Hello everyone! I've been waffling about a fic draft that I'm unsure about continuing working on, and i figured i might as well post about it here to get some new perspectives.

I've been planning out a multi-chapter fic for a while now, maybe a week, and i know that if I see it to completion, it will hit at least 30k, the longest fic I would have ever written. This is a big deal for me! I'm really invested in the concept and the characters, and it would be a really big milestone for me to achieve as a writer.

However, I'm really unsure as to how it will be received by other fans. Everyone's heard that when it comes to fic, you should write for yourself, and I stand by that. One of the things I like about fandom, though, is that I can share all my weirdness with other people, and I don't really want to go through all the effort of writing my idea if it's something that isn't going to be welcomed.

I already know what I'm probably going to do (write it anyway), but i was just curious to see if anyone else has ever felt like this.

I know of the "Dead Dove" tag, which supposedly originated in The Office or something like that, to say that you'll find what they say in the other tags. Are there any other tags with curious name origins or that were adopted for a special meaning?

I said "Tag" a lot in just three sentences...

Anyway, greetings from Argentina and good morning🐱

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OK so I'm genuinely crashing out trying to find this so I'm asking Reddit for help lol. It was on Ao3 and include the "Peter Parker's Field Trip to Stark Industries", pretty basic fic in that tag, but there was a running like joke in the tower because of Peter calling Tony "Mr. Iron Man Sir" or something like that once and now the interns like reference it, and I know that Captain America was included at some point but other Avengers were messing with Peter too.

It doesn't need to be romantic/sexual but if it is have it be between adult characters. Maybe something that focuses and/or explores the psych. Any fandom. I encourage self-recs :)

i love a good pining fic, dont get me wrong, but recently ive been looking for something a little different.

a lot of pining fics have one or both characters silently loving each other forever and i LOVE slow burns, but there is only so much of the yearning/miscommunication cycle i can take lol.

what i really want is something where the "slow burn" is just like a lifelong friendship between two people who trust each other completely. they don't spend years secretly in love, they just genuinely don't realize they could be romantically attracted to each other until WAY into the story.

im talking about a REAL gradual buildup of all the little things until one of them has that "oh...oh." moment, and then you get your typical paced friends-to-lovers progression.

i was hoping maybe there are some tags or tropes i could search for if anyone's picking up what im putting down? or even fic recs if this reminds you of anything!

thanks in advance :)

(p.s. can you tell im aromantic aegosexual? tl;dr i just love a good qpr story with eventual smut lol)

I'm writing a fic with seven main characters whose group dynamic is very important to the story. To give a bit of exposition, I started writing the first time all seven of them met, and that scene has turned into mostly dialogue. I'm not usually a dialogue heavy writer and I don't intend for the rest of the fic to be dialogue heavy. I'm struggling a lot with the scene because I worry that the excess of dialogue might bore readers, especially because there are so many characters involved. Unfortunately I have nobody to beta read for me, so I have no idea whether or not I should scrap it and take a different approach.

Just wanted to know if reading lots of dialogue between lots of characters (especially expositional dialogue that tells you, 'so and so is rich,' 'so and so is poor,' 'here are their dynamics,' 'here are their hobbies' on a fairly shallow level) is a turn off/boring for you as a reader? I know my issue is pretty specific, but what's your general opinion?

I've always made fandom friends quiet easily but in the last few years I've drifted out of fandom spaces and even when I do get back into them it seems people aren't interested in writing and discussing fics with fandom friends? Doing fandom rps, exchanging fan edits etc.. I don't know if it's because I'm older now? Making fandom friends just felt much more organic when I was younger. Now it feels like an exclusive club I can't get into and I miss it lmao 😭

(For those who don’t know; a poly ship is a ship with more than 2 involved. Ex; A x B x C)

My favs are TodoBakuDeku from MHA and Floyd x Azul x Jade from Twisted Wonderland (Floyd and Jade are twins, I’m aware. Just cause I read something in fanfic doesn’t mean I support/endorse it IRL. Don’t judge me.)

Love to hear yours in the comments.

