Fangirls Anonymous

Hey Fangirls! In this somewhat strange edition of Fandom Exchange, M, Bea, and podcast best friend Misssampo, discuss the complexity of The Witcher fandom. Be it novels, video games, or T.V., this fandom has it all!   fic! Club:"Play it Again" by metisket  https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/chapters/1652969     Rec Corner! MOST POPULAR: "Woodash, Iron, and Leather" by iffervescent https://ar...

  Hey Fangirls! In the next Installment of From The Writing Desk, M interviews Ari and Witty! They get into their love of The Mandalorian, how they write together as a couple, and why some actors are more attractive because they aren't as attractive!   fic! Club: "Play it Again" by metisket  https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/chapters/1652969     Rec Corner!    "Clan of Four" by Astrippus an...

Hey Fangirls! In this episode, M and Bea interview Ari and Witty, two people who write fan fiction in the Star Wars fandoms. They talk about their experiences as men in fandom, what they think fandom should do to include more men, and why fan fiction should, interestingly enough, include more female characters!   fic! Club: "Play it again" by Metisket   https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/cha...

Hey Fangirls! In this week's episode, M and Bea speak about their experiences as Betas: important people of the fan fiction ecosystem. Many may not know who they are and what they do!   fic! Club: "Play It Again" by metisket  https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/chapters/1652969     Rec Corner! Bea: "War Goats" by sunryder https://archiveofourown.org/works/23887672     "When We Still Had Time"...

Hey Fangirls! Bea introduces M to another trope: Sentinel/Guide. Though it comes from the fandom land of yore, it's a trope that shaped many tropes, AU's, and headcanons that a lot of fandoms still use today!   fic! Club: "Play it Again" by metisket https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/chapters/1652969     Rec Corner!  "The Oak and the Ash" by sunryder https://archiveofourown.org/works/937441/...

Hey Fangirls! M finds herself in the sewers with Bea and the Loser's Club in the next episode of Fandom Exchange! The IT fandom may not stem from the most famous of stories, but the archetypes, ships, and fic are particularly good!    fic! Club: "Play it Again|" by metisket https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/chapters/1652969     Rec Corner!   MOST POPULAR : "The Years go By like Days" by geo...

Hey Fangirls! In their next installment of Fandom Exchange, Bea introduces M to the story of the Hobbit. Bea delves into elves, the wharfs of dwarves, and the Himbo of Bilbo (Thorin Oakenshield). Listen in to find out more about this magical and contested tale!   fic! Club: "Play it Again" by metisket https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/chapters/1652969     Rec Corner! Best epic fix-it: "A Sh...

Hey Fangirls! In the next installment of Trope Time, M and Bea discuss some seriously adult stuff: the tropes of Sex-Pollen and Fuck-Or-Die. What are they? Where did they come from? In what ways do the tropes start a conversation on consent? Listen to find out!   fic! Club: "Play it Again" by metisket  https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/chapters/1652969     Rec Corner! Bea: "The Promise of A...

Hey Fangirls! In the first of what is sure to be multiple installments, M and Bea start off the Fangirls Anonymous FicClub with "War, Children" by Nonymos. They analyze, dissect, and expound over its story, characters, and just how good the fic really is!   fic! Club: "Play it Again" by metisket  https://archiveofourown.org/works/862320/chapters/1652969     Rec Corner: "War, Children" by Nonymos ...

Hey Fangirls! In this episode, M and Bea interview Rose, the tumblr famous fandom academic that wrote a college final on "My Immortal." They get into the history of the infamous fic, how certain fic could/should be classified as internet folklore, and a surprisingly large amount of Warrior Cats fanon!   fic! Club: "War,Children" by Nonymos https://archiveofourown.org/works/5373050/chapters/1240939...

Hey Fangirls! In the finale of their February Ship Series, M and Bea try not to pick sides in the infamous Stucky/Stony fandom ship war. Bea gets into what makes Stony still current today, and M gets into why Stucky actually probably should have been canon. Listen in to find out about the famous Stucky/Stony shipping war!   fic! Club: "War,Children" by Nonymos https://archiveofourown.org/works/537...

Hey Fangirls! In this next episode of M and Bea's February Ship Series, they dive into the ship of Merlin and Arthur, a.k.a. Merthur! They talk about the ship, the fic, and just how incredibly sad the ending of the show really was!    fic! Club: "War,Children" by Nonymos https://archiveofourown.org/works/5373050/chapters/12409394     Rec Corner!   Bea: "Made of Dreams and Bones" by lady_ragnell ht...

Hey Fangirls! In this installment of M and Bea's February Ship Series, they get into the complexity of the ship that is Sterek. What even is the show "Teen Wolf"? When is it "okay" to ship the two together? Does anyone really know what ages the characters are? Listen in to find out, and a hell of a lot more!   fic! Club: "War, Children" by Nonymos https://archiveofourown.org/works/5373050/chapters...

