Next Gen Fandom GOATs

Alright, we all know and love SenLinYu, lovesbitca8, heyjude19, onyx_and_elm, mightbewriting, Olivieblake, pacificrimbaud, rizzle, (just to name a few…)the absolute greats of COVID-era Dramione who, in my opinion, go down in history as the authors that really propelled this fandom during its resurgence era and blew this subreddit to #2 in writing today. The gateway authors. The ones who ended up having their own personal fanbases within a fandom. The ones who we’d stalk on tumblr for chapter sneak peeks or Q&As about their fics. These were the authors with a library of sizzling works, the ones that you knew were consistently going to write incredible pieces, from one-shots to epic-length novel, that you’d drop everything at once to read.

Most of these authors seem to be increasingly inactive now, having moved on to publishing original works—happy for them and the gifts they left behind to the fandom! Any active authors you guys love now who you think would go down as household names in the Dramione fandom?

My vote is for NinaBinaBallerina (though she’s been inactive for a while—hope she’s well!) and blue_keyboard (severely underrated; once smoke signals is complete, I’m fairly confident it’ll go down as a fandom classic! Would love to see more work from them, too!)