Welcome to the International Fanworks Day (IFD) Feedback Fest of 2025!
Our theme for IFD 2025 is Fan Communities are Ecosystems, where we celebrate diversity in fandom and fanworks, and the unique fan ecosystem it creates.
Want to participate in this year’s Feedback Fest? Here’s how to do it!
Leave a comment under this post recommending 10 fanworks. Tell everyone why you love these works and why they should check them out. You can also link to a recommendation post you’ve made elsewhere, or create a new recommendation post on your social media accounts using the #FeedbackFest2025 tag. Keep the diversity of fanworks in mind when making recommendations – you can share fics, podfics, fanart, zines, archives, collections, newsletters, and anything that sparks joy in you about fandom. The sky is the limit!
While going through the recommendations, it’s nice to leave feedback – comments, kudos, likes – for the creators as well! Feel free to boost the recommendations from other people that you enjoyed. This year’s #FeedbackFest is all about being a part of a fandom ecosystem, so spread the joy!
Start your reccing, and we’ll see you on the other side – we wish you a happy #IFD2025 again!
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This Deadly Innocence, or The End of the Hurt/Comfort Syndrome by Leslie Fish
Foresmutters_Archivist (OTW_Open_Doors)
Summary: Star Trek TOS – Doctor McCoy has detected a dangerous syndrome in two of his patients. He prescribes a novel treatment.
Review: A beautiful fic preserved from 1979, and I really want to highlight Foresmutters over at OTW Open Doors.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/495734
WHERE’S THE LOOT?! A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Game by glitterpig
Summary: Our Flag Means Death – You are Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate. Your goal? Loot a ship for gifts to win Ed’s heart!
Review: Such fun writing! A great and well-organized concept that must have taken a gigantic brain to pull off. If you love CYOA books and twine games, along with OFMD, this one’s a REAL treat.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44280394
What She Is by Caedmon
Summary: Doctor Who – She is many things to the Doctor, but most of all, she’s astonishing.
Review: This one puts a lump in my throat. Beautiful and sweet, and for one of my favorite pairings. Really highlights what I love about the Rose/Nine pairing.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6296752
A Rare Delicacy by orphan_account
Summary: Titan A.E. – Cale finds out how bad things are for the human race, and especially one subgroup of it. Korso assures him he’s not alone.
Review: I wrote a comment on this orphaned fic only to find the comments moderated… meaning the author will never read the screed of love I wrote them this year, about how beautiful and inspiring their writing is. I hope someday they’ll see this, this is for you, lost Titan A.E. Cale x Korso fanfic writer.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/308442
Another Type of Education by BlitheFool
Summary: My Hero Academia – A little fan comic about Sex Ed at the U.A.
Review: I can only scream to the masses my love for BlitheFool’s art and storytelling skills. The gag is hilarious just to begin with, but the wonderful art and the way each one gets delivered perfectly in-character is fantastic.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25878439
Dream Hard by Lenticular
Summary: Avatar: the Legend of Korra – Isn’t every day a man in a mask walks into your life and changes it forever.
Review: This is one of the fics that I’ve read dozens of times. The noir atmosphere and mystery plot, the strong voice embedded in the prose, the hot smut… it’s a comfort fic.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/542593/
What Wakes Alone in Ice by teamingmate
Summary: Re-Animator – A Re-Animator flavored tribute to The Thing and At the Mountains of Madness.
Review: Excellent, cinematic writing that captures all of the source materials in the atmosphere and dialog. And it really gets into the gritty parts of what makes the Dan/Herbert pairing tick… by dissection, mostly.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/57738157/
[Podfic] Starcat Distribution System by RobotBoyfriend
Summary: Star Trek TNG – We finally get the real explanation for both how Data ended up adopting Spot AND how there could be un-neutered male cats running around a Starship.
Review: Professional grade podfic voicing along with an excellent and sweet little story. Highly recommend their other podficced works, too, as RobotBoyfriend’s delivery is a delight to listen to.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/50207788
Dreams in the Necromancer House by NothingEnough
Summary: Re-Animator – All Dan Cain wants is to be a normal man with a normal girlfriend and a normal job in a normal house. Then, Herbert West is released from the hospital… and bit by bit, Dan loses everything normal.
Review: An intense ride of a novel-length story with stunning prose that will keep you up for hours after midnight trying to get the next chapter. Excellent character building, plot, and it perfectly captures the creepy cosmic horror of Arkham, Massachusetts.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/55459555/
Announcing by sarapod (four_right_chords)
Summary: The Godfather – It’s 1987, Tom’s granddaughter is going to be a literature professor, and Sonny’s been dead almost 40 years.
Review: The Godfather, and longterm gay longing, and the kind of emotions that only poetry can bring out in you feature strongly in this incredibly well-written fanfic.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53479345
My recommendations post for fics from BG3, Hetalia, and Silent Hill.
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My pinned post with fic recs:
https://twitter.com/carrochan/status/1299257234472525824?t=X5eceUMZn669KP5_581sqA&s=19
Haikyuu, kuroken mainly
AO3 Kuroken Recommendations (Haikyuu) https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Recommended_KuroKen_Fics
Explicit: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/krkn_explicit
Heavy angst/sad:
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/krkn_crying
Long fics:
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Krkn_longfics
Kuroken Starting Pack:
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/krkn_starter
https://fanlore.org/wiki/KuroKen
https://www.tumblr.com/morganasmissus/775504521340354560/feedback-fest-2025?source=share
My recommendation list!
