Well, now. I can provide you links to things that I've read and reread multiple times, but I am finding wording hard at the moment so the recommendation part is eluding me. These are all long and plotty, and there is certainly angst, but also a lot of transformation, healing, world-building.
1. Hagalaz by TheHatterTheory. I have reread this dozens of times, it feels like. AU from the end of Season 2, this builds an entire world from the scraps and fragments of canon - it is arguably one of the most inventive fics I've read in terms of world-building, history, magical theory, characterisation. It goes deep as well as long.
2. Taking Leave by Coyotl. This is absolutely bravura storytelling, let me tell you, and from an outsider's point of view it is arguably the most specifically American fic I've ever read in this fandom (in the way, way back when candle_beck was still writing, America ran through every turn of phrase). That's probably not the most helpful recommendation, but it is so beautifully done, and so unexpected. I'm not entirely sure it's all the way successful, ultimately - it stretches too far away from its roots - but it is an extraordinary read.
3. Pack Wars by miss_aphelion. This starts off a little bit crack'ish - Derek 'kidnaps' Stiles to teach Scott a lesson - and then becomes something else entirely. This is such good storytelling, and despite the drama I ended up laughing aloud at some bits. I'd also recommend The Beacon Hills Mysteries by miss_aphelion, because these too are excellent, and very different, examples of storytelling. I remember that with both of these recs I wanted six seasons and a movie.
4. From Deep Roots by Anefi. This is still technically a WIP, I'll say up front, but it is being updated, and there's almost 90k of fic before you get to the current end. That 90k of fic is very well worthwhile.
5. You can't go wrong with any of Grimm's Teen Wolf fics. Long, plotty, interesting, every one.
There are more where these came from, but these are off the top of my head. If you need more when you're done with these, hit me up!
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1. Hagalaz by TheHatterTheory. I have reread this dozens of times, it feels like. AU from the end of Season 2, this builds an entire world from the scraps and fragments of canon - it is arguably one of the most inventive fics I've read in terms of world-building, history, magical theory, characterisation. It goes deep as well as long.
2. Taking Leave by Coyotl. This is absolutely bravura storytelling, let me tell you, and from an outsider's point of view it is arguably the most specifically American fic I've ever read in this fandom (in the way, way back when candle_beck was still writing, America ran through every turn of phrase). That's probably not the most helpful recommendation, but it is so beautifully done, and so unexpected. I'm not entirely sure it's all the way successful, ultimately - it stretches too far away from its roots - but it is an extraordinary read.
3. Pack Wars by miss_aphelion. This starts off a little bit crack'ish - Derek 'kidnaps' Stiles to teach Scott a lesson - and then becomes something else entirely. This is such good storytelling, and despite the drama I ended up laughing aloud at some bits. I'd also recommend The Beacon Hills Mysteries by miss_aphelion, because these too are excellent, and very different, examples of storytelling. I remember that with both of these recs I wanted six seasons and a movie.
4. From Deep Roots by Anefi. This is still technically a WIP, I'll say up front, but it is being updated, and there's almost 90k of fic before you get to the current end. That 90k of fic is very well worthwhile.
5. You can't go wrong with any of Grimm's Teen Wolf fics. Long, plotty, interesting, every one.
There are more where these came from, but these are off the top of my head. If you need more when you're done with these, hit me up!