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Cauldron Awards 2022Fics to Break New Ground
17 entries | 166 votes | 69 votersDescription & Tags
Some fics do things the fandom has never seen before. Which fics broke new ground this year?COLLECTION: CONTENT
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The Brockton Games
HopefulPenguin
A seven week long PvP game with dozens of players split between twelve teams and pulled it off without almost a single problem
with 33 votes (48% of voters)
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Bitter But Sweet: The Worm Coffeeshop AU
keighthundred
It’s literally the first coffeeshop AU in the entire fandom despite it being a staple trope of fanfiction.
with 18 votes (27% of voters)
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Administrative Mishap
OxfordOctopus
Massive large-scale combat with shard mechanics
with 14 votes (21% of voters)
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Internal Calculus
ColossalMistake
Actual replayable CYOA with over 30 endings
with 13 votes (19% of voters)
WORM: A Web-serial
henghost
A Rubik’s cube of crack, meta elements, and beautiful prose that makes your hair stand on end while laughing
with 13 votes (19% of voters)
City of Salt
ApatheticTangerine
More subtle portrayal of Butcher inheritance
with 13 votes (19% of voters)
Townsaver
Materia-Blade
Danny Hebert
with 10 votes (15% of voters)
Lady
Pale Wolf
Expansion of the political cape culture in Brockton Bay
with 10 votes (15% of voters)
BROCKTON
glowspider
For normalizing fun and cringe CW shows <3
with 9 votes (14% of voters)
Luster
Eva Grimm
Censor itself using THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY to make a NSFW chapter... questionably SFW
NSFW
with 7 votes (11% of voters)
Love Takes Many Forms
Distraktion
The first Genesis/Newter Shipfic, also maybe the first Labyrinth/Kid Win romance.
with 7 votes (11% of voters)
Trauma and Apocalypse
ScorpiaMossmoon
College Sports AU that somehow ends up far more frightening and surreal than any other horror/genre fic I've read
with 6 votes (9% of voters)
Leave Panacea Alone!
evagrimm
Branching paths that loop back on one another as part of an interactive game
with 5 votes (8% of voters)
An Unforgettable Luncheon
casualCranium
Fic that's a written form of a video meme
with 3 votes (5% of voters)
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes
SleepyBird
Opening chapter has a series of great character vignettes that skillfully introduce a lot of individuals.
with 3 votes (5% of voters)
Lungeo and Kaisiet
evagrimm
Lung x Kaiser, baby!
with 1 vote (2% of voters)
Dance Cowboy
evagrimm
Unpowered Worm characters in the Wild West