I don't care if I'm being pathetic on main I need a man so fucking much oh my fucking god I don't ask for much all I want is a boy to kiss and hold and cuddle and be in love with instead of this stupid baka life where I'm just sad all the time because nobody loves me and I get 0 physical affection and I'm touch starved and it's ridiculous and I just need to kiss a god darn boy this is not that much to ask for I don't even want it like sexually j just need to be fucking held I'm gonna end up on the news or something soon if I don't find a cute boy to hold in my fucking arms like oh my fucking god I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this so much grhajsjdiejr cmdodjdhdjdjdjdnendjjdjebfkckdnrnrnrjrjrkf. Fucking explodes
so i decided to finally make a recommendation list for ayn fanfic that i've found over the past year or so...
note: all of these are in chinese, so unless you can read chinese, you will have to mtl these. imo, the mtl takes a bit to get used to, but once you're adjusted to it, the fics are really, really good. also, i'm someone who really likes reading long oneshots, so... most of these are pretty lengthy
these are all fics on either ao3 or lofter (some notes about accessing lofter at the bottom!)
organized by world. none of these fics will have spoilers past the current global content.
anybody who knows me can probably guess what ayn fic i'll list first........ i can't not list it first, because to this day it has remained my absolute favourite ayn fic and i still feel emotional thinking about it..........
MODERN
(modern au)
a what-if scenario where mc has died but came back to earth as a cat to see how ayn has been doing after her death
this took me on a whole roller coaster of emotions and is just. such an amazing characterization of ayn that i wish i could write. i really can't put into words just how good this fic is, from the pacing to the details to the ideas to its layout— it's a really long fic but i cannot recommend it enough
(modern au)
a forum style fic focused around ayn befriending a butterfly. this forum is in the same style as the in-game forum we have!
https://kkblin.lofter.com/post/1f9b2eb4_2bc1fed90
guys...... clenches fist why was this so cute but also :( but also rly sweet..... these ppl commenting about the cool guy on campus skateboarding around with a butterfly and then getting invested. me too. me too
(set during year 1's valentine's day event)
a story detailing the lead-up to the hot air balloon date.
pure fluff! super sweet! i don't have much else to say, but this really was super cute and healed my poor soul wounded by all of the tragedies in lbc.......
ayn gets drunk and confesses a lot to mc in a different dialect— which she can't really understand, but she can figure that ayn loves her dearly.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40155975
unbelievably sweet fic that has me rolling around giggling kicking my feet... THEY'RE JUST SO CUTE and i really like the idea of a drunk ayn who rambles a lot. it's seriously so unbelievably cute.
GODHEIM
(takes place after ayn's route epilogue)
a traveller stumbles across the new world and learns about the legacy ayn and mc have left behind through stories told by residents of this new world.
something very unique about this fic is that it is never once told through the pov of ayn or mc. this is entirely told through the pov of people who have interacted with ayn and mc. the author did a really good job in making the post-godheim world feel incredibly real and lively— every single character in this story so-very alive with their own unique encounters with aynmc. this is the longest fic in this list of recommendations at ~70k words.
(follows godheim clarence's timeline)
a detailed telling of godheim ayn's entire journey through life— from childhood, to adolescence, and to adulthood. builds a lot more on the world of godheim and the relationships within it.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/57400870
this one doesn't involve any romance. in fact, mc isn't directly involved for the majority of this fic. however, it's a wonderful depiction of godheim ayn and how he interacts with the world— i'm seriously addicted to the characterization in here, and of the musings within this text. the author's note at the very end is also a very interesting read that really makes you think about the character settings in godheim.
(post godheim ayn route)
an ending where mc left after a while. ayn writes a series of letters to you
a bit of a bittersweet one. this fic doesn't forget how time passes differently in other worlds, and so we get this series of letters written by the distant godheim ayn. a fun detail about the fic's title: it should be a reference to the letters you get after completing each godheim route, which, as written in the game, come from "the place that never existed"
(godheim mermaid au)
the world of godheim but, instead of mc being a goddess from another world, mc is a mermaid who helps ayn when he was injured
yeah you heard that right. godheim mermaid au LMAO very cute, very fun! reminded me of the little mermaid a bit, which i'm guessing is what this is based off of. it ends happily!
(mermaid au)
mc is a researcher on an island facing a lot of pressure— and then one day, she finds and rescues a mermaid. co-habitation storyline
warning, this ends in angst. unlike the other mermaid au, this one is more bittersweet uhuhuhu
EDEN
ayn tells mc about a saviour from his childhood who he hasn't found since then. later, mc goes back in time to find this saviour— but, well, the world plays a lot of funny tricks, doesn't it?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/38302954
my favourite eden ayn fic because i often think about how eden ayn grew up— the harsh, unrelenting desert with a very noticeable lack of care towards anybody who is unable to kill and steal. the order are also in this and are very silly— i really love them so much huhuhu
ayn is often out, helping with the reconstruction of eden through laying down train tracks. one day, he texts mc and she realizes he's drunk— so she teases him
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35682247
he's so cute. how can someone be so cute??? why is he so cute???? i think i'm gonna lose it WHY IS HE SO CUTE!! grabbing ayn and shaking him gently
SPIRIT WORLD/DEIMORTEM ERA
a slightly altered version of ayn's ending in spirit world. sw ayn sees his counterparts in godheim, eden, and the modern world.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35179318
a really sweet fic, and one that makes a lot of interesting connections between sw ayn and the ayns who came before him
(alternate ayn deimortem era ending/timeline)
mc returns to the ark world years later and finds that a lot of changes have occurred while she was away. a fic where ark ayn gets his own happy ending!
this is a really, really, really good fic for anybody who wants to read more about ark ayn. it's a lovely fic that characterizes ayn beautifully, in how he struggles when he realizes not everybody shares the same ideals, in how he handles it, and just generally, the kind of burden ark ayn carries when it comes to the symbionts.
