Special Episodes
Special Episode 17: Tropefest: Enemies to Lovers
“Harry, however, had never been less interested in Quidditch; he was rapidly becoming obsessed with Draco Malfoy.”
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Special Episodes
Special Episode 16: Tropefest: Canon-Divergent AU
What-ifs, left turns, and the kinds of things that fans like to change.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 15: Tropefest: Trapped Together
From elevators to storage closets to Canadian shacks.
Features
Shipping Survey: Methodology and Tools
Commas, smushed ship names, and one long-suffering data professional.
Features
Shippers on Shipping
What is shipping? Our survey’s 16,513 self-identified shippers...did not agree.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 9: No Edith, No Peace
Javier Grillo-Marxuach returns to discuss his Indiana Jones/Downton Abbey crossover fic.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 8: The Lurker
Flourish interviews Elizabeth about her fanfic habits and the paradoxical position of the lurker.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 7: The Serial Numbers
Elizabeth interviews Flourish about their fanfic habits and pull-to-publish practices.
Episodes
Episode 72: Alternate Universes
A conversation on AU fic with culture writer and “Overinvested” co-host Morgan Leigh Davies.
Episodes
Episode 66: The Humanizing Turn
A conversation on tropes, characterization, and what we want from stories, in canon and in fanfic.
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Fic, Interrupted
The unfinished history of works in progress.
Episodes
Episode 53: Stealth Fandom
From “adventure lunch” to stealth cosplay, the ways people engage with fandom that are harder to see.