Surveys
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.
Fanfiction
Special Episodes
Special Episode 23: Tropefest: Hurt/Comfort
Only one special person can rescue him from the warehouse.
Episodes
Episode 138: 2020 By the Numbers
Some stats you may actually enjoy looking at in this cursed year.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 18: Tropefest: Omegaverse
The first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Episodes
Episode 126: Social Media Fic
The shifting nature of fanworks in the age of Twitter fic.
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.”
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.