I've been wanting to write x reader fics, but my main problem is how do i portray the reader without them sounding like an OC?

if i give the reader a certain attitude, such as their dialogue sounding defiant or sassy, or maybe giving them a habit or two, does that make it sound like an OC instead?

maybe I'm overthinking it, at one point i wondered if giving them a backstory makes it seem like an OC, as if that couldn't possibly shape the plot.

I tried narrowing it down a little, making it an x fem!reader fanfic, but then i thought, do i avoid hair descriptions? because what if the reader is bald lol

it's a whole spiral of "i want to have a scene where the reader's hair gets stuck— wait, but what if the reader reading doesn't have hair long enough for that?" "the reader escapes through this path..Wait but that makes it sound like the reader is skinny—" "the reader couldn't reach this.. But does that make it sound like the reader is short?"

I'm trying to make it as inclusive as possible</3 advice is appreciated, I'd like to know what fellow x readers like or dislike when reading x reader fanfics too!

I assume many people have already asked the same question on this subreddit, but I think I have a specific case.

I have a setting where two characters have the same goal and have to get through certain challenges to achieve it. Of course, during this process they fall in love and stuff.

The thing is - I really want to portray internal homophobia in the best way possible. My only question is… how? How should a character act with someone he’s romantically interested in if he has internalized homophobia? What should he think of? What his internal monologue should look like? What’s the right way out of it and figuring things out?

I’d really appreciate your help

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Hi I'm a long time reader of fanfics and I love what AO3 and FFN have done for fan culture, but personally I found their UI/UX a bit dated for my taste. I wanted something that felt intuitive, with features that make sense for how we read and write fic today. So I decided to stop waiting and build it myself. It’s totally hand-coded, no “vibe coding” shortcuts, just a lot of late nights and weekends. (It's not fully done yet, there's a lot more to add, you can see a tentative roadmap here).

It doesn't have any monetization (no ads) and even if I do decide to monetize it it'll not be ads, because that's exactly what I find wrong with W******. Ad providers dictate the content that are permitted on the platform. In fact if OTW/AO3 decide to accept it, I'll happily give this away to them to run.

Since I have been using some tech that would make sure the works published aren't being scraped by AI Bots, it severely limits the SEO and organic search discovery of the platform. So my only hope this works out is organic adoption and word of mouth promotion. That's why I wanna build this platform along with the community so that it's to their liking.

I'm hoping you guys give it a try, publish your work here as well.

https://fancanon.com

Edit: this is entirely self funded, and i don't mind it being so, not am i averse to donation route, the monetization thing was in case its required to keep the servers running situation, that too will not lock anything behind paywall, but just by tipping authors or something. I'm very open to ideas from the community.

All I remember was that they were both animals (?) that were owned by Alana (or was it Bedelia???). Hannibal didn't "like" Will at first (stealing food, just being annoying, sneaking in Will's cage) but I think after an encounter with a stray, they ended up more friendly.

I also remember Will going to heat and Alana was helping him through it and then while she was away, Hannibal sneaked inside his cage and then they fricked. (I think).

It was a short fanfic...I think. If you can somehow find the fanfic through this... You are a lifesaver.

I understand the commenting etiquette has come a long way for fanfictions and generally people push for just DNFing a work if they dont like something, but I genuinely am looking for constructive criticism on my works. I write for fun, and the challenge of making something work but Im a novice at writing and do like to know what could be improved on.

Im not looking for pure hate (the bots do enough already) but genuine criticism. How would I ask for this from what little readers I have? Like if ive missed a tag, or something in my style is too repetitive ect. I know writing more helps make you better but I also dont want to cultivate bad habits.

I've been struggling with when I'm making a character speak in my recent fics- and have been realizing that it's all starting(or always ending) with just "says [character name], or said [character name)" and I don't know how to stop.. any ideas on how to avoid repeating those things, or any alternatives?

On another note I also feel like I've been saying "as" and "before" a lot in my stories too.. I feel like I'm having same face syndrome but with writing

I feel like I need a word bank GIGGLES

(EDIT: I just want to say thank you to everyone who comment! It all really helps :3 <3)

I saw a post about a fanfiction written by Toby Fox about Ant Tenna, and I just thought of this question soooo

Im just not to sure what the difference between them are

Hi!!! So I am new to the fanfic universe and I feel like I opened my life to a world that I wish I found sooner!! Apparently Marvel is the most popular fandom that has the most fanfics which is amazing because my current hyperfixation is MCU and I’m rewatching all the movies.

BUT I love a good OC romance fic and I usually read M/F but I’m honestly open to anything so what are the best fics out there? Like the CLASSICS like I know in the HP fandom the classic fic was Manacled, does MCU have any of those?

Thank youuu❤️❤️

I think I'm too in my head about this one, so turning to the internet for guidance. How quickly would you want/expect an epilogue to be posted after the final chapter? Sooner or along the same schedule the rest of the fic has been posted?

Edit: thanks everyone! I'll probably post the final chapter today and the epilogue tomorrow as a compromise. (Also I want to mark the fic as complete already haha)

so i'm turning twenty-one in a couple months and i realised a while ago i haven't really cried to a fic in years. the last time was when i was fourteen and i was properly sobbing at one in the morning. maybe it was because i was younger or because i was just lucky to find something written so beautifully but i'm just wondering whether people have cried to fics as adults?

might be a silly question but lmk!

Me personally it was: Wattpad ➡️ Quotev ➡️ Tumblr ➡️ Fanfiction.net ➡️ AO3

Soo i was reading a twst(twisted wonderland) fanfic where Riddle, Jamil and Sebek were reincarnated from the modern world when they were little and the system made a gc for them to talk in a d the others could see it too but not talk in it. Its inspired by svsss

Who Twisted us to Wonderland? by TheRosetomyHearts

if anyone wants to read it(it has ships in it)

But back on topic i was wondering if any one knew any other fanfic like this with Riddle in it if possible,

i don't care about the other characters

that much or if it has ships(ex. Florid, Jamil x Azul, etc)

I write for niche fandoms, so I’m used to my fics not getting much attention. But, last week, when I published the latest chapter on my long fic, the guest kudos exploded in a day.

I‘ve heard of the bot that randomly gives a handful of kudos, or maybe a lot of people saw my fic that day—so I didn’t think much of it. But, I’ve been getting around 10 guest kudos every day since and it’s starting to get a little ridiculous. This isn’t happening to any of my other fics either, just this one.

Will it ever stop, or is it stuck on some glitch that will repeat indefinitely?

So, I’m writing about fictional Japan. It’s not a country, not yet at least, and it’s divided into four locations: north, south, east, and west.

Each location has a clan where the clan head rules the land. I’ve been calling them kingdoms but I feel that’s wrong since i feel like there should be a king or a royal family. I could call them dukedoms but the lands aren’t run by dukes, just a powerful clan.

Eventually, these lands will be united into one country, japan, and the northern clan will be the ruling family where the country will have its first king.

Should I continue calling them kingdoms?

I’m planning to write an Itoshi brothers fanfic on AO3 that evokes a sense of nostalgia. Since I know that a large portion of the AO3 audience is American—and given that a lullaby plays a significant role in the story—I wanted to ask: what lullaby do you sing to your children, or what lullabies were sung to you?

Update: Thanks to everyone who suggested options. Since "You Are My Sunshine" was the most fitting and frequently suggested choice, I went with that one. Thanks to you, I was able to write and post this work on AO3—though I did have to fiddle quite a bit with the text formatting.

Hey, this might be a stretch, but I'm looking for an FF where an OC is dating Harry Hook, then goes back with Red and dates the OG Hook. If you have any suggestions, please lmk. TIA

ive noticed this thing in some fics on both ao3 and wattpad (In my defense of wattpad some old fandoms I like have no fixs in ao3 but have some on wattpad) sometime even tumblr. Basically they tag a ship but they mena it in a friendship way even if they are using the romantic tag. in the end it turns out they are shipping one of the characters with an oc or reader.

so Im just wondering has anybody else encountered this? Cause in almost any fandom Im in I always see this.

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Looking for a fic where Steve steal a guitar from starcourt mall when it was burning down. He then drive to the trailer park to gift it to Eddie. That's how Eddie get his guitar from season 4.

Thanks for any help.

Just looking for concept thoughts. Already pre-writing the lore to blend these together.

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to find a Brazilian Wattpad fanfiction that I read between 2021 and 2023, but I think the author deleted it or changed their username. I'm hoping someone here might recognize it.

Here are the details I remember:

- It was written in Portuguese.

- The original story was Draken × Reader (Y/N).

- Later, I believe the author deleted it and rewrote the story as Baji × Reader, keeping almost the same universe and characters.

- It had over 100 chapters.

Some very specific details:

- The reader's father was named Daisuke.

- At first, Daisuke seemed like an ordinary businessman, but later it was revealed that he had ties to the criminal underworld.

- A character named Akira secretly worked for the mafia and eventually ended up dating Daisuke.

- There was an original character (OC) named Hakkey (or Hakkei/Hakey—I'm not sure about the spelling). He was basically the reader's adopted brother and was dating Hanma.

- In the Draken version, the reader almost ended up with Baji, but the author kept Baji's canon death because she wanted the main couple to remain Draken × Reader.

- In the Baji version, I think the story was rewritten so that Hakkey died instead of Baji.

- The story used multiple POVs (Reader, Draken, and other characters).

- The plot eventually became heavily focused on the mafia.

I also remember that the same author wrote other Tokyo Revengers fanfics, including one about the Haitani brothers (Ran and Rindou), and possibly fanfics for other anime as well.

Does anyone remember this author or these stories? Even the author's old username or any archived copy would be incredibly helpful.

Thank you so much!