halfamoon | 35 female-centric fic recs: Sailor Moon, Utena, Madoka Magica, Night Vale, Devil Wears Prada, others

Went back through my fic bookmarks from this past year and pulled 35 that focus on female characters. (There are more in the full list, if anyone wants to browse.) If you're in any of these fandoms, or looking for some new ones, check them out!

Main fandoms represented: Sailor Moon, Utena, Madoka Magica, Welcome to Night Vale, Devil Wears Prada
Plus one each of: Qualia the Purple, Doctor Who, The Simpsons, Homestuck, Sparks Nevada: Marshal on Mars, Harry Potter, Carmen Sandiego, Hunger Games, Batman, Narnia

Qualia the Purple | Gaku/Yukari | T | The Nine (Million) Lives of Hatou Manabu
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2805239
The road to Yukari is long, but - no matter how many paths it takes - Gaku will find a way.
Welcome to Night Vale | Janice | G | Harbor
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3083309
Have I mentioned my headcanon that Cecil's niece Janice is a mermaid?
Revolutionary Girl Utena | Anthy/Utena | M | Anthy's Turn
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3141386
After the Duel called Revolution it's Anthy's turn to go to Utena. But where in the world is the girl who wanted to be a prince?
Sailor Moon | Michiru/Haruka | K+ | The Call
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10802433/1/The-Call
Michiru dreams and struggles. A brief look at Lovecraftian Protagonist Michiru.
Glee | Quinn/Mercedes, Judy, Rachel, Will, Sue, Artie, Sam | PG-13 | Stable
http://gleefemslash.livejournal.com/158041.html
After the accident, Quinn starts to recover in more ways than one.
Madoka Magica | Homura, ensemble | T | the edges of Eternity
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2446985
"The nurse should've delivered the transfer papers to you. You'll be starting school next week. You can't let this set you back, of course. If you fell behind a year now, you'd never catch up."
Madoka Magica | Sayaka, ensemble | T | The Persistence of Memory
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10762203/1/The-Persistence-of-Memory
She doesn't remember what was so important, but she knows who made her forget... And she knows the devil's grasp is slipping. After rebellion comes insurgency.
Sailor Moon, Madoka Magica | Happily Ever After
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2353412
It’s a nice life, Madoka decides. Being reincarnated, that is. She has a calm, normal life, no aliens coming down and offering her a wish for her soul.
Doctor Who | Martha, Ten, Iris, Rassilon, Susan, the Master | G | Five Time Lords Martha Jones Didn't Turn Out To Be
http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=17837
"I don't know what I was thinking, pining over you like that. Bloody hell, don't know how I'll face meself in the mirror after that silliness."
Welcome to Night Vale | Winchell/Trish | G | Pamela Winchell's List of Fun things to do when you're...retired.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2234058
Oh god, what if no one stopped Pamela's retirement rampage?
Madoka Magica | Homura, Candeloro, Kyoko, Madoka | T | A Witch's Kiss
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2105184
Homura is invited to tea by the Dress-up Witch.
Welcome to Night Vale | Tamika, Josie | G | With Grace
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1966257
"You're over thirty, right?" Tamika asks. "I need to find someone over thirty to interview for school."

The Simpsons, Sailor Moon | Lisa, Luna, ensemble | T | Pretty Soldier Simpson Moon
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1730093/chapters/3689153
The moon cat Luna has finally finished her long, long search for the Pretty Soldier of Love and Justice, SAILOR MOON!