AU
dragon!mc and the hero!ayn who was originally meant to kill the dragon, but ended up entering a pact with mc instead.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33796234
a really fun read for me as someone who really enjoys bittersweet fics about the hero and the one they're supposed to kill. there isn't much overt romance in this one, but i think aynmc still have a very close relationship as being something like the only two in the world who could truly understand the agonies brought about by being human in a very tragic setting
(au that seems to be loosely based off of vibes similar to eden)
mc falls into a strange world and is saved by ayn. mc spends a lot of time with ayn, learning about ayn, and eventually learning the truth behind her arrival in this world.
i will warn you right now, this is a bittersweet fic. i found this fic to be incredibly touching and a really great highlight of ayn's kindness and little thoughts in a setting where people are fighting for their survival day-by-day.
(historical chinese, childhood friends au)
ayn is someone from nobility that mc's teacher/master introduced to her. eventually, though, they have to grow up— ayn returns to where he came from, and mc tries to follow him
yeah this is angst. it ends sadly........ but it's so good...... i'm admittedly not very familiar with this genre so some of the things in this fic flew over my head. that said, i was still able to understand enough of it to enjoy it and ougghgh if you guys like angst and historical settings and childhood friends and just. bittersweetness. i highly recommend this fic
(shadow guard au)
mc is nobility and ayn is a shadow guard. the entire fic goes through the very beginning, from when they were young and naive, to the very end where they die as the years pass on by
although it has a setting similar to the first qixi event, this fic tells its own story and it's a very lovely one! this fic actually goes all the way until the end of their life, to where aynmc have a child, which i found really interesting.
(historical chinese, childhood au)
a cute, silly childhood friends au. idk how else to summarize it, it's really just a silly slice of life-esque childhood friends fic
why is it all historical aus, you may ask? um. good question. i dunno. but this one is super cute, it's just pure silly fluff w/o any plot— a very sweet story to cheer yourself up. especially if you just finished reading the 2 historical au fics i listed above this one LMAO...
(""enemies"" to lovers au)
while mc and ayn were fighting one another, they fell off a cliff with each other. they both fell unconscious— and when they woke up, they both started pretending that they had amnesia and somehow ended up as lovers.
https://banwei154.lofter.com/post/1f793d75_1cbcfac49 (bonus post-fic forum where ayn asks for advice)
silly shenanigans afoot, lots of stupid idiots being in love with each other— a delightful, light-hearted story. the setting seems to be loosely derived from godheim— less in world and plot, and more in character settings (as in, ayn is a prince from godheim, there is a mage tower, etc.)
(e-sports au)
both ayn and mc are e-sports players. after mc's team comes second to ayn's for the third time. the team disbands, but mc keeps running into ayn even after leaving the esports scene
https://kkblin.lofter.com/post/1f9b2eb4_2bd3ef573
a very cute and lovely story! the summary pretty much says it all. i think this is a very warm fic with aynmc supporting each other, it's really sweet
(game au)
mc is the "system" of this game-like world, while ayn is a player— except he keeps breaking all of the rules and mc continuously tries (and fails) to beat up ayn
truly a highlight of ayn's "fuck the rules" mentality and also just how much of a gremlin he can be LMFAO
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EXTRA NOTES
ao3 is archiveofourown. anybody who reads fics should know about this website. i probably don't need to say more
i highly recommend looking at sunnyqtian's fics. ofc, obligatory spoiler warning since some fics seem to be set during stories we don't have yet in global. still, they have a lot of really cute eden ayn fics! they also have a ton of nsfw fanfic, and it seems like they're mostly for switch aynmc, though a lot of their eden ayn fics are more femdom
lofter is a chinese socmed platform, something like tumblr. i think you can read the stories w/o an account as long as you're accessing the links on your phone, on a mobile browser. if you use a desktop browser, it'll prompt you to login.
if you have a wechat account, you can just log in using that! otherwise, i don't really know how to make a lofter account without a chinese phone number...
if you are able to log into lofter with wechat or something else, i highly recommend combing through the authors' lofter pages! you can look at their archive to see what they've posted. there are tons of ayn fics that i haven't shared here simply because, well, i'd just end up spending the entire night copy pasting every single fic link from each other lmao...
i also don't have any fics from weibo because i can't get a weibo account orz..........
if anybody has any ayn fic recommendations they want to share, feel free to leave a comment!! (no im not desperate for more ayn fics haha what? me? no never haha. ha. h
No. I'm taking away HIS autonomy. Everyday he's gonna fly back home to cook me a five star meal. There is a ring on his finger and the wedding is this weekend. He knows if he looks at another woman for too long I'm thieving his balls.
oh no....the full moon...you have to run, i won't be able to control myself once i tr-AUGH....GRRRRRRRAAAAAUUUYGGGGHHHHHH *painfully contorts my body and my bones crack and when my scary transformation is complete i am a little rabbit sitting peacefully on the ground*
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