Can someone explain to me why these particular writers are so popular?
As someone who enjoys reading explicit and mature stories, I spend a lot of time on AO3.
The content there is better and more interesting than what you’d find in the local bookstores.
With the renaissance of ATLA, due the movie (I liked the show as a young teenager), I started looking for Kataang fanfiction. I really enjoy the ‘ship’, although I’ve never been a shipper of any ATLA or TLOK characters before.
What came to my attention is that blueseyethinker (think they appear under different names on different platform) and pardonmymanners became insanely popular, despite also being new to the fandom as it seems.
As far as I'm concerned AO3 doesn't get writers famous like this often.
I’ve read some of their fics and they are without doubt, very enjoyable, but not to an extent that explains to me why they are this popular.
Are such rises in popularity an ATLA-fandom thing or can someone explain what's so special about their work. Is there insider knowledge I need to enjoy their work as much as the rest of the community?
And do you might have other recommendations for explicit Kataang other than these two authors?
(already read most of aangsheadband’s and Flameohotwife’s stuff too)
Smaller fics that did not gain as much recognition but you still liked?
Thanks a lot.