anyone else here write fanfics?

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so just in the last few days I've been re-reading my old fanfics. I've only written four, two (Super Mario) were written in 2012-13 and two (Animal Crossing) were written in Feb 2016, and none of them are finished. I really want to try to rewrite and hopefully finish some of them, since the plots are actually kinda interesting and I've got a ton of ideas for how they could be even better. last night I started doing some small edits to the existing story for one of the Animal Crossing fanfics and I may work on it some more later today. idk if I'll ever have the courage to share them with anyone but who knows :,,,,,,)

do any of you guys here write fanfics? if so, what series are they based on? how long are your stories? are they light-hearted and fun, or do they go really in-depth and become complicated (or maybe both somehow)?



also I just found out that this website exists and it seems super cool, if you're really into reading/writing fanfics it might be a good place to start!
 
Fanfiction.net. Haha that brings back memories from a long time ago.

Writing stories is a lot of fun. I've actually written two different stories. One of them was the works between a few penpals from a forum that is long gone. I loved the idea behind what we were roleplaying so much that I took what we did and turned it into a story. It's still a work in progress, but I just liked how diverse all the different personalities for the characters were. I definitely fine-tuned a lot of it to better suit a finished story/draft.

I totally get that about sharing them though. Only my penpals have seen my works and they've said they have loved what I have done. But I don't know if that is bias because of them once being part of it or if it is actually good. I wouldn't mind posting them somewhere, but I originally wrote them for myself and them, so the goal of 1-4 readers has been met lol.


With that said, I definitely wouldn't mind seeing your works or anyone else who may post here for that matter. It's a great way to be creative. I like drawing to, but I just love the world and character building freedom you get with writing a story. I just finished the latest chapter for one of my stories earlier last month. I can't get to it as much as I want to due to work, school, and life and all that fun stuff. But it's always great to set aside some time to do it.

What were you stories about, btw. If you don't mind sharing, that is. What parts intrigued you when rereading them that you want to tackle a 'reboot'
 
What were you stories about, btw. If you don't mind sharing, that is. What parts intrigued you when rereading them that you want to tackle a 'reboot'
I'll put them in a spoiler since they're kinda long lol

so the first story I wrote was kinda aimless, I don't intend to bring that one back bc I honestly have no clue where I was going with it lol. I was like 12 or 13 it was the first fanfic I wrote, and when i write I just throw out whatever comes out of my mind, so I'm not surprised it's a mess. It involved a lot of my super mario FCs though, including the two in my signature.

the second one is more interesting and actually has a somewhat coherent plot to it (and my most recent drawing is actually a scene from it). it takes place in Whomp's Fortress (the level from SM64, it's always been one of my favorites), and the plot is basically that a small, stray chain chomp wanders into the fortress and they decide to keep it there, despite the fact that they were worried about the Chomp King (another FC of mine) noticing that one of his troops was missing. he's known for being absolutely ruthless and taking extreme measures to make sure he gets his way, but because Shadow was already so attached to the chomplet they kept it anyways. I actually didn't get much further than that, but I did come up with a scene where the Chomp King actually does discover that his troop is missing, and when he finds where it is he wreaks havoc on everyone at the fortress. I would love to flesh out his character more so I'd like to try to rewrite this one.

the third one originally didn't have much of a plot but I have a good idea for one. it starts out with Daniel (my New Leaf mayor) getting on a train with Cole, and as they're talking he notices a girl (Amelia, an Animal Crossing OC but not one I've had in any of the games) a few seats down, sobbing. after talking with her he discovers that she ran away from home because her father died and her mother basically went crazy. the three get off together at a trail, and while Cole is hanging out at the playground, Daniel and Amelia go for a walk and talk for a while. he cheers her up and she becomes really attached to him, and he realizes that he actually likes her a lot too. Daniel and Cole head home while Amelia stays at the park, and when they got back Cole was drowzy but Daniel was ecstatic. then comes the interesting part, the part I want to add. he wonders why he feels this way and since he's not used to acting so "out of line" he tries to contain it and act cool. [this next part is new] he can't stop thinking about Amelia though, he even dreams about her. he's woken up in the middle of the night by a knock on the door, and realizes that Amelia had found him and wants to stay in his village because she has nowhere else to go. however he appears to be more distant to her this time because he's embarrassed and prides himself on being logical and independent. he's not used to expressing any genuine emotions to people, especially not a romantic interest. so basically through the course of the story he has to learn how to overcome his pride and express his true feelings.

