Fic Rec! - Puella Magi/Bleach Crossover

One of the things I wanted to do more this year was return to reccing fic I enjoyed more often - if anyone has a good fic rec meme/prompt list, btw, throw it my way? I find it easier to think of things to rec with prompts. But in any case, I promised myself I would try to remember to throw up a rec post somewhere when I read something new that I really liked, and since I was pondering what to do with my dreamwidth, this seems like a good place to put those!

This fic is an unusual read for me - I liked Puella Magi Madoka Magica okay, but it's not the kind of thing that makes me seek out fic at all, and while I do read the occasional Bleach fic, I'm picky enough that I don't read a ton. And while I do like ridiculous long!fic pretty well, 480,000 words and not yet finished is usually a hard sell. Howsomever.

This was just a really well done story. Expansive, detailed, well-plotted, with excellent characterization, not flinching away from the harshness of it's source material in Puella Magi, but using the Bleach crossover to steer towards a gentler ending. The author also, in my opinion, does an excellent job in merging the settings - this is a crossover, not a fusion - in a way that allows them to coexist without breaking the logic or the rules of either. The premise: Kurosaki Ichigo has two younger sisters. What if Kyuubei had approached them? And what if they then met Homura when she was having one of her less pleasant turns round the wheel, and they got to talking? What then?

As N Approaches Infinity (481857 words) by Corisanna
Chapters: 84/?
Fandom: Bleach, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Akemi Homura, Urahara Kisuke, Kurosaki Karin, Kurosaki Yuzu, Kurosaki Ichigo, Kurosaki Isshin, Hitsugaya Toushirou, Kyubey, Hanakiri Jinta, Tsumugiya Ururu, Tsukabishi Tessai, Kaname Madoka, Tomoe Mami, Miki Sayaka, Sakura Kyouko, Momoe Nagisa, Gotei 13 | 13 Court Guard Squads, Shihouin Yoruichi, Inoue Orihime, Sado "Chad" Yasutora, Ishida Uryuu, Kaname Junko, Kaname Tomohisa, Kaname Tatsuya, Shizuki Hitomi
Additional Tags: Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Time Travel, Alternate Timelines, Doomed Timelines, Lies, Faustian Bargain, Magical Girls, Shinigami, Angst, Temporary Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Being Meguca Is Suffering, Slow Build, Making Use of Characters Kubo Wasted, Magic and Science, Homura Needs Therapy and Hugs, Character Study, Friendship, Found Family, Accessible to Readers From Only One of Each Fandom, Spoilers for Both Canons, Blood and Gore, Cussing, Introspection, Supernatural Elements, Female Friendship, Women Being Awesome, Family Dynamics, Kurosaki Family Weirdness as Playful Slapstick Insult Comedy, Grief/Mourning, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, These kids need many kinds of help, Protectiveness, Ichigo doles out Shonen Speeches™, Ichigo is every magical girl's big brother you can't change his mind, no beta we die like dumbasses
Series: Part 1 of Significant Figures
Summary: Despairing as yet another timeline goes horribly wrong, Homura wanders into Karakura. There she discovers that while the spiritually-aware people of Karakura were distracted by Ichigo Kurosaki and Xcution, Kyubey had managed to contract the Kurosaki sisters as magical girls. Drawing the attention of the shinigami could be just the advantage Homura needs.

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