I’m in the mood for some banger fanonical reimaginings/explorations.
Off the top of my head, here’s what I can contribute:
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An Eagle Among Lions is a neat little (and by little I mean long) Fire Emblem: Three Houses Edelgard-centric time travel fic (kinda) that has all-but-explicitly leftist undertones poking out from under it every now and then. It’s to the point where I consider it leftist dogwhistling, which had me going every time something hit.
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The Summoned Hero Is A Historical Materialist is an explicitly communist Shield Hero AU that flips Naofumi’s character to be an hardline anti-slavery socialist rather than an isekai-typical pedophile slaver protag. It is the fanfic equivalent of the concept of a John Brown Isekai. It’s great, well-executed, and I think it deserves more recognition
Anyone else have recommendations? I’d love to expand my palate.
I don’t have any reccs unfortunately (haven’t read enough Disco Elysium fanfic to find out if there are any that works. Maybe I should write anti-imperialism otherside picnic fanfic :sorawo-think:
Anyways that summoned hero is a historical materialist thing makes me actually think about actually reading it lol, tho im not sure if I could Get It because I havent seen the source material
It’s pretty divorced from the source material, everything important to know for the story is contained within the story, so would still rec it
knowledge comes but wisdom lingers by Ywena is a very good BNHA SI that tries to deal with social issues and systemic change (it’s not the main focus, but it’s an important part of the story).
Aioka; A Career Genin in a Naruto OC who reforms the “Genin Corps” from a dead-end place for whoever was left behind by Konoha into a competent force under the nose of the Hokage. It’s not leftist (for instance, it doesn’t try to dismantle Konoha’s nationalist military dictatorship), but it is about empowering people society has left behind.
Democracy by Starfox5 is liberal, but I think leftists may enjoy it too. It’s about overthrowing the aristocracy in a typical HP AU where the pureblood houses control the hereditary Wizengamot.
Son of the Stars is about the Starship Enterprise crash landing on Middle-Earth, leading to a steamy gay love affair between Elrond and Captain Picard. It’s leftist/communist cuz Star Trek, but it’s mostly just extremely gay.
From HOI4 game:
- Kaiserreich USA Civil war is great when you win
- TNO WRRF runs or any of the russian factions are well written.
