What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

fanfic & fandom posts

So it turns out I’ve written quite a lot of stuff about about fanfic and fandom, both on tumblr and elsewhere, and I figured I’d make a list for ease of reference. So here they are, in no particular order:

- on fan discourse

- essay: thoughts on fanfiction

on female desire & fanfic

- on fanfic & emotional continuity

- fandom thoughts: gender, acquisition & creation

- age & queerness in fandom

- franzen, feminism & fanfic 

- fic length vs book length: a comparison

- limits, assumptions & narrative

- the importance of writing sex scenes

- on depression and hurt/comfort

- rebecca, rowena, puppies, fanfic

- bad tv romance: could you not?

- on tragic queerness in sff, plus thread commentary

- on men in fandom

- thread addition: female reading of the male gaze, and sherlock 

- thread addition: on abuse in fanworks

- q& a: balancing original writing with fanfic

- q & a: putting fanfic on a resume

- q & a: hetfics, recs & female desire

- q & a: on fanfic & writing

- q & a: fandom & supernatural actors

- psa: on distinguishing fan entitlement

- psa: headcanons