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It just kills me when writers create franchises where like 95% of the speaking roles are male, then get morally offended that all of the popular ships are gay. It’s like, what did they expect?

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Fandom PSAs

Dont’ Like, Don’t Read

or DL; DR

You are responsible for curating your own online experience.

If something upsets you, makes you angry or queasy or triggers you, stop reading/looking at it. Avoid things that might make you feel that way.

Learn to use the Sort and Filter function on AO3, especially the Exclude tools.

On social media, block and mute accounts / tags / words when necessary.

If you hated something, you don’t need to tell that to the creator or start pointing fingers at them publicly.

The Back button is free. Use it.

Addendum:

Yes, for this to work, creators need to tag their works accordingly, so that people know what sort of content they are about to engage with and can nope out if necessary.

I will probably make another PSA about the importance of proper tagging later.

Ship And Let Ship

or SALS

You are allowed to ship whatever you want.

Everyone else is also allowed to ship whatever they want.

You are entitled to dislike or even hate a ship. If you want to do this online, in public, don’t use the ship tags for hate posts.

If you see someone posting about a ship they like and you don’t, there is no need for you to start arguing with them in their replies / comments / QRTs / reblogs. Don’t throw your hate in their face.

Do not harass fan creators or fans for shipping something you disapprove.

All of this also applies to liking / disliking an individual character.

Addendum:

”I agree with this, except when…”

No, then you are NOT agreeing with this.

Let me make this VERY clear. There are NO exceptions. None.

You don’t EVER harass real people over pixels.

If you disagree with this, kindly block and move on.

Your Kink Is Not My Kink

or YKINMK / YKINMKATO

The longer version is ”Your Kink Is Not My Kink And That’s Okay”.

People have different tastes. Not everything is for everybody.

Even if you don’t like a specific kink, other people are still allowed to use it in their creations.

You are entitled to dislike kinky content and think that it’s ”weird”.

Don’t kink shame or judge people based on their kinks.

This goes both ways: your kink is not someone else’s kink, so don’t push it onto those who are not into it.

Be Kind

or Don’t Be An Asshole

Focus on the things you like instead of the things you hate.

Create and unite instead of destroying and dividing.

Don’t harass real people over fictional things.

Stop stirring up petty drama just to get some attention on social media.

Stop trying to ”win”. Fandom is not a competition.

Remember that your own experiences aren’t universally shared. Your perception of things can differ from someone else’s, but that doesn’t mean either of you is necessarily wrong.

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Title: Sweet Buns (Podfic)

Author: AyyanaJay

Reader: EarendilElwing (future host of Fireside Fandom)

Fandom: Fire Emblem Three Houses       

Rating: General Audiences

Summary: "There was something addictive about the sweet buns today."A simple fluff piece in which Ingrid appreciates the unique twist on the dining hall's sweet bun recipe, and goes to seek out the chef who made them.Posed as a C+ or B level Ashe/Ingrid support conversation about food.

#fe3h #fire emblem three houses #ingrid brandl galatea #ashe ubert #ashe duran #podifc #created with the author's permission

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Title: Cliches and Kisses (Podfic)

Author: Kaara1

Reader: EarendilElwing (future host of Fireside Fandom)

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia           

Rating: Teen and Up

Relationship: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto     

Summary:  Izuku looked at the king sized bed and chuckled again.“And there was only one bed.”Two eyes looked at him in confusion.“What?”He came to sit on the bed, and immediately, Shouto moved to press his head against his thigh. His heart filled with affection, and he let his crooked fingers play with bicolor hair.“It's a common romance trope”, he explained. “Two people who aren't together but are interested in each other end up in the same bed for some reason, and the intimacy of it is enough to get them to confess. Or to have sex. Or both.”    

#mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #bnha fanfiction #tododeku #midoriya izuku #todoroki shouto #midoriya x todoroki #podfic #created with the author's permission

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Okay, so I know its been almost a year since I last gave any updates about the fanfiction podcast, but the first couple episodes are FINALLY in progress. I have a few more things to sort out, but I'm hoping to upload the first episode this September.

In the meantime, I am doing some trial runs by way of recording and posting podfics on AO3, and I am opening up 10 request slots. If you have a fic of your own or a favorite author that you'd like to hear in podfic form, DM the Fireside Fandom account. A couple rules though:

1. Any fandom is fine. Will be first come, first serve. Please include either a link to the fic in the DM, or the story title and author so I can find it.

2. Fic must be 5000 words or less, and in one chapter.

3. At this time, no smut, graphic sex, or other major triggering tags (implied is fine). If you're not sure, please ask. I reserve the right to refuse.

4. The original fic must be on AO3, as that's where I'll be uploading the podfic. I will be including links and full credit back to the author on the podfic's post.

5. If want to request someone else's story, please obtain permission from the author first. I will follow up with the author myself as well, but it'll help if you make sure they are okay with it before you request.

6. English only, because I suck. Sorry!😥(I only just starting taking Spanish lessons).

If you have any other questions, please ask! Look forward to hearing from you!

