Mental illness
** = I love it, * = I like it
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Mental illness in fanfiction (fanfiction.net stories only)
Disability in Harry Potter fics
The Avengers/Thor
Freefall by galaxysoup (sequel: Landing)
T, Complete, >10,000, Warning: suicide attempt
- Loki falls. Thor catches him. This does not solve as many problems as Thor thought it would.
Landing by galaxysoup (sequel to Freefall)
G, Complete, >10,000
- Thor and Loki settle in to life at Avengers mansion. This process is about as complicated as one would expect.
The Other Gods by The_Lionheart
M, WIP, >10,000, Warning: violence, psychological torture, implied torture
- After the end of the Avengers movie, Loki is captured. It is not particularly fun for him.
** The Saga of Hug Fortress by theorytale
M, WIP, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark & Loki/Tony Stark, >40,000, Warning: violence
- Prompt: One of the Avengers (let's face it, probably Tony) quips to Loki that he didn't get enough hugs as a child, not realising what a raw nerve that is. Cue epic meltdown (anger or upset, either is good.)
Loki is unstable. Tony is a genius. Together, they fight crime still don't like each other very much. There might be some benefit in alternative tactics.
Truthfully by Salazarfalcon
T, Complete, >120,000
- Loki had every intention of wreaking havoc upon Midgard the moment his suicide attempt had failed, it was just too bad that Midgard ended up being so distracting. Who knew that such a primitive society would have such a novel concept as therapy?
* Voice Inside by zombieEbonics
M, WIP, >10,000, AU
-Fifteen year old Loki suffered the wrath of his family and was put into a home for others like him. However two years later, unable to tolerate the medication that made the voice in his head become corporeal, Loki devised a plan and escaped his living nightmare only to face another; coming face to face with the one who betrayed him.
Death Note
** Genius is a Curse by Bloodshot Eyes
T, WIP, >170,000, AU, Warning: violence, suicide attempt
- If Light had never touched the Death Note, would he ever have found an escape from the depression and boredom that plagued him? Would he have had a future at all? T for dark themes.
** Wonderland by RobinRocks
T, Complete, L/Light,<5,000
- Light Yagami awoke to white walls. Screaming. Written for LxLight Club's Alternate Ending contest. Onesided LightxL.
Fullmetal Alchemist
* Bury It Forward by Kawasaki Triple
T, Complete, >460,000, Warning: torture, forced cannibalism
- Mustang is forced to decide on the best way to cope with Edward’s broken, tortured mind; his first task is to decipher why Ed will stop at nothing to escape his custody when the weather turns foul.
** demon alchemist by metisket (livejournal)
M, Series, >80,000, AU, Warning: violence, major character death (happens before the start of the fic)
- So. In response to the question, "What would it look like if Edward Elric were as crazy as Allen Walker?" I said, well. CLEARLY I MUST WRITE THAT FIC.
It's a mad AU. And I don't think Ed would handle being crazy with anything like Allen's grace. Besides which, it's possible that I wrote him even crazier.
* Forgiveness by Sevlow
T, Complete, >53,000, Warning: very explicit violence, torture
- Mustang questions his sanity and searches for redemption as memories from the Ishbalan uprising silently tear him apart.
Merlin
* 8x12x8 by skellerbvvt
M, Complete, Arthur/Merlin & Morgana/Gwen, >50,000, AU, Warning: child neglect
- When Arthur was small his Majesty locked him away because Arthur is a monster. Now Merlin wants to let Arthur out to prove that he is not.
AvPD by kathkin
M, Complete, Arthur/Merlin, AU
- Arthur loves Merlin and Merlin loves Arthur but Merlin has avoidant personality disorder and starting a relationship is hard on both of them.
Before I Go To Sleep by hereticalvision
T, Complete, Arthur/Merlin & Gwen/Lancelot & Elena/Gwaine, >10,000, AU, Warning: suicidal thoughts
-Trapped by his father's expectations and hi own fears, Arthur can see no way out of a life which is strangling him – until Merlin blunders into his life.
Numb3rs
* Missing Persons by Dira Sudis (alternative)
MA, Complete, Charlie/Don, >250,000, Mostly Bottom!Don, Warning: torture, violence
- Charlie is kidnapped. Things get worse from there.
