I'm not really equipped to evaluate the "it's only fanfiction if someone else owns the copyright" debate, but in the sense of "fiction that builds off of an existing work" I'd say so.
Cinderella! Riffing off the “what if Prince Charming is just faceblind” posts that were going around, I assume.
oh no it's BRILLIANT and i LOVE it. no one ever writes faceblind characters, and i sympathize with his struggles so much, and i can absolutely understand how he can fall in love with someone he can't describe.
snipers solve 99% of all problems by silentwalrus 37/? chapters Olivier Armstrong is contacted by an old friend begging for help with what sounds like a soul-transmutation issue. So she finagles Amestris's surviving experts on the subject, Team Mustang, into crossing through a mysterious portal and into an exotic, faraway land named England. Will they be able to save Harry from Lord Voldemort? Or will Ed simply murder the entire Wizarding World in a fit of outrage and frustration?
Everyone loves a fic where Steve Rogers says "hey modern day, that's fucked up," right? How about an MCU fic where the X-men are actually around, and Steven learns about the bullshit that is how mutants are treated? The fic is shorter (8k) focusing mostly on early discovery, meeting a couple of people, and wrecking some Sentinels, but I like what's there.
I love this. Especially when everyone is like, "let's not talk about this" and Steve goes, "no no, let's DO talk about it. In depth. With reading material."
https://archiveofourown.org/works/9397646/chapters/21274226 absolutely mindbending drarry fic. all through the first chapter i was like "obvs an AU, i don't get why you said it isn't." and then. welp. wow.
Manacled, a Dramione Dark Romance Wizard War AU fanfic :)) I thought the fic was p engaging! Some interesting extra story things surround this AU version of the war between Harry and Voldemort, but the fic primarily focuses on the Dramione and I think is entirely Hermione's viewpoint. Check out the tags, cause a lot of things happen, and the author may include things in the beginning notes if a chapter will contain warned content heres some stuff off the top of my head Spoiler: CW non explicit noncon, forced pregnancy, magical surgery, torture, body horror, self harm, constant death, lots of angst eta: Words: 370256 | Chapters: 77/77
@jacktrash Good Harry Potter crossovers (some of which you hopefully haven't seen) Emergency Godfather When in Rome... Hiss? Edmund and Ginny Go to Harfang Nature's Revenge (Naruto/hp; no clue if you're into that) The ever-changing tide (Naruto/HP again, but no real knowledge of Naruto is necessary) The Devil Would Throw Roses Eliot Spencer and the Hogwarts Job Defense Against The Dark Farts noble heart such as yours Death Comes to Hermione Granger (Discworld/HP)
Someone please join me in marveling at this beautiful behind-the-scenes look at the New Alternian Journal of Ship Wank.