FanChats💬submit your prompts!It's trope discussion Monday! What do you think about Time Loop fanfics? What makes them work for you? Can you recommend a great fic where time keeps turning back? 
Julia@FandomChats I'm not a fan of time loops although, after reading Forestofglory's post, I wonder if I simply haven't found the right ones? I can see the potential but the loop lends itself to angst, hurt and frustration, which I prefer not to make up the majority of the story atmosphere. Maybe the problem is specific for WangXian fics, amplifying the canon angst around wwx losing almost everyone and dying is just profoundly not fun.
villainous friend@thalassa @FandomChats yeah, there’s definitely only so much of that I can read! Maybe there are post-canon time loop casefics that are more fun? But then, I expect that a lot of them would be about wangxian getting together post-canon, which is a trope I’m personally not fond of. 😅
Maybe they could be already together, solve a case with a time loop, and have to help fix up someone else’s personal business to get out (the juniors? Or some OCs?).
@villainousfriend @FandomChats Yes, I'm sure it can be done in a more lighthearted, even funny way, more like Groundhog day. I must have missed such fics? The only one I remember was profoundly depressing, wwx himself became a depressed alcoholic, and I have another 1 or 2 on my list where wwx dies over and over... :/
westie@thalassa @villainousfriend @FandomChats oh nooooo yeah sometimes they really lean into the futility of the worst moments of canon in a way that's just... heartbreaking