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| 12 | ->''"Love this story, it's brilliant! But why is it that all the brilliant stories that are wrote are never ever finished? From Sonic stories to [[Anime/DragonBallZ DBZ]] stories. It is getting very very VERY ANNOYING!"'' |
| 13 | -->-- '''Jack''', 2014 review of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4340913/1/Metal-Misery Metal Misery]]'', a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic that has been dead since 2009 |
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| 15 | An online fanfic whose chapters are [[ScheduleSlip spaced with wider updates each time]]. While this may be the result of a writer working for an overall better product, there is a higher chance of the writer getting derailed by work or personal life. [[SeriesHiatus Eventually the fanfic stops updating, and the reader is left forever wanting.]] The death knell comes when, rather than simply coming out with a new chapter, [[DevelopmentHell the author just reassures]] the audience [[TroubledProduction that they haven't given up]]. This is typically the last that anyone hears from the author. In other instances, the story is instead updated regulary -- in a short burst, over a year or a few months, and is afterwards left behind as suddenly as it was posted. Although the fanfic in question may update again -- sometimes just so the author states outright that it's a Dead Fic or on Permanent Hiatus. Other times, they may give a general synopsis of what the planned ending was. |
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| 17 | Granted, this happens ''all the time'', and [[Platform/FanFictionDotNet fanfiction.net]] is littered with the dead, many of which only have ''one'' chapter, even though they clearly weren't intended as one-shots.[[note]]The earliest unfinished fics date back to the site's launch in 1998[[/note]] After all, writing fanfiction is usually a hobby, and, when it's not a living, authors have any reason to drop the fanfic -- they may lose interest in the fandom concerned or just the story in particular, RealLife may take over, they may have even DiedDuringProduction or an incident that leaves them unable to write anymore that is not made public can happen, ''et cetera''. But the pain implied in "Dead Fic" is a fanfiction that's superbly well-written, that enhances the canon it was based on, that was ''clearly'' the work of love and devotion, that is left to dwindle and die alone despite reviews. |
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| 19 | Some fans also regard these as Dead [=WIPs=] (Works in Progress) or [=WIPs=] of Doom since readers are left forever hanging without any closure to the story. |
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| 21 | Compare OrphanedSeries, CutShort, QuietlyCancelled and LeftHanging. Not to be confused with a DeathFic, though they can overlap, of course. If this happens because the author is literally dead, then it's also DiedDuringProduction. Can lead to TheFireflyEffect when readers steer clear of any fic that has not been given the status "complete" out of fear it may end up dead. Contrasted with CompletedFic. |
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| 23 | '''Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotRecent.''' When adding an example, please write the specific date of last update such as "since 2013" instead of "six months/one year ago" -- because in six months, the latter choice of words will be outdated. |
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| 25 | !!Examples -- but be warned, your love is doomed to be unrequited... |
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| 27 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 29 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 30 | * ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': |
| 31 | ** The ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5273034/1/The_Goddess_and_the_Sky The Goddess and the Sky]]'' revolves around Sora Hasegawa receiving what should have been Keiichi's wish, and [[AccidentalMarriage accidentally wishing that Belldandy would marry her]]. It last updated in 2012. |
| 32 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6041027/1/Ah-My-Valkyrie Ah! My Valkyrie!]]'' is a WhatIf story where [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Lind]] is asked to fill in for Belldandy, and ends up being the one to grant Keiichi's wish of having a goddess to stay with him forever. It hasn't updated since April 16, 2011. |
| 33 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1808014/1/Styx_and_Stones Styx and Stones]]'', a fanfiction for ''Anime/TheBigO'' that announces its enthusiastic update from October 10th 2005 at Chapter Four. |
| 34 | * A Spanish-language ''Manga/CandyCandy'' fic titled ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6761776/1/El-amor-es-una-cosa-simple Love is a simple thing]]'' is a story that got to '''254''' chapters and over '''2 million''' words... only to stop updating in February 2014, with the last published chapter including an author's note saying that she would not leave it unfinished. It would be until 8 years later when the author, now using a new account, left a comment saying the story was left unfinished because she and her sister (who co-wrote the fic) have since transitioned to professional writing, and expect to publish a new version of the story (minus the ''Candy Candy'' elements, obviously) on Amazon at a later date. |
| 35 | * A DarkerAndEdgier ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' fic, ''Fanfic/ShadowOfTheDragon'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/22510/Lord-Archive Lord Archive]], deconstructs virtually all the "weird" romance aspects such as TeacherStudentRomance, MayDecemberRomance, and TeenPregnancy in addition to a plot of a BigBad who is secretly plotting against them in which they are almost about to explore his motives. Unfortunately, the fic is last updated in December 2014 and it's the last update we have seen from Lord Archive, who has not been heard from since. |
| 36 | * ''Manga/DeathNote'': ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3942626/16/Morning_Star Morning Star]]'' is a fanfic about Mello and Matt, set during the events of the series, which explored the relationship between the two characters. It started suffering from schedule slip about 11 chapters in, and hasn't been updated since 2008. |
| 37 | * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': |
| 38 | ** A ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' fan fic "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2151121/1/Digimon_Tribute Digimon Tribute]]" is a [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] Crossover fic of the first four seasons of Digimon in the Tamers storyline. The last time it was updated was in 2006. The author also said that he lost the patience to continue it. |
| 39 | ** ''The Fantasmic Saga'', written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/763969/Twilight_Archangel Twilight Arcangel]], started out in 2006 and was announced to be discontinued early in 2009, due to the author's lack of time, to the distress of many readers. It got through the prologue and Book I, before posting a plot summary of the last two. |
| 40 | ** "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/59005/max-acorn Max Acorn]]" has done a series called 'D3' from 2001 to 2004, where its about [=OCs=] that are the children of the Digidestined having adventures with Dragonball Z references. The latest fic from 2004 has not receive updates, in which the series are eventually canceled. |
| 41 | ** Although the original fan fiction ''Fanfic/Zero2ARevision'' has already been completed, the Zero 2 [[{{Sequel}} compilations]] following that is abandoned during the middle of ''Crisis on Infinite Digiworlds'' and ''Side Stories''. This means that the stories where the Hierachs and humans declare war on each other, the Zero 2 version of Anime/DigimonTamers, the moment where Dragomon makes another move on Kari, Shaun's past journeys, and the chronicles of the original Digidestined will never be released up to this day. |
| 42 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4712913/1/A-Girl-and-Her-Bat A Girl and Her Bat]]'' is a rewrite of Digimon Adventure, where Demidevimon is Kari's partner instead of Gatomon, and [[spoiler: Puppetmon plays Wizardmon's role (including the HeroicSacrifice) after developing a conscience and getting kicked out of the Dark Masters]]. The author wrote three chapters, then abandoned the story in 2009. |
| 43 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6310457/1/Devil-s-Advocate Devil's Advocate]]'' is a crossover between ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' and ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' that features [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Lucemon]] as the BigBad of the story. It basically deconstructs the entire concept of cruelty in RPG games where the main character Takato gets manipulated by Lucemon into believing that the entire experience with the Digital World is just a Video Game. Unfortunately, the author didn't even manage to reach far into the story because as soon as 12 chapters are up, it is quickly abandoned in October 2011 and hasn't been updated since. |
| 44 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/803078/1/Digimon-Slayers Digimon Slayers]]'' is an AlternateUniverseFic based on ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'', with the cast of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' playing the roles of the Slayers gang. It hasn't updated since Oct 19, 2004. |
| 45 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 46 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/951933/19/Blinded Blinded]]'', an extremely well-written ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' fanfic by dragonscales is about what would happen if Gohan went blind after his fight with Cell. Very well done and creative, but sadly it hasn't been updated since ''August 20, 2003''. Worse of all? She quit right in the middle of the World Tournament. |
| 47 | ** ''[[http://www.adimra.100megs6.com/lisalu/reddragon.html The Red Dragon Tetralogy]]'', by Lisalu, with world-building, {{Original Character}}s, and a plot. She finished the first three parts and uploaded two chapters of the fourth (and final) part before she stopped updating in ''2004'', much to the massive disappointment of the fandom who found it better than the source. |
| 48 | * ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'': |
| 49 | ** ''Fanfic/BoysDoTankary'' has not been updated since May 2013, leaving off with a WhamEpisode that results in the start of a war. |
| 50 | ** ''Fanfic/BoysUndSenshado'' has not been updated since October 2014, midway through the match with Continuance. None of the author's other fanfics have been updated since March 2015. |
| 51 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8835751/1/In-Strange-Waters In Strange Waters]]'' has not been updated since October 2013. |
| 52 | * ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'': |
| 53 | ** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7987310/1/Shackles-of-Guilt Shackles of Guilt]] hasn't been updated since April 2014. It's an AU that the author rebuilds Shu Ouma as a great character and desires to retell the whole anime in his own perspective. The writing was well done, and it could have had a Facebook page alongside a Spanish translation. |
| 54 | ** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8452189/1/Guilty-Crown-2 Guilty Crown 2]] is one of the writers' own take of it set after the anime, but since October 2012, the recent chapter is not made. |
| 55 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': |
| 56 | ** ''Fanfic/InVainDothValorBleed'' fell to this sometime in 2005, when the last chapter of 21 was posted. Nothing has been heard from it since. |
| 57 | ** ''Fanfic/MobileSuitGundamGranTomino'', a CrackFic adaptation of the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', hasn't seen an update since July 2013, ending on a {{Cliffhanger}} of the White Base crashing after an attack by Char Aznable. Presumably an OldShame of the author, as he took the fic down from Fanfiction.net and the Spacebattles forums in early 2020, leaving a simple "no" in his posts on the latter. |
| 58 | * ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': |
| 59 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4811588/1/The_Aging_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya The Aging of Haruhi Suzumiya]] is actually one of the better ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' fanfics out there, with quite a bit of character development. It last updated in 2009. |
| 60 | ** ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'' was at one time the most influential CrackFic (and one of the most influential fanfics ''period'') in the ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' section of fanfiction.net. The last update was on [[UsefulNotes/{{Tanabata}} July 7]], 2012, and even though the fic is [[DoorStopper 86 chapters long]], only five of them were written after July 25, 2010.[[note]]This is not ''entirely'' the result of ScheduleSlip -- at that time the author, in order to celebrate having worked on ''[=HaruhiRolled=]'' for a full year, decided to reserve that fic for his most epic ideas and instead write another crackfic which had exactly the same style of humor which all the readers considered a continuation, and was pretty consistent about updates for a while, but ''that'' fic has not updated since Christmas of 2011.[[/note]] What's worse is that the author seems to have completely disappeared from fanfiction.net -- his profile now opens with a long, apologetic note explaining that he had been unable to update for a year, but should be able to again because school is over, only, as it turns out, [[HopeSpot that he wrote that back in 2012 and has not written anything else since]]. Fortunately, it's a lot less disappointing than most examples on this page, because ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'' does not have a whole plot: it isn't a single story so much as an anthology of different crack fics all by the same author, who had the decency not to leave the readers hanging in the middle of an arc. The only evidence that the fic has not reached its natural end is the aforementioned note on the author's profile. Unfortunately, none of his other fics have been updated since that time either, and most of those actually ''did'' have some sort of plot. |
| 61 | ** The case of [=7MukuroRealm7=], who also went by [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya John Smith]] (which may or may not actually be his real name), is a cautionary tale that this is not always caused by the author getting bored. In 2009, he wrote a story called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5328863/10/The-Battle-of-Haruhi-Suzumiya The Battle of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', which updated pretty consistently for a few months, until he got into a car accident. DiedDuringProduction was thankfully averted, but John had injured his hands and so was unable to type anything for about a month. Meanwhile, he let his brother, Brian, use his account, and Brian published a few fics of his own, but didn't touch the one that was forced on hiatus. Eventually, John recovered, but so much time had passed by then that he lost all interest in continuing the story-- he only ever uploaded two more chapters, neither of which brought the story even close to completion. The last update was on November 29. Though the two brothers wrote some more in other fandoms, the only other ''Haruhi'' fanfics they ever wrote after that were short holiday specials. |
| 62 | * ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': |
| 63 | ** The rather... polemic ''Hetalia Axis Powers'' DarkFic ''Fanfic/AllHeEverWanted'' [[http://all-he-ever.livejournal.com/ was last updated in 2010.]] |
| 64 | ** The DarkFic ''FanFic/SevenLittleKillers'' was once one of the most popular fics in the fandom around the late 2000s-early 2010s, but when controversy started gaining traction over its increasingly poor-plotting and focus more on romance than the actual murder mysteries, the story was slowly abandoned before eventually being deleted in 2014 after being updated for one last time at some point during that same year. [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tQv9TU9MnSV2wPbIcxQWnXoqTmftCRqO/view An archive of it exists,]] but only up until its forty-fourth chapter. As such, the final chapters are now considered lost. |
| 65 | ** ''Fanfic/PartRightHalfWrongAThirdCrazy'' slowly began to update less and less as the author's free time decreased, and eventually stopped entirely. It will be missed. |
| 66 | * The Primordial AU Fanfiction of ''Anime/KillLaKill'', ''Transfer Student: Satsuki Matoi'', has gone dead silent despite the author focusing on other works. The last known activity of the [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/kill-la-kill-satsuki-matoi-thread-2.170 Sufficient Velocity]] version was November of 2014, where [[spoiler:Satsuki mustered enough strength and willpower to help herself out of Life Fiber bound captivity]]; there has not been any confirmed news of updates or anything from Moiderah in regards to this Fiction alone since then. At some point, after 2017, it was removed from ao3 and FF.Net. |