Inception fandom recs here: https://www.tumblr.com/ladysarai/775609081489768448/10-inception-fics-for-fanworks-day?source=share
Star Wars fandom recs here: https://www.tumblr.com/ladysarai/775615125369520128/10-star-wars-fic-recs-for-fanworks-day?source=share
Here are Hetalia fics I highly recommend! It was difficult to keep it to ten fics and, as you will see, I failed L(° O °L) I’ve tried to select a good range of style, length and genres, so there’s something for everyone ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
The list is in descending order of publication date:
A Singular Affair by original_yazzy
Part 1 – https://original-yazzy.livejournal.com/128931.html
Part 2 – https://original-yazzy.livejournal.com/129027.html
(England/Prussia)
Single dad Arthur, struggling to raise his eleven-year-olds Matthew and Alfred, meets single dad Gilbert, also raising a young son, Ludwig. AU.
This was the first Hetalia human AU fic I read way back in 2009, and it has gone on to mould in my mind of Arthur being this incredibly multifaceted character. I still recall it most fondly.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15744
The Consolations of Philosophy by orphan_account
(France/Russia)
So if I was a Russianist I would write a proper study in English on Franco-Russian relations during the Enlightenment, since the currently available ones are atrocious. Since I am not, however, HERE, HAVE PORN. With dancing and philosophers in.
A historical fic that has touched my soul indelibly. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the electrifying feeling of my first read. An absolutely gorgeous piece *chef’s kiss*
https://archiveofourown.org/works/186735
The Timbered by sadlygrove
(Egypt/Greece/Turkey)
The dark voice of the Empire does nothing to detract from the beautiful green eyes, like the sea at dawn in both color and chill. Egypt dives in.
M/M/M 3some pwp with dp and possibly the hottest piece of erotic fanfiction I’ve ever accidentally stumbled across in the fandom’s heyday. When I say I couldn’t breathe!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/332779
Unwritten Rules by jedishampoo
(America/France)
France/US. France gives Revolutionary America some lessons in diplomacy. Sexy diplomacy.
Funny, sexy, and sweet – just an all-round fun smutty read!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21869236
Only This Moment by archestofenemies
(England/France)
France/England: Victorian gentleman Arthur winds up in the company of the handsome farmer Francis. Will he be able to keep from throwing himself into those muscular, sun-bronzed arms? No. De-anon from the kink meme, finished.
This is the quintessential FrUK fic for me! I don’t know who I love more in this fic, Arthur or Francis – they both deserve each other (complimentary)! A joyful read, 11/10!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44377789
Untitled.avi by Delgumo
(America/Russia)
[no summary]
Okay, fair warning, this fic is not for everyone. I first read it on AFFN, and when I say it had me in a grip…!! It was my first real experience of reading a confessional/”unreliable” narrator-type of fiction that truly shook me like no publication has ever managed to do – and I think this would struggle to be professionally published, it is just so visceral and plain horrifying. Truly a difficult read, one I can’t recommend to just anyone, but I couldn’t leave it off this list as it has completely changed my entire perspective of what not just fanfiction but simply fiction can evoke in a reader.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44911063
No Need for Long Goodbyes by Delgumo
(America/Canada, America/England, America/Liechtenstein)
The pain from a life filled with sexual and physical abuse festers inside of Alfred, pushing him to lash out at the people he loves the most.
Bruh this fic will have you feeling feelings (and not all good) but damn if it ain’t the best piece of longfic I’ve ever read! It probably says something about me that I can’t quite explain, but Arthur is my favourite character in here. I’m sorry uwu
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47629027
Snatch your happiness from the days to come by Mossy_man
(China/Russia)
Omegaverse self-indulgent porn in communist uniforms. God save the Tzar.
Post-WWII RoChu fic that yanked me back to the heyday of canontalia, and GOD it’s just an absolutely rich and beautiful fic! The imageries are to die for! Love it so, so much <3
https://archiveofourown.org/works/58044037
acuerdo by southerngothics
(Southern Italy/Spain)
It’s still new to him; four months is an eternity for humans, perhaps, but perspective has shortened and condensed time into a coiled thing, folding over on itself until the entire stretch of it is thin as parchment. Four months is the blink of an eye. And the fighting has not stopped since he set foot upon that little island kingdom; he hasn’t had time to truly process it all.
That Romano is his now. That they are together. That every morning he will wake up and Romano will be here, and that every night Romano will be asleep in this bed. It still seems like the far-fetched dream Pedro had cooked up in hushed tones, away from the menacing glares of el Papa. Spain is convinced, somehow, that if he blinks, reality will throw its punch and he’ll be back in Palermo, crushed under that damned France’s boot.
In 1282, King Peter III of Aragon is crowned King of Sicily.
Another gorgeous piece of historical prose and a delightful, if disturbing, character study of Spain. How is it @torontofetish's first ever Hetalia fic in the year of our lord 2024? I need more from them!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/50168380
My gentleness (is not for you) by Mossy_man
(China/Mongolia/Russia)
Our sex had always been full of misery. Of Mongolia's bitterness and China's sour resentment. But now when they are free from each other he can use another source of approval.
When I say I spent bloody years trying to capture China and Mongolia's relationship, and the one time I requested it of Moss and they delivered in spades… Biting my knuckle raw in envy at their talent, but also fuck writing I get to simply read this piece of pure perfection aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Bonus:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56431114
Holiday fling by Mossy_man
(China/Russia)
For smuttyandabsurd.
A birthday fic for me, tailored to a personal degree of the author's view of me (apparently?), and a gift I shall cherish all my life ( っ˶´ ˘ `)っ