Fanfiction? 📖

[.: Meri :.]

Fanfiction is good and the stigma around it is silly! That said, I haven't really read any in a long time, and haven't written any in a longer time, aside from Animal Crossing fanfic for TBT writing events lol. When I was in my teens though I absolutely thrived off "Character x Reader" fics ahaha (or shipfics where I could insert myself as the other character), but it was usually hard to find for the characters I liked and harder to find ones that were well-written/actually in-character

I don't really ever seek it out anymore though because it can take a lot of time to find/read them, and I'm usually content with source material/scenarios I come up with in my head and never write down.

 

[Asarena]

I used to read a lot of fanfiction, and I loved it, but I haven't been reading any recently. Maybe I'll start reading it more again one day!

 

[Xara]

I've been reading fanfiction for almost as long as I've been using the internet. It's actually a big part of how I got into writing, though I've never been good at writing it myself and no longer do (aside from the occasional Animal Crossing story for TBT events). I've always been more into reading it. I typically only read fanfics for stuff I'm really into, but I have read a couple fanfics for media I'm not interested in just because they were so compelling and well-written!

I currently have 2 fanfic folders, and they both mostly consist of The Hunger Games and The Last of Us fanfics LOL. I also used to read a bunch of The End of the ****ing World, Fairy Tail, Sleepy Hollow etc fanfics when I was more involved in those fandoms, though there was a criminally small amount of fanfics for TEOTFW... it was so bad I deadass started writing my own.

The Last of Us has been my biggest interest for the past year and a half, so I've only been reading fanfics for it.

 

[Shawna]

I love writing fanfiction. I took a break from it for a while because I was focusing on other types of writing projects, but last month I came back to it because I just felt like something was missing. I missed writing about the franchises and characters I hold dear.

I use to use fanfiction.net years ago, but I feel like it isn’t as active as Wattpad, so I just use the latter. Plus, I also plan to write original stories involving my original characters, and you have to use a separate website from fanfiction.net to do so (it’s called FictionPress I believe), whereas you can write both on WattPad. ^_^

I’ve also tried making an account on AO3 before, but the process is a headache. >_<

You have to wait days to get an email and I tried doing that but the email was nowhere to be found.

 

[Snek]

I prefer reading original works of fiction rather than fanfic, but I understand why some like it. Some of it can be good but it all depends on the kind of writer. As long as they stay from superficial themes it can be good.

 

[cornimer]

Even though my friends were addicted to fanfiction growing up, I could never get into it. I always get stuck on "but this isn't canon"

 

[spawnpoint]

i used to read fanfiction a lot, usually like romantic stuff because it gave me comfort. now the characters that give me comfort are so niche i don't have anything to read of them, but ive been considering writing some. i very rarely write my own I'm just usually not motivated to

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I’m working on a couple fanfic stories. First is a crossover of Family Guy and Married With Children which is a sequel to the MwC episode God Shoes where Al successfully sues Five Vibram and wins the case and moves away which causes Marcy to be happy at first until the Griffins move into the Bundy house and cause chaos. Basically it’s the movie Mad House in tv sitcom form without the house guests. Second is a crossover of Avenue Q and King of the Hill where Hank meets the Bad Idea Bears and they keep causing trouble for the man and it’s hard to tell if the Bears are actually real Or hallucinations as there is evidence of them being both. It will end in a Twilight Zone situation where the answer is rather ambiguous. The last is a one off sequel to Wish where Asha learns she royally screwed up and now sentient star people are threatening to erase her world’s existence because she now has created a massive threat to reality itself after an orphan’s innocent wish to see their parents alive again causes the zombie apocalypse and she inadvertently caused a man to become a genocidal maniac after granting his wish which had vague implications through the wording.

 

[lasagne_of_death]

I've been obsessing over BSDxMHA fanfiction for a while now. I was really active and into it when I still had an ao3 account, but after deleting it (again, I said obsessing over it—it was consuming all my time so the best thing to do was delete my account), I've quelled down a bit. Now I'm just following the few I was already reading quietly and without getting overly involved.

But yeah, I read and write it a lot. I'll even write fanfiction of fanfiction : P

 

[Neb]

I've never been particularly interested in fanfiction despite writing a short one several years ago. I'd much rather read works with original universes and characters than characters from pre-existing media. However, I respect fanfiction writers because writing other people's characters accurately sounds challenging, and they all do it for free. So much of the internet has been commercialized in recent years, and for the most part, fanfiction is still purely a passion project for people.

