Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)/Fanfic Recs
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When Sweeney Met Lizzie by Dojo Ghost
- Recommended by Fenro
- Pairing(s): Sweenett
- Synopsis: What happens when London's most notorious barber encounters America's favorite hatchet murderess?...Mayhem, of course! Rated for thematic elements, some sexuality, and gory violence.
- Comments: This story fits historical people into the world of Sweeney Todd. It also has a sequel, Born With the Devil. This story is complete.
Bitter Freedoms by Moonlit Serenity
- Recommended by wolfsaber
- Pairings(s): Sweenett
- Synopsis: After Johanna escapes Turpin, she wanders the streets until captured for stealing bread and sentenced to Botany Bay. While in captivity, she meets an agonized man who holds a piece of her past and guards her with a fierce protection. Her father.
- Comments: Very descriptive and well researched. The author portrayed the struggles of the characters effectively, including Judge Turpin, and kept them in character.
My Pretty Woman by taekwondogrl006
- Recommended by Two Gun Angel
- Pairing(s): Benjamin/Lucy
- Synopsis: Sweeney misses his Lucy. A trip down memory lane, and a visit for our favorite pie lady...and who is that in Sweeney's chair?
- Comments: A very nice character sketch of everyone's favorite demon barber and a haunting look into the happy times before Judge Turpin first came into his life.
We Who Are to Die by DojoGhost
- Recommended by Virusir
- Synopsis: With no reason to go on, Sweeney Todd trades his razors for a bayonet, hoping to find death on the battlefield. But sometimes when you most want to die, you end up finding your reason to live. Alternate ending; Sweenett. Co-authored with Saime Joxxers.
- Tags: Drama, Romance.
In the Dark Beside You by Saime Joxxers
- Recommended by Virusir
- Pairing(s): Sweeney T. & Eleanor L.
- Synopsis: When Nellie Lovett's world is torn apart, she discovers that it's much easier to make a new one than to try to fix the old. She never cared much for reality anyhow.
- Tags: Drama/Romance.
- Comments: Complete.
- Recommended by Virusir
- Pairing(s): Sweeney T. & Eleanor L.
- Synopsis: Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett got it wrong the first time. But the Fates have stepped in and given them a second chance. A love story that spans over a century.
- Tags: Romance
- Comments: Complete.
- Recommended by Virusir
- Pairing(s): Sweeney T. & Eleanor L.
- Synopsis: A world in which Lucy never took the poison, Johanna is no one's ward, and Sweeney Todd comes home to a normal family.
- Tags: Romance.
- Comments: In-Process.
The Shadow Proves The Sunshine by Pamena
- Recommended by Virusir
- Pairing(s): Sweeney T. & Eleanor L.
- Synopsis: After a misunderstanding, Mrs. Lovett finds herself in Bedlam. It's up to Mr. Todd and Toby to rescue her before she really does lose her mind.
- Tags: Drama.
- Comments: Complete.
Public Affairs by funkyflamingo
- Recommended by Virusir
- Pairing(s): Sweeney T. & Eleanor L.
- Synopsis: It had started fairly innocently. Small glances and little smiles here and there that held secrets only the other knew.
- Tags: Romance
- Comments: Complete with a estimate total of 3,570 reviews.
- Recommended by Virusir
- Pairing(s): Sweeney T. & Eleanor L.
- Synopsis: Sweeney Todd was an obsessive, born from an obsession with revenge. But when that revenge was complete and his obsession dead along with it, it left a huge void in his mind - for a new obsession to fill…
- Tags: Romance/Drama.
- Comments: Complete.
- Recommended by Virusir
- Pairing(s): Sweeney T. & Eleanor L.
- Synopsis: Unable to bear living with her unrequited love any longer, Mrs. Lovett hatches a plan to finally make Sweeney Todd hers - but oh what a tangled web we weave, when once we practice to deceive…
- Tags: Romance/Drama.
- Comments: Sadly, funkyflamingo decided to quit being an writer before completing this story, so this will be a Dead Fic forevermore...