#second edition

Commentary:

Between May 2024 and May 2025 there was a ~300 works increase under #alternate universe, which brings us to a grand total of almost 900 works under that tag.

There are so many modern AUs and variations of the modern AU in general that I'm starting to wonder if I should just go ahead and start adding accordion menus for the major genres next time.

All the modern AU titles have also started to blur together in my mind, so every time I see a title with the word "home" in it, I have to wonder which modern AU it is... I think I need to take a break from reading modern AUs, guys.

There are also significantly more fusion AUs than I remembered. The ones that have doubles are for Lethal Company and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Another 5 fusion AUs are Disney movies.

Similarly, there are still 5 fics that are categorized under "miscellaneous," two of which are also "unspecified" due to weird tags and genre blending. (They're all good reads, though!)

Shout-outs:

@zarvasace for writing 6 series that contain 130 works in this directory!

@sprite-and-the-bunnydragons and @shadowy-suitcase-herring-neck for cool mer worldbuilding!

@x-i-l-verify and their co-author for writing one of the darkest AUs I've read so far!

@fithesworddweller and @clairvoylance for doubling the number of zombie apocalypse AUs!

@minty-mumbles, @cerame, @xazanna, and more for having fics in categories of their own!

Everyone else who's written a series and/or work that's on this list for their creativity!