# Heat Waves (fan fiction)

> A 12-chapter Minecraft fan fiction spread through fan art, TikTok posts and news coverage.

- Owner: tbhyourelame
- Kind: Book
- Sector: Culture (no sector)
- Seed date: 2020-09-20
- Peak date: 2021-01-05
- Spread Score: 41 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Fandom mobilisation, Response chain, Platform jump, Controversy, Press loop, Identity badge

## Summary

Heat Waves spread from AO3 into fan art, TikTok tributes and Wattpad reposts. An early-January script reported over a million hits. Outage rumors drew press coverage and an AO3 denial; translations and a video essay followed.

## Timeline

- 2020-09-20 — tbhyourelame (Open web) — tbhyourelame published Heat Waves on Archive of Our Own.
- 2020-11-15 — @tsoatu (X) — @tsoatu posted DreamNotFound fan art quoting Heat Waves on Twitter.
- 2020-11-26 — deima (Open web) — deima published a Wattpad copy and credited the AO3 author.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/heat-waves-fan-fiction

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Heat Waves (fan fiction).” Case HIS-00203. Spread Score v1.2: 41/100. Updated 2026-10-12. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00203