A place for all Fan Works with low or no interactions and comments. You can find the Mobile Navigation here. Please check the Navigation for the rules and the submission form, especially if you are submitting on mobile. Thank you! You can also contact me via e-mail under [email protected]
It's been a while since we had an introduction post and I've been promising to make a new one for way too long so here we go:
Comment Exchange started in May 2020 as a quarantine project with this post. I wasn't sure it would go anywhere, but one of the first posts I made was reblogged by a popular blog and that helped CE take of.
The idea behind Comment Exchange is to help all those fan creations that don’t get immediate attention and quickly disappear between the countless other fan works that are out there. Especially new creators, creators who aren’t that active in the social part of fandom and creators in small fandoms, rarely get high numbers of interactions on their works. While getting high numbers shouldn’t be the focus of creating fan works, most of us enjoy getting them anyway and they are part of the very important community aspect that makes fandom feel alive.
Any and all fan works and fandoms are welcome here. A general rule f thumb is: if it is allowed on AO3, it is allowed here. (But of course fan works hosted on other platforms are also welcome.)
If you're interested in learning about this project and possibly participate in it, you can find more information under the cut.
Comment Exchange has collected almost 500 fan works in about 200 fandoms and counting over the past six years. There are multiple ways to browse them, either through the masterlist and tag system here on tumblr, through the bookmarks of the CE AO3 account or by simply browsing through the Comment Exchange blog.
There are some strategies in place to give every work that gets submitted to us, the best chance of getting comments. For example our no-comments-yet tag that gets updated once a month and contains all the works that haven't gotten a comment since they were submitted here.
We also do a random reblog every day where a random number and time generator decide what submission gets reblogged and when, so it shows up on peoples dashes and maybe entices them to check it out and leave a comment.
From time to time we have events to drum up activity, keep an eye out for those. If you want to be tagged in posts about new events, let me know, or fill out this form.
This is not a straight up exchange, because I don't want to assign people things to comment on that they might not actually like. Commenting shouldn't be a chore, that would make the comments feel insincere to me. So the exchange part of this project is handled by the rule that you have to comment on a something that has been submitted previously to Comment Exchange. You can pick what you comment one yourself and it doesn't matter how many comments it has already received. But of course you're encouraged to comment on as many things as you like/can, not just because you want to submit something.
There are exceptions to this rule: we have a whole list of Tumblr Holidays on which you can submit works without having to prove you commented on something else first.
There are two options on how to submit a work to Comment Exchnage: You can use the tumblr submission function, or you can use the google submission form.
Which ever way you choose, please make sure to read our rules first.
If you have any questions, you can check out the FAQ, browse through everything in our navigation and of course reach out in replies, reblogs, messages or the ask box.
Title: Dollhouse
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29194770
Platform: ao3
Creator: Bloodyspade000
Work Type: Fanfiction
Fandom: Durarara
Rating: Mature
Pairing: Kida Masaomi/Kuronuma Aoba
Word Count: 15,633
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, child abuse, Horror
Number of comments: 0
Completion Status: wip
Short summary/description: Ran decides to get his act together and try to be a better older brother. But, things aren’t easy when Aoba wants nothing to do with him and avoids him like the plague.
However, when Ran gets dragged into the hell lurking behind the closed doors of thier house, Aoba has no choice to let him in.
Apparently some people still need to hear this so: using an 'ai checker' is still using ai. If you are feeding someone's fic to one of these checkers, you will still not be sure their fic is ai because they are not 100% accurate, but you can be 100% sure that you are using ai. For fic. Furthermore you are doing the work of an ai scraper for them. You are, personally, feeding the machine. There is no actual excuse for using an ai checker on fanfic as a hobby. YOU are the problem.
If you think a fic is ai, mute it and move on. That's it. That's all you do.
Short summary/description: Sirius is forced to go home to his family for Christmas and finds one of Remus’ jumpers to take with him for comfort. Inspired by a cosplay video by p4aperback and whataboutpadfoot
Snippet:
Sirius looked around the dorm to check if he’d forgotten anything and spotted his favorite of Remus’ jumpers under one of the beds. It was red, brown and possibly green and had a pretty terrible pattern, but it was also soft and brought out Remus’ eyes in a way that Sirius didn’t understand. He went to pick it up to put it on Remus’ bed, but something made him lift it up to his nose.
It smelled like Gryffindor, the Marauders and most of all Remus and Sirius decided then and there that he would take it with him. That jumper would feel more like home than his parents’ house ever could. He put it on just to test it out and was instantly enveloped in warmth and comfort. He couldn’t help but grin and wrap his arms around himself for a moment.
He should probably ask Remus if he could borrow it though. Ever a man of action, he hurried down the stairs to the common room where he had left Remus reading a book.
