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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?
December 17-18, 2014: Makorra Bottles Never Popped, Korrasami Changes Cartoons
Well, this happened. Buckle in, bend some water(?), and join us in feeling conflicted about avatars!
December 14, 2001: Save Daniel Jackson, And Other Fan Campaigns
Gate those stars! This week, Emily and V take a look at fannish campaigns to save beloved TV shows and beloved characters, focusing on one in particular: the campaign to bring Daniel Jackson back to Stargate SG-1.
December 5, 2023: #reylogate AKA #reviewgate AKA This Again
This is the MsScribe story but with a 2024 twist! So many sockpuppets! So many hashtags! So much villainfucking! And SO MUCH MONEY! Get aghast with us as we imagine having consequences of these proportions rained down upon us and yet LEARNING NOTHING from them.
November 24, 2015: Lexa Buys (a) Fish.
#relationshipgoals! This week, Emily and V look at a Incorrect Quotes post from The 100 fandom that broke containment in a big way.
November 23, 1963: 11/23/63
No, not THAT historical event from November 1963! We're talking about how Doctor Who, the juggernaut fandom that's been on the air for over 50 years, almost never became a thing just because someone (not named Bucky Barnes...) assassinated JFK a mere 12 hours before the first episode debuted. Rude.
November 3, 2017: Thor: Ragnarok Divides the MCU Fandom
And he was like, BLEGHGH! IT'S ME! How did different perspectives inform the ways that audiences enjoyed -- or didn't enjoy -- Thor: Ragnarok?
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.
November 5, 2020: November 5! With Special Guest, SPN Writer Meghan Fitzmartin
Happy November 5! This week, V and Emily are joined by special guest, Supernatural writer Meghan Fitzmartin, who gives us the skinny on what it was like from the other side of the curtain.
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.
July 12, 2013: Pacific Rim Released, Pacific Rim AUs Invented
Into the drift! Topics include the Mako Mori Test, why and how this fandom is the victim of Any Two White Guys syndrome, and... Jupiter Ascending?
June 20, 1904: Saluton, Morojo! (The Invention of Cosplay)
Saluton! This week, Emily and V look at the life of one of fandom's under-appreciated heroes: Morojo, AKA Myrtle Rebecca Smith Gray Nolan (née Douglas), the Mother of Cosplay.
June 14, 2021: The NSFW Episode (Thanks, Batman)
Holy lunch at the Y, Batman! This week, V and Emily just rate which, if any, superheroes are fuckable, because DC's editorial team made an edict in 2021 that will never, ever, ever, never not be funny.
June 8, 2024: A Surprise for Emily! (TW Mentions of Suicide, Parental Grief, Religious Control)
Roll for initiative! This week, we’re focusing on the writing of one blorbo extraordinaire, Mr. Eddie Munson.
June 3, 2011: Cherik Explodes the X-Men Multiverse
Those two men are so, so sad and they should kiss about it. Which version of the X-Men do you like best?
May 25: A Double Nerd Holiday!
Whether you're hopping from planet to planet with Arthur Dent or patrolling the streets of Ankh-Morpork, there is something about the universe to find joy and connection about on May 25. Would you rather have a towel or an egg??
May 19, 1997: Clan Denial Avenges Richie Ryan... On the High Seas
Come along with us as we shadow Clan Denial on a cruise! (A real one, on a boat. It's shipping on a ship.)
May 1–31, 2020: The First VoiceTeam!
Let's pull some pranks and make some friendship bracelets! And, of course, make some podfic!