weedle-testaburger: You know, since it’s Pride Month (and also I miss them), I feel like reminding everyone how fucking important Ruby and Sapphire were. The way they were both unambiguously conceived as queer characters and let the writers make an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the-bar-sinister: 142. If I have children and subsequently grandchildren, I will keep my three-year-old granddaughter near me at all times. When the hero enters to kill me, I will ask him to first explain to her why it is necessary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: olderthannetfic: – Zines have limited slots and thus require portfolios to determine which creators should be selected as contributors. I think Anon is mixing up zines with other types of fan events like Big Bangs and character weeks where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
yanxidarlings: QUOTEV UPDATE I’m honestly really proud of the q community people have come together and are working on alternatives, so for those of you who are wondering in general what’s going on, here’s a little rundown of discord servers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
moon-wolfie: Not me, a 2014 quotev veteran, looking through the #Quotev tag on different platforms to see what other Q users have to say about the horrible mistake the admins made. I have to archive 66 pages of the messages[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
baratrongirl: transfem-larry-butz: actually guys im erasing klapollo from existance now, i mean the ship name, not the ship itself(and im not actually erasing it from existance i just have an opinion to share) think of narumitsu. why is it ‘narumitsu’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: My hed iz pastede on yay If people like aged fandom drama, Fanlore has a writeup of CrystalWank.
despair-nagito: transfem-larry-butz: actually guys im erasing klapollo from existance now, i mean the ship name, not the ship itself(and im not actually erasing it from existance i just have an opinion to share) think of narumitsu. why is it ‘narumitsu’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: – A big factor in LJ’s greatness is timing and nostalgia. It was genuinely great, but it wasn’t quite as great as all of the Lo, shall the Golden Age ne’er come again? posts suggest. LJ arrived at a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love AO3’s tag system, don’t get me wrong. But I miss 2 things from ffnet. I miss being able to designate and search for a main character, and main ship, and I miss being able to designate and search[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
scrawnym4: 123guestbook is shutting down soon can we commemorate all that its done for niche neocities websites and what have you Another end of an old era. I remember when guestbooks were the primary way to communicate with and leave[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just think there needs to be less (read: none) attacking people over headcanons, theories, ideas and interpertations in general. Sadly, this is not a new thing. Ship wars and headcanon wars have been going on in fandom forever– I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That is a really fascinating question that I am not fully equipped to answer, friend. What I can tell you is that “whump” specifically refers to a genre of fiction concerned with the suffering of fictional characters in both platonic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mrsmarymorstan: spockderangementsyndrome: spockderangementsyndrome: I know “60s housewives who invented slash fanfiction” has taken on a life of its own as a phrase, but Kirk/Spock didn’t really exist until the 70s and THOSE WOMEN HAD JOBS. They were teachers and librarians[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
elfwreck: wrangletangle: naryrising: fanfictionanthology: systlin: persefv: systlin: systlin: Oh, how quickly the past is forgotten. They are part of the reason A03 is a thing now. Not the whole reason, but part of it. The Great Purges of 2002 and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
headspace-hotel: selkienight60: ao3commentoftheday: The term “beta” in this context is short for “beta reader” – a person who reads a fic while it’s still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
sineala: Oh! Oh! I know all about this! As a Canadian, you are presumably familiar with the 1990s buddy-cop TV show Due South, about a RCMP constable named Benton Fraser, who has come to Chicago on the trail of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
gokuma: olderthannetfic: tzikeh: olderthannetfic: – I’m dying. Nonnie, seriously? No, that’s mean, I know you’re serious. It’s just flabbergasting how much fandom has expanded and how much there isn’t a direct link to the past. Astolat and Cesperanza floated the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the thing. Fandom has always, always, always had big pockets of haters and negativity in it. There used to be whole blog communities dedicated to “sporking” and “wank”. But what social media has done is made those haters and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seeing all the people tag/reblog our post with some variant of “I’m too anxious to leave comments” is very validating about our thesis for why people have stopped interacting with fandom. I think this comment sums it up nicely. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People used to comment on web comics. People used to comment on fanfiction. People used to comment on fanart. People used to comment on OCs. I hate “content” culture. I hate “consuming content” and scrolling immediately to the next thing.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The real tragedy of modern fandom is that sometime between 2002 and the present day, people stopped reading and enjoying oc x canon fics. Sometime in the past 20 years readers became convinced that fanfic with an oc main character[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hey quick question!! how would someone be able to not read a fic with triggering shit in it without a warning without reading the shit that will trigger them? Simple. Don’t read fics that don’t have trigger warnings. Don’t watch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
