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What are the most influential fanfics that created or popularized tropes?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by PercyPendragon, Sep 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM.

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  1. PercyPendragon

    PercyPendragon Muggle

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    Sep 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM #1
    Looking for examples of fanfics that have had a major impact on the fandom community and even created entirely new tropes or subgenres. For example, Brockton's Celestial Forge is known in niche circles for spawning a whole new crafting power trope in Worm fanfiction. What other fanfics have been that influential in shaping fanfiction culture and storytelling?
     
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    Sep 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM #2
    Hmm. Harry Potter and the Summer of Change? The Harry and Tonks one? The Lie I've Lived? That Cassandra Clare shit?

    The Methods of Rationality might be the actual answer, as much of a shitfic as it is.
     
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