Love and Deepspace and the Fanfictionification of Global Romance
Love and Deepspace is taking the world by storm, because >finally< the perfect boyfriend is just one app download away.
Kacchan Deserves Nice Things: Why Bakugou Fix-Its Might Just Be Canon
“He’s an actual person. He’s not just this rage machine.”
Good fanfics don’t try to turn Kacchan into less of an asshole (partly because it wouldn’t be Katsuki Bakugou if he wasn’t, at least a little). They just refuse to leave him at his worst. Bella takes a look at how the fix-its aren’t fixing him, but everything around him. And that’s why Bakugou fanfics feel so close to canon (NB. It’s all a lil BKDK coded hehe).
From AO3 to Hollywood: Why fanfiction fans fear going mainstream
Millions of people read and write fanfiction every day, yet the community has previously struggled to shake its reputation for being embarrassing, obsessive or unserious. However, from Ali Hazelwood’s cinematic success to Alexandra Romanoff’s bestsellers, it is clear that fanfiction is no longer the literary world’s dirty secret.
‘I CAN FIX HIM’: Why readers of fanfiction fall for walking red flags
From Hardin Scott to Ilya Rozanov, fanfic readers are constantly crushing on male characters who need therapy, a bath and better communication skills. In reality, we know these men would be exhausting to deal with, so Livvy is finding out why we keep falling for them on the page?
Indie Animated Series Hits Cinemas; Also, the Rabbit Is Hot (Can You Monetise a Fandom Without Sanitising It?)
Every decade or so an asshole purple rabbit comes along to terrorise the next generation. This time, the rabbit in the maid costume from The Amazing Digital Circus is heading to cinemas worldwide, forcing a much bigger question: what happens when an internet fandom outgrows the internet? Bella investigates.
Zuko State: The Flameo, Hotman! Cycle
Your majesties… an urgent message has arrived from Republic City. It seems Prince Zuko has returned. Except it’s Fire Lord Zuko now, and he’s all grown up.
Fanfic that follows a canon storyline is lazy. Full stop.
Fanfic writers are supposed to be creative so when you open up a fic and there’s nothing new, it’s truly a disappointment. Well, at least that’s what Aya thinks.
From crumbs to a full meal: how fanfiction filled the void before the rise of Thai GL
Before Thai GL gave us the love stories we deserved, fanfiction kept us fed. Now, the genre we built in the margins has taken over the spotlight.
The crossover fanfic line-up that we NEED right now
The fun of fanfiction is that it can be whatever story you want, so here are the crossover pairings that we, the fanfiction community, are absolutely owed right now.
We need to thank fanfiction for Heated Rivalry.
We’ve all binged Heated Rivalry at an alarming rate and this is a safe space to admit it. But the reason you can’t drop this show isn’t because of the attractive leads or the rise of the BL genre, it’s because the series follows the fanfiction blueprint.