TL;DR: people are afraid of attempting interaction, because they are worried they will receive negative interaction in return. A culture has been fostered where many tumblr users, especially in young fandom, expect and rightly assume that they will be critiqued[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“How long have you been posting fanfiction, biohazards? Btw how long have you been writing whump?” oh… a while…. 😅
⭐ It is common, courteous and good practice in fandom circles to use content warnings for things that you know are major, common potential triggers. ⭐ Not all fiction warns for potential triggering content. Most published fiction does not warn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
merrygejelh: looking for pre-internet-fandom Doctor Who fanfic we have a lot of fun here on tumblr dot com slash merrygejelh, but this one is a genuine inquiry that might prove vital to my bachelor’s thesis on fandom culture’s impact on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
➡️ Content warnings on fiction are a courtesy. ➡️ Not every medium of fiction and storytelling has or is expected to have content warnings or extensive tagging. ➡️ Print novels do not traditionally warn for content in any way. ➡️[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We talk a lot about the decline of comment culture in fandom spaces these days, and I recently saw a post that reminded me of my prevailing theory about why that started. I can’t speak for everyone, but I know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not every idea an author has ever had is related to their bad opinions, so? 🤷 It’s important to acknowledge that good art isn’t only made by the ideologically pure. But as for where you draw the line– I can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: chaosisbeauty23: olderthannetfic: olderthannetfic: – I didn’t know there was Anne McCaffrey fandom discourse. On the other hand, it’s been 30 years since I read one of her books. Wankiest fandom on Usenet! Can confirm. The canon police from her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: olderthannetfic: – The best way to make them stop is to ignore them or laugh at them… even if that’s not how you feel on the inside. Joke’s on them: they’re giving you free advertising. It is actually pretty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
futureevilscientist: @gender-euphowrya Great question. The answer to that is: Because AO3, and only AO3, was created specifically as a reaction to mass fanfiction purges (usually anything adult and anything queer) on Livejournal and Fanfiction.net and its mission statement is to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you visit fanfiction.net to read fics, you will soon learn something. Absolutely ZERO, ZIP, NADA, ZILCH, NONE of the fics there are content tagged. There is no system for tagging. Almost no fics warn for content beyond their basic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
its-metal-mistress: mywitchcultblr: This is what happened when a fanfic site is profit driven. Wattpad sucks 😞 The email/DM from Wattpad is so condescending. Imagine pressuring writers to update and work while they are doing it for free and fun. Also,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pro-bopass: brightlotusmoon: glorioustidalwavedefendor: roach-works: dduane: torturedpoetemotions: worstloki: elfwreck: lesdeuxcygnes: elfwreck: olderthannetfic: thesaltofcarthage: thorkidumpster: shinelikethunder: chibisquirt: pixxyofice: badwolf-timeandspace: Okay, so, I get it. Its a great site! You can post things there without worry that someone who claims that media seeing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
werewolf-cuddles: People need to stop viewing “Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings” as the author not caring about potentially triggering people, and start viewing it instead as one big blanket archive warning. It essentially means that any of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: Until AO3 came along, no multifandom archive had ever really come close to the size or popularity of FFN, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t other multifandom archives or that they were all small. There are or have been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s Going On With The NaNopocalyse? What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo is a yearly event where aspiring writers challenge themselves to write 50,000 words of a novel during the month of November. The challenge was created in 1999. What is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Yuletide gift exchange (which works every year to fill requests for pairings like these– look it up on fanlore) just calls them “rare fandoms.” But I submit you could call also them: Cursed Small fandom syndrome RIPskies BYOB (bring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
nameslikeguns: lilacpaperbird: *white knuckling the bathroom sink* do NOT infodump ppl about the fact that the first spn fic was a wincest one and that it was posted mere hours after the pilot and that the founder of ao3 was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
taraljc: sassafrassarah: raincityruckus: nentuaby: hosekisama: michaelblume: molly-ren: stevita: molly-ren: molly-ren: I have asked this myself in the past and never gotten an answer. Maybe today will be the day we are both finally enlightened. woodsgotweird said: man i just jumped[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Given that it’s dreamwidth, I’d say there’s a fair chance that it absolutely is the same single user or handful of users pretending to be a larger number. ‘sockpuppetting’ was a huge probably back in the era of fandom that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
AO3 isn’t being shut down. It is being attacked by people who want it shut down. First via illegal harassment in the form of CSAM spam to its volunteers, then via public opinion campaign, and now via legalistic attack. If[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
grade a ship game Ooooh, Clarice and Hannibal? A+ without question! It’s SUCH a good villainous seduction ship! It’s got vibes for days. It’s even canon! I feel like every modern villainous seduction ship owes clannibal a great debt– I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
