Proof that the remaining 10% is worth Leomon dying for here.
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Authors and Websites
Taiki Matsuki
- Recommended by RRM
- This author focuses mostly on Slash pairings (Takato and Henry being the most common), has many engaging stories with lots of comedy, which range from drabbles to long, novel-size stories; His specialty are the Curtain Fics and W.A.F.F.. As a general rule, the newest fanfics are deeper and more complex, but all of his fics are worth checking out even if you're not into Slash, because they tend to be hilarious.
- Recommended by Ford 1114
- The author of this crossover franchise has made the stories so well-written and blend the concepts well to one universe. These will make readers interested to see many instances of action, character interaction, humor, and drama.
Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.
What If? by Bookworm Gal
- Recommended by: Lightshade
- Status: Dead
- Synopsis: Based off the Marvel comics idea of What If, this series of six different ideas revolving mainly around Impmon and how the decisions he made changed the course of the Tamers story time and again. Each chapter is entitled with a different question, such as What if they missed the Ark? or What if Jeri took his hand?
- Comments: Simply put, this series was a real gem to find. Many Digimon authors often forget about the ensemble cast that makes up the universe, no matter what season they focus on, and focus on one or two characters. This author, while focusing on Impmon, also keeps a firm grasp on how small changes would affect the entire cast as a whole. Jeri, in particular, is written spot on, maintaining her depression without turning into an OOC-wangst fest at any point. The stories range in tone from a Fix-It Fic that manages to resurrect Leomon without breaking canon and an extremely dark fic where the D-Reaper wins.
Digimon Trinity by Crazyeight
- Recommended by: Leid
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: The War is over, or so it is thought. For the Digidestined, life goes on, but with digimon emerging once more into the real world, the world will change once more. Divided they fall, but a new generation of heroes, the Tamers, will rise to unite against the new threat.
- Comments: An AU retelling of Tamers, where Digimon Adventure is not a TV show, but rather in fact, part of the same universe and timeline. Sometime after the defeat of Malomyotismon, the Digidestined fought a war against the forces of darkness, the end of which leaving behind casualties and consequences. Now, fifteen years later, digimon have become a popular kids franchise, but Tai is missing, TK has buried himself in secret government projects, and the rest of the team are trying to live their lives while still dealing with lingering fallout from the war. Their relative peace is disrupted when hostile digimon increasingly start to breach the barrier between worlds again, and then one of Kari's students, Takato, unexpectedly brings a digimon to life... The story fairly faithfully follows the plot progression of Tamers but with additional lore and subplots, and puts a highly embittered TK and jaded Kari in the place of Yamaki and Ms. Asaji, respectively. A prime example of a digimon crossover fic that isn't merely universes colliding, the story manages to seamlessly blend events from the Tamers season with fic-original material involving the Adventure cast, with enough success to sometimes make it hard for this troper to remember that they weren't originally there! If you ever wished to see the Adventure+02 cast interact with the Tamers cast in mentor-like roles, along with immense amounts of canon welding, you absolutely should check this one out.
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Gardens of Babylon by Daneel Rush
- Recommended by: Malphas_
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even if he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
- Comments: This is actually the first Digimon fanfic that I've read and I devoured it. I started reading the fic beacause the synopsis gave me a pause, and while I didn't have much knowledge beforehand outside of watching Digimon more than a decade back, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The grammar is good, the air of mystery around the Game played by Takato and Lucemon is great and the scenes in the Place Beyond Time are epic.
- Note: It has a sequel, Ruins of Babylon, which has been unfortunately dead since 2013.
Tamers Forever Series, by Daneel Rush.
- Recommended by: Lunacorva
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Tamers Forever, is a five-book epic that begins as an informal romantic centreing around protagonist Takato Matsuki developing a crush on female tamer Rika Nonaka and the hilarious lengths he is prepared to go to for her sake. From the second book onwards however, Tamers forever begins to grow darker and more epic in scope. During his travels to find the Tamers' old Digimon, Takato receives a powerful Digivice known as the Omnivice, along with the Omnivice's sarcastic AI (which he names Ruki). The mysterious "Triad" who gifted Takato with the Omnivice inform him of a prophecy that predicts the destruction of all things within the near future. As one of the Six "Enlightened Ones", Takato is destined to play an instrumental role in the coming war. But this knowledge does not remain a secret. Soon, powerful Digimon begin crossing over into Shinjuku, seeking the power of the "Omni-Tamer" for themselves. Takato's skill as a Tamer is pushed to the limit as he struggles to fight off what promises to be only the beginning of a bloody and dangerous conflict. But Takato is special for an entirely different reason; he possesses within him a terrible destructive power, a power that manifests during times of great fury and grief. A power that could be the key to the world's salvation...or the instrument of its destruction.
- Pairing(s):Rika/Takato
- Comments: Don't let the awkwardly cheesy first chapter throw you off, this is a highly engaging and incredibly well written series. Shipping Bed Death and Romantic Plot Tumour are mercifully Averted and the characters and relationships feel believable and natural, developing in an organic fashion rather than relying on formula like so many other romance stories and the insanely hilarious comedy moments ensure that the reader is never bored. The plot is fast paced and engaging with frequent twists and hooks that grip the readers interest. The author has a talent for creating immersive and evocative scenes and please oh please dont get me started on the fight scenes.
- Note: Due to a weird formatting error, the fic has recently been showing up entirely in bold italics. Fanmade E-books of the series made before this error can be found here with some minor edits (The japanese evolution terms replaced with the english Digivolution terms and all song lyrics removed):book one, book two, book three, book four, book five. Since these were not uploaded by the creator, any comments or critiscism should still be sent to the above Fanfiction.net link.
