fictional_fans | DW Communities

Hi, I don't follow that many fannish communities on DW, and I thought it could be helpful to compile a kind of directory?

Multifandom:

fandomsecrets : fandom related secrets

fail_fandomanon : an anon meme about almost everything fandom related. And wank. Quoted as "for good or ill, the multifandom comm on DW."

anonimanga : an anon meme based on east asian works

scans_daily : a community for posting scans of pages from comic books, manga, comic strips and webcomics... And discussing them!

addme_fandom : a community to find friends who share your fannish obsessions.

access_fandom : Improving disability access in fandom.

betaplease : For seeking beta readers.

metaquotes : "For the posting of amusing, insightful, witty (etc.) things said on Dreamwidth."

fanficrants - rants relating to fanfic

findthatbook - members attempt to identify vaguely recalled books from sketchy details.

sps slush pile sleuths -- Ebook reviews for small press & self-published ebooks

Media specific

amplificathon : multifandom podfic community

podfic_love : multifandom podfic reccing

vidding : Open to all fandoms and all vid genres (slash, het, gen, constructed reality, etc). Anime fans are welcome, as are VCR vidders.

Recs

fancake : a multifandom fic recs community, with monthly themes. Quite active and a great source of new reads.

bestthingever : a multifandom fic recs community for new works that get you excited

fanart_recs : multifandom fanart recs

podfic_love : a community for recommendations for fannish vocal performances.

gensplosion a multifandon reccing comm for gen fic

vidrecs : fanvids recs.

recs : Any and all fanwork recs

Icons

icontalking a central community for icon makers, with challenges (It also has a sticky listing Icon comms and challenges on Dreamwidth, which would be useful for your list)

iconthat - fortnightly icon challenge comm

genre_icontest - icon contest with a genre theme

icons10in20 - what it says (10 icons in 20 days)

icon_resources

fandom_icons : Icons for all your different fandom needs.

icons : Icon Sharing Community

General theme/genre

once_upon_fic : A fairy-tale centric story exchange focused on fairy-tales, tall tales, and myths.

slashorific : A Fanfiction & Fanart Community For All Slash Fans - Sign ups/claiming ongoing for 2018's fest

britdrama - general comm for British Drama

corsets_and_carriages - general comm for historical drama & fiction

anything_aos - general comm for anything to do with the Age of Sail fandoms

hidden_passages - general comm for Gothic fandoms

mystery_mansion - general comm for crime & mystery fandoms

historicalyafen - for all discussion & fanworks relating to historical YA books.

anime_manga : a community dedicated to all things anime/manga/manhua/manhwa.

chromaticheroes : promoting characters of color in comic books...

historicalyafen : a comm for historical and classic MG and YA books.

Event-centered

fandomcalendar : Bulletin board for fests, big bangs, memes, cons and any other fan-related activity

fandom_on_dw : Promotion and showcase of fandom activity on Dreamwidth.

bigbangindex : Looking for a Big Bang in your fandom? Want to promote your own Big Bang? This is the place!

Create stuff!

drawesome : A Multi-fandom Drawing community for FanArtists (both traditional and digital art)

ladiesbingo : A bingo challenge celebrating relationships between women

genprompt_bingo : A low commitment multi-fandom, multi-media bingo challenge

hc_bingo : A Hurt/Comfort multifandom bingo challenge

fic_promptly : A multi-fandom comment fic communityZ

dailyprompt : multi-media prompting comm for both fannish and original creations

wipbigbang : The WIP Big Bang is a writing community for finishing your works in progress.

lands_of_magic : an interactive challenge community featuring fandoms based in fantasy, science fiction, and horror

space_swap : multimedia exchange for space fandoms

picture_prompt_fun : Write a story for a given picture prompt

drabblesoup : Weekly prompt for drabble writing

fan_flashworks : an active multi-fandom, multi-media creative community. New prompt every 10 days or so, and regular amnesties.

crossovers : Multifandom posting community for Crossover fanworks

fandom_fanvids : Vids.

getyourwordsout : A year-long writing challenge and support group.

inkingitout : An annual writing challenge and support community for large word counts.

origfic_bingo : Original fiction bingo challenge.

rarelitfic : Rare literature-based fic.

smallfandomfics : Small fandom fic.

thedailywriter : Community dedicated to encouraging writers to write something every day. Original & fannish.

100words - weekly drabble prompt, multifandom

trope_bingo - another multifandom bingo comm

allbingo - central bingo comm for monthly cards and using old cards etc.

tic_tac_woe - mini bingo comm with apocalyptic prompts

write_good : a community for writers of fanfiction and original fiction to post and discuss their writing

12months_challenge : A Themed Writing Challenge for prompt-tree style comment fic

smallfandomflsh : a flashfic community for small fandoms. Challenges are posted bi-weekly on every other Wednesday.