 

[-Raven-]

I read them often. Ao3 is one of the best sites on the net, what a bastion

Think I’mma write them again, stuff I can actually publish this time tbh. Like I just want more of my characters, and considering how much that website helped me I guess I can pay some back. Plus I just need to get a lot out, tonight I had a bath and I just wanna write fluff about one of my oomfs having one and enjoying it because he never gets to : ‘ (

 

[AccfSally]

Yes, I got into reading them when I was in middle school. I still have the ones I printed out because I didn't necessary grew up with a computer with the internet at home. I don't read them like I use to, but when I have. They were usually involves romance, fantasy and action/adventure (usually fantasy). The Fandoms for the fics were: South Park, 101 Dalmatians (the cartoon show from the 90s), Hamtaro (much later), Pokemon (not often), Naruto (much later) and some others.

I have written fanfiction, even before I knew what I was writing was considered fanfiction. I don't do that anymore, I now focus on my own characters and stuff.

But, if it wasn't for me writing fanfiction (and reading lots of books) I wouldn't be where I'm at now. Even though all of my old writing makes me want to die.

 

[Holla]

I definitely read it from time to time. I can be quite picky with it but some of stuff out there is amazing. I’ll even read something that has been abandoned/unfinished if it’s really good. While it’s sad to not have a proper ending to them I’ll use my imagination to fill in the blanks if need be.

 

[CylieDanny]

I love fanfiction. I more enjoy writing, then reading it. I don't really post them. I've written alot of Obey Me, South Park, Danganronpa, and Stardew. But again, they're not gonna be posted. At least not anytime soon.

I do read fanfiction, I think my favorite was this Mystic Messanger one, where the MC is a guy. along with a MHA one, which was called *Silent shadow* (Something like that). Some other anime too. I'm kinda picky, and since I sometimes can't find what I'm looking for, I tend to just dabble out my own. It kinda helps me over come writers block too!

Asides from *A precious Rainbow* and *My Little Dashie* I tend to avoid My Little Pony fanfictions for multiple reasons. Esspecially the grimdark/creepy pasta ones. I mean I LOVE horror, but I don't enjoy those. I've read like four, and decided I was done. *Rocket to Insanity* was probably the only one I mildly liked. The two I first mentioned were the only MLP fanfictions I really ever liked. But in general I stay away from MLP fanfictions.

But overall in general, big fan of fan fiction ♡

 

[Dunquixote]

I’m starting to consider trying to write some fan fiction again, maybe start with something small. I’d like to turn the story into art eventually, but for now, the idea of putting my ideas into a small story is really appealing. Seeing everyone’s OCs on TBT and chatting with @Giddy has made me consider trying it again. The story in a game that I play disappointed me recently so it has got me thinking of what I would’ve have liked better to happen or a way to give a character I like more of a role and ultimately bring him back. I left feedback to the game and right now am jotting my ideas down.

About fan fiction in general, one of my friends (Idk if we’re still friends) seemed to think fan fiction writing was wrong unless you stick to the author’s original ideas. I think she thought it was disrespecting the author; at the time, I think it made a little sense to me but now I disagree though I think I can understand why she and others may think that. I think fan fiction and fan art is great and a way to express our love for a series and the characters and get creative go beyond what the writer wrote, and not out of disrespect. Ofc, it can also be a way to explore ideas we think would have been better over what the writer wrote since it happens a lot where fans disagree &/or dislike something the writer wrote.

For the particular story I’m brainstorming fan fiction ideas for, I can’t help think the writing got a bit lazy. I think the story writing up to this point had been amazing even though I did feel like there were some points that I felt a bit dissatisfied - mixture of the setting, gameplay and story (some of them though I changed my mind now that the story has progressed more and given me a fuller picture).

I want to think that fan fiction writing in cases where fans are dissatisfied with something in the story is most of the time not disrespectful to the original author (at least in most leasts), but is a creative way to give feedback and show how we think it could have been better. The fact we want to come up with our own characters to interact with the game or anime’s characters, or if we don’t come up with ocs, just writing stories with the author’s characters tells a lot how much we love their overall ideas.

I think a lot of the manga writers/artists view it similarly considering how they include fan art in some of the physical copies of the volumes and leave comments about them.

Sorry if this is all over the place and for how long this is.

 

[CylieDanny]

I’m starting to consider trying to write some fan fiction again, maybe start with something small. I’d like to turn the story into art eventually, but for now, the idea of putting my ideas into a small story is really appealing. Seeing everyone’s OCs on TBT and chatting with @Giddy has made me consider trying it again. The story in a game that I play disappointed me recently so it has got me thinking of what I would’ve have liked better to happen or a way to give a character I like more of a role and ultimately bring him back. I left feedback to the game and right now am jotting my ideas down.

About fan fiction in general, one of my friends (Idk if we’re still friends) seemed to think fan fiction writing was wrong unless you stick to the author’s original ideas. I think she thought it was disrespecting the author; at the time, I think it made a little sense to me but now I disagree though I think I can understand why she and others may think that. I think fan fiction and fan art is great and a way to express our love for a series and the characters and get creative go beyond what the writer wrote, and not out of disrespect. Ofc, it can also be a way to explore ideas we think would have been better over what the writer wrote since it happens a lot where fans disagree &/or dislike something the writer wrote.