Supernatural
Almost by bitchandjerk
MA, Complete, Sam/Dean, >45,000, Warning: self-harm, sexual dysfunction
- During Sam's first year at Stanford Dean arrives to leave Sam his car and then checks himself into a mental institution. He won't speak. When something bad happens there Dean finally starts talking to Sam and leaves with him. Sam has to figure out what happened to Dean so he can help him get better, especially if he wants to carry on the relationship Dean seems to want to rekindle with him. Thier father may cause some problems when he gets involved
At Bay by honeylocusttree/ainokitsune (alternative)
T, Complete, >10,000, AU
- Dean Winchester is a functioning schizophrenic. Except when he's not. 1st-person POV! Eek!
** Blue Skies From Rain by lovesrain44 (alternative)
MA, Complete, Sam/Dean, >170,000
- The morning after Sam rescues Dean from the djinn, Sam and Dean go back to the warehouse to take care of the bodies of both the victims and of the djinn. But instead of what should be a simple clean-up job, Sam and Dean are sucked into a nightmare world brought about by the djinn’s last dying act of revenge. (Takes place directly after What Is and What Should Never Be.) What do you do when you wake up in a mental institution and you think your brother is dead?
Bring on the Wonder by shannon doll
T, Complete, Sam/Dean, >35,000, Warning: disability
- At a motel along Route 66 their lives are changed irrevocably. Dean is dealing with the after affects of the car crash and he's finding he has to accept Sam for who he is now. Taking care of Sam has always been his first priority, and that's not going to change - even if Sam doesn't remember who either of them are.
** The Crow on the Cradle by Kroki Refur (ff.net version)
T, Complete, Sam/Jess, >100,000
- On October 2, 2005, Sam Winchester walked out of the apartment he shared with his girlfriend Jess in the middle of the night, and didn't come back.
* Cut Out All the Ropes and Let Me Fall by glassyskies
K+, Complete, >3,000
- AU. Sam/Dean. Dean falls apart and goes to Hell. Sam falls in love and goes looking for him. (set in the What Is and What Should Never Be universe.)
Deep In by Fossarian
MA, Complete, Cas/Sam, >10,000
- After Dean leaves, Castiel slips into a catatonic state. Sam tries to hold on to what's left.
King of Infinite Space by NezumiPi
T, Incomplete, Dean/Cas, >6,000
- Sam and Dean are the sons of madman serial killer John Winchester. Dean pulled himself together, finished school and got a job. As for Sam, well, they say schizophrenia runs in families. Contains nurse!Cas and burnout!Gabriel. Destiel, but not central to the plot.
* Ouroboros by Gedry
K+, Complete, >30,000
- After Sam gets his soul back his relationship with Dean is rockier than ever. Secrets have piled up and tension is running high between the brothers. Their inability to get along causes problems for Bobby so he orders them to get help or get gone. Working through their problems is more complicated than they thought, and their therapist isn’t who she seems.
Out Here in the Fields by honeylocusttree/ainokitsune (alternative)
T, Complete, >3,000, AU
- Henriksen interviews Sam. Repeatedly. (AU, lots of talking.)
* Rush by Myurra-K
M, Incomplete, Cas/Sam & Sam/OMC, >10,000, Warning: suicidal thoughts, drug use, erotic asphyxiation
- "He wanted to remember that, even in his moments of greatest pleasure, he didn't deserve it." Sam is destroying himself with something a little more human than they can handle. You can't help someone who wont help themselves. Cas/Sam. Drug themes. M
* Sanity is Relative by Whilom
T, Complete, <2,000
- AU. Dean goes a little crazy after Sam goes to Hell.
The Shuffle of Angel's Feet by honeylocustree
T, Complete, >6,000, AU
- Gen. Human AU. A terrible event from Castiel’s past threatens to consume him.
Staring at the Ground by Anglophile_Rin
No rating, Complete, <2,000, AU
- The Winchester life is fantastic, unimaginable, supernatural, unbelievable. Maybe there's a reason for that.
An alternate universe wherein Sam didn't make it and Dean has an extreme way of coping.
* The Storyteller by toldthestars
K+, Complete, >10,000
- Dean is an incurable schizophrenic and has been since childhood. Warning: May make you cry.
The Things We Forget by bambers2 (sequel to Your Mind Tricked You to Feel the Pain)
T, Incomplete, >20,000
- There are things we forget. Things we don’t want to remember. Darkness resides in all of us, just begging to be released. Sequel to Your Mind Tricked You to Feel the Pain.
Variations on a Theme by sparrow-lately
K+, Complete, >8,000, Warning: major character death, references to child abuse
- Maybe the Winchesters fight monsters and prevent the apocalypse, and maybe they don't. Five places the Winchester boys might have ended up.