| 67 | * ''Manga/LoveHina'': |
| 68 | ** ''Fanfic/LoveHinaLikeItCouldHaveBeen'' is an AU fanfic in which Keitaro leaves when the girls refuse to accept him as manager, and the girls have to handle all the chores and maintenance he would have done. Last update - April 22, 2012. |
| 69 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2625069/1/Prince-of-PolPol Prince of PolPol]]'' is a ''Love Hina'' story in which Keitaro is revealed to be the only heir to the throne of an island kingdom, and ending up [[MarryThemAll married to all of the Hinata girls]] due to the laws of the island. It hasn't updated since Jun 24, 2007, and it's very unlikely that the author WILL update. |
| 70 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2649455/1/I-ll-Be-Seeing-You I'll Be Seeing You]]'' is a ''Love Hina'' fanfic where Keitaro is blind. Last update - March 12, 2006. |
| 71 | * One of the only fics for the ''Manga/LuckyStar'' pairing Misao/Ayano, and possibly the only dark one for it, the fanfic ''Fanfic/MascaraSonreindo'' hasn't been updated since 2009. |
| 72 | * A bit of preamble. When the anime based on ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' aired in Summer 2015, some folks on [[Website/FourChan /a/]] invented an AU harem featuring the EnsembleDarkhorse character of the cop on a bicycle and girls from the most dangerous subspecies available. The fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4863047/chapters/11145134?view_adult=true Daily Life with Bicycle Cop]]'' is a very well-written and engaging story on how Bike Cop managed to meet these girls... Unfortunately he only manages to meet one, because the fic stops at Chapter 2, having not been updated since September 2015, and the author only posted again in October and then never. To add insult to injury, the Bike Cop AU is going the way of the dodo as well, with fewer and fewer fanarts and concepts being posted. |
| 73 | * ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' |
| 74 | ** ''Fanfic/MightPlusU'', a fanfic featuring a quirkless Izuku becoming a hero under the training of Sir Nighteye, would be cancelled in September 2023. The author admitted to have fallen out of interest in ''My Hero'' as a whole far before this date, and while they did continue the fanfiction for a time in spite of that, they would ultimately lose joy in writing the story and ended it prematurely. |
| 75 | ** ''Fanfic/TotalCommand'': THE original [[HaremGenre harem]] fic hasn't seen an update since 2021. The author has admitted that the resolution of the Dark Hero arc was like "a kick to (his) fucking stomach", to the point it essentially killed the love he felt for the series. Despite this, the author has stated he IS planning to finish the fic once the manga end so he can see what can be salvaged from the canon. |
| 76 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 77 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4375693/1/A_Different_Perspective_by_Book_of_Changes A Different Perspective]]'' is a hilarious ''Naruto'' AU, with crossovers of characters from Eyeshield 21 and technology from Ghost In The Shell and The Matrix. This story is told from the perspective of Kakashi, and has a much smarter, more rude (ie: lots of foul language) and snarkier Naruto. This story was last updated years ago, but the original author abandoned it. It has been rescued from oblivion (2008), but not continued, since the person who reposted it is not an author. |
| 78 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2290899/1/Foxhound Foxhound]]'' was, in the author's own words, 'Discontinued. Planned to be an epic.' |
| 79 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3034768/1/The_Hyuuga_Way The Hyuuga Way]]'' is a well written, humerous Naruto AU by Edric Loto about Hyuuga Hinata's arranged marriage to Uzumaki Naruto. The author promised in 2007 that another chapter was coming, but as you can see, the story has been long abandoned. |
| 80 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Kokuten}}'': [[TheLastOfHisKind Sasuke]] goes back to the past to save the Uchiha Clan and unwittingly triggers the [[CivilWar coup d'état]]. Last updated on January 10, 2014. |
| 81 | ** The web comic ''Webcomic/KonohaHighSchool'' isn't finished as of 2014. The original artist quit and a new artist picked it up, but they haven't finished it. Likewise, the animated version was cancelled after two episodes. |
| 82 | ** ''Fanfic/MedicinalLullaby'' was put on hiatus because of a combination of major events in the author's life and, in her own words, [[JumpingTheShark "the manga's WTFness"]] sapping her motivation. It hasn't been updated since April 2010 (although author Shivakashi did release an update to one of her earlier one-shot fics in 2016) so it's as good as dead. |
| 83 | ** Despite being popular, ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'' fell into this rut, like many abridged series. It eventually made it to 31 episodes but stopped after that. Plans to reboot it were announced, but nothing has come from that either. |
| 84 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4016440/1/Naruto_Reborn_Sasuke_Uchiha_by_Danfiction Naruto Reborn Sasuke Uchiha]] is a very original FixFic where Naruto takes Sasuke's body in a different world and gets a second chance to make things right. It's full of humorous characters, Naruto makes Sasuke into a likable, interesting character while still being refreshingly in character and the author explores relationships between neglected characters in the series (such as Kin, the Sound Ninja Three, Hinata, Temari, Tenten) and even the in canon deceased Yugito Nii. It's interesting to experience a world without Naruto and see what the differences and similarities between the worlds are, and Danfiction pulls it off for 48 amazing chapters, while still letting Naruto have a link to Kyuubi as Sasuke.....and then promptly stops. The last update date was Jan 3, 2011, and when you look at the author's profile, it's completely blank, followed by a story list. He last updated a fanfiction a little while after discontinuing this one, and then he just vanished for nearly three years. Such a shame, too, as it's a great read and we'll never see the end. |
| 85 | ** The pure SugarWiki/{{WAFF}} ''Naruto'' [[{{Shipping}} NaruHina]] fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4139575/1/One_Small_Step One Small Step]]'' was originally supposed to be part of a 30-chapter project, but the last chapter was released in March 2008. Even the author's protestations that it is ''not'' dead haven't been heard in over half a year. This is a particularly painful example as the series (which began as a prequel, starting from a single change 5 years before the start of the series) had ''finally'' caught up to the events of the first chapter, leaving the series stopped on a massive cliffhanger. |
| 86 | ** ''Fanfic/Team8'' remains to this day ''the'' single most popular ''Naruto'' fanfic on fanfiction.net, so it's too bad that the last chapter was released in 2015. The author was revealed to be struggling with health issues in 2018 and hasn't even updated their blog (which was more concerned with one of their other fics, ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'') since early 2019, so only the most blindly optimistic fans believe chapter 25 (let alone the rest of the story) will ever be completed. |
| 87 | ** While ''Fanfic/TimeAndAgain'' was completed, it was never a standalone story from the start (ending on a huge cliffhanger) and the follow-up story ''Here and Now'', while getting a long way into the plot (14 chapters) was last updated in April 2010, leaving the overall story completely up in the air. |
| 88 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': The fic ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' has not been updated since February 22nd, 2012. This seems to be due to a combination of the author viewing (at least parts of) the increasingly wacky story to be OldShame, as well as due to fan backlash from a particular WhamEpisode in the final updates. The author has continued to work on other stories instead, notably ''Fanfic/TheRebuildOfNobodyDies'', a reimagining of the story. He has occasionally hinted that there remain some plans for the original fic, but news has been sparse. |
| 89 | * The ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' fanfic ''Ojamajo Doremi: Witches at World's End'' is an unfinished sequel to ''Fanfic/OjamajoDoremiRiseOfTheShadows'' that was published on April 23, 2012. It is in-progress, but no updates for it whatsoever have been made. |
| 90 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 91 | ** The Pikachu/Meowth comic ''Webcomic/RocketMember'' took 5 years to reach 50 pages. It hasn't been updated since 2012 (and on a page lampshading the slowness of the comic, at that). |
| 92 | ** ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfSilverKetchum'' hasn't been updated since chapter 11 in September 1999. |
| 93 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Essence}}'' is an AlternateUniverseFic where Ash has a Growlithe starter. It hasn't updated since April 2016. |
| 94 | ** ''Fanfic/TheRoadToBeAPokemonMaster'' was a beloved AltFic that focused on Ash Ketchum actually working towards his goal of being a Pokémon Master. It had been running since 2014 and even managed to cover the Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto arcs. However, halfway through the Hoenn arc, on November 17, 2020, the author chose to end the series due to his interests changing, an increased work load at his job, and life in general. As of now, he's currently posting outlines of how the future arcs would've played out. |
| 95 | ** None of the incomplete ''Fanfic/PokeWars'' stories by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1664081/Cornova Cornova]] have seen recent updates. The latest upload was the first chapter of ''Poké Wars: The Noctilucence (Kanto Arc: Part 2)'' back in April of 2023. The oldest one on hiatus is the MilitaryScienceFiction story ''Poké Wars: The Pokemon They Carried'', updated back in 2011. |
| 96 | * ''Anime/PrettyCure'': |
| 97 | ** The "retelling" fic ''Fanfic/PrecureMeetTheDreamTraveler'' was last updated on May 9th, 2016 on [=DeviantArt=], and its fanfiction.net version was deleted when the author was permanently banned from the site. No updates have happened since. |
| 98 | ** Though listed as "complete", ''Fanfic/TwilightPrettyCure'' qualifies because several of the revised chapters (the result of a backlash over the story's handling of issues such as rape, victim blaming and disability) have never been reposted. And given that the author has, in light of what happened, vowed never to write for the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' fandom again, it's highly unlikely they ever will be. What's more, as of July 3 2017, the author has deleted all but the first chapter. |
| 99 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': |
| 100 | ** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/577342/ZipCode ZipCode]] is a very curious example. Over the course of just over a month, between March 6 and April 12, 2011, he launched four ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' stories, some of the first ever posted, the ''least''-favorited of which is the eighteenth most-favorited ''Madoka'' story on the site. After doing so, he's been completely silent, with many writers wondering [[DiedDuringProduction if he's even alive.]] Only one of his stories, the oneshot ''All The Time in the World,'' was ever completed. |
| 101 | ** ''Fanfic/MagicaMadokaVeneficusPuella'''s summary now reads only "[[CreatorBacklash This story is dead and buried.]]" |
| 102 | ** {{Continuation}} story ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7018804/1/Puella-Magi-Homura-Magica Puella Magi Homura Magica]]'', [[DoorStopper one of the longest fics in its fandom,]] last updated on June 19, 2012. No news has showed up as to why. |
| 103 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': |
| 104 | ** ''Fanfic/GirlDays''. One of the absolute funniest fanfics out there, starting back in 1999 or so, collected on Sofaspud's Couch... then stopped updating back in 2003 with a half-finished teaser for the latest chapter. Kenko's page hasn't had anything added since July 2004, and seems to have vanished from the Internet since 2005, when his Livejournal was last updated. |
| 105 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1988140/1/Ranma_the_Second_Time_Around Ranma the Second time Around]]'' is a PeggySue in which Ranma is given a chance to go back in time, and fix the problems with his life. Last update - Nov 29, 2009. |
| 106 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2336553/1/After-the-fall-of-Giants After the Fall of Giants]]'' revolves around Ranma's adopted brother travelling back in time to prevent the war that wiped out the Amazons in his timeline. Last update - July 24th, 2009. |
| 107 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8416690/1/Hidden-Identity Hidden Identity]]'' is about Akane being sent to an all-boys school and having to keep her real gender a secret, especially from her roommate Ranma. Last update - Dec 14, 2012. |
| 108 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6730797/1/Akane-in-Chains Akane in Chains]]'' is about Akane being sent to a woman's prison after she accidentally injures a child during a fight with Ranma. Last update - August 17th, 2014. |
| 109 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': |
| 110 | ** Janelle J. AKA [=MiakaShi=]'s ''[[http://sailormoon-millennia.net/index.php Sailormoon Millennia]]'' trilogy finally gave up the ghost after 14 years, from December 1995 to 2009, leaving the remake of the first story (''Sailormoon Zodiac'') and the last story (''Sailormoon Genesis'') |
| 111 | ** Ryo-Wolf's epic-in-scope retelling of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' as fused with ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2344075/1/Bishonen_Senshi_Sailor_Moon Bishonen Senshi Sailor Moon]]''. with the male martial artists of Nerima discovering they are the Pretty Sailor Scouts, which is a problem when only one of them actually can switch to and from female form. A sad loss to Ranma and Sailor Moon fandom. |
| 112 | * One of the best ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' fics out there, ''Fanfic/{{Freefall|FarrenMaddox}}'', ended with a SequelHook. There was no sequel. Ever. |
| 113 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh'': |
| 114 | ** The fantastic ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2026723/1/Continue_Gold_Edition Continue? Gold Edition]]'' finished its 27th chapter on a mild cliffhanger: the beginning of Noah's Arc. The story had been updated sluggishly for a while, and now hasn't been updated since 2007. Not only that, but the author has moved on to various other projects, and has himself stated that it most likely won't be finished. |
| 115 | ** Creator/LittleKuriboh's FANTASTIC fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2802138/1/Spirit Spirit]]'' on fanfiction.net. There have been hundreds of reviews clamouring for it to continue, having left off at an awesome moment, but it was last updated years ago, and LK's probably too busy by now...he says he's not a good writer. HE LIES. It's fantastic. |
| 116 | ** The ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' fanfic ''[[http://fanfiction.net/s/1552081/1/What_Doesnt_Kill_You What Doesn't Kill You]]'' is far and away not only one of the best-written Azureshipping (Seto Kaiba / Anzu Mazaki) fics out there, but one of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! fics, period. Beginning in October 2003, the author prefaces the first chapter by saying that the story is slated to be 36 chapters long. However, five and a half years since the first post, only 26 have been posted, the last being in April ''2009''. Regardless, it is an absolute {{Doorstopper}} of '''515 thousand''' words, but you probably won't complain, as every last one is very compelling. The author, [[http://fanfiction.net/u/35812/Azurite Azurite]], said in a profile update from May 2011, that a trip abroad might rekindle her muse. She eventually returned to do some sporadic profile updates, announcing in July 2013 that she was writing chapter 27 and that an editor was helping her with it and future chapters, but it wouldn't be until August 2016 when chapter 27 was finally published, with her including a TakeThat towards this very page at the end. And ''then'' it has not been updated since. |