the fourth one is kinda the most touchy subject, because it deals with mental health issues, and I'm still not 100% sure how to tackle it yet. basically, it's set in the peaceful village of Sunville, and one day a sixteen year old boy named Tristin moves in. upon first meeting him the animals already sense something wrong with him, though they aren't sure what it is. he heads to his new house, and when Tom Nook begins pestering him to work part-time at his shop Tristin threatens him, scaring him off. but Tristin suddenly realizes that he can't be doing things like that anymore, he doesn't want to be caught. later that evening, Chief goes to his house for a visit (Goldie begged him to give Tristin a chance and get to know him before judging), and while visiting he feels immensely nervous. eventually he asks Tristin why he decided to move here, and he's almost attacked. emotions shift a lot in the house and Chief can't handle it, so he hurriedly leaves. Goldie still has hope for the child, though, and the next day she goes to visit him. that's when she learns that he has a serious mental health issue which causes him to hear voices and lash out, and when Apollo shows up to investigate he is almost attacked as well. Goldie pities Tristin but she doesn't know how to help, so she tells him that he can go to the river pond to reflect and then quickly leaves.
[this part is what I wrote last night] that evening, Goldie and Apollo are arguing. Goldie still wants to give Tristin a chance, but Apollo feels no pity, claiming that his actions are inexcusable and he needs to leave the village. he storms out of the house, much to Goldie's dismay, and he confronts Tristin himself, telling him off and threatening to force him to leave if he doesn't leave on his own. so in the middle of the night, Tristin dresses up as his alter-ego, breaks into Apollo's house, and destroys most of his stuff. the next day he has locked himself in his own house, and the animals are all terrified and don't know what to do. eventually Goldie is able to convince everyone to stay home so the town is nice and quiet/empty, and she lures Tristin out so she can talk to him. from there she learns why he moved to their village and what's been going on, why he acts the way he does. he doesn't mean to harm anyone, but his conscious convinces him to seek revenge on anyone who wrongs him and the impulse is often hard to refuse. the rest of the story deals with Goldie trying to break Tristin out of his past trauma and allow him to heal, while simultaneously dealing with the neighbors who are extremely skeptical and weary of him and don't want to give him a chance. they think Goldie is insane for wanting to help him but she doesn't care, she is a caring person by nature and can't bear to simply cast Tristin aside. I would like to figure out all the logistics of his trauma before I really start to write this, though, because I know that PTSD/trauma is a very touchy topic and I don't want to make anyone upset by writing it without all the knowledge I can get.



wow I really went all out with that lol
 
I do! Huge fanfic writer here. :] I started writing sometime in December 2020, I believe. I started off with Zelda fanfics, but I hated them so much so they're deleted now. I wrote a bit about Animal Crossing, but I mostly wrote about Friday Night Funkin' back when I was super into that fandom. (Yes, I like FNF, don't @ me.) Also I found it a lot easer to write about FNF instead of AC or TLoZ, and I don't know why. I also started writing OC fanfics 'cause my online friend introduced me to the subject. My fics are super cringe and awful now (especially the FNF ones), but I keep them up anyways for people to read. I also attempt to write smut, but sometimes I physically can't bring myself to do it. XD Writing fluff is a lot easier and its wholesomeness makes me feel happy!
 
I write fanfics very occasionally!! I used to write when I was a pre-teen, stopped for many years, and only came back to it recently with a completely different taste. In the period that I stopped, I used to think fanfics were cringe because my friends said so, but now that I'm older I found so many adult content creators who share their wonderful works and I realized that writing, whether fan-made or with original characters, isn't "cringe" at all. In a sense, I developed some sort of maturity with how I view fanfics, and I can now say that I enjoy them without feeling that they're cringy or something.

Anyway, back to the topic on hand, I haven't really finished anything concrete though LOL. I love writing more than I love actually thinking of a story, if that makes sense. I put so much love and effort into descriptions and narration that I completely forget to make any skeleton of a complete story. Whoops.

