These mods - and many more - have gone far beyond writing a successful story and advanced plot. And Stardew Valley Expanded quite literally expands the universe of ConcernedApe's hit indie by adding new locations, tasks, and NPCs that fit in so well that it feels like a genuine update. The Skyblivion mod, though it's still a work-in-progress, takes the setting of Oblivion and overhauls it into Skyrim. Even more impressive is a mod I stumbled upon earlier this year called The Commonwealth Responders, a questline made for Fallout 4 that brings the Responders faction from Fallout 76 to New England, complete with brand new dialogue, voiceovers, quests, and characters. There's a lovely and lengthy list of quest mods that uncover new, unseen corners of Morrowind, Cyrodiil, and Skyrim. While some mods - Stardew Valley's Lookup Anything, Skyrim's Better Dialogue Controls, and Fallout 4's Place Everywhere being just a few examples - exist purely for quality-of-life purposes, some others build on their creative foundations.
When looking at those examples, for those familiar with open-world games, it's easy to see why they've been susceptible to a plethora of fan creations. And sometimes, fanfiction takes it a little bit further than simply fantasizing about pairings in adorable fluff or heartbreaking tragedies, leading to more heartfelt and touching but also relatable stories than many traditionally published novels I've read. This supportive space, especially for the lesser-experienced, is a place to practice their craft behind the anonymity of the internet while still providing forums to receive feedback from readers who enjoy the same subjects.
Fanfiction is such an accessible format that even the most amateur or skilled writers will have a community waiting to support them.ĭespite any rampant stigmas, fanfiction fills an undeniably prominent corner of the internet the Harry Potter series alone boasted over 800,000 works on.
And it's easy to stay stuck in those worlds when billions of words online keep them going to your heart's desire. An immersive universe, or, more often, mesmerizing characters can sometimes be so gripping that fans have a hard time letting go. Fanfiction was birthed out of the desire to experience more, to reimagine or recreate, or perhaps even to reestablish what its world deems to be "real." Sometimes this is done out of dissatisfaction over a story's outcome, but other times, it's quite the opposite.
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