It bugs me that so many people's default example of published fanfic is 50 Shades of Grey.
What about West Side Story, a famous modern AU of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
What about Dante's Inferno, a self-insert RPF if I've ever seen one?
What about Wicked, a pre-canon AU of The Wizard of Oz?
Hell, what about Percy Jackson? There's definitely an argument to be made that that's a modern AU of various Greek myths.
Humans have been writing fanfic as long as they have been telling stories. In about the year 20 BC, our dear Roman poet Ovid wrote the Heroides, a series of aggrieved "letters" from the female characters of famous myths to their respective male heroes. Are you telling me that Ovid, writing a letter from the perspective of Queen Dido to Aeneas -- Aeneas, whose fantastical adventures were put into poem by Virgil -- wasn't writing an outsider-POV fic? A fic that is, in fact, translated in Latin classes world-wide today!
There is so much famous fanfic out there, but people tend to forget that it is fanfic once it becomes mainstream enough. And as a consequence of that, people who aren't into fandom don't see how beautiful fanfic is, and some members of fandom feel shame associated with writing and reading fic. But fanfic is beautiful, and it is something humans have always done, and it is nothing to be ashamed about.
So if you ever find yourself in a situation to give an example of published fic, think outside the box. Remember that published fanfics hide in plain sight; once they're famous enough, we no longer think of them as fanfic. And never forget that fanfic is a very, very old human tradition, and your ancestors who partook in it would not have wanted you to feel ashamed of it.
asthmaticbee
Summary:
Izuku never gets One For All, and never goes to UA. Away from Bakugou, he finds that most people don’t care about his Quirklessness as much, and actually makes friends in his class.
This, however, gives rise to a new problem - namely lots of confessions to the sweet and smart boy. In his attempts to make them stop, he lies that he’s dating UA star Todoroki Shouto, certain the lie will never come to light.
Sucks that Shouto stops a villain attack on his school while interning with Endeavor. Trying to keep up the lie Izuku takes Shouto aside and asks him to play along for his classmates.
He doesn’t expect Shouto to come back to his school and keep up the act.
Rating:
Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
M/M
Fandom:
僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Relationships:
Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto Bakugou Katsuki/Consequences - Relationship
Characters:
Minor Original Characters - Character Midoriya Izuku Midoriya Inko Todoroki Shouto Yagi Toshinori | All Might Background & Cameo Characters
Additional Tags:
Fake/Pretend Relationship Romantic Comedy Quirkless Midoriya Izuku Gay Disaster Midoriya Izuku Gay Disaster Todoroki Shouto Miscommunication Todoroki Shouto is a Dork Inspired by Twitter Gift Fic no beta we die like Izuku's poor gay heart author plays fast and loose with the LOV because this isn't about them Strangers to Fake Boyfriends to Friends to Actual Boyfriends
Language:
English
Stats:
Published: 2022-08-02 Updated: 2022-08-23 Words: 5755 Chapters: 4/16
not my usual type of art post ^^;; but i redrew some pathetic looking cats in my camera roll
Rating:
Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
F/M
Fandom:
僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Uraraka Ochako Midoriya Inko & Midoriya Izuku Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku Midoriya Izuku & Everyone
Characters: Midoriya Izuku Uraraka Ochako Midoriya Inko Bakugou Katsuki U.A. Students (My Hero Academia) U.A. Faculty (My Hero Academia) Original Characters Yagi Toshinori | All Might Tsukauchi Naomasa Muscular (My Hero Academia) Nono Seika(Sakurada Reset) Sasaki Mirai | Sir Nighteye
Additional Tags: BAMF Midoriya Izuku BAMF Uraraka Ochako Midoriya Izuku-centric Midoriya Izuku Has a Quirk Midoriya Izuku Does Not Have One for All Quirk Inspired by Sakurada Reset Midoriya Izuku is a Dork Midoriya Izuku's Hair Is Fluffy Because It's Full Of Secrets Time Travel Time Loop Supportive Midoriya Inko Sassy Midoriya Izuku Uraraka Ochako Has Multiple Quirks Maybe some angst Mostly Fluff Hacker Midoriya Izuku Smart Midoriya Izuku Cats
Language:English
Stats: Published: 2021-10-21 Updated: 2023-03-13 Words: 79,945 Chapters: 19/?Comments: 812 Kudos: 2,003 Bookmarks: 593 Hits: 67,618
shansome
Summary:
Midoriya Izuku's quirk: Perfect Recall. The ability to relive any part of his past with all five senses isn't exactly the most powerful of quirks. Despite that, Izuku's going to become a hero. Even if he has to essentially fight quirkless.
But then one long, long, day, he meets her. And everything changes.
Or: If Uraraka had a second quirk, one that lets her rewind the entire world back to a specific point. The only catch? Her own memory gets reset along with everyone else-everyone, that is, but a single boy with a weak quirk.
You know that cat au I had?