For the particular story I’m brainstorming fan fiction ideas for, I can’t help think the writing got a bit lazy. I think the story writing up to this point had been amazing even though I did feel like there were some points that I felt a bit dissatisfied - mixture of the setting, gameplay and story (some of them though I changed my mind now that the story has progressed more and given me a fuller picture).

I want to think that fan fiction writing in cases where fans are dissatisfied with something in the story is most of the time not disrespectful to the original author (at least in most leasts), but is a creative way to give feedback and show how we think it could have been better. The fact we want to come up with our own characters to interact with the game or anime’s characters, or if we don’t come up with ocs, just writing stories with the author’s characters tells a lot how much we love their overall ideas.

I think a lot of the manga writers/artists view it similarly considering how they include fan art in some of the physical copies of the volumes and leave comments about them.

Sorry if this is all over the place and for how long this is.

I completely agree with this. I too have met people who think its distrepectful to write a story differently then how it was originally done. But it's fun to have read other people's takes on series.

Spoiler: Because it's long, but examples.

Mystic Messanger is a mobile otome game, where the main character is a girl. Cool, that's fine. But it was really interesting to come across the fanfiction where the main character was a male. It's the exact same story, the author even wrote all the possible endings with the male protagonist who they built a whole back story for as well, so he wasnt just a stick in the mud, he had character and personlity. Some people in the comments were against the whole story because the main character was susposed to be female. Those other typical complaints too, if ya know what I mean. But in my opinion it was really interesting to read this version. Probably my biggest gripe with that game was how I couldn't be a guy. (Maybe you can now, I haven't played it in years) In games I prefer to be a male, as apose to a female, its just how I am. But yeah, I thought it was a really cool take. I wish you could do that in the game. A girl can dream, lol.

Dangaronpa has some really cool fan versions of it. People come up with their own Danganronpa plots, and make their own story, or even game out of it. "Danganronpa Another", most popular fan game, the creator even made a sequel. Same over all concept, and process. Completly different story, and characters. Another's Monkuma is actually a Crow in the sequel, which was a fun orginal take on the head master himself. But there are a ton of fangames and stories fans have made of their own Danganronpa. Its always impressive to see people make full blown flushed out games for them. Some people dont like that people do that for the same reason as the ones above. But its a passion, and drive fans have to make their own original game, or story for it. Me and my friend have our own Danganronpa, it's alot more fun then I thought it would be.

Im sure Hasbro never thought someone would write a fanfiction *My Little Dashie* about a person adopting, a lost filly Rainbow Dash. But they did, and its such a good fanfiction. Also sad. But soo cute. Some people didnt like it because of the concept of a pony getting sent to the real world, and of course the usual *Its a different story* complaint. But its so wholesome and sweet. It's even become one of the most popular, cozy, feel good, slice of life MLP fanfictions out there. As well as my personal favorite I'd love if that happened to me, lol.

Ill stop there, but I could give a ton of examples. Sorry for getting carried away.

In my opinion, it would be kinda of boring to not see people do their own takes, or ideas about popular series. If everyone stuck to the Status Quo of the story, and didn't do their own thing. It would be pretty boring.

A whole lot of creativity would be held back, and that would down play some fandoms. I love seeing the inner passion.

So yeah, I completly agree with you. It really gives fans a chance to explore, and expands possibilities for the series, characters. I hope that what other's have told you, gives you some incentive to write them down, now!

 

[-Blue-]

The negativity surrounding fan-fiction is because it's usually the stepping stone of when young or aspiring authors start their journey. Everyone starts somewhere. I think fanfiction can be just as good as full original works. Some can be really good when the author does their research and follows how certain characters should actually behave and borrow respectively from the original source. Even if they deviate from it.

I don't really read it often, but there have been some really good stories I've read. Yeah there's a lot of self-inserts and heavy on the romance/shipping stories, but you can usually spot those and weed through to the ones that are good. As long as a story has proper formatting, good spelling, grammar, and the pacing is decent I can give any story a chance. But if the pacing is off, there's a lot of spelling and grammar errors, and the characters just feel so out of character I'm going to nope out of that story as fast as I can.

 

[Corrie]

I LOVE fanfiction! I've been reading and writing it since 2009 and haven't stopped! I've written and read for many different fandoms. Honestly despite it's negative reputation for being poorly written, there have been fanfics out there that I've read that were legit full fledged book sizes and larger! The quality that these writers have is astounding. They're better than published books that I've read.

 

[VernalLapin]

I don’t have any interest in it. I’ve read like two short ones several years ago but that’s about it.