| 117 | ** ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Eternal'', the immediate sequel to ''Forever'', was written with the intention of incorporating the then-newly-introduced deck strategies of the real-life Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game, promoting Janus Yuki to main-character status in the process, and [[WordOfGod according to the author]], would have gone in-depth about the students who disappeared at Duel Academy's infamous Abandoned Dorm during the canon time-line of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. Around the time the story was midway through the Phoenix Herald Crown arc, the author started rediscovering his religious beliefs, which speak very strongly on the use of magic, and as a result the story was prematurely ended; fortunately, Neon provides information on how the story would have ended on his site profile and in G-mail messages to whoever asks, plus that information is also present on ''Forever's'' trope page on this wiki. |
| 118 | ** ''Fanfic/FallenKing'' was intended to be multiple chapters, but ultimately only one was posted. |
| 119 | ** Known Puzzleshipping (Yugi/Yami Yugi) author [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5049/lucidscreamer Lucidscreamer]] has an unfortunate habit of this. Some of her most popular and {{Doorstopper}}-length fics, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2393063/1/Chariots-of-the-Gods Chariots of the Gods]]'' (a HumongousMecha AlternateUniverse where the Duel Monsters are mecha and Yami is an AcePilot), ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4517420/1/1001-Domino-Nights 1001 Domino Nights]]'' (a modern fic where Yami is a genie), and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7106379/1/At-Stake At Stake]]'' (a fic where Yami is a vampire and Yugi is on the run from a StalkerWithACrush), are unfinished to this day and (in the second one's case) trapped on cliffhangers. Although she continues writing fics on Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn, the originals are still left hanging and ''Chariots'' is under a rewrite, with still no progress on the actual plot. |
| 120 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9034411/1/Heavenly-Hell Heavenly Hell]]'' is a sweet modern day AlternateUniverse Yugi/Yami fic based around them being in the titular band, and develops the romance and characters well enough to avoid being a TransplantedCharacterFic. The last update? 2015. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 124 | * It may not be the best written fic in the world, but the Franchise/{{Batman}} story ''[[http://www.squidge.org/~peja/cgi-bin/viewstory.php?sid=27712 Pay Attention]]'', was at 40 chapters and going strong at levels of pure awesome when the author pulled a Houdini in 2008. |
| 125 | * ''X-Men: Eternity'', an [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' series by "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/4929/ rjb]]" was constantly on the brink of this. When the first storyline finally wrapped up, it seemed we were safe. Nope. The second storyline started, the updates petered out, and finally, over a year later, the author admitted the stories would not complete and started a new story, which seems to have almost immediately suffered the same fate. Sigh. |
| 126 | * ''Spider-Man Crawl Space'', an [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] and one of the earliest examples of FixFic for the post-OMD Spider-Man era, restoring things like the popular Spider-Marriage and undoing the deal with Mephisto. There were attempts to get it noticed on such places as the forums on Comicbook Resources. It was named after the website which was co-run at the time by its writer Kevin Cushing. The project was abandoned in 2010 when Cushing sought to break into the comic book profession full time. The series ended by resurrecting Ben Reilly, six years before the official revival of the character in ''Clone Conspiracy''. The website eventually launched a second unrelated AU title, ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man'', in late 2016. Unlike its predecessor, the writers remained committed to the project and FNSM went on to be CompletedFic, wrapping up in 2018. |
| 127 | * ''[[http://lubakmetyk.infinology.net/newmut.htm#bottroff Go West]]'' is an extremely good Franchise/MarvelUniverse fanfic by Jeremy Bottroff that resurrects Doug and Warlock and mixes in assorted members of The New Mutants and makes them into a family. It ends 26 chapters in. There's a canon story set later in continuity featuring a battle against Cable and his X-Force, but the main story halts on several cliffhangers. Also heartbreaking because it's one of the few stories that really fleshes out The Hellions. |
| 128 | [[/folder]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | [[folder:Crossovers]] |
| 131 | * ''Fanfic/AvengerGoddess'': A Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}} in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse story, with taking her journey to man's world as part of ww2. She has hands in bringing Natasha into the fold, and there's several mythological and WW comic specific villains included in the story. Unfortunately, they were in the middle of Thor's journey when the story stopped updating in 2021. |
| 132 | * ''Fanfic/AvengerOfSteel'': By the same author as the above, where {{Superman}} becomes an avenger, though it grew into a wider DC/Marvel crossover as it went along. It also stopped updating in 2021. |
| 133 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh Secret of Nimh]]'', a crossover fanfiction by a user known as [=Isaac2=] (or [=ErinIsaac2=]). At the end of a chapter, in the middle of the final duel, the last post by the author read: "Damn. In writer's block. I still don't know what to write!". Eventually, the fic was wiped off the Internet. |
| 134 | * [[http://kokorononaka.net/Fanwork/WhiteAngel/NS.html The New Students]], a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and ''Anime/YuGiOh'' crossover fic in which Yugi, Ryou, and Marik are invited to Hogwarts. It's hosted on Kokorononaka.net, which hasn't been updated since 2007. |
| 135 | ** 2008 if you found it on fanfiction.net. The author handed over the script to someone else, who posted a few more chapters over the course of a year before it died in her hands as well. |
| 136 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4970372/1/Through_Broken_Glass Through Broken Glass]]''. Perhaps the best crossover between ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. PornWithoutPlot and PlotHole free! Also, it hasn't been updated since 2009. |
| 137 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1587665/1/A-World-of-Adventure-and-Collision A World of Adventure and Collision]]'' is a large, fun crossover with Digimon, Sonic, Pokémon, and Yu-Gi-Oh! back in 2003. It hasn't been updated after Chapter 89 in 2010. |
| 138 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2192845/1/Titan-XLR Titan XLR]]'' is a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' and ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' about Terra being revived and used by the Glorft, so it's up to two unlikely heroes to team up in stopping them, but it was canceled since 2005. |
| 139 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1902150/1/A-Year-with-Q A Year With the Q]]'', a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' / ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fic which has Q losing a bet with his son and having to spend a year as a student at Hogwarts during Harry's fifth year (started before ''Order of the Phoenix'' came out). Naturally, HilarityEnsues. The writer presents a convincing Q, posing as a student, while subtly lording over his classmates and messing with them as well (he's in Slytherin, by the way) especially the Golden Trio, who he has convinced he's from a powerful family of dark wizards. Well-balanced between humor and drama, but hasn't been updated since 2007, and just as Q and Voldemort are meeting. |
| 140 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1982990/1/Final-Fantasy-9-One-ED-of-a-story Final Fantasy 9: One ED of a story]]'' is about WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy involved in the story of Final Fantasy IX, but stopped around January 2006. |
| 141 | * ''Fanfic/TheLastSpartan'' was confirmed dead by its author. |
| 142 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6137696/1/Organization-13-vs-Akatsuki Organization 13 vs Akatsuki]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2441617/reix reix]] centers around the epic confrontation between the two eponymous named organizations from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' and ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' with two sides suffering casualties along with the other allies joining them. Unfortunately, the story is last updated in April 2014 and hasn't been updated, leaving the winner of the confrontations a forever mystery. |
| 143 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6114528/1/ Nana's New Life]]'' is a FixFic for the [[TearJerker extremely heartbreaking]] webcomic ''Webcomic/NanasEverydayLife'', where [[Manga/ElfenLied Nana]] is found by [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Red Heavy and Medic]], nursed back to full health, and adopted by the Red Team, who proceed to go on the run and hunt down the company responsible for what she had to go through. Last update...Mar 27, 2011. |
| 144 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3522356/1/Take-the-Green-and-Go Take the Green and Go]]'' is a ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' crossover where Shego is sent back in time and drowns at Jusenkyo, only for Ranma to fall into the very same spring she drowned in many years later. Last update - Jan 21, 2008. |
| 145 | * ''Fanfic/SolarWinds'' is a FusionFic between ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', where Kurt is the new Avatar, a Waterbender who has studied Earthbending and is just beginning to learn Firebending from Blaine, the prince of the Fire Nation. It's been dead since February 2013. |
| 146 | * ''Fanfic/IceOnTheRhine'' hasn't been updated since April 14, 2015. |
| 147 | * ''Fanfic/DeathNoteEquestria'' was officially announced as dead in October 2018, after not being updated in over four years. |
| 148 | * [[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/poketown_2/coming-up-next-t222.html Here]] is a list of fanfics scheduled to be published on Poké Town. ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'' (which has been running continuously since January 18, 2010 and is now a LongRunner) is the only one that actually materialized, with the rest remaining totally unproduced (except ''The Ketchums Movie'', which was [[{{Retool}} retooled]] into the 100th episode of ''The Pokémon Squad''). Furthermore, several early episodes of ''Pokémon Squad'' are [[WholePlotReference parodies]] of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episodes, and since those tend to have Ash as the protagonist, it's possible that they were originally meant for ''[=SpongeAsh=] [=SquareKetchum=]''. |
| 149 | * Also on Poké Town, we have ''Fanfic/TheLooneyScientistsShow''. It was very reminiscent of ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'', but while that series is still running today, ''Looney Scientists'' hasn't updated at all since September 25, 2013, ending with 29 episodes, with the author, Lancelot Niccals, last active on the site on January 20, 2014 (and that was only to confirm that the series was dead). |
| 150 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6367574/1/A-New-Divide A New Divide]]'' revolves around Franchise/HarryPotter hearing a strange wailing [[spoiler: during his trip to King's Cross in the afterlife]], then finding a small orb of blue light and being reborn as a previously stillborn [[Film/Transformers2007 Seekerlet]] upon touching it. Last update - December 17th, 2012. |
| 151 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7217214/1/Irken-Ninja Irken Ninja]]'' is a fic set in a world where ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' crash-landed on Earth as a smeet and was taken in by the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', being renamed "Koji" and learning how to fight with tonfa. Last update - December 31, 2012. |
| 152 | * ''Fanfic/TangledAdventuresInArendelle'': An early crossover between {{Tangled}} and {{Frozen}}, it ran for a decent 20+ chapters, focusing on relationships, repairing wounds, and not indulging in the fanon around the 2 series (yet). However, the last update was back in 2016 when they did a gag chapter, and hasn't given any updates since. |
| 153 | * ''Fanfic/ViperSpiderPhoenix'' is an ''Elementary'' fanfic where Joan Watson is actually an amnesiac O-Ren Ishii of ''Kill Bill''. It lasted updated in 2014. |
| 154 | * ''Fanfic/WonderfulMazinja'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' / ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' crossover with Taylor gaining tinker powers to create tech based on The Wonderful 101. The final full chapter was posted October 30, 2018, and the Author declared the fic dead on February 6, 2020. |
| 155 | * ''Fanfic/InvaderFranny'' was a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' and ''Literature/FrannyKStein'', which hasn't been updated since January 16, 2007. The fic has Franny K. Stein and Dib time-travel to the future and end up having to help Franny's future self defeat Dib's evil future self Dark. |
| 156 | * ''Fanfic/SethInThePokecity'' was last updated in December 2019, and was officially announced dead in March 2020, with a new series revolving around Tim Tim originally slated to take its place (though the spin-off never materialized). This is due to the author losing interest in both the series and its protagonist. |
| 157 | * ''Fanfic/ASparkOfGenius'': crossover between ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', without updating from 2013. |
| 158 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/279307/1/Knight-of-the-Wizardmon Knight of the Wizardmon]]'', where [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Wizardmon]] is transported to the world of Series/ForeverKnight following his HeroicSacrifice, and befriends Nick. Last update - April 21, 2004. |
| 159 | * ''Fanfic/WaterAerobicsForTheAquaphobic'' is a crossover between ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', where a poorly-planned trip to Jusenkyo results in most of the students of Hogwarts, a few of the teachers and several Death Eaters being cursed into various forms. It hasn't updated since December 17, 2012. |
| 160 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3509790/1/The-Wizard-of-Gotham The Wizard of Gotham]]'' is a crossover between ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', where Harry is abandoned in Gotham and becomes Poison Ivy's sidekick. Last update - September 11, 2007. |
| 161 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2880090/1/Kingdom-Hearts-Mutants-of-Twilight Kingdom Hearts: Mutants of Twilight]]'' is a massive crossover that is epic in scope, and was planned to have 85 chapters. It was updated weekly, but then the time between chapters increased more and more. Finally, the author ended the story on a cliffhanger at chapter 42 in 2013, citing it was on "indefinite hiatus". |
| 162 | * ''Soul Gem is Unbreakable'' by "beefskellington" is a crossover between ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' that was CutShort because the [[CreatorBacklash author disliked the way the characters in the story ended up becoming]]. The author then started a rewrite project named ''Soul Gem is Not Crash'' in 2016, promising to make a better story. Eventually, ''Soul Gem is Not Crash'' died as well after the author removed both stories from Fanfiction.net around 2019 - 2020 for unknown reasons. |
| 163 | * ''Fanfic/SillyButKilly'' is a FusionFic between ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' and ''Franchise/MassEffect'' where the Orks take the place of humanity in the ''Mass Effect'' universe. It hasn't been updated since April 23, 2016. |
| 164 | * ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'', a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', hasn't been updated since March 21, 2017. |
| 165 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10103305/1/Magical-Orders-and-Thieving-Angels Magical Orders and Thieving Angels]]'', a crossover in which [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane Tribal]] is transported to London during the events of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' and is recruited by Dumbledore to go undercover as a Hogwarts student and watch over Harry for him. The story updated semi-regularly between February 2014 and May 2015, went on hiatus for about eighteen months before releasing two final chapters in November 2016, the latter ending on a cliffhanger [[spoiler:in the middle of the climactic battle at the Department of Mysteries. Somewhat fortunately, the final chapter did at least offer some resolution to the plot thread involving Zidane keeping his true identity secret from Harry and their other friends.]] |
| 166 | * ''Fanfic/UltimateAvatar'', a TrollFic crossover between WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender and Literature/MaximumRide, hasn't been updated since 2011. |
