List of Finder Communities

Finder Communities are journal communities to assist fans who are usually searching for a specific fanwork they have seen previously but don't remember all the details of (or otherwise can't find themselves). They rose to popularity on Livejournal; there are also some Tumblr blogs that focus on fic finding. 
Finder communities include fic finding communities (searches for a specific fanfic), other fanwork finding communities (e.g. vid_finders), rec request communities (searches for recs of a fandom, a character, a pairing, or other themes), and those communities that do both.
==Communities==
===Multifandom===
====Fanfiction====
* fanficfinder LiveJournal Community
* Kink Finders (Dreamwidth comm) 
* Recc Me (website)
* Storyfinders (DW comm)
* The Rec Room (LJ comm)
* What Was That Fic? (LJ comm)
* fichunter Tumblr blog
* Gentrychild runs a fic-finding group in their tumblr asks, see their #fic finders tag (primarily BNHA but takes requests for other fandoms)
* ao3-fics-list-and-found -- multifandom F/F, takes requests
* :/r/FanFiction has fic finding under the Lost Fic flair
* :/r/AO3 has fic finding under the Fic/Work Search flair
====Japanese Media====
* Gimme Fic! (LJ comm)
====Vidding====
* Vid Finders (LJ comm)
===Bandom===
* Bandom Fic Finder (LJ comm)
====Fall Out Boy====
* Fall Out Boy Fiction Finder (LJ comm)
====My Chemical Romance====
* My Chemical Romance Story Finder (LJ comm)
* My Chemical Romance Rec Requests (LJ comm)
* My Chemical Romance Requests (LJ comm)
====Panic At The Disco====
* Panic! At the Disco Fic Finder (LJ comm)
* PATD Slash Seek (LJ comm)
===Boku no Hero Academia===
* cyber-phobia runts a fic-finding tag on their tumblr blog, see #fic search. (They also cover Transformers fandom)
* Gentrychild runs a fic-finding group in their tumblr asks, see their #fic finders tag (primarily BNHA but takes requests for other fandoms)
* Get Your Head in the Clouds has a #fanfic-requests channel (for both recs and fic-finding)
===DC Universe===
* DC Fic Finders (LJ comm)
* frownyalfred in the tag #fic search on their blog (tumblr)
===Doctor Who===
* The Whofic Lost and Found (dw_ficsearch) (LJ comm)
===Due South===
* due South Fic Finders (LJ comm)
* due South Rec Finders (LJ comm)
===Harry Potter===
* Better than Flourish & Blots (LJ comm)
* The Remembrall (LJ comm)
* Harry Potter Story Finders (LJ comm)
* Harry Potter Storyfinders (Yahoo group)
* FictionAlley's Help! I'm Looking For... (forum)
* Snarry Fic Find (LJ comm)
* Drarry Fic Find (LJ comm)
* Accio Remus/Sirius Fics! (LJ comm)
* Harmony & Co (tumblr blog)
* Jily Archive (tumblr blog -- see pinned post for submission rules)
===Heroes===
* Heroes Fic Finder
===House M.D.===
* House M.D. Fic Finder (LJ comm)
===Inuyasha===
* Sesskagaarchive (for the ship Sesshomaru/Kagome) allows fic-finding requests.
===Jossverse===
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel - Inquiry and Rec (LJ comm)
* Find_Buffy_Recs: A BtVS & AtS Rec Community (LJ comm)
* A BtVS & AtS Fanfiction Search Community (LJ comm)
* Spangel Fic Find (LJ comm) (Angel/Spike)
===Linked Universe===
* Linked Universe Fic Finder (tumblr)
===Lord of the Rings RPF===
* LotRiPs Story Finders (LJ comm)
===Lost===
* Lost Fic Finders (LJ comm)
===Magnificent Seven===
* Magnificent Seven Fan Fiction Finders (LJ comm)
===Marvel Cinematic Universe===
* Clint/Coulson Fic Finders (Tumblr)
* Avengers_Search [https://avengers-search.livejournal.com/profile (LJ Comm)
===Merlin===
*Merlin Finders (LJ comm)
*Find a Merlin
===Mo Dao Zu Shi===
*WangxianFicFinder (previous blog @wangxianficrecs) -- both on Tumblr
===NCIS===
* NCIS Fic Finders (LJ comm)
===Numb3rs===
* Numb3rs Fanfic Finders (LJ comm)
===Pirates of the Caribbean===
* Pirate Hunters (LJ comm)
* PotC Recs (LJ comm)
===Popslash===
* Pop Fic Rec Requests (LJ comm)
* Pop Star Story Finders (LJ comm)
===The Professionals===
* Pros Storyfinders (Yahoo group)
* Professionals Find a Fic/Icon/Pic/Whatever (LJ comm)
===Psych===
* Psych Fic Finders (LJ comm)
===The Sentinel===
* TS Storyfinders (Yahoo group)
* Sentinel Fan Fiction Finders (LJ comm)
===Sherlock (TV Series)===
* Fuck Yeah, Teenlock (tumblr blog): A rec community for teenage, uni, kid and parent AUs in BBC's Sherlock
===Smallville===
* SV Inquiry (KH comm)
===Star Trek===
* Star Trek Fic Finder (LJ comm) 
* Star Trek Story Finder (LJ comm)
* Star Trek XI Story Finder (LJ comm)
===Stargate Atlantis===
* SGA Storyfinders (LJ comm)
* SGA Genrefinders (LJ comm)
===Stargate SG-1===
* Stargate Search (LJ comm)
===Starsky and Hutch===
* Tagging Bay City [website]
===Supernatural===
* Supernatural Story Finders (LJ comm)
===Teen Wolf===
* Teen Wolf Fanwork Finder (LJ comm)
* Sour Miguel (Tumblr blog -- for fanart, fic recs, fandom events, but also runs a fic finding tag)
===Torchwood===
* Torchwood Story Finder (LJ comm)
* Torchwood Genre Finders (LJ comm)
===Transformers===
* cyber-phobia runts a fic-finding tag on their tumblr blog, see #fic search. (They also cover BNHA fandom)
===Xena: Warrior Princess===
* Academy 411
===X-Files===
* X-Files Story Finders (LJ comm)
* The X-Files Lost and Found Board (forum)
===X-men===
* gerec (tumblr blog, in their tags #fic search and #fic rec)
==External Links==
* A guide to using ficsearch communities, groups and forums (LJ comm)
* List of Harry Potter ficsearching communities (website)
* Fandom-specific Fic-finder Communities (LJ comm)
* Master list of other storyfinders communities (DW comm)
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