decepti-thots: decepti-thots: Speaking of fanfiction.net, did you know that while it was seven years ago and therefore obviously well out of date (though given the declining traffic over the past few years, that’s not the biggest issue), some insane person[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dduane: renthony: leebrontide: animentality: One time my dad came to family dinner all excited “you know that show Sherlock? I hear fans are writing whole new stories for it online” And in perfect unison my sister and I yelled “DAD[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dduane: renthony: leebrontide: animentality: One time my dad came to family dinner all excited “you know that show Sherlock? I hear fans are writing whole new stories for it online” And in perfect unison my sister and I yelled “DAD[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I started thinking about it before Amok Time aired. In the summer of ‘67, watching the reruns of the first season, I very clearly remember a growing sense of, “They really love each other.” I did not jump to “they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
labelleizzy: dduane: spockslash: elfwreck: spockslash: I started thinking about it before Amok Time aired. In the summer of ‘67, watching the reruns of the first season, I very clearly remember a growing sense of, “They really love each other.” I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thisweekinfandomhistory: It’s a big one, y’all! This week, V and Emily rage their way through the anniversary of Strikethrough, or a mass censorship event on LiveJournal that destroyed huge swaths of fannish history for no fucking reason. Or rather, because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thisweekinfandomhistory: It’s a big one, y’all! This week, V and Emily rage their way through the anniversary of Strikethrough, or a mass censorship event on LiveJournal that destroyed huge swaths of fannish history for no fucking reason. Or rather, because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
— Lemon did probably fall out of use (more or less) because it was no longer needed, but it’s not heavily on AO3 because it was always an anime fandom thing, and AO3 has always leaned towards Western fandoms. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: human-deactivated28391: olderthannetfic: star-grazing: sassydefendorflower: olderthannetfic: – Lemon did probably fall out of use (more or less) because it was no longer needed, but it’s not heavily on AO3 because it was always an anime fandom thing, and AO3 has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fanlore-wiki: [ID: An image of red flames over calm blue water. Imposed over the image are the words “The Life and Death of Fandom Platforms”, with “Fandom Platforms” in a color that resembles fire. /End ID] Well, history certainly repeats[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fanlore-wiki: Meta Monday: The Life and Death of Fandom Platforms [ID: An image of red flames over calm blue water. Imposed over the image are the words “The Life and Death of Fandom Platforms”, with “Fandom Platforms” in a color[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can think of a few, actually, but a trait of every singleone is that they are almost always rediscovered thanks to some new technology,and that on rediscovery, the fandom acquires a totally new character, a newfocus, it didn’t have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thealmightyemprex: metropolitan-mutant-of-ark: ariel-seagull-wings: vintagegeekculture: I can think of a few, actually, but a trait of every single one is that they are almost always rediscovered thanks to some new technology, and that on rediscovery, the fandom acquires a totally new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So here’s an interesting development in this saga. It turns out that the rules on harm to minors in the community guidelines have been unchanged since January of 2020. (wayback link) Which begs three questions. why did people think it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Until only the good decent people are left” So they aren’t even trying to hide they have the same mindset of extremist christians anymore. Good to know, I wonder if they know the atrocities that mindset has created for some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
im glad tumblr is finally becoming a safe space for everyone. dont like it? leave! leave and take all your pals with you until only the good decent people are left The good people who are not sexual abuse survivors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi! Hope you don’t mind me sending you an ask, I’ve seen some of your writing positivity posts on my FYP and they’re really good. I’m currently seeing a lot of really long posts about this “event” that’s happening right[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🐜s will 100% try to use Aethy. Minors as well because “it’s creepy they don’t want minors there” I have seen it so many times, an account with proship and problematic signs everywhere. Even if they don’t post it often,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m fuckin tired of having everything needing to be as squeaky clean, sanitized and soulless as possible so some rich Republican fuck running the ad companies doesn’t frown. Tumblr said they weren’t gonna go after the written stuff when Pornmageddon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s wrong with the word proship? nobody outside the community knows what it means, and fancops are weaponizing that ignorance to poison people against the concept by telling them it means “problematic shipping” or outright saying it means “pedo ships.”.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wow. Tumblr really did just say “fuck every anime/cartoon fandom in particular”. Are we gonna start having to literally post links to Wikipedia showing how old a character is?? I don’t even think I could post about the anime Mouse,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry for sending so many asks in a row ashbkav bkav m Question: Is sfw shipping of two m*nor characters illegal now on Tumblr as well? How are staff members going to be able to keep up with this if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love AO3. All websites should be on that level of based. They set the bar way higher for what just enjoying fiction in peace is supposed to look like. –Satou We could only wish. 