Where Can I Publish My Dragon Ball Super Fanfiction OC Stories?

I've had a pretty decent run putting my stuff on Archive of Our Own. The tagging system is a lifesaver for a series like Dragon Ball Super, because you can filter for 'Original Characters' or 'OC-Centric' and actually find an audience looking for that specifically. The search is granular enough that people who want Goku/Vegeta won't stumble into your OC-focused saga and leave grumpy comments. That said, it's not an instant audience. You have to be patient and tag well—'Dragon Ball Super', 'Original Characters', maybe 'Adventure', 'Action', maybe even 'Canon-Typical Violence'. It helps to tie your OC into the existing world in a believable way; I wrote a series about a scientist from Universe 6 studying God Ki, and it attracted readers who were into the lore side of things. FF.net also works, but the interface feels older and it's harder to stand out unless you update frequently. Wattpad is a different beast. The culture there skews younger and the algorithm favors certain tropes, like romance between an OC and a canon character. If your story has that element, it might gain traction faster, but the feedback can be less detail-oriented. I cross-post to Ao3 and Wattpad just to see the different reactions, which is kind of fascinating in itself. The key is to finish your first arc before you post anywhere—DBS fans can be harsh if you abandon a premise.

Okay, so I've been juggling this OC-heavy 'Attack on Titan' AU for a while, and finding the right spot to drop it is a whole thing. Archive of Our Own is the obvious heavyweight, but honestly? I feel like the algorithm there buries OC-centric stuff unless you've got a popular ship tag attached. You gotta work the tags like a pro. I've had better luck with specific fandom forums, like the ones for 'My Hero Academia'—they have dedicated OC subforums where readers are actually hunting for that kind of content. It's a smaller pond, but people dive in. Don't sleep on Wattpad either, even though the rep is... mixed. The search and recommendation system there seems weirdly tuned to original characters if you tag them as such. Got my most consistent readers from a 'Demon Slayer' OC fic there, folks who followed the whole series. Tumblr is a beast for promotion; you gotta be social, reblog art, join OC ask games. It's less about publishing the whole fic there and more about creating a hub that drives traffic to wherever you've posted the full thing. Cross-posting between AO3 and a fandom forum, then using Tumblr to build a presence, has been my most reliable combo for getting eyes on my weird self-inserts.