Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2023: Week 24
The Ash Connection (TAC) is a Pokémon fic written by I am Lu (@pkmncoordinators on tumblr). First published on Fanfiction.Net in 2013, it is one of the most popular and well-known fics in the Pokémon Anime Fandom. The fic has been praised for its good writing, foreshadowing, and complex plot that manages to weave practically every relevant animanga character into one story.
Due to its popularity and status as a Fandom Classic, TAC has generated many pieces of fanart, recursive fics, and has established or helped popularize many tropes that were adopted by the large segments of the fandom. The author and readers of TAC have also shared their “TAC-verse” specific headcanons on social media and actively participate in meta discussions about the anime series, the games, and fandom activities in general.