Canonically Incorrect

May is a lot of things; Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, and very importantly to the illustration and animation communities, MerMay. Started in 2016 by Tom Bancroft, MerMay has become the highlight for many artists to create art of mermaids in different styles, situations, shapes, and sizes all month long. And the visual artists aren't the only one...

Fanfiction author Aralis, a.k.a. punto_y_coma (Then When I Met You My Virtues Uncounted and Holding Tight As The Dancers Whirl), joins Sydney and Maya to talk about how coming across Jasper and Alice fanart set her on her fandom journey, writing in a fandom with only 600 fanfics, why some characters just shouldn't have children, and the differences of writing in English versus writing in your nati...

It should be no surprise to anyone that we love fanfiction on this podcast. I mean, it is all about fanfiction after all. But when talking about fanfiction, we tend to spotlight the intricate, the detailed, the loooooong multi-chapter fics. While these fics deserve all the love and care in the world, they tend to shine over the one-shot. And where would we be without the one-shot? Fandom would be...

We all need a little TLC, we know Maya surely needs a bit more tender, love, and care than the average Joe right about now. After an entire semester of 21 credit hours, recitals and practices, a first run through being a double major, and keeping up with her part-time job, this podcast, and social life, this is as good a time as any to hit the brakes. There are many forms of TLC a person can take,...

Listen, LISTEN! Sydney has a secret, a secret locked securely in a chest that's hidden under her bed. It's been a long-kept secret, something that she has been wanting to pull out for a while, and today... today's the day. Today is the that we start a new series Sydney is calling 'Chest of Kinks.' The concept is simple, Sydney brings that chest into the sunlight, opens it up, and chooses a kink sh...

Everyone pull out your pencils and get out your ABO textbooks because today Sydney and Maya are joined by Dr. Professor Alpha herself, Berklie! This episode they talk how Berklie pavloved the internet into associating Mitt Romney with the omegaverse, the price we pay for enjoying a piece of media a little too much, the time Berklie choose her fake death after reading The Fault in Our Stars, and ho...

The incredibly popular Elden Ring has hit everyone's computers. People are going crazy over this game that's known for it's insanely difficult gameplay and even more insane cryptic lore. And as much as everyone else is talking about Elden Ring, Maya is still obsessed with it's sister game, Bloodborne. While the Dark Souls brainrot hit her hard, she scoured far and wide for Dark Souls fanfiction. D...

The year is 1996. Bill Clinton was re-elected, Braveheart wins the Best Picture Oscar, and Disney just released it's newest film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Based on the 1936 movie that's based off the original 1831 novel by Victor Hugo, while Disney was vying for Oscar Gold with this surprisingly dark Disney film, they didn't expect was a ferial and scarily growing community of individuals lust...

We love people who love fanfiction, and our guest really loves fanfiction! Talia Franks from Into the Archives joins Sydney and Maya to talk about reading fanfiction at the age of nine, how the realization of JK Rowling's transphobia has changed the fandom and Talia's personal experience, the comfort of creating your own private fandom space, and the reason why the Rose Tyles companion stans are a...

We really hope that we're not the only ones who have trouble listening to our characters. It's just so hard to write characters, either your own original characters or characters that already exist that you don't want to mess with their already laid out personality (especially when you have never interacted with the canon, we're looking at you Sydney). So to help us understand our characters bette...

HAPPY OLYMPICS EVERYONE! We're celebrating the best of the best athletes by talking about Sydney's favorite winter sport, and Sydney's favorite movie... and Sydney's favorite trope, Okay, well it's Sydney's episode so what do you expect? The Winter Olympics means one thing and one thing only; that Sydney clears her schedule to make sure that she can watch every single second of those figure skatin...

Fanfiction author MartyMuses (Love in Exile, Love, Life, and the Afterlife, and How to Come First), joins Sydney and Maya to talk about how fanfiction has fit perfectly into her professional writing career, meeting her partner through World of Warcraft, the grief she feels about not finishing a fic she wrote specifically for a friend, and the despair of still waiting for the Yuri on Ice film, Ice...

