Women in Video Games series of videos, male gamers tried to get her KickStarter and various social media accounts shut down by reporting her for for hate speech and promoting terrorism. Luckily, that became a big enough story that the dudes failed and their efforts backfired. But a lot of times, these tactics work. How do I know this? Because it happened to me. Not over major shit like the examples above, but over something completely petty. Back in the mid-to-late 90s, before LiveJournal really became the place for fandom, before FF.
And back then, TV studios and book authors were still sending their lawyers after people who wrote fanfic, issuing cease and desist letters to not only the authors, but also to their webhosts. No rape, no pedophilia, no slash. Maybe a little BDSM. But largely it was unobjectionable. Then the 8th season of X-Files started, David Duchovny decided he only wanted to be involved part-time, and the show decided to bring in another male character.
One of the most popular fanfic mailing lists—one that had previously had no restrictions on what characters or pairings could be posted—decided that if you wrote fanfic involving this character, you were no longer welcome. Well, this was the mailing list with all the readers. I spoke out, saying that this change was unfair to fic authors and that the moderator of this list was behaving in a pretty vile way.
The moderator and her friends took aim at me and began a campaign of harassment, and a few days later, suddenly my website with my XF fanfic was TOSed because someone had reported it. So was the next site I tried to create to host my fic, and the one after that. But they also protect fic that is in no way objectionable from being targeted by unrelated harassment campaigns.
And since any of us could find ourselves in the sights of those sort of campaigns at any time, we need to thank our lucky stars for that. I was primarily thinking of FFN, where so many people post things that are technically against the ToS but that the community tolerates.
I was also thinking of Miss Scribe and all of that other Harry Potter fandom drama. And if you think fans are above destroying an entire archive just to strike at one enemy, think again!
Watching young ostensibly liberal bloggers and fans take up the deeply conservative rhetoric and moral crusading of the right wing and evangelical groups from the 90s has been both fascinating from an anthropological perspective, and fucking horrifying for someone who lived through this time period and the death of LJ. Like, I hate to pull this argument, but we are your fandom elders, we did what we did to preserve fandom for y'all, so y'all would have space to safely explore the sane things we did and still do.
And in doing so we rightly realized that if we wanted to protect the comfortable, cuddly parts, we also needed to protect the dark parts. Please, learn to curate your own online experience. You are responsible for not clicking, or clicking away. You are asking fandom to treat everyone like a child. There is a massive difference. When my parents found out I was looking at age inappropriate things when I was a minor, like they intervened.
Strikethrough 07 was such a well-conducted operation that communities dedicated to survivors of sexual abuse and fans of Lolita fashion were suspended, but the journal of the baby rapist, ohbutyouwillpet , stayed up. If you want a really good book to read about that period, which has a LOT of resonance with Strikethrought and with the current Tumblr discourse, I cannot recommend this highly enough:.
I recommend Booko for finding cheap secondhand copies. Support independent bookstores! In the late 80s and early 90s there was a vocal group of radical feminists who believed that pornography inherently harms women, not just in its production but also in its consumption i.
All explicit content was considered to be harmful, from eg. These anti-pornography feminists teamed up with the religious right and managed to get anti-porn laws passed. Canada, of course, imports a lot of material from the US. Stuff started getting seized at the border. Guess what was seized first? Guess what businesses started finding all their shipments seized or delayed — sexually explicit or not — to the point where they were being put out of business? Gay bookstores.
Mainstream porn made for straight men. Around this time, Little Sisters bookstore in Vancouver a gay bookstore found that huge amounts of merchandise was being seized at the border, regardless of the actual content. They were being discriminatorily targeted on the basis of their sexuality.
The queerness of the material they were importing was seen as inherently obscene. Which now had empty shelves. In the end they spent half a million dollars on court cases. Read more about their struggles. The powerful companies making porn by and for straight men. The book goes into a large number of analogous situations.
When you try to censor pornography, even in the interests of protecting vulnerable people, that censorship will be applied first, and hardest, against the people who are most vulnerable. Read the book. Censorship is a tool that gives power to abusers and lets them inflict more harm on those who are abused, vulnerable and discriminated against.
History they should have known: The Comstock laws in New York were this one dude Comstock who managed to get a mail regulation re-written to categorize anything related to contraceptives as pornography, which was already illegal to mail. Which is one reason for the pornographic playing cards etc, because the 19th century was almost as big on mail-order goods as the 21st, because getting to shops in person was hard for a huge subsection of Americans.
