Unthread the anon who recommended if you find something you like, check that author -other works -their bookmarks
And (if you're on AO3) check to see if the work is part of a collection -- if someone made a list of similarly themed or written fics. Additionally, check the pages/bookmarks of the people who bookmarked or kudos the fic. Not a guarantee, but not a total crapshoot.
As someone who can't decide when everything is happening, sorry about the tenses. Although as someone who edits (and has a beta from time to time -- you know, back in the day, I feel like some archives and even LJ comms/challenges REQUIRED a beta; if you didn't have one, you couldn't join the exchange/challenge/prompt, anyway...) It's something that you can catch.
Anyway. If it's an older fandom, you can try your luck looking for pairing specific archives/comms on LJ. There's also a LOT of good stuff on Tumblr if you luck out and an author posts " this was inspired by this fic". But check authors you like -- whoever they tend to like tends to be similar territory.
Again, good luck. You'll have to sift through a lot of...lesser quality fics until you find what you like. I go with the most basic configuration of my pairing to maximize results. And then zoom past giant walls of tags, might filter out certain things, and take a risk. You can infer a but from the summary.
Re: kinda new to reading fanfic
Unthread the anon who recommended if you find something you like, check that author
-other works
-their bookmarks
And (if you're on AO3) check to see if the work is part of a collection -- if someone made a list of similarly themed or written fics. Additionally, check the pages/bookmarks of the people who bookmarked or kudos the fic. Not a guarantee, but not a total crapshoot.
As someone who can't decide when everything is happening, sorry about the tenses. Although as someone who edits (and has a beta from time to time -- you know, back in the day, I feel like some archives and even LJ comms/challenges REQUIRED a beta; if you didn't have one, you couldn't join the exchange/challenge/prompt, anyway...) It's something that you can catch.
Anyway. If it's an older fandom, you can try your luck looking for pairing specific archives/comms on LJ. There's also a LOT of good stuff on Tumblr if you luck out and an author posts " this was inspired by this fic". But check authors you like -- whoever they tend to like tends to be similar territory.
Again, good luck. You'll have to sift through a lot of...lesser quality fics until you find what you like. I go with the most basic configuration of my pairing to maximize results. And then zoom past giant walls of tags, might filter out certain things, and take a risk. You can infer a but from the summary.