Doranwen

updated 2025-09-23

This post is my complete list of Tomorrow, When the War Began (both the book series and film) recs, organized by time in canon (and then sorted by length). (For Tomorrow, When the War Began recs organized by ship & author instead, go here.)

I have included my own fics in this post. I have marked some as favorites (because I do re-read them from time to time!), and others I have not. None of them are marked as exceptionally well-written because I couldn't objectively evaluate my own work that way, even when I particularly like the way I wrote something.

( Icon guide )

( Explanation of ratings )

( Content warnings and spoilers )

( Ships )


Below are the recs:

( book 1 )

( book 2 )

( book 3 )

( book 4 )

( book 5 )

( book 6 )

( book 7 )

( during film )

( future )

( indeterminate )

( multi (books) )

( post-film )

( post-sequel series )

( post-war )

( sequel book 1 )

If any of the non-dead links above no longer work, please let me know so I can flag them as "Dead" in my database, thanks!

Enjoy! :)

updated 2025-11-16

This recs post will be hosted only on my journal, and will be updated continuously as I add to my database, due to its unique content. All of the fics in it are fics in my database that are outright inaccessible now, mostly because the authors deleted their fics (and in most cases, accounts as well). (The links were left in so you know where they came from, but none of them can be accessed at those links, even via the Wayback Machine.)

This icon represents all of these fics, sadly:

Fics I tagged as favorites:
Fics I thought were exceptionally well-written:
WIPs:
(Icons come from the Icon pack by Icons8.)


Ratings are all converted to a single system for convenience:
Fanfiction.net - G through R
AO3 - PG through X (though the occasional child-friendly fic I mark G)
anything without a rating (AO3 or other site) - Unrated


I listed any ships I thought were major below each fic. If there are any minor/background ships or themes you want to avoid, please mention that when requesting fic (see the end of the post).

I included the author's original summaries (if they had any) below the ships. To the right of the list of ships, for some fics, is my personal commentary. I hope the two don't get confused. :)

( Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman )

( Push (2009) )

( The Matrix )

( Tomorrow When the War Began (book/film) )

All of these I have on my hard drive saved for re-reading purposes. I saved them in one or more of three formats (which one[s] depending on a number of factors): epub, html, and/or pdf. (Occasionally I have an mht file as well but given the low compatibility of that format, I doubt anyone wants it.)

If you want to read one of these fics, please send me a PM or leave a comment with the following:
- your email address (which can receive attachments)
- the fandom/author/title for the fic(s) in question
- if there are any ships or themes you want to avoid or be warned about (full list of themes can be found here)
- whether you want all of the formats or just one (and if only one, please list the three options in order of your preference, as that fic may not be available in your first choice of format)

Comments are screened so that you can leave a comment with your email address if you want. Comments with email addresses in them will not be unscreened to preserve privacy.

I hope this is useful to someone. :)

I had so much of a blast with Chocolate Box last year that I had to do it again. :D Below I've done a lot of describing the awesomeness about each pairing, and gave a few prompts in case you find them useful. I hope you have a lot of fun writing for me. :)

What I love about relationships is all the emotional depth: vulnerability, loyalty, knowing someone so well you know what they feel/think/need, even just having someone there as an emotional "rock". The whole "not being alone" feeling is such a powerful theme.

I once made up a 101 favorite tropes list (in no particular order), so feel free to make use of those if any of them get your muse going: https://doranwen.dreamwidth.org/240453.html

Besides those tropes, here are my general likes:
deep platonic friendship, romantic friendship, asexual romance, found families, apocalyptic fic, hurt/comfort, nonsexual physical touch (including cuddling), self-sacrifice, characters being vulnerable, character redemption, survival fic, positive treatment of religion, characters dealing with trauma, trust building, missing scenes, canon divergence AU (especially fix-it fic)

DNWs: sex or sexual feelings, supernatural/fantasy beings (elves, vampires, werewolves, gnomes, zombies, etc.), AUs other than canon divergence or alt beginnings, deathfic or horror, calling an adult "baby" or "darling", mpreg, crackfic, gore (mild violence is OK, just not as graphic as a surgery documentary), uncensored profanity, first/second person fic

Don't worry if someone's written a similar idea before. My first real fandom was one where people used to write a dozen versions of the same TV ep, and I loved reading them all. There are never too many versions of the same story, in my opinion.


And now to the requests (in tagset category order - mostly):


( Gold Diggers (1995) )

( Tomorrow When the War Began (2010) )

( Crossover Fandoms )

( Alphas (TV) )

( Sue Thomas F.B.Eye )

( Women's Murder Club (TV) )


Happy writing! :D

This is my first time trying Everywoman! I'm looking forward to it. :D I did a lot of describing the awesomeness about each woman or group, and gave a few prompts in case you find them useful. I hope you have a lot of fun writing for me. :)

I love women who are strong, women who have quiet depth, women with an active inner life, women who think and/or feel… You'll probably see this in the characters I requested. :) I love women in roles from caretaker to defender, including a mix of those (such as a woman defending her children from harm, or a soldier who lays down her war life to raise a family). Courage looks like different things in different people, and I love seeing that strength shown in women with different personalities.

What I love about relationships is all the emotional depth: vulnerability, loyalty, knowing someone so well you know what they feel/think/need, even just having someone there as an emotional "rock". The whole "not being alone" feeling is such a powerful theme.

I once made up a 101 favorite tropes list (in no particular order), so feel free to make use of those if any of them get your muse going: http://doranwen.livejournal.com/246063.html

Besides those tropes, here are my general likes:
deep platonic friendship, romantic friendship, asexual romance, found families, apocalyptic fic, hurt/comfort, nonsexual physical touch (including cuddling), self-sacrifice, characters being vulnerable, character redemption, survival fic, positive treatment of religion, characters dealing with trauma, trust building, missing scenes, canon divergence AU (especially fix-it fic)

DNWs: sex or sexual feelings, supernatural/fantasy beings (elves, vampires, werewolves, gnomes, zombies, etc.), AUs other than canon divergence or alt beginnings, deathfic or horror, calling an adult "baby" or "darling", mpreg, crackfic, gore (mild violence is OK, just not as graphic as a surgery documentary), uncensored profanity, first/second person fic

Don't worry if someone's written a similar idea before (even as a gift for me!). My first real fandom was one where people used to write a dozen versions of the same TV ep, and I loved reading them all. There are never too many versions of the same story, in my opinion. I love to see how two people can take the same idea and come up with two totally different stories. :D

If you're crossover-inclined, you're welcome to cross these with any fandom I know: If I've requested it or listed it as a possible crossover fandom in one of my other exchange letters, you can totally use it! Most of the fandoms I've requested in past exchanges have had a lot of women characters (some of them very female-centric), so that should make it easy.


And now to the requests (in the order of which I found them in the tagset):

( Born of Hope (2009) )

( Gold Diggers (1995) )

( Tomorrow When the War Began (2010) )

( Crossover Fandoms )



Happy writing! :D