They were granted the right to do so. He and his posse of honorary mail inspectors with police powers I kid you not spent years engaging in endless skullduggery to prosecute people for selling contraceptives by mail. They dragged Margaret Sanger into court repeatedly.
There was a huge cottage industry of contraceptives in NYC at the time, most of the manufacturers being female, Jewish, immigrants, or some combination of the above. You know who they never even tried to touch? The big rubber companies were were getting into mass production of condoms. Their big funder owned the company that produced Vaseline, and was claiming in ads at the time that it worked as a spermicide.
Only the poor and vulnerable felt the impact of the Honorary Postal Inspectors of righteousness. I was only a reader on FanFiction when the crackdown came but it felt like I was standing in a coal mine full of canaries. Every where you looked, authors where posting warnings about how x stories were getting deleted.
It felt a bit like all the stars going out, everything just dying around you. Like a stampede of people had fled from some oncoming unnamed horror leaving silence in their wake. Finding AO3 later on was like finding a safe haven in a world gone mad. Meanwhile all the warnings of the crackdown were really rushed and vague. Not knowing if the authors should come back and if fanfics were gone for good was scarier.
I very much second the rec about the feminist sex wars. A long reblog, but a worthy read. So much history and experience recounted here. I hated - hated fandom back when this LJ shit happened, but I was there. How many times do we need to learn this lesson? Yes, fandom is loudly, proudly writing about trauma, processing rape, processing fantasies, loudly queer, loudly kinky, loudly feminist, and proud of it.
All you need to do is click away, and not shame us. If you are a cishet, do not do this. Part of this is basic locus of control. Part of it is practicality. Our ability to persuade people to go along with our boundaries is limited by how much reach and influence we have.
Someone who disagrees out of sheer cussedness and desire to spite you might get tired and give up someday. If you want to influence what people write and how, form a collection or a hashtag or something so you and the people you think are authorized to write about the topic can find each other.
Does having a gay main character count? They're happy with whatever makes me happy, they only say something if they're worried. Well one time I was in an abusive friendship, and they criticized the other kid. Otherwise, no. I don't think they notice most of the time. Only if it's in their way of something. They only criticize it if it reflects badly on them. I can't step into the house without being criticized.
They hate everything on me. Yes, they remind me so constantly. Well not all the time, but if I do something well. They don't have time to feel things and stuff about me. I don't think 'proud' and 'me' could ever occur in the same sentence. They'd be proud if I didn't exist. If your answers mostly dwelved around a. This is what is generally expected of parents to provide for children, and if they're 'good enough', they'll be providing all this for the most of time. This isn't to say your relationship with them is perfect; they still might be pushing pressure and expectations in other areas, or disagree in fundamental levels with you.
If you have even one result at d. If for a lot of answers you found yourself picking c. This goes into the category of 'not good enough parenting' and abuse. It's likely to them, you were only a backdrop, someone to care about their issues more than they care about yours, a convenience they used to get things done.
It's likely you often had to keep your own life in order and assist theirs. This can make you feel like you only exist when it's convenient to others, and give you major insecurities about your self-esteem, importance, and self care. It can also set you up for an abusive relationship. If your answers were mostly d. They not only neglected all of your needs, emotions and human rights, but did their best to cast as much damage on you as possible.
You were not treated with dignity and humanity that you deserved. You've been put thru a lot of undeserved hatred, and life shouldn't have been so hard on you when you were just a kid. It's likely you are or will struggle with trauma due to neglect, hostility, hatred and cruelty that was forced on you when you were vulnerable and defenseless.
You shouldn't have been left alone with those people. If your answers stem more towards e, it suggests narcissistic parents. Mixed: If your answers range across all of the options, it suggests that your parents, even while doing well in some areas, neglected and abused you in others, which makes your situation fairly complicated; you want to believe they love you and you see a proof of that, yet they sometimes hurt you very badly, and their affection is inconsistent, mixed with bursts of cruelty and denial of your humanity and dignity.
Know that it isn't hard not to abuse a child. It's not a completely unreasonable thing to ask of people to not be cruel to children, to not damage your well being. Your parents shouldn't have gone to such lengths to be hurtful to you, and being okay at other times is no excuse. Good people are good consistently, not when they feel like it. This is, again, a result that suggests abuse. That video of Daniel literally, viscerally propelled me to and a name came to me.