#fireside fandom #fanfiction #fanfiction podcast #podfics #request open #morning reblog

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Okay, so I know its been almost a year since I last gave any updates about the fanfiction podcast, but the first couple episodes are FINALLY in progress. I have a few more things to sort out, but I'm hoping to upload the first episode this September.

In the meantime, I am doing some trial runs by way of recording and posting podfics on AO3, and I am opening up 10 request slots. If you have a fic of your own or a favorite author that you'd like to hear in podfic form, DM the Fireside Fandom account. A couple rules though:

1. Any fandom is fine. Will be first come, first serve. Please include either a link to the fic in the DM, or the story title and author so I can find it.

2. Fic must be 5000 words or less, and in one chapter.

3. At this time, no smut, graphic sex, or other major triggering tags (implied is fine). If you're not sure, please ask. I reserve the right to refuse.

4. The original fic must be on AO3, as that's where I'll be uploading the podfic. I will be including links and full credit back to the author on the podfic's post.

5. If want to request someone else's story, please obtain permission from the author first. I will follow up with the author myself as well, but it'll help if you make sure they are okay with it before you request.

6. English only, because I suck. Sorry!😥(I only just starting taking Spanish lessons).

If you have any other questions, please ask! Look forward to hearing from you!

#fireside fandom #fanfiction #fanfiction podcast #podfics #request open

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Just shopping/saving for a halfway decent microphone and finalizing the intro script and then I'll be all set to record and post episode one!!

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Fireside Fandom: a calm, comforting “fireside” chat about fanfiction and fandom culture.  Featuring interviews with fanfiction writers, artists, other fandom content creators, and casual conversations about the diverse world of fandom and fan creations.

Would you like to participate in the Fireside Fandom podcast - either as a guest or behind the scenes in production?  Fill out the interest check form here!  

I will begin sending out information to interested persons in September regarding scheduling, interview questions, potential discussion topics, and more.

Thank you to all support this idea has received thus far!  I wouldn’t be moving on this without your encouragement!

#fireside fandom #interest check #fanfiction discussion #fanfiction podcast #fanfiction #fan creators #fan creations #morning reblog

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Fireside Fandom: a calm, comforting “fireside” chat about fanfiction and fandom culture.  Featuring interviews with fanfiction writers, artists, other fandom content creators, and casual conversations about the diverse world of fandom and fan creations.

Would you like to participate in the Fireside Fandom podcast - either as a guest or behind the scenes in production?  Fill out the interest check form here!  

I will begin sending out information to interested persons in September regarding scheduling, interview questions, potential discussion topics, and more.

Thank you to all support this idea has received thus far!  I wouldn’t be moving on this without your encouragement!

#fireside fandom #interest check

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Special thanks to Kim (they/them) for creating the banner and icon for my upcoming podcast!

Please show the artist some love by checking out their site and contacting them for information about their art and commissions!

#fireside fandom #art commissions

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Somewhere in my notes in the last few days I saw someone add some tags that I’ve been thinking about ever since. I wish I could find them again (or that I’d just saved their post at the time) because I think they made a lot of sense.

They were talking about how fanfic is becoming more and more mainstream while still remaining largely transgressive. It’s such an interesting dichotomy to think about!

On the one hand, you have sites like AO3 and realities like widespread high speed internet access being more and more accessible to larger and larger groups of people. This makes it incredibly easy for anyone at all to find and read fanfic.

On the other hand, you have the roots of fanfic. It was born out of marginalized groups such as women, people of colour, and members of the queer community deciding to take the stories that had been aimed at a largely male, white, heterosexual audience and inverting them into something they could enjoy and relate to. To this day, fanfic is a place where people write the kinds of stories that don’t get made into movies and TV shows. The kinds of stories that don’t get published or end up on the New York Times bestseller list.

Fanfic used to be written and shared in secret. People used to hide it. People still do hide the fact that they read or write it. But it’s becoming something that more and more people are becoming more and more aware of.

So now there’s a spotlight starting to shine on fanfic. People who aren’t looking for transgressive works are finding them where they always were. People who think the status quo is fine are getting upset when they enter a place where the status quo is constantly being upended.

The tags on that post that I can’t find made the point that popular media is curated and sanitized and stripped of most of its controversy in order to appeal to the widest possible audience. But that also makes that audience expect all media to be curated and sanitized in the same way. When they encounter the messy, controversial, ugly, radical, difficult things that people write in fanfic, they’re unprepared.

Fanfic isn’t big media. Fanfic authors aren’t being edited and filtered and polished - and nor are their works. The clash between the expectations of people new to fanfic and accustomed to popular media and the realities of what fanfic is and what it’s being written for - that’s part of this struggle that fandom is going through right now. It’s been going on since the beginning of course, but it’s getting louder every year.

I’m still thinking my way through this, but it really does make a lot of sense to me. If those were your tags, please let me know so I can credit you with the ideas at the core of this post.

And if you have any ideas for how we as fans can better introduce the newbies to the culture and expectations in fandom, I’d love to hear it. The better we can guide people into our space, the better they’ll fit in when they join it.

#fanfiction #fanfiction discussion

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So excited for this project. Congratulations!

Thank you! I'm excited to start!

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COMING THIS FALL

#fanfiction #podcast #fanfiction podcast #fireside fandom #fandom podcast