Best Epic Post-Canon Fanfics
Post-Canon fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Epic Post-Canon Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with post-canon and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
The Right Thing To Do
by LovesBitca8
Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to
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
Fractures
by EvieNyx
Zuko realizes his destiny much earlier. As in, as soon as he wakes up in the palace after his Agni Kai and is told he is banished. Unfortunately, he's never been a patient one. So he storms right up to Ozai and tells him what he's going to do. And gets locked up for over three years. Then, one day,
Holly Potter and the Midlife Crisis
by Enigmaris
“The first group I sent over made the Avengers uncomfortable by thanking them constantly and asking for autographs. The next group stole things to sell on ebay. The group after that didn’t even get through the front door because Stark’s security system found something in their background that we mis
this heart, fossilized and silent (once was tender and once was violent)
by Chrmdpoet
Clarke is only three days into being a runaway when she realizes that she did not fully think this through. When she walked away from Camp Jaha, she took only herself, a handgun with limited ammunition, and the gnawing guilt inside her. Three days without food, water, fresh clothing, or bedding of a
Way Down We Go
by xiaq
The war was over.Or at least that’s what the papers said.They’d been saying it, for months, as if people needed reminding.Maybe they did.***In which Harry and Draco both run away from their pasts and conveniently choose to hide in the same tiny American town.It's super.
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
L’appel du vide
by Xov
Akechi Goro is alive – one of his biggest regrets is alive and standing in front of him looking like he’s ready for some highbrow sports photo shoot when what he really needs is five years intensive therapy and at least five more steps away from Akira.No, no, no – the universe is not allowed to shov
Anyway, I've Been There
by Caleb Nova (Caleb_Nova)
It's the same place they left, but Dipper and Mabel aren't the same kids who left it. A story of the uneven after: new friends, new family, and the promise of a new tomorrow. (Gradual Dipcifica, Mystery Twins bonding, family ties, weird science, and the Power of Friendship™—anthyding can hadplen!)Bo
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
Aftercare
by perkynurples
In the aftermath of some life-altering decisions on both sides, Edward and Stede navigate reuniting, learning what it is that they really want and how to ask for it, as well as surviving in a world that is nowhere near ready to just let them rest. Or, finding their way back to each other is only the
Second Thoughts
by CallieB
That night, 1984 Steve sits at the kitchen table, a pack of frozen carrots wrapped in a tea towel against his swollen purple face. "I'm fine," he says. It’s over. They fought the monsters, and they won. Now he can rest.Except in real life, the credits don't roll, and they don't get to skip ahead to
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
Part Timer
by 8ball
Sanji really, really doesn't want to give Zoro a job at his restaurant. Zoro doesn't really even want to work there in the first place, but, well, there’s this thing with Sanji, and this thing with feelings and the whole thing is pretty damn stupid all together.Zeff just wants grandkids. He’s too ol
Flowers For a Planet
by esama
There are flowers growing in the Grey.
House Divided
by spaceliquid
It all started with the Jettwins.When their Decepticon coding begins to grow more active, Optimus Prime has to seek help from the last person he wants to see: the captive Decepticon leader. Megatron names the price for his cooperation, and it is nothing like Optimus expected. However, when an old en
save your tears
by starless_skies
“I want to open our relationship.” Izuku blinked. “What?” ”I want an open marriage,” Shindo repeated, dictating every syllable, enunciating slowly— as if Izuku somehow hadn't heard him the first time. -or- Izuku is withering in a one-sided, open marriage with his piece of shit husband, Shindo. K
Retribution
by ObabScribbler
While running errands with Willow, Hunter is kidnapped. None of his friends know who took him, where or why but they are still determined to rescue him.It's a race against time to find him before the shadowy figures who have taken him put their plans for the former Golden Guard into motion. Yet desp
Demon King, Devourer
by Anonymous
In discovering the secret of Laios' bottomless appetite, Kabru finds himself embroiled with the king in a greater mystery, one that could consume them both whole.
A Court of Ribbons and Shadows
by TheIndomitableSmartass
Gwyneth Berdara is furious. She fights invisible terrors day and night. The walls closing in; the anger suffocating. With Emerie and Nesta at her side, she's stronger than ever. But true threats are looming on the horizon, and Gwyn must decide: to fight for a callous world; or to protect her new fam
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About Post-Canon
Set after the source material's final page or episode, these stories answer the question every finale leaves behind: and then what? Post-canon fic ranges from epilogue-adjacent vignettes to decades-spanning continuations that become fandom canon themselves.
Endings are where canon stops and fandom refuses to; readers want the wedding after the war, the rebuilding after the finale, and the proof that the characters' lives kept going.
Common scenarios: The crew's first peaceful year after the final battle, or a twenty-years-later check-in on characters last seen as teenagers.
About This List
This list of 20epic Post-Canon fanfics spans 5,298,668 total words. Kudos range from 1,933 on the newest entries to 42,423 on the most established. 75% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (8 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Post-Canon · Canon Compliant · Eventual Romance · Fix-It · Romance.
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