A name that I had suppressed. That name was Ryan Sheckler. I miss Quizilla. The interactive self insert fanfiction stories that were like choose your own adventures, the absolutely bonkers quizzes, the cheesy fun fandom quizzes. Maybe it's just rose colored memories, but I loved that garbage website with my whole heart, and I have yet to find anything again that offered quite the same things and experiences.
It doesn't let you pick multiple options. It doesn't let you go back to the previous question. No comment box in sight. It asks for your name on every quiz for no good reason. It doesn't even have tags or keywords to search for!
Sure it has a nice mobile user interface but at what cost? Build up your cringe tolerance and come to Quotev. Hinton would be so triggered by the amount of gay ass fan fiction I wrote about The Outsiders on my Quizilla account when I was Hinton they're all gay idk how you missed the memo on your own characters. Not me crying with nostalgia cos I just found a way to see my old Quizilla profile with all my works still there like it wasn't wiped off the face of the earth back in And if anyone else wants to possibly see their old stuff though it's not guaranteed to work get over to:.
Then type your old profile URL into the search bar. Should be something like no spaces :. God I miss the chaos of Quizilla. It was so cringy. I blame it entirely for my love of reader-inserts and choose your own adventure romances. Also why I have 0 cares about being a big ol' cringe-machine now. Have you ever read for another fandom?
If so, what do you wish to see explored from those fandoms in the Shameless one? There are still fics out there I wrote when I was a teenager I first discovered fanfiction on Quizilla RIP. After that years went by, I became a huge nerd and got super into Glee and bam. Real introduction to fanfiction and what I consider my first fandom. I never really contributed much to it regrettably, but I did read a lot of fan works. What I miss and also hate about Glee fanfiction is the sheer amount of ships.
I miss wanting to explore a ship and not running into a dead end. Which is why I would absolutely never discourage people in this fandom when it comes to WLW ships or characters. On the flip side, no other ships mean no ship wars.
I cannot stress how dumb I find ship wars. With Glee it was all about proving which big ship was better, healthier, had more chemistry, etc. Continuing my answer to the previous question, I love the way you can find a discourse about literally anything!
No one bats an eyelash when the characters get injured or are suffering for the plot. I just love how gentle we are with them and how we try our best to give them the happiness they deserved because we care deeply : -CJ. I feel like I do to an extent know a lot of you that regularly interact, or at least recognize your urls lol. What do you love about this fandom?
Fluff, angst with happy end. Anything that ends well, even if the ending is open, it just needs to have a glimmer of hope in there. I just let my characters take me where they want to. Depends on a lot of things that is for one shots though as a chapter i would say 5k. Voir Dire as it is a chaptered fic, stands at 27k at the moment and it is not finished got a long way to go but my one shots, the longest is my yoongi hogwarts au one which is 13k for now-they seem to be getting longer.
It was only a drabble but working on it has been such a fun experience for me! Just like the heat of the summer, your fire dwindled to a steady heat.
Like the remnants of a bonfire, your flame became hot coals. Episode Angels in Outfields. Sydney and Maya started this podcast for one reason, and one reason only. And that is for them to have a 'notice me, senpai' moment with their favorite fanfiction authors. You will not find a more desperate and flustered plea for her favorite fic author to look her way than Sydney's episode today. Not only is this fic something she has been following for the past year, but also happens to feature one of her top three ships.
So come along as she recaps the fic that has changed her life; featuring baseball, the volatility of teenage love, and only a little bit of religious trauma. If you take away anything from this podcast, please have it be to read this fic and keep it close to your heart. As always, send us your fic recommendations, or reach out if you are a fic author who would like to be interviewed in the future, at canonicallyincorrectpod gmail.
Like us and what we do? Donate to help us do more fun things at ko-fi. Happy Halloween ghouls, gremlins and non-binary goblins! It's that time of year and an extra week in October, and Sydney and Maya have brought something extra spooky just for you. In celebration and in mourning of the final season of Buzzfeed Unsolved, Sydney has found and brought forth a series of fanfictions that are mere recreations of the episodes we all know and love. With Sydney as Ryan Bergara and Maya as Shane Madej, they try their best to fill the roles of a lifetime while they bring you the story of the Brothers Winchester.