| 167 | * ''Fanfic/UniverseFalls'', a WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse and WesternAnimation/GravityFalls crossover retelling was 102 chapters in, and halfway through what they called "Arc 9" of a planned 11 arc story. There were preliminary plans to do a sequel series once they finished to cover more Steven Universe Episodes once they got past the Gravity Falls episode material. They even had the titles for the remaining "episodes" posted online for what the general flow/themes of the remaining parts of the story would be. But then, in mid 2022, the author announced that he was putting the fic on "indefinite hiatus". In part because of sheer exhaustion for having worked on it for 7 years and no longer considering it fun. In part because they had other stories they were now more invested in. And in part because of a psychosomatic association it now has with the death of their father. While apologetic, Minijen said they just don't have the flow anymore to finish it out. |
| 168 | * ''Fanfic/CitadelOfTheHeart'' has been dormant for a very long time, but has officially been declared dead on New Year's of 2024, with any surviving stories now being entirely standalone. Whatever crossover elements were to be had originally have become Aborted Arcs, but Creator/MF217 has not yet thrown in the towel on making stories more standalone in nature overall. |
| 169 | * ''Fanfic/OfState'': A crossover between ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' and ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' was last updated July 31, 2019, and to add further insult to injury, the advertised couple, [[CrossoverShip Hiccup and Elsa]], have yet to meet face-to-face let alone learn of each other's names. |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Film -- Animation]] |
| 173 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'': |
| 174 | ** Jenny-Jen's fanfic 9U on [=Deviantart=] was near the end of the story, but in 2011 it ended without explanation, but Jenny continued to draw her fanfic and her characters until 2017 when she stopped publishing, and later in 2023 all posts on the profile have been deleted, however the success of the fanfic has allowed other users to create fanart or stories with the same characters, and then on Pinterest and Google image you can still find many of the drawings from the story. |
| 175 | * ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': |
| 176 | ** ''Fanfic/TheDragonJournals'' has not been updated since December 2011, and the author stated on her Platform/DeviantArt page that she will not be finishing it. |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'': |
| 178 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4005976/1/Land_Before_Time_Voyage_through_time Land Before Time: Voyage Through Time]]'' was a story where the characters met up with Russians via time travel. Its last update was January 4, 2010. |
| 179 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3892575/1/Land_Before_Time_Remnants Land Before Time: Remnants]]'', sequel to the WarFic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2151472/1/Land_Before_Time_War_of_the_Worlds Land Before Time: War of the Worlds]]'' last updated in 2012. |
| 180 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3132044/1/Out_of_the_Shadows_2 Out of the Shadows 2]]'', sequel to the ''excellent'' and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids violent]] ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' fan fiction ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2550278/1/Out_of_the_Shadows Out of the Shadows]]'' has also not been updated since 2007. WordOfGod states "Cancelled though I may decide to pick up on it later" but sadly, that seems very unlikely. |
| 181 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2360239/1/Land_Before_Time_The_Mysterious_World Land Before Time: The Mysterious World]]'' which blended post-apoc science fiction with ''Land Before Time'' has fallen silent. Last update was in 2008 and the author seems to have vanished. Sadly, the chance of it being continued is nearly nonexistent. |
| 182 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3396911/1/BOSE_II_Corruptions_Curse BOSE II: Corruption's Curse]]'', the sequel to the critically acclaimed fic ''Battle of the Sacred Essences'' hasn't been updated since 2013. |
| 183 | * ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'': |
| 184 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3700828/1/Simons_Experiments_II Simon's Experiments II]]'' by Allius111 left its 28th chapter on a cliffhanger, and hasn't been updated since January 2010. The worst part is the author noted in the previous chapter that he was buckling down on the story, planning to release a chapter once every two weeks. On April 2, 2014, the author posted a "chapter", in which he basically hit the final nail in the story's coffin, saying that he was repulsed by the idea of jumping back into a story he had written as a "very immature young man with little life experience." However, he did thank all of his readers for supporting the story and posted what notes he still had on his intentions for the rest of it, which is much more than what most dead fics get. |
| 185 | ** ''Fanfic/TheFireOfFuturesPast'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6779568/Euphonemes Euphonemes]] is a post-''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' fic where the Pelekai ''ʻohana'' tell stories around a campfire for a family fun night under a "WhatIf" premise of Stitch never having crash-landed on Earth, with the author taking suggestions from readers for stories the ''ʻohana'' could tell. Only nine chapters were published, the last one in April 2016 ending on a {{cliffhanger}} where Jumba has a idea for Stitch [[spoiler:to keep Leroy with them instead of giving him back to the Grand Councilwoman, who is only permitting the prison escapee to be with the ''ʻohana'' for the night for the time being]]. The author would seemingly abandon it in favor of writing ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' fics since, but he last updated one of his stories on Platform/FanFictionNet in May 2018. |
| 186 | * ''Franchise/TheLionKing'': |
| 187 | ** [[https://tlkwhatif-shattered.deviantart.com/gallery/ This]] ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' fancomic that looks at an alternative timeline of Nala's life was originally meant to be a contest entry. The artist's comment under the [[http://tlkwhatif-shattered.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d1whf5c last uploaded page]] (which was posted in 2009) suggests that the reason it was abandoned was because it was just too time consuming. |
| 188 | ** ''[[https://simbamarasa.deviantart.com/gallery/2312350 TLKIII:Shadows]]'': The story was abandoned right on a cliffhanger back in 2010, when the artist passed away. |
| 189 | ** ''The Lion King'' fancomic ''[[http://fanart.lionking.org/Artists/Nadra/Comic1.jpg Missing Mysteries]]'' is an interesting one. While the comic itself hasn't been updated since 2009, the artist is still active as of January 2013 and even started a brand new comic in 2012. |
| 190 | ** The SpinOffspring comic ''Webcomic/TheLionKingKiarasReign'' was cancelled mid-story with no resolution. |
| 191 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6495263/1/ Said and Done]]'' is a fanfic about WhatIf Kovu had killed Simba like he originally intended to. It hasn't updated since August 2011. |
| 192 | * ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': |
| 193 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Intercom}}'' was a brilliant and loving ContinuationFic where an accident in HQ has Riley and her emotions now able to interact with each other. Perhaps the first fic of this time, it was lovingly curated for about a year, growing more dramatic and uncertain as the story went. Unfortunately, the last entry was in 2016 with a promise the next chapter will be out "in about a week or two." And it hasn't returned since, ending on a CliffHanger where Joy finds out about Riley's hidden plan to [[spoiler: never wake up and stay inside her mind forever]]. |
| 194 | ** ''Fanfic/TheDreamMustGoOn'': A ContinuationFic with Sadness as the main POV trying to figure out how to keep going forward after everything that happened. Dead since 2016. |
| 195 | * ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'': |
| 196 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10551899/1/Til-We-Meet-Again Til We Meet Again]]'' is a well-written Anna/Kristoff fic set in TheForties America, where Anna is a rich girl engaged to her father's business associate Hans and Kristoff is a barbershop quartet singer who gets shipped off to fight in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo. The last update was in 2020 after a four year hiatus and left on a cliffhanger, with no word since, where [[spoiler:Kristoff is captured and his army tags are sent home, and Anna decides to join the nursing corps under the belief he's likely dead]]. |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[folder:Film -- Live Action]] |
| 200 | * The ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3742441/1/Through_These_bFields_b_of_Destruction Through These fields of Destruction]]'' appears to have joined the category, having not received an update since 2007. It is possible this is an orphaned fic as the author was mentioned as joining a form of Armed Forces (believed to be the USA's). The characters appearing have presently unknown fates. |
| 201 | * ''Fanfic/TheBlackPrince'', a ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' fanfic, has not been updated since 2018. The chapter count on Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn says there are still two chapters missing. |
| 202 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10116685/1/Crystal-Maze Crystal Maze]]'' is a ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' crossover with [[Series/TheCrystalMaze the titular game show]] which ran in the United Kingdom, with Sarah as one of the contestants on an episode of ''The Crystal Maze'', but the host is someone from her time in the Labyrinth: specifically, the Goblin King himself, and the Maze is actually the Labyrinth! Sadly, the last chapter currently up, posted March 2014, ends with Sarah about to take on the thirteenth and last game before the Crystal Dome, and since then neither it, nor any of the author's stories, have been updated, which is a shame. |
| 203 | * ''Film/IndependenceDay'' have a fanfic titled [[http://id4.freeservers.com/script.htm Independence Day: UK]], with the film's events seen from a British perspective. Updates stopped before 1997 for reasons unknown. |
| 204 | * [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2301204/1/Nysa Nysa]], an [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] {{KidFic}} for ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' was last updated in August 2005, long before any of its plot threads could be resolved. |
| 205 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 206 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/174494/1/ Force of Destiny]]'' is a brilliant ''Franchise/StarWars'' AU written before the prequel trilogy had been released detailing what might have happened if Darth Vader mutinied against the Emperor after learning that the Emperor had tricked him into believing he'd been permanently damaged. Not updated since 2006! |
| 207 | ** ''[[http://shezanfics.livejournal.com/690.html Hitchhiker]]''. It's excruciatingly hard to find a well-written [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Thrawn]] story, let alone one where he's in a relationship. This is one of them. It started being posted in June 2002, updated regularly on the Jedi Council Forums, slowly started slipping, chapterlets shortening and more time elapsing between each. By June 2003 it quit entirely. The writer, shezan, does respond to [=PMs=] on Platform/LiveJournal, and if you're polite will tell you what her vague plan for the rest was before she stopped writing. |
| 208 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5517700/1/Reversed-Destines Reversed Destinies]]'' is an AlternateUniverseFic where Luke Skywalker is Prince Luke Organa, while Leia is Leia Amidala Skywalker and brought up by Owen and Beru. It hasn't updated since Sep 17, 2010. |
| 209 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3929576/1/Brothers Brothers]]'', a fanfic for ''Film/{{Superbad}}''. |
| 210 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4267076/1/LORI-S-NIGHTMARE Lori's Nightmare]]'' an alternate take on the last act of ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' where [[spoiler:Freddy actually raped Lori in her nightmare, then impregnates her after a second attack, turning the poor girl into his devoted ally as he prepares revenge on Jason]]. It started in 2008, and ended in 2010. The author even stated there would be three more chapters. That was the last time the author updated anything on the site. |
| 211 | * ''Fanfic/UnNatural'' is a NSFW ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'' fic where Karen breaks down the door a few seconds earlier than she did in canon and ends up [[InterruptedSuicide saving]] Martha. It deals with their relationship afterwards. Everything takes a sudden turn for the worst when, in a last ditch effort to get Martha to move away with her, Karen [[spoiler:ends up having sex with Martha]], which just confuses them both and amplifies their shame. It, however, stopped updated while the two were still having tense SilentTreatment. It hasn't updated since 2015. It's the writer's only fic too. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 215 | * ''72 Hours Uprising'': The follow-up to the most well-known ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' fanfiction, ''Fanfic/SeventyTwoHours'', has stopped. It seems that the author could come up with a better sequel, so he gave up. However, he did actually get into publishing, so it's all good. |
| 216 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': |
| 217 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6486190/1/Fortunate-Son Fortunate Son]]''. A great piece of work which really dives into Dudley's head and does a superb job of exploring his relationship with Harry. Last updated in 2011. |
| 218 | ** The [[SoBadItsGood devastatingly HORRIBLY-written]] ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' has become -- well, immortal, despite never being finished. |
| 219 | ** The highly intelligent and thoughtful "Back Again, Harry," though lately a couple more chapters have been added, leading to hope that it might eventually be finished. It's been updated as of December 2013. WordOfGod that the story hasn't been abandoned, but it's at the bottom of his priorities. |
| 220 | ** ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'' was started in the 2010's, chronicling a PeggySue fic where after an even more devastating 2nd wizarding war, Harry goes back in time to try and make things better and save the ones he loves. It was pretty consistent up until 2015, slowed down, and then finally began puttering out around 2019, with only posts about the author's poor health saying what happened to the pace. |
| 221 | ** The [[MindScrew interesting]] ''Literature/HarryPotter'' sequel trilogy ''Fanfic/ParadigmOfUncertainty'' was feared to have fallen victim to this until the author released a GainaxEnding consisting of a summary of what was to happen subsequently. Mindful of this trope, the fandom appreciated it as more closure than they had expected. |
| 222 | ** This ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/932996/1/bPig_b_in_ba_b_bWig_b Pig in a Wig]]: nine chapters with Dudley characterization, and abandoned just when the plot starts to pick up. Active 2002-2003. |
| 223 | ** A.L. de Sauveterre's ''[[http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=191&chapno=1 Harry Potter and the Society of Orpheus and Bacchus]]'' accomplishes the impossible: playing all the cliches and fanon of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom during the Three-Year Summer into a glorious, hilarious, compelling, and exceedingly well-written (if rather verbose) fanfiction. It never takes itself too seriously, yet is still dramatic and a wonderful continuation of the style of the earlier books. Then, at ''twenty-seven chapters'' it stops, still unfinished. Later chapters were even incorporating characters from ''The Order of the Phoenix'' [[note]] which actually may have contributed to its diminishing...[[/note]]. It was last updated January 21st, 2004. |
| 224 | ** Fans of the marvelously snarky Marcus Flint/Katie Bell shipper fanfic ''[[http://jenszabo.livejournal.com/tag/detained Detained]]'' got excited when it was uploaded to a new journal of the author in 2009, as it had been on hiatus for several years by then. Sadly, she still hasn't been able to update it. We live in hope! |
| 225 | ** The Harry/Snape slashfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3484954/1/The Marriage Stone]]'' by Josephine Darcy built up to some interesting plots in [[{{Doorstopper}} 77 chapters]], and then she just disappeared off the face of the planet. The last update was in March 30, 2008 and there are still people desperately hoping she will return. In 2016, she posted an explanation for why she hadn't updated and hopes to be able to finish it. |
