Fanfiction is Good Actually

Ep 20: Lavender Haze and Hairpin Drops (Taylor Swift: Part 2)

Thu, 25 May 2023 04:10:50 -0000

Did you know fandoms can get messy? Ronnie continues to weave a tapestry for Evin about the narrative and lore of Taylor Swift. Larries come up because of course.

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Ep 19: Locked in the World of Taylor Swift: Part 1

Wed, 17 May 2023 13:00:00 -0000

It's not just fan fiction on this here podcast, sometimes its the fandoms that inspire us. Our guest, Ronnie, is definitely inspired by their current hyperfixation, international pop sensation: Taylor Swift. Listen as they help me understand the appeal of this superstar and how they take their fandom just a bit further.

Follow Ronnie on twitter @ronofthemill and check out their mini pod: Swiftie Tilting Planet. STP is exclusive for subscriber to the Where They May Radio patreon, but occasionally episodes are made free to the public.

Recorded in March of 2023

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Ep 18: This Content is Problematic™

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:21:25 -0000

Evin and podcasting luminary Alex Flanigan discuss - among other things - the moral absolutism that's currently in vogue with the online youths and why it's probably not great, actually.

Follow Alex on Twitter @coff33detective or send them money on Venmo for no reason @Alex-Flanigan

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Ep 17: Disrespecting George R.R. Martin for Fun (But no Profit)

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:30:00 -0000

Oh no, George Martin has some opinions! Andy and Evin talk about the author's surprisingly negative takes on fanfiction, and a fan who has gained a position of authority the ASoIaF fandom in spite of her history of deeply troubling opinions.

Follow Andy on Twitter @aonehattown, and listen to their vocal talents on the actual play Monster of the Week podcast Good Neighbors.

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Ep 16: Game of Thrones is Naruto Actually

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 01:32:00 -0000

In their first episode as Evin's spouse, Andy shares so, so many thoughts about Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire fan theories and how this fandom in particular found itself lurking perpetually at the very bottom of the fan theory iceberg. Follow Andy on twitter @aonehattown

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Ep 15: Murasaki Shikibu and The World's First Fangirls

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 17:26:18 -0000

Evin is joined by cosplayer and fan The Stolen Century (the_stolen_century on Instagram or thinking-with-quadrants on Tumblr) who kindly shares some fascinating anecdotes about finding fan culture in northeastern Europe, and draws insightful parallels between modern fandom and the interests of courtly ladies in medieval Japan.

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Ep 14: Jim Moriarty's Perfect Lil PogChamp

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:51:29 -0000

Evin and the legendary, incomparable, larger-than-life Val Petrone get DEEP into the BBC Sherlock Tumblr roleplaying scene circa 2011, and how - in spite of everything - it was sort of cool actually. SEarch your hearts, listeners, you know it to be true.

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Ep 13: The Scooby-Doo Movie is Better than Bright (& Other Hot Takes)

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 02:03:38 -0000

Visual artist Tess Langston talks about her unique way of experiencing fandom, her art school experience as a big nerd, the show Gargoyles, urban fantasy as a genre, NFTs, plus the nature of the internet and how to be an artist on it (fan- or otherwise).

Find Tess's art and commission info at shadowcaststudio.com, you can also follow her on Twitter @TessLangston or Instagram @tessshadowcast or Tumblr or Deviantart

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Ep 12: The Ballad of Several Unrelated Soras

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 05:55:46 -0000

In this very special episode, the guys from So You Think You Can Fanon explain what has become a subject of intense fixation for them over the last year: a series of self-published novels called Chain of Memories that amalgamates the author's favorite parts of several different movies, video games, and anime pretty much verbatim from the source material. Why is this series so fascinating? Why hasn't this author gotten in trouble with the copyright holder? Why are there neither quotation marks nor pronouns in any of these books? We don't know, and we probably never will.

Find So You Think You Can Fanon on twitter @SYTYCFanon Buy Mike Freney's "Chain of Memories" for 20 Real American Dollars at mikefreneybooks.com Watch that just-for-fun fan film we mentioned at the beginning of the episode here.

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Evin Explains The Omegaverse to 2 Regular People

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:16:39 -0000

Here it is, the long-awaited A/B/O episode, where Evin gets drunk and explains The Omegaverse to the two hosts of his other non-fanfiction podcast, Ending Pending. There is no way to summarize this episode, you just have to experience it.

BE WARNED: This episode contains frank discussion of human and non-human genitalia, discussions of tropes in fanfiction that rely heavily on "dubious consent," and generally explicit conversation that may not be the sort of thing that all audiences are interested in hearing.

You can find Andy on twitter @aonehattown, you can explain fanfiction to Ronnie on twitter @ronofthemill.

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Ep 11: Harriet Porber is Good Actually

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:13:27 -0000

Love is real and we're here to prove it! Evin and Andy read Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus and they have some opinions about it, transformative works, the power of small creators, and spaghetti.

Find Andy on twitter, and you should listen to their actual play podcast Good Neighbors, and you should listen to the podcast we're both on, Ending Pending!

