usopp/Nami, hard R; dark, painful; good)

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alice_and_lain
Repetition

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roseveare:
a tale of masks (Luffy and Sogeking, around the start of chapter 430)

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vampire_otaku:
The Aftermath

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shayera:
Incurable (Chopper POV between chapter 333 and 334)
To Hide or not to Hide (chapter 367 ficlet)

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nekovampyre:
Freezing the Heart

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admiralnaismith:
Make-Believe (from chapter 438)

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plotbunny_tiff:
Replacement (Zoro's POV: Zoro/Luffy, Usopp/Luffy)

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evercelle:
Alter Egos, or Self Empowerment via Bluffs and Cheap-Ass Twenty Beli Masks

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aziraphic:
Untitled, prompt: "Usopp + rubber band"

Three more post-reunion fics:

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tonko_ni:
Fitting Back in

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runic_binary:
Back To Normal (Sanji/Usopp)

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