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Hark! Hark! I have wares to peddle!

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Well, sort of. It’s a group effort.

I’m an artist on Crossroads! A zine for the Road To Nowhere fanfiction/fandom. Pictured above is a sneak peak of my short comic adapting the scene where Katoshi decides he’s going to live with Aizawa and Yamada!

The zine contains art, fics, and merchandise from a bunch of other cool and epic creatives that you can own, physically! To hold! In your own two hands!

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Also I would like to say thank you to @aerugonian for writing such an amazing fic. this comic wouldn’t exist without your banger prose, voice, and character motivations

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Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Naruto (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Aang (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Suki (Avatar), Avatar: The Last Airbender Ensemble Additional Tags: Crossover, Dimension Travel, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mistaken Identity, Kakashi gets mistaken for the Avatar, Humor, Hatake Kakashi-centric, BAMF Hatake Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi is a Troll, Crack Treated Seriously, POV Alternating Summary:

"It can't be," a man in green breathes. "After all these years? Here?"

Kakashi palms a kunai, watching him warily. No one here seems like much of a threat, but there are way too many unknowns to take any chances. He lightens his tone when he speaks. "Ah, it seems I've gotten a bit lost. Mind telling me where we are?"

The soldier who'd initially shot fire at him raises a shaking hand, pointing at Kakashi. "I saw you. You bent both earth and air."

The crowd watches him with growing recognition. Murmurs turn to shouts, and to Kakashi's bemusement, a war cry starts echoing.

"The Avatar has returned!"

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In which Kakashi wakes up in the middle of a battlefield before Aang is found, gets mistaken for the Avatar, and rolls with it.

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Drawings I've done for my AU of RtN Universe (@aerugonian)

The first one is a little bit spoilery for my next fic but eh, alright time to skeedadle.

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Scene from chapter 3 of my fic Don't Read Porn on the Train! (And Other Rules by Sakura).

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Happy RtN server anniversary!!

RtN sticker sheet since I've been obsessed with making sticker sheets lately.

Summing up the various characters:

The Katoshis (casual, hero outfit, school uniform) are from Road to Nowhere by @aerugonian

Sukea from Idol AU, Katoshi from Flowershop AU

And the twins and Erin are from my RtN spinoff fics bitter promises bleed true and To the Heart (But We Beat On).

I love Katoshi and co. so much <3 <3

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A Good Hatake Kakashi-Centric Fanfictions

These are my absolute favorite fics of Baddass Kakashi Hatake / Kakashi - Centric, which I definitely will read and re-read every one of them in my free times.

This list will update frequently. :) Feel free to recommend me some Kakashi-centric fics. ♥

Oneshot or Drabble or Short Story: - Kit and Kin Series by Lolistar92. Rated T. Part 1 - the slate gray charm Part 2 - the antique silver wisdom Part 3 - lingering smoke clears Part 4 - the vermillon vanguard Part 5 - the amber orchestra Part 6 - the saffron reprieve Part 7 - the sage rampart Part 8 - the cobalt crossway

Chaptered Fics : - Nukenin by WhisperingDarkness. Rated T. (Status : Completed). - Life as a Nukenin by JKblue. Rated T. (Status : Completed). - Lichtenberg Figures by Asteroid_Duck. Rated M. (Status : Completed). - Out of the Dark by LittleBirdWrites (Pairing : Hatake Kakashi/OC). Rated M. (Status : Completed). - Daybreak Never Comes by Myst_Marshall. Rated T. (Status : On-Going). - Ear to the Wall by Vodkassassin. Rated T (Status : On-Going). - It Happened Once in a Dream by SunshineAndRainbows. Rated T (Status : On-Going). - They shrunk sensei?! by RandoLan. Rated T (Status : On-Going). - For Tomorrow Never Comes by SoaringPigeonShovel. Rated T (Status : On-Going).

- Scaring Crows Series by scrappybook. Part 1 - Year of the Ghost. Rated T. (Status : Completed). Part 2 - Beneath a Shared Sky. Rated T. (Status : On-Going).

