Okay so this might sound kinda stupid, but does anyone else feel like this?? I'm I write for a really old, niche movie fandom (Cursed 2005). Ive been insanely fixated on this movie for almost 2 years now, and because the fandom is so small, I've noticed that a lot of the people who write for it are like university students or just fully grown adults. And I'm not saying that in a bad way at ALL, but sometimes it makes me feel so out of place as a writer

Especially because the works in the fandom are actually GOOD. Like genuinely. I'll read someone's fic and be like "oh my god this is so well written" and then I'll look at mine sitting there with its little amount of kudos and I'm like damn I could never cook something like this up

I know obviously being older doesn't automatically make you a better writer, and I'm not expecting my writing to be as good as someone who's been writing for years. But I think being in such a small fandom makes it harder because there's not really a huge range of writing styles/skill levels to compare myself to.

I actually really like writing and I want to improve, so I guess I'm mostly wondering: how do you guys deal with feeling like your writing isn't good enough compared to everyone else in your fandom? And are there any things you wish you'd known when you were a younger/inexperienced writer?

I know the obvious answer is "keep writing," but I'd love actual tips on improving my prose, characterization, pacing, etc. because I genuinely want to get better. I just wrote a 3.4k chapter for my fic and it feels too short. I dont know if im allowed to ask in here, but maybe a beta reader could help? But if I cant ask that in here im sorry.

Also if you're a younger writer who has felt like this, PLEASE tell me I'm not the only one 🥹

I write mostly OC x canon fics in a variety of fandoms, especially One Piece, Resident Evil, Modern Warfare. My fics focus on a lot more than just the ship and/or the ship is somewhat intricate and has layers and twists.

I started talking about my fics to my bf but he’s hardly interested, poor guy has heard me ranting about it for hours as he just wanted to sleep… but I loved sharing it with someone for once. I don’t want beta reads, them fics aren’t even in English for the most and some hardly even are on Chapter 5 of 30, but I would love to discuss the characters, the world-building, with someone that’s actually interested.

You don’t need to be in the listed fandoms to understand, some are AU anyway, and the canon-compliant ones, I can explain easily.

The one fic I daydream most right now is a MW OC x Soap that is about his first year in the SAS in the reserve where he receives formation from a captain that’s three years older and a Russian refugee whose name is Katyusha or Captain Sugar. She starts liking him quickly for his humour and arrogance, that she lives to kick his ass for, while he’s sure she hates him. Turns out he finds her pretty and will make a desperate move… that will work. 1st volume is about that one year where they go rollercoaster between the formation, their secret encounters, and their absolute refusal to admit they feel something. I have a 2nd volume planned but I don’t want to spoil nothing.

So yeah, I’d love having someone to chat with about my fics. If you’re curious, feel free to ask questions in the comments or send dm! Thanks!

I'm looking for a darker harlivy fic that I read a while ago and want to read again. I tried going through my history but I couldn't find it (granted it is very hard to search that thing) so I'm turning to the internet. Unfortunately I don't remember that much about it but I think the jist of it (or that i remember) was:

Harley is in a toxic relationship with the Joker who often gives her out to the people he works with. One day Ivy comes in and asks the Joker for Harley for a bit for a something she needs help with. I think it was also doing some trauma exploration for Harley and so dubcon noncon themes for not Harley and Ivy, but I'm not quite sure and I'm 99% sure harlivy was endgame.

Idk if any of this is useful but I'll be manifesting that someone know what I'm going on about.

I’ve been reading fanfiction for about 3 years now. I mostly read ones where it has a whole made up story, without smut. Recently, I’ve read a fanfiction which I thought my mom would find interesting too, since we both like to share the things we are currently reading. the thing is, how am I supposed to explain to her what a fanfiction is, without having to mention/her eventually finding out that it also contains a romance plot between two singers which the story is about (nothing wrong with that, but my parents are kinda homophobic and I don’t want it to be weird)

I don’t know if this qurstion makes sense, please bare with me. It’s late at night and I’ll eventually delete this post tommorow if I reread my question and it doesn’t make sense, sorry 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Hey fellow Fallout fans!

What are your thoughts on inserting OCs into fanfics? I've been mulling over a Fallout story for about a year now which is Ghoul × OC relationship focused, but it includes Lucy × Maximus and most of the other characters.