Hey Fangirls! In their February Ship series, M and Bea discuss Destiel with fic writer and podcast fan, Ismene. Along with Destiel being the largest ship on Ao3, the three of them get into a lot of fandom culture, what it was like to be online on that fateful day of November 5th, 2020, and the longest rec corner in podcast history!   fic! Club: "War, Children" by Nonymous  https://archiveofourown....

  Hey Fangirls! In this week's Trope Time installment, M and Bea discuss Kid Fic, be it adults turning into children, or adults having children. Is it a heteronormative cliché? Or an unassumingly humble trope? Listen to find out!   fic! Club: "War, Children" by Nonymous https://archiveofourown.org/works/5373050/chapters/12409394     Rec Corner! Bea: "Greetings to the New Brunette" by victoria_p (m...

Hey Fangirls! This is the first of M and Bea's new Fan Fiction Writers Series with M's friend, Ace-Din-Djarin! Ace, who is mostly a Din/Luke writer, regales them with her history of writing fic, the works she and M have been working on, and even her favorite trope.     fic! Club: "War Children" by Nonymous https://archiveofourown.org/works/5373050/chapters/12409394     Rec Corner!   "With Our Arms...

Hey Fangirls! In this episode, M and Bea rant, rave, and roar over Amazon's ultimately doomed attempt to monetize fan fiction with its e-shop "Kindle Worlds." Let's just say that they have a lot of opinions and they're going to share them.    fic! Club: "War, Children" by Nonymous  https://archiveofourown.org/works/5373050/chapters/12409394     Rec Corner! Bea's Rec: "Something Blue" by Lapin  htt...

Hey Fangirls! In this episode M and Bea find themselves in the labyrinth of studies, texts, and research of Fandom Academia! Get lost with them as they navigate through its continually moving and growing corridors!   fic! Club: "War, Children" by Nonymous https://archiveofourown.org/works/5373050/chapters/12409394     Rec Corner! Bea's Recs: https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc  ...

Hey Fangirls! Welcome to Season Two! In this episode, M and Bea introduce fic! Club and this season's first fic. They also get into the definition(s) and controversies surrounding Original Characters, or more commonly called OC's, in fanfiction and fandom!    fic! Club: "War, Children" by Nonymous  https://archiveofourown.org/works/5373050/chapters/12409394     Rec Corner! Bea's rec(s):  "A Practi...

Hey Fangirls! In the final episode of season one, M, Bea, and podcast editor Quinn McCoy sit down to talk about how the podcast got started, the history of M and Bea's friendship, and the work it takes to put together Fangirls Anonymous! We will see you on January 1st!    Rec Corner!   Quinn's Rec: CHVRCHES - "Screen Violence" (2021) wait but also hayley williams petals for armor   Bea's Rec: Rhia...

Hey Fangirls! In this episode M and Bea discuss the debate surrounding money in fandom. Do they fall on the side of community oriented fandom projects? Or do they find themselves on the side of hustling to make it in this late-stage capitalism nightmare? Listen to find out!   Rec Corner!    Bea's Rec:  "Wolf in the House" by JoeLawson  http://archiveofourown.org/works/3992896     M's Rec:  "With O...

Hey Fangirls! In the next installment of their U.S.S. ship series, M and Bea swing their way into the dizzyingly fun world of LadyNoir: otherwise known as Adrienatte, Ladrien, and/or MariChat. Listen to understand why!   Rec Corner!   Bea's Rec(s):   "Fermeture" by KarmaHope  http://archiveofourown.org/works/5505869     "Matching Rings" by SailorChibi  http://archiveofourown.org/works/16929711    ...

Hey Fangirls! In this week's episode M and Bea interview the Youtuber Skullie By The Sea! They ask her about her Youtube channel, her history in fanfiction, and her opinion on as many fandoms as they can manage!   Rec Corner! Bea's Rec: "Fluff" by MoreThanSlightly https://archiveofourown.org/works/2040726/chapters/4431288   Or "Full Metal Sasquatch" by newsbypostcard  https://archiveofourown.org/w...

Hey Fangirls! In the finale of their Tropetober series, M and Bea sink their teeth into some Vampire lore, get into a run down of vampires in literature, and talk about some various tropes in "fang-fiction"!  Happy Halloween! Rec Corner!   Bea's Rec: "Red (White & Blue)" by counteragent  https://archiveofourown.org/works/4450562     M's Recs: "Our Names in Blood" by OhCaptainMyCaptain  https://arc...

Hey Fangirls! M and Bea shift into their next installment of tropetober: Werewolf AU's! More specifically, animal shifters, animagi, and/or full-shift werewolves!    Rec Corner!   "The Art of Purr-suasion" by megs_bee (cat shifter! WS) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18126599   "Steve Rogers and the Wolf Dog" by Dragontrill (ww! WS) https://archiveofourown.org/works/7782298/chapters/17751685   "...