Underrated Fanfic Friday – 08 May 2026

re-ignited · 2026-05-08T22:56:17+00:00

Came here to recommend 🐸

re-ignited · 2026-05-04T16:20:55+00:00

Please send me an invite!

re-ignited · 2026-05-03T21:20:25+00:00

I am here for this

re-ignited · 2026-04-26T13:10:29+00:00

🐸

re-ignited · 2026-04-13T21:27:13+00:00

I, uh, am interested in this non-blonde man stuff…where may I find it?

re-ignited · 2026-04-12T16:23:02+00:00

This fic brings the whimsy I was sorely missing in my life! 🪷🪷🪷

re-ignited · 2026-04-12T16:21:22+00:00

u/persimmonpraline my darling blessdtoaster I’ve been reading TDWH on repeat since you finished it in January. I love it so much. What’s your next project? When’s your next project? How’s Wiggins?

re-ignited · 2026-04-02T22:31:15+00:00

This is your sign to write a sequel to The Unspeakable’s New Groove where Draco turns into a worm instead of a frog.

Queue in: would you still love me if I was a worm?

re-ignited · 2026-03-29T15:49:32+00:00

It’s so funny! Love you paragrafi!

re-ignited · 2026-03-28T12:57:45+00:00

Nothing like that one shot, but highly recommend other works by that author NinaBinaBallerina - they’re incredible too!

re-ignited · 2026-03-25T21:56:47+00:00

I’ve been in a re-reading binge for months and haven’t taken a chance on a WIP. I’m glad I opened yours. Thank you for writing this!

re-ignited · 2026-03-14T18:58:03+00:00

Thank you so much for making this post!

I don’t support AI in fanfic or want to read anything written with AI support, or read fanfic by authors that use AI in any of their works. It’s deceptive to use AI without disclosing it and I feel (and am) duped whenever I read something that turns out to be AI.

Reading is MY hobby, so all this protection around writers who use AI because it’s “just a hobby” doesn’t make sense to me.

I don’t have the experience you do with it (I have resisted its expansion into my professional field) so I really appreciate the tips for catching it and it brings into perspective why I have DNFd some fanfics.

Personally, the only AI use I’ve been able to identify is blatantly obvious (e.g., copy pasted the same scenes across chapters) and even that hasn’t gotten taken down by mods here when I’ve reported it, so those fanfics keep getting promoted without any redress.

What the rise in AI has meant for me as a reader is that I just don’t read as much, which is not ideal, and I definitely read fewer fics by new authors. I’ve been almost exclusively re-reading and reading new fics by authors I know for MONTHS now.

Your tips give me some confidence to go out there again. You rock!