31_days : a multi-fandom day-by-day fanwork creation challenge. Every month, a set of prompts will be posted with one prompt for each day.

femslashficlets : weekly femslash prompts for ficlet inspiration

15kisses : multifandom & multimedia prompting community centered around kisses

fffc : Froday Flash Fiction Challenge. Every Froday will bring about some or other sort of challenge. Everyone is welcome to participate. All fandoms, pairings, ratings, and genres are fair game, as is real person fiction. We also love original fanworks.

allbingo : a space for creative people to share their work, using bingo cards for inspiration. Post about your own work and enjoy what other people are creating.

onedeadplotbunny : Multifandom support community for finishing stuff

Fests & fics exchanges:

turingfest : a fanwork exchange for robotic characters!

intoabar : A Ficathon Goes Into a Bar (Not your momma's crossover ficathon.)

screenexchange : a multi-fandom gift exchange specific to film and television

fic_corner - exchange for children's lit fandoms (runs every other year, so could look inactive when it isn't)

genex - gen exchange

unconventionalcourtship - multifandom annual ficathon for fic written using Romance novel summaries

everywoman - multifandom exchange for female characters

remixrevival - Multifandom Remix challenge/exchange

history_exchange - exchange for historical RPF

multifandomdrabble - multifandom drabble exchange

parallelsfic : Parallels is a rare fandom fanworks exchange for Asian sources.

agegapexchange : an exchange for relationships with a age gap between at least two of the participants.

hetswap : a multifandom exchange for het pairings

polytrolley : a multifandom poly fanworks exchange! Poly Trolley is for any and all poly relationships

fandom5k : a multi-fandom gift exchange for fic with a 5,000-word minimum

jukebox_fest : song-based fanworks exchange for podfic, fanfic, and art

smutswap : A Multi-fandom Smut Exchange

worldbuildingex : Community for worldbuilding-focused fanworks exchange

momsdayexchange : Appreciation fic exchange for all the fandom mothers!

holly_poly : Annual multifandom poly fanworks fest

Seasonal

yuletide : an informal community to chat about Yuletide. Active all year with notices about other exchanges and fests.

purimgifts a multifandom fic and graphics gift exchange that takes place over three days of Purim (February /March)

chocolateboxcomm : a low pressure, low commitment multifandom gift exchange run on AO3 in winter

fandom_stocking : A christmas exchange that takes place during Christmas holidays

snowflake_challenge : an annual event to highlight the best parts of Fandom and the people who make it that way.

nightonficmountain : an annual fic and art exchange for small, rare, and inactive fandoms. ( middle of the year)

halfamoon - first fortnight in Feb, celebrating women in fandom, with daily prompts.

naarmamo - annual August 'National Art Making Month'

smallfandomfest : a bi-annual multi-fandom fest community for small fandoms. Round 22 is closed; Round 23 will open for prompt submission on May 1.

Fandom specific

Babylon 5:

babylon_5 : discussion topics & info related to B5. Fan works of all types are welcome as well.

babylon5_love : Annual celebration of B5 - the next fest is in June and in need of participants

universe_today : Newsletter that updates twice a month

b5_revisited : Rewatch community that just started on Crusade

Babysitter's Club

babysitters100 : a 100-prompt fanfiction challenge for ann m. martin's the baby-sitters club

Blake's 7

blakes7 - general comm

b7friday - fortnightly flashfic comm (new prompts every other Friday)

Buffy:

su_herald : (almost) daily newsletter

buffyversetop5 : Seasonal recs community for Buffyverse and other Whedon fandoms

summer_of_giles : Seasonal Buffy fanwork community focused on Rupert Giles.

due South

duesouth - This community is for fans to post (or post links to) their creative fanworks inspired by due South, a Canadian television series that ran from 1994-1999.

Discworld

nuggan - a place to denounce things as abominations unto Nuggan

discworld - A community for all things Discworld

Doctor Who

who_allsorts (A mini-prompt table challenge for DW.)

who_guestfest (annual DW Minor Characters ficathon, now underway)

doctorwho - general comm for the fandom

dwfiction - for DW-related creative endeavours

who_at_50 - another general comm

Eerie, Indiana

eerieindiana : a community for all things Eerie, Indiana - we have regular prompts and challenges, an annual rewatch, plenty of fanworks of various kinds, as well as anything Eerie-adjacent, such as other projects the cast and crew works on, or just anything you might think an Eerie fan might enjoy

Eureka :

eureka_fanfic : Fanfic for the SciFi Channel show Eureka

The Exorcist

theexorcistfans : Comm for the FOX series "The Exorcist"

Galactic Milieu serie

torcs_and_timegates - This community is for fans of Julian May’s Exiles / Galactic Milieu series.

The Good Place

the_good_place : Links, meta, fic, icons, fan art - anything to do with the show

Harry Potter

hp_misfitfics - A Harry Potter Gen Fic Community

hpdrizzle a weather-themed Harry Potter fest

hp_shoreofangst a small multi-ship HP fest

daily_snitch a Harry Potter fandom newsletter. Editors post three times a week with news gleaned from all over the Internet.

hphet a community for Harry Potter het. Post fanfic, discuss your favourite pairing, or just connect with another HP fan.

poetic_hp Poetry in the Harry Potter verse. Anything from haiku and limericks to epic ballads to creative free verse.

harrypotter for discussion, meta, resource posts, promo, fic/art searches, fanworks, and anything Harry Potter-related.

hp_fanworks A place for all Harry Potter fanworks. We take art, icons, fiction, fanmixes, podfic and more.

hh_sugarquill The Hogwarts Is Home Sugarquill - an art and fanfic challenge community where you can win your house point by submitting fanworks

theiceroyals - Lucius/Narcissa Malfoy shipping community, all fanworks welcome, monthly prompts

dramione - Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger shipping community, all fanworks welcome

dhr_advent - Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger seasonal fanwork fest

draco100 - drabble prompt community, focused on Draco Malfoy

hp_nextgen100 - drabble prompt community, focused on next gen characters

newts_magical_suitcase - a catch-all fantastic beasts community!

