Hi everyone. I’m trying to compile a comprehensive list of fanfiction resources—sites, forums, tools, and communities—that exist beyond the two biggest archives (AO3 and FanFiction.net). I’ve got a starter list from my own browsing, but I know I’m missing a lot, and I’m particularly looking for sites that recommend new stories based on user feedback or taste. I’d love your input.

Here’s what I have so far:

General Forums/Archives:

  • Questionable Questing, Sufficient Velocity, SpaceBattles (forums with heavy fic activity)
  • Wattpad, Royal Road, ScribbleHub, Webnovel (often for original fic, but plenty of fanfic too)

Fandom-Specific/Specialty Hubs:

  • Dark Lord Potter (primarily Harry Potter, especially darker takes, with other fandom sections)
  • HPFanfiction Recommender

Tools, Databases, & Discovery:

Communities (Reddit/Discord/Other):

Personal tracking lists:

What am I missing? I’m especially interested in:

  • Sites or tools that recommend fanfics based on your feedback or ratings (like a “if you liked this, try this” engine).
  • Sites, forums, or communities specifically for dark fics, or for progression/system/gamer/litrpg fics.
  • Other hidden gem forums, niche archives for specific fandoms, or lesser-known tracking/discovery tools.

Thanks in advance for helping build this out. I think a lot of us would find a master list useful for exploring new corners of the fanfic world!

  • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Fandom-Specific

    • PokéCommunity – Pokémon, also focuses on other fanworks such as RPs, fanart and fangames; hosts one fanfic event annually.
    • Thousand Roads – Pokémon, hosts events regularly.

    Tools

    Actually getting down to writing the fic is important as well! A couple pretty decent markdown-based editors: Ghostwriter, Tangent, Ferrite, Formiko (at Flathub), all of these FOSS where possible.

    Write your fics, or any other kind of document, really, in a word processor without your content getting uploaded to a cloud or stolen by an AI: LibreOffice.

    As for fanfic, the only lemmy community I know of besides the one in literature.cafe is lemmy.world/c/fanfiction , but no idea how active they are.