... it's Lisa Simpson. Nobody is more bewildered about this than her.
Revolutionary Girl Utena | Utena/Anthy, Nanami, Touga, Wakaba | T | In Cloud Country
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1815292/chapters/3896776
Utena goes with Anthy on a trip to America to visit a dairy farm. And to see some mountains, and to do some B&E. The usual itinerary.
Homestuck | Roze/Terezi | G | Band of Gold
http://archiveofourown.org/works/606664
"Fine. Assuming that no court on earth discovers that you are an interdimensional spy in deep disguise," Rose corrects herself, flopping down on the bed to lie next to you, "we are now legally married. In the State of Nevada. You are now my beautiful wife."
Sailor Moon | ensemble | T | The Million Dollar Grant
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9665851/1/The-Million-Dollar-Grant
The Sailor Scouts are in the business of saving lives. They've always been repaid with nothing more than gratitude, until one of the lives they save feels they deserve more. So how do the scouts react to suddenly having their missions backed by more than willpower and love?
Sailor Moon | Minako, Artemis, team | T | Sailor V is Dead
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10512469/1/Sailor-V-is-Dead
The greatest trial of Sailor V, Minako Aino, begins in a darkened London warehouse. It will only end months and months later, in the arms of her princess and surrounded by her friends.
The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda/Andy, others | M | The Art of Seeing
http://archiveofourown.org/works/731106
A new addition to Andy's job requirements has her seeing Miranda in a new light. [The one with lots of smouldering webcam sex.]
The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda/Andy, others | M | She Likes a Prizefight
http://archiveofourown.org/works/750372
Miranda Priestly doesn't give up without a fight.
The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda/Andy | T | Better Homes and Gardens
http://archiveofourown.org/works/750407
Florals. All year long. Groundbreaking.
The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda/Andy | M | The End of All Things
http://archiveofourown.org/works/779873
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. Years after the events of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly and Andrea Sachs must navigate their way through a world gone mad, and all they have is each other.
The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda/Andy, others | T | Too Long We Have Tarried
http://archiveofourown.org/works/750424
Miranda Priestly decides to get married to the most wonderful girl in the world. She just forgets one tiny detail.
Welcome to Night Vale | Mama Palmer, Cecil, brother | G | choice strains #2
http://helpfulpandemics.dreamwidth.org/537.html
Backstory for Mama Palmer. Spoilers from "Cassette" through "Cookies"; may need some kind of unreality content warning?
Puella Magi Madoka Magica | Kyoko | G | Credens Pizza
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1569110
Kyoko is brought to her knees by a legendary witch.
Sailor Moon | whole team, Asteroid senshi | K+ | Refuge in Audacity
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10292764/1/Refuge-in-Audacity
Crystal Tokyo has descended into a never-ending prank war. God help us all.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour | Pemily, Red | G | Bits & Bots
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1500245
Red and Pemily don't really care for staff training events.
Sailor Moon | Usagi, Luna | K | The Most Powerful of Magics
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4022769/1/The-Most-Powerful-of-Magics
Sailor Moon used the Silver Imperium Crystal to defeat Beryl. Yep, no doubt. Unlocked the magic inside it? Not so much.
Welcome to Night Vale | Leann Hart | G | Nesting
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1534856
It was an odd lie, wasn't it? To say she was never even born.
Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? | Carmen/OC, implied Carmen/Ivy | M | Nighthawks
http://archiveofourown.org/works/217410/chapters/326952
It is human nature to want what we absolutely cannot have. Carmen hires a call girl to fulfill a very specific fantasy.
Hunger Games | Lyme, other Twos | T | Mirror, Mirror
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1433791
The good thing about being a Career mentor is you get to choose your tribute; the downside to being a Career mentor is you get to choose your tribute. The girl Lyme picks for the 73rd is familiar to her, too, but not because she's met her before. Not exactly.
Batman | OCs, Batman | K | Living in the Red Light
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/335767/1/Living_in_the_Red_Light
A streetwalker learns where fear and strength meet - in the shadow of the Bat. A Gotham Noir story.
Harry Potter | McGonagall, Petunia | G | An Interview Over Tea
http://minerva-fan.livejournal.com/46885.html
Two Potterverse characters have a cup of tea and conversation.
Narnia | Susan | PG | Went Forth Unconquered
http://gisho.livejournal.com/67699.html?format=light
Susan Pevensie is, in no particular order, an orphan, an atheist, remarkably beautiful, firmly practical, and a Queen. Depending on how the accounting is done, she is either eighteen or fourty-three years old. She is virtuous and kind. She is neither a virgin nor a fool.
Welcome to Night Vale | Fey | G | More than Numbers
http://schalahasfun.tumblr.com/post/78379572164/more-than-numbers-wtnv-mini-fic
She spoke in radio waves and they spoke to her in kind.
Sailor Moon | Haruka/Michiru | T | Voices Wake Us
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1155068
The Silver Millennium's Sailor Uranus KNOWS that nothing can ever happen between her and Sailor Neptune. However, unbeknownst to Uranus, this certainly doesn't keep Neptune from trying.