Hawaii Five-0

pineapple_infested -- comm for the 2010 series

Hikaru No Go

hikarunogo : a Dreamwidth community for Hikaru no Go fandom

House, M.D.

house_wilson_ghc for House-Wilson fic

house_wilson_ghc_ot for non-fic questions/discussions

house_wilson_ghc_reqs for people seeking specific Housefics

sick_wilson -- Wilson-centric fics

Human Traget

ckos : a place to share discussion and fan fiction for the show Human Target. Come discuss the world of slash, share your slashy stories and other media

iZombie

izombie_comm : iZombie fan community

The Librarians

thelibrarians_tv

Life On Mars

lifein1973 : anything related to the BBC drama Life on Mars here! Squeeing, analysis, screencaps, fan fiction of almost any kind

LOTR/Tolkien:

silwritersguild : Silmarillion-focused fanworks

b2mem : General Tolkien annual fest in March, book and movie

Marvel

cap_ironman - Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, all incarnations

wonderwomanlove : Wonder Woman Love celebrates DC Comics' Amazing Amazon. Gen, het & femslash welcome.

marvel_bang : a bigbang community focused on producing works of 10,000 words or more for the Marvel Universe.

Magnificent Seven

mag7daybook - Magnificent Seven (tv)

The Mentalist:

cbi : Anything regarding the series or its actors is welcome. Episode discussions (with appropriate spoiler space when applicable), photos, screen caps, videos, songvids, fic - it's all good.

My Little Pony

equestriamlp : from icons to episode discussion, this community is for absolutely everything "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"!

ponyville_trot : Fan community for Lauren Faust's My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic

Narnia

narniaexchange Fic challenges for the Narnia fandom. home of the Narnia Fic Exchange and the Narnia Big Bang.

OUaT

abc_onceupon for Once Upon a Time.

Pokemon

pokeprompts : a prompt community. Host weekly and monthly challenges as well as contests, tournaments, and other events.

pokemon : To discuss and share information on the television show, video games, merchandise and fanworks

Sapphire and Steel

sapphire_and_steel : This community is for fans of the British sci-fi series "Sapphire and Steel".

Sherlock Holmes

221b_recs - Sherlock Holmes, all incarnations

elementary_mydear -- comm for Elementary fic, icons, etc.

sherlock_bbc a community for the BBC series Sherlock.

sherlock60 60 for 60: 60 word ficlets written for each of the 60 canon stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.

holmes_minor a place to have fun with microfiction and poetry set in the ACD Holmes ‘verse!

holmestice the Holmesian (Holiday) Fanworks Exchange!

Rosemary Sutcliff

sutcliff_space : Rosemary Sutcliff fandom.

sutcliff_swap : Rosemary Sutcliff fandom.

Stargate

stargateficrec - Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe

Star Trek

spacefungusparty : to discuss Star Trek: Discovery and share theories, fan works and news.

startrek : A community for general fandom discussion of Star Trek in all its forms

Steven Universe

steven_universe_universe Steven Universe Fan Discussion (could use some TLC....)

Supergirl

supergirl_tv : Supergirl fanworks and discussion (TV show and comics)

Supernatural

supernatural : News, discussions, fanart, and fangirling about the CW's series Supernatural, its cast & crew

spn_darkside : a place to discuss, inspire and hopefully generate dark Supernatural fanworks. Think horror, gore and hardcore kink.

Teen Wolf

teen_wolf recaps, news, reviews, icons, art, fic, recs, links, and other Teen Wolf related items can all be posted here.

Timeless

timeless_lifeboat

Vampire Chronicles

vc_media : a comm to share fic, icons, artwork, and news items related to the Vampire Chronicles

Welcome to Nightvale / Nightvale Present podcasts

nightvalepresentsverse : a fan community for all future Night Vale Presents Podcasts

nightvale_dogpark : Welcome to Night Vale fan community, welcome discussion and posting of fanworks of all kind

truckerstrek An Alice Isn't Dead fan community

The X-Files:

philedom : The X-Files are awesome. Discuss.

Yuri on Ice

yurionicefans : a writing/fanart/discussion/meta community for all things Yuri!!! on Ice

What communities do you follow? Are they fandom specific? multi-fannish? Very cool?
Please let me know, and I'll add them in the post! :)

(EDIT : if you want to rec a comm please use the following format : "comm-name : comm description in order to give a feeling of what the comm is about". It will make the repost of your rec much easier. No need to have an active link!)