Parker, did you ever read the massive fic Fay wrote as a present for me? It's bandom (therefore RPF), but you don't need to know who any of the real people are, because (IMO) it would work as a non-fandom urban fantasy story. It's just *funnier* if you know who the musicians are. [link]

If you want, there's also an adorably cracky wish!baby fic in Hannibal that I don't think would distract you down the path of thinking about the recipes. [link]

Fic recs that don't really require canon knowledge! Maybe just the basic premise for some of them!

Assistance to British Nationals Abroad (British Government Cats RPF/Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon (Song)/Monstress (Comics)/Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch/Young Wizards - Diane Duane) [link]

Re: Inventory (The Cabin in the Woods) [link]

Very Special Guest Star (The Muppet Show/Indiana Jones Series) [link]

i swear by all flowers (April Come She Will – Simon & Garfunkel) [link]

Filibuster vigilantly (Birdhouse in Your Soul – They Might Be Giants [song]) [link]

This American Life episode 141: A Whole New World. (Transcript) (This American Life/Captain America/Harry Potter/Narnia) [link]

The Big Picture (The Dead Zone) [link]

#Rogeliban (Jane the Virgin) [link]

Atropa, I had read our Fay's present to you, but it's been long enough that it would almost be new! The other, I will try, since you say I will not wander down "But where did he get the - no, brain, stop it!" paths.

Thank you, Dana - I have not read Monstress yet, but everything else I can get by on.

Have I thanked you all for calling me 'Parker'? People in my Zoom meetings/passing in the garage don't, and I hadn't realized how much I think of that name as me.

For that bonkers crossover, I only know Young Wizards, the Paul Simon song, and a bit about the cats. It still works.

Happy to provide fandom-specific recs too.

Anything for Goblin Emperor?

No, sorry. I read the book and (whispers) didn't really like it. It looks like it's been a Yuletide fandom for the last few years, though.

That's okay, 's not your cake.

I read all of Astolat’s Witcher fic without ever playing the game or reading the books, before the Netflix series came out. [link] There’s 10 of them, mostly long. They’re a big part of why I watched the show.

Oh, Parker, I have a bunch of Goblin Emperor stuff. Hang on-- Well, I thought I did, but apparently I didn't bookmark them? Bad fan. Well, here's one anyway: [link]

It's a WIP but it's charming. Maia runs away from Setheris when he's 16 and becomes a courier. Really great world-building. I'll see what else I can find--I think Victoria P. does some good recs.

Oh, and here's a widely-recced one, The Winter Emperor, in which Maia is abducted and hidden away, and Csevet comes to find him: [link]