| 226 | ** The ''Harry Potter'' and ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'' crossover [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4469458/1/Frozen_Emerald_Eyes Frozen Emerald Eyes]] by Prelude-to-Heartbreak is a AU fanfiction, with Hitsugaya being Harry. Hitsugaya is in character, though a few characters are OOC and the plot moves fast. The last time it was updated was April 15, 2011, and the author's profile states they're giving their stories to someone else. But when you search up the adoptee's name, you find that they don't have the fics, so way to drop out of sight of the online world, author. |
| 227 | ** A lot of works by Luan Mao are just oneshots and are abandoned. |
| 228 | ** ''Fanfic/APeccatis'' has not been updated since 9th of October 2012, and the author has moved on through at least two or three more fandoms. All his work was deleted from Fanfiction.net in December 2017. |
| 229 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1260679/1/Realizations Realizations]]'', by Wishweaver, is a 36 chapter story of what happens to Harry when he comes home to the Dursleys, after his fourth year only to find out that they moved without a forwarding address. What follows is Harry learning to stand on his own without any sudden magical gifts or unrealized guardians to give him help. First chapter published on March 6, 2003, and last updated on November 16, 2010, the author has said that the release of further books in the series, along with her child's health issues, has removed her desire to continue on with it. |
| 230 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5272493/1/Investigations-of-the-Heart Investigations of the Heart]]'' revolves around Harry being attacked, and Ron and Hermione deciding to investigate, falling in love with each other along the way. Last update - Mar 4, 2010. |
| 231 | ** ''Fanfic/TornApartWorld'' is an angst fic about a physically abused Harry staying at Snape's family home over the summer. It was last updated Feb 21, 2011. |
| 232 | ** ''Fanfic/TheBoyInTheBook'', the sequel to ''Fanfic/TheChildOfAzkabanLonelyHarvest'', has seen no updates since September of 2019. |
| 233 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1334334/1/The_Lonely_Traveler The Lonely Traveler]]'', easily the best ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' fanfiction (a series, that oddly, has very little relative to its popularity), was permanently and prematurely ended in 2004. |
| 234 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8902184/1/Shield-and-Sword Shield and Sword]]'' is a AlternateUniverseFic for ''Literature/TheHobbit'', where Bilbo is struck down at the Battle of Five Armies, forcing Thorin to make a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with the Necromancer]] in order to save him. Last update - July 27, 2013. |
| 235 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': |
| 236 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1450202/1/The-Steward-s-Tale The Steward's Tale]]'', the sequel to plasticChevy's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' AU ''Fanfic/TheCaptainAndTheKing'', has not been updated since 2009. To make matters worse, it ended on an emotional cliffhanger. |
| 237 | ** The brilliant ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fic ''Brothers in Arms'' by the Nightrunners (a group of Canadian girls). Part one of the fic, which featured the original Fellowship as reincarnated post-apocalyptic humans (mostly...), was a fantastically written 39 chapters. Part two got 28 chapters and then left us on a cliffhanger. |
| 238 | ** ''Fanfic/LegolasByLaura'' ends in ''mid-sentence''. Possibly it doesn't quite qualify as a Dead Fic, though, because what there was of it was posted in one big chunk and there was no author's note promising to finish. |
| 239 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/854350/1/Treasures Treasures]]'' was a ''very'' wonderful story revolving around Frodo being kidnapped and Bilbo having to pay the ransom. It also differed from other "Frodo comes to live with Bilbo" stories by [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome presenting things in a more realistic way]] (as much as Bilbo loves Frodo, he's still an elderly bachelor who has to get used to living with another hobbit, so there's some friction between the two of them). It last updated in 2004. At least it ended on a semi-happy note, with Frodo making amends with everyone who had upset him. |
| 240 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7521884/1/Scary-Godmother-The-Truth-about-Hannah Scary Godmother The Truth about Hannah]]'' is a ''Literature/ScaryGodmother'' fic about Hannah having AbusiveParents. It only has 1 chapter and hasn't updated since 2011. |
| 241 | * [[http://fourleggedfish.livejournal.com/?skip=20&tag=sherlock%20holmes FourLeggedFish]] authored some very-well written, heartwrenching and '''NC-17''' Literature/SherlockHolmes fics, and then disappeared of the face of the Earth in July 2010, leaving such fics as Dictractions, [[http://sherlockkink.livejournal.com/1594.html?thread=6159418#t6159418 Sensory Overload]] unfinished. |
| 242 | * Wild_Magelet's ''Spirits Cry'', a simply marvelous ''Creator/TamoraPierce'' fanfic, has not been updated in over two years... and counting (last update 2006). |
| 243 | ** Tamora Pierce fandom in general contains these in good quantity, maybe because the novels are generally aimed at young adults, and so fans are prone to growing out of them before they finish their magnum opus. Or maybe they just go to college and then suddenly don't have time for anything. |
| 244 | * Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire |
| 245 | ** Fanfic/TheManySonsOfWinter: Despite its interesting premise (a north with the population of The Reach thanks to winter cows), this story hasn't been updated since 2018. |
| 246 | * There is a hilariously funny ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' band AU out on the internet. The writing is fairly solid and everyone is in character. Sadly the last update was in 2009 and it looks like an update will not be coming. But the 3 extant parts are visible below. |
| 247 | ** [[http://tanyartblog.livejournal.com/15157.html Part 1]] |
| 248 | ** [[http://tanyartblog.livejournal.com/16441.html Part 2]] |
| 249 | ** [[http://tanyartblog.livejournal.com/14504.html?thread=88488#t88488 Part 3]] |
| 250 | * ''Literature/WarriorCats'': |
| 251 | ** ''Fanfic/WarriorsTheDayTheClansDied'' was a fanfic about a concept rarely done in the fandom: A rabies outbreak occuring amongst the Clans. However, the writer got bored of the story and ended it only four chapters in (one chapter before the rabies outbreak was meant to be introduced). |
| 252 | ** ''Fanfic/LittleFires'' is a fanfic starring a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} [=OC=] named Emberpaw. It hasn't updated since September 2013. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 256 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3967011/1/Fell_in_love_with_a_girl Fell in Love with a Girl]]'', the third in a series of amazingly well written ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' Maliver fics, hasn't been updated since 2009. |
| 257 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6515261/1/Dalton Dalton]]'' is considered to be one of the most popular and well-written fanfics in the Klaine fandom, but unfortunately, it hasn't been updated since April 2014, spanning a total of twenty-eight chapters before updates abruptly stopped. Nothing has been heard from the author since. |
| 258 | ** The fandom (including Coulter) has migrated over to Plurk, where occasional status updates and snippets can be found if you follow cpcoulter. Yes, she is still writing. |
| 259 | * There are few fics in the ''Series/ICarly'' fandom that are extremely good in comparison to the quality of the fandom itself. It's also rare to find fics with unique romance themes that have not died. Several of the stores on the fanfic rec page subsequently became dead after being put there: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5205009/109/iGo_To_The_Hospital iGo to the Hospital]]'', the longest GenFic, had 107 chapters updated in the space of roughly a year (last update 2010). Then the next chapter took ages to be uploaded, the one after that even longer, and was last updated in 2011). ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5889328/1/iDiscover_I_Have_Superpowers iDiscover I Have Superpowers]]'' updated 13 chapters in about 6 months, then stopped right at a heartbreaking moment of angst between two of the main characters. |
| 260 | * ''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20011006024145/http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/pimlico/131/science.html ...And Other Science Facts]]'', a ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fanfic that works as Joel's origin story, will probably never be updated again (especially since the site it was on no longer exists in a non-archived form). Sadly, that means we won't see the introductions of either Crow or Tom Servo. |
| 261 | * The {{Crossover}} story between ''Series/Numb3rs'' and ''Series/FoylesWar'' ''Fanfic/BreakingTheCode'' hasn't been updated since 2010. |
| 262 | * The SoBadItsGood ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' fic ''Fanfic/EigaSentaiScanranger''. It was written by a fanboy angry at Saban for the formula used to create ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', and 40 episodes and a crossover "movie" with ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' were cranked out from 1997-2007. Work ended right when the story was poised to begin its apocalyptic final arc. |
| 263 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/85156/1/The-Adventures-of-Dark-Falcon The Adventures of Dark Falcon]]'' revolves around [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Skull]] becoming a HenshinHero named Dark Falcon, and fighting the forces of evil. It hasn't updated since April 25, 2001. |
| 264 | * The Fourth Annual Pro-Fun Hoedown RoundRobin (''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}'', ''Fanfic/ThisTimeRound'' and ''Doctor Who'' fandom, plus anything else that looks interesting) was launched in January 2006 (on Livejournal rather than UsefulNotes/{{Usenet}} like the previous ones) and stopped pretty much dead that August. |
| 265 | [[/folder]] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | [[folder:Miscellaneous]] |
| 268 | * The epic MassiveMultiplayerCrossover FightingGame votefic trilogy known as the ''Fanfic/UltimateVideoRumble'' teetered on the edge of this several times, a few times going nearly a year without an update. Twice this forced one or more new writers to take over the majority of the writing duties: the first time this happened (midway through ''UVR 2''), it was actually a definite improvement; the second time (midway through ''UVR 3''), not so much, but it got the story ended (in a "mere" eight years). It is perhaps for the best that the planned ''UVR 4'' was never started. |
| 269 | * [[http://www.touhou-project.com/ Touhou-Project]], being a site dedicated to open-ended votefics, is littered with these by nature. |
| 270 | * Even multi-author efforts aren't immune to this, as exemplified by the round-robin writing website [[http://www.improfanfic.com ImproFanfic]] and its various SpinOff sites (such as [[http://indiemadnesse.sandwich.net Indie Madnesse]]). The website remained fairly active for a few years before reader and writer interest dwindled down. The series that managed to gain endings are the exceptions rather than the rule. |
| 271 | ** Funnily enough, when Improfanfic and other sites were still popular, there was an [[http://mizunoryuu.sandwich.net/archive/ Impro Archive]] specifically dedicated to Dead Fic. |
| 272 | * Website/{{Walfas}} hasn't been updated since 2015 (which was when ''Urban Legend in Limbo'' debuted) and the flashes themselves have stopped around 2010. |
| 273 | * Many stories at the hand of [[https://m.fanfiction.net/u/1087101/ this author]], namely his work for ''Series/{{Glee}}'', as well as a few of ''Series/TeenWolf'', have fallen into obscurity, with his most recent update (excluding rewrites) being November 2018. The author also halted production on a Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse story after the plot veered from a quirky romantic comedy into a depressing, overdramatic {{NSFW}} {{rape as backstory}} downer. Having seen this, he ended it on an ambiguous (possible) {{prison rape}}/[[CurbStompBattle beating]] and rewrote the entire story minus the darker content. Both versions seem to have been unfinished, as he wiped his profile and deleted all his fics in 2021. |
| 274 | ** There are also references to a ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' fic (the story itself is nowhere to be seen) in that story's author's notes but [[OldShame it's a topic that the author refuses to address]]. |
| 275 | * The ''[[http://robotechmaster0.tripod.com/warofdrekis/index.htm War of Drekis]]'' began in early 2003 as a rather ambitious fanfic set in the IC universe of the Website/FantasyPowersLeague known as Khazan, with (as of its last update on 6th October 2010) 27 chapters spanning over 300 pages. It hasn't been updated since then, and with 27 more chapters to go, the story will most likely never be resolved. |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 279 | * The absolutely beautiful ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5639070/1/Looking-for-You-in-the-Sky Looking for You in the Sky]]'', which manages to make the already dark [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Synchronicity]] series DarkerAndEdgier, has not been updated since July 2012. It will be missed. |
| 280 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5091358/1/Synthesis Synthesis]]'' is a Music/{{Vocaloid}} fanfic about a scientist trying to give dying people a second chance to life whilst trying to free them from his company's binding contract as singing robots. It has not been updated since November 2009. |
| 281 | * K. Koumori's ''Music/{{Gorillaz}}'' slash fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2418585/1/ The Thing About]]'' is a very good, very in-character exploration of Murdoc and 2-D's relationship and the way they perceive each other, which was unfortunately last updated with a cliffhanger... in December 2005. |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 285 | * ''[[http://www.spelljammer.org/tales/Wayfarer/Wayfarer.html Tale of the Wayfarer]]'' is a ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' fanfic with a deep, complex plot and very memorable characters which lasted 30 chapters and then just stopped (in 2001) without any resolution. The author apparently hasn't been heard from in ''Spelljammer'' circles since that time. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 289 | * A ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' fanfiction called ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2463071/1/An_Eternity_of_This An Eternity of This]]'' by Mandy the O was, in its original form, an epic fic of approximately 61 chapters, whose romance was intertwined with a plot suspenseful enough to spawn fanfiction of its own. However, Mandy took the story down in 2005 to re-work it (before the original edition had even ended) and only re-posted 17 chapters. It's been dead since 2006, along with the other two fics on the author's profile. |
| 290 | ** Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]: Mandy returned to the story in 2013 and finally finished it in 2018. The other two fics remain dead, however. |
| 291 | [[/folder]] |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 294 | * ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'': |
| 295 | ** ''Fanfic/ScarsOfWar'' is a story about the ponies recovering from a three-year war with another kingdom. It, however, only has two chapters and hasn't updated since February 2003. |
| 296 | ** ''Fanfic/WishingWell'', a story about Ponyville in early G3, hasn't been updated since March 2004. |
| 297 | ** ''Fanfic/ChasingTheRainbow'' is an origin story on how Dream Valley was discovered. It's unfinished and hasn't been updated since May 2003. |
| 298 | [[/folder]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 301 | * One of the better written ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' fanfics, ''[[http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?showtopic=27106 At Soul's Edge]]'' went through a month-long gap before the author resumed, and its sequel, ''Malleus Animorum'', has been on a long hiatus as well. Perhaps justified, however-both gaps occurred at around the same time in each year. |
| 302 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3171969/1/Earthbound_199X Earthbound 199X]]'' was a charmingly well-done ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' fanfic that didn't get an update for over a year. And, check, the last chapter includes an Author's Note intended to assure readers that he hadn't given up yet. That was written in ''2009''. |
| 303 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 304 | ** There was an excellent ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fic written by author Solar Solethi called ''Children of Jenova'' set some 10 years after the events of the game. It did right by practically all the characters, and even their children (such as Tifa and Cloud's son, Zack) were well-written and compelling. Solethi stopped updating somewhere around Chapter 27, then, all her archives disappeared when [=RocketTownOnline=] went under, and now, the superb story is nowhere to be found at all. |