They're here, they're queer, and they're ready to talk about She-ra! Plus, Sydney and Maya rethink their friendship to see if they too would role play a smut scene for the betterment of their fanfiction. I hope you're prepared for the fright of your life because the party is not stopping on our end as Maya arrives fashionably late with a fic that will not only scare you, but will traumatize you.
One of her all time favorite games, Undertale is making a comeback and that means Maya, too, has to rise up from the grave to scream awake all the fandom skeletons.
And all jokes aside, this fic has a strong content warning for physical, mental and emotional trauma. If you have any trigger AT ALL near these warnings, listen with discretion and please stop listening at any point. There are people in your life that love you.
Please tell the people who want to help if that is a safe option for you. If you are in immediate danger, call Go support the authors and give them a kudos while you're there: Flowey is Not a Good Life Coach by unrestedjade Like the episode? Episode Hey, Somebody's on the Roof! Spooktober has finally arrived and Sydney and Maya are ready to 'trick or treat' it up with brand new, and extra scary episodes! Grab your favorite candy, turn the lights down and prepared to be scared as Sydney starts the party with the ultimate cult classic sequel.
That's right, he's dressed to be the life of the party, even though he's very dead - it's Beetlejuice. And don't worry, there's still a little more haunt in his system after his last hurrah. So won't you please join them as what Sydney coins as '2 Beetle 2 Juice'. This town ain't big enough for two pro-fanfiction podcasts Evin from Fanfiction is Good Actually joins Sydney and Maya to talk about the journey of starting a podcast to fight against the anti-fanfiction podcasts, how he started reading fanfiction after being horny for one Dorian Pavus, the convergence of fanfiction and tabletop gaming, and the new phenomenon of fanfiction author putting their fanfics behind a paywall.
Plus, Evin reveals how a site made for quizzes somehow became an incognito fanfiction site. While you're there, check out the episode Sydney and Maya guest starred on. While you're there check out the episode we're featured on: Old Man Yells at Wattpad feat. Canonically Incorrect Like the episode? It's week two of an extremely indulgent, very self-serving birthday month for Sydney and Maya! It's Maya's turn this week, and she's serving up a deal just for you.
That's right, a BOGO deal for you during her birthday month. Two fanfictions, two fandoms, two stories all for the price of sitting through one episode and don't say she's not generous. Though while there's two stories, there's one lesson at the very end. Can you decide what that is before the end? Episode A Black Heart of Gold. If you are a minor or are uncomfortable with those topics, then we kindly ask you not to listen. Thank you and we'll be back next week for another inclusive episode.
It's Virgo season baby! And more importantly than that This month will be full of that indulgent shit that they love and this week they're starting strong in a fandom Sydney loves and an alternate universe Maya loves. This week they ask, what would it be like if you dropped two very gay figure skaters into a world of hitmen, assassins and spies. Featuring all the enemies to lover tropes that you adore i.
Will it end in love? Well, you better listen to find out! Fanfiction author Lo, a. Plus, Maya and Ionica talks about how different fan art and fanfiction are perceived and consumed.
Fic Recommendations: nothing's quite as sweet by dimpleforyourthought, on growing; by crossroadswrites, finders keepers by solyn. Episode Storytelling School is back in session! Get out your pencils and paper or laptops if you're cool like that and prepare yourself for Professor Maya's introductory class, Storytelling Writing can be a lot of work with a lot of moving parts, but Maya tries her best to explain the 4 P's to a story: People, Place, Plot and Purpose!
And who says learning can't be fun? This might not be a masterclass, but she goes in depth for each P and gives examples to help everyone understand all of the different components hopefully you like Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings. For our writers out there: hopefully this doesn't stress you out too much, and for the readers: look at how much stuff goes into those works of art! Episode Passerine. What happens when you put Minecraft Youtubers and put them in a magical, fantasy world where they're faced with immortal gods, boy-kings, war, and decisions that will change the course of their lives forever?
You get the fifth most liked, the fifth most bookmarked, and the seventh most clicked on fanfiction on Archive of Our Own. You don't even need to know what's going on in the Dream SMP to enjoy this delicately written fic that is equally poetic and painful, and will have you sobbing at every turn. The hope, the happiness, the twists and turns, the highs and lows; every paragraph and sentence and character are the reasons you will remember this fic well into the future.
Check out passerine by blujamas on Archive of Our Own. The Happily Ever After.
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