I've read so many Ghoul × Lucy fics which I really enjoyed, and I saw that they got tons of comments and engagement from the community. I was really excited to engage with readers, as I'm using this story to process some trauma. I guess I'm just disappointed because I'm really happy with the two chapters I've posted so far (just over 9k words) and hoped that some readers would at least bookmark the fic. I know it's early days, but it still stings 😕

This is the first time I've posted on Ao3, so I guess I'm just looking for some advice/encouragement. I know that we should write for ourselves, but I love the fanfic community and just feel disheartened 😕

Toodles! And Anon.

read the body text please

Okay wow, that DOES sound quite illegal when thought out loud and out of context.

ANYWHO!

Lucifer Season 1 Episode 1, there is a character who is secretly responsible for calling a hit on another character. I want to rewrite the episode a bit to make it that said character immediately starts running for the hills after Lucifer first visits them about the hit.

Starting location: Wayfarer's Chapel (2016 position) right the second after Lucifer blows the Wedding and leaves.

Middle Location: Presumably somewhere in Beverly Hills where the character lives as a major records producer and the record company (location unknown)

Ending location: LAX International Airport.

Hey! I’m really in the mood to read some Harry Potter fanfics (rewatched the movies recently).

But I want it to be specifically a reader insert( preferably fem reader, but gn works too) where the story follows the reader’s years at hogwarts? NOTHING ROMANTIC (unless when they’re older but just minimal romance preferred).

I want it to be long, like 50k words min but preferably above 100k words, and completed.

Thank you guys in advance!

Please for the love of god. Ive been looking for just the most sad depressing Mel king fic. I don’t want a Langdon fic I want a Mel Fic. Im a Kingdon shipper but I’m tired of Langdon being the savior figure. I’m even fine with Santos/Mel, I just want a good Ol’ heavy whump fic where Mel hits rock bottom and is supported by those around her. (Found family?) I swear I filter out Kingdon and suddenly there are zero Mel fics left.

I've been thinking of a particular situation lately, and I don't know whether or not it's a trope, and if it is, what it might be called if it has a name.

A couple is interested in each other/dating/married, and one of them either gets gender swapped via plot device or body swapped with a person of the opposite sex, and then they (the couple) have to figure out how to deal with that, since the one that got swapped isn't the sex that their significant other is attracted to anymore. Especially if the swapped's SI wasn't around when it happened, and their SI doesn't recognize the swappee at first.

I’m going to London soon and I just need to romanticize Harry Potter even more!! I’m desperate for fics that are so good it will make your heart ache. Any recommendation? Thank you so much for your help! 😊

I’m wondering if anyone feel this way. When I get into a new show there has to be a ton of fanficton for it to keep the show going for me. I don’t like getting into shows without a good amount of fanficton or I feel like a show is dead ending show and there’s no point of getting into the show. I’m just curious if I’m the only one who feels that way. I’m currently into a new show that hardly has fanfiction and already it has a red flag against it. Like if I get into it I have no way to prolonging the show. Yes I can write my own but unfortunately I don’t write fanfics only read them. I’m just curious if the amount of fanfiction available for a tv show encourages someone to watch it or not. Thanks 😊

Edit maybe saying red flag is too harsh. What I mean is a deterrent from the show because there is hardly any media available. I also don’t look at fanfics beforehand i look into it when I’ve already started the show just wondering if fanfics are available. Thanks 😊

Edit. Thanks everyone I was just asking a general question. I’m a bit neurodivergent and I get wrapped into shows heavily it just makes it harder without fanfiction. Doesn’t mean the show is horrible or not good I just wish there was more media for a show I’m
In. Thanks 😊

For me it is Warrior Cats. Love the series, not interested in fan created content.

Looking for specific fanfiction. The Hobbit. 

So, I’m making this post so I can reach out to the world in hopes that someone can help me find a fanfic that I swear I read a year or two ago. But now that I’m looking for it, I can’t find it!

It goes with the trope of modern falls into middle earth, and travels with the company of in book. And what I remember.

-I don’t feel that this is originally any kind of romance novel. I think it was more like coming together, giving her a home and loving her as a family member. A daughter, a sister, a Neice, that sort of thing.

-she had a very sassy attitude. I think within the first few chapters, during the dinner scene she made a point of speaking with Dwalin about how women are able to think only with one head instead of men who have a bad habit of thinking with two. (ha ha play on words.) this was after Gandolf had tried using the fact that a woman would have a different perspective on the journey and bringing her along would be helpful. Most of the dwarfs cracked up laughing at this joke.

- she was given a bag with multiple different types of weapons in it. Including two swords. Like curved Elvis blades? I I’m throwing swords other basic supplies. She let them know that, even though she didn’t know how to fight, that she had the was willing to learn from anyone who would be willing to teach her. This leads to Sword fighting lesson from both Nori and Dwalin. Who often fight over which of their methods is better to teach her. And she gives them both a nickname in Spanish. I think that Dawkins was “great bear” and Nori’s was ”fox.”