492. Roots of Remorse (Pamela Isley & Harleen Quinzel)
Title: Roots of Remorse
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/84304781
Creator: SwordKitty
Work Type: Fanfiction
Fandom: Batman: The Animated Series, Batman - All Media Types, DCU, H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos & Related Fandoms
Rating: not reated
Pairing: Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel
Word Count: 889
Warnings: Major Character Death, Horror, Whump
Number of comments threads: 0
Completion Status: Complete
Short summary/description: When Harley returns to Pamela Isley’s Gotham lab after another broken promise, Pamela’s heartbreak awakens an uncanny horror that exacts a terrible price for the cycle of lies and loss.
Snippet:
Harley took another shaky step, desperation in her eyes, but the air grew fetid, spores drifting like dust motes. The fungal colonies in the petri dishes swelled, tendrils pressing against their new glass homes; their consciousness alert in answer to Pamela’s heartbreak. The temperature dropped.
286. Stella of Essex or The Vicar’s Wife Betrayed (The Essex Serpent)
Title: Stella of Essex or The Vicar’s Wife Betrayed
Link on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40888113/chapters/102463110
Link on Tumblr
WattPad Link
Platform: Tumblr, Archive of Our Own, and Wattpad
Creator: @smolvenger on Tumblr, VasaliaTheWise on Ao3, @VasailiaTheWise on Wattpad
Work Type: Fanfiction
Fandom: The Essex Serpent
Rating: M
Pairing: Stella Ransome/William Ransome, eventually Stella/Male Original Character.
Word Count: 92,077
Warnings: Major Character Death/Injury (eye and hand trauma), Cheating, Murder, The Trauma of Being Cheated on, Good For Her Cinematic Universe, Illness, Suicidal Intentions, Loss of Two Children, Religion, Cursing, Drinking, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Discussions of Sex but no actual smut, Eventual Happy Ending.
Number of Comments: 1
Completion Status: Complete
Short Summary: After years of a happy marriage, Stella Ransome is left heartbroken over her priest husband cheating on her . After spending her entire life silencing herself to try to be the Perfect Victorian Era Woman, she learns to embrace her anger and grief, and seek hope, happiness…and revenge.
351. an icy hand at the back of all of us (The Magnus Archives)
Title: an icy hand at the back of all of us
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56298577
Creator: YellowMagicalGirl
Work Type: Fanfiction
Fandom: The Magnus Archives
Rating: Gen
Pairing: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Word count: 1,403
Warnings: Canon-Typical Self Loathing, Canon-Typical The Lonely Content
Number of comments: 0
Completion Status: complete
Short summary/description: After the Lonely, John and Martin go to Martin's flat. John makes a mistake
Snippet:
John squeezed his eyes shut, and when he opened them, he focused on the color of the door so his mind wouldn’t wander with unwanted thoughts. It was a mulberry color, a very un-yellow that John felt was comforting for a door. It wasn’t a door that wasn’t supposed to be here. He wasn’t sure what he would do if the Distortion showed up right now. Helen had refused to help, and John still didn’t know why. He just wanted Martin to be safe, and even though Peter Lukas was dead, Martin wasn’t safe. Hopefully Martin wasn’t afraid of John.
John hoped that Martin enjoyed the color of his door. John didn’t ask, though, he just let Martin push the door open and lock it behind them.
A lock wouldn’t be able to stop the Hunters. It could at least stop Elias, no, Jonah, based upon the tape that John had listened to. He had listened to it over and over, just to listen to something Martin had said that hadn’t been part of a Statement.
“I’m going to go change,” Martin mumbled as he walked towards a hallway. “Get the sand off my trousers.”
Warnings: Mind Manipulation, Canonical Character Death, Injury, Trauma
Number of comments threads: 0
Completion Status: complete
Short summary/description: Gwi-Ma wants to take over the surface world no matter what. He believes that with help from the Saja Boys, led by Jinu, he can triumph over the Huntrix girls and their new allies from beyond the stars. Will his plan be successful? Or will Rumi, Zoey, Mira, Glimmer, Bow, Catra, and Adora succeed in turning the Honmoon golden and sealing it forever, permanently trapping Gwi-Ma and all demons in the underworld, regardless of the consequences? You'll have to read to find out the results of this epic battle and what happens to the Huntrix girls, and their newfound friends, in the days, weeks, and months afterward, including a dramatic revelation from Rumi's mother-of-sorts, Celine, which partially explains why she treated Rumi the way she did...
