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What genres of fanfic do people mostly read, like what is in the story line or is it all smut? I’m just getting into a03 at the ripe age of 20.
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Anonymous 6w

I was a smut hound during quarantine and now search for found family, mentoring-type fics, trauma, hurt/comfort, painfully historically accurate, anything with a good action-heavy yet still emotionally touching plot where NOBODY DIES

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Anonymous 6w

I like to read story driven stuff. Tbh I lowkey had an addiction to smut back in quarantine, so I try to avoid it now because I know myself

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Anonymous 6w

depends on my mood tbh, I try to avoid smut, but I like stuff that’s more story-driven if it’s longer but sometimes i’ll read a quick fluffy one-shot if I like the concept

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Anonymous 6w

I usually like reading story driven slow burn fics, especially if there’s found family. But my guilty pleasures are smut or crack gc texting fics

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Anonymous 5w

I love time travel fix its and canon divergent fics mixed with a lot of hurt/comfort. It’s easy to filter out what you want/don’t want on AO3

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Anonymous 6w

My pairings get new fics that are not written by me like twice a year so we read fucking anything atp 😭🙏

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Anonymous 6w

Most time travel and canon divergence (I read for a lot of sci-fi/fantasy fandoms)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Genre wise, I am a big fan of found family and hurt/comfort

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

I found one that was fake Reddit posts from the Superman (2025) movie and they were HILARIOUS

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Anonymous replying to -> pinkbow 6w

Basically idc about the tags as long as it’s my ship. I’ll give anything a chance. I’ve read fetish fiction for fetishes I don’t even have bc it’s that dry. If I have options, if I’m in a mood for something unserious I’ll read smut otherwise anything goes

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 6w

Also oneshot smut from my favorite authors bc honestly half the people with good characterization are also horny bastards. Love them to death for it

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Please share 🙏

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 6w
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