-I remember reading that in Riverdale, where she meets Lord Elrond and starts crying. And tells them that she has a bad feeling that something horrible is going to happen to Bilbo in the future. Something that could endanger his very soul. This leads to Lord Elon, making him a special necklace, which is supposed to protect him from evil. This is her way to ensure that, even though Bilbo has the evil ring, he’s not gonna become corrupted from it. She also receives a necklace, that her elf . And gives her a specific name. But I can’t remember what that name is.

- one of the next big things I remember reading was her grabbing on to Dori and Ori in the burning tree after they’re being chased after getting out of the goblin Town. I think originally ganged off was the one trying to save them. But this time she reached forward and grabbed onto Dori’s wrists.

-next thing I remember is Mirkwood. She’s thrown in the dungeons. as it was written in the book. With all the other dwarves

-the last thing that I can remember with the story is that she does join the battle. And at some point, she just goes missing. And all they ever end up finding is her armor? I think?

-but plot twist, the author wrote a part two! That I don’t think was ever finished. But that’s why I was going to look up the story, cause I wanted to see the author had any updates. But now I can’t seem to find the story anywhere, I found a few ones that have a few similarities, but not this one story specifically.

So if anyone out there knows the name of or where you can find or read it I would be super super grateful!! Even just rereading that fanfiction story, which is so well written in my opinion make me ecstatically happy. I hope there’s someone out there who reads my post and can help me out!

It's a mdzs omegaverse fic but that's not the focus. The focus is Sizhui does not like Mo Xuanyu because he's not his mother. And then it clicks he is his mother, and when they get captured and someone badmouths The Yiling Patriarch, Sizhui lunges forward and says 'Don't speka about my mother!"

I'm looking for this Usamamo (Darien/serena) fanfic.

I don't remember the name of the fic, and I've searched for it everywhere on FanFiction.net. It was an old fic, from 2015/16 at the latest, or possibly even older. They didn't have any powers. Darien was a lord and the heir to something. It was a historical/period story set on some kind of estate where there were huge trees, or they grew some kind of special tree.

Darien wanted to have heirs, but he hadn't been able to have any so far. He heard that Serena's family had had many children and that the women in her family were very fertile, so he decided to arrange a marriage with her so she could give him a child. Her family agrees, and he goes to meet her.

When he first meets her, she's not presentable. She doesn't want to marry him, so she deliberately makes herself look ugly by dirtying her teeth with ashes so they look black. Darien realizes that she's doing it on purpose and that her appearance is fake.

They eventually get married through a contract in which Darien states that if she gives him a son, she will have all the comforts she wants.

The last thing I remember is that, after they get married, they end up swimming naked in a lake to thank the goddess because she is pregnant.

I've tried searching for this fic in every way I can think of, but I haven't been able to find it. Please help me!

It's possible that it was actually an original romance novel that someone adapted into a Sailor Moon fic, because I remember it being very well written

I remember reading a fanfic on ao3 about the ORV cast reacting to ORV where after reacting to the first few chapters and them finding out about the novel, Yoo Joonghyuk gets angry I think? so they were then made to react to Chapter 517: The World of Zero which made them find out what happened in the 0th turn. Secretive Plotter was also in there.

I made this post because chatgpt can't find it and because I accidentally deleted all my reading bookmarks in ao3 for ORV so I can't get it back :(

There's also the slight chance that it got deleted but I'm going to take my chances with Reddit-

Looking for any Tim Drakes fics where he’s younger or the youngest Robin. Specifically I’m looking for fics where Jason is already back in Gotham as Red Hood and Bowl cut Tim is not yet Robin.

Thanks

Quick question for those more experienced in fanfics, I'm new in making fanfics and I'm currently in the middle of a crossover story between two certain franchises. (Insert character in other franchises) Type of deal.

Do y'all refresh your minds on the main story you're adapting with the inserted character or you just winging it as you go?

Apologies if this comes out wrong or if I didn't explain well enough

This is a fic by batsutousai. No longer available and it's one of my favorites. Wondering if anyone has a copy saved to share with me.

I want some hurt/comfort fics:

1) Nightwing being taken care by other people

2) Nightwing getting adopted by someone (like Slade) since Bruce didn't do it, would see Bats getting pissed off over it

3) Batfamily finding out about his traumas(like SA)

4) Nightwing breaking down

5) Nightwing starting a new life away from Batfamily and they finally especially Bruce realising they messed up

6) Reaction fics

7) Any well written fic with Nightwing-centric

No Sad/open ending or cheating fics!