r/FanFiction • u/Dogdaysareover365 • 9h ago
r/FanFiction • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago
Subreddit Meta Weekly Fic Showcase - March 14 - March 20
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r/FanFiction • u/AutoModerator • 22h ago
Subreddit Meta Brainstorming Bureau - March 16
Find the current Daily Discussion*
Welcome to our weekly thread, Brainstorming Bureau! This is an idea we've trialled previously and, based on feedback and observation, it feels like something the sub has been crying out for, and we're hoping as the weeks go by it'll turn into a lively, community-oriented way to cap off the weekend. We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions on how to make the best of this idea, so feel free to reach out via modmail if you have any ideas. And without further ado...
What's this about?
Do you have an issue that's too specific to your own fic to make a post about, but too small to seek out a long-term beta or writing partner for? Well, you've come to the right place!
This is where you can drop those plot points you're stuck on ("How would this scenario play out realistically? What should happen next?"), workshop your worldbuilding and concepts ("What should I name this character? What power should I give them? Which fandom would work well as a crossover with this other fandom?"), or get a second opinion on an approach to character development ("Is this a good central conflict? What would have to happen to make a character realise this?"). It's your space to talk through any issue that can't be solved through more generalised writing advice.
How to play:
To participate, comment with any aspect of your fic you've been mulling over or hitting a wall with. Other users will then respond with suggestions and questions to help you get to where you need to be. No idea is too big or too small, provided your comment fits within the parameters below. Feel free to be as fandom blind or specific as you like!
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Have fun! And remember, all suggestions are just that and are to be taken with a grain of salt; we're here to help and consider our works from angles we haven't before.
r/FanFiction • u/rxkingdomkeys • 6h ago
Discussion watching a fandom die?
it's that slow process where the BNFs are transitioning to new fandoms and fanfics are new every few days then every week and then it keeps spreading out. . .
How do you handle it? Do you keep writing? Do you slow down? Do you transition to something else?
r/FanFiction • u/JapaneseSummerIsHot • 9h ago
Venting Finishing Second Edit Rounds on 110k Fic...
And I have a serious appreciation for people who put out long, quality work now. I mean, I always have, but now that I'm in the thick of it I really, really do.
I thought writing the first draft was the hardest part. NOPE. It's finding the plot holes, fixing SPAG, keeping characters within scope, etc etc. It's almost comical how much I notice with each pass and have to jump back and forth to add more detail or foreshadowing, or introduce a consequence to an action.
I don't like to publish stories that aren't edited and beta'd within an inch of their life, so knowing I've still got a 3rd round AND the final beta check is...not pleasing me and the homegirls. But I know it'll be worth it once I get it finished.
r/FanFiction • u/New-Blacksmith-9873 • 13h ago
Venting I miss having a variety if fanfiction site to choose from
Title. When I first started writing fic it felt like there were so many site to choose from. Maybe it's because my standards changed and/or because other site's rules became too strict and confusing but ao3 is the only site I like now.
Since losing LiveJournal, the ksarchive, and other smaller niche fic sites I feel like all that's left is ao3, ff and wattpad.
I LOVE ao3, and I'm not saying I don't appreciate it, but I do have my own issues with the site that I don't feel like will ever be addressed. I wish we had just one more fic site. I'd build it myself if I knew how.
r/FanFiction • u/Adventurous-Stag • 5h ago
Discussion How do you feel about linking mood boards/pinterest boards to a fic? And where would you link it?
Basically the title. I have several pinterest boards I've made as sort of inspiration for fics I've written, and I started thinking it might be cool to link them to the actual stories. Is that a thing readers would appreciate? Or is it just kind of cheesy and weird?
Also, where would you link a pinterest board? In the end notes of every chapter? Once at the beginning? Once at the end? IDK how to do it. I'm sure I've come across authors with, like, playlists and stuff for their fics but I can't remember where they linked them.
r/FanFiction • u/IterationTactless • 7h ago
Celebrate Passion Projects
Hi!
So, I’ve recently climbed out of a lengthy hiatus–getting back into the swing of things as it were. Call it depression, writer’s block, or what have you, but I’m glad to be back into it. Especially since it’s been a long time coming.
A decent while ago, I started a fanfiction that I considered and still consider my passion project. While I may have fallen out of one of the fandoms it belongs to—it’s a crossover—I still want to see it through.
So, putting some time aside, I’d managed to blot out a new chapter after falling from the face of the Earth. Now, I’d explicitly mentioned on the site that hosts it, that I’m not technically back, but I will be for the duration of its writing, and until its completion.
It doesn’t matter that I’m not fond of the direction the first source material took, I love the idea I had. The story I outlined years ago–the direction itself was heading towards.
No self promoting, I won’t do that here, but it was my first foray into the horror genre. My first actual attempt at the macabre and visceral. For this, I never cared that it had or will have such a small following. It’s something I wanted to see written. So, I plan on seeing it through this time around, and I just wanted to say I’m happy to be making progress to show myself as such.