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Ep 10: The Rise of Reylo

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:48:39 -0000

For this episode, Evin is joined by Em of the Pink Milk podcast, who is a Star Wars enthusiast, a fanfiction writer, and as near as anyone can come to being called an expert on Reylo. Em kindly discusses the taxonomy of the Reylo shipping community, what drew her to this pairing, and why this group of fans is so maligned by certain other Star Wars fans. We also discuss the novel "The Love Hypothesis" by Ali Hazelwood.

Em's fanfiction recommendations are:

One Above All by AquaWolfGirl Want Something Done Right and Wanted Deadly Things by quamquam20 The Breath We Took (When We First Met) by Denzer

Em's work can be found under the names RedRoseWhite (spicy) and WhiteRoseRed (not spicy)

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Ep 9: Old Man Yells at Wattpad (feat. Canonically Incorrect)

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:17:41 -0000

For this very special episode, Evin is joined by Sydney and Maya of Canonically Incorrect, a fun and excellent pro-fanfiction podcast. We discuss Sydney and Maya's fandom journeys, roleplaying on Omegle, My Immortal, real person fic, After by Anna Todd, and perhaps most importantly: Wattpad and why the youths are upon it.

This episode is part of a mashup where Canonically Incorrect and I each recorded with each other, their episode is here! Give it a listen!

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Ep 8: They're Called TRANSformers

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:35:51 -0000

Do the robots have sex? Do the robots reproduce? What is "sticky"? What is the most efficient configuration of genitalia? Are nonbinary aliens problematic or a wish fulfillment fantasy? Ky and Evin confront these questions and more on this episode of FFiGA, which delves into the unique tropes and conventions of the Transformers fanfiction community.

Also the lack of an introduction is not a mistake, I'm just having a go at letting the guests introduce themselves instead of recording a separate bit, seems more efficient, but I'll decide how I feel about it as time goes on!

Find Netflix and Kill on twitter @netflix_n_kill Find Ky on Twitter @kythejedi

Ky's fanfiction recommendations are: The Doctor is In Consortium The Chemicals Between Us

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Ep 7: Plumb Your Depths

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 22:32:20 -0000

Surprise, bitches! Episode 7 is finally here, and it's all about audio-format fanworks, whether movies are fanworks (yes, even big-budget ones), Shadow and Bone, The Little Mermaid, and so much more. Thanks for your patience and tanks so much to JV for being on my silly podcast!

Find everything about JV and her various projects via twitter: https://twitter.com/RedBlaqueGolden

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Ep 6: Remember Livejournal? I Don't.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:20:10 -0000

What was going on with Livejournal anyway? What happened to it? Are the Russian fans having a good time with it these days? How many genders do Transformers have? Which Robin is the best Robin? These questions and many more go unanswered in this episode with Abby Leib, aka GothamOracle.

Find Andy on Force Friends Rewatch!

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Ep 5: Queering History

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:56:37 -0000

Evin and George discuss ace representation, Red Dead Redemption 2, the show Lost, and whether writing fanfiction rots your brain (it doesn't, you're fine).

Read George's essay "Found in Situ" and/or follow him on twitter @georgelhickman

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Ep 4: Very Intellectual of Us Actually

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000

Once upon the darkest of times, across the vast expanses of the internet, a weird friendship was formed between three lads in the same obscure fandom. This is their story. Follow Elliott and Nora on twitter, and listen to Pod of Greed, which is a podcast about Yu-Gi-Oh.

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Quizilla

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:16:00 -0000

Back in the dark days before AO3, children, we used to have to upload our fanfiction to an oddly-designed website designed for personality quizzes, and some people were very into second person narrative 15 years before Tamsyn Muir made that cool and socially acceptable.

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Ep 3: This is Our Boat Now

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:00:16 -0000

Evin and ArtemisGirl talk Harry Potter (including the many Harry Potter fics that have escaped the fanfic-o-sphere), the fandom's fraught relationship with she-who-must-not-be-named, and more. Find ArtemisGirl's fanfictions on fanfiction.net and if you like her work, join her facebook fan group!

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Ep 2: Let's Get Canceled!

Mon, 24 May 2021 11:00:49 -0000

Evin and Jemarc talk Asian representation, being the change you want to see, and having fanfiction written about the thing you make. Jemarc and his crew are the creative minds behind Tabletop for the End of the World. If you'd like the chance to have a character on TFEW named after you, use the hashtag #UnpluggedRising in a tweet!

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Ep 1: Cringe No More

Mon, 10 May 2021 11:00:00 -0000

Evin and Emma talk fantasy worlds, LARP, fandom academia, Star Trek, and why loving fanfiction is nothing to be embarrassed about. Follow Emma: twitter.com/spacesword13

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Promo!

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Evin has convinced himself that talking (mostly) about fanfiction for an hour every two weeks is a good idea, let's tag along for the ride and see if he's right, shall we?

Follow FFiGA on Twitter at fanficisgoodpod

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