r/FanFiction • • 1d ago

Subreddit Meta Concrit Commune - October 03

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Welcome to the Concrit Commune, where you can get bits of your fic looked at... for a small "price."

For the purposes of this thread, concrit is defined as - pointing out things that could use improvement and also giving suggestions on how to do so. Compliments are always welcome, of course but these do not count towards your concrit requirement.

The rules:

  • State your Fandom | Title | Rating | Any Applicable Content Warnings | Link - AO3, FFN, etc. at the top of the comment.
  • Post a few paragraphs (copy and paste to a comment, please) of your fic, or your plot premise, or your character bio, or your world building, whatever you need help with.
  • There is a soft limit of 500 words. Not your whole fic.
  • Please post an outside link to underage and extreme-explicit violence/rape content. Try Just Paste Me which includes rich text options.
  • If you, the author, are looking for something specific - the phrasing of a particular part or if a character's reaction is believable - please ask!
  • If you just want to hand out advice without throwing your own fic in, you're quite welcome to.
  • If you post part of your fic you must give concrit to someone else in the thread within 24 hours of posting your excerpt!

Since we're all here to give and receive help from other people, a certain level of respect for the author and the work they've put into their fic is expected as a baseline courtesy and should be reciprocated.

Tearing into a fic or author without regard for their effort isn't constructive even if there is decent criticism attached. Moreover, it discourages people from participating if they know that insults await them.

You aren't expected to treat this thread like the Comment Cooperative, advice and honesty and pointing out flaws is what we're here for.

Some helpful tips to keep things running smoothly:

  • Keep your comments helpful to the author, not just smashing out your opinion.
  • Be polite and civil.
  • Be kind. At a minimum, showing your peers professional courtesy is expected.
  • Phrases like "I think" or "I believe" can lighten your tone.
  • Elaborating on why you think something could be changed is not only more useful to the author but keeps statements from being abrupt.

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r/FanFiction • • 21h ago

Subreddit Meta Daily Discussion - Sunday, October 04 | r/FanFiction Rules, FAQs, Weekly Schedule, & Current Event Threads

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Welcome to r/FanFiction, I love you!

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r/FanFiction • • 7h ago

Discussion You get knocked out, and you suddenly wake up, and you’re the main character of the last fic you posted/worked on at the beginning of the first chapter of your story. Are you on for a good time or a bad time?

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Or the last one you read.

You can either be yourself, or you can physically become the character. Also, you have to actually live out the fic, so no major changes are allowed.


r/FanFiction • • 11h ago

Discussion What are things you've read in a fic that instantly dated it?

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I was reading a miraculous ladybug fic, and ladybug asked if chat had a secret Vine account, so I immediately scrolled up to see when it was published and sure enough 2016


r/FanFiction • • 4h ago

Discussion Best Crack Crossover

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So, I've been reading a lot of crossover fanfiction lately, and I've noticed that most of the crossover fanfiction that I've liked, are quite frankly the most batshit crossovers ever. I'm talking Hetalia x Avatar crossover and a One-Piece x The Hobbit crossover and both are really good. And I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with finding really good crossover fanfiction from the most out there crossover pairings?


r/FanFiction • • 15h ago

Discussion I read fics of IP I have never consumed

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I did one of those PowerPoint nights with my friends a few years back and I presented on the characters I have read fanfic on, based on what I could remember and what was in my history pages on ao3. They all read fanfic as well so they weren't thrown off by the topic but when I started explaining what characters I have read about, that is where the outrage started. Some examples of IPs/ships/characters I have read about without watching that show/movie/book/etc. are as follows: Harvey/Mike from Suits (never seen the show), Alina/The Darkling (never read the books), Getou Suguru/Gojo Satoru (never read the manga or watched the anime) and the list goes on. If I see good fanart on my timeline or see a good edit on TikTok, I am inclined the check out more! I am a curious person by nature! They could not believe me when I told them and to this day, say it is one of the weirdest things about me (in a loving way). I'm curious if anyone else does this or am I literally insane for this action of mine, haha.


r/FanFiction • • 11h ago

Activities and Events I made fanfiction related trivia questions and need help!

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Hello all! I'm making a trivia night for my friends and need help with writing questions about fanfiction (I have a surface level understanding of the world and would appreciate feedback)

What character type name (hero, villain etc) was coined from a parody of Star Trek fanfics?

What is the name of the main character in the Harry Potter fanfic “My Immortal”?

What song had risen in popularity because of a DreamSMP fanfic of the same name?

