Fanfic Recs / Terminator

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Do warn when a fanfic may head into sexually explicit or non-canon territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, Shipping is Serious Business.

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Authors, and Websites

Hawki on Fanfiction.net

• Recommended by: TTFan
• Comments: A great writer with a habit of welding the multiple timelines into each other seamlessly.

General Fics

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.

The Last One by The Smiling Shadow

• Recommended by Extraintrovert
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: The Last One follows a young girl named Ellie, the T-1000 she names Tyler, and their struggles to survive together in a world engulfed by war.
• Comments: The imagery is beautifully vivid, the plot solid (the author most eminently did do the research on the Terminator universe), characters easily identifiable, and the simple, ordinary conclusion is surprisingly uplifting.

StarGate: Skynet by Alias

• Recommended by Horton
• Status: In Progress
• Synopsis: What if the Stargate program and sg1 were aided by an artificial intelligence? It's name? Skynet
• Comments: Fairly new at the moment and more timeline then story, but still fun.

Across These Days Like Deserts by vailkagami

• Recommended by Nerdman3000
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: In 1997, the world ends right on schedule. In 2029, the war is won. In between those events are 32 years, and both the fear and the hope that the future is not written in stone.
• Comments: An excellent and incredible story which I highly recommend that centers on Mankind’s 32 year old war against the machines, this story is also a bit unique in that while it does feature versions of characters and elements from all throughout the Terminator franchise (such as Kate Brewster and her father from T3), it’s timeline is mainly only compliant to the first film, in that Skynet only ever sends one Terminator back to 1984. To should also be noted, as a bit of a warning, that there are many places in this story where things get incredibly dark and grim, and even outright depressing. It really doesn't hold back in showing the horror of what the Future War/Post-Judgement Day world is like and the cold terror that is Skynet slow extermination of humanity.

Judgment Calls by Stephensmat

• Recommended by Helly, phylos
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: John Connor was aware the War was coming his whole life. Kate Brewster was not. This is their story, and the story of the war to retake the Earth. Post T3. Written in 2008, it's not following the plot of Terminator Salvation or The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
• Comments: Wonderful. Amazing. Better than canon, that's for sure. The story is a 430'000 words epic that spans for several years, from the beginning of the war to its end; the writing is really good and all the characters are incredibly vivid and well characterized. It's definitely one of the best fics this troper has ever read, and easily the best Terminator fic around.

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A Night in the Alley by Hawki

• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Oneshot: You know you're in for a rough night when encountering a drunk woman with a giant rifle is the least strange thing that happens to you.
• Comments: The author has been consistently great at nailing Sarah's character, and this story is no exception. Seeing the layers of her character displayed from the perspective of a young Kyle Reese is refreshing an takes an interesting route with the new timeline birthed from Terminator: Dark Fate. Highly recommend.

Terminator: Resistance by Liquid

• Recommended by Agent_B
• Status: Ongoing
• Synopsis: After his whole division is wiped out by a new kind of Terminator, Private Jacob Rivers makes his way across the ruins of California in a desperate attempt to warn the rest of the Resistance before its too late. What Rivers doesn't know is that Skynet has targeted him specifically for termination, and will stop at nothing to make sure he fails. Based on the video game.

Shipping Fics

Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.

Mints by JustClem

• Pairing: Grace/Dani Ramos
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: Carl tells her mints are the most important thing to bring on a first date. Sarah tells her mints are overrated, and she should just focus on the date itself. Grace just wants to kiss Dani.
• Comments: Pure fluff with consistent characterization from the films. It's good.

The Terminator - Reboot by IWantColouredRain

• Pairing: Sarah Connor / Kyle Reese
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: A version of the 1984 movie with a Sarah closer to the badass, takes no prisoners woman she was in Judgement Day and Genisys (though not quite as hardened yet).

Crossover fics

The Last Connor by Captain Tazer

• Recommended by: Marcus S Lazarus
• Status: Complete
• X-Over with: Aliens (Terminator Genisys continuity)
• Synopsis: Three Terminators arrive in the year 2180 with the intent to terminate a selected group of people. One of the targets is a little girl named Newt. Can a certain Terminator from the past keep her safe?
• Review: A fascinating blend of the two series, the fic starts with the premise that the survivors of Aliens made it to safety rather than the crash-landing witnessed in Alien³. With Ripley and Hicks' fates initially unknown, Newt's miserable life with uncaring grandparents is abruptly upended when "Pops" appears to protect her from a new group of Terminators, revealing Newt's family 'secret' as the last of Sarah Connor's descendants, pitting Newt and her guardians against a new generation of Skynet...
• Now has a Tropes page.

Tunnel Vision by BurgerBecky

• Recommended by Cryptic Mirror
• Status: Complete
• Synopsis: The story of Skynet's attempt to take over the world and how it was stopped by Ranma and the Sailor Scouts!
• Comments: Crossover with Ranma ½ and Sailor Moon. Ranma plays the part of Sailor Sun in this fic. It's actually not as bad as it sounds and is a gripping, dark, and disturbing tale that isn't prepared to pull its punches. Skynet's plan puts it in serious contention for a spot as the first AI to achieve the label of Magnificent Bastard, and Ryoga gets what has to be the finest Moment of Awesome ever. Part of the author's Sailor Ranko series. Completed fic.