Yea so now I'm thinking about that again, the cats I mean. So, Danny moves to Gotham and opens a cafe that sells a lot of stuff from breakfast to lunch to dinner to desserts to drinks, etc, etc.
He started it on Vlad's money, of course.
He wasn't all that popular, maybe one of two customers a day, most of which were regulars.
Then he started taking in stray cats around his area and that somehow lead to Damian Wayne popping up at his doorstep (yes he does live above his cafe thank you very much) and giving him a ton of exposure because, well, he's Damian Wayne.
Who then become his irregular regular. Mostly because he was, well, a very rich fruitloop who decided that he wanted to stop by Danny's cafe for whatever reason.
Most likely the cats.
Definitely the cats.
issue: the kittens are still trying to learn words. gus knows his name and daisy knows hers, but they don’t seem to quite grasp that when I say “babies!” im referring to both of them.
hypothesis: “babies” is too similar to “daisy” and they’re getting confused
test: start saying “gamers” instead
Outcome: they’re understanding it and it’s hysterically funny
acanfullofspiders
Summary:
When Izuku Midoriya wakes up in the UA infirmary with no idea of how he got there he comes to the logical conclusion: he must be dreaming. Naturally, this leads to some strange interactions.
Rating:
General Audiences
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
Gen
Fandom:
僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Relationships:
Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All MightMidoriya Izuku & Sensei | All For One
Characters:
Midoriya Izuku Yagi Toshinori | All Might Bakugou Katsuki Todoroki Shouto Uraraka Ochako Iida Tenya Sensei | All For One Shuuzenji Chiyo | Recovery Girl
Additional Tags:
Crack Amnesia Temporary Amnesia Parental Yagi Toshinori | All Might dad for one Not Canon Compliant Bakugou Katsuki is a Good Friend Conspiracy Theorist Todoroki Shouto Amnesiac Midoriya Izuku he thinks he's dreaming though Implied/Referenced Suicidebbut it's just what Bakugou said to Izuku in canon
Language:
English
Series:
← Previous Work Part 10 of Writer's Month 2022 Next Work →
Stats:
Published: 2022-08-24 Words: 2911 Chapters: 1/1
katydid
Summary:
Toshinori Yagi loved Izuku like a son. He thought Inko Midoriya was a sweet and genuine soul, raising her son as a single parent after her divorce. But it was starting to get embarrassing how badly Toshinori had the hots for Izuku’s dad.
Meanwhile a disguised All for One does not know what to make of his mortal enemy asking him out to dinner. Is this a trap?
Rating:
General Audiences
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
M/M
Fandom:
僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Relationships:
Sensei | All For One/Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Midoriya Izuku & Sensei | All For One, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Midoriya Inko & Yagi Toshinori | All Might
Characters:
Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Sensei | All For One, Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Inko
Additional Tags:
Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi, Good Parent Sensei | All For One, Good Parent Midoriya Inko, Parental Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Protective Sensei | All For One, Protective Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Fan Midoriya Izuku, Fix-It of Sorts, Alternate Universe - Happy, Crack Treated Seriously, Secret Identity, Enemies to Lovers, Oblivious Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Izuku's merch collection is the real winner
Language:
English
← Previous Work Part 107 of Dad for One Short Fiction Next Work →
Series:
Collections:
Fics That Cured Shikamaru's Depression
Stats:
Published: 2023-09-28 Words: 6,732 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 153 Kudos: 991 Bookmarks: 216 Hits: 7,246
WILD PHANTOM CAR SPOTTED
The_Mad_Mystic
Summary:
Izuku gets an unexpected hitchhiker during his ten month training period.
The bees are cool and all, but does she have to tease him about a harem?!
Rating:
Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning:
No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories:
F/FF/M
Fandom:
僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Relationships:
Midoriya Izuku/Uraraka Ochako Ashido Mina/Midoriya Izuku Asui Tsuyu/Midoriya Izuku Asui Tsuyu/Uraraka Ochako Ashido Mina/Uraraka Ochako Ashido Mina/Asui Tsuyu Midoriya Inko/Yagi Toshinori | All Might Toga Himiko/Uraraka Ochako Midoriya Izuku/Toga Himiko Asui Tsuyu/Toga Himiko Ashido Mina/Toga Himiko Bakugou Katsuki/Woodchipper-kun
Characters:
Class 1-A (My Hero Academia) Hachisuka Kuin Midoriya Izuku
Additional Tags:
Overpowered Midoriya Izuku Midoriya Izuku is a Dork Uraraka Ochako is a Good Friend Kuin is a tease Midoriya Izuku is a Ray of Sunshine Izuku's hair is fluffy because it's full of secrets... AND BEES Fluff and Crack What Was I Thinking? I wasn't Izuku has Bee Behaviors Bakugo Katsuki Has a Bad Time The time he has is bees.
Language:
English
Stats:
Published: 2022-03-31 Updated: 2022-07-05 Words: 7415 Chapters: 4/?