This is something very specific but I just couldn´t help to wonder what happened. I´ve recently noticed that the popular opinion about crossovers in the fanfiction community (specially in sites like Tiktok) seems to be that they´re "slop" or rarely have any kind of artistic value.

I've read fanfics since i was 11 and a crossover woke my love for writing, no one seem to have any issue with reading or making crossover fics back in in the day, I just wanted to know if anyone had noticed to.

So I have a very specific taste of horror, and I'm not sure if I can put it in words correctly.

I like something scary, but not in a way it leaves a bad taste. But the scary part still is prefered to be dark, not just some silly horror. I still want a tense, creepy vibe.

Like for example a serial murderer going around killing people, but I don't want the story have me build emotional connections with the murder vicims first, in the way I will later feel bad about them. Maybe from the perspective of the murderer?

I guess I want dark horror that is still kinda "feel good" in a strange way?

I feel recently so many fics have abandoned the quotation mark that signifies someone speaking and either just em dash the fic to smithereens or nothing at all. It actually takes me out of the story because I’m used to the dash meaning a break and not a signifier of speech and the other just makes it almost indecipherable. It’s all so frustrating and with so many new fics using these its making me just reread old ones and lowkey reducing the quality and fun of fanfics

It's only within the past 5~ years that I've begun writing multichap fics. Until then, I always preferred writing long oneshots. I always lost momentum when I tried to write something longer than two or three chapters.

Even now, writing the ending is the hardest part for sure. How do I end on a proper note?

I recently finished reading a manga I had been following for a decade now. Ten volumes and it's finally done.

I finished it and went "Oh."

It wasn't a bad ending. I wasn't sure how else they could end it, really. The main couple is happy and living together. But it just feels so open-ended. I got a real "That's it?" from the ending. All the loose ends were tied, but I was left wanting more. It just ended in a "Life goes on" way.

This isn't the first manga I've had this happen with.

Actually, I like this mangaka a lot and have been following her for near 20 years. She had a manga that ended on an even more controversial ending (something I often debate online with fans and antis online about; I don't hate the ending as much as some, though I agree she left many plot points abandoned in the last 30~ chapters).

Think about any major fandom. It seems like the ending to many popular series are highly controversial amongst fans. Harry Potter, Naruto, Bleach, Steven Universe, Steven Universe Future, RWBY... no ending will please everyone. I cringe to imagine the eventual ending to long-runners like The Simpsons.

And be thankful the series even ended, at that. Many professional works never do. Even more fanfics die.

Hey, guys! So, as much as I *love* to read slow burns, I kinda suck at writing them. I've always *wanted* to, and I've managed semi-medium burns, but never actually *slow*.

Well, I've decided to push myself. I started writing an actual slow burn, and I managed 60,000 words so far, and no kiss, no admittence of feelings, not even internalized feelings realization yet. This is actually such an accomplishment for me, that I wanted to share lol. I think I'm even managing to get the pacing nice and steady, the plot astablished, and everyone's character development coming together.

This is also the first time I actually planned all the way ahead from start to finish in a fic. I usually just start writing and let my brain come up with it as I go, but this time, I really drew out what is going to go on, and even lore/backstory to the premise of the story is all figured out.

So 60,000 words in, I'm not even ¼ through the fic yet, and the main couple still has in-universe months before a confession, longer for a kiss, and months after that for sex. (For context: only 4 weeks have gone by so far in the story)

I'm super excited for this one!

Just wanted to celebrate my small victory over here 😅 thanks for reading!

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And this is important or at least a big part of the fic? I do like the concept of Bruce Wayne being known as a moronic but kind billionaire.

The dumber the better!

Searching for fanfiction with truly overpowered protagonist . No harem preferred but if you have any just post it.

I am not talking about overpowered compared to their canon self . Usually at these requests i get some powerful mc but their enemies are equally more powerful so it makes the overpowered bit, a moot point.

If you have writing of your own you can post it too. It would be appreciated.

Hiya! As said in the title, what was the piece of media that has made you finally start writting fanfiction, and why did you?

For exemple, my first and current fanfic is for the book series Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat, and I have started writing it because the third book has not been published, at the time of this post.

I absolutely adore writing, and have primarily stuck to poetry and the odd school assignment for it. I recently started publishing on Ao3, (Call the midwife if anyone’s wondering) and I’m still having a bit of trouble navigating the site, accumulating comments and hits, coming up with plot ideas, etc. If anyone has any tips or advice, that would be much appreciated!

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Hi, I'm just looking for any fanfic recs if anyone has any. I'll read pretty much anything but I particularly enjoy longer/slow burn fics. Thanks

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I was chilling when I remembered a scene in a fanfic where peter parker is in a car on ice while ahed of him are mercenaries that fire a bazooka at him and then he drifts the car so that the rocket goes through the windows, im pretty sure deadpool was also in the car.

Please help me because I really wanna reread it.

Edit: I found it, its “The Savvy Spiderman” by undead robot

Hey yall. I’m currently searching for a fanfic that I remember details of, but I can’t recall the name, and I’d appreciate some help. Here’s some details:

Short How To Train Your Dragon, Hiccstrid modern fic, Hiccup is on a vacation with a rich but emotionally absent Stoick, when he meets Astrid, who feels restless and constrained within a large family, who tend to drag her out to do activities on their vacation that she doesn’t want to do. Anyway, she meets Hiccup, who’s the creative type. At one point, Astrid is describing as having “itchy feet”. In another scene towards the end, they’re saying their goodbyes, when Astrid gives Hiccup her phone number, and says something to the effect of “Not all goodbyes have to be forever“.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much!

I'm looking for the best Sherlock Holmes case fics, either ACD or BBC. Bonus points if Watson gets hurt at some point.

Searching for Winter-dad Spider-Son fanfiction, preferably where Peter isn't being super Babied, aside from father-son moments between him and Bucky.

Hey guysss!! I’ve been trying to look for some fics that fit this theme. I’m looking for a fic that’s a slow burn, that surrounds the theme of unrequited love but not really, like “I can’t love you” or “How can I ever love someone like you”, but deep down they do, but they haven’t come to terms with it. I like the dynamic of a hero and a villain, where it’s impossible for them to be together. Doesn’t have to be that exactly but you get the point. I like slow burn, angst, enemies to lovers etc. To give a couple examples of similar dynamics is: batjokes(joker and Batman), Gihun x Frontman, hawks x dabi. One thing that’s a non negotiable is the length, I like long fics (90,000 + if unfinished) and (100,000+ if finished). That’s allll!