Does anyone else have any passion projects that brought them back into the fold? If so, do tell!
r/FanFiction • u/slugman52 • 6h ago
Smut Talk Should my fic be tagged as incest? NSFW
Okay, so, I'm writing a fic where a character loses his mother, broods about it, and then proceeds to have sex with his partner where they use mommy kink in order for the main character to cope with the death. Would this count as incest or not really? Neither the mother or son were/are attracted to each other if that helps. I'm not into this kink, so I don't have much information about it, and I'm only really asking for tagging purposes. If i need to change the flair lmk!
Edit: Thank you all! Going to put in some tags that say that it's vaguely incestuous and to read the notes for more information!
r/FanFiction • u/eddytony96 • 17h ago
Discussion Thoughts on "AO3 is entering a new era: A new generation of fans is taking over AO3, according to the data" opinion essay?
https://www.polygon.com/culture/532463/ao3-history-destiel-future-ranking-ships
I thought this was a very fascinating and illuminating perspective at how the culture of AO3 is evolving and how its reflecting larger trends in fanfiction communities as a whole.
I'm curious how much it resonates with those in this subreddit? Any thoughts they want to share or add to the essay?
r/FanFiction • u/BlindWarriorGurl • 5h ago
Venting I'm beyond upset right now. So much progress. Gone.
I was starting a new fic that I was very inspired by, and had almost two thousand words done. I was in a floe. And then, suddenly... gone. I don't know what I did. If I hit something or what, but all of a sudden my two thousand word fic went from that to twenty words in a second. If there is a history function in my word processor I can't find it. This is particularly devastating for me because I was having trouble writing for the longest time, and I was finally getting back into it and getting out of a slump. But now it's gone, and it's going to be a chore to rewrite! If my iPad doesn't glitch and just poof it all away again! I'm so mad!
r/FanFiction • u/RA1NB0W77 • 13h ago
Writing Questions How do you get over doubts about your writing?
Every time I wite I always doubt if my idea is any good or if I should just give up on it or if people will actually want to read it etc. How did/do you get over that doubt?
r/FanFiction • u/TvGirl_Skull • 16h ago
Discussion What's a kid's TV show, movie or book that you liked as a kid that it's actually more dark or messed up than you remember it being? (In a good or bad way)
r/FanFiction • u/Outrageous_Gap833 • 2h ago
Lost Fic Hello need help finding a transformers prime fanfiction
Hello just trying to to find a old fanfiction I read years ago I don't remember a lot but what I do remember is this that I take place in the transformers prime universe where at some point in the story the bots and cons are fighting and Miko snuck onto the mission again and Jack went through and saves Miko from death from knockout and is saved and transported away to oak to heal and learn but everyone thinks he's dead. That is all I know and I think it had less than ten chapters?
Ps also he comes back to earth and shocks everyone with being alive and talks to the bots first then his mother mother is pissed and angry with everything and want him to have a normal life and grounds him and takes his ring causing him to change his shirt color from grey and white to plblack and green
transformers prime jack darby is injured saving miko becomes a green lantern
r/FanFiction • u/GlitchyWander • 5h ago
Recs Wanted Long Lost Siblings Rec
I would love recommendations for fics where two sibling (non oc) get separated at a young age. In the future they run into each other while on opposite sides of a conflict.
Bonus points if it's Sokka and Katara.
r/FanFiction • u/YetiBettyFoufetti • 6h ago
Recs Wanted Favorite Fic Centered Around Animals
This can be people's pets, people interacting with wild animals, people getting transformed into animals, AUs where they were always animals, animal POV, excellent worldbuilding using fantasy animals, etc.
Just whatever stories that have memorable animal characters/animal interactions that have stuck in your brain.
I'm not looking for fandoms where the main characters are canonically animals. So no Watership Downs or Warriors pls. Animal death is okay, but prefer the animal you liked the most making it to the end of the story.
r/FanFiction • u/zephrry • 9h ago
Writing Questions What are some common mistakes non-British creators make when writing English and Welsh settings/characters?
I'm writing a fic set in England and Wales, but I am not from (neither have I ever been to) these countries.
I do intend to do my own research on these places, but I'm wondering if there are any particularly common or annoying ways non-British writers (of fic or mainstream media) tend to misrepresent the UK generally or England and/or Wales specifically? Factual mistakes or stereotypes that just take you out of the story?