| 305 | ** ''Darth Howie's Creek'' was a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fic, thoroughgoing ParodySue paradise, backhanded sendup of several posters at the hosting board and their board culture, and an intriguing look into the lives of the little people who made Shinra atrocities possible, all at once. Then board drama happened ''twice'', one author lost interest in the fandom while the other took months between updates, then major drama happened ''between the two authors,'' and those who were still reading packed up their hope and hit the road, leaving the hosting forum a ghost town. |
| 306 | ** Before it was removed from fanfiction.net and thus the whole internet, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII: The Cheesy American Soap Opera Version'', loosely formatted as a TV show, was a complete guilty pleasure, filled with over-the-top out-of-characterizations, ludicrous soap opera plots, and many delightful jabs at the source material. One "season" ended with a tearful, honestly moving goodbye between Cloud and OC love interest (and non-Sue, funnily enough) Mary, in which she left in a cab and he went back into the coffee shop with the rest of the gang, only for the coffee shop to explode. It's that kind of fic. |
| 307 | ** ''[[http://fanfiction.net/s/2475515/1/Tease_Me_Tease_Me_Not Tease Me, Tease Me Not]]'' is a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' HighSchoolAU from 2005, written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/834776/spades7717 spades7717]]. A few [[ArtisticLicense certain liberties are taken]] with characterization, especially with Paine from ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 X-2]]'' here as a CloudCuckoolander with a peculiar catchphrase, and a big AuthorAppeal in the form of ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' provides the plot's forward progress in one of the chapters. Given all of the above, however, it's actually quite enjoyable and competently written for its time, and the main plot of Tidus and Yuna going from hostile enemies in the beginning to a loving couple is believeable enough. Unfortunately, the fic ends on a dark cliffhanger at the end of chapter 22, which was posted in October 2005. What's worse, the author had promised one more chapter to be the GrandFinale in the footer notes, but it never materialized. She went on to make another AU ''FFX'' fic around the same time, but that didn't last past the following month either, and she herself has been completely AWOL since her last profile update in October 2008. |
| 308 | ** ''WebAnimation/FinalFightingFantasy'': It's been 4 years since the last installment came out, and the prognosis for the final installment doesn't look good. |
| 309 | * The ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ABrighterDark'' was cancelled on March 11, 2021 after 43 chapters (not counting a non-canon joke chapter), halting at the relative midpoint of the "Conquest" story route it had adapted. |
| 310 | * It looks like the ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' fan sequel, ''Fanfic/TwistedFates'' has fallen under this trope. There have been no updates since 2011 and the author admits to no current plans to continue. Still, the fans remain hopeful! |
| 311 | * ''Fanfic/HitmanMiami'', an AffectionateParody of ''VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin'', ended abruptly after eight chapters. Three years later (2006), the author claimed that he actually had a "pretty deep plot and a twist ending" conceived for the fic, and hoped to finish it one day. A very belated death-knell assurance. |
| 312 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': |
| 313 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3254330/1/Soaring_On_Broken_Wings Soaring On Broken Wings]]'', the sequel to ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2948769/1/ You Don't Miss It Till It's Gone]]'', appears to have become this. |
| 314 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3877350/1/birthday_massacre Birthday_Massacre]]'' by Skitts is a great ''Kingdom Hearts'' horror fic, with interesting characterization and a plot that starts off disjointed, but weaves together subplots and the main plot into something great. It isn't even very gory, but it's unsettling in a good way, a way that compels you to read on. Unfortunately, it was last updated in 2008 after its 16th chapter was uploaded. A few months after that last update, the author wrote "I really can't be bothered with this site anymore XD" on their profile. And, sadly, it was just when the story was all coming together too. |
| 315 | ** [[Fanfic/BrotherhoodOfDark Kingdom Hearts 3: Brotherhood of The Dark]] holds an impressive 136 chapters in its writing time, with the author trying to capture the feel of playing a video game while also telling a serious story as well. Written Pre- ''Birth by Sleep', its updates came slower and slower, and its last one was in 2013 with no notice of whether he'd be getting into more. Just that "I only write when I feel inspired". Which is a shame, because he was just getting into the finale arc. |
| 316 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3148076/ Kingdom Hearts III: Trials of the Keyblade]]''. A ''Kingdom Hearts'' sequel, again conceived before ''Birth by Sleep'', but surprisingly predicting several of its elements [[spoiler: such as the different parts of Xehanort coming together to make him stronger again]]. Due to the lengths of each chapter, updates are highly sporatic and without explanation between them. Thus, the last one was June 2014, with no word since. |
| 317 | ** There was a fanfic around 2007 called ''[[http://cartoon-xover-club.deviantart.com/art/Kingdom-Hearts-TWT-Prolog-63197690 Kingdom Hearts:]] [[http://cartoon-xover-club.deviantart.com/art/Kingdom-Hearts-TWT-Ch-1-63197842 The World Tournament]]'' that was supposed to take place after ''Kingdom Hearts 2''. It's about an 'author sign up' tournament taking place with many crossover characters coming to fight, and that the primary antagonist is SIN from ''Final Fantasy X''. Upon looking back, [[http://elenamegan.deviantart.com/art/Kingdom-Hearts-TWT-Logo-2007-314033741 the reasons back then]] is that the whole setting feels amateurish, [[http://elenamegan.deviantart.com/art/KH-TWT-OC-Reina-2007-314165112 there are lots of characters that the author couldn't control]], arguments from certain members, cyberbullying and other real life issues. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5392105/1/Kingdom-Hearts-TWT An attempt revision]] is made alongside a [[http://kingdomheartstwt.deviantart.com deviantart group]], but they are inactive. |
| 318 | *** Apparently, there is a supposed third remake around April 2013 called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9231671/1/Kingdom-Hearts-The-Ethereal-War-Tournament-Part-1 Ethereal War Tournament]]'' with three parts planned and a compacted story taking place between Dream Drop Distance and Kingdom Hearts 3. Part 1 is based on [=SeeD=] Academy from ''Final Fantasy VIII'', Part 2 is mainly about the tournament, and Part 3 is the final battle against SIN. But history merely repeats itself with life and doubts of the author can pull it off. Had the story continued, it shows that Yeul from ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' became a heartless in Caius' past, and a friend of an OC is a container of SIN. The antagonist in Part 1 is Douglas Hein from ''Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within''. Fragments based on side stories (and the 'fragments' from ''FFXIII-2'') about certain characters could have been considered. It would have had concept art and character designs. The worlds that could have appear are: Radiant Garden, ''WesternANimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', ''Pulse'', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}, and the world where that tournament take place. |
| 319 | ** ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsLinkToLife'' is an AU fanfic of meant to make fun of the games and formula with some twist in adventures with Sora and company (alongside {{Original Character}}s), but the author found it hard to continue. So he attempted to do a rewrite called ''Fanfic/LinkToLife'', but that was also discontinued. |
| 320 | ** ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsTheShortAndHonestVersion'' posted several chapters of its sequel before both fan fics disappeared into the ether. |
| 321 | * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': |
| 322 | ** Toasty probably will never finish ''[[http://koopaprince.tripod.com/fanfics.htm Mario's High School Days Super Turbo]].'' |
| 323 | ** Pretty much at least three quarters of all Mario [[FanWorks/SuperMarioBros fan-games and ROM hacks]] on Mario Fan Games Galaxy and SMW Central ever are this, being incomplete demos that last for between 1 and about 5/6 worlds before abruptly ending with no resolution. It's just as bad on [[http://www7.atpages.jp/smw/view.cgi the Japanese Mario hack site]] for these too, which is absolutely littered with 2008/2009 era demos of potentially great games long since abandoned. |
| 324 | ** The popular Bowser/Peach fic ''Fanfic/MarriedToTheKoopaKing'' hasn't been updated since 2010. The writer is still active on other sites and has mentioned wanting to rewrite it. |
| 325 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 326 | ** Creator/{{Ri2}}'s epic-sized story ''Fanfic/BraveNewWorld'' has been without an update since 2014, which was itself an incomplete chapter. The author gave assurances that the story was only on hiatus, and planned to resume it after the completion of another story he had started, ''Fanfic/SonicOriginsRi2'', but with several years having gone past since that story saw completion in 2018, and several new stories having been started instead by the author, it truly seems the odds of work resuming on Brave New World at this point are slim to none. |
| 327 | ** A ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic that seems to have died after a long run is ''Fanfic/GuardiansOfPokemon''. The fanfic had been in hiatus for over a year, and its last update was the "Obligatory Christmas Special"... for 2007. The author ''claimed'' to only be able to update regularly during the summer (when school is out)...but nothing came of it since then, and the author has probably long since graduated. |
| 328 | ** The ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam'' fan fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4577323/1/Rescue_Team_Freedom_Ravages_of_War Rescue Team Freedom: Ravages of War]]'' is a [[DarkFic dark]] but ''extremely'' good fan fic. The last update was in 2008 and it is extremely unlikely that updates will come any time soon. |
| 329 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5514124/1/The_Mewtwo_Project The Mewtwo Project]]'', a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' thriller about how Team Rocket launches an invasion against a Silph Co. island research complex has been canceled as the [[WordOfGod author claims his]] inspiration dried up. |
| 330 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3119315/1/Pokemon_Revolution Pokémon Revolution]]'' is supposed to have at ''least'' 29 chapters. The last update was Chapter 17... all the way back on ''January 17, 2009''. Sadly, the writers appear to have lost interest in it and it ends on a rather painful cliffhanger. The same fic is also posted on a different website, with more chapters, [[DoubleSubversion but isn't finished there either]]. |
| 331 | *** One of the authors also wrote ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4238379/1/Inheritors Inheritors]]'', which is set up as an OntologicalMystery for the readers to solve. However, the story comes to an abrupt end with no resolution in sight, making it so that the ontological mystery [[LeftHanging is never solved]] and causing the readers to wonder [[ShaggyDogStory just what was the point to it all]]. |
| 332 | ** A comedic Pokémon story called ''FanFic/RottenLuck'' featured a BornUnlucky teenager who gets killed in a car accident on the day of his with his best friend/girlfriend and becomes [[{{Reincarnation}} reborn]] as a Ralts. The author seemed to have planned a lot for this story (especially a story arc regarding a Pokémon Contest), but after the release of its thirty-fifth chapter in September 2008 it was never updated again. |
| 333 | ** The oldest ''Pokémon'' fanfic on Platform/FanfictionDotNet is ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6482/1/The-ghost-of-Team-Rocket-Part-1 The ghost of Team Rocket-Part 1]]''. It's a short 400-word fic from 1999 that ends with "More coming soon in the next volume." There was never a second volume. |
| 334 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1360506/1/Grand_Vendetta Grand Vendetta]]'' is the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' version of the "Liu Bei/Sun Shang Xiang" marriage story from ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', albeit with Sun Jian in charge and Lu Xun as the messenger, which hasn't updated since July 2008. |
| 335 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3255406/1/Dawn_of_the_Noobs Dawn of the Noobs]]'', a ''VideoGame/{{Runescape}}'' fic by Werelizard, complete with BlatantLies on his profile. |
| 336 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1845381/1/Eternal_Arcadia Eternal Arcadia]]'' is a novelization of the video game ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' that partially suffers from this. The author has such a busy life that the fic ended up falling silent after chapter 22 and an obligatory "I haven't given up" message. A year later, she came back to it and steamrolled through 14 more chapters, but after that point she hasn't updated since May of 2009. In terms of game chronology, she has all of three or four more chapters to go, though her tendency to expand on sideplots would probably add another chapter or two to that count. |
| 337 | * There is ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2160378/1/Unconditional_Love Unconditional Love]]'', a ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' fic, that probably will never be finished. |
| 338 | * The ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' fic ''Rebirth of a Legend'' was four chapters from the end according to the author. He never came back to finish it. |
| 339 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 340 | ** Likewise for what's probably [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/228759/1/Legend_of_Zelda_Ocarina_of_Time the best novelization]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' around. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/228759/61/Legend_of_Zelda_Ocarina_of_Time The last update]] was November 2006, and the previous one was nearly a year before. The first four and a half years, he averaged once a month. And long, apologetic author's note? Check. |
| 341 | *** Also, the really good [[http://eloze.northcastle.co.uk/ Eloze]]. It hasn't updated since 2008, which is quite sad. |
| 342 | *** And the ''Zelda''-fic masterpiece that is ''[[http://m.fanfiction.net/s/3387336/1/ Never After]]'' is also quite dead. The author hasn't posted a new chapter since 2008, with that final update ironically having the author proclaim that "This story is not dead." |
| 343 | ** ''[[http://neoyi.deviantart.com/art/Ganny-the-Daddy-1-449419244 Ganny the Daddy]]'' is a very clever fancomic that has Ganondorf ruling Hyrule as a good leader and being father to the newest Zelda, while actually cooperating with the newest version of Link (who is [[GenderFlip a girl]] this time around). Unfortunately, the comic was left hanging in June 2014 in the midst of its third arc. The author later said that there were too many other things going on in their life for the comic to continue. |
| 344 | ** ''Fanfic/InSottoVoce'' is Zelda/Impa fanfic that uses the ''Hyrule Warriors'' designs but has its own lore and story. It hasn't been updated since August 2016. It ended on a cliffhanger right before a war. |
| 345 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Exoria}}'', a modern AU of the series, stopped with Link on the equivalent of finding his way into the second dungeon[[note]]escaping the ruined Astric City on an LAV with the aid of the Zoras, while on an intel hunt for the Valentine supermachine Jormungand[[/note]]. It's been dead since October 2012. The author made an update to his profile on September 4, 2019 confirming he was done with fanfiction and would be putting all his writing efforts into original fiction. |
| 346 | ** ''Feel Good Hit of the Summer'' has died...after posting a very well-done MoodWhiplash terrifying scene revealing some serious BreakTheCutie in a flashback. (In fairness, it's a sequel to a decent-length complete fic, but still.) |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2547709/1/ Person's Unknown]]'' [sic], a DarkerAndEdgier retelling of ''The Blazing Blade''. Notable because the author came out and put the tale down himself, and put out an epilogue to provide some closure. |
