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The Fic and the Source Material
Do you need to know the canon to read the fic? Breaking down the preferences of the 6,744 people who responded to our most recent mini-survey.
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Episode 145: The Fic and the Source Material
Who are these guys again?
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Special Episode 24: WandaVision
What is the MCU, if not a franchise persevering?
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Special Episode 23: Tropefest: Hurt/Comfort
Only one special person can rescue him from the warehouse.
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Episode 144: Writing Women
A conversation with fic and meta writer breathedout about f/f fanfiction and female characters.
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Episode 143: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 9
Listener mail on fanfics of fanfics, exclusion in fan spaces, and more.
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Episode 142: Copyright Brainworms
The legal limits of imagination.
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Episode 141: The Year In Fandom 2020
The biggest fandom stories from a very strange year: transnational media, fan expectations, and, of course, the pandemic.
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Episode 140: Miranda Ruth Larsen
The fan studies scholar talks K-pop in 2020—the artists, the media, and the fans.
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Episode 139: The “Q” is for “Queerbaiting”
Shipping, subtext, teasing, representation, and “going canon”.
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Episode 138: 2020 By the Numbers
Some stats you may actually enjoy looking at in this cursed year.
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Episode 137: . . . And There Was Only One Trope
Do you want exactly what it says on the tin?