I actually really want to publish my works one day, but part of me is afraid of the people who hate the ships I write for. I cant bear to hear any unnecessarily negative comments on my comfort ships, and you know how gruesome Twitter spaces can be when it comes to shipping wars. I personally don't participate in the hatred and just mind what I like, but a lot of people seem to be pressed about every harmless ship that isn't their favorite. I don't think i could handle anyone making fun of the ships that i like, so I usually just stay silent.

Regardless, I think this thread is a safer place to share my experiences, so i hope no one makes fun of anyone here! I love fanfics and I love seeing similar creators share their content and stuff. I personally used to write some BNHA stories, but I'm currently working on Genshin as well. I love slow-burn angsty romance fics with a happy ending, so you can imagine that the stuff I read and write are almost novel-long works. One of the very first fics that got me back into fanfics and writing was an 180k-word fic, haha.

I hope you don't mind me sharing a snippet of a fic I will never finish, LOL. I don't know where the story is going tbh, but I do kinda like the writing I did.

It wasn't as straightforward of an answer as the previous one. A jog down memory lane gave the best understanding to their lopsided love story, if either of them would even call it that. God, she thought, it was that long ago, huh?

She's had a little crush on him since high school, no doubt; Uraraka was the type of girl who fell for someone faster than a meteor crashing on Earth at light speed. Their first sports festival was the trigger, seeing how strong he was and how he didn't hold back fighting against her. Somehow she felt that, even through thick, blazingly-hot auras and daggers of cuss words, he duly recognized her strength and took her seriously, like she had always wanted to be instead of a weak and frail frame. It was an odd realization of someone with temperamental moods and issues, but she tried her best to look through him with 20/20 vision. He was interesting to her, to say the least.

But time and space had been cruel to them, and they parted ways faster than any of the two could bring up a single topic of conversation throughout high school. Uraraka had left that crush long ago since, keeping it locked in the darkest corners of her mind for cobwebs and dust to collect on. Honestly, she was surprised she hadn't thrown those feelings in the fiery pit of unnecessary emotions; perhaps a recess of her mind convinced her to keep it as some sort of token or fond memory. Who would've thought these feelings, in time, would come out once again and be the front-and-center of her emotional steering wheel?

Though time and space had been cruel initially, sometime sooner than later they came to be kind, and Uraraka and Bakugo had been many crossing paths with the different missions they were tasked to work on as interns and heroes. At first it wasn't all too pretty, Uraraka being the flustered type and Bakugo being his non-caring self. Every 'hi' Uraraka would make – she hadn't wanted to actually greet, but leaving her mind on autopilot wired her into greeting even the rowdiest of people – prompted a 'tch' from Bakugo, and that was it.

Perhaps the regularity in which they crossed each other made their relationship evolve, albeit as slow as natural evolution itself. It was still something, Uraraka thought, the way she always itched to get along with everyone she worked with, long- or short-term. Not that their relationship was a smooth-sailing ride either; bonding with Bakugo was a rollercoaster with far too many spins to make one throw up. Uraraka held on nonetheless because of her persistent nature, and she somehow felt confident she could take on the horns of a bull head-on. What surprised her was that Bakugo held on too, more subtly than she did (though she still took notice in the slightest), and it made her think whether there was something out of their relationship he found useful to him. After all, he was a man of practicality.

So when one day came where they coincidentally crossed each other at a local grocery, Uraraka was surprised the day wasn't ending on her usual note.

I'd also like to share that my favorite fanfics of all time are two Genshin stories. I know no one asked but I'll hope on the off chance someone out there is willing to read my favorite romantic slow-burn fics hehehe.

Sorry for Your Loss (scaralumi) and Linger On (Your Pale Blue Eyes) (scaramona) are two of the most brilliant stories I've ever read.

SFYL uses symbolism and foreshadowing to the MAX, it's something I rarely ever see in fanfics, so each turn is always a reference to something, whether from the story or in-game. The writer used the stories of artifact sets to drive the plot forward and help understand the characters more, and I think the writing was just brilliant. Perfectly planned to the T. Here's an example of symbolism that just sent me.

From chapter 1:
He’s filled with absolute mirth at the idea of all of this finally being over and is ready to hurl his thoughts at his roommate when Childe whispers, “Just… let her know I’m still… thinking about her.”

The mirth dissipates like smoke against the wind.