🙏 I fear we may[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Can tumblr go back to “go nuts show nuts” please? It will never happen again. At that time, tumblr was created and run by a single identifiable person, who had personal ideals and goals for the site. now the site[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So LiveJournal is cleaning out their junk drawer. Totally acceptable. But at the same time, the tone of their email brought back that same panicky freaky-out feeling from when I was a kid, like when my mother threw out a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This whole issue is insane!!! Watching people get purged left and right. Disgusting. I’m actually scared to lose my friends on here and :c I’m on aethy and a lot of my friends are there too luckily but it’s just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is a rumor spreading that a well known user called “Tox” is the one in charge of running Aethy, which may be uncomfortable to some people. I have investigated this, and while it appears that Tox does use Aethy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Reminder for those just joining us: the new development on tumblr is that it turns out they are strictly enforcing a ban on any depictions or discussions of underage people in sexual situations: including all fanart, fanfiction, and discussion of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We went ahead and updated the Fanlore page on tumblr and the fanlore page on the Timeline of Major Fandom Purges to reflect tumblr’s ban on underage fiction. If anyone wants to add more detail please feel free, otherwise we’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, being unable to filter stuff without a third party extension was crazy! It definitely was way worse without being able to block and filter things. I don’t know if “don’t tag your hate” really facilitated the modern anti movement[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I (👑🍸) mean this with all the love in my heart but it feels like some of you have forgotten that you can lie to people on the internet. It is acceptable to lie to people on the internet. if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah I bet it was a huge culture shock! It’s so interesting to see the things that people miss learning about! context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Yeah, modern web users don’t understand SEO, tagging, metadata, etc. It’s sad and frustrating and causes nothing but problems :c Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Proship means ‘ship and let ship’! 💖 Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
I am also tired. V_V Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
neil-gaiman: dduane: sniperct: airyairyaucontraire: princess-of-purple-prose: olderthannetfic: frogayyyy: frogayyyy: imagine you start watching this new show and it’s a silly little show about space set in the future then they announce the next season so you wait excitedly for five months[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I definitely understand that feeling, anon :c Comments are much more personal. Even if it’s just “I liked it.” context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
anon, we used to get a LOT of comments on our fics! Here’s some examples! 221 reviews on our big longfic. 25 reviews on the first whump oneshot we ever posted. 250 reviews on another longfic another 25 reviews on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Absolutely great observation unfortunately, anon. 😔 context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Fictional Other! It was created as a term in the self ship community several years ago and it basically means a “significant other” but fictional. It’s any character you ship yourself with, Does that make sense? ^^ Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
sadly, I’ve had the same experience. I honestly think people are scared, and the ones who aren’t scared are just entitled I think, as the last anon was alluding to. context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
I think you’re spot on with this about “content” and expectation. I have been making a concerted effort to take “content” out of my vocabulary and use “media” and “works” or “fanworks” instead. context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Honestly I think this is a large part of it. I know anecdotally I stopped commenting on things on tumblr for a long while because I was terrified that someone would be offended somehow… context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Let’s talk about how much comment culture has changed in the last 20 years… In 2002-2003 I was writing a multi-chapter longfic for the fandom X-Men: Evolution. The fic was OC x canon and the canon character was Toad– one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People are still hating on reylo? I don’t get it, I really don’t get it. It’s such an absolutely basic enemies to lovers ship. It’s canon. Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
werewolf-cuddles: I mean, I know attacking canon het love interests that get in the way of popular gay ships is just par for the course at this point, but it never stops being disappointing to see. I has a long[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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drdemonprince: Mourning Porn on Imgur, Mourning Trans & Kinky History As of May 15th, image sharing platform Imgur will be purging its site of all not-safe-for-work and anonymously posted content. As part of the site’s new terms of service agreement, Imgur’s definition[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fandomeldersintheirthirties: fanpol-suck-but-you-dont: I do understand why the whole “BOYxBOY Yaoi don’t like don’t read!” stuff seems really funny now but I think, as someone who joined fandom in the early 2000s when by and large most of fandom was incredibly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I do remember, and it was shameful behavior on the part of those doing it. Not unexpected from fancops, though. Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx