The best fanfiction in the world.

"What?" I can hear you saying. "This is in the non-pony fanfiction section, and yet it claims to be the best fanfiction in the world? Surely you jest! Surely you know the best fanfiction in the world is Fallout Equestria!"

But no, I must defer this.

The best fanfiction in the world, nay, the universe, nay, existence itself, is the delicious little novel Shinji and Warhammer 40k. Now, a couple of objections you might have to declaring this the best fanfiction in any contest is the length. Surely, fanfiction must be of a length that you can dig deep into, yet also not long enough that it takes you an eternity to read. Well, worry not. This fanfiction is only 780 000 words long, give or take a few thousand.

Neither must you worry overmuch about the story having a depressing ending, for it is not yet finished. Nor should you expect it to finish anytime soon.

Anyway, yeah. Read it, give up all other activities, win.

If you're saying that, then I throw in a nomination for another NGE fanfic. NGE: Nobody Dies is exactly what it says on the tin. Sort of. But it's a major competitor with Shinji and Warhammer 40K as a favorite fic, and like its competitor it's not nearly finished.

I'd say Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. For the record I despise the canon Harry Potter and have never read any other HP fanfiction.

Armok wrote:I'd say Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

F:EQ is a close second.

There are a number of fics that I'd throw into a top 10, though I'm not sure if any of them would be 'best of all time'...

The Ultimate Meta Mega Crossover - Right on so many levels. The fact that it includes characters from A Fire Upon The Deep alone should be enough to sell it.

A Hero - A Dalek and Puella Magi Madoka Magica; again, it speaks for itself.

You might be right about the UMMC one. in fact, you probably are. I haven't read it because I haven't got my hands on Permutation City yet but as soon as I do I'll read both of them. I've been waiting to read it for literally years and keep stumbling over it every few months.

Come to think of it's it's kinda silly to say anything abaut "the best fanfiction" when we havn't read all fanfiction ever written.

The PPC and Magical Girl Hunters are both pretty great as well, though the latter does suffer a little bit from multiple author disconnect, but not nearly enough to keep me from cracking up at it every time.