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Hi there guys! This account is just a throwaway so don’t mind the formalities :]

I’m an AP Research student, and my study is identifying types of reader-development that can be produced from reading reader-insert fanfiction. And just to clarify, "reader-insert as in the reader ("y/n") is placed into the story since this is more about fanfiction readers than writers.

If you’re between the ages of 16-25 and read reader-inserts on Archive of Our Own or Tumblr, it would really help me if you could fill out my survey! The link is at the bottom, and depending on how thorough you want to be about your answers, it may take 10-20 minutes (not all questions have to be answered). This is for a class so my survey went through an ethics review and every participant will have to sign a consent form. For underage participants (16-17), you’ll need parent/guardian consent and you’ll also have to fill out an assent for yourself.

Fanfiction has always been an interesting topic for me. While I don’t write fanfiction myself, I’ve been reading for several years and the idea of fanfiction itself and the community just fascinates me! I’ve read reader-insert fanfiction before and incorporating it into the subject self-awareness and development seems new to the fanfiction research community, so I aim to add on to the small (but growing!) list of works.

I’ll most likely be taking responses up until around mid-March, 2022. Please consider sharing or reblogging this, even if you can’t or don’t wish to participate yourself. I’d really appreciate any and all responses!!

If you have any questions or would like me to update you on the research please let me know!