According to AO3′s FAQ: Hits are a counter of how many times a work has been accessed. A hit is registered every time a visitor navigates to a work’s page, with the following exceptions: If two visits in a row come from the same IP address, only the first one is registered.

Astolat (/ˈæstəˌlæt, -ˌlɑːt/) (French: Escalot) is a legendary castle and town of Great Britain named in Arthurian legends. It is the home of Elaine, “the lily maid of Astolat”, as well of her father Sir Bernard and her brothers Lavaine and Tirre.

By default, a bookmark is public and can be accessed by anyone. To make a bookmark private, select the “Private bookmark” checkbox when creating or editing the bookmark. If you mark a bookmark as private, no one but you can access it.

Fanfiction is defined by the use of characters and expression from an original creative work and the creation of derivative works, all of which is illegal under current copyright law (McCardle, 2003). Most fanfiction expands beyond the limited allowances to comment and critique allowed through fair use (Johnson, 2016).

As an Archive feature, kudos are a quick and easy way to let a creator know that you like their work. Once you successfully leave kudos on a work, there will be a message that says “Thank you for leaving kudos!” You can only give kudos to a work once, even if you have multiple pseuds under your account.

To create the other graph, I looked at the average number of kudos for each tag (specifically, I looked at the median — the number such that 50% of the fics have more kudos than that number, and 50% have fewer). For AO3 overall, the median number is 12 kudos.

Top Ten Anime Ships

1. Eijirou Kirishima x Katsuki Bakugou – My Hero Academia.
2. Victor Nikiforov x Yuri Katsuki – Yuri!! On Ice.
3. Bokuto X Akaashi – Haikyuu.
4. Takashi Morinozuka x Mitsukuni Haninozuka – Ouran Host Club.
5. Mafuyu x Yuki – Given.
6. Sebastian x Ciel – Black Butler.
7. Kuroo x Kenma – Haikyuu.
8. Rei x Nagisa – Free!

The top three most common fandoms on AO3 right now are Marvel, Supernatural, and Harry Potter. This is especially impressive for Harry Potter, I think (see my previous posts about how AO3 is heavily weighted toward recent fandoms).

These Are The Top 20 K-Pop Ships That Have The Most Fanfictions Written About Them

• #8. Kris & Tao (EXO)
• #7. Jonghyun & Key (SHINee)
• #6. Minho & Taemin (SHINee)
• #5. Taeyeon & Tiffany (Girls’ Generation)
• #4. Donghae & Eunhyuk (Super Junior)
• #3. Sehun & Luhan (EXO)
• #2. Chanyeol & Baekhyun (EXO)
• #1. Kai & D.O (EXO)

Where do you prefer to read Kpop Fanfiction?

• Fanfiction.net. 1.0%
• Wattpad. 51.0%
• Asian Fanfiction. 26.8%
• Archive of Our Own. 6.7%
• Tumblr. 14.5%

The current total number of BTS fics (103,654) accounts for 1.96% of that nearly 5.3 million. Yes, it’s a small number comparatively, but with over 34,000 fandoms represented, I’m surprised the percentage is that high! AO3 also has a parent tag for K-Pop, with 247,857 current fics.

The common usage of many fan fiction terms has resulted in their usage being reduced to acronyms or abbreviations, which are widely used instead of the full term. A/N. Author’s note, when the author wants to create an aside to explain something.

Original character fiction