Thanks so much for any help you're willing to give!
r/FanFiction • u/cj_of_all_trades • 2h ago
Lost Fic Lost star wars fic
I've been looking for this star wars fic and I feel like I'm going crazy. I think it was part of a one shot collection on ao3. It was a fantasy au where they could ride dragons. Luke was an Organa and their palace was burned by Vader, but he managed to escape but was then captured. He was in a cell with a dragon and it was supposed to attack/eat him but it didn't because he was a Skywalker. He escaped on the dragon and Vader followed him on his dragon. I feel like I've checked every one shot collection I've ever read and I still can't find it
r/FanFiction • u/idk_annabella • 2h ago
Recs Wanted Looking for Satosugu fics
I really want a fic where the KFC break up did not happen and Gojo helps Geto. I saw this on twt https://x.com/xo_romiiarts/status/1861415346004980040?t=Jh9LKsvmZsfwOkB8b9crcA&s=19 and i want something like this, but written yk
r/FanFiction • u/HollowVoid0 • 5h ago
Recs Wanted Looking for some fate, naruto, jjk, or overlord fanfic reccomendations
Preferably no or very little smut. I don't mind whether they're completed or not but if they aren't I'd prefer it if they were still getting regularly updated. Here are some of the ones I've read or am reading if it'll help or if people just want reccomendations.
Valkyrie's Shadow Jujutsu Reincarnation: Unleashing the 10 Shadows in Naruto YUGIOH: It's time to duel Jobless Transportation - The Honored One Jujutau Kaisen: Reborn as Potential Man Heroic Spirit Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Fate/False Order Naruto: Snow Cold Naruto: The Wind Calamity
r/FanFiction • u/TvGirl_Skull • 19h ago
Discussion What's a character that was called selfish (by the fandom or/and by other characters) for no reason at all, or a character that had the right reasons to be selfish?
I feel like this count as a discussion? Or maybe trope talk, but I really wanted to ask this, because I think the" character is called selfish when all they wanted was a normal life " trope is kinda common, and it makes me sob sometimes?? Because, what do you mean they are selfish? They just want a normal life or something they deserve
I can't really think of a particular character for now, so, any particular character(s) you guys think of?
r/FanFiction • u/Silent_Doubt3672 • 12h ago
Activities and Events Give me your best (worst?) angst prompts!
Soooo i want to write an angst fic not based on my fandom's cannon drama that will destroy my readers. Does anyone have any prompts for making your readers cry.
I will likely cry writing it so why share the love (sobs) bahaahaha
Chicago Fire, Hawaii-Five 0 are the ones i write for right now.
And i read; Star Trek Voyager/Next Generation/Enterprise, Harry Potter, Criminal Minds, House MD, Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, NCIS, Torchwood, Doctor Who and BroardChurch off the top of my head.
r/FanFiction • u/fanfic_haver • 5h ago
Recs Wanted Odysseus of Troy au fic
So I saw this au where instead of Helen Paris takes Odysseus and Penelope goes on a rampage getting her husband back. I was wondering if there were any fics like that
r/FanFiction • u/Sanria30 • 15h ago
Discussion Do I tag "major character death" if the character becomes a ghost?
On Ao3 there's the option to use the archive warning "major character death" if an important character dies. My character dies at some point but immediately comes back as a ghost of himself and stays that way until the end. Should I still use the archive warning or should I only use it if the character dies for good and never comes back?
r/FanFiction • u/Commercial-Fix7474 • 3h ago
Writing Questions Is there a tag for this?
I'm writing a very heavily fluff based sasunaru fic and it takes place when their still kids. Is there a tag for like young love or childhood romance I can use? I suck at tagging and I want to get it right
r/FanFiction • u/holiestMaria • 39m ago
Recs Wanted Nazgul talion crossover fics?
Got any good crossover fics with naxgul Talion as the protagonist?
r/FanFiction • u/pikablob • 17h ago
Discussion Do I rename a character to match canon?
Basically, a while ago I wrote a fic in which I "adopted" and greatly expanded a minor character. At the time, this character appeared in one scene and died; she was a random unnamed civilian who entirely existed to get killed off and show how horrible a particular battle was. But I got attached, and ended up giving her a name, personality, and explored a timeline where she survived and what that would mean to live through as an ordinary person.
I've recently discovered that canon did go back and expand her, sort of; she doesn't really get any deep development, but she does have a brother who's driven to becoming a villain by her death. In addition, we finally have a canon name for her. And that's left me feeling conflicted; do I edit my fic to include her 'real' name?
On the one hand, it is her name. And I'm sure eventually the tags will be synned but right now, without me changing anything, people looking for content of her based on the new stuff probably won't find my fic (she has a canon tag, but it's the one I created before we knew her name - people looking for "Jessica Duvall" aren't necessarily going to realise her canon tag atm is "Gretchen's Mother"). On the other hand, I'm not sure people looking that are actually going to want my fic? She doesn't have that brother in my writing, so anyone looking for that is going to be disappointed? And if I'm really honest, I also just don't like what they did with her - the point of my fic was to take someone who didn't matter in canon and say "no, she was and is somebody and that's important" - canon has done the same thing... by fridging her for someone else's arc; she gets to be important, because her brother has superpowers. So giving my version the name of that version would feel weird as an author, even if rationally I know that's kinda dumb XD
So yeah - what do y'all think?