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March 2, 2017: "All the Young Dudes" Debuts on AO3
Wotcher! What the fuck is FicTok and why is it so influential??
February 11, 2017: The Soulmate Goose of Enforcement Trope Is Introduced
It is a soulmate AU, and you are a horrible goose! What is it? It's what it sounds like. …Why is it?
February 10, 2003: "Flesh Mechanic" Changes The Fic Game And We're Obsessed
God must have spent a little more time on Flesh Mechanic! (Actually, Kel and Lise did.) What fanfiction absolutely BLEW YOUR FUCKING FACE OFF?
January 21, 2002: The First Time Someone Posted A Five Times Fic
+1! Which 5+1 fics have devastated you beyond comprehension? Have you ever written one?
September 20, 2020: Heat Waves, Or: We Try to Understand MCYT
This week, V and Emily stumble along in the dark as they try desperately to fulfill a request for the MCYT.
July 1997: Highlander [WAR!] II
They're on a boat! We're venturing back to the wonderful, weird world wide web of the late '90s to see a mailing list [WAR!] -- a round-robin, not-technically-roleplaying-but-it-kinda-is, fanfiction extravaganza.
July 19, 2019: Veronica Mars Kills Off LoVe... And Its Entire Fandom
KABOOM! This week, V and Emily discuss a fandom that V was very much in, and is very much no longer in. Because no one is.
July 11, 2016: Voltron Fandom Airs Its "Dirty Laundry"
Not again... This week, Emily and V look at yet another time that a fandom cannibalized one of its own because of popularity: "Dirty Laundry" by gibslythe.
May 1–31, 2020: The First VoiceTeam!
Let's pull some pranks and make some friendship bracelets! And, of course, make some podfic!
May 6, 2001: BNF Leyla Harrison Appears on The X-Files
Grab your tissues, it's a crying episode! This week, V and Emily look at the short life and long impact of X-Files BNF (Big Name Fan) and BNA (Big Name Author), Leyla Harrison.
April 27, 2023: Fanbinding Puts Dramione Fandom in a Bind
We're probably preaching entirely to the choir if you love fandom enough to be listening to a fandom history podcast, but still.
March 28, 2010: The Indie Twific Award Winners Announced
AU/AH/OOC! What’s the craziest plot twist you’ve ever read?
December 1997: Kielle Founds the CBFFAs
To us, our X-people! Do you understand Subreality??
December 11, 2010: Fancake Opens with "Amnesia" ft. Interview with Jerakeen!
Holy shit, two cakes! Do you love fic recs as much as we do?
September 1, 2017: The Handbook for (My) Immortals: Or, Two Literary Frauds!
Dust off your fishnets and stretch out your middle fingers, it's time to get goffik.
Summer 2000-2003: Harry Potter Fandom and the Three-Year Summer
It was amazing! It was fresh and new! And it has been tainted forever!
July 16, 2010: Inception Incepts Fandom with Arthur/Eames
Dream a little bigger, darlings. Were you an Arthur/Eames shipper? How do you think the movie really ended?
July 10-11, 2023: The OTW Suffers a DDoS Attack
ATTACK! Where were you during the 2023 OTW DDoS attack?
June 19-20, 1982: The Con of Wrath
Beam us up! What would you do with a suitcase full of fanfiction?
May 23, 2001: Die, Seven, Die! + What Was Usenet?
NET.SPACE! Did you Usenet? Were you a September nuisance?