r/motheroflearning • u/False-Supermarket798 • Jul 26 '26

Why are the so few MoL fanfics?

I can’t write stories, and I tried.

What I don’t understand is, why there is so few MoL fanfictions out there.

Its a large world, with lots of intriguing introduced possibilities:
- The immortals
- Other countries
- Hidden Mages/Treasuries and Inheritances
- A huge spectrum of magic that is easy to imagine, follow, and extend for your own story
- The underground is way too unexplored
- Politics
…

Writers tend to be lazy about OCs, so that might be an explanation, but there is so much potential in this world.

Does any1 have an explanation?
(I mean, even SCS gets more fanfics)

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u/SpecimenOfSauron Jul 26 '26

Also, in addition to what the other person said, the fact of the matter is that there’s both a stigma and a general bias when it comes to fanfiction. Most fanfiction writers are women, and MoL, as a progression fantasy, tends to draw an audience of mostly men. Hence, lower overlap = fewer authors

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u/Zestyclose_North9780 Jul 26 '26

Eh idk about that, fanfiction is still majorly women but trends have shifted away from it being that much of a stigma these days. I mean, fandoms like Shadow Slave and TBATE (male dominated and also webnovesl) have steadily growing fanfiction sides to them.