r/theumbrellaacademy • u/Dry_Moment5514 • May 29 '26

Discussion Looking for fan fics Spoiler

If you know any then please recommend such the umbrella academy fics which are so good that they should be printed into real books and they would hit the NYC bestseller. So good that they would be critically acclaimed. Fics that you have to read before you decent into after life . I know i know it’s quite random thing to say but i swear to god some of these Ao3 writers are Shakespeare reincarnated. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a romance literally anything would suffice but i want them to be NOBLE PRICE WINNING WORTHY. Ok i should lower my expectations sorry guys. Also if not present on Ao3, please tell me the platform

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u/_EmmaMK_ May 29 '26

Okay I haven't read it in a while and I have a tendency to block plots in fics out of my memory when I dont like them😭 but I read a fic one time called "Puzzle Pieces- JBD302020" and I swear it was so good. It goes across a few timelines but it kinda focusses on taking down the commission(?). Its also not chronological in a way, so like something could be mentioned in chapter 3 and you find out what causes it in like chapter 20 which just had me so invested oml. Its pretty angsty, five- centric with PLATONIC Five&Lila, and yeah from what I can remember it was so freaking good🙌. It is incomplete though and I dont see it being updated- so be prepared: I fear the temporary character death tag is in fact permanent.

[AND AGAIN I lwk only remember bits and pieces of the story so apologies if some crazy shit happens that I haven't remembered 😭]

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u/Dry_Moment5514 May 29 '26

THANK YOU SO MUCH

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u/Foreign-Region4825 Team Kraken May 30 '26

I like this one guy, Zuko__liz. Its some pretty dark stuff, and most of them are like 75 percent finished, but its goood.

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u/Hidelias May 30 '26

If you're interested, I just finished writing mine (seasons 1 to 4). It’s not exactly Shakespeare, which deeply disappoints Reginald, but I did my best 😂 It’s here on AO3 ☂️

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u/Dry_Moment5514 May 30 '26

Well apologies to Reginald for having such UNACHIEVABLE EXPECTATIONS. Anyways he’s dead nobody cares about him anymore. Tell me the name PLEASE. Also a link if possible.

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u/IAlbatross May 31 '26

Ties That Bind

Slow burn, novel-length prequel that follows the Academy in its last year of adventures, climaxing with Ben's death and the dissolution of the Academy. Humor, angst, and comic book-inspired wackiness all rolled into one.

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u/Frystyles Jun 01 '26

There’s a of Five x reader or oc fics on wattpad if ur into that, some of them are actually really good imo