CanSoc, Tumblr Edition

I watched the show as it aired with my kiddo and mostly stayed away from the fandom to avoid spoilers. Then lockdown happened and I was utterly losing my mind trying to work from home with a toddler and 2nd grader and the finale happened so there were no more spoilers to avoid so it was finally safe for me to jump into fandom.

I spend a few weeks losing my mind on Tumblr under my normal blog before realizing, no, I was going to need to make a side blog for this.

Started blogging about SPOP here on June 8th, 2020.

I posted my first SPOP fanfic (also my first fanfic ever) on June 21st, 2020.

And then, after a few days of talking about doing it on Tumblr, we finally started the Glimbow server on July 21, 2020.

And I am not exaggerating when I say that our little group of Glimbros (and assorted other side pair shippers we collected along the way) were not just the best part of the whole COVID disaster, they were the main reason I survived that period of isolation at all. We had so much fun being by turns silly, horny, depressing and ridiculous together and I will treasure those times for the rest of my life.

A special shoutout to @certifiedbowsbian, @caramelaire, @notlighthope, @pointlesslypoetic, @sobrevivientedeships, @billyboymiki, @bigdyke, @littleweirdplatypus, @pinksunshinecosplay, @lesbiancalkestis, @picking-up-the-pen, @brightmoonprincess, @queenglimmahs, @i-just-love-spop, @grinux-spop, @gllimbow, @glimbowofbrightmoon, @chat-atrosphique, @queenauwudraws, @age-of-arcanum (it took me forever to remember your name on here), @cansoc, @somebodys-muse for being part of some of my favorite fandom memories and some hilarious antics. I know everyone’s not still into SPOP (or on Tumblr anymore), but I will always treasure the fun we had (and everyone’s always welcome to stop back in, no matter how much time it’s been!). May you all have plenty of potatoes and never forget your shrimp era!

And, on a serious note, as much as we still have idiocy sometimes, those early days of the SPOP fandom had so much rampant biphobia (So. Much. JFC.) and other BS, it was so nice to have our own corner of fandom to be like “are you seeing this shit, Spiderman?” when it felt like everyone else hated us. Having that little supportive haven to be queer and stupid together was idyllic at a time when the world really sucked and I honestly love how our little server about a side pair for a show that ended years ago stayed active long after many of the “big” SPOP servers died out because we were all just a big friend group at that point.