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This is an ~30-minute episode of a Vox podcast called “Today Explained.” There is a transcript.

”How fan fiction went mainstream: The community that underpins Heated Rivalry, explained” by Danielle Hewitt and Noel King

It’s a pretty good intro to fanfic and how it’s become something publishers and creators of TV/movies pay attention to. They interview Francesca Kappa, a co-founder of the Organization for Transformative Works, which created AO3.

Things I learned and some bits I liked:

AO3 was created in part to prevent commodification of fanfiction and the social connections it facilitates.
“one of the projects that I worked on in the early days of the OTW organization for transformative works was that we were being contacted by women in their 70s and 80s who were like having to move in with their kids or going into nursing homes and they had like 3,000 fan fiction zines.”
It was claimed that AO3 is “much bigger than Wikipedia.” I’m not sure what metrics they’re using to come up with that.
[AO3 is] “structurally unenshittifiable” because “we don’t have customers and we’re not a business.”
(Discussing copyright) “it would have been terrible if Shakespeare had to, like, negotiate with Netflix for the right to Hamlet and then didn't get it. Like, that's the world we live in, right? We're like, Netflix owns Hamlet, it has a five-year option, Shakespeare really has a great idea for it, but like, no, I'm really sorry because JJ. Abrams is going to do Hamlet.”
(I need to know which circle of Hell shows JJ Abrams’s Hamlet on repeat, because I really want to avoid it.)

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vforvictoryexchange, a multi-fandom exchange about V-shaped polyamory, is open for sign-ups until April 10th, 10PM EDT.

fandom5k, a multi-fandom gift exchange for fic with a 5,000-word minimum and comics with a 5-page minimum, has opened sign-ups until April 11th, 10:59PM EDT.

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holmestice, a Sherlock Holmes fandom(s) fanworks exchange that runs twice a year, has opened sign-ups for the Summer 2026 round until April 13th.

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I snagged this one from

senmut. :)

50 This or Thats

1. Bagels or donuts? Bagels though I love donuts too
2. Bar soap or body wash? Body wash
3. Being afraid or being embarrassed? Neither? I guess embarrassed though I do get second hand embarrassment easily and I hate it
4. Big bash or intimate gathering? Intimate gathering
5. Board games or video games? Board games
( #6-50 )

Blank version if you want to do it too!

<b>50 This or Thats</b>

1. Bagels or donuts? 
2. Bar soap or body wash? 
3. Being afraid or being embarrassed? 
4. Big bash or intimate gathering? 
5. Board games or video games? 
6. Bridgerton or The Crown? 
7. Cardio or weights? 
8. Carpet or hardwood? 
9. Clue/Cluedo or Monopoly?
10. Cook or do the dishes?
11. Damp socks or a pebble in your shoe? 
12. Dragons or unicorns? - 
13. Family vacation or solo trip? 
14. Fork or spoon? 
15. General admission or assigned seats? 
16. Give or receive? 
17. Hot cocoa or hot cider? 
18. Iced tea or hot tea? 
19. Italian food or Mexican food? 
20. Long car ride or short plane trip? 
21. Mountains or beach? 
22. Movie candy or popcorn?
23. Musical theater or concert?
24. Nightlight or no light? 
25. Ninja attack or pirate attack? 
26. Outer space or bottom of the ocean? 
27. Painful truth or comforting lie? 
28. Pancakes or waffles? 
29. Passion or friendship? 
30. Phone call or text? 
31. Pizza or tacos? 
32. Play or concert? 
33. Playlists or podcasts? 
34. Puzzles or coloring books? 
35. Rain or snow? 
36. Ramen or pho? 
37. River or lake? 
38. Roller coaster or Ferris wheel? 
39. Roller skates or ice skates? 
40. Salt or pepper?
41. Singing in the shower or singing in the car? 
42. Skinny fries or thick cut? 
43. Sneezing or coughing?
44. Snowboarding or skateboarding? 
45. Snowmen or sandcastles? 
46. Spicy or mild? 
47. Street food or fine dining? 
48. Subtitles or dubbed? 
49. Wine or beer? 
50. Zoo or aquarium?

I snagged this one from

queenslayerbee:

GIVE A CHARACTER
and I’ll break their ass down:

How I feel about this character
All the people I ship romantically with this character
My non-romantic OTP for this character
My unpopular opinion about this character
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

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