Best Epic Canon Compliant Fanfics
Canon Compliant fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Epic Canon Compliant Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with canon compliant and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
All the Young Dudes
by MsKingBean89
LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.1971 - 1995This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Litera
Choices
by MesserMoon
People make mistakes, but they also make choices. It’s important to James, that difference. He does his best not to confuse the two.
All the Young Dudes - Sirius's Perspective
by Rollercoasterwords
this is an ATYD fanfic first!!! and a harry potter fanfic only by necessity. this is literally just me rewriting each chapter of atyd but from Sirius's perspective bc i love this story so much and can't get enough of it. all credit for the original work goes to MsKingBean89 and if for some reason yo
And like the cycle of the year, we begin again
by katherynefromphilly
Set after the Merlin Series 5 Finale "Diamond of the Day".Canon Compliant. In Character. Arthur Pendragon Returns.Cover art by Lao-Pendragon------For many long years Merlin waited.For the other part of his soul, for the other half of his life. He was born to serve Arthur. So that meant he was al
Meet Me In Dreamland
by sinflower81
If there’s one thing Hermione Granger is good at, it’s using magic to fix her problems. And this time, her problem is sex. Luckily, she has the perfect solution: a locket enchanted with the Patented Daydream Charm. Whenever she opens it, she’ll find herself in Dreamland, where she can live out all h
No Glory
by ObsidianPen
The Dark Lord divines what Harry Potter is in the Forbidden Forest, and revelations lead to incomprehensible consequences. Lord Voldemort has won... and the dystopia is damning.A tale of a fallen hero, dark desires, and a Dark Lord's obsession with something he has lost and finds himself unwillingly
The Seventh Sense
by MissDisoriental
It’s been over a year after the Fall and most people know Will’s in a relationship. They just don’t know exactly with who…A sequel to ‘The Shape of Me Will Always Be You’, but can be read as a standalone.Translation in 中文, Русский and EspañolFan videos available here and hereFan art master post avai
The Long Journey Home
by HeartAway
Hail Mary Counter @hailmarytracker · 12 hrsDays since last contact with Hail Mary: 9,716🗨 1 ⇄ 2 ♡ 5 It's been nearly 27 years since the Hail Mary departed. When the ISS detects a signal in the far off solar system, hope begins to grow, even as mysteries start to unravel and the universe becomes a l
Hope Is A Delicate Thing
by BandKid247
"You need us. We're part of your plan. That's why you're here."About a week after the battle with Gaea, the demigods are shocked to learn that Artemis from almost a year in the future has turned up. She informs them that she has a plan, one that may just reduce the amount of tragedy that has transpi
Winter Song
by proantagonist
The set of Yuuri’s mouth softened into a private smile as Victor squeezed his knee beneath the table. His hands were bare, free from the gloves he so often wore when they were together on the rink, and the heat of his palm burned straight through the denim of Yuuri’s jeans. He slipped his own hand b
Tactical Surrender
by destinies
“It was foolish of you to come here,” he says. “You won’t escape this time.” Rey looks at him, at the Stormtroopers, at the combat walkers. She gives the illusion of thinking it over, and then says, “You’re right." She presents her wrists to him. “I surrender myself to the authority of the First Ord
Addicted
by Dancingdog
Coming to the conclusion that Valentino might have been drugging him with his venom for the past twelve years, Vox flees to the Hazbin Hotel to collect his thoughts. An injured Alastor is less-than-pleased to see him, but Vox begins remembering fragments of a past he didn't realise he'd forgotten an
Lee Minho is the guru your heart needs
by sparklining
Stray Kids OT8 sliding into happy polyamory, as documented by their chat logs. minnieinnie: so this is the hyung chatminnieinnie: what do you guys normally talk about in here?binbinbin: grown up stuffthreecats: what ramen brand tastes the bestchanniehyungie: grown up stuffchanniehyungie: minho pleas
A Garden Across Our Collarbone
by PittedPeaches
Red Son desperately wanted to ignore it. He wanted to hike up his sleeves and tug on his collar and wait the sixty to eighty years it would take to get such humiliation off his skin. There was, however, a problem.His soulmate was an artist.(Soulmate au where what you draw on your body will appear on
As soft, as wide as air
by BlackKnightSatellite
After surviving the fall, Will finds he has far fewer hesitations about joining Hannibal than he would have guessed. Character death, but not Will or Hannibal.
Your Hand in Mine (Oneshot Series)
by bluenao
Anya is scared of the thunder, so naturally Damian holds her hand to reassure her. And naturally, Anya finds out Damian is also scared of the thunder, and is only pretending to be brave for her sake.(Based on the light novel!)Now an oneshot series with fluff and angst; check tags for more details! C
Vixere
by mitsuboo
Every constellation in the sky tells a story of someone's future. When one shares a star with another, their paths intertwine forevermore. There is no avoiding loving this person. They are soul mates, bound by destiny. In which the biggest threat to the Fatui happens to be Childe’s soulmate, and he
all that glitters (is not gold)
by indomitablelove
Alex Claremont-Diaz has it all. His mom won the election, he’s got the perfect boyfriend. He gets to love Henry out loud. Everything is great. Perfect.Except for the itch under his skin every time he goes outside, and the tightness in his chest when he goes online, and the fact that he can’t fucking
Warm steel and cold hands
by Fan_Seller
Hajime believes there are truly very few things in life that can surprise him anymore. As usual, Komaeda is one of them. Or: Nagito locks himself in a cage, and Hajime finds out he has some deep, forgotten kinks. He is as determined to try and ignore them as he is to help Komaeda. With an internally
Semantically Challenged
by TeamAlphaQ
Growing up is hard, no matter which way you look at it. Tweek's got his demons and Craig has his monsters, which of them wear human skin and which don't is irrelevant. They never asked for a solution, all either of them wanted was a friend. Somewhere along the way through, it became less about just
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About Canon Compliant
Fic that fits inside canon without contradicting it — missing scenes, between-episode interludes, and untold perspectives slotted carefully into the gaps the source left open. The discipline of the form is making the new material feel like it was always there.
These stories deepen rather than replace canon, and readers love returning to the source afterward unable to unsee what the fic filled in.
Common scenarios: What actually happened during the three-week gap between chapters, or a pivotal canon scene retold from the silent character in the corner.
About This List
This list of 20epic Canon Compliant fanfics spans 6,491,511 total words. Kudos range from 5,512 on the newest entries to 314,072 on the most established. 65% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (10 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Canon Compliant · Marauders · Post-Canon · wolfstar · Slow Burn.
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