The Pitt Fandom Phenomenon
The hit medical drama showcases three things you need to build a juggernaut fanfic community: popularity, modularity, and intimacy.
It’s hard to describe the combination of delight and utter mortification one feels when confronted with their own erotica while casually browsing Instagram. And yet, that’s exactly what happened to me earlier this spring. I had written a fic for The Pitt that had become inexplicably popular (said fic was largely an excuse to write erotica as a way to safely disassociate for thirty to forty-five minutes a day) and while scrolling social media, I saw my story served up to me by my very own algorithm: someone had included my work on a roundup of their favorite Pitt fanfics. How did we get here? How did I get here? And for the love of god, how many people were casually interacting with my PWP Pitt fanfiction on social media?