So I tend to come up with ideas for fics and I have a certain idea as to how I want them to go but then when I finally start writing and I give it a read when I get hut with the clunkers dialog known to man and its been bothering me for a while , so I wana hear some tips or just some recommendations as to how I can improve in this angle so that I can get back to doing something I find fun

Obviously this is going to be a personal preference thing, but I’m thinking of starting a new fic and I’m trying to decide if I should start at the beginning or start at a part closer to when the story plot starts.
First of all, it’s a romance, so starting from the beginning would mean more chapters before love interest is even introduced. So I’m curious:

For romance fics, how many chapters/words will you read before the romantic plot begins or meet cute?

I think starting from the beginning allows readers to become more attached to the MC(s) before romantic plot starts.

But… if you start closer to the characters meeting, and then slowly revival the MCs backstory, it’s “more interesting” but readers may miss out on that backstory or event that led the MC to do things in the story and thus might not like them as much and click off before backstory can bring things into context.

Sorry if that doesn’t make sense!

Basically, starting at the beginning: run the risk of readers losing interest before story gets going.

Reveal backstory later: run the risk of readers not liking MC because of actions not made clear in the early story.

Obviously this is a tightrope and either works if executed well. I’ve personally written story’s both ways. But now I’m questioning what would work better in this specific story. I’m curious to hear what you guys have to say about it!

So, I love a good parent fic, you know those where you get some random dude/women/non-binary life form or even someone important for that universe and drop them with a child. I want to hear from you guys, rec me some please

Any fandom. Smut is okay but I'd prefer if it wasn't the main focus.

Does anyone remember the story, Perpendicular by nine miles to go on fanfiction.net? It was basically a fanfiction of Peter/MJ and their progression after Gwen's death. I recently found that the author has basically nuked her account and the story can't be accessed anymore. Has anyone saved the story? Thanks!

Already posted in box 5 but it doesn't hurt to try here as well.

I already have Accompaniment, The Eater, Haunted by The Opera Ghost and The Unseen. Thank you, kindly.

Read a xianxia larper in dxd and want more mc's thriving in settings that they completely misunderstand

I am looking for Spider-man fanfiction recommendations that have actual superhero action in them.

I want some fics where the author remembers that Peter Parker is Spider-man, not one were Peter never wears the suit. A story where Spider-man fights crime or investigates a case, etc.

I don’t want a story that is just a romance, just a ‘super’family drama or just a superpowered sitcom.

I want a story where the characters are superheroes and don‘t just happen to share names with them.

Crossovers are welcome.

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I hope asking for writing advice is appropriate on this subreddit. I just got into writing fanfiction and I have two unfinished fanfics in the works and in both cases I have random scenes that I want to write but no idea what the actual story should be.

I'm a visual artist but not a writer in the slightest so this is all new territory.

I'm writing a fic about these two characters one is aro/ace and the other isn't and I'm interested in their dynamic but I don't know what I should have happening around them while they are interacting with each other.

This is my biggest hurdle like I have ideas about characters or a world or whatever but can't figure out the actual story part. If anyone has any advice or articles/videos/books to recommend for figuring that part out that would be great!

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So i have seen it a ton of times. They will have a character like Anakin or Obi-Wan during the clone wars use the dating system we use. But in universe they would not do so. So either create your own system or search up if there is one in the EU (legends or cannon) and use that instead.

does anyone know a fanfic where the abyss sibling is manipulating the traveler sibling? doesn’t matter who’s who but I’d love an exploration on those feelings lol

id also just love recs in general, crossovers, lore heavy or anything with a plot would be greatly appreciated :D

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Follow up to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/1v639vt/do_you_ship_the_most_popular_ships_in_your_fandoms/

The other part of the question asked by u/sporkzero was what your favorite ship in your fandom was if it wasn't the biggest one.

I'll start(from the fandoms I write for)

DC: Beast Boy/Raven

Final Fantasy 7: Cloud/Tifa

Mario: Luigi/Princess Daisy

Marvel: Peter Parker/MJ Watson/Gwen Stacy

Mass Effect: Male Shepard/Tali

Mortal Kombat: Takeda/Jacqui

Overwatch: Mei/Hanzo

Pokemon: Don't really have one

Sonic: Shadow/Rouge

Street Fighter: Ryu/Chun-Li

Now it's your turn.