A Collection of Beloved Inserts
A collection of all the amazing self-inserts, original characters, character transmigrations, character expansions/interpretations, and what-ifs I've read on AO3. Crossovers and multi-series fusions are included.
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Recent works
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In Pursuit of Magic: A Harry Potter Self-Insert by ZeroRewind
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Jun 2026
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Somehow, I find myself reborn in the world of Harry Potter as a no-name orphan. You know what that means: pursuing magic's secrets and uncovering the most tantalizing of mysteries this world has to offer! Oh, Voldemort? Why should I care? SI OC. A slow-boil, realistic journey of a man rediscovering his path in a world of great magic— whether for good, or for evil.
Cross-posted from FFNet due to fan requests.
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She remembered dying.
What she did not expect was, after what amounted to drowning in her own fluids at thirty-two years old, was instead of whatever made up the afterlife, she opened her eyes in a world both somehow familiar as well as altogether strange.
She’d been tired for a long time before she died. However she’d been granted a second life, she was never going to thank anyone for it, no matter how amazing or awful it ended up being. That said, if she ever met the reason she was sucked into the Naruto ‘verse, there would be much shin-kicking to be done.
Series
- Part 1 of Self-Insert Fics
- Part 1 of Toshiko Transformations
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Merope Gaunt dies at the end of 1926 after giving birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle, naming him for her bewitched victim and her abusive father.
Millie Fontenot dies alone, with no family of her own, and no one mourning her loss, at the near end of 1956.
It is fortunate then, that Millie wakes up. It is less fortunate, however, when she is not in her own body, time, and with a baby.
SI/OC into Merope Gaunt.
Series
- Part 2 of The Red Right Hand
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The Apprentice of Thanatos by Amalgamorph, Anxiescape
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan
16 Jun 2026
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One night after a long day of ghost fighting, Danny meets Thanatos, the Greek god of death. The god tells Danny that he needs the halfa’s help, and offers to make him his apprentice. What could go wrong?
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- Part 1 of Legacy of the Underworld
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When Yusami finds out she's been dropped into the Naruto universe, she doesn't know if she should feel relieved or cheated to have missed out on all of the cool ninja stuff.
"Both" she decides as she looks down at her favorite customer and wonders how she can sneak extra veggies into his bag without him noticing, "Definitely both."
Or: a self-insert becomes a simple grocer in Konohagakure and decides that if no one else is going to adopt the baby protagonist, then it's free real estate.
Featuring: a civilian woman beating Danzou at his own game, Naruto finding the love he's always deserved, and a hefty amount of ANBU operatives wondering if the Uchiha are accepting volunteers for that little coup/revolution.
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- Part 1 of Take This Hearth and Make a Home
Recent bookmarks
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As The Lightning Strikes by TheAshenOne03
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
26 Mar 2026
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The Demon Corps had done it-the impossible. The endless war ended with the Demon King's death beneath the piercing rays of the rising sun. Yet victory demanded the ultimate price... none lived to see it.
The nightmare was over.
But not for one man.A swordsman blessed by lightning rose from the ashes. No longer the trembling coward, he vowed to become the wall that would defy time itself-to shield the ones he loved and strike terror into demons like the wrathful thunder of the heavens.
Zenitsu Agatsuma awakens in a world both achingly familiar and impossibly distant. Fate has given him a second chance-or perhaps a cruel jest. Haunted by battles yet to come and faces he could not save, he walks a fragile path where even the smallest change could unravel destiny. And as shadows gather once more, a single question remains: can he rewrite the future, or has fate already chosen his end?
MAJOR SPOILER FOR THE DEMON SLAYER MANGA!!!
READ IT AT YOUR WON RISK!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kimetsu No Yaiba or any of the characters from this story except any OCS that I may create in the future.
Everything in the story belongs to Koyoharu Gotouge.
Author-Sama signing off~~ -
The Flowers within a Storm by RISTaGAR
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
21 May 2026
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The Slayers lost the final battle however the New Demon King wanted to make things right. But after a malfunction with his Blood Demon Art both Zenitsu and Kanao are thrown into the past.
Determined to save everyone the two of them must grow stronger than the upper moons as fast as they can.
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How to survive an anime Isekai? (no glue, no borax) by cryptid_chimaera
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
23 Oct 2025
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[Everyone always gets hung up on the whole isekai-to-another-universe thing. No one even considers why Truck-kun goes after elementary schoolers like it’s mad humans invented the polio vaccine and labor laws, and now it wants to single-handedly increase child mortality.
But really, who are we to doubt Truck-kun’s motives and actions? Maybe that kid was the next Ted Bundy, and I’ve just given him a new lease on life.]
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A college burnout gets reincarnated into the MHA universe as a background character after losing a fight with a speeding truck. It's hard to go through a second life when you barely wanted the first one. But fuck it- it's not like they've got anything better to do. -
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[Guess what, apparently if you stay up for 40hours, live off of takeout and grocery store cookies, and mix inadvisable amounts of caffeine, Adderall, and nicotine for months on end-
Riku wakes up to his alarm clock going off.
Only, his name isn’t fucking Riku, he doesn’t own an alarm clock like some geriatric traditionalist, and he is very, very fucking confused.]
Or: SI/OC isekais into the Narutoverse as a 10 year old orphan with no knowledge of canon, a half finished degree in psychology, and a very valid fear of dying considering his current career track.
Edit: I had to turn on moderation due to the volume of spam comments, sorry for the hassle and I hope that doesn't discourage anyone from commenting, I truly love reading them and they make my day! <33
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Unexpected things are bound to happen when someone breaks out of a centuries-long time loop. The consequences are, predictably, far-reaching.
Sequel to Of Crows and Egrets.
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