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I agree with Foe there. I have a Naruto fic, as it stands i have 47897 hits/views on it, but only 31 reviews. why do I have so many people reading the story when its my first one? because of the fandom and probably because of the tags on it too. lost of people like preg, lesbians, threesums + and countless other things. let me put it this way, if there was a story in the ......... Zelda universe, you're going to get a lot of people looking at it, but if you have one in the ..... Care Bear universe, maybe not so much. if you are set on this story, thats 100% fine, dont just drop it because we are saying things that you dont want to hear, finish your story the way you want it to go, just remember people will generally follow with the idea of canon, so anything you change has to be explained or you could confuse people and that would hurt your story too.

The largest chunk of the problem with any fanfic is that it is ever only going to appeal to those who have an interest in the fandom. That's because its assumed that a lot of the work is being pre-established for the author; we know the characters, the setting, etc. In this case, you're not only limited by the smaller fandom, but by the fact that you're writing what is essentially a fix-fic: a story where one aspect of the story is changed to achieve a better outcome desired by the fan author. So you're not only limiting yourself to the fandom you are writing in, but the pool of readers who also want to see that particular aspect changed. In truth, there are only two ways to attract readers, and one greatly assists in the other: 1) Write in a fandom with a such a large pool of readers that even a small chunk represents a substantial population AND/OR 2) Become such a well known author that people are looking for your stories because they are written by you, no matter what the content might be. This is much easier if you start by following the guideline above this one.