Crossover Fics : - Unforeseen Mayhem by Aerugonian. Rated T. (Naruto, My Hero Academia). Oneshot. (Status : Completed). - CCG Public Enemy No 1 by euphoricimage. Rated T. (Naruto, Tokyo Ghoul). (Status : Completed). - Reddit, is my neighbor a kidnapper or just weird? by Asteroid_Duck. Rated T. (Naruto, My Hero Academia). (Status : Completed). - Edo Tensei by Asteroid_Duck (JustThatOneGirl1815). Rated T. (Naruto, My Hero Academia). (Status : On-Going). - Scarecrows Don’t Fly by Asteroid_Duck. Rated T. (Naruto, My Hero Academia). (Status : On-Going). - Wonderboy by Tsume_Yuki. Rated T. (Naruto, My Hero Academia). (Status : On-Going, possibly abandoned). So freaking good, I wish they will continue someday, :( - The Taste of Lightning on Your Tongue by PenguinEmperess. Rated T. (Naruto, Jujutsu Kaisen). (Status : On-Going, possibly abandoned). So much potential, I wish they will continue someday, :(

Kakashi/Sakura Fics. Check this link

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Did you ever expect your RTN au to become such a big universe? How did it happen? I'm really curious!

I definitely didn't expect it to take off the way it did! It's one of those things where I sometimes sit back, really look at the numbers, and feel a sense of pleasant shock all over again.

For reference, there are just over 100 fics in/bookmarked to the Road to Nowhere Extended Universe collection, a mind-boggling number of artworks posted online or exclusively to the Discord (link here or in the fic notes for anyone interested in joining us!!), and an additional 175k words of RtN-related snippets compiled in the server that haven't been published on Ao3. I can't count the number of times I've read and reread fics/snippets and scrolled through the artwork because I love it all so much. There are so many talented people who've contributed to the universe and I'm lucky to count many of them as my friends now.

As for how it happened... it's hard to say for sure, but I'm guessing it was a combination of a few factors, starting with the way Katoshi works as a character. He's not an OC, but he can kind of function like one: writing Katoshi is different than writing purely Kakashi or Hitoshi, and he even comes with his own unique visual design. It makes it easy to create something that's distinctly RtN instead of vaguer ideas or tropes.

The server has an RtN-AU channel I created for people to go nuts with whatever ideas they wanted to, and I was pretty open from the start that anyone's welcome to write recursive works if they wanted to. My now good friend @asteroid-duck took me up on that, wrote an RtN gift fic for my birthday (that I still reread regularly), and things took off from there! I think it helps that there are a lot of encouraging people in the server that will cheer you on if you're thinking of writing something, and now there's an established audience you can write for.

My attitude towards inspired works is probably another thing, lol. I actively encourage people to create recursive works and have an open policy around it: I'm not going to police what people want to make, I'm not gonna get upset or nitpick if I personally disagree with someone's headcanon or characterization, and I don't expect everything to cater to my own preferences. Sure, I enjoy it most when works include things I like, but I'll just click out if it's not for me.

Anyway, if you're not in the server, you should come check it out! It's a pretty positive and supportive space, and has one of the biggest collections of Kakashi and crossover fans that I'm aware of.

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Just wanted to let you know I found your fic like, Randomly and it single handedly threw me back into my naruto phase. I love the writing, love your chatacterizarions, I am so happy and my brain feels nourished thank you so much Mwah mwah <33

Thank you so much!!! I'm really glad you enjoyed it <3 <3 Kakashi is a character I love spending time with and it's really nice to hear you liked the characterization!

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Yo, is the fic abandoned or discontinued or smth or r u js busy?

The fic is slow to update (tagged as such) so not discontinued <3

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Fanfiction of fanfiction is so fucking fun actually. Especially when you read it both without reading the original fic or the original media. Like. Have I ever read or watched naruto? Nope! Have I ever read Silver Queen's dreaming of sunshine? Double nope! Don't want to actually I have interest in the negative degrees to actually sit down and read it. However, do I read fics about our queen Nara Shikako fucking shit up? Absoloutley! They're so fun I have learned to love her!

Same for Road to Nowhere: have I read it? Nope! Will I read fics about and or set in it? Can, have, and will, babyyy

There's something so fun and fascinating about media spawning media that then spawns media. Fandom within fandoms, or fandom³, if u will

You have to cultivate such a specific fandom biome for it to happen naturally. Sometimes you'll stumble into it without even realizing, read one or two fics about fics before realizing they're spawned from the same place. It's so cool!!

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Happy 3rd RtN Anniversary! @aerugonian

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It’s been awhile since I posted my RtN art, huh?

Thank you to @aerugonian for writing such a lovely fic and building such a great community! Can’t wait for the server’s third anniversary!

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Fanart for Road to Nowhere by @aerugonian

(I’m literally in love with Katoshi)

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@aerugonian rtn fanart 👁👁

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Chaos Katoshi @aerugonian

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Fanart for a Mha X Naruto crossover fanfic I've been reading called "Road to Nowhere" by Aerugonian on Ao3.

Katoshi: Mah- (Eye Smile)

Dadzawa: *Groans*

Katoshi is a little sht and I LOVE him for it. Go read the fic if you're interested!