Everyone has that one fanwork....

[respoftw]

So, one of my most popular posts on tumblr is a lament about that one fic that we all have that we wish more people had read, the one that we’re proud of that just didn’t get it’s fair due.

(I’d link the tumblr post but tumblr has still got my blog flagged as adult and it doesn’t show up in search results: have I mentioned how bitter I am about that?)

Anyway, it got me thinking that maybe DW would be a good place to expand on that post and ask people to share the fic (or art, or any other kind of fanwork) that fills this space in their heart. Call it a meme and post it to your own blog or just share it in the comments below; whatever! All I know is that those works that we poured our heart and soul into deserve the chance to find a wider audience!

Mine is It Can’t Rain All The Time which is a fusion between Stargate Atlantis and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series with John in the role of the second incarnation of Dream and Rodney as the mortal he falls in love with.

I mean, I don’t know if it’s super confusing to anyone who doesn’t know Sandman (although the few do,Kent’s have suggested not) but I have this special place in my heart for this fic and I wish more people had read it. It has 520 hits at this particular time and date and I think about 100 of them are mine from rereading it!

So, what’s your “I wish this had reached a wider audience” fic?

Comments

[hopelessheathen57]

Just read it, and it was great! I liked the idea of Rodney exploring Atlantis in his dreams, and I'm always a fan of effective immortality/post-mortality in a happy ending. Question, though it didn't necessarily seem important: what was John before he became Dream, or I guess how did he become Dream?

Also, nice idea about posting-the-fic-you-wished-got-more-reads, because otherwise, I probably would've looked at the fandom tags and thought, "What's the Sandman?" and then passed by without looking. But the romance made perfect sense and was really good even without knowing anything about that series. :)

If I were to list my own "wish-this-had-a-bigger-audience" fic, I guess I'd pick my Paleolithic SPN AU with the neanderthal!Dean/homosapien!Cas pairing. It's honestly done pretty well and I have nothing to complain about, but I've always wondered if there are people who saw the neanderthal tag and went "hell, no!" I guess I just want more people to think that neanderthals are cute, ha ha

[nagi_schwarz]

This sounds fascinating and I have it on my marked for later list. :)

[hopelessheathen57]

Thanks, hope you like it! :)