An Actual / In Paring Names Instead Of Smooshes That Homogenise Two Characters Into One Batshit Otp Ideology - Tumblr Posts
7 months ago
never forget your roots
fanfiction.net before they removed the NC-17 stories
going to fanfiction.net at all
going to adultfanfiction.net in the fallout of the great “purge”
figuring out that ain’t nobody actually monitoring NC-17 stories there anyway so just rate it “M”
“please R&R! concrit appreciated!”
warning: lemon
though it may be more on the limey side of lemon
“summary sux just read it”
replying to reviews in the author’s notes
author’s notes in which the characters talk to each other and the author
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good god my roots are old as balls compared to this
print fanzines
subscription not-for-profit fanclubs
print newsletters
vhs tape trees
international reply coupons
photocopies of friends' handwritten fanfic via snail mail
or meeting up at the halfway point between your homes to swap notebooks/zines for the afternoon cuz it was the only new fic going
an actual “/” in paring names instead of smooshes that homogenise two characters into one batshit otp ideology
conventions that weren't about some outfit making money and us standing in queues to spend yet more money for 2 seconds with an actor
(you could just talk to them after the panels in the bar or disco if they were so inclined)
songfics are still around - they just mug you with an autoplay playlist instead now
fandom
fanfiction
fanfiction.net was a parvenu - a latecomer - an unfortunate phase