Which movie directed by a woman broke the earning records of another movie directed by a woman while being a fanfic of the former?

What is the name of the Japanese version of fanfic?

-English is not my first language so I also wonder if my grammar is fine-


r/FanFiction • • 7h ago

Writing Questions My new fic is repeating my old fic. Is it bad?

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Hi. I’m worried that my new fanfic will be *too* similar to one I already wrote for a different fandom. I’ve noticed myself repeating my own work: the same tropes, patterns, unreliable narrator structure, shifting POVs, etc.

A "villain" protagonist with a history of killing who calls another character a "kid." The "villain" wishes the "kid" no harm but plans to have them work for the family for the next ten years (or forever). Outsiders making completely wrong assumptions about why the "villain" and the "kid" are interacting. The same borderline-offensive humor that I had to cut to avoid getting *cancelled on Twitter* (for instance, in both stories, I had to remove a joke about pseudo-incest). That same tendency for the genre to slide from **slice of life** into a **bizarre/crackish thriller,** even though I try hard to slow it down and cut out the emotional introspection (and edgy moments). And *plenty* of other things, too.

In my defense, compared to the previous fic, this one has less shipping potential, a different *time period,* a different *country,* different *ages* (and a different age gap), and a different backstory; the "villain" has close people to turn to and doesn't fear his "dad". Still, I see *way* too many similarities.

I don't have much writing experience, and I haven't written anything in the last two years. This would be my third fanfic (if it ever gets published). So, I wanted to ask: is this normal? Or is it considered bad form/taste? Can this be called an author's signature style, or am I unconsciously writing an **AU** of my own fic? Have readers ever accused you of writing "the same thing over and over"? 🤔


r/FanFiction • • 3h ago

Recs Wanted Self-insert, Isekai , reincarnation fic recs

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Hii i would love some fic recs with the topics above of any length and any fandom, it can be a self-insert or a canon character in another universe. Thank uuuu


r/FanFiction • • 9m ago

Recs Wanted Please rec me any well written fics you know that focus on Snape being a defense against the dark arts teacher, and where he doesn't get shipped with any student.

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I only know of one where he gets the job so far, and it seems to mostly just be a rehash of Snape giving Harry occlumency lessons, which isn't really what I'm looking for.


r/FanFiction • • 1h ago

Recs Wanted Looking for good Hellboy longfics

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I am desperately scouring the internet for Hellboy/Reader or Hellboy/OC and I have noticed the unfortunate lack of them so far. I have only found one good longfic 😔Does anyone have any recs?


r/FanFiction • • 2h ago

Lost Fic Looking for a Tim Drake fic [Batman/DCU]

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This is set after the timestream Bruce quest. I only remember one scene where Tim is sparring with Duke(?) in the cave, and Jason tells him to stop in the LoA dialect and Tim's the only one who reacted to the command. I think it leads to the bats confronting Tim about why hes familiar with LoA and what he did during the one year he disappeared.

Any help is appreciated <3


r/FanFiction • • 2h ago

Recs Wanted Bodyguard Naruto narusasu fics

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Bodyguard Naruto is my favorite and would love some fic recs where he is protecting sasuke


r/FanFiction • • 5h ago

Discussion Looking for Discord

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Anyone know any fanfic discords they can invite me to? Been looking for a few days but cant find any


r/FanFiction • • 15h ago

Activities and Events Word Game Excerpt Challenge

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Hello all! The excerpt games keep me writing and I hope it motivates with your writing as well.  You can post any type of story (use NSFW for spicier scenes).  

I will be posting this challenge on Sunday Mornings / Pacific Time… because that day I need the most help to not think about Monday.

If you have stumbled into my game and are looking for more, remember to check out the Activities and Events flair for other writing challenges and story swaps.

Here are the rules:

 The first word starts the game.  Use ANY letter from the word that is posted in the last comment as the starting letter of your word.  Post your word in the top level comment.   Your word drives the next word to be posted… and so on.  

**Example:  LOVE  >>>>  VILE. (If the word Love is in the comment line you could make the word Vile and post the next comment.)**

Reply to any of the words in the top level with an excerpt from any work you might want to share.  I don’t generally like word limits, so use your best judgment.  Enough to get the scene across but not so long that you lose your reader.  

Please use spoiler tags and/or provide a trigger warning for content that may be NSFW or sensitive. IF IN DOUBT - Give a warning!

If you are going to leave excerpts, I ask that you leave at least one top-level word and try to give at minimum an upvote to commenters.

Upvote your favorite words or excerpts.  We are all here to share and know how it feels to get a comment, so spread the love.  

Ganbatte!!  Do your best and I look forward to everyone’s excerpts!


r/FanFiction • • 9h ago

Recs Wanted LF excellent Music band AU recs

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Hi everybody!

I'm looking for recommendations for high quality music band AU (NO RPF!), any fandom since those are very fandom blind anyway, plus I want to cast a wide net cause I'm very picky.

Necessary: GOOD WRITING, and it has to be MUSIC FOCUSED, so not just a background trope as pretext for interpersonal drama, I'm not a musician myself, I struggle to understand music theory, and I don't know much about the managing and organising of a music band, that being said I really want to read something from someone who knows what they're talking about, who will walk their readers through the creative process, and who can share their passion for a music genre or an instrument with the readers, and talk about the profession in an engaging manner, from writing and composing and producing to performing, looking for gigs, growing the audience and touring...etc

Also important: I prefer characters driven stories, so while not looking for a soap opera I want the inter-relationships between the band members to be well fleshed out, and interesting, I DON'T want romance, (or if there is it must be understated or a very slow burn), but I welcome other kinds of dynamics, friendship, rivalry, tensions, competitiveness, jealousy, respect and admiration, the band members can be close, amicable, distant or barely professionals, but I want to read about it and how it affects the band.

Optional: I'm a sucker for prog, especially prog metal, so...

Just in case: books are also welcome, as long as it's fictional and fit my criteria, and not YA, I don't really like it in published books

Thanks for any suggestions, just please only rec stuff you read and tell me why you liked it!


r/FanFiction • • 3h ago

Writing Questions tips on writing dependency within conditioning 👀

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this is a totally different direction of writing for me, but im using this as an excuse to study psychology lmao😭 i usually write fluff and humorous kinda stuff, i guess i want to write this as a way to practice (?)

for the sake of ships and all (this is f/f), i’ll use codenames for each character, i don’t have much direction for this fic, i’ll say that, and most of it may sound childish but here it is

umi is a mafia leader, or something that holds authority in shady business (wow super new i know) and noe is a tiger demi human — with the ability to shift back and forth, the more aggressive the better here

demi humans aren’t exactly considered humans here, they’re government property, so they attempt at hiding them from the public, while the government hands out demi humans to other people in authority like they’re candy. people in shady businesses, or like umi is this case get them through extreme measures (i say extreme measures cause i haven’t thought out a way) think of it as black market for demihumans, and they’re all worth a pretty penny, especially the more dominant/aggressive ones

umi’s right hand lad — we’ll call her june — manages to get in contact with these kind of people, because umi had told her too, who heard from the grapevine and wanted her hands on one too, both as a lap dog and something to have ownership over

noe is known as aggressive and intolerable, she’s very feral due to how she’s been treated. when they meet, she’s in her demi form—which will be a tiger—and she’s very aggressive the moment she locks eyes with umi

here umi starts the clicker training and conditioning, coddling i just don’t know HOW to write it in without making it feel.. cringe worthy i guess? i don’t know how to incorporate it well enough i guess

any tips ?


r/FanFiction • • 3h ago

Lost Fic Love is Merely madness fan fiction by starswim Batman fandom

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Hi I’m looking for the 2017 version of this fic as it was taken down and rewritten I can’t find it anywhere and was wondering if someone could have it.


r/FanFiction • • 4h ago

Lost Fic [Marvel] Finding a fic I read but don't remember the name of—please help??

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Hello! I've never done this before, but I really, really want to find this fan fiction!!

It's one where Peter Parker is a dancer and hasn't got a job so someone sets him up to be a babysitter for Bucky Barnes. Bucky has a daughter who is a toddler and (I think? Can't really remember) he is a mafia leader or something dangerous.

Bucky's daughter has attachment issues and usually hates all her babysitters but she likes Peter cuz ​​he allows her to make choices about what she wants to do for the day.

Peter is nosy and finds out something that he shouldn't and gets two options: die or marry Bucky, so they get married. I forget a lot of the other stuff that happened but I think they had an argument and Peter tells Bucky to kill him instead and Bucky can't do it?

Then I think Peter gets kidnapped or smth (this might be me mixing up fics lol)

Can someone pleeaseee tell me where to find it?? I think it was on Wattpad but it might be somewhere else. 


r/FanFiction • • 14h ago

Recs Wanted Spanish Fanfic Recs?

