These are recommendations made by tropers for Much Ado About Nothing
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General FicsStories 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.
the rhythm of the rain By xerampelinae
- Recommended by Bee 123
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: AU: Modern setting. "Beatrice and Hero return to their lives in Boston after the wedding falls through."
- Characters: Beatrice, Hero
- Comments: The relationship between the woman is for me the heart of the play and for that I love this fic, the writing style is also beautiful and makes me feel home and homesickness like it is something one can touch.
Shipping FicsStories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.
the rhythm of the rain By imaginary_golux
- Recommended by Bee 123
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: “Will you have me, lady?” - “No, my lord, unless I might have another for working-days…”
- Pairing: Beatrice/Don Pedro/Benedick
Sigh No More: The Tour by wormwoodandhoney
- Recommended by annieholmes
- Status: Complete (on Tumblr, incomplete on Archive Of Our Own)
- Synopsis: A modern, multimedia retelling of Much Ado About Nothing told through text messages and social media. Two rival bands go on tour to open for rock superstar Pedro Prince. In order to pass the time and attempt to keep the peace, the bands decide to trick their most annoying bandmates, Benny and Bee, into falling in love.
- Pairing: Beatrice/Benedick, Claudio/Hero, Ursula/Hero.
- Comments: This story features multiple LGBTQ+ characters, including Benny and Bee, both bisexual or gay men, and Hero, a transgender woman. The cast is also a diverse mix of ethnicities. The story was amazingly engaging and felt authentic to modern social media, with the crisis point of the Much Ado plot still managing to be an emotional gut punch to even people very familiar with the source. It also doesn't have Hero take Claudio back.