Scara scoffs and turns on his heel, leaving the door wide open behind him.

From chapter 6 (second to the last chapter):
At the end of the day, he had already made his choice. He didn’t— shouldn’t —regret it, not when it had opened so many new doors.

So why had he never closed the one behind him?

Bro I was FREAKING OUT with the door reference that was hinted towrds the end of the story. I honestly like holding on to very litte details just to see if they mean something, and for the very first time it actually DID. I let the writer know I caught on to it and they were thrilled someone noticed it!

On the other hand, Linger On is still ongoing, but holy hell the narration is absolutely exquisite. I actually cried multiple times because of the story and the writing. I cried out of COMFORT because the writer had written hurt/comfort in such a beautiful way that it felt like a warm hug. No major character death, no heartbreak, no angst, just two people trying to get through the hardships of life together. God, I can't get enough of the writing.

Scaramouche falls in love easily, that much is true. He dives in deep, holds his breath for a long time and refuses to rise to the surface. Mona is the total opposite. She tests the waters and sits by the beach, happy to have the tides kiss her feet before swiftly moving away. In the many times they’ve shared looks, Scaramouche had always found himself looking, but Mona found contentment in the sight itself. There always had to be something more, his heart begs, and if it could only listen to the responses in hers he would feel the distance between them, in spite of closing every single space that kept them apart.
Mona, child in her hands, Scaramouche in sight: she gets taken back to a conversation they once had in Dragonspine on the night she had a bad fever. She said something about her ideal future with a family of her own, building something from the ground up with her own two hands assisted by her lover, moulding everything with love and care. If she were to allow herself a brief moment of kindness, she could think about how this little girl was theirs and this was nothing but an intimate moment, hidden away in their own homes, singing to each other and smiling and dancing. The little girl buries her head in the crook of the neck and she sees him smile at them from the corner of her eyes, and now she truly couldn’t help but swim in the ocean because she couldn’t ignore it calling her name, because it’s the sound of his voice and the promising future, because it sounded like everything she ever wanted.

I genuinely cried at this part. God.

Okay sorry for the long post HEHE I kinda got excited with the topic about fanfics 🤧
 
kind of? i wrote plenty of fanfiction for the series the end of the f***ing world to tide me over while i was waiting for season 2. they were all short stories and featured original characters of mine, but i still think they’re some of my best work! i’ll never post them anywhere, though… too embarrassing. 😅

i also made several attempts at writing animal crossing, style savvy and moshi monsters (😭) fanfiction when i was younger, but i discontinued all of them after, like… 1 or 2 chapters, and didn’t save any of them. my moshi monsters fanfiction was the longest and had several chapters, but i wrote it on a site that no longer exists, so uh… rip lmao.
 
Back in the late 90s was when I first dabbled in fanfic. I blame The X-Files. I was completely besotted with David Duchovny's Mulder. It was mostly vignettes I wrote. I posted them on a board for other Mulder fans to read. We were just being really thirsty girly fangirls.

However, it was Hugh Jackman's turn as Wolverine in the first X-Men movie in 2000 (can't believe 22 years have passed since then because it feels like only yesterday 😱 ) that inspired me to write full-fledged stories complete with plot and fight scenes. I uploaded them chapter by chapter on my own Wolverine fan site as I finished. Feedback was amazing so I wrote a sequel. My stories were filled with violence, tragedy and truckloads of UST. 😳😆
 
I used to when I was a teenager, I don’t write anymore. My old fanfics were quite embarrassing honestly, but the fanfics were written about Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Fallout, and I’m pretty sure Naruto. I don’t have any of these anymore, hopefully they were thrown away ooof! 😳
 
I feel like when anyone ever asks if people write that they always see it as something super embarrassing or cringey to admit to. I mean sure there are a ton of bad stories out there because plenty of teenagers use it as their outlet to ship characters in the worst ways possible, but there are a lot of young/adults that make some amazing stories, whether they borrow from existing stories or are their own original works.

It's really nothing to be ashamed of. It's no different than how others draw pre-existing works, say like people who draw Animal Crossing fanart. Some of it can be amazing and sure some of it can be kind borderline creepy/second-hand embarrassing to. But that doesn't exactly make either inherently 'bad' to admit to.