| 348 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6480228/1/Broken Broken]]'' is an expertly written ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' game focusing on the Red Heavy and Medic as they slowly learn more about each other, and start to fall in love with each other. It hasn't updated since Jan 20, 2011. |
| 349 | * ''VideoGame/Persona4'': ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4999089/1/All-He-Sees-Is-Red All He Sees Is Red]]'' had its last update on September 15, 2015. A little over two years later, on October 6, 2017, the author updated his profile, announcing that the fic would be discontinued and explaining why- with the release of the anime, [[UpdatedReRelease Golden]] and the spinoffs, the protagonist became less of a blank slate, and thus less fun to write. |
| 350 | * ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'': |
| 351 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8279743/1/Darkness Darkness]]'' is a ''Harvest Moon DS'' DarkFic where Claire gets stuck in the mines. It only received one prologue chapter and hasn't updated since 2012. |
| 352 | ** ''Fanfic/TithingLove'' hasn't updated since 2009. It ended right before Carter and Claire's wedding. |
| 353 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': ''Fanfic/SonicAndDonna'' is an adaptation of the first game but with a revised, younger version of Madonna (Sonic's girlfriend in development) tagging along. Its last update was in April 2011. |
| 354 | * ''Fanfic/QueenOfHearts'', a retelling of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' with Makoto being the leader of the Phantom Thieves and the Wild Card user, was cancelled in late August 2019, roughly a year after the last update. The author explained in the comments to the fic that this was due to gradually losing interest in ''Persona 5'', and more importantly, the existence of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 5 Royal]]'', what with all its story expansions, extra party member, and redesigned dungeons, had killed any motivation to keep the story going since it made the original game seem incomplete. |
| 355 | * ''Fanfic/TheDelinquentAndHisLover'', an early ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fic by a now orphaned account, abruptly died in 2017 after just a few weeks, but it was popular enough to inspire a ContinuationFic by another author, who concluded the story in 2022. |
| 356 | * The ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/game/Tales-of-Graces/?&srt=4&r=10 Full Circle]]'' was last updated in July 2014. This is not as bad as some examples, as the last posted chapter does resolve the story's plot; by the author's statement, all the story is missing is a single chapter of denoument. |
| 357 | * Fanfic/PokemonBoldBronzeAndStrongSteel ends on a cliffhanger and hasn't been updated since ''2013''. |
| 358 | * ''Hard Choices'', the sequel to ''Fanfic/ThePortal'', was last updated in December of 2015, and the author seems to have become uncontactable. |
| 359 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' |
| 360 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3478562/1/Attached Attached]]'', a Zelda/Samus femslash fic, hasn't been updated since April 2010, and before then the gap between the last two posted chapters was a year. |
| 361 | ** ''Fanfic/TheSubspaceEmissarysWorldsConquest'' has not been updated since June of 2018, leaving it incomplete. |
| 362 | [[/folder]] |
| 363 | |
| 364 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 365 | * ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': |
| 366 | ** ''Fanfic/KatawaShoujoRumblingHearts'' is an AU fic set ten years post-game. Lilly and Hisao are in an on-again-off-again relationship due to career issues, while neither have heard from Hanako since she mysteriously ran off a decade ago. One day they finally meet the now-homeless Hanako again by chance. The fic is one of the few Lilly/Hisao/Hanako fanfics out there, however it hasn't been updated since its 6th chapter in 2015. |
| 367 | ** ''Fanfic/MeanTimeToBreakdown'' is an AlternateUniverseFic where Iwanako is the one with the heart defect. It hasn't updated since 2015. |
| 368 | * The fanmade motion graphic novels of ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' remained in a limbo with the last one released on 2010 at Comiket 79 and it's about Episode 7. Many fans were expecting Volume 9 to be released on the Comiket 80 since it would be about Episode 8 and probably followed up by volume 10 in the next Comiket which would be a compilation of Episode 5-8. However prior to Comiket 80, there was no promotion or news about Volume 9 and after several Comikets had passed, no one has clue on the status of the project. As of 2017, the creators' website hasn't been updated since 2010 and no one knows about their whereabouts. |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 372 | * ''Franchise/{{RWBY}}'': |
| 373 | ** The author of ''Fanfic/{{Emergence|RWBY}}'' has stated [[WhatCouldHaveBeen that there was originally going to be]] another installment that served as the finale before deciding to cancel it. |
| 374 | ** ''Fanfic/ArcOfTheRevolution'' has not been updated since December 23, 2016 and the author seems to have vanished. |
| 375 | ** ''Fanfic/RWBYPuppy'' has been on hiatus since March 16, 2016 and the author appears to have moved on to writing other fics on [=SpaceBattles=]. |
| 376 | ** ''Fanfic/ValesUnderground'''s author announced that they were canceling the fic due to many conflicting story elements as the show continued. They decided that canceling it would be the best option. However, they also planned on remaking it. So, the idea of ''Vale's Underground'' is not dead even though that specific version of the story is. And the author kept to their word as ''Fanfic/ValesUndergroundRewrite'' was released in February of 2020. |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 380 | * The authors of the ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/{{Lightwaves}}'' have confirmed that its sequel, ''Father of Death'', will remain unfinished after five chapters, since they felt that the planned story was weak and creatively stagnant. They did post several sketches of what would have come, along with a synopsis of how the story would have gone, thus giving the fans closure. |
| 381 | * In 2011, the author of ''Fanfic/DeadOfNight'' confirmed that the fortieth chapter (posted only at her Platform/DeviantArt account) was as far as she was going before pulling the plug. |
| 382 | * The collaborative ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' blog/fanfiction/fancomic ''Fanfic/{{Brainbent}}'' slowed to a snail's pace in 2014, with the last post in 2016. The project's status remains in unknown -- one expressed interest in resuming as recently as 2019, but no new content has been made. |
| 383 | [[/folder]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 386 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': |
| 387 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9676255/1/Phlogiston-Theory Phlogiston Theory]]'', a WhatIf fic where Flame Princess is raised by PB as a baby instead of being trapped in a lantern by her own father. The fic is well-received for the heartwarming moments as PB eventually becomes a surrogate mother for FP and her ways of dealing with her. Sadly, the fic was last updated on April 2014 and hasn't been updated since. |
| 388 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10264436/1/Purpose Purpose]]'', a DarkFic by ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4816479/nrbuer nrbuer]]'' is a DarkerAndEdgier version of Adventure Time fic that deals with Finn being found by humans where he abandons his friends in favor of humanity as they slowly begin to destroy themselves as a result of their poor decisions and are currently in a war between mutants and humans along with internal wars between the mutants themselves as a result of their mistakes. Sadly despite the author's claims of a [[EarnYourHappyEnding happy ending after the hardships the characters have to endure]], the story was last updated on September 2015. |
| 389 | * The ''Arthur'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HowToBreakAFamily'' began in 2007 but hasn't been updated since 2012. The last chapter update involved [[spoiler:Arthur being sent to jail for murder]]. |
| 390 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4315983/1/Operation-REBIRTH Operation: REBIRTH]]'' is about the legendary Numbuh 0 rebuilding the Kids Next Door Organization since defeating Grandfather, but it last updated in April 12th, 2009. The author now pursues his professional art career and has quit writing fanfics. |
| 391 | * ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': |
| 392 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10912589/1/Torn-Between-Two Torn Between Two]]'' is a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' and ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' that hasn't been updated since its 7th chapter, in April 2015, four months after it began. Unlike most crossovers between the two, it starts with the two main characters having a MeetCute, where they knock into each other and Danny experiences LoveAtFirstSight with Kim. Kim has her in-canon romance with Ron, but the author stated she'd start to have feelings for Danny. How it would happen and what would become of it is unknown. |
| 393 | ** ''Fanfic/TheWorstPossibleSitch'' is a Kim/Shego fanfic where Kim becomes a fugitive after unlocking the Murder Fist. Despite the author saying that chapter 15 would come out soon, it hasn't been updated since 2010. |
| 394 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' fandom, Greystar's ''The Longest Year'' is considered a legendary deadfic. It hasn't been updated in years, despite near constant begging from the author's fans. |
| 395 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/724270/1/Nightmares Nightmares]]'' was an extremely well-written fanfiction for ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', revolving around a girl who was trapped in the Land of Nightmares. The last update was in 2007, after she had successfully stolen the Dreamstone and given it to Zordrak. A sad loss - particularly as there aren't many fanfics (well-written or otherwise) for the Dreamstone. |
| 396 | * ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': |
| 397 | ** The third ''FanFic/EdAbuse'' is sadly a dead fic, which is sad giving the success of the previous two fics. The author has since started a remake of the first fic that is starting to become a dead fic as well. |
| 398 | ** In 2005, [=SpiritLeTitan=] began a [[https://www.deviantart.com/spiritletitan/art/Ed-Edd-n-Eddy-comic-pg-1-17670355 comic]] that started with Eddy's fifteenth birthday. The comic only got six pages in before it was discontinued. The final page wasn't even colored in. |
| 399 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' FanVerse ''The Gargoyles Saga'' released its last update in 2006, with a three-year gap from the last one. |
| 400 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4890669/1/Symphony_of_Angels Symphony of Angels]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' fanfic where Demona DIDN'T betray Macbeth in 1057 A.D, but things went south anyway. Last update - Dec 21, 2009. |
| 401 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2921255/1/Mine Mine]]'' is a fanfic set after the events of ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', in which Ratigan survived his DisneyVillainDeath and is now out to reclaim his place as crime-lord of London. Last update - Aug 24, 2006. |
| 402 | * The fanfic ''Fanfic/JadeDragon'', part of ''Fanfic/ProjectDarkJade'', is a subversion. While it has only been updated sporadically (five chapters posted over the course of a six year period), the author has stated that he has no intention of abandoning it; it's just very low on his priority list. |
| 403 | * Presenting ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2863926/1/Magical-Girl-Pretty-Helga Magical Girl Pretty Helga]]'', an expertly written story where [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga Pataki]] becomes a MagicalGirlWarrior (a conventional one, surprisingly, not a DarkMagicalGirl). Last update... May 24, 2006. "Sniff". |
| 404 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' |
| 405 | ** ''Velocity'', a ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' fanfic that was written around the same time as ''Eternal'', was set several years after the animated series' final episode and introduced Zoom, the EvilCounterpart to the Flash. For the same reason as listed above, this story ended after 33 chapters, right when a number of the Flash's RoguesGallery were set to clash with the speedster and the rest of the Justice League, and also left a crucial plot point hanging where Blacksmith, the CorruptCorporateExecutive working behind the scenes, was readying herself to take over Central City. Fortunately, a final chapter has been released that outlines what the outcome would have been (Superman fighting Girder, Blacksmith going OneWingedAngel with her own office building, Flash and Zoom having a final confrontation, Wally and Linda becoming the OfficialCouple [[spoiler:and Zoom getting sucked into the Speed Force, only to escape sometime later]]). |
| 406 | ** ''The Flash 2055'', inspired by ''FanFic/UltimateSpiderWoman'' and set one year after the ''Justice League Unlimited'' episode "Epilogue," focused on the rise of a Beyond-era Flash in Central City, due to the author not having heard anything of the character or his successor at this point in the DCAU time-line. While the story introduced several villains (none of whom had previously been shown in the DCAU proper) to make up a reasonable RoguesGallery for the titular character, it ended after 26 chapters due to the author coming to a personal conviction regarding comic-book superheroes being influenced by gods of ancient cultures. Fortunately, a final chapter was published outlining how the story would have ended. |
| 407 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' |
| 408 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Assumptions}}'' has unfortunately gone this way, since the author hasn't even logged into their [=FIMFiction=] account for years, with the last update having been published in 2012. We'll never know if Rainbow Dash and Caramel will ever get together. |
| 409 | ** [[Fanfic/TheConversionBureau The original story]] to spawn the ''Conversion Bureau'' subgenre is a Dead Fic, having been left unfinished after just a prologue and four chapters. When asked about this in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/26347/interview-blazes-the-conversion-bureau an interview with the Pony Fiction Vault]], author Blaze explained that a combination of the intense backlash he received over the story's misanthropic and genocidal implications (much of which he insists he never intended to convey) and personal belief that the [[RecursiveFanfiction fan-written spin-offs]] executed the concept better made him decide to discontinue what he deemed "[[OldShame a mediocre, first-try fan fiction]]." |
| 410 | ** The fanfic ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/17068/kindness-in-dancing Kindness in Dancing]]'' is an extremely rare Fluttershy/Fleur de Lis shipping fic (as of this writing there are ''two'' on Platform/FimfictionDotNet, and this is the older one), that, despite its short chapters, manages to be a very good read, doing a great job of demonstrating the pairing, but it died with one chapter to go, with the last update being mid-April 2012. The author said, in late February 2013, that he may finish it someday. |
| 411 | ** The immensely popular [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/67/the-ballad-of-twilight-sparkle The Ballad of Twilight Sparkle]] had its last real update in October 2011 followed by minor edits to the already posted story up until February 2012. Naturally, the fic comes complete with a blog update from May 2013 assuring everyone the fic isn’t dead. |
| 412 | ** The MLP fanfic entitled ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/41130/when-harmony-dies When Harmony Dies...]]'' is an alternate take on "A Canterlot Wedding", where Queen Chrysalis decides not to imprison Twilight Sparkle and instead, manipulates her into turning against her friends for abandoning her at the wedding rehearsal. Unfortunately, the story hasn't been updated since 2012. |
| 413 | ** The MLP fic ''FanFic/NightOfTheShy'' became this due to [[DiedDuringProduction the author's death]]. Even worse, said passing occurred barely a week after posting the final update to the story. |
| 414 | ** The {{cyberpunk}} [[AlternateUniverse AU]] fic ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/23775/starworks Starworks]]'' was last updated in July 2012. The author was last seen in October 18th, 2015. |
| 415 | ** As Creator/DGDDavidson more or less left the fandom to focus on other pursuits, all his fanfics which weren't yet finished at that time can be considered dead. He also discontinued a couple of fanfics before that. |