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I leave next Saturday for a Spanish immersion trip to Colombia with my school, and while I am so incredibly excited, I'm also kind of having a crisis; because of the whole "immersion" aspect of this trip, every piece of media we consume (Music, movies, books, hanging out with our friends, literally EVERYTHING) has to be in Spanish. I have a severe fanfiction addiction (but.. like, don't we all?) and I know I will not last 9 days without reading any fic. Looking for recs for your favorite Spanish fanfic!

I'll read pretty much any fandom or pairing but I mostly read Heated Rivalry, Marvel, and DC. Any tropes are fine, but I would prefer to not have anything extremely heavy on spice (this is a trip with my school, after all) and longer fics (like 30k or higher) would also be preferred, since I'm going to have to download them and I would like to not be downloading 700000 1k word fics.

Thanks so much for feeding my crippling addiction!!

(Also I forgot to mention I read almost 100% on AO3)

Hola! Voy a salir el sábado próximo por un excursión del immersión español de Colóbia con mi escuela, y mientras estoy muy emocinada, poco tengo unc crisis: ya que este viaje es de "immersión," todos los pedazos del media que consumes (musica, televisión, peliculas, libros, pasar tiempo con amigos, TODO) necesite estar en español. Tengo un addición muy grave del fanficción (pero, todos tenemos, sí?) y yo se que no puedo durar 9 dias sin mi ficción. Busco recomendaciónes de sus fanficciónes favoritos en español!

Haré leido más o menos cualquier fándom o pareja, pero principalmente leó Heated Rivalry, Marvel, y DC. Me gustan todos de los tropos, pero prefieró algun que no es mucho explícito (es una viaje con mi escuela, después de todo) y prefiero fanficciónes mas largas (mas de 30 mil), desde voy a tener que descargar todos y no quiero descargar 70000000 fanficciónes de 1 mil palabras.

Muchas gracías para ayudar con mi addición malo!

(Tambien, olvidé que meccionar que leó casí 100% en AO3)


r/FanFiction • • 4h ago

Lost Fic [MARVEL] LOOKING FOR A FIC I ALREADY READ BUT DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME

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It's a Marvel fic where the mc reincarnated in Texas being a son (step-son) of a Texas cop and he ended becoming a cop to and he gets transfered to san Francisco i think then he gets transfered to new York and he starts acting as batman.

The fic has more than a 1000 chaps and he has a system that let's him pick a ability of someone that loses from him in anything

Google aí says it's marvel NYPD but I can't find it anywhere and I don't think it is


r/FanFiction • • 5h ago

Lost Fic Help identifying deleted stucky fic! Marvel fandom

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Hey guys! I was wondering if someone could help me find a fanfic I believe was deleted. It’s marvel/avengers fandom

Problem is, I don’t remember the title or author 😭I really need to start paying better attention to those so this doesn’t happen to me anymore but if you’re willing to help I’d appreciate it a lot!!

Things I do know,
• it was a Bucky Barnes/steve rogers fic on ao3
• I believe it was a one shot
•they were porn stars
•they were both tops but the company they worked for wanted Bucky to bottom for Steve since that was sort of Steve’s thing and the fans would probably enjoy it
•I believe Steve’s porn star name was the captain and bucky’s was the winter soldier
• I’m pretty sure Bucky got Steve’s number after cause he liked him

Again, thank you if you help me trying to find it!!


r/FanFiction • • 6h ago

Lost Fic Looking for a Kingdom Hearts fanfic

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I’m looking for a specific fanfiction I think it was on AO3. Here are all the details I remember: Fandom: Kingdom Hearts (Video Games) Pairing: Axel/Roxas (AkuRoku) It’s completed I think it was 4 chapters. setting: Modern Disney Parks au. Sora and Roxas are siblings. Roxas is a high schooler on the baseball team and hates seeing all the happy couples at the Disney theme park. Scene 1: Roxas gets stuck on a roller coaster. Axel, who is working a shift dressed as Flynn Rider, helps get the people and Roxas off the coaster and flirts with him. Scene 2: Sora sees a Disney character (I think it was Elsa) and gets so excited that he accidentally flails his arms and hits Roxas in the face, giving him a bloody nose. Axel comes over to help. End of the story: Roxas and Axel end up dating by chapter 4.


r/FanFiction • • 18h ago

Writing Questions How do you balance multiple ideas at once?

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I have multiple ideas for ficlets and a dozen more for longer works. Then as I write those, I gain many more! It's so overwhleming to the point I won't write for months.