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Heartbreak and Deepspace
After Love and Deepspace cancelled a hotly anticipated character, fans don’t know what they want from a game they used to adore.
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After Love and Deepspace cancelled a hotly anticipated character, fans don’t know what they want from a game they used to adore.
Special Episodes
(Vampire) boys will be boys…
Criticism
A decade after our big survey on fanfiction tropes, they’ve spread, evolved, and been co-opted by capitalism.
Features
As danmei’s popularity skyrockets outside China, translators are getting caught in the crosshairs.
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A 30-year-old moderating decision still defines the Austen fic fandom’s identity.
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Fortnite’s latest crossover season is a weird branding exercise that’s bad for both companies and fans.
Behind the Scenes
In October, we’re marking the half a year since we launched with a special sale.
Writing by, for, and about fandom.
Features
In 2013, curiosity about Johnlock fic led me to pull my first fandom stats. Today, the world of fandom data analysis is thriving.
Features
A controversial anonymous document exposing Claude remnants in fics has collided with a fandom culture of production at hyper-speed.
Special Episodes
Exploring the intersections of TTRPGs, fannish roleplaying, and fanfiction.
Criticism
The author is dead. Long live the authors.
Features
Was the boy band’s fame a result of Darshan Magdum’s visa, or was his visa a result of the boy band's fame? Yes.
Features
While the K-pop industry largely ignores them, fans in Kenya and Nigeria create K-pop communities for themselves.
Criticism
The chart-topping album Iceman has broken records—and done little to quell ongoing criticisms of the artist. Where does that leave his fandom?
Criticism
KPop Demon Hunters has seen massive mainstream success in the U.S. What does that mean for real K-pop artists and their fans?
Special Episodes
He’ll never know the real me hiding behind this mask…
Episodes
One hour, ten tropes. (Plus a big announcement!)
Special Episodes
Finally investigating Flourish’s very special relationship with a very special trope.
Special Episodes
On the many varied depictions of friendship in fic, and how shipping culture influences (and overshadows) them.
In the season finale, John uncovers another of Rushville’s secrets—and reveals the unexpected culprit behind Hal’s murder.
For fangame creators, the work they develop and the communities they inspire are inextricably tied.
In episode 7, Hal’s murder investigation picks up speed and the show makes a welcome pivot to Green Lantern’s spacefaring roots.
In episode 6, John and Kerry investigate Hal’s death in 2026, revealing how much Rushville has suffered over the prior decade.
For smaller artists, increased costs and outsized merchandise expectations are putting convention-selling out of reach.
In episode 5, tensions mount in Rushville as Antaan arrives to take down the Manhunter, leading John to make a shocking choice.
Maybe the 80th attempt to get your kids to like your show will be the one that sticks.
In episode 4, Hal and John plan to sneak onto William Macon’s property in their search for Rushville’s hidden Manhunter.
In a new book, Clare Sears talks to Killing Eve creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge about gender, kink, and queer relationships.
In episode 3, a series of flashbacks reveal the disturbing nature of John’s childhood—and how he became a Green Lantern trainee.
How we learned that the New York Times has a Fansplaining account.
In episode 2, John has a surprising alien encounter while Hal continues his investigation in Rushville.