It's not just fan fiction on this here podcast, sometimes its the fandoms that inspire us. Our guest, Ronnie, is definitely inspired by their current hyperfixation, international pop sensation: Taylor Swift. Listen as they help me understand the appeal of this superstar and how they take their fandom just a bit further.
Follow Ronnie on twitter @ronofthemill and check out their mini pod: Swiftie Tilting Planet. STP is exclusive for subscriber to the Where They May Radio patreon, but occasionally episodes are made free to the public.
Recorded in March of 2023
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
Evin and podcasting luminary Alex Flanigan discuss - among other things - the moral absolutism that's currently in vogue with the online youths and why it's probably not great, actually.
Follow Alex on Twitter @coff33detective or send them money on Venmo for no reason @Alex-Flanigan
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
Oh no, George Martin has some opinions! Andy and Evin talk about the author's surprisingly negative takes on fanfiction, and a fan who has gained a position of authority the ASoIaF fandom in spite of her history of deeply troubling opinions.
Follow Andy on Twitter @aonehattown, and listen to their vocal talents on the actual play Monster of the Week podcast Good Neighbors.
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
In their first episode as Evin's spouse, Andy shares so, so many thoughts about Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire fan theories and how this fandom in particular found itself lurking perpetually at the very bottom of the fan theory iceberg. Follow Andy on twitter @aonehattown
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
Evin is joined by cosplayer and fan The Stolen Century (the_stolen_century on Instagram or thinking-with-quadrants on Tumblr) who kindly shares some fascinating anecdotes about finding fan culture in northeastern Europe, and draws insightful parallels between modern fandom and the interests of courtly ladies in medieval Japan.
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
Evin and the legendary, incomparable, larger-than-life Val Petrone get DEEP into the BBC Sherlock Tumblr roleplaying scene circa 2011, and how - in spite of everything - it was sort of cool actually. SEarch your hearts, listeners, you know it to be true.
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
Visual artist Tess Langston talks about her unique way of experiencing fandom, her art school experience as a big nerd, the show Gargoyles, urban fantasy as a genre, NFTs, plus the nature of the internet and how to be an artist on it (fan- or otherwise).
Find Tess's art and commission info at shadowcaststudio.com, you can also follow her on Twitter @TessLangston or Instagram @tessshadowcast or Tumblr or Deviantart
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
In this very special episode, the guys from So You Think You Can Fanon explain what has become a subject of intense fixation for them over the last year: a series of self-published novels called Chain of Memories that amalgamates the author's favorite parts of several different movies, video games, and anime pretty much verbatim from the source material. Why is this series so fascinating? Why hasn't this author gotten in trouble with the copyright holder? Why are there neither quotation marks nor pronouns in any of these books? We don't know, and we probably never will.
Find So You Think You Can Fanon on twitter @SYTYCFanon Buy Mike Freney's "Chain of Memories" for 20 Real American Dollars at mikefreneybooks.com Watch that just-for-fun fan film we mentioned at the beginning of the episode here.
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
Here it is, the long-awaited A/B/O episode, where Evin gets drunk and explains The Omegaverse to the two hosts of his other non-fanfiction podcast, Ending Pending. There is no way to summarize this episode, you just have to experience it.
BE WARNED: This episode contains frank discussion of human and non-human genitalia, discussions of tropes in fanfiction that rely heavily on "dubious consent," and generally explicit conversation that may not be the sort of thing that all audiences are interested in hearing.
You can find Andy on twitter @aonehattown, you can explain fanfiction to Ronnie on twitter @ronofthemill.
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.
Love is real and we're here to prove it! Evin and Andy read Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus and they have some opinions about it, transformative works, the power of small creators, and spaghetti.
Find Andy on twitter, and you should listen to their actual play podcast Good Neighbors, and you should listen to the podcast we're both on, Ending Pending!
Support FFiGA at patreon.com/wtmradio
The music you're hearing is "Watch Ur Behavior" by Spiedkiks.