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 - Tumblr Posts

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