The chain chomp story about a baby chain chomp being taken in sounds kind of cute. Kind of reminds me of those real life stories of people nursing baby squirrels or chipmunks back to health, but they're so attached to their human caretakers that they spend the rest of their days together.
 
I feel like when anyone ever asks if people write that they always see it as something super embarrassing or cringey to admit to. I mean sure there are a ton of bad stories out there because plenty of teenagers use it as their outlet to ship characters in the worst ways possible, but there are a lot of young/adults that make some amazing stories, whether they borrow from existing stories or are their own original works.

It's really nothing to be ashamed of. It's no different than how others draw pre-existing works, say like people who draw Animal Crossing fanart. Some of it can be amazing and sure some of it can be kind borderline creepy/second-hand embarrassing to. But that doesn't exactly make either inherently 'bad' to admit to.

The chain chomp story about a baby chain chomp being taken in sounds kind of cute. Kind of reminds me of those real life stories of people nursing baby squirrels or chipmunks back to health, but they're so attached to their human caretakers that they spend the rest of their days together.
Completely agree! We all start somewhere and that includes writing too. No kid gets into fanfics and suddenly learns to write a NY Bestseller overnight. It can sound really cringey, but I think it‘s all part of growing up and completely normal. I’m sure all the really great writers started with some shallow stories, too.

I realized the very first fanfic I wrote was an Espeon x Umbreon story when I was like 10. I had this really cute sequin notebook I wrote in and at the time I thought that fanfic was like my peak writing era. Of course it was cringey, but looking back, it’s a really fond memory and it makes me happy knowing that writing has always been some sort of outlet for me since childhood.
 
I can't even remember what my first writings were like. I do remember it being something about a monster in some person's house and the kid had to investigate what the phenomenon was. It was less about revealing the monster and more about the uncertainty and fear of the unknown. And building up to the point where it is revealed.

I barely remember anything about it, but I do remember my cousin reading it during that time and commenting how it was really good how descriptive it was. I actually thought it was crap at the time, but hearing that compliment was nice.

Do these forums have a section for sharing works of fiction? I think it would be pretty cool if we formed a book club of some sort.
 
I did back in 2001-2006. Late 2006 I started writing original material because I felt it was a better use of my time and never looked back.
 
Yep! I love writing fanfiction, but I am trying to focus more on non-fiction (specifically writing about things I am passionate about) and original fanfiction (specifically romance), I am looking into pursuing writing as a living. <3333
 
Nope, I never wrote a fanfic before, despite being a writer. All of my stuff has been either original nonfictional or fictional content. I did, however, roleplay a lot in the past. There were a couple good ones that were actually kind of fun to be a part of because they were managed well. But definitely not something I'd ever think about doing again, lol.

EDIT: Spelled "nonfictional" incorrectly. Major facepalm.
 
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I used to! Most of them were basically nonsensical stories that I wrote about my favourite characters, just to keep me happy. Then I wrote some serious fanfics that had coherent stories and kept everyone in character, but they were never uploaded to the internet. One of those series had an officially licensed book published afterwards that actually shared a lot of similarities, including writing style, with my unpublished fanfic!

But then I started to have ideas for other stories and characters that began to deter from the original source materials, and that lead me to writing original content, where I was in control of a blank slate. I haven't written fanfiction since, mainly because I have so many different stories to tell this way. That's not to say that I haven't yoinked a few small things from my fanfics and repurposed them, however...
 
I don’t write fanfics, but I do read a few. I haven’t in quite some time, though.
 
I did back in 2001-2006. Late 2006 I started writing original material because I felt it was a better use of my time and never looked back.
I personally don't see myself stopping writing fanfics, but I do have lots of original characters and I've thought about writing original stories with them before, taking place in worlds that I created myself. maybe I'll give that a go if I can actually get myself back into writing regularly again.
 
i want to! but im a bit afraid, lol. my writing/story-telling skills are mediocre at best (probably below mediocre) and im afraid of people reading my fanfics and laughing at it. i have good ideas, i just don't know how to execute them.
 
I don't know if it's actually considered fanfics but I made a few OCs that exist within anime universes. I take the original story of the anime and alter it to the perspective of my OC if they were in the storyline, and add them into interactions and stuff. That's probably the closest to fanfics I've written or plan to write since I'm not a very good writer lol. I do read fanfics quite often though^^
 
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