| 416 | ** ''Fanfic/AMightyDemonSlayerGroomsSomePonies'' was a somewhat unusual example--it ''was'' originally finished, but the final chapter was so disliked by the readers that the author took it down and intended to write a better one. He never completed it, but thankfully, after over a year he published [[http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/497130/the-ending what would be its final scenes]]. |
| 417 | ** In July 2016, the author of ''Fanfic/WhatHathJoinedTogether'' abruptly announced its cancellation as well as an apparent retirement from writing. |
| 418 | ** ''FanFic/ThePowersOfHarmony'' is a double subversion. It was put on hiatus in 2013, with the author just barely deciding not to outright cancel it, in order to focus on college. Two years of no updates later, a new chapter was posted... at which point, it was definitely canceled. Turns out, the author had lost interest by this point, but felt obligated to complete and post that last chapter due to it already being partially written. With that out of the way, he walked away. |
| 419 | ** ''FanFic/BadFutureCrusaders'' has also gone this way, with Tonic Plotter's final blog post about the story reassuring it hadn't been canceled or abandoned... in 2015. |
| 420 | ** ''Fanfic/TheDearSweetieBelleContinuity'' was [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/921887/eulogy declared dead]] midway through it's planned penultimate story ''On Swift Wings'' due to the author losing interest in the series and no longer having the time to work on it, announcing ''On Swift Wings'' last two chapters would be outlines for the rest of the series. |
| 421 | ** ''Fanfic/EquestriaTotalWar'' was last updated on January 30th, 2012, and the author has not logged into Platform/FimfictionDotNet or otherwise been heard from since, with even his Reddit account apparently abandoned. |
| 422 | *** Before starting the fic, the author left [[https://comments.deviantart.com/1/261081468/2223725867 a comment]] containing a series of four speeches. While three of those speeches had already been incorporated into the story by the time it stopped updating, the fourth, which was almost certainly meant to be in the epilogue, wasn't. Although this last speech does not explain everything and leaves many, many open threads, it gives us more or less an idea of how the story was supposed to end and provides us with some closure. |
| 423 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Zenith}}'' has never progressed beyond Book 1, and it cuts out just as Spike heads out on his big adventure. The author has not been active in the fandom since about 2016. |
| 424 | ** ''VisualNovel/MyLittleInvestigations'', a fangame with gameplay based on ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'', had one case released and then went without any development updates starting from February 2017 until April 2019, when the creator, [=GabuEx=], announced the project's cancellation. |
| 425 | ** ''Fanfic/SunshineAndFire'', an AlternateUniverseFic wherein the BigGood Princess Celestia went bad and successfully ushered in an EndlessDaytime that has rendered Equestria into a big CrapsackWorld, has not been updated since 2015 and the author has not even logged into their Fimfiction account since 2016. |
| 426 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3587467/1/Samurai-Jack-The-Movie Samurai Jack The Movie]]'' is a fic movie which attempts to conclude the series since 2007, but it hasn't been updated. Though there's a recollection of sources of a full summary about this, it has been lost to this day. |
| 427 | * ''Fanfic/StreetSharksRedux'' by [=DarkLightShades=] was a retelling of the TV series ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'' in a much... less goofy manner. Unfortunately, it has not been updated since 2008, since the author has lost interest in the fandom. Her writing partner is still around though, so it's vaguely possible it could be finished through her. |
| 428 | * Subverted in ''[[http://totaldramaislandfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Life_After_Lies Life After Lies]]'', an InNameOnly story set in the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' universe. It was originally meant to span 19 or 20 chapters plus an epilogue. After two years of increasingly infrequent albeit more detailed updates, the author pulled the plug after chapter 18, leaving the protagonist and her sort-of love interest out of immediate danger but facing an uncertain future. In the author's farewell address, she apologized for the lack of closure and invited her readers to imagine their own endings. One of the author's beta readers eventually did just that, and [[PosthumousCollaboration wrote a closure chapter]] that the original author liked well enough to bless as the official ending. |
| 429 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3730041/1/Big-Brother-is-Watching Big Brother is Watching]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' fanfic in which the spies are assigned to help Robert Lumiere, a record producer and the younger brother of Marco Lumiere, save his company from being sabotaged. Last update - Sep 1, 2007. |
| 430 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' |
| 431 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7766406/1/Seekerella Seekerella]]'' is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a retelling of Literature/{{Cinderella}} with Starscream as Cinderella and Soundwave as the prince. It had a few interesting twists on the story (for one thing, Megatron was Starscream's "master" instead of stepfather), but hasn't updated since Feb 14, 2012. |
| 432 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8096854/1/The-Tyrant-s-Heir The Tyrant's Heir]]'' is a WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime fanfic where Starscream becomes pregnant with Megatron's sparkling, and this (alongside Knockout getting pregnant) leads to the end of the war. Last update - Jul 1, 2012. |
| 433 | ** ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/432017/chapters/731169 The Seeker and the Medic]]'' is a fanfic where Starscream and Hook start a romantic relationship. The author got four chapters in, then abandoned the story. |
| 434 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5070772/1/Crosswinds Crosswinds]]'' takes place after WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie, and involves Starscream's ghost taking up residence in an air base on Earth, and falling in love with [[Anime/TransformersArmada Alexis]] (who happens to be an air force captain in this story). It hasn't updated since Dec 14, 2010. |
| 435 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6413760/1/Ghost-Ship Ghost Ship]]'' is a fanfic in which the Decepticons receive a distress signal, and end up lured onto the titular ghost ship. Last update - Oct 27, 2010. |
| 436 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7474853/1/Stereo-Hearts Stereo Hearts]]'' is a fanfic where Jazz is the mistreated servant of Prowl, and falls in love with club DJ Blaster. It's been dead since Nov 29, 2012. |
| 437 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8329874/1/Acid-Rain Acid Rain]]'' is a fanfic where Megatron finally goes too far in punishing Starscream, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes it]], and sets about trying to repair their relationship. Last update - Jan 7, 2013. |
| 438 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7716863/1/Insatiable Insatiable]]'' revolves around Starscream falling in love with Megatron and slowly but surely dragging all of the previously-isolated Vos into the Autobot[=/=]Decepticon war. Last update - July 25, 2014. |
| 439 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9067699/1/The-Young-and-the-Gullible The Young and the Gullible]]'' is about Skywarp giving Thrust bad advice on courting as a prank, only for said prank to backfire when Thrust decides to use the advice on Starscream. Last update - May 21, 2013. |
| 440 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4541906/1/Mentality-s-Hold Mentality's Hold]]'' is a fic where Starscream becomes insane, and has to be sent to an asylum. Last update - May 18, 2009. |
| 441 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8956167/1/An-Itch-You-Can-t-Ratch An Itch You Can't Ratch]]'' is a WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime fanfic where June is made Ratchet's ward. Last update - July 15, 2013. |
| 442 | ** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6759096/1/Starscream-for-the-Defense Starscream for the Defense]]'' involves Starscream having to defend Soundwave in a Decepticon court of law when the telepath is accused of murdering Megatron. Three chapters were published, then the author quit. |
| 443 | ** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/1009714/chapters/2003659 Samizdat]]'' was a very compelling fic about Optimus developing a relationship with Megatron after they unwittingly conceive a child during a public initiation ritual for Primes. Its most recent chapter was in 2015, with no updates since. |
| 444 | * The ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fic, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1471639/1/Nightcrawler-s-Burden Nightcrawler's Burden]] has been dead for '''over a decade.''' The last time the author updated the fic (2004), Website/YouTube didn't even exist yet, and this very site was just 4 months old. |
| 445 | * Among ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' we have ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2546703/1/Lycanthrope-II-Insurgere-Imperium Lycanthrope II: Insurgere Imperium]]'', a sequel to the well written story ''Lycanthrope'' has not been updated since 2006. |
| 446 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'': |
| 447 | ** The sequel fic ''Fanfic/LastingFame'' was supposed to be novel-length, however only 19 chapters were written. The writer lost interest in writing but decided to post the fanfic anyway. |
| 448 | ** The oneshot ''Fanfic/HowStormerGotHerGrooveBack'' was given a sequel called ''Painted Blind''. It hasn't been updated since its cliffhanger 9th chapter in 2009. It was a WhamEpisode where [[spoiler:Pizzazz feels betrayed over Stormer and Riot's relationship]] and [[spoiler:Rapture is kicked out of The Stingers for attempting to sabotage Riot's relationship]]. |
| 449 | ** ''Fanfic/BadInfluence'' was a Kimber/Stormer SlashFic based around the episode "The Bands Break Up". It only has two chapters and hasn't updated since 2004. |
| 450 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': |
| 451 | ** ''Webcomic/AlternateHistory'' is a comic where Aang is revived 20 years later than in canon. It was nearing its end but wasn't finished. It hasn't been updated since 2007. |
| 452 | ** ''WebVideo/AvatarTheAbridgedSeries'' ended at only eleven episodes. |
| 453 | ** The Azulaang fic "Lanterns" has also gone over two and a half years without an update. |
| 454 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': |
| 455 | ** ''Soil & Trouble'' was a fanfic where Lana ends up comatose after hitting her head against a tree while playing on a mudslide. The author discontinued the fic after writing 18 chapters, leaving the story on a cliffhanger, and put it up for adoption, but there were no takers. In 2022, the fic was deleted. |
| 456 | ** [=SpartanXHunterX=], the author of ''Fanfic/NoSuchLuckNoSuchLove'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13311956/1/Moving-In-discontinued-free-to-adopt Moving In]]'', confirmed on May 28, 2020 that he is discontinuing both of these stories due to not having the time or motivation to work on them anymore. |
| 457 | ** ''Fanfic/TheLoudAwakening'' Is a Loud House AlternateUniverseFic set during "No Such Luck" where Lord Tetherby captures the Louds after they kick Lincoln out of the house and subjects them to cruel experiments leading them to gaining superpowers. The last chapter ended on a cliffhanger where the Louds escaped and were about to find out a lot of burning questions regarding their superpowers, the EVO program and what Tetherby had in store for them, before getting caught and having to do battle with a bunch of monsters Tetherby released. Last update - June 30th, 2019 |
| 458 | ** ''Lincoln's Adoption'' is a Loud House AlternateUniverseFic written by Videogame518 about Lincoln becoming adopted by his family instead of being born into them, and has PSTD at the orphanage due to the other kids making fun of his white hair. He grows more confordance after starting a relationship with Ronnie Anne and until then, he got his ribs broken by Chandler and his goons. The last chapter which was published in March 2019 was about Lincoln's family visiting Pop-Pop in the residential home and Lincoln getting PSTD flashbacks due to his sisters bickering. The chapter ends with the sisters discussing what they could do to make it up to him and Lynn Jr suggesting that they should take Lincoln to a convention, with the others agreeing on the idea. Unfortunately, that was the last chapter published and the next one would have most likely be about this universe's Lincoln meeting Clyde for the first time at the convention. |
| 459 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11236741/1/Wrong-Number Wrong Number]]'' is a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' fanfic revolving around Shredder repeatedly calling Channel 6 News by accident, leading Irma to think that he's romantically interested in her. Last update - August 17, 2015. |
| 460 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4118237/1/Shaping-the-Future Shaping the Future]]'' is an ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' where Tallest Miyuki is rescued from the Infinite Energy Absorbing Blob by the Resisty, and falls in love with Lard Nar. Last update - March 26, 2015 |
| 461 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': |
| 462 | ** ''Total Drama Battleground'', the sequel to ''[[Fanfic/TotalDramaComebackSeries Total Drama Comeback]]'', hasn't been updated since October 2015. Fortunately, ''Comeback'' works perfectly as a standalone story, despite the SequelHook at the end. |
| 463 | ** The ''World Tour'' FixFic ''Fanfic/TDWTReducksRedux'' was permanently shelved in 2013 after 8 chapters so that the author could work on a new version of it. However, said remake never came into fruition and the original story remains the only version. |
| 464 | ** ''Total Drama Alphabet'', the sequel to ''Fanfic/TotalDramaChris'', hasn't been updated since September 2011. ''Chris'' also works as a standalone story. |
| 465 | ** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10547643/1/Total-Drama-52 Total Drama 52]], a story featuring all 52 contestants competing, which hasn't been updated since 2014 after just eight chapters. |
| 466 | * In 2003, author "Attic Man" wrote a ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'' fic titled ''The Feeling'', which deals with Tino and Lor becoming a couple and [[spoiler:ending with Lor dying on New Years' Eve after being hit by a car]]. However, one year later, he grew to dislike the story, so he began rewriting it as ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2171862/1/The-Feeling-Rebirth The Feeling: Rebirth]]'' and promised to delete the original fic when he finished the new version. ''Rebirth'' was abandoned after 7 chapters in February 2005, and the author was last active on Fanfiction.net in January 2006. Thus, the original cut of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1508641/1/The-Feeling The Feeling]]'' remains. |
| 467 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' fanfic Fanfic/TitanLegends last updated in 2014, with no indication of any updates since. Of particular note is “The Epic of Gauntlet”, a fanfic in the same universe whose last update occurred in ''2005''. |
| 468 | * ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': |
| 469 | ** After taking it down in 2021 along with the rest of her works, Creator/LilaGaela's ''Amaranthine Shadows'' has become permanently stuck at the beginning of Musa's betrayal arc, when she goes to a secret meeting with Darcy for the first time. Galatea's mental state after her mid-training breakdown is also left uncertain; not to mention Bloom's chances at living post-Water Stars attack. |
| 470 | ** ''Webcomic/TheWinxClubPlayDungeonsAndDragons'': The cover reads 'part one', implying the story continues but nothing other than the first part has been published since April 13th, 2020. |
| 471 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' |
| 472 | ** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12603944/1/Young-Justice-Next-Step Young Justice Next Step]] is the 5th fic in his ContinuationFic series that started with Fanfic/YoungJusticeDarkness Falls, continued with Fanfic/YoungJusticeTitans and had some smaller stories along the way. It was a story where the heroes of old have retired or moved to a slower pace thanks to the seeming downfall of The Light. The story then focused on the many children they have now wanting to claim that legacy. Unfortunately, after Nightstar, the Clone project of Lex Luthor was finally integrated on the team, the fic stopped updating, and has remained inactive since 2019. |
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