Snippet:
"You are ignored by everyone...because you are too much of a mess...now you have exposed that mess to the world." The voice paused. "Your friends don't care about you...but I can help you belong...just give in." Zoey was almost crying after hearing this. It affected her deeply. She often felt uneasy, trying to prove her worth over and over. She continually believed she wasn't Korean enough. She was drawn out of her funk almost immediately. Mira firmly grasped her hand, then kissed her on the cheek. Her embarrassment overwhelmed those voices. The love that her friend had for her shined through brightly. Whether it was 'romantic' or 'platonic' didn't matter.
499.
What is the World Parliamentary Assembly (WPA) anyway? And why should I care?
Title: What is the World Parliamentary Assembly (WPA) anyway? And why should I care?
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/72636246
Creator: @lefemmerougewriter
Work Type: fanwork, notfic
Fandom: original work, steven universe, carmen sandiego
Rating: not rated
Pairing: none
Word Count: 755
Warnings: none
Number of comments threads: 0
Completion Status: complete
Short summary/description: This is an absurd, silly document I created, a bit like a fake PSA. I only used it in one fic, but I had a lot of fun writing it. It was originally posted elsewhere and then added to AO3 later.
Snippet:
On June 12, 2019, it was decided that the countries of the world should be united into a World Parliamentary Assembly (WPA), herein the Organization, to ensure any external threat could be faced together...To honor the wishes of the original creators of the Organization, back on June 12, 2019, it was decided that Beach City would serve as the headquarters of this new organization...it is worth outlining the existing blocs with...maps to assist the reader in comprehending this subject...In the early days of the Organization, some members moved to arrest the heady criminals known as A.C.M.E. and imprisoned them in Antarctica. The fate of these criminals was decided by the newly created A.C.M.E. Analysis Committee...One of the next...initiatives was to create new time zones, with cooperation between these blocs, a grand achievement for the Organization.
Warnings: Nudity/undressing, brief depictions of suggestive touching
Number of comments: 2
Completion Status: complete
Short summary/description: And to think, she had begged and pleaded with the universe to tell her that this was all a dream.
Snippet:
Shauntal ducked her head, fingers now fiddling with the lace hem of her negligée. "I didn't mean—that—I wasn't trying to..." Her voice faltered, again, the sentence tapering off into an awkward silence as her tongue grew leaden, tied into knots by a potent cocktail of emotions—disquiet, longing, uncertainty, timidity. She fidgeted, shoulders hunching inward. It wasn't that she regretted their union—far from it! But everything had happened so quickly, so unexpectedly; she couldn't help but fear that at any moment, cruel reality would reassert itself and she'd wake to find it had all been a beautiful, imagined dream.
Pairings: Past Tilda/Elisabet, One-sided Tilda/Aloy, Original Character/Original Character (more will probably be added later on)
Word count: 7,676
Warnings: Blood, violence, minor character death, what you’d usually expect from a vampire AU. Toxic relationships and (possible) major character death later on.
Number of comments: 0
Completion Status: WIP
Short summary/description: The real reason why Far Zenith survived the extinction of humanity? They were never human at all, but a coven of vampires interested only in ensuring the survival of their own species.
Fandom/ship specific tags you want me to add: Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West
204. All My Hair’s Abandoned All My Body (Tales of Arcadia)
Title: All My Hair’s Abandoned All My Body
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34604842
Platform: AO3
Creator: YellowMagicalGirl
Work Type: Fanfic
Fandom: Tales of Arcadia
Rating: T
Pairing: Gen
Word count: 1476
Warnings: Gags, Torture, Medical Torture, Unethical Experimentation, Emetophobia, Dehumanization
Number of comments: 0
Completion Status: complete
Short summary/description: Douxie’s hair had always been a point of pride for him.
94. What am I supposed to do? No way of knowing (Legacies)
Title: What am I supposed to do? No way of knowing
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24275128
Platform: archive of our own
Creator: acelandonkirby
Work Type: fanfiction
Fandom: Legacies (TV 2018)
Rating: general audiences
Pairing: landon kirby/rafael waithe
Word count: 2,373
Warnings: no warnings
Number of comments: 4
Completion Status: complete
Short summary/description: Landon thinks maybe they’ve got a handle on things, until the next thing comes along
Short summary/description: It's a day off, for Agnes and Keith both . . . there's no reason not to go back to bed for the morning, and rather more tempting reasons than a simple lie-in to encourage it.
Title: Sunglasses
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17779052
Platform: AO3
Creator: KFlynn
Work Type: Fanfiction
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Rating: G
Pairing: Stiles/Derek
Word Count: 3448
Warnings: no warning
Number of comments: 8
Completion Status: Complete
Short summary/description: The story where Stiles tries to woo Derek and wants to peek past the sunglasses the werewolf is always wearing - my take on a soulmates AU for this lovely Sterek exchange! Happy valentine’s day!
