NGC Recs Outsider POVs
Stories where at least one of the POV characters is looking from the outside in on a central romance and/or The Plot.
(Please be advised that for some of these I’m stretching the meaning of ‘Outsider POV’, but for good reason.)
(Closed, Unmoderated)
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She sits down at her chair, coffee in one hand, folded paper in the other. She is just taking a sip when she opens the paper...and promptly spits her coffee back into the cup.
The paper reads:
James Bond
That can’t be right. It’s impossible. It has to be.
Right?
[For the Secret Santa assignment: "the POV of Q-Branch minion who was the unlucky one to be paired with Bond"]
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The Fat Lady says, “You’re the first Malfoy in here, you know. But not the first Black."
Or: In the great tradition of his second cousin, Draco is sorted into Gryffindor, meets a Potter, and runs away. In retrospect, his parents really should have seen this coming.
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We Two Boys Together Clinging by rabidchild67
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
11 Feb 2014
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One day, 9-yr old Jim Kirk wakes up in the middle of nowhere with a big headache and no memory of how he got there. He’s not sure where he is, but it’s definitely not Earth, and there’s not another living soul around. Well, except for this other kid - an actual Vulcan! - who’s annoying at first, but turns out to be pretty useful to have around. Guess it’s time for the adventure of a lifetime he’s always wanted.
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No one had ever met Hadrian Gaunt before the man suddenly whirled into their lives and started fixing problems they didn't even know existed.
And yet, not a single person regretted meeting him.
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I loved thee, though I told thee not, (--Right earlily and long,) by llamallamaduck for Hallowtide
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
21 Sep 2023
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The news that Timothy Drake, Gotham’s cryptid millionaire, has shot the Joker dead during a public live-stream hits the world like a freight train—and that is just the opening salvo of his bugfuck plan.
Maybe there exists, in the multiverse, a configuration of Jason Todd who will weather this with decorum, dignity and self-respect. This version of Jason Todd decides that the life of an academic is not, really, all that rewarding. In contrast, the life of Timothy Drake’s live-in house-husband is looking more appealing by the second.
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- Part 14 of Set in Batman-verse