Maya has had a hell of a January, so to keep it easy and inspirational for her and for you, she has brought us together for a good 'ol yearly check-in! When we started this journey, we kicked it off with introducing ourselves to you. But now, one year in, where are we now? Where is the podcast now? Where is our fanfiction now? And truly, where is our mental health now? We hope you get as much out...

Spider-Man No Way Home is out! Have you seen it? Even if you haven't, you can still have fun as Sydney starts the year off right by bringing you the history of everyone's favorite spider hero, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. What were the colors Steve Ditko laid out for the original Spider-Man costume? Who was going to replace Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 if he couldn't recover from a back...

It's the end of the year, and the end of our first season of Canonically Incorrect. As a treat from us to you, we've put together a very special episode where we're answering all of your burning questions. Are there any scenes from a fanfic we've read that impact us to this day? What's been our favorite episode to record this year? Which of the Supernatural big three would be fuck, marry or k...

Now look... Christmas may not be Maya's favorite holiday, but there is one aspect of the holiday that she adores more than anything else. The music. I mean, that should be to no one's surprise as she is a music major, and out of all the Christmas music that one could choose to listen to in the month of December, Maya listens to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy, the...

The time is now... the time we've (and we mean only Sydney) has been waiting for; the holly, the jolly, the holiday season is here baby!! Sydney loves everything about the holiday season - giving gifts, baking cookies, the music, and of course, snuggling up to a seasonal movie. Her absolute, 100%, all time favorites are Hallmark Christmas movies. Yes, she knows they're a bit problematic. Yes, she...

Fanfiction author Chel, a.k.a destinies (Tactical Surrender, Out of Time, and Queen in Exile), joins Sydney and Maya to talk about how the announcement of the Wicked movie perfectly correlates with her fanfiction anniversary, the dichotomy of The Darkling and Kylo Ren (as well as Darklina and Reylo), the pros and cons of having one of the biggest fics in your fandom, and how great it was to see th...

Alright besties, this one is a lot, and to prove how much this one will hurt... it's currently Maya's favorite fic of the year. So here we go! This fic has everything that will hurt in the best (or worst, in Sydney's case) way. A loveless arranged marriage, a cheating husband, twists and turns, up and downs like you wouldn't expect. There are plenty of trigger warnings for this one, so please be m...

Sydney and Maya started this podcast for one reason, and one reason only. And that is for them to have a 'notice me, senpai' moment with their favorite fanfiction authors. You will not find a more desperate and flustered plea for her favorite fic author to look her way than Sydney's episode today. Not only is this fic something she has been following for the past year, but also happens to feature...

Happy Halloween ghouls, gremlins and non-binary goblins! It's that time of year and an extra week in October, and Sydney and Maya have brought something extra spooky just for you. In celebration (and in mourning) of the final season of Buzzfeed Unsolved, Sydney has found and brought forth a series of fanfictions that are mere recreations of the episodes we all know and love. With Sydney as Ryan Be...

They're here, they're queer, and they're ready to talk about She-ra! Moonlit_Catra and sherassword join Sydney and Maya to talk about the extremely gay way they started watching She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, their fears for the live-action She-Ra show presented by Amazon, how they use roleplaying to co-write the dialogue of a fic, and the delicacy of writing pregnancy in a fic (even when pre...

I hope you're prepared for the fright of your life because the party is not stopping on our end as Maya arrives fashionably late with a fic that will not only scare you, but will traumatize you. One of her all time favorite games, Undertale is making a comeback and that means Maya, too, has to rise up from the grave to scream awake all the fandom skeletons. And all jokes aside, this fic has a stro...

BOO! Spooktober has finally arrived and Sydney and Maya are ready to 'trick or treat' it up with brand new, and extra scary episodes! Grab your favorite candy, turn the lights down and prepared to be scared as Sydney starts the party with the ultimate cult classic sequel. That's right, he's dressed to be the life of the party, even though he's very dead - it's Beetlejuice. And don't worry, there's...

This town ain't big enough for two pro-fanfiction podcasts... just kidding! Evin from Fanfiction is Good Actually joins Sydney and Maya to talk about the journey of starting a podcast to fight against the anti-fanfiction podcasts, how he started reading fanfiction after being horny for one Dorian Pavus, the convergence of fanfiction and tabletop gaming, and the new phenomenon of fanfiction author...