How is Love Rekindled and other Fan-fics so popular?

[Rainbowhawk1993]

There are over 1200 stories on Fanfiction.net and it seems the most popular one linked to ToS is Love Rekindled. How is that?

Before you make accusations, no I don't have prejudices against Homosexual stories. I'm just curious, why is that story the most popular one among the rest?

[Raiden]

I haven't read it, but my first assumption is that it contains a well written love story.

Love stories, like any story, can be well written no matter what the characters are. You could write a story about two fungal hyphae meeting each other underground and how they come together to form a beautiful mushroom.

It doesn't really matter what it is, so long as what is going on is familiar enough to be understood by the reader.

EDIT: Rainbowhawk, if you want a good Avatar story, Brave New Day is awesome. Just go read it. To be fair, the first few chapters are a little rough in places, but after that it's pretty good.

[Sight Unseen]

Because it's a good story.

[iron_jones]

It's probably well written.

[Isard]

And it was written by one of our favorite fellows here on ToS.


Although I must admit I stopped reading it a few months back.


Bad fanfic experience. I can't read any fanfiction these days.

[TxonTirea]

I'm not sure whether to be flattered or astonished.

[Rainbowhawk1993]

Originally Posted by Isard

And it was written by one of our favorite fellows here on ToS.


Although I must admit I stopped reading it a few months back.


Bad fanfic experience. I can't read any fanfiction these days.

The followers of my fan-fic on FF.net say mine is well writen but i've yet to see even a reply from anyone here. Well I guess that's because a lot of people don't have alot of time or intrest for fan-fiction now adays. Guess it's a matter of timing. I'm not trying to advertise my fiction by writing this, just wanted to figure out the minds of fan-fic writers so I can reach out more to the readers.

This summer I'll read up on some fan-fics and finish my own. I'm giving it all I got and I hope my readers enjoy it.

[Moco Loco]

It really helps to write fic sooner after the original work is completed. Other than that, Love Rekindled specifically struck me as a plot I just never would've thought of ordinarily.

[Fighter-of-Wars]

From that which I read of it, it was good. And what Moco said, it was different and I liked that aspect of it.

I haven't read any fan fics in a long time though. Mostly because the ones I followed just quit. I know how it is though, being I haven't updated mine for a long time.

[TxonTirea]

I originally wrote mine when everyone was still nuts about Avatar (Not saying people still aren't, but it was feverish then.) and I wrote it to try to deal with my PAD as well as letting some emotion I'd gotten built up out. I have no idea why it's popular or how I did it, I wrote it expecting to to flop to be honest. Not many "Gay Avatar Lovestories" out there that aren't just lemons.

I just gave it a go and it sorta...took off, I guess. I feel kinda lame now because I still haven't finished the thing. I look at it and all the plot threads are